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IES Families: The student art show will take place on Thursday, March 14th during Parent Teacher Conferences in the IES Cafeteria. The art show will showcase pieces made by each grade level over the year. All IES students will have a framed piece of art that their parents may take with them free of charge! Artwork will be sent home with students next week if parents do not attend conferences in person. Thank you Mrs. Leslie for making this possible for each of our students here at IES!

Attention IES Families: IES yearbook sales are now active and will continue through Thursday, March 28th. The cost of a yearbook is $15 and may be purchased online by clicking the link at the end of this message and entering the school code 82170G or sending in the paper yearbooks forms that went home with students. If you have any questions call the IES office at 814 899-7643 x2000 Link: https://inter-state.com/order

Attention IES Families: From Mrs. Cadden: This is the FINAL WEEK of this year’s Kids Heart Challenge! We’re doing a fantastic job learning about heart health and working towards our fundraising goal. Remember- any student who raises $150 or more gets to silly string Mrs. Cadden, and $300 or more gets Mrs. Foutz! We will have our celebration day tomorrow with some awesome and exciting stations in the gym. The last day to submit donations is Friday, March 8. Contact Mrs. Cadden with any questions.

5th graders at IES created persuasive essays to accompany the ELA book "The Adventures of Don Quixote." Students learned about the different elements of the persuasive essay along with the stages of the writing process - Brainstorming, Rough Draft, Editing, Revising, and Publishing. For the culminating activity, their essays were displayed as medieval scrolls, and the students shared their essays to the class.

PIAA State Playoff Tickets will go on sale at 1 pm today. Tickets are limited and available on a first-come basis, visit to purchase https://www.piaa.org/sports/tickets.aspx?from=hellobar . Ticket sales are online only, cash tickets are NOT available.

Attention IES PreK Families: As a reminder, PreK is in session on Thursday, March 14, 2024 during Parent/Teacher conferences and will run like a normal school day. Please make sure that your pre-K student is present, as attendance on this day is expected. If you have any questions, please contact the main office at (814) 899-7643 x2001. Thank you.

Hello, hello, dear families near and far, Next week's a celebration, it's going to be bizarre! It's Read Across America Week, so grab your hat, Let's dive into books, imagine this and that! Click this link to see what's in store, And join IES for a week that surely won't bore! Link: bit.ly/4bPO7Wu

Pioneer Day fun! Second grade finished up their CKLA unit on Westward Expansion. They celebrated Pioneer Day by dressing the part and building covered wagons. Then they strategically packed their wagons and traveled on the Oregon Trail with a fun dice game and the original Oregon Trail video game. Once they arrived, they built log cabins and enjoyed a delicious wagon train supper for lunch. They had such a great time!

Join IES on Tuesday, March 5 for Book Bingo to celebrate Read Across America Week! Students can decorate their own bookmarks, play bingo, enjoy Dr. Seuss-themed treats, and read to a therapy dog! The event will run from 6-7:30pm, with bingo starting at 6:30pm. Win or lose, EVERY child will leave with a new book! Due to limited supplies, an RSVP is required for this event. RSVP by clicking this link: https://forms.office.com/r/Gcw6aTi1iw If you have any questions call the IES main office at 814 899-7643 ext 2000.

Attention IES Heart Heroes and families: Kids Heart update: We are officially halfway to reaching this year’s Kids Heart Challenge fundraising goal! So far, 44 families have joined us for the challenge and students are working hard in health and gym class learning ways to be heart and brain healthy. We have two weeks left, so use the link below to register today to join this lifesaving adventure! Link: https://bit.ly/3ucL8Xk

Attention IES Families: As a reminder, there is no school this Friday, February 16, 2024 or Monday, February 19, 2024. In addition, our spring parent-teacher conferences will take place on Thursday, March 14, 2024. More information regarding sign-ups can be found at the following link: https://bit.ly/3JAPhZV Please contact the IES office at (814) 899-7643 x2000 with any questions.

Good morning IES families! Family Education Night is TOMORROW, 2/8/24, from 6-7:30! Click the link and let us know you're coming so we have enough supplies and snacks: https://forms.office.com/r/uHGXRSvyMS! Adults will hear from Penn State CORE, Widget, and IES. Students will enjoy 3 different activities. Students MUST be school-aged and accompanied by an adult. If you have any questions call the IES main office at 814 899-7643 ext 2000.

Attention IES Families: Join us Feb. 8 from 6-7:30 for Family Education Night! Parents will hear from Penn State CORE, Widget, and IES, while students enjoy 3 different activities. Students MUST be accompanied by an adult. Prizes and light snacks available! We can't wait to see you!

Kindergarten was excited to end the Knowledge portion of this CKLA unit in a truly royal fashion! They have been learning all about Kings and Queens dating as far back as 300 years ago. The students have enjoyed hearing about royal kingdoms and royal families, and practicing their rhyming with stories like “Old King Cole” and “Sing a Song of Sixpence”. Their wordwork focused on multiple meanings of words like “ball” and sequencing events in stories like “Cinderella” and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. Yesterday they wrapped up the unit with a parade of royalty and a tea party celebration!

A message from Mrs. Cadden: We are just over one week away from kicking off this year’s Kids Heart Challenge! We are so excited to start learning about heart and brain health, discover stress-reducing techniques, and to help raise funds to support the American Heart Association. If you’d like to participate and get an early start, click on the link below to get registered and check out what this year’s program has to offer! https://bit.ly/3ucL8Xk

Iroquois LIttle League is holding their 2024 Registration. You may register in person or online at: https://tshq.bluesombrero.com/iroquoisllpa. Please see attached flyer for additional information.

Are you interested in a career in veterinary medicine? Join certified veterinary technician, Patti Cioccio, for this day full of lessons and activities designed to teach you about this career field. Patti was a 1989 graduate of IHS. This is for students that are 12 - 16 years old. Please click on link for additional details. https://www.asburywoods.org/programs/program-schedule/event/02/19/2024/veterinary-medicine-101-day-camp-winter

Attention IES Families: Don't forget about our Family Snowman Building contest! Bundle up and head outside to build a snowman before the rain takes away all the good snow! Submit pictures to Mrs. Kinnane at ckinnane@iroquois.iu5.org to be entered into our contest, which ends January 31! We can't wait to see your entries!

Attention parents of students in 1st through 6th grade: Please use this following link to sign up for quarter 3 after school programming: https://bit.ly/3SoTBA0

Attention IES parents: The fire department just called to notify us that there are currently powerlines down at the intersections of Smithson & Morse AND Silliman & Morse which will affect some students' routes when walking home. If you are able to make arrangements to assist your student if he/she is affected by this change, and you have the ability to pick him/her up or walk home with him/her, please plan to either meet him/her at the walker door or join our pick up line. Please call the IES office at (814) 899-7643 x2000 with any questions. Thank you.