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to the Story Archive Index Page which contains titles of all stories
that have appeared in the Web site which feature teachers' and students'
accomplishments. The
stories have been grouped by school year, which runs from the first
day of July to the last day of June the following year. These
are stories that were created expressly for our Web site audience. Click on the hyperlinks below to go to the original
Web stories.
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| 2009-2010 School Year |
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| 2008-2009 School Year |
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| 2007-2008 School Year |
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| 2006-2007 School Year |
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| 2005-2006 School Year |
- SchoolBoard Meeting Photos Sep 06
- Looks at Books - online book reviews by kids (Videos)
- Central Alternative Shot Tower Project Page (Movie)
- All City High School Art Exhibit 2006
- First Year Teachers... a documentary (Video)
- Looks at Books... students use TV to do book reviews (Video)
- Mentors and Mentees Honored
- Surprise! Jefferson Middle School's Auditorium named after retiring principal Duane Frick (Video)
- Jefferson's Hands-on Civil War Studies (Photos)
- Tri II is a 57 year musical tradition that unites young musicans from two adjoining states, Iowa and Illinois (Video)
- The Young Citizens' Forum 06 (Video)
- So, You're Starting High School (Video)
- So, You're Starting Middle School (Video)
- Senior High's Talent Show 06 (Video)
- The Spelling Bee Regionals 06 (Video)
- Citywide Bandfest 06 (video)
- Citywide Choralfest 06 (Video)
- Argument on Mt. Rushmore at Eisenhower (Video) First Year Teacher.. a Documentary (video)
- Anything Goes Backstage Pass (Video)
- Cinderella! at Jefferson Backstage Pass (Video)
- Hello Dolly Backstage Pass (Video)
- Curious Savage at Senior... a Backstage Pass (Video)
- Invention Convention Regionals (Video)
- Invention Convention at Roosevelt Middle School (Video)
- Prescott Kids at the Dubuque Museum of Art (Video)
- Jefferson Students Win Word Competition
- Eisenhower does Dear Edwina (Video)
- Jefferson does Cinderella (Video)
- The Mural Project: Gary Olsen and our painting crew do a mural to decorate Senior High's Learning Lab (Video)
- Our National Anthem sung by Roosevelt's Male Vocal Ensemble with the Music Men's Barbershop Chorus at the Iowa Game (Video)
- Ann Sushko Glass Apple Award Teacher
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- Lights, Camera, Lucas! Lucas Tully, Roving Reporter (Video)
- Happy Birthday Grandma Hazel (Video)
- Kenny and Brian for Alliant Energy and eCommunity Rewards (Video)
- Fulton School Carolers (Photo)
- Roosevelt Dedication Ceremonies (Video)
- Students participate in building and construction trades exposition (Video)
- First day at Eleanor Roosevelt... The Movie
- Prescott Hosts Visiting Graphic Artist
- Senior High School Small Business Leaders Story
- Lights, Camera, Doctors! Open for Business tours Medical Associates Clinic and examine careers in medicine. (Video)
- First Day of School at Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School (Video)
- Washington students participate in National Baseball Hall of Fame filmed field trip to made available to teachers nationwide.
