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Crescent Community Health Center to Host Mobile Summer Vaccine Clinics

Crescent Community Health Center in Dubuque will offer a mobile vaccine / sports physical clinic at four Dubuque Community School District schools during the month of July.

Dubuque Community School District Students are able to attend one of these clinics for school year vaccinations and/or sports physicals. Students must be accompanied by a parent/guardian in order to receive services.

Clinic dates and locations are:

Thursday, July 6
1-4 p.m.
Audubon Elementary School, 605 Lincoln Avenue
CLINIC FOR: Ages 6 to 8 | SERVICES: Vaccines only

Thursday, July 13
1-4 p.m.
Prescott Elementary School, 1151 White Street
CLINIC FOR: Ages 6 to 8 | SERVICES: Vaccines only

Thursday, July 20
1-4 p.m.
Table Mound Elementary School, 100 Tower Drive
CLINIC FOR: Ages 6 to 8 | SERVICES: Vaccines, physicals, vision

Thursday, July 27
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Kennedy Elementary School, 2135 Woodland Drive
CLINIC FOR: Ages 4 (PreK) to 11 | SERVICES: Vaccines, physicals, vision

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Back-to-School Bash 2023, August 5

Don’t miss this year’s Back-to-School Bash: Impacting Our Community!

Saturday, Aug. 5
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Audubon Elementary School
605 Lincoln Ave.

BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH FEATURES:

  • sign-up for school supplies from the St. Mark’s Apples For Students program (Learn how to contribute supplies to the program)
  • Dubuque Community School District registration assistance
  • vaccinations and school physicals
  • free Back-to-School Bash t-shirt
  • booths by a variety of community organizations
  • and more!

NEED A RIDE? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED!

Hop on or off a school bus shuttle at one of the following locations/times:

LOCATION PICK-UP / DROP-OFF TIMES
Penn Place Apartments
(West entrance)
10
a.m.
11:15
a.m.
12:30
p.m.
1:45
p.m.
Irving Elementary School
(crosswalk)
10:05
a.m.
11:20
a.m.
12:35
p.m.
1:50
p.m.
Lincoln Elementary School
(bus lane)
10:10
a.m.
11:25
a.m.
12:40
p.m.
1:55
p.m.
Prescott Elementary School
(White Street side)
10:15
a.m.
11:30
a.m.
12:45
p.m.
2
p.m.
BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH!
(Audubon Elementary School)
10:20
a.m.
11:35
a.m.
12:50
p.m.
2:05
p.m.
Marshall Elementary School
(crosswalk)
10:30
a.m.
11:45
a.m.
1
p.m.
2:15
p.m.
Casey’s
(Peru Road)
10:40
a.m.
11:55
a.m.
1:10
p.m.
2:25
p.m.
Terrace Heights
(Tanzenite Ave East entrance)
10:45
a.m.
Noon 1:15
p.m.
2:30
p.m.
Fulton Elementary School
(White Street side)
10:50
a.m.
12:05
p.m.
1:20
p.m.
2:35
p.m.
BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH!
(Audubon Elementary School)
11
a.m.
12:15
p.m.
1:30
p.m.
2:45
p.m.

Thank you to the AMAZING community organizations that make the Back-to-School Bash possible:

  • Black Men Coalition
  • City of Dubuque
  • Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
  • Dubuque Community Schools
  • Kendall Hunt Publishing Company
  • Multicultural Family Center
  • RH Prints Co.
  • Resources Unite!
  • St. Mark Youth Enrichment
  • Women United | United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States
  • and many more!

QUESTIONS?

Contact Anderson Sainci!
563/589-6054 or
asainci@cityofdubuque.org

Watch the 2023 Graduation Ceremonies Live: Saturday, May 27. Dubuque Senior, 10 a.m.; Hempstead, 3 p.m.

Graduation 2023 Live Stream

We are pleased to live stream the 2023 graduation ceremonies on Saturday, May 27.

Live stream links will be posted on this page prior to the event.

