On Wednesday, May 15th the leaders, faculty and families of West High School celebrated the tremendous success of their students. The ceremony featured honors for academic achievement and recent scholarship announcements, including the following award winners! Tracy Vo received a very distinguished award, a Gates Millennium Scholarship award, which will pay for her entire undergraduate degree. Each year only 1,000 Gates scholars are selected nationwide, and Tracy was the ONLY … Read more

On Thursday, May 16 district leaders and employees celebrated their colleagues reaching 10 and 20 year anniversaries serving the youth and families of the Davenport Community Schools! The event was hosted at the beautiful River Music Experience in the heart of downtown Davenport and brought together colleagues, family and friends to celebrate over 100 honorees and their remarkable milestones. The event culminated with remarks and thanks from Superintendent Art Tate … Read more

Central students enjoyed an exciting visit to New York City this week. The trip included an extraordinary opportunity to have a personalized performance workshop with the cast of “Wicked” and Broadway star Tim Shew. Other stops on the city included the “Today Show,” NBC studios, Museum of National History, and other sightseeing favorites. The trip culminated in a night on Broadway, including attending a performance of the musical extravaganza Spider-Man!… Read more

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