IVES Flyer October 2024

IMPACTing our School for Success - Every Person, Every Day

September 30-October 4th Spirit Week:

• Monday-PJ/Stuffie Day
• Tuesday- Disney Day
• Wednesday-Flannel Day
• Thursday-Sports Day/Hats
• Friday-Color Day-refer to your teacher's field day color

October 2nd-Custodian Appreciation Day!

October 2nd-PTO Meeting, 5:30pm

October 3rd-Student Leadership Meeting, 7:30-8:10am

October 4th-October 11th Book Fair is open!

October 4th-Field Day

• 3rd-5th 10:20-12:00pm
• K-2nd 12:45-2:45pm

October 7th-Field Day- Pre K

• AM class-9:00-9:45am
• PM class-2:40-3:25pm

October 7th-11th Raffle Baskets on display and Raffle tickets can be purchased for $1.00 each

October 7th-11th Parent Teacher Conferences (See Sign up Genius from your teacher for a time)

October 9th Thank you to those who have donated food for our staff. Should you wish to donate a dinner item, please see the Sign Up Genius linked here

October 10th-Popcorn day

October 10th-District Board Meeting, Creekside, 6:30pm

October 11th-No Students, Parent Teacher Conferences throughout the day

October 14th-25th-Fall Break, No school

October 29th-Picture Retakes

October 30th-Trunk or Treat at IVES from 4:30-7:00pm! Donations of unopened bags of candy are welcome! Please see the invitation here.

Book Fair Information:

Hello IVES families!

It's almost that time again - our Fall Book Fair is just around the corner! We look forward to sharing Book Joy with all of you. Please know that your online and in person book purchases support our school library as we get a percentage of the sales to use to purchase new books for our students to share. Families are welcome to come up to the fair all day on Friday 10/4 during field day (see below), in the morning on Friday 10/11 during conferences, and after school on all other days except Tuesday.

The shopping schedule this fall is:

Friday 10/4 8:30 - 4:30pm (This is also Field Day! Families are welcome to stop by the library to shop. To do so, please check in at the office with a state issued ID, and you will be allowed up!).

Monday 10/7 8:30 - 4:30pm

Tuesday 10/8 8:30 - 3:30pm (Closing early for a staff meeting.)

Wednesday 10/9 8:30 - 6:30pm (Late conference night.)

Thursday 10/10 8:30 - 4:30pm

Friday 10/11 8:30 - 10:30am (No school for conferences. Closing early to pack up the fair.)

For information related to our Book Fair - please click on our book fair slide link at https://tinyurl.com/2fs8sdjc

You can use this slide link to:

Visit our online book fair: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/inspirationviewelementary2

Set up an e Wallet account for your child: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/how-ewallet-works.html?fairId=5627313

Just like last year, you are able to put funds directly into your child’s eWallet account! For this fair the types of payment accepted will be credit card and Scholastic eWallets. Please note, no change is provided for eWallet accounts. We will help your child spend the money in their account down, and anything left under $1.00 will be donated to our school library. Also keep in mind that we do have to charge sales tax.

If you open an eWallet account for your child, they will be allowed to come over to the fair to choose books to buy during the school day. If you want them to get something specific, please be sure to send a note to the teacher. Also, please give your child’s classroom teacher a heads up that your child has had an account created. Once the account is created, anyone can add money to it! This might be a good thing to share with grandparents and other family members that are interested in helping!

We need parent volunteers! Join us for this fun event and help us bring book joy to our students. Please reach out to Mrs. Bedell if you have completed the district background check and are able to help out. erin.bedell@d49.org

Thank you, Flyer Families, for your support of our school library! Please also remember that teachers love books, you may wish to buy a book to donate to your child’s classroom. We can help you with that! We look forward to an exciting time in our school library.

Erin Bedell

Inspiration View Librarian

Clubs:

Legomation, Kids Chef, Cartooning, STEM are brought to you by a third party and is not a District 49 school-sponsored event. The individuals offering the activity are not acting as District 49 employees. While we support our families in choosing beneficial extracurricular activities for their children, this activity is not offered as a D49 program and it is not an extension of our curricula or school day programming.

Attendance:

If your student has an appointment, please be sure to send in a physician's note to the front office so that we can properly code the excused absence in the system. Examples might include, doctor, dentist, etc.).

Should your student be absent, parents must report this absence to the front office with a phone call (719-495-5302) or an email (holly.bussell@d49.org). Holly Bussell is our Attendance Secretary and is the person who can assist with the call. If you do not report your student's absence, it will be marked as unexcused. Unexcused absences are tracked and reported to D49 truancy. If you have any questions about reporting absences or truancy, please reach out to Jessica Cole (719-495-5307).

Fundraisers:

Doing any furniture shopping? American Furniture Warehouse is the place to shop and give back to IVES! Simply mention at checkout that your student's attend IVES and they will donate a portion back to us! Thank you! Check out the flyer!

We have a donation clothing bin at IVES! We are excited to partner with Clothes Bin! See the flyer here to learn more about what can be donated.

No-Parking Signs:

There are "No