Fall Conferences are Wednesday, October 10th and Thursday, October 11th from 3pm-7pm each day.  We hope to see you and we look forward to speaking with you about your children.

Penguin Power: gloomy skies didn’t dampen spirits at the annual Perkins Elementary School parade around the neighborhood to celebrate the start of a new school year. Click the headline to see more photos of our students, staff, parents and neighbors celebrating Perkins.

Click the link to be directed to the School Supply Lists for 2018-2019: Perkins K-5 2018-19 Supply Lists

Please come meet your child’s teacher on Wednesday, August 22nd. Kindergarten Open House is from 3:00pm-4:00pm. The Kindergarten Picnic will follow from 4:00pm-5:00pm. First-grade through Fifth-Grade Open House is from 4:00pm-6:00pm. We look forward to meeting all the …

We are pleased to announce that Zachry Christensen has been selected to receive a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The PAEMST program, administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on behalf of the   White House …

The school bell times at Perkins will change with the beginning of the 2018-19 school year. Our new start time is 7:30 AM and we will dismiss at 2:25 PM, with a 75 minute early dismissal on Wednesdays. Please click on the headline to learn more about how we are engaging our staff to ensure an orderly transition when school resumes August 23.

Penguins stick together in the wild. They tend to cluster together in large colonies like the local one at Perkins Elementary School that’s been rallying around one of its own throughout the 2017-18 school year. Read a 3rd grade penguin’s story of hope about illness, friendship, and super heroes. Click on the headline.

Congratulations to Michael Derrick of the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching on being named as the next principal of Perkins Elementary School. He will replace Dan Koss when he retires this summer. Click the headline to read more about Mr. Derrick and other new principals named at DMPS.

Beginning in August, all schools at DMPS will have new hours. The new hours at our school will be 7:30 AM to 2:25 PM. The change is being made to better serve the educational needs of students, based on research into the sleep patterns of children and teenagers. Click the headline for more information.

The third, fourth, and fifth grades will be performing their music concert on February 1st at 6:00pm at the Roosevelt High School Auditorium.  Roosevelt is located at 4419 Center Street in Des Moines.  Please have your child at …