VIEW THE HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION:

VIEW THE DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION:

Dubuque Senior and Hempstead Students Qualify for State Track and Field

Students from both Dubuque Senior and Hempstead High Schools competed in the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championship at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, IA from May 18 – May 20th.

Congratulations to the following student qualifiers in the Class 4A categories:

Dubuque Senior High School

GIRLS

High Jump

  • Cambel Drapeau

1500M Run 

  • Leah Klapatauskas

3000M Run

  • Emma Chesterman
  • Leah Klapatauskas

4x800M Relay

  • Emily Gorton, Claire Hoyer, Neveah Kessler, and Leah Klapatauskas

Alternates

  • Kaitlyn Miller
  • Julia Kilgore

BOYS

Shot Put

  • Cohen Pfohl

100M Dash

  • Nick Lambe
  • Deyon Moore

110M Hurdles 

  • Nate Obbink

400M Hurdles 

  • Nate Obbink

Shuttle Hurdle Relay

  • Nate Obbink, Tyler McDonald, Ethan Rader, and Dylan Thul

4x100M Relay

  • Jaden Arnold, Benjamin Francis, Nick Lambe, and Deyon Moore

4x200M Relay

  • Jaden Arnold, Benjamin Francis, Nick Lambe, and Deyon Moore

800M Sprint Medley Relay

  • Jaden Arnold, Benjamin Francis, Nick Lambe, and Deyon Moore

4x400M Relay

  • Jaden Arnold
  • Charles Crow
  • Dustin Foht
  • Benjamin Francis

Alternates

  • Marshawn Dukes
  • Isaac Gooch
  • Zack Heiar
  • Montrel Jones
  • Landon Kelly
  • Jackson Kieffer
  • Daylin Moore

Hempstead High School

GIRLS

Discus

  • Gabbi Frederick

Shot Put Wheelchair

  • Ally Darter

100M, 200M, and 400M Wheelchair

  • Ally Darter

400M Dash

  • Camdyn Kay

800M Run

  • Keelee Leitzen
  • Brooke O’Brien

1500M Run

  • Sophia Dallal
  • Keelee Letizen

3000M Run

  • Evie Henneberry

4x400M Relay

  • Isabel Brauhn, Camdyn Kay, Mylee Lange, and Maddie Leeser
    • Alternates: Piper Birkenholz, Sophia Dallal, Brooke O’Brien, and Mallory Tomkins

4x800M Relay

  • Sophia Dallal, Camdyn Kay, Keelee Leitzen, and Brooke O’Brien
    • Alternates: Isabel Brauhn, Julia Gehl, Evie Henneberry, and Mylee Lange

Distance Medley Relay

  • Keelee Leitzen, Brooke O’Brien, Ayla Osterkamp, and Mallory Tomkins
    • AlternatesAkeelah Anderson, Evie Henneberry, Camdyn Kay, and Jillian Renne 

Sprint Medley Relay

  • Akeelah Anderson, Brooke O’Brien, Ayla Osterkamp, and Mallory Tomkins
    • AlternatesIsabel Brauhn, Camdyn Kay, Maddie Leeser, and Jillian Renne

BOYS

High Jump

  • Will Pitz

1600M Run

  • Caleb Kass
  • John Maloney

3200M Run

  • Caleb Kass
  • John Maloney

4x400M Relay

  • Charlie Driscoll, Will Pitz, Devin Spahn, and Joe Vize
    • AlternatesMatt Hanselman, Zack Johnson, Avery Keehner, and Jordan Plummer 

4x800M Relay 

  • Charlie Driscoll, Micah Fern, Zack Johnson, and Joe Vize
    • AlternatesBrandon Kass, Caleb Kass, Matt Hanselman, and Owen Leitzen 

Carver Elementary Robotics Team Earns Recognition in International Competition

Twenty-eight fifth graders from Carver Elementary School, calling themselves the Carver Robotics Club, participated in this year’s International Wonder League Robotics Competition in The Pioneer Cup division (nine to twelve-year-olds).

Wonder League is a growing, worldwide network of elementary coding clubs using Wonder Workshop’s all-inclusive program to inspire an early love of coding, computer science, hands-on learning, and STEM education.

