Iva Elementary School

Check out the latest edition of "The Tiger Times," our IES newspaper. Our 5th-graders do an awesome job keeping us up-to-date on school news! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lh-7XtkLYd3Suz311T_9aLfxmFgR21A7VWrKFtuAuD4/edit?usp=sharing

The IES Spelling Bee was held on Thursday, December 8. Our students worked hard to prepare for this bee, and we are so proud of all of our contestants. Congratulations to our IES Spelling Bee Champion, Kylen Moore, and our runner-up, Jacob Powell!

One more week before winter break and we can hardly wait! Check out the image below with information about our holiday spirit week and Santa's Workshop. K4 will also be hosting a candy sale each day. We will dismiss at 11:45 on Friday, December 16th! Winter break will begin on Monday, December 19th and students will return on Monday, January 2nd.

Join us next week for an evening full of fun! We hope to see all of our Iva Elementary families there!

🎄Candy Cane Grams 🎄 Iva Elementary Student Government is hosting a candy cane gram fundraiser in order to raise funds for a service project. Proceeds will be used to send care packages to the residents at the Iva Nursing home. We hope to spread lots of holiday cheer!

STEM day! 3rd-5th grade students applied the tutorial they completed on stop motion animation to create their own balloon float in honor of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. They accomplished this while utilizing a variety of technology skills used in Google slides. When developing their balloon floats, the students had to create the illusion of it flying through the air as it does in a parade. The students finished their project in collaboration with Mrs. Fortner by adjusting the speed of the float and publishing their finished project to the web. The top 5 in each grade are posted in the link. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! https://youtu.be/W5t4_C_2jOI

Now introducing Iva Elementary School's 2022-2023 Mathematical Olympiads. The Math Olympiad program provides monthly problem solving contests to qualifying 4th and 5th grade students. The purpose of this enrichment program is to stimulate enthusiasm and a love for mathematics, teach strategies for problem solving, develop mathematical flexibility, strengthen mathematical intuition, and foster creativity and ingenuity. Our mathletes will complete their first contest on December 9th. Please join us in congratulating these students!

November's Math Problem of the Month is here! Please check your child's Friday Folder for more information. Happy problem solving!

Introducing the Iva Elementary Tiger Times! Our 5th Grade reporters have been hard at work creating the first issue of our school newspaper. Click the link to see what's going on around Iva! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k98TMTG7B6qmOjhh-PEYTb3Qr2F8qIvf4fmHFBIQeCk/edit?usp=sharing

No tricks, all treats! Click the link to check out our October Terrific Kids! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQylL5KXXamH-3NXbxAbudtzgoGseWM6SqhOP67l2RKZMr8zOKtTfnjpH0lGBEftj-M-HDbTfDX4TZ_/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=10000

Check out our first issue of Making Math a Family Thing by clicking on the link below! Parents, please check your e-mail for more information. https://bit.ly/3TIoi0R

We're kicking off Red Ribbon Week on Monday, October 24! Check out the image below to celebrate with us!

We have some exciting things going on at IES. Please check out the post below for some important reminders.

Iva Elementary Students are the best! Click the link to see who our teachers chose as their September Terrific Kids! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRbBd4nZRk02-JxUjbJT8z-u0szwlkgzMlxzACGMKNxfiowr27X3PRYHJhCmLApOXZJUlTofYSbkJhu/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=10000

We are so excited to host our first ever Title I Lunch and Learn Parent Meetings this week. The meetings will be held on Thursday, September 22nd and Friday, September 23rd from 12:00-1:00 at Iva Elementary. Pizza and drinks will be provided. The sessions are broken down by grade level but if you cannot attend the session for your child's grade level, you may attend the other. For the purpose of this meeting, the sessions will be exactly the same. We just wanted to offer more than one day so that hopefully more parents are available to attend. To help us prepare for lunch, please RSVP by emailing Mrs. Dantzler at dantzlerm@acsd3.org or by responding to the survey at the link below. The goal is to start right at 12:00 and end around 12:45 to allow parents time to get back to work! Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LMV23RH Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 21st. During the session this week we will provide you with an overview of our intervention, enrichment, data tracking, and MTSS processes. We look forward to seeing you this week!

We are excited to host Lunch and Learn meetings with parents this school year. Our goal is to host these at least once a nine weeks. We are looking forward to our first sessions next week. Please reach out to Mrs. Dantzler if you have any questions.

Save the date for our upcoming Literacy Fall Festival! More info coming soon!

NED's Mindset Mission is a character education program that centers around three important messages that have lifelong relevance: Never give up, Encourage others and Do your best. During the assembly, students will learn about the importance of these three life skills while also enjoying storytelling, magic, humor and yo-yo tricks. Click this link for more information and resources! http://www.mindsetmission.com/

We are gearing up for great September menus! 🥪🏈 Visit https://bit.ly/3TAUTGC for additional nutritional information.

Here is a copy of our August breakfast and lunch menus! 🥪🍉