Please join us in welcoming Ms. Fitch to the Walnut Street School staff. Ms. Fitch will be teaching 3rd grade. She did her student-teaching in Des Moines Public Schools and also was a substitute teacher. We are very …

We want to extend a warm welcome to Mrs. Briggs as a new member of the Walnut Street School staff. Mrs. Briggs will be teaching 2nd grade. Previously, Mrs. Briggs taught 1st grade at Willard Elementary School. Mrs. …

Our 4th and 5th graders have spent the past two weeks working with local artist Concetta Morales on a mosaic art project. The students are creating pictorial border for our school’s Program of Inquiry (POI) wall. The students …

Please join us in welcoming Sufan Huang to the Walnut Street School team. Sufan will be our new Mandarin Chinese teacher. She is coming to us from Kansas where she has worked the past few years at the …

On Saturday, June 9, 2012 from 4pm-6pm Walnut Street School will be hosting a celebration marking our authorization as an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program World School!  Activities will include performances by our student Capoeria group, traditional Chinese music, …

Walnut Street School 5th graders presented the first PYP Exhibition on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.  Students worked together to create their own unit of inquiry in the Where We Are in Place and Time transdisciplinary theme. The class …

We have quite a few students who participate in our Brickz4Kids after-school club each week. Each week, the students use Legos to build mechanized items. It is a great time!

Several of our classes have had guest presenters from the Iowa Asian Alliance teach them about Japanese origami and calligraphy.

Several students participated in the Battle of the Books competition with other elementary schools from around the district. Our students represented Walnut Street School well.

Thanks to everyone who attended our Cultural Night on March 29th. We had workshops about Somolia, Mexico, India, Croatia and Hawaii. There were approximately 175 participants.