- Christie Vilsack, Iowa's First Lady, helps innaugurate literacy program studies at Dubuque's Loras College (Video)
- Instrument Night encourages 4th graders and their parents to make a commitment to music (Video)
- Prescott Visiting Artist (Photos)
- Ribbon Clip on the New Middle School. (Video)
- How Prescott Behaves- Describes how PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports) creates a postive learning environment at Prescott School (Video)
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| 2003-2004
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| 2002-2003
School Year |
- How
Laws are Made: Hoover School kids and Congressman Jim Nussle
(Video)
- All
Girl's Tech Camp at Hempstead (Video Adventure)
- A
Tribute to joe Link, the retiring executive director of finance
for the district (Video)
- Walk
Like and Egyptian: Tour Ancient Egypt with Natalie and her classmates
at Marshall (Video Adventure)
- Board
Thanks the Till Family: Poster child for the Vote Campaign, family
honored at School Board meeting (Photos)
- Morning
News at Washington Junior High goes TV (Video)
- Ancient
History... kindergarten kids at Eisenhower learn about the Fabulous
'50s (Video Adventure)
- Jones
Junior High does a wonderful rendition of Danny Boy (Musical
Moment)
- Dubuque
Schools' Kindergarten Tour 2002-2003 takes off at Lincoln Elementary
where kids and parents are making groovy teeshirts (Video)
- Drama,
Suspense, Victory... this documentary captures it all in 25 minutes
as we join supporters of the local option sales tax as the votes
are recorded at the County Court House (Video)
- Washington's
Invention Convention a Riot of Creativity (Video and Photo
Album)
- Buddy
Programs put older students in early mentoring opportunities with
kindergarten students. See this example at Irving Elementary
(Photo Album)
- Holiday
Music Performances by Dubuque Community Schools Students have
a special page (Musical Moments and Videos)
- Bryant
School makes it official... Betty Jane Candies is their School/Business
partner (Video)
- Michelle
Covey wins the ISEA Volunteerism Award (Video)
- Gary
Olsen is interviewed by Rob Kundert of Radio Dubuque Stations
on the third anniversary of the Dubuque Schools website (Audio
Essay)
- Dubuque
School District Wins Equit Award
- Dubuque's
School-Business Partnerships Annual Overview available online
- Rockets
and Hot Dogs: Scenes from the annual Parents Picnic and Rock Launch
at Table Mound Elementary (Video Adventure)
- A
Star Spangled Musical Moment: Combined high school bands play
the National Anthem (Video and Musical Moment Audio)
- Dubuque's
Mentoring Program wins DEA & UAW/Saturn Partnership Award
(Audio Essay)
- Grant
Central Station: See how the Dubuque Racing Association helps
schools. (Video)
- Hoover
School ID Night. Parents and the Police compile identification
data including DNA samples to help protect children. (Video)
- Where
do these great books come from? Learn about RIF (Reading Is Fundamental)
and how teachers and students get free books. (Video)
- Summer
Building Projects (Video Adventure)
- Big
Traveling Scissors at Kennedy Elementary for the Ribbon Cutting
of the New Playground Equipment made possible through a grant
from the DRA (Video Adventure)
- How
our bus drivers teach our students to be safe (Video Adventure)
- Musical
Instrument Night: Fourth Grade Students Pick Out Musical Instruments
They Might Like to Play... very funny but an important message
about how music influences life and learning. (Video Adventure)
- First
Day of School 2002 (Audio Essay)
- School
Bus Safety taught by the Drivers of DCSD (Video Adventure)
- 9/11
Resources for Parents and Educators
- Hodge
and Dean win school board election
- The
9/11 Video: September 11th, One Year Later. Students reveal
their thoughts, dreams, hopes and fears in this 20 minute documentary
produced by Dubuque Community Schools. (Video)
- First
Day for Teachers (Video of John Burgart's Opening Address)
- Ribbon
Cutting at Audubon Celebrates completion of Remodeling and Renovation
Project (Video)
- The
First Day of School (Audio and Photo Album)
- Musical
Moment: Meet Michael Gilbertson, Composer and High School Freshman
(Video)
- John
Woodin Honored as Art Administrator of the Year in Iowa
- How
Prescott Behaves (Video)
- Making
Math Instruction Better (Audio)
- Sageville
Learns the Ropes (Video)
- How
to Wash Your Hands (Video)
- Interim
Superintendent John Burgart Holds Post (Video)
- Central
Gets New Van (Video)
- Ground
Breaking at Table Mound for New Addition (Video)
- John
Burgart, Superintendent of Dubuque Community Schools proves he's
the best sport in the world and volunteers for the Dunk Tank at
the Labor Management Summerfest Event. (Video)
- TriDouble-I?
