Five third-grade students sat around a table at Hoover Elementary School in Dubuque on a recent morning, listening as their teacher Lisa McGrane discussed the literary technique of cause and
With this month’s weather so far including feet of snow and bitterly cold temperatures, local school districts are doing what they can to ensure students have proper winter gear.
Cascade Elementary earned a High Performing rating on the Iowa School Performance Profile, placing it in the top 3% of schools in Iowa. The school was ranked 42 out of
A new school music curriculum is being pioneered at Cascade Elementary which merges a musical education with social and brain development. “Mindful Musicians” was written by Cascade native Callie FitzGerald,
Many adults who grew up taking standardized tests in school likely remember it as a stressful experience to be dreaded and endured. At Cascade Elementary, the school uses letters of