Dear Families,
What an exciting time it is at IRE! We are excited to see the learning and growing our students are doing, and I am hopeful you enjoyed the chance to conference with the classroom teachers. Over the next couple of months, we’ll be identifying priorities for our school and I’d love to hear from you. If you come into school you will see a new bulletin board next to the elevator. This space is for you to share ideas you have that would make IRE an even better learning place for your child. Some ideas we have heard are more volunteer opportunities, more playground options, add art, technology and more. Feel free to add to our bulletin board, e-mail me directly or attend our next Trojan Talk (December 12th 9:00-10:00am in the staff lounge of building A).
One area we are thinking about, and have started a new staff committee to focus on, is safety. This committee will think about how we prepare for unexpected events with improved fire drills, lockdown drills and general emergency preparedness. As we consider safety we also want to review our transportation routines. We have had reports of parents rushing in the morning and driving too quickly. Please remember that in our school parking lot you should be driving cautiously at all times. Children are usually present and we want everyone to be safe.
Quick reminder: If your end of day plans change, please let the office know before 2:30. This allows time for notes to be given to the classroom teachers so they can help each student be where they need to be at the end of the day. It is really important that this is not done last minute to prevent chaos and to maintain a calm end of our day. We have about 600 students getting on 13 different buses, and another 150 or so students get picked up by their parents. Your child’s safety is our number one priority and your help communicating by 2:30 makes a big difference. THANK YOU.
Have a wonderful month and we look forward to seeing you at our Trojan Talk Time, the winter choral concert and other times you may be at IRE.
Proud Principal,
Dawn Christiana