Carver students met before school one day a week from October through March, under the guidance of coaches Staci Walsh and Donna Schmitt. As part of the competition, students were asked to complete five missions that involved challenges of escalating difficulties which included navigating Dash the robot on an outer space themed mat while keeping a journal of the engineering design process.

Carver had 13 teams represented in the first round of the competition. Seven of these teams advanced to participate in the Invitational Round. This round required students to design a safe travel pod and use their coding skills to program Dash to navigate through the solar system. Teams were also asked to create a 2-minute highlight video explaining the Final Mission solution. From the Invitational Round, four runner-up teams and a grand champion were selected from all the international participating teams.

Congratulations to the following students on these honors:

Pioneer Cup Runner-Up (Top 5 Internationally)

Carver Team TBC
  • Charlie Ramos
  • Ben Valentine
Image of Charlie Ramos and Ben Valentine

Pioneer Cup Runner-Up Team

Pioneer Cup Invitational Round Competitors

Team 2

  • Will Kelley
  • Ian Wagner

Team 3

  • Neal Patel
  • Owen Wagener

Team 4

  • Beckett Kraus
  • Winston Richardson 

Team 5

  • Landon Brimeyer
  • Max VanderPloeg 

Team 9

  • Alyssa Blum
  • Charlotte Kelley

Team 12

  • Aliyah Blum
  • Lauren Hunold
  • Aubrey Scardino
Image of Donna Schmitt and the Carver Elementary students that competed in the invitational round of the wonder league competition

Coach Donna Schmitt and the Pioneer Cup Invitational Round competitors from Carver Elementary

Pioneer Cup First Round Competitors

Team 6

  • Levi James
  • Jordan Noel

Team 7 

  • Angel Parra
  • Justus Riley

Team 8

  • Jackson Bartley
  • Bryce Hentges
  • Layne Massingham

Team 10

  • Jocelyn Ervolino
  • Jordyn Martin

Team 11

  • Tanner Brimeyer
  • Alaina Sutter

Team 13

  • Wesley Bobis
  • Owen Williams

Dubuque Senior and Hempstead Students Qualify for Prestigious Drake Relays

Students from both Dubuque Senior and Hempstead High Schools will compete in the Drake Relays at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, IA from April 26 – April 29th. Known as America’s Athletic Classic, this event is considered one of the top track and field events in the United States.

Congratulations to the following student qualifiers:

Dubuque Senior High School

Girls 1500M Run

  • Leah Klapatauskas

Boys Shot Put

  • Cohen Pfohl

Boys Team 4x100M Run

  • Jaden Arnold
  • Ben Francis
  • Nick Lambe
  • Deyon Moore

Alternates

  • Marshawn Dukes
  • Noah Roling

Hempstead High School

Co-ed 400M Wheelchair

  • Ally Darter

Girls 800M Run

  • Keelee Leitzen

Girls 1500M Run

  • Keelee Leitzen

Boys 1600M Run

  • John Maloney

Boys 3200M Run

  • John Maloney

Girls Team 4x100M Relay

  • Akeelah Anderson
  • Ayla Osterkamp
  • Jillian Renne
  • Mallory Tomkins

Girls Team 4x400M Relay

  • Camdyn Kay
  • Keele Leitzen
  • Brooke O’Brien
  • Ayla Osterkamp

Girls Team 4x800M Relay

  • Evie Henneberry
  • Camdyn Kay
  • Keelee Leitzen
  • Brooke O’Brien

Girls Team 800M Sprint Medley Relay

  • Akeelah Anderson
  • Brooke O’Brien
  • Ayla Osterkamp
  • Mallory Tomkins

Alternates

  • Isabel Brauhn
  • Maddie Digman
  • Julia Gehl
  • Zach Johnson
  • Maddie Leeser
  • Aubrey Schlichte
ISPRA 2023 Wins

Dubuque Community School District Receives State Communication Awards

The Dubuque Community School District was recently recognized for its communication efforts in the 2023 Iowa School Public Relations Association (ISPRA) Communication Contest, honoring outstanding school communication throughout the state.

