Downtown School students filled pockets, bags and bottles with loose change and brought it to school hoping to make an impact on hunger in some of the world’s most impoverished areas. The result of digging deep into purses, …

Update: Movie night has been rescheduled for Friday, March 8. Pizza will be served from 5:30 – 6:15 PM, followed by the movie at 6:15 PM. Please RSVP and consider signing up as a volunteer! RSVP: http://whoozin.com/UT3-6RN-YEW4 Volunteer: …

Snow may be elusive in the metro, but at DTS, snowballs flew with abandon in the culminating event room. Downtown School students sang, drew reindeer, played games, ate goodies and some wore pajamas all day on the last …

The downtown school’s team of 5-6-year-old teachers worked together to assemble the NGSS life science animal standards.  The team decided that a zoo animal project would be an appropriate topic in which to apply the standards. The students …

Downtown School operates with guidance from the Iowa Department of Public Health when deciding whether students will be inside or outside for recess. If the wind chill is above 15 degrees Fahrenheit, we will go outside. Please remember to send …

We’ve scheduled our Downtown School Movie Night for Friday, January 18 in the Central Campus Auditorium. Pizza will be available for purchase at 6:00 PM and the movie will begin at 6:30-6:45 PM. We will begin voting to …

Mr. Burnett read “How to Catch a Snowman” at Barnes and Noble for the annual Downtown School Book Fair. Proceeds from purchases made that day and the days that followed will be used to purchase new materials for the school’s library. Thanks to everyone who volunteered and shopped to make our school a better place!

Mr. Burnett lead a discussion in the library this Fall about child development at The Downtown School. Thanks to everyone who attended and watched the meeting live on Facebook. If you were unable to attend, the Facebook Live video is still available by clicking on the headline.