It's only the biggest musical collabortation among high schools
in two states, and it's been going on for 50 years. (Musical
Moment from 2002)
- Hempstead
Does Les Miserables (Video)
- Bryant
School Does Bones, the Musical (Video)
- How
Audubon gets Families Reading (Video)
- How
Laws are Made: Hoover School kids and Congressman Jim Nussle
(Video)
- All
Girl's Tech Camp at Hempstead (Video Adventure)
- A
Tribute to joe Link, the retiring executive director of finance
for the district (Video)
- Walk
Like and Egyptian: Tour Ancient Egypt with Natalie and her classmates
at Marshall (Video Adventure)
- Board
Thanks the Till Family: Poster child for the Vote Campaign, family
honored at School Board meeting (photos)
- Invention
Convention at Washington Junior High (Video Adventure)
- Ancient
History... kindergarten kids at Eisenhower learn about the Fabulous
'50s (Video Adventure)
- Jones
Junior High does a wonderful redition of Danny Boy (Musical
Moment)
- Dubuque
Schools' Kindergarten Tour 2002-2003 takes off at Lincoln Elementary
where kids and parents are making groovy teeshirts (Video)
- Drama,
Suspense, Victory... this documentary captures it all in 25 minutes
as we join supporters of the local option sales tax as the votes
are recorded at the County Court House (Video)
- Washington's
Invention Convention a Riot of Creativity (Video and Photo
Album)
- Buddy
Programs put older students in early mentoring opportunities with
kindergarten students. See this example at Irving Elementary
(Photo Album)
- Holiday
Music Performances by Dubuque Community Schools Students have
a special page (Musical Moments and Videos)
- Bryant
School makes it official... Betty Jane Candies is their School/Business
partner (Video)
- Michelle
Covey wins the ISEA Volunteerism Award (Video)
- Gary
Olsen is interviewed by Rob Kundert of Radio Dubuque Stations
on the third anniversary of the Dubuque Schools website (Audio
Essay)
- Dubuque
School District Wins Equit Award
- Dubuque's
School-Business Partnerships Annual Overview available online
- Rockets
and Hot Dogs: Scenes from the annual Parents Picnic and Rock Launch
at Table Mound Elementary (Video Adventure)
- A
Star Spangled Musical Moment: Combined high school bands play
the National Anthem (Video and Musical Moment Audio)
- Dubuque's
Mentoring Program wins DEA & UAW/Saturn Partnership Award
(Audio Essay)
- Grant
Central Station: See how the Dubuque Racing Association helps
schools. (Video)
- Hoover
School ID Night. Parents and the Police compile identification
data including DNA samples to help protect children. (Video)
- Where
do these great books come from? Learn about RIF (Reading Is Fundamental)
and how teachers and students get free books. (Video)
- Summer
Building Projects (Video Adventure)
- Big
Traveling Scissors at Kennedy Elementary for the Ribbon Cutting
of the New Playground Equipment made possible through a grant
from the DRA (Video Adventure)
- How
our bus drivers teach our students to be safe (Video Adventure)
- Musical
Instrument Night: Fourth Grade Students Pick Out Musical Instruments
They Might Like to Play... very funny but an important message
about how music influences life and learning. (Video Adventure)
- First
Day of School 2002 (Audio Essay)
- School
Bus Safety taught by the Drivers of DCSD (Video Adventure)
- 9/11
Resources for Parents and Educators
- Hodge
and Dean win school board election
- The
9/11 Video: September 11th, One Year Later. Students reveal
their thoughts, dreams, hopes and fears in this 20 minute documentary
produced by Dubuque Community Schools. (Video)
- First
Day for Teachers (Video of John Burgart's Opening Address)
- Ribbon
Cutting at Audubon Celebrates completion of Remodeling and Renovation
Project (Video)
- The
First Day of School (Audio and Photo Album)
- Musical
Moment: Meet Michael Gilbertson, Composer and High School Freshman
(Video)
- John
Woodin Honored as Art Administrator of the Year in Iowa
- How
Prescott Behaves (Video)
- Making
Math Instruction Better (Audio)
- Sageville
Learns the Ropes (Video)
- How
to Wash Your Hands (Video)
- Interim
Superintendent John Burgart Holds Post (Video)
- Central
Gets New Van (Video)
- Ground
Breaking at Table Mound for New Addition (Video)
- John
Burgart, Superintendent of Dubuque Community Schools proves he's
the best sport in the world and volunteers for the Dunk Tank at
the Labor Management Summerfest Event. (Video)
- TriDouble-I?