Iowa School Public Relations Association Logo

The district received 9 awards in the contest, with each entry evaluated and scored independently by school communication professionals in other state chapters of the National School Public Relations Association. Based on a scoring rubric, winning entries can receive (from lowest to highest honors) an Award of Merit, an Award of Excellence, or a Blue and Gold Award, given to entries recognized as best in the state for receiving the top overall score of 5 out of 5.

The district was honored with the following:

BLUE AND GOLD AWARDS

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

“As a district, we believe that having outstanding schools relies on having an engaged, informed community,” said Mike Cyze, chief communication officer. “We work hard to proactively and transparently communicate to those we serve and we are pleased to be recognized for our work in doing so.”

 

 

Hempstead High School Team Earn Top Honor at State Physics Competition

High school students from the Hempstead High School Physics Team recently returned from an impressive showing at the 2022-23 State Physics Competition at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) on Tuesday, April 11th.

The competition included a series of five physics events that stressed creativity and ingenuity as well as an understanding of physics related principles. Over 230 students were present with 24 schools representing Iowa. The top eight scorers in each category added to the team points which helped the Hempstead High School Physics Team earn first place out of twenty teams.

As a result, ten $1,000 scholarships will be gifted to ten students that choose to go into a STEM related field at UNI. The team also had two students earn individual medals as place winners for being one of the top three teams in their categories.

Congratulations to the following students on these honors:

State Team Championship

Hempstead High School Physics Team

UNI Physics Competition Team Winners Hempstead High School 2023

Hempstead High School Physics Team with team trophy

Individual Medal Winners

Measurement Team #1 – 2nd Place

  • Jett Didelot | 10th grade
  • John D’Souza | 10th grade

Bridge Team #1 – 3rd Place

  • Jett Didelot | 10th grade
  • John D’Souza | 10th grade
UNI Physics Competition Place Winners 2023

From L-R individual medal winners John D’Souza and Jett Didelot

Top 8 Place Finishers

Catapult Team #1

  • William Houselog | 10th grade
  • William Scott | 11th grade

Mousetrap Team #1

  • Brett Tomkins | 11th grade
  • Rylan Mours | 10th grade

Mousetrap Team #2

  • Paul Mueller | 11th grade
  • Andrew Chipperfield | 10th grade

Soda Straw Team #1

  • Brett Tomkins | 11th grade
  • Ryan Mullen | 11th grade

Soda Straw Team #2

  • Dawson Fish | 11th grade
  • Charlie Driscoll | 11th grade

Bridge Team #2

  • William Scott | 11th grade
  • John Maloney | 11th grade

Bridge Team #3

  • Hannah Davisdon | 11th grade
  • Ryan Mullen | 11th grade

Measurement Team #2

  • Hannah Davisdon | 11th grade
  • Ryan Mullen | 11th grade

Measurement Team #3

  • Rylan Mours | 10th grade
  • Aiden Quam | 11th grade

State Competitors

Catapult Team #2

  • Hannah Davisdon | 11th grade
  • Rylan Mours | 10th grade

Catapult Team #3

  • Paul Mueller | 11th grade
  • Andrew Chipperfield | 10th grade

Mousetrap Team #3

  • John Maloney | 11th grade
  • Dawson Fish | 11th grade

Soda Straw Team #3

  • Aiden Quam | 11th grade
  • Rian Velde* | 10th grade

*Denotes student that attends Dubuque Senior High School

UNI Physics Competition Competitors 2023

Hempstead High School Physics Team ready for competition

Hempstead and Dubuque Senior at Boys State Wrestling

High school students from Hempstead and Dubuque Senior recently returned from an impressive showing at the 2023 IHSAA Boys Wrestling 3A State Championship.

