With today’s opening ceremonies of the Sochi Olympics, Lolo Jones (Roosevelt High, ’00) becomes one of only 9 Americans to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The former world champion and Olympic hurdler is now a bobsledder for Team USA. Women’s bobsled is scheduled to begin February 18. Go go, Lolo!

Two of Roosevelt’s best and brightest student athletes signed letters of intent to play sports in college!  Congratulations to Kaitlyn Williams (left) and Jalynn Roberts-Lewis (right).  Go to The Roosevelt Flickr page to see pictures from the event.   …

No worries!  We took notes!  On this Roosevelt Homepage click on “Students” (up and to the right) and open the folder called “Senior Year” to find the notes from today’s Senior meeting!  Stay connected and stay informed!

Congratulations to the TRHS Girls Bowlers who beat Hoover to finish the season 8-4…the most successful season in TRHS Girls Bowling history.  Led by Senior Olivia Enos and Sophomore Anna Andrade.  There was also more good news as …

Congratulations to the Rider Boys Swim Team!  Saturday they captured the  CIML Metro title. Here is the final team scoring: 1. RHS 298; 2. Hoover 209; 3. Indianola 195; 4. Lincoln 177; 5. East 164; 6. Ottumwa 91. Congrats …

The Des Moines Public Schools Annual Art Exhibit will be held at Capitol Square Courtyard, opening night Thursday February 6th Speakers will be: Superintendent Thomas Ahart and School Board President Cindy Elsbernd Time: 5:45 PM Music by: Hoover …

SENIORS: Remember to attend the Senior meeting on  Wednesday, Feb. 5 during 2/6+ at 9:45 AM in the TRHS auditorium.   Our focus will be on completing and filing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), financial …

Three TRHS seniors – Edel Aron, Lillian Nellans and Max Pilcher – are among four DMPS students named by the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars as candidates for the 2014 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Congratulations! Click the headline to read more about their honor.

The final matches of the CIML Wrestling Invitational on Friday, January 31 at 4:00 will be live-streamed.  You can access the finals matches by going to www.highschoolcube.com and searching for Southeast Polk.  The finals are projected to start …

Junior, Meredith Burkhall is having a great week!  She was named Athlete of the Week by HyVee and Sports Spotlight magazine.  Recognized for averaging 17.7 points per game and 9.8 rebounds, she “stands among the best in Division …