Starting this week, middle and high school students will be asked to review one new menu item each month. It’s a new program the Central Nutrition Center hopes will engage students in a discussion about nutrition and taste. To see photos of February’s featured item and learn how to give your feedback, click on the image.

Last Friday the clock was turned back fifty years at Roosevelt High School. A pep assembly in the school auditorium and a halftime ceremony in the gym were staged to honor the boys’ basketball team that won a state championship for the Roughriders in 1965. Click the photo to read and see more of this very special event.

Parent Teacher Conferences will be March 11th starting at 3:15p.m.-7:15p.m and March 26th starting at 4p.m. -7:45p.m.

Don’t forget to Save the Date!

Due to the forecast for extreme low temperatures throughout the day tomorrow, and a wind chill warning in effect from the National Weather Service through noon, classes at Des Moines Public Schools are cancelled for Wednesday, January 7, 2015.

Due to the Weather the Jr. Bridges 2 Harmony Camp has been cancelled. Clinic will resume at 5:30 next Wednesday.

Another day, another Des Moines Public Schools student signs a National Letter of Intent! Congratulations to Roosevelt High School senior and 2014 state cross country champion Megan Schott on signing to run for Iowa State University.

The Central Iowa Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) announced the 2014 Philanthropy Day award winners last summer. The annual awards recognize individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the quality of life in central Iowa. A select number of Roosevelt Students created artwork for each award recipient.

Congratulations to Roosevelt High School’s Meredith Burkhall on signing to play Women’s Basketball at ISU and Roosevelt’s Aaron Wirt for signing to play Men’s Golf at the University of Iowa. They had a well-attended signing ceremony at the school today. …

Roosevelt’s Megan Schott won the Class 4A Girls’ State Cross Country Championship this morning in Ft. Dodge! Megan is the second Rider and third DMPS student to win a girls’ XC state title

Good luck to the Roosevelt girls cross country team as they compete for a team title at the 2014 Iowa High School Cross Country Championship. The Riders are led by senior Megan Schott. On the boys’ side, two …

The Lady Tankers won the Central Iowa Metro League (CIML)Metro Championship Meet for the 14th year in a row. The sixty-nine member Roosevelt team won both the varsity and junior varsity portions of the meet. The team won all six relays. Sophomore Natalie Galluzzo took home four gold medals. She was on two relays that finished first and she won her two individual races: 200 Individual Medley and 100 Yard Breast.