The McCombs Golden Eagles donated 300+ gifts to Blank Children’s Hospital and the Boys and Girls Club for the Holidays. Acaja Baker, Gift Ngia and Tyon Ford helped load and unload the gifts for the children.

McCombs office will be closed Dec. 22 – Jan. 2 for Winter Break.  Classes will resume Monday, Jan.5, 2015.

The 1st Annual DMPS “Metro Girls Basketball Shootout” gets underway on Saturday, December 13th at 9:00 AM on the campus of East High School. All ten Des Moines middle schools will take to the court in this day-long event. Show your support for these young student-athletes. Click the image for more details about the event.

The Scholastic Book Sale is occurring during Fall Conferences being held on November 12 and 13.  The book sale hours are 3:00 – 6:45 PM.

Parent-Teacher Conferences are being held on November 12 and 13 from 3:15 to 7:15 PM.

35 McCombs girls got to spend a day in West Des Moines at Farm Bureau to participate in their “Model of Success” day.  Girls got to hear a keynote speaker, Tiffany Tauscheck, tell her story and how she …

Being bullied one of the biggest problems in a person’s childhood. McCombs Middle School Seventh Grade students, Zoey, Ciera, and Asia, have created a group to address this problem at our school. They have created The Justice Project. The purpose …

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.

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 2014-15 McCombs 7th and 8th grade Golden Eagles participated in the Meals from the Heartland Annual Hunger Fight August 28th at Hy-Vee Hall. The Golden Eagles participate in multiple community service events throughout the year. All students …