Des Moines Public Schools provides comprehensive literacy instruction to all students, K-12. To better serve our stakeholders, the literacy curriculum team is divided into two components: an Elementary component governing K-5 and a Secondary component which encompases 6-12. This page is dedicated to the curricular offerings and assessment initiatives relevant to secondary literacy.
Course information is divided into four categories in the menu bar, above. Middle school courses are all collected in the Middle School courses menu, while high school courses appear in one of three places: the traditional progression for students (English I-IV and the freshman Power English support class) is located under the High School Core Courses menu, while other courses that bear English credit are presented under the High School Alternative Courses* menu. Lastly, elective courses that are governed by the literacy department are presented under the High School Elective Courses* menu.
*Currently the Alternative Courses and Elective Courses menus are under construction. Check back over the course of the 2013-2014 school year!
Course information is divided into four categories in the menu bar, above. Middle school courses are all collected in the Middle School courses menu, while high school courses appear in one of three places: the traditional progression for students (English I-IV and the freshman Power English support class) is located under the High School Core Courses menu, while other courses that bear English credit are presented under the High School Alternative Courses* menu. Lastly, elective courses that are governed by the literacy department are presented under the High School Elective Courses* menu.
*Currently the Alternative Courses and Elective Courses menus are under construction. Check back over the course of the 2013-2014 school year!
Good News Worth Celebrating!
Of the four secondary grade levels that we test using the Scholastic Reading Inventory each year, all four showed notable improvement compared to last year!
