D93 Family Update

On Monday, our teachers had their second day to work together as collaborative teams. In each school that I visited, I saw our teachers working together to design success for every student in their classes. In teams, they were identifying the crucial knowledge and skills that every student needs to learn and planning ways to not only help those students who may struggle to learn them, but also how to provide extended learning once they have learned them. When teacher teams consistently and rigorously work together to follow through on these four questions, student learning inevitably improves. Thank you for supporting our Monday schedule which provides our teachers with the necessary time to actively engage in this work.

In August, our support staff learned more about the principles of the FISH! Philosophy.

Being there means noticing someone else's needs and setting aside our own for a moment to focus on serving them.

Being there means being fully present and engaged in our interactions with others because they matter.

Being there means listening to truly understand, not just to reply with our own thoughts.

If an employee of D93 has been there for you or your kids this year, will you please take a moment to share their story with us?

We would love to hear your ideas on the name and mascot for the new elementary school.

Go to d93.org/nametheschool to share your ideas for the school name and mascot.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - 11:30 a.m. - Work Meeting - PLC Building 3442 Iona Rd

We need parents to join our Curriculum Adoption Committee to help read and evaluate proposed curricular materials. Curricular materials may include novels, plays, musical scores, text books, and other instructional resources. Most if not all of the work by committee members can be done at home. We will share proposed resources as well as a rating form for committee members to use to review the instructional material. We will also hold Curricular Adoption Committee meetings on the second Friday of each month at 12:00 pm in the District Office. All committee members will be welcome, but not required to attend in-person meetings.

Please complete the form below if you are available to help with this work.

We have officially opened sign-ups for our 2023-2024 preschool newsletter. This is a monthly newsletter for our district’s preschool aged children (ages 3-5). We send home a newsletter and book to district families that sign up, once a month between October and May. Here's the link to sign up! : Preschool Newsletter Sign Up

The One World Fiesta aims to spread cultural awareness and understanding for the many cultures we have throughout eastern Idaho.

Many students will bring their talents and cultures to the stage at Thunder Ridge Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Sept. 23. The event goes from 5-9 p.m. with the performance, games for children and food from local vendors like Aguas Maria, 208 Food Hub, Delicias Michoacanas and more.

One World Fiesta Facebook

Admission is $5 to watch the performance and participate in the games. Kids ages four and younger are free. Families of four or more are $15. Food can be purchased separately.

Grease Monkey is hosting a special event on National Car Seat Check Day behind their location on Channing Way in D93's Campbell Gym parking lot. Grease Monkey will be installing and checking car seats, free of charge. They'll have free food too! You can find more information about this in this week's D93 News.

Join us for National Car Seat Check Day!!

Saturday, September 23

11-2 pm

FREE checks, installs, and FOOD

2100 Channing Way, Idaho Falls, ID

The ISBA Student Video contest is looking for your student’s reason why they love their Idaho public school. Students are asked to create a 60 second video to highlight the reasons why they love their school. The videos of the winners will be shared at ISBA’s Annual Convention in November. For any questions regarding the contest or the rules, please contact katie@idsba.org.

The Details:

Deadline: October 2, 2023

Prize: Each winning district/charter will receive $300

Theme: Why we love our Idaho public school

Information & Details Page: Click here

We have officially opened sign-ups for our 2023-2024 preschool newsletter. This is a monthly newsletter for our district’s preschool aged children (ages 3-5). We send home a newsletter and book to district families that sign up, once a month between October and May. Here is the link to sign-up: Preschool Newsletter Sign Up

Students, parents, and employees can reach out for help with bullying, harassment, suicidal tendencies, self-harm, threats, or to report weapons at school by going to d93.org/gethelp or sending the text @gethelp to 855-528-0074.

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