Last week, DCSD students from Wood Junior High School, North High School, and Central High School performed in the 2023 Opus Honor Choir held at Iowa State University. We are incredibly proud of these talented students.  Read More

This week, 90 students from Central, North, and West attended a Trades Fair at the Iowa National Guard. They learned about careers and apprenticeship opportunities in a variety of different trades. This was a great event to kick off the National Apprenticeship Week!    Read More

The dual enrollment application deadline is fast approaching (December 1, 2023). If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible. The Accelerated Associates Degree Program is offered only at North High School. All dual credit courses are taught by a Davenport Schools teacher or EICC instructor. There is no fee for books or tuition. Each year, students will select from an array of traditional high school and dual credit or AP courses that will lead them toward an Accelerated Associates Degree; a High School Diploma, and an Associate of Arts Degree. For more information... Read More

Angela Chen, 12th-grade student at North High School, has been selected as a semifinalist in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship program. Students from around the nation are selected based on their PSAT scores. Semifinalists are the highest-scoring participants in each state. Out of the 1,300,000 students who took the PSAT in October 2022, Angela is one of the 16,000 semifinalists. This is a huge honor!    Read More

A huge congratulations to Kendra Elledge, the incredible orchestra teacher at Davenport Central High School, for winning the best teacher award for the Quad-City Times Best of the Quad Cities 2023! Davenport Central High School also received an honorable mention. Way to go, Blue Devils!  Read More

Davenport North and West students worked on the construction of this quality-built, Student Built Home in cooperation with the Davenport Community School District and the Quad City Area Realtors. The students were under the direction of Craig Peckenschneider, Student Built Home Teacher at North High School. Today, was the Student Built Home Celebration where the students gave tours of this newly-built home to the community. At the end of the event, students received scholarships for their completion of the program!  Read More

Davenport North hosted the 88th Annual Jesse Day Relays, April 13, 2023, at Brady St. Stadium! This relay event is named after Jesse Day, who was a Geometry and track coach for the Davenport Community School District. Virginia Wayne, daughter of Jesse Day, was recognized at the relay event because she was celebrating her 95th birthday. In honor of this special day, Virginia and her family donated $2,000 to support the Jesse Day Relays!  Read More

Davenport North baseball star Klayton Bolkema, the 7th ranked 2024 prospect, has committed to the University of Texas! He led 4A in AVG (.536) and produced a 1.507 OPS! Congrats Klayton!  Read More

The pandemic has suppressed live theater performances and movie theaters alike, but it hasn’t brought down Leslie LaCorte’s spirits. LaCorte, a Language Arts/Theater instructor at North High School in Davenport, IA, is working to keep her students excited about acting by turning it into a virtual experience. Back in early 2020, LaCorte’s theater students were working to stage a production of the musical, Into The Woods. but then the COVID-19 virus began to spread. The resulting national pandemic made it necessary to cancel the production. “We kept up rehearsals online,” she said, “we... Read More

Leslie LaCorte, drama director at Davenport North High School, and her students are itching to get back to live performances. That will happen March 5-7, with their first live play since the pandemic started –  a comedic mystery, “The 39 Steps” – and the month will also be special for 10 North students who will be part of a first-ever virtual Iowa Thespian Festival. “The 39 Steps” will be performed at Paul J. Holzworth Performing Arts Center (limited to 25-percent capacity), 626 W. 53rd St., Davenport. Adapted by Patrick Barlow (from the novel by John Buchan and classic movie by Alfred... Read More