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Good evening, IES families! A letter with information regarding this year's Halloween festivities was sent home with your student today. The letter was also posted under the news section on the Iroquois Elementary School webpage. Please contact the IES office with any questions! Thank you! Link to News: https://www.iroquoissd.org/o/elementary/news

Good morning parents! Please click on the attached link to learn more about how to connect with your student's Schoology Account. If you have additional questions, you can reach out to your student's teachers and/or the Iroquois Elementary School Office. Thank you! Video Link: https://bit.ly/3jzy7LP

Hello families! It is not too late to turn in your fundraiser packets or to order online. We can only accept fundraising packets until Monday, October 26. Thank you for your support!

Iroquois School District is committed to providing access to nutritious meals to school students, and recent USDA waivers allow the district to continue to provide meals to students in person and via cyber learning seven days a week. All elementary students will be coming home today with a large bag of food. This food is perishable, so please make sure it makes its way out of book bags and into the refrigerator. Have a great weekend!

Good Morning Braves! Just a friendly reminder as the weather gets colder, students can not be dropped off at the elementary school until 8AM every day. Thank you for partnering with us to ensure students are staying safe and warm.

Students in Mrs. Bayhurst's classroom worked together to earn an ice cream party from Mrs. Bayhurst for being safe, kind, and responsible! Well done Kindergarten!!

Please see letter from District administration regarding October 19 positive COVID case confirmed at High School. Link to letter: https://5il.co/m9dq

See new Meal Distribution Information and Directives for 2020-21 School Year at the following link: /o/iroquois-school-district/page/covid-19-district-info

Good morning families! This year our classroom holiday parties will look different due to the fact we are unable to have volunteers in our classrooms. However, students will still have the opportunity to celebrate because the teachers and staff at Iroquois Elementary School will be planning and running the holiday parties! All party activities will allow for students to stay in their classroom and remain socially distant. These parties will include school provided activities and treats. Please refrain from sending in candy, goodie bags and/or other items. We ask that if you would like to contribute to the parties, and are able to, please send in $3 to your child’s classroom to help cover the cost of the holiday parties. If you would prefer only donating to the Halloween party at this time, please send in $1 by Friday, October 23rd. In addition, our Halloween Parade will be virtual this year! Students are encouraged to come to school in costume. Photographs of students will be taken, and a virtual parade will be created and released to teachers and families to view. If you have any questions or concerns reach out to the IES office at 814-899-7643 x 2000. Thank you!

Good afternoon IES families! Our Fall Fundraiser is almost over. Please make an extra special effort to get the word out to friends, family members, co-workers, and colleagues to let them know how they can participate and help our school reach its goal. Order forms and money must be turned in to school on Monday, October 19th. Thank you for your help and participation!

Picture day for Iroquois Elementary students enrolled in the Iroquois Cyber Academy will take place on Monday, October 26, 2020 from 7:30AM until 2:30PM. When signing up, please make sure to select one timeframe for EACH CHILD NEEDING PHOTOGRAPHED and make sure to sign up for the correct camera. Please visit the following website to register for a picture time: https://ptcfast.com/schools/IE... If your student is in Kindergarten through Grade 6, select the following option: Iroquois Cyber Academy Elementary Picture Sign-ups You can review package choices by clicking: https://bit.ly/2I7OQc9 The deadline for picture day sign-ups is Wednesday, October 21. If you have any questions regarding sign-ups please contact the IES office at (814) 899-7643 x2000.

