What’s for Lunch? Ask the DMPS Mobile App

You can now find out what’s for breakfast and lunch at every school on every day of the year. You can even find out nutritional information. Just visit the Dining section on the new DMPS Mobile App. If you don’t yet have the app, click the header to download it for Apple or Android and learn more about its many features.

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Dream Posters Brighten Our Hallway

The I Have A Dream Foundation has brightened up Findley once again with the addition of 8 large-scale posters of our students acting out their dreams. To see all the posters individually, click the header (or stop on by)!  …

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Broadway Grant Helps Turnaround Arts Schools

The bright lights of Broadway are helping to brighten the education of our students. The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway theater industry, today awarded a grant Des Moines Performing Arts for their work with Cattell, Findley, Harding, Madison and Oak Park schools, the five Turnaround Arts schools at DMPS. To learn more, click the heading.

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Findley a Big Winner Thanks to Golf Tourney

Superintendent Tom Ahart and Principal Barb Adams along with a dozen Findley Elementary students were special guests today at the Wakonda Club, where the were presented with a $100,000 donation from the Principal Charity Classic. The funds will support the school’s new Dreamer Academy. Click the photo to read and see more about this special event.

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Findley Aims High [Video]

To kick off the year, enjoy this brief video featuring the smiling faces of students from last year.  We are so excited to have all of our students back for the new school year – this year we …

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Findley Now Fits in the Palm of Your Hand

The new DMPS mobile app is designed to provide up-to-date and helpful information about the school district and all schools right in the palm of your hand. Now you can connect with Findley and every school in Des Moines from anywhere and everywhere. Click the photo to learn more about the app and download to your Apple or Android smartphone.

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Bell Times Change at Findley this Fall

Students at 19 elementary schools, including Findley Elementary, will adjust their schedule by 10 minutes this fall. It’s a move that will give bus drivers much needed time to get from school to school. Click on the image to read more about how the small time change will improve student safety and save the district hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Kindergarten Jump Start

Kindergarten Jump Start will take place on Wednesday, June 25 and Thursday, June 26 from 8:30-11:30 for all incoming kindergarten students for the 2014-2015 school year.  Please call the office to sign your child up at 242-8407.

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School Boundary Changes

  Findley families, please review the approved boundary changes on the Des Moines website for the 2015-2016 school year.  Please let the office know if you have any questions.

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