Central Campus

The Business and Finance Department has put together the attached Fees Q&A to help address your questions and also questions you may receive from parents/guardians regarding the increase to FY14 fees. We are also working with Community Relations to have this published on the District website. Fees QA

A couple of weeks ago, nearly 1,800 students received their high school diplomas at eight separate commencements throughout Des Moines, including hundreds of students from Central Campus programs. Next week, DMPS-TV will broadcast a replay of each graduation ceremony. Click the headline for more details.

Central Academy “mathletes” finished first in the 2013 Collaborative Problem-Solving Contest, a mathematics contest administered by National Assessment & Testing. Earlier this month, Central learned it finished 5th in the Mandlebrot math competition, besting some of the nation’s top-ranked high schools.

Central Campus’ week-long Block Party ended with the annual Fashion Show, an extravaganza of student creativity and style. The show featured fashions designed and modeled by students in the Fashion Design and Merchandising program. Click the photo to the left to see more than 80 photos from the event.

Central Academy has the top score on the 2013 Iowa AP Index. And for the first time ever, all five DMPS high schools are on the Index’s Top 50 list, compiled by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa to rank how well high schools provide students with the opportunity to take high-level Advanced Placement courses. Read and see more by clicking the headline.