Mrs. Lund’s 8th grade science students build rollercoasters out of piping and marbles to explore mechanical potential and kinetic energy. Click here for more photos!

“More than 20 staff members at Brody Middle School along with several parents took part in a blood drive sponsored by LifeServe Blood Center of Iowa” on November 19th! Click here for the full story!

Brody will be participating in our American Heart Association (AHA) Hoops for Heart.  Last year our event saved 16 lives! Your student can earn Thank You Gifts and the Lifesaver Ducks based on the funds they raise. Please …

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 header to learn more and register to play.

Click the photo to read and see more about our 7th grade IB students engaging with Karl Brooks, Regional Administrator for the U.S. EPA, about water quality on Friday. They held a round table discussion as well as a hands-on lesson at Water Works Park.

EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks will be at Brody Middle School this Friday, Oct. 3, to visit with seventh-grade students about EPA’s role in protecting water quality. Brooks’ visit will include a role-play exercise featuring six groups …

Congratulations to our Brody girls’ volleyball team who just won their 7th straight city-wide championship! Your 2014 City Champions are: Grace Hanson Aubrie Robel Kristina Toben Grace Twelmeyer Bella Sanders Macy O’Neal Haley Liening Naomi Williams Abby Munsell Jada …

October 31st, 2014 6th grade: 1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 7th and 8th grade: 2:35 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Halloween costumes are encouraged but not required! (*note: no masks, no fake blood, weapons, guns, knives, other sharp objects, etc are permitted …

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.

The DMPS Social Studies Department is organizing the 4th trip to the nation’s capital for DMPS 8th graders. These students will have an opportunity to spend a week exploring Washington DC during spring break (March 15-19).