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

The Davenport North High School Bowling team is one of six local teams being honored at the Quad City Times 32nd Annual Salute to Sports on May 8, 2013 in the NHS Holzworth Auditorium. Austin Wulk, Austin LaMaack, and Zach Fries helped shatter the Iowa state record for pin count with 3,633 total to take their second Class 2A title in three years.

Alisha Jones, North High School senior, is … Read more

The Girl’s Learn International chapter at Central High School is holding a screening of s 45- minute version of the PBS documentary “Half the Sky.” The film, which was made to raise awareness, focuses on the struggles of women in other parts of the world. The screening will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 9 in the John Deere Auditorium at the Figge Art Museum. The public … Read more

Vince Bertram, CEO of Project Lead The Way (PLTW) a national program providing rigorous and innovative Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education programs for schools, was the featured speaker at the Quad Cities Chamber Executives Club breakfast on Friday, May 3, 2013 in the Putnam Museum in Davenport. Local executives, business owners, and educators hear Bertram’s message about the need for critical-thinking and problem-solving skills as crucial attributes for … Read more

As Summer approaches, we like to begin taking a look back at the earlier parts of the school year and reflect on our great accomplishments.  One particular story of note from our elementary schools was a feature on Blue Grass Elementary teacher Sarah Graham, who has received Artsonia’s Annual Leadership Award, an honor extended to teachers from only ten schools per state across the United States.  The award honors teachers … Read more

Davenport students participated in a “Showcase of Learning” on Saturday, April 27th in collaboration with the City of Davenport Public Works Department. Featured classrooms included those of EARTH teachers, educators that participated in intensive professional development and site-based learning in environmental sciences, sponsored by the Daveport Community Schools, Eastern Iowa Community College District, University of Iowa and Iowa Department of Education. Students were on hand to demonstrate their experiments and … Read more

The Combustible Lemons, one of four robotics teams at West High School, was recognized this past weekend as one of the top 24 teams in the world at the 2013 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) World Championship in St. Louis.  The Lemons earned their bid to compete amongst 26,000 teams from over 69 countries by being named Captain of the 2013 State Champion Winning Alliance this … Read more

On April 24, “The Avengers” – a scholastic team from Wood Intermediate consisting of Jacob Wells, Collin Glazek, Kaitlyn Collins and Marissa Robertson – took first place in the Rivermont Academic Invitational held in Bettendorf, Iowa. The invitational is a competition developed for students from all around the Quad-Cities area, and features competitive events in engineering, math, science, geography, global awareness, literature, and current events. Most activities were hands-on experiences … Read more