Des Moines Public Schools Early Childhood

Happy Juneteenth! All DMPS schools and offices are closed today. As employees take time to observe this significant national holiday, we encourage everyone to reflect on our shared history, support Black-owned businesses, and participate in educational events.

DMPS Summer Meals Available at 31 Locations - Des Moines Public Schools Des Moines Public Schools is once again participating in the USDA Summer Food Service Program, providing free meals to children throughout summer break. From June through mid-August 2026, meals will be available to the public at 31 school ...

Our preschoolers celebrated the last week of school with our annual water day! Happy summer!

This month students continued their learning about critters, exploring spiders, scorpions, and worms. Our very our Mrs. Amanda brought in some of her furry friends into classrooms for students to look at 🕷️🕸️

We build relationships with each other while we wait for our adults to pick us up from preschool. Sometimes this looks like pretending a banana is a phone! 🍌🍌

In preschool art plays an important role in a child’s development, by providing outlets for emotions, assisting in the development of fine motor skills, critical thinking, social, math and language skills!

Pictured: preschoolers showing off their creativity and artistic abilities with various process and product art activities.

Mrs. Byl’s preschool class has a fun filled week exploring the life cycle of a butterfly through a variety of activities. 🐛🦋

Happy day to our amazing principals!

Today is National School Principals’ Day, and we’re recognizing the more than 60 principals leading our schools. From early mornings to late nights, they’re working behind the scenes to support teachers and students and keep their school communities moving forward!