Photo Gallery

The 5th and 6th Graders put on a play for the rest of the school.  It was about a King and Queen who are trying to select a husband for their daughter unbenknowst to her.

The Seventh and Eighth Graders have been studying sound and created their own musical instruments.

The Fifth and Sixth Grade students have been studying plants and visited the Des Moines Botanical Center to see many species of plants.  The students' favorites included the 'touch sensitive' plants and the Venus Fly Trap.

Assumption School students celebrated their First Communion with the rest of Assumption Parish.  The students are shown here with Fr. Remi.

The Assumption Community celebrated May Crowning earlier this month.

The Second Grade First Communion class sang at Mass on the day of May Crowning.

The Third Grade performed fables as a culmination of their fable studies. They painted scenery, made a power point, and performed for other grades.

The Pre-Kindergarten students visited the Des Moines Botanical Center during a recent field trip.

The Second Graders have been competing for Accelerated Reader (AR) points.  Three students earned over 60 AR points each and earned prizes for their efforts.

Assumption Eighth Graders organized the "Change for Change" fundraiser and held a car wash with the Seventh Graders in Grimes to raise money for our sister parish in El Salvador.  The $540 raised will sponsor 1.5 students to go to school for a year.

Bishop Pates visited Assumption School this week to celebrate Mass and visit with all the students.  Before blessing each group he talked about about the 100th Anniversary of the Des Moines Diocese coming up in 2011 and the events associated with the celebration.

Assumption students celebrated the recent church seasons through various activities.  The Kindergarteners held an alleluia parade and a Last Supper re-enactment.

The Assumption 7&8 Graders visited Joppa Outreach in Des Moines, after doing a supply drive, to learn more about people experiencing homelessness and the Joppa Outreach program.  To lend a hand, the seventh graders helped organize the warehouse while the eighth graders visited people in aftercare.

Outdoor basketball hoops were installed this spring and were an instant hit at recess.  These were paid for from the proceeds of         BRAG 2009.

Assumption Fifth and Sixth Grade students are shown here working in science class on trying to create a vessel made out of tin foil and washers that would float for 15 seconds and then sink.  The challenge was to find that perfect balance of weight and size of vessel.

Thank you to the volunteers who helped spread new mulch on the playground.  The students wasted no time in helping pack the mulch down the following day.

Sixteen Assumption Middle School students spent a grueling day at Dowling Catholic learning a song and dance routine.  That evening they shared their musical talent at a program along side DCHS Dimensions in front of a large crowd.

Assumption 8th Grade students share their understanding of Across Five Aprils with their fellow classmates through various mediums.

Assumption First, Fifth and Sixth Graders visited the residents in the Granger Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.  While there they played BINGO and worked together on craft projects.

The Pre-School students were working on recognizing the numbers 1-10 so they went on a number hunt around the school.  They are shown here with the results.

To show all the information they learned while researching famous scientists, the 3rd and 4th graders presented their projects to other classes.

The 3rd and 4th graders explored Oobleck in science class as they started their unit on matter.  They tried to decide if the oobleck was a solid, liquid or gas.  They came to the conclusion that the oobleck was a liquid that sometimes acted like a solid.

Assumption 8th Graders attended the Chrism Mass and enjoyed supper with Father Remi.  While eating, they planned the "Change for Change" fundraiser that will sponsor a scholarship to our sister school in El Salvador.

The 4th graders performed a reader's theater play for some other classes.  Their play was about a kid that went to school on a space station.

The middle school students have recently been talking about matter and chemicals. They spent a day calculating densities of liquids and determining how it relates to things floating.

Author Ryan Sloth visited Assumption School and spoke about his children's book, Sammy Sloth: Sports Superstar.  He also brought memoriabilia from his football days at Iowa State and his current work with the Iowa Barnstormers.

Assumption students participated in a variety of activities during Catholic Schools' Week.   At left: a Dowling Catholic student reads to first and second graders.   At right: students relax in the gym with a good book during Literary Lounging.

Students participated in a variety of dress up days during Catholic Schools' Week.  Here the Kindergarten class shows off their "Mismatch Day" outfits.

Local artist, John Jannenga, worked with Assumption students during Catholic Schools' Week on the art of sketching.

Assumption Pre-School and Pre-Kindergarten students did some artwork of their own during Catholic Schools' Week.  Here they are shown "finger" painting.

Catholic Schools' Week began by Assumption students celebrating Mass with the rest of the parish.  Principal Herb Hartman, left, and PTO President Mark Bertram, right, are shown with Mr. James Spellman, this year's Distinguished Alumni.

Above you see examples of differentiation in practice.  These Third Grade students show their learning through the creation of projects.

Father Remi stopped by the Kindergarten classroom to talk with the students about Nigeria and its geographic organization.

Middle School students teach their classmates about the Aztecs with a PowerPoint presentation they created.

A students answers a trivia question from Aztec Flag Football, a game created by fellow students.

A student explains how to play Spanish Fiesta Steps.  The game was created with a group as part of their Spanish Conquistadors project.