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Irmo Elementary Family Updates
#HeartoftheHive November 13-17
Important Upcoming Dates
11/13-11/17 American Education Week (see above for dress up dates and more)
11/14 1st Grade Performance and PTA Meeting 6:00 pm in Auditorium
11/15 PTA Board Meeting 7:15 am
11/15 Thanksgiving Lunch 4K, K, 2nd and 3rd (adjusted class lunch times were shared by your teacher)
11/16 Thanksgiving Lunch 1st, 4th and 5th grades (adjusted class lunch times were shared by your teacher)
11/17 Final day for Stock the Closet (see blurb below)
11/21 Final day for canned food drive (see blurb below)
11/22-11/24 Thanksgiving Holidays-No School
11/27 Students Return
11/27 Fall Book Fair Begins
11/28 Literacy Night 5:30-7:30 pm
11/29 Winter MAP testing (Reading Grades 1st - 5th)
12/1 Spirit Wear Friday
12/5 PTA Meeting and Winter Chorus Performance 6:00 pm
12/6 Winter MAP testing (Math Grades 1st - 5th)
12/8 Spirit Wear Friday
Food Drive Sponsored by I Am Gold and Student Council
IES Family Literacy Night
As we all know one of the fundamentals of our kids’ educations is reading and cultivating a love for it! One of the favorites is the Scholastic Book Fair and our IES Family Literacy Night where we can all bond over a love for books! If you’d like to volunteer for helping during the book fair or Literacy Night please click on the links below!
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C094FA8AC2CABFEC07-45351138-2023
Lost and Found is Overflowing: Take a peek when you visit the #HeartoftheHive!
Tri-District Arts Consortium (Tri-DAC) Summer Program
We are excited to announce that District Five is accepting nominations for the Tri-District Arts Consortium (Tri-DAC) Summer Program! This three-week summer program is for artistically talented 5th -8th grade students. This is a great opportunity for students to indulge their passion and further their skills in the arts (creative writing, dance, vocal, strings, band, theatre and visual arts).
Teachers, students, families and community members can nominate students using the electronic nomination form on the district website (scroll to the bottom). The deadline to receive all nominations is December 8, 2023.
More information can be found at tridac.org.