December 16, 2024
The Fort Dodge Community School District announces the December 2024 Students and Employee of the Month Honorees. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school, and on...
November 25, 2024
The Fort Dodge Community School District announces the November 2024 Students and Employee of the Month Honorees. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school, and o...
November 18, 2024
The Fort Dodge Community School District and the Early Childhood Center announce Preschool registration details for the 2025-2026 school year. Preschool registration is in-perso...
October 28, 2024
The Fort Dodge Community School District announces the October 2024 Students and Employee of the Month Honorees. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school, and on...
October 17, 2024
Three years ago, Fort Dodge Senior High athletic trainer Bre Drees had an idea to get students hands-on experience outside of the classes she taught. This fall, the decision has ...
October 2, 2024
With a touch of her pen, Katelyn Gehlhausen moved, turned and inverted a striking three-dimensional image of a human skull Tuesday evening in a Fort Dodge Senior High School class...
September 6, 2024
Fort Dodge Community School District is excited to announce that YouScience® Brightpath will be available to all students in grades 7 -12 beginning with the 2024-2025 school year....
August 29, 2024
Any parent can confirm that sending a child off to school, even a tax-supported public school, can get expensive. First, there are all the things that must be bought at the start...
August 29, 2024
Dodger Nation is back in session as more than 3,500 students walked back into the classroom Wednesday to begin the 2024-2025 school year. “We are incredibly excited for the new s...
August 13, 2024
Approval of a scholarship denoting the memory of long-time Fort Dodge Community School District Special Education Director Melissa (Lis) Ristau was on the agenda of Monday’s schoo...
August 9, 2024
Danitza Cardenas has a saying that she often uses when working with students in the Fort Dodge Community School District — “Si se puede,” which means “Yes, you can” or “It’s possi...
August 1, 2024
For the first time in more than a decade, the Fort Dodge Community School District has unveiled a new vision statement and mission statement. The new vision is “Everyone matters,...
July 25, 2024
An impressive growth in students seeking backgrounds in health occupation careers and studies has led the Fort Dodge Community School District to move forward on purchasing a cutt...
July 24, 2024
Nearly a dozen Fort Dodge area student artists came together to create a spacious and colorful mural inside Fort Frenzy Family Entertainment Center. The mural, titled “Colorfall,”...
July 17, 2024
The assumption, after all the victories and regional championship banners start to pile up and blur together, is that the Fort Dodge softball team’s success has become some kind o...
July 10, 2024
Blake Utley and Tehya Miller have shared many of the same passions and experiences — both as students growing up in Fort Dodge, and now, as current Fort Dodge Senior High teachers...
July 1, 2024
The Fort Dodge Community School District is excited to announce the launch of its new vision, mission, and branding updates, marking a significant step in the district's commitme...
June 28, 2024
The Fort Dodge Community School District (FDCSD) is excited to announce a significant initiative aimed at easing the financial burden on families by covering the cost of essential...
June 13, 2024
Dogs and their people now have a grassy place to play in downtown Fort Dodge. Called the Bark Park, it is located at First Avenue South and 12th Street. Two big metal sculptures ...
June 13, 2024
The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Learning Beyond the Bell grant in the amount of $88,735.89. This grant will be used t...