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August 28, 2025

Welcome to ParentSquare!

Our school is using ParentSquare! We are excited to let you know that this year we'll be using ParentSquare to communicate with you at the school, and in your classrooms and groups.ParentSquare pro...

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Dubuque Community Schools

We’re not like every other school district. See what makes us great.

  • 10,500 +
    Students
  • 1,800
    District employees
  • 18
    Schools
  • 95.5%
    Graduation Rate

Our Mission:
To develop world-class learners and citizens of character in a safe and inclusive learning community.

 

Our Vision: 
Unfolding the potential of every student by empowering the educator/student relationship through:

  • promoting the roles and responsibilities we all have in the 21st-century learning process

  • removing barriers

  • creating an environment where character and citizenship count

  • leveraging content knowledge to become critical thinkers and problem solvers

  • providing multiple pathways to unlocking student potential