Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District

Dallas Center-Grimes will host a Battle of the Books competition for 5th - 8th grade students on Saturday, March 28, 2026. The contest will start at 9:00 A.M. and finish around 3:30 P.M. Battle of the Books allows students to showcase their ability to use reading comprehension in a fun and competitive way while providing them with engaging, quality literature and a chance to compete against others at the same time. Teams will consist of up to 4 students who work together to read a list of books before the contest. The reading list will have 20 book titles including Iowa Children's Choice Award, Iowa Teen Award, Newbery Award, and ALA award winning books. During the contest, two teams will go head-to-head in a quiz bowl-style tournament. During the matches, teams will alternate answering questions. Questions will always have the title of a book from the assigned reading list as their answer. Teams will receive bonus points for knowing the author's first and last name. If a team gets a question wrong, the other team can steal and earn points. Each round will be 30 questions --15 questions for each team. We will have a pool play tournament with a championship bracket to follow. Each team will be guaranteed at least 3 matches. The winning team will get a trophy for their school, and each person on the top four teams will get a medal. There will be a $20 registration fee per team to help offset the costs of the competition.

DCG Prom 2026 will be held on Saturday, April 11th. The dance will be at the Hilton Garden Inn in West Des Moines from 8:00-10:30PM. The After Prom Party will follow the dance at DCG High School from 11:30PM - 3:00AM. We hope to see you there!

Please join us for a breakfast with all proceedes benefitting the DCG Best Buddies Chapter. This will support inclusive programming and activities for all students at DCG. Saturday, April 18th 8am-11am Dallas Center-Grimes High School West Common (Main Entrance) Menu: Pancakes with Toppings Scrambled Eggs Bacon Biscuits and Gravy Donuts Drinks

Our Town presents the small town of Grover’s Corners in three acts. Narrated by a stage manager, the play depicts the simple daily lives of the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually – in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre – die.