August 19, 2024

Dear IRS Families,

I hope you all have had a good summer. It is hard to believe we will be back in school next week as the first day of school is Tuesday, August 27th. I want you all to know we have been working diligently to prepare for the 2024 - 2025 school year. We have had many changes and challenges take place since we closed school in late June. Those changes are listed below.

Let’s start with grade 5, Ms. Childs and Ms. Wishnefsky left for other positions and we have Mrs. Nichols joined the grade 5 teacher core and Carrie Healey as the grade 5 case manager.

In grade 6 we had Ms. Young and Mrs. Palmer moving on and we have Ms. Sullivan and Ms. Pierce joining the teacher core.

In grade 7 and grade 8 we had no changes take place.

In unified arts Ms. Maynard is our grades 5-7 general music and chorus teacher and Mr. Guilford is joining us as the Library Media Specialist.

We have a new skylight in the gymnasium with a fresh coat of paint on the gym walls and it looks amazing!

We look forward to partnering with you all again as we begin the new school year. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call us. 603-632-4357.

Sincerely,

Kevin Towle, Principal

Our new staff will start tomorrow 8/20 and we will update as we welcome them!

Christy has been teaching choral and general music for 23 years. She graduated from SUNY Fredonia and has taught in schools in Florida and Vermont. Singing is her passion and she is thrilled to start making music with students at Indian River School!

Tod rejoins the Mascoma Valley Regional School District after a few years.

Jonni joins our 5th grade team here at Indian River School.

Taylor joins the Indian River School from CES. She will be teaching English Language Arts.

Joining our 6th grade team is Sharon Pierce.

Kassandra joins our Indian River School team as a paraprofessional

Clinton joins our team as a paraprofessional

Ashley joins our Indian River School team from EVS. She is a one on one paraprofessional.

Sara joins our NECC program as a paraprofessional

Morgan joins our NECC program as a paraprofessional