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Options Academy students working
Options Academy students working
PLACE Academy family
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1000 Porter Avenue | Des Moines, IA 50315
Phone: 515-242-8323 | Fax: 515-242-8296
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Options Enrollment is now Open!  Earn your Des Moines Public Schools Diploma through the HiSET.  For more information, email options.academy@dmschools.org.

PLACE Academy Enrollment is now Open!  Earn your free High School Equivalency Diploma.  To register click here!

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  • ACTs for 11th Grade (No school for K-10 & 12th grades)

  • School Board Meeting

  • Spring Break – No school

  • Professional Development – No School

  • No School – May be reserved for conferences