With the School Board expected to approve the Dubuque Senior High School Renovation Project at its meeting tonight, a groundbreaking ceremony for a $30 million renovation is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 8 a.m.
News Releases
Hull to Become Next Table Mound Elementary School Principal
At its July meeting, the Dubuque Community School District Board of Education approved the appointment of Matthew Hull as the new principal of Table Mound Elementary School beginning in the 2016-2017 school year. Hull is currently the instructional coach at Fulton Elementary School, a role he has held since 2009.
As principal of Table Mound, Hull will be responsible for the strategic and day-to-day operations of the school, which serves approximately 420 students and almost 60 professional and support staff.
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Roosevelt Sixth-Graders Advance to National eCYBERMISSION Competition
Teams Will Compete to Win Up to $9,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds at the Competitions’ National Judging & Educational Event
Arlington, Va. – The U.S. Army announced that the Raptor One team from Roosevelt Middle School has been selected as one of 20 national finalists in the 14th annual eCYBERMISSION competition. Students on the team are Roosevelt students Colin Koot, Luke Onderick, Miah Phalen and Payton Weber. The web-based science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program—sponsored by the U.S. Army and administered by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)—is designed to cultivate student interest in STEM by encouraging students in grades six through nine to develop solutions to real-world problems in their local communities.
The national finalist teams will advance to eCYBERMISSION’s National Judging and Educational Event (NJ&EE), taking place in Washington, D.C. metropolitan area June 20-24.
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Student Art Featured in June 2016 Digital Fringe
The June edition of Digital Fringe, an online gallery of student art in the Dubuque Community School District, is now live!
View the Elementary School Gallery
View the Middle and High School Gallery
This gallery is a way to highlight the remarkable products of art education in the district. It’s a digital attempt at bringing the work of our student artists at all levels into your home – because art is created for others to take in.
Eisenhower PTO Names Five-Star Award Winners
The Eisenhower Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) announced the winners of its annual Five-Star Awards at a school assembly on Friday, May 6. This award is given annually to one teacher and one support staff member at the school.
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Dubuque Senior Instructor Named Teacher of the Year
The Dubuque Community School District Teacher of the Year was named at the annual Educators’ Recognition Dinner on May 5, hosted by the school district and the Dubuque Education Association.
Louie Fischer, an English teacher at Dubuque Senior High School, was selected for the honor. Fischer has taught at Senior since 2005. Outside the classroom, he is also the coach of Senior’s girls cross country team. “In his English classroom, student engagement is a specialty for Louie,” said one of his nominators. “Louie finds a variety of ways to tie literature and writing into students’ personal lives, thus making the learning relevant for students. Students look forward to attending his class every day.”
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District Receives Financial Reporting Award
The Dubuque Community School District has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International for having met or exceeded the program’s high standards for financial reporting and accountability. The award is for the district’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ending in 2015.
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Dubuque Senior Teacher Receives National Speech Award
Dubuque Senior High School Teacher Aaron Dean was one of 21 recipients nationwide to be awarded the 2015-16 Outstanding Speech, Debate and Theatre Educator Awards from the National Federation of High School Speech, Debate and Theatre Association.
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Dubuque Middle School Track Meets Postponed, Saturday, April 30
Two Dubuque Community School District middle school track meets scheduled for Saturday, April 30, have been postponed due to the forecast for inclement weather.
The Jefferson Middle School Girls Invitational Track Meet scheduled for 9 a.m. and the Roosevelt Middle School Boys Invitational Track Meet scheduled for 12:30 p.m., both at Dalzell Field, have been postponed.
A make-up date has not been determined.
Johll to Become Next Roosevelt Middle School Principal
The Dubuque Community School District is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeff Johll as the new principal of Roosevelt Middle School beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, pending approval by the Board of Education at its April 11 meeting. An experienced educational administrator, Johll has served as assistant principal at Roosevelt since 2005.
As principal of Roosevelt, Johll will be responsible for the strategic and day-to-day operations of the school, which serves approximately 1,160 students and 145 professional and support staff.
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