Hello IES Families! We are excited to offer our After-School Tutoring and Homework Help programs again this year. These help sessions will be virtually conducted via ZOOM and are available for BOTH our students attending school and our students in the ISD Cyber Academy. If your student is interested in After-School Tutoring or Homework Help, please fill out the form at the following link: https://bit.ly/3hFXJGg

Hello Iroquois families! Our Fall Fundraiser is about to begin and we are very excited about this year’s program! Your student will be bringing home a fundraising packet tomorrow, Friday, October 2, 2020. Participating has NEVER been easier with our “Hybrid” process. In addition to our traditional way of fundraising - taking brochures around to friends, family and co-workers, filling out order forms and collecting money - you can also help people support the sale ALL ONLINE ! All you have to do is share - share - share the information from the packet you receive in school. Emails, text messages, social media, the ways are “virtually” endless in getting the information out to supporters and make this the BEST fundraising year ever!! If you don't receive a packet tomorrow OR you misplace it? No worries! Contact the school for more information. The sale begins tomorrow, October 2, and ends October 19. Ship to School items and Prizes will be delivered November 12. Please contact support@bestresultsfundaising.com for help in registering or for questions. Thank you!

Today is the last day to participate in the Thoughtexchange gathering feedback that will help the District continuously improve our response to COVID-19. Help us to improve our approaches to the constant changes we experience due to the pandemic.​ Thank you! https://my.thoughtexchange.com/440371994

IES supports IHS during Homecoming week! Check out our Black and Gold!!

In an effort to continuously improve the District's response to the COVID-19, we are asking for your feedback. Your participation in the Thoughtexchange found at the link below will help us to improve our approaches to the constant changes we experience due to the pandemic.​ THOUGHEXCHANGE​ link: https://my.thoughtexchange.com/440371994 Thank you!

A message from VLN for our ISD Cyber Families: We understand how challenging the system performance issues we have experienced over the last week have been for the district and your cyber families and we sincerely apologize for the difficulties and frustrations they have caused. While we worked hard to anticipate and prepare for the impacts of a significant increase in enrollments in our programs due to the pandemic, we were unable to predict the effects certain aspects of this growth would have on our system. Over the last several days our Technology Team has worked tirelessly and we have taken significant steps to restore system performance, including the following actions: • Increased server capacity – processing and memory • Optimized core performance for main student interface during heavy workloads • Separated application and file servers for increased performance and scalability • Offloaded textbook downloading to a separate sever Specific to the past 24 hours, we’ve added a second server to handle the higher volume of system service calls. This additional server appears to have greatly improved traffic flow to and from the database. Additionally, we’ve also offloaded the textbook downloading to a separate server to resolve slowdowns in the system created by this functionality and to prevent download timeouts. We’re continuing to monitor traffic and system performance in both of these areas and will respond quickly to make any additional adjustments that are needed. We intend to provide daily updates on the system status moving forward to keep you well informed. As always thank you for your patience and support as we work to make this right for you, your students and your families.

ISD Cyber Families: We share in your frustration with the VLN technical difficulties. To accommodate our students, we are moving the due date for Modules 1 & 2 to Sunday September 27th at midnight. Work for module 3 will begin on Monday, September 28th. All due dates for future modules will now be Sunday nights at midnight. Thank you for providing us with feedback on your cyber experience.

It’s Iroquois School District Spirit Week! We would love for you to participate! Tuesday, September 22, 2020 – Team Tuesday- Wear your favorite team jersey or apparel! Wednesday, September 23, 2020 – Classy Day- Get dressed up! Thursday, September 24, 2020 – USA Day- Wear your best Red, White & Blue Apparel! Friday, September 25, 2020 – Black and Gold- Get decked out in your Iroquois Best!

Hello IES Cyber Academy Parents! Below is the latest information we have received from VLN regarding fixing the technological issues they have been experiencing the last few weeks. We will keep you updated regarding any additional information we receive from VLN. Thank you for your continued patience with the matter. From VLN: Our Software Team has been working diligently throughout the weekend and we have made significant progress in restoring access and performance throughout the system for students. The team continues to work on a detailed review of our entire code and additional adjustments will be made as we find it necessary to improve the user experience. Students will notice that in an effort to further streamline the system, we have temporarily removed the Progress Indicator Gauge and Individual Status Indicators that appear below each course. These tools will be added back into the platform in the future. We apologize for the frustrations caused by last week’s system issues and we want to assure you that we are fully committed to providing a successful learning experience for your students and families.