Perkins Kindergarten Teachers celebrate the first 100 days of school. Children and adults bust a gut when they arrive at their classroom to see these two elderly ladies perched at the door way. Gray hair, aluminum canes, and thick …

YO! Come and join your Perkins classmates and their families for a night of skating fun! When: Thursday, January 30th from 6-8 p.m. Where: Skate North, 5621 Meredith Drive Cost: $3 admission Skate rental paid courtesy of PTA-Go …

Intelligence is not always based on test scores and aptitude tests. Creativity is essential to a good education. Students at Perkins have developed great creative skills, as is evident in this year’s Art Show contestants. Malia Cuevas, Dairen …

Jeni Pulliam, Perkins’ ELL teacher, walked into the school gymnasium with a look of curiosity and confusion. The entire school was packed into the room and started cheering and clapping as soon as Pulliam walked into the room. …

Some of our 4th & 5th graders have been working very hard to read this year’s Children’s Choice Challenge books. We have been working at this since late October, and have finished all of our twenty-five books. To conclude …

The Perkins 5th graders were able to have the experience of a lifetime at Junior Achievement’s “BizTown” located near the corner of 63rd Street and Grand Ave. BizTown is a makeshift city that is equipped with a bank, …

Last Friday Perkins’ 3rd graders got to meet Sgt. Mark Miller and Emir, members of the Des Moines Police Department K9 Unit. They were able to come and share some information about what it is like to work …