It's only the biggest musical collabortation among high schools
in two states, and it's been going on for 50 years. (Musical
Moment from 2002)
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School Year |
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School Year |
- Jack
Jenney Music Festival benefits District Musical Education programs
(Photo Album)
- Dr.
Petrek's Bulletin Board Hall of Fame for June is Bryant
(Audio Essay)
- 2001
A School Odyssey Photo Album and Video Clip
- DRA
(Dubuque Racing Association) Announces grant awards
- Students
make history happen at Table Mound (Video Adventure)
- Marshall
School Students and The Firefighters of Engine House Number
6 work together on their own Neighborhood Garden Project-
Video Clip of Ribbon Cutting and Tour of the Garden. (Video
Adventure)
- Jefferson
Wows the Lunch Crowd at John Deere in a Musical Menu that Delights
(Photo Album)
- Senior
High Wins in National Leadership Conference in California
- Singing
Your Way to Learning Spanish at Lincoln School (Audio Essay)
- Washington's
Sound of Music (Photo Album and Audio Essay)
- Marshall
Wins Eco-Meet
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- Tracy
Helmle's Business Class (Hempstead) pitches their business plan
to a real live banker.
- Fulton
School's Fine Art of Protesting
- UN
Summit at Loras
- Jazz
Spectacular (Audio Essay)
- Lincoln
Kindergarten Celebrates 100!
- Hoover
Open House (Audio Essay)
- Senior
High Broadcasters Aim to Compete (Audio Essay)
- Dr.
Petrek's Gallery features Irving School in February (Audio
Essay)
- Cartoon
Club at Fulton School (Audio Essay)
- Teachers
Teach Teachers how to improve students' reading skills...
- Lincoln
Principal Donna Loewen on a roll with families...
- Making
Maps and Globes at Lincoln School
- Mentoring
program helps new teachers to the district...
- Invention
Convention at Bryant brings out the best (Audio Essay)
- Fulton
School featured on Jane's January Bulletin Board (Audio
Essay)
- Integrating
technology into the curriculum at a large high school is a daunting task. Both Senior and
Hempstead have re-invented how technology is delivered to teachers
in their buildings.
- English
as a Second Language: Imagine
you just entered a place where no one speaks a language you
understand. Navigating the grocery store could be very difficult.
Getting a driver's license would possibly be a nightmare. Most
of us have enough trouble using our first language correctly.
- Iowa
Urban Education Network:
The Dubuque CSD is a proud member of the Iowa Urban Education
Network. The organization brings together the largest eight
urban school districts in the state. These include Des Moines,
Sioux City, Davenport, Council Bluffs, Waterloo, Iowa City,
Cedar Rapids and Dubuque.
- CPR
Training in the District will Save Lives District-wide
CPR training recertification occurred which involved over 55
employees of DCSD.
- Eisenhower
Self Portraits topic for Jane's Bulletin Board: See
these delightful portraits of Eisenhower students...
- Kennedy
Elementary explores environmental issues over ICN: First
graders making a contribution in a state-wide environmental
issues conference over the ICN? Sounds crazy, but it just might
work. Well, it did work.
- Central
Portrait Exhibit a huge hit: A fantastic exhibition
of portraits of influencial women of Dubuque was on tour of
the Forum.
- Tech
Training to All Teachers: During the district's early
dismissal day on Wednesday, December 6th, the entire Senior
High faculty participated in technology training.
- Christmas
Concerts Schedule:The DuTRAC Community Credit Union,
KGRR 97.3 and the Dubuque Schools have formed a partnership
that will broadcast everything from "visions of sugar plums"
to "Frosty the Snowman" to "Jingle Bell Rock."
- Irving
School Creates Mural that Reflects on the History of Learning:
A group of Irving school students have had the opportunity to
leave a legacy for their school and acquire some knowledge at
the same time.
- Iowa
High School Music All State Best. The
Iowa High School Music Association has designated sixteen Hempstead
and Senior musicians as among the best in the state.
