Now that the colder weather is officially upon us, please make sure your students come to school in appropriate cold weather gear – winter coats, hats, mittens, boots, snow pants (when applicable).

Pleasant Hill 4th Graders have been busy making cards to give to some of the Veterans in the Pleasant Hill Community.  These are a selection of the ones turned in by Ms. Wieber’s Class.

Pleasant Hill 4th Graders have been busy making cards to give to some of the Veterans in the Pleasant Hill Community.  These are a selection of the ones turned in by Mrs. Kelly’s Class.

Friday October 31 was Panther Pride Day at Pleasant Hill Elementary as part of the Red Ribbon Week Celebration.  Pictured are our Kindergarten Teachers (Mrs Bowman and Mrs Horstman) and our Art Teacher (Ms Fenton).  GO PANTHERS!!!!!!

The Pleasant Hill Panthers participated in the state-wide Healthiest State Walk as part of the Healthiest State Initiative on October 8, 2014.  Our local HyVee was kind enough to sponsor the event and provided fresh fruit and bottled …

Earlier this school-year, our Principal completed the ALS challenge and challenged any individual (student and/or staff) to take on the challenge if they felt that they wanted to 🙂

Our 5th Graders took Second Place in the 13th Annual Snow Plow Painting Contest for the Des Moines Department of Public Works. Click here for more.

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 image to learn more and register to play.

HP Revolve

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.