Congratulations to the following students on these honors:

3A State Dual Championship

Hempstead High School – 7th Place

coaches and students of the hempstead high school wrestling team

Hempstead High School Wrestling Team

Individual 3A State Finishers

Hempstead High School
Jojo Lewis (wt. 220) – 2nd place
Josiah Schaetzle (wt. 160) – 3rd place
Mitch Pins (wt. 106) – 6th place
Evan Bratten (wt. 113) – 8th place
Mitchell Murphy (wt. 120) – 8th place

Individual 3A State Qualifiers

Hempstead High School
Landon Reisen (wt. 126)
Dawson Fish (wt. 138)
Cole Rettemaier (wt. 182)

Dubuque Senior High School
Mason Besler (wt. 120)
Beau Healey (wt. 160)
Cohen Pfohl (wt. 285)

 

Dubuque Senior High School Speech Team Earns Top Honors

You might say it has been another banner year for the Dubuque Senior High School speech team.

On Saturday, February 18th the Dubuque Senior Speech Team performed at the Iowa High School Speech Association Large Group All-State Festival at Iowa State University. The team of over 75 Dubuque Senior students proudly represented and entertained audiences in performances ranging from One Act Play to Musical Theatre. The Dubuque Senior Speech Team closed the ceremony by earning three Critic’s Choice Awards for outstanding performance of the day in the categories of Ensemble Acting, Radio Broadcasting and Solo Mime.

Dubuque Senior All-State Banner for Ensemble Acting

Dubuque Senior All-State Banner for Ensemble Acting

In the category of Ensemble Acting, Over the River and Through the Woods claimed the Critic’s Choice Award. The play, written by Joe DiPietro, is a warm-hearted, boisterously funny, and touching story about intergenerational relationships and deep familial love. The performance featured students Lucia Kuehn, Scout Kuehn, Soren Obermueller, Aidan Seville, and Emma Ward. It was directed by Aaron Dean. The critic was Tiffany Johnson, Assistant Professor of Theatre at Iowa State University and Artistic Director of the Pyramid Theatre Company of Des Moines.

Dubuque Senior All-State Banner for Radio Broadcasting

Dubuque Senior All-State Banner for Radio Broadcasting

In the category of Radio Broadcasting, KWOZ was awarded the Critic’s Choice Award. The performance imagines a witty, whimsical news broadcast from the Land of Oz featuring beloved characters from the classic film. The newscast featured Aidan Dolan, Maddie Fast, Joplin Halstoos, Maura Lawler, Makayla Makovec, Brice Shaw, Hannah Tracy, and Nate Williams. It was directed by Greg Ernzen. The critic was Calyn Thompson, an anchor at WHO-TV 13, Des Moines.

Dubuque Senior All-State Banner for Solo Mime

Dubuque Senior All-State Banner for Solo Mime

In the category of Solo Mime, The Price of Perfection received the Critic’s Choice Award. This moving performance examined the pressures of body image and the toll it takes both physically and mentally. The performer was Elise Norman. It was directed by Megan Schumacher. The critic was Paul Kalina, Associate Professor of Movement Studies at the University of Iowa.

Dubuque Senior was also awarded the E. Wayne Cooley Large Group Sweepstakes Trophy. The trophy is awarded to the school receiving the most All-State honors at the IHSSA Large Group Festival, making Dubuque Senior the 2023 Large Group State Champions.


Iowa High School Speech Association Information:

  • The Critic’s Choice Award is given by a theatre professional to the top performance of the day in each category.
  • This is the tenth Ensemble Acting Award for Dubuque Senior, a category dating back to 1984.
  • This is the fourth Radio Broadcasting Critic’s Choice Award for Dubuque Senior, a category dating back to 2005.
  • This is the fifth Critic’s Choice Award in Solo Mime for Dubuque Senior, one of the original IHSSA categories from the first festival back in 1981.
  • The three Critic’s Choice Awards tie the school record for these honors awarded at a single festival. Dubuque Senior has achieved this feat four times. (1984, 1987, 2015, 2023)
  • The award includes a traveling banner which Dubuque Senior will return to the All-State Festival next year.
  • This marks the 34th, 35th, and 36th Critic’s Choice Award win for Dubuque Senior High School and the 17th in the last 11 years.
  • This is Dubuque Senior’s seventh Large Groups Sweepstakes State Championship. (1984, 2001, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023)