Sheri Womack, Principal at Kimberly Center High School, recently received the Newcomer of the Year award from the Iowa Association for Alternative Education. This award is given to the educator who has made significant achievement to advancing the cause of alternative schools and has been in alternative education for less than 3 years.  Congratulations, Sheri!… Read more

Daphne Cornish, a Central High School senior, is one of three recipients of the Quad Cities Better Business Bureau’s Student of Integrity awards for 2013. Cornish stood out from a field of 29 nominees due, in part, to her commitment and passion for environmental activism when she acted on that passion to enlist the support of her classmates to participate in a nationwide competition called the “Recycle Bowl.” The competition … Read more

Three Davenport students, Calvin Moulton of Madison and Zeke Wynsma and Calvin Jantzi, both of Eisenhower made it through three rounds of competition to get to the state finals in Invent Iowa.  Parent leaders and the Talented And Gifted teacher from the two schools, Lorie Brock, met with students after school to research, design and execute the two projects. Calvin and Zeke’s project won at the state level earning the … Read more

The Scott County YMCA’s Annual Awards Celebration honored Davenport Community Schools leadership. The event honored the many levels of partnership between the Davenport Community Schools and the Scott County YMCA. Superintendent Dr. Art Tate accepted the “Community Partnership Award” on behalf of Davenport Community Schools’ leadership, teachers, staff, students and families. Maddie Walker of West High School was also honored with the Social Responsibility Award for her leadership in starting … Read more

It’s been a 12-year project to make all student records electronic, however on May 10, 2013, approximately 16,500 student paper files were shredded. Linda Zurborg, Records Department, has spearheaded these efforts to convert all student records to electronic files that can be accessed through the district’s internal computer system.  The district’s Learning Information Services department helped with the transition to ensure the security of the records.

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Josh Byrne, a Central High School senior, has won a Silver Medal at the 2013 National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. His submission, “Raptorial Arms,” consisted of various drawings of the legs of a praying mantis and other insects.  Byrne says he “would like to do for insects what John James Audubon did for birds.”  He appreciates  the ease with which insects can be studied. “I love the way they … Read more

The Board of Directors of the Davenport Community Schools honored their 2012-2013 Student School Board members at the regular Board meeting on Monday, May 13, 2013. Each student school board member was asked what they had learned or what had been most important to them during their year of service. Several students mentioned leadeship skills, learning about the many variables that must be considered when running a large organization, and … Read more

Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds visited STEM programs at three Davenport Community Schools on Monday, May 13, 2013.

The Lt. Governor began with a visit to the Gateway to Technology program at Smart Intermediate School. Currently, Smart has the only STEM program at the intermediate level in the Iowa Quad Cities. Reynolds visited individually with the students as they worked on their projects. She also spoke with a group of students … Read more

The West High robotics team “Falcon Fever,” 2013 Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) State Champions, recently traveled to Washington DC for the RWDC National Competition.  Team members Pardeep Sani, James Larsen, Amber Sawvell, Tuyen Nguyen, Carina Grady, and Eli Shellabarger designed an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle intended for search and rescue, and represented the State of Iowa well at the competition.  The Real World Design Challenge provides high school students across … Read more