Dubuque Senior Madrigal continues with its traditional dinner and, new this year, tea with the King and the Queen!
We are pleased to live stream the 2024 graduation ceremonies on Saturday, May 25.
Dubuque Senior High School: 3 p.m.
Hempstead High School:
On Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, the Dubuque Community School District Board of Education approved the school calendars for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years.
We are pleased to live stream the 2023 graduation ceremonies on Saturday, May 27.
Live stream links will be posted on this page prior to the event.
VIEW THE HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION:
VIEW THE DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION:
We are pleased to present the Fall/Winter 2022-2023 K-12 Virtual Student Art Gallery, highlighting the amazing artwork of our students.
The exhibit features the ability to virtually walk through a curated gallery of work — and we hope you’ll enjoy immersing yourself in the exhibit as the vision of these talented student artists comes to life.
We are pleased to live stream the 2022 graduation ceremonies on Saturday, May 28.
VIEW THE DUBUQUE SENIOR LIVE STREAM:
VIEW THE HEMPSTEAD GRADUATION LIVE STREAM:
The ceremony will also be recorded and posted next week to the district’s official YouTube page at www.youtube.com/dbqschools.
Online registration for the 2021-2022 school year is now open! Visit the registration webpage for full details!
The Dubuque Community School District has again been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education.
This is the fourth consecutive year the district has received the honor.
Now in its 22nd year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students.
To qualify for the Best Communities designation, the district answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program and community music-making programs. Responses were verified with school officials and reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas.
“The district has long recognized the value of music education in our schools, and music remains an integral part of our curricular and extracurricular offerings,” said Stan Rheingans, superintendent of schools. “Our district commitment is underscored by tremendous partnerships throughout our community that support our work to expose students to music education. This honor is truly a community honor.”
About The NAMM Foundation
The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit supported in part by the National Association of Music Merchants and its approximately 10,400 members around the world. The foundation advances active participation in music making across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving and public service programs.
The Dubuque Senior High School Color Guard competed in the Marching Auxiliaries Classic Regional Competition in Sioux City, Iowa, on February 6, and returned with a host of awards and accolades.
The team earned a “Superior Rating Banner” for achieving a Superior Rating on all routines and also earned the “Outstanding Choreography Banner.” The team also earned two out of the five total Judges Choice Banners awarded to five performances out of the competitions 84 performances. The team is directed by Anna Barry.
Honors included:
Category: Color Guard Flag/Rifle
Performance: Let It Grow
Award: Judges Choice Award, 1st Place and Superior Rating
Category: Prop
Performance: Friend Like Me
Award: 1st Place, Superior Rating
Category: Quartet
Performance: Lorelei Walker, Maddie Wright, Jacob Brimeyer, Bailey Simon
Award: Judges Choice Award, 1st Place and Superior Rating
Category: Duets 15/16
Performance: Lorelei Walker and Bailey Simon
Award: 1st Place
Performance: Anna McClain and Gretchen Henry
Award: 2nd Place
Category: Solos 15/16
Performance: Bailey Simon
Award: 1st Place
Performance: Alec Viner
Award: 2nd Place
Performance: CJ Stuart
Award: 3rd Place
Performance: Kiki King
Award: 4th Place
Performance: Lorelei Walker
Award: 5th Place
Category: Solos 17/18
Performance: Jacob Brimeyer
Award: 1st Place
Performance: Maddie Wright
Award: 2nd Place
Category: Solo Collegiate
Performance: Anna Berry, Director
Award: 1st Place
In November, the team also earned a Division I Rating and 1st Place in Class III Color Guard at the ISDTA State Championships. At that event, soloists Jacob Brimeyer earned a Division I Rating and 1st Place in the Large School Color Guard Competition, and Bailey Simon earned 2nd Place. Maddie Wright, Lorelei Walker and Kiki King all earned Division I Ratings.
The Dubuque Community School District has released draft calendars for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.
The online feedback form for these draft calendars is now closed.
The district Board of Education will host a public hearing about the calendar on Monday, December 14, at 5:30 p.m. at the Forum, 2300 Chaney Road.