The Borlaug Bulletin
BORLAUG YEARBOOK SALES 2025
It's that time of year again! Yes, yearbook orders are officially open.
Be sure to purchase your child's copy online (at the link below) for $12.75. This year's edition will feature even more pages jam packed with our students' amazing memories at Borlaug Elementary School this school year. Orders are due April 1st. The books will arrive and be distributed to students before Memorial Day weekend.
2024-2025 Yearbook: https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A01120125
All Money Donated to the Borlaug PTO Helps Teachers and Students!
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
A huge THANK YOU to all who donated to Borlaug PTO this year! We see your generous contributions and appreciate each one. Today we are rpeorting our progress and asking for additional help.
If you are interested in donating, you can make a gift online at bit.ly/borlaugpto or mail a check to the address below:
Borlaug PTO c/o ICCSD Foundation
1725 N. Dodge St.
Iowa City, IA 52245
Please email us at borlaugpto@gmail.com with any comments/questions or to be added to our volunteer list.
Sincerely,
Nick Herbold, President
Aden Beil, Michael Crocker, Nick Hatz
Jaguars Softball Information!
Loading & Unloading Students at Borlaug
The Borlaug Community has in place the following traffic procedures for the safety of our students, families, and staff. This information is for parents choosing to drop off and pick up students from school at the start and end of the day. Please help us ensure the safety of our students. Remember there can never be a rule for every situation. Please use common courtesy when picking up students. The following guidelines need to be followed:
Bus Loading and Unloading: The bus loading and unloading area is on the southwest corner of the building, south of the gym, in the west parking lot. Buses unload/load students from 7:40-7:50 a.m. and from 2:40-3:00 p.m. on MTWF and 1:40 – 2:00 p.m. on Thursdays. Cars should not unload students in the bus loading area.
Morning Private Vehicle Unloading: Please drop off children ONLY in the designated area labeled with numbers one through seven, at the curb in the loading and unloading zone on the southeast side of the building in the east parking lot. Do not leave your vehicle. If you need to do so, please park in the parking lot. Pull to the right to unload your child at the curb, stay in the right lane to exit, and please do not go around vehicles.
Afterschool Private Vehicle Loading: Car line is after school "pick up" for students riding in a vehicle. Follow the far east driveway around the parking lots to the designated pick-up loop. Please have a sign with the last name of any child you are picking up. Be sure the sign is big enough to read from a distance and display it in the right-hand corner of the dashboard. This sign aids teachers in identifying cars. Your child will stand behind the yellow line. Car line supervisors will direct five cars at a time to move forward into the five numbered spots. Drivers must wait to be directed to move forward. To make this process work and to be safe, cars will not be permitted in the left-hand lane. The supervisors will direct your child to your car as you wait in your numbered spot. Students are encouraged to stand with their siblings and/or carpool group regardless of grade level. For safety reasons, all drivers will remain in their cars. Any driver wishing to exit his/her car must use a parking space in the parking lot. Students not picked up by 3:10 M, T, W, F and 2:10 TH will be sent to the office.
ICCSD Bussing
The Iowa City Community School District provides free busing for qualified children. Currently the district contracts with Iowa Central School Bus for transportation services. Applications for pupil transportation are available in the school office. Only route riders are allowed to ride the bus. Friends of those students are not permitted to ride. All bus routes and bus assignments are made by the Iowa City Community School District Administrative Office. Route assignments and bus arrival times are listed on Infinite Campus for families before school starts. Questions regarding bus transportation should be directed to Iowa Central School Bus, 688-1900 or Esme Davis, Transportation Manager, Iowa City Community School District, 688-1000.
Birthdays at Borlaug
In line with the district’s Wellness Policy, years ago a successful pilot was conducted with some elementary schools, including Borlaug Elementary. Student birthdays will be celebrated in the classrooms with a special acknowledgement. Each grade level team has determined a special recognition for students who wish to celebrate their birthdays at school. Please note these birthday celebrations will not involve food. If food is sent to school for birthdays the food items will be returned home.
Is your E-Registration Updated?
It is very important to update your Infinite Campus Account when changes in your address, phone number, and/or other important information occurs! If you would like to make an appointment for assistance with Infinite Campus,
please call us at 688-1155.
Absences & Tardies
Please call the Borlaug Office, 688-1155, when your child is ill or will be absent from school. Once we are in session at Borlaug, the earliest children should be allowed at school is 7:40 am, including breakfast which begins at 7:40 am. When children arrive before that time they are unsupervised. All students will enter the front door. Students are considered tardy after 7:55.
