Tomorrow is "What's New Wednesday" ... when our teaching and learning staff posts new content to our online learning resources web page. DMPS launched this a week ago to provide students and parents with online educational tools to stay engaged as schools are closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. While this isn't a replacement of school, it does provide resources vetted by our educators to keep students  academically and intellectually active. You can click here to visit our online learning resources web page, plus the box above is included in each of our emails and links to this page.

Parents of high school seniors, please share this message with your student. We know these final weeks of your high school career are both frustrating and uncertain due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And at this time, there is some uncertainty when school may actually resume. However, DMPS is committed to making sure that our high school seniors graduate on time. We are sending a survey to all seniors to confirm access to technology and the internet in the event your current classes will be completed online. A link to the survey is being sent via Infinite Campus and SchoolCNXT, as well as via the high schools' Twitter pages; the survey can also be completed by clicking here. We ask that this survey be completed no later than 5:00 PM TOMORROW (Wednesday, April 1).

The whole month of April, you can select a job at Des Moines Public Schools, apply for work, and interview from the comfort and safety of your own home! DMPS is looking for Special Education Associates, School Bus Drivers, Sign Language Interpreters, and substitute Teachers and Associates, and substitute Nurses. Click here to see current openings and how to begin the application process.

Des Moines Public Schools has worked hard to be a model when it comes to Advanced Placement courses, from the nationally-recognized Central Academy to greatly increased access to AP courses at all five comprehensive high schools. Due to the current closure of DMPS, and thousands of school districts across the nation, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have had many questions about what it all means for this Spring's AP exams. We posted information last week to our web site late outlining the changes in store for the upcoming AP exams. Updated and additional information will be provided as it is received from the College Board.  Click here for more information.

DMPS will be set up each weekday during the COVID-19 closure at 11:30 AM at all ten middle schools and a dozen auxiliary sites to provide students with a free breakfast and lunch. And we will include a reminder in each and every email update so we can all do what we can to make sure no Des Moines student is hungry.  Visit our web site for details on the DMPS meal program.