Hoover Elementary School

3D Paper Pumpkin Sculptures

October 10, 2025
Start Time 3:30 p.m.
Location 360 West 11th Street, Dubuque, IA 52001
Event For Ages 7-12
Cost Free
Organization Carnegie-Stout Public Library
Contact Bailey Keimig-Gehrke
Phone (563) 589-4225
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Additional Information
Celebrate spooky season with an artsy 3D pumpkin sculpture inspired by the artist Yayoi Kusama. Registration is required.

Fast Kidz Youth running class

October 26 – November 23, 2025
Start Time 3:30p.m.-4:30p.m. PM
RSVP By October 24, 2025
Location Wahlert High School Parking lot by the track
Event For upper elementary, middle school
Cost $45/person. $10/drop in
Organization Fast Kidz
Contact Pam Connolly
Phone (563) 543-7154
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Additional Information
This running class is geared toward training for the annual Turkey Trot at Wahlert High School on Thanksgiving morning, AND OFFERED TO ALL INTERESTED FAMILY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY PARENTS WHO USUALLY RUN THIS WITH THEIR CHILDREN. We will meet at Wahlert in the parking lot above the track.

LEGO Challenge

October 18 – December 20, 2025
Start Time 10 a.m.
Location 360 West 11th Street, Dubuque, IA 52001
Event For Ages 4-12
Cost Free
Organization Carnegie-Stout Public Library
Contact Youth Services
Phone (563) 589-4225
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Additional Information
Calling all LEGO® fans! Come to the library to build, create, and have fun. The library provides the LEGOs®, and you provide the know-how! Donations of LEGOs® are appreciated. LEGO® creations will be exhibited in the library. The program will be held in the Aigler Auditorium on the 3rd floor.

Iowa Reading Research Center Survey for Parents/Caregivers of K-6 Students

May 26 – December 31, 2025
Location Virtual
Event For Caregivers of students in Grades K-6
Cost Free
Organization Iowa Reading Research Center
Contact Leah Zimmermann
Phone (319) 335-5324
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Additional Information
The Iowa Reading Research Center (IRRC) invites parents and caregivers of K-6 students to complete a brief online survey. Survey results will help the IRRC understand and create resources related to parent/caregiver understanding and perceptions of literacy assessments and related supports.

2025 Storywalk

September 1 – December 31, 2025
Location Dubuque Arboretum and the 22nd St. Bee Branch Greenway.
Event For All Ages
Cost Free
Organization Carnegie-Stout Public Library
Contact Youth Services
Phone (563) 589-4225
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Additional Information
A StoryWalk is a movement and literacy boosting project that places an illustrated children’s book, taken apart and displayed page by page, along a walking route in your community.

School’s Out Day Camp: Toad-ally in Love

February 13 – February 13, 2026
Start Time 9:00a.m-4:00p.m.
RSVP By February 6, 2026
Location National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
Event For K-5th
Cost $50 for members, $60 for non-members
Organization National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
Contact Education Department
Phone (563) 557-9545
Additional Information
What’s slimy, warty, & jumpy? Frogs, of course! Hop on down to the River Museum to become a frog expert. We’ll have a jumping good time exploring the stages of metamorphosis, conducting our own “frog chorus,” meet some live toads & we'll learn all about Wyoming Toads.