- Holiday
music performed on local radio station stars District students. The DuTRAC Community Credit Union, KGRR 97.3 and the Dubuque
Schools have formed a partnership that will broadcast everything
from "visions of sugar plums" to "Frosty the Snowman" to "Jingle
Bell Rock."
- Radio
Dubuque puts Table Mound get on the Air Table
Mound Elementary will be the site of a unique low-powered radion
station partnership with Radio Dubuque, owners of KDTH, KAT
FM, and KGRR FM.
- Down
and Dirty with Mississippi Mud It began as a meeting
to discuss collaboration between the Dubuque Community Schools
Art Department and the Mississippi Mud Pottery Studio. It ended
with some very talented teacher/artists doing what they do best...creating.
- German
Band hosted by Senior High Musicians
- Chamber
of Commerce Carrer Day a Succes: High school students
from the tri-state area attended the Career Exploration Day
2000 event at Five Flags Civic Center on October 19, 2000. The
annual event was co-sponsored by the Dubuque Area Chamber of
Commerce and the Dyersville Area Chamber of Commerce.
- ACT
Scores (2000) and comparisons to State-wide and National
Averages are right here.
- Jeff
Students Use ICN to Tell Others About Dubuque: Some Jefferson Junior High 8th graders participated
in a recent distance learning class over the Iowa Communications
Network. They actually did more than participate, they presented
to several sites throughout Iowa via the fiber optics network.
- 2001:
A School Odyssey is the theme for an entertaining and
informative exposition of all things Dubuque Community Schools.
The even is scheduled for May 19, Saturday, in the midst of
Dubuque's annual spring arts festival, DubuqueFest.
- Making
Others Smile Story and photos by Cyndie Nelson,
October 13, 2000: On Thursday, October 12th, nine Table Mound
students accompanied by staff went on a mission of good will
to Finley Hospital. The second and third graders represented
their classes and delivered hundreds of tray bouquets for the "Meals On Wheels" program.
- Superintendent
Dr. Jane Petrek stands beside her pride and joy... a gallery
of student art and letters from a different school each month.
This month it's Prescott School. There are many fine examples
of children's artworks including handmade books, writings and
three-dimensional objects of art.
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View
the Annual Report for 1999-2000: The 1999-2000 Annual
Report for the District is available in full color and in
Acrobat format (.pdf) for you to download, view in your browser
or print out from your home computer.
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250
students participate in Instrumental Beginner Nights:
Was that sound a toot? It sounded like a honk? Maybe it
was a blat? Over 250 district music students experimented
with toots, honks and blats earlier this school year during
the Instrumental Music Department Parent/Beginner Nights.
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New
Teachers attend First Workshop: On August
16th new teachers, counselors, and nurses kicked off the
2000-2001 school year by attending an all day orientation,
conducted by Nancy Bradley, Director of Staff Development
and School Improvement.
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Music
Awards: High School Marching Band is an activity where
education, musicianship, creativity, entertainment, dedication,
talent and hard work all meet with fantastic results. All
of the elements that make Marching Band exciting came to Iowa
City on September 30 in the "Little Hawk Classic" Competition.
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Hedeman
to Hall of Fame: Dubuque speech teacher Frances Hedeman
is just as excited to tell of her students that have gone
on to be college professors or officials at the United Nations
as she is to tell of students who are working actors in Los
Angeles and New York. Hedeman, 53, has been the speech and
theater teacher at Senior High School since 1970.
- Brain
Research Workshop: What is the impact of recent brain
development research on early childhood education? That question
was explored by key district administrators at an October 2,
2000 workshop sponsored by Loras College.
- Enrollment
Decline in Reverse? Ron Goerdt, Financial Manager for
the district, is completing his annual task of compiling the
enrollment numbers for Dubuque Schools. These numbers are critical
since the State of Iowa uses them to apportion state money which
we depend on for our operation.
- Effective
Teaching Expert Presents Workshop to District: Administrator Charlotte Danielson,
author of the best-selling teacher evaluation method called "A Framework for Effective Teaching," led an in-service
for Dubuque Community Schools principals and administrators.
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