Tuesday October 28, students at Howe Elementary participated in Math Night! Students wore their costumes and trick-or-treated in each of the classrooms for a variety of math games and the supplies they would need to play the game …

This past Saturday, around 50 students from Howe Elementary and other area schools received bikes from a local charity. Variety, the children’s charity supplied students with size appropriate bikes, helmets, and bike locks! It was a great time …

Des Moines Parks and Recreation and Des Moines Public Schools are partnering to offer a youth basketball league for the 2014-2015 season. The program is for students in grades 1st through 7th. The registration deadline is October 17 and fees are $50 per student or $450 per team. Click the image to learn more and register to play.

You can now find out what’s for breakfast and lunch at every school on every day of the year. You can even find out nutritional information. Just visit the Dining section on the new DMPS Mobile App. If you don’t yet have the app, click the header to download it for Apple or Android and learn more about its many features.

We want your feedback! Please take a moment to tell us how you feel we are doing at Howe Elementary. Use the following link to complete the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J69PS6M

Look who got caught reading this summer!

The new DMPS mobile app is designed to provide up-to-date and helpful information about the school district and all schools right in the palm of your hand. Now you can connect with Howe and every school in Des Moines from anywhere and everywhere. Click the photo to learn more about the app and download to your Apple or Android smartphone.

Des Moines Public Schools will offer meals at no cost to all students enrolled at 35 schools and three early learning centers at the start of the 2014-2015 school year. Click the image to learn more.

Howe Elementary School students celebrated their last day of school with water relays. Students who did well on the Iowa Assessments were able to dump a bucket of water on the principal or their favorite teacher. What a great way to end the year! Good luck to our departing 5th graders and everyone have a great summer. Click on the image to see more photos.

Howe students recently sold over $5,000 in cookie dough! Students who sold 5 tubs or more received a piece of duct tape to secure Ms. Burke to the wall! Thanks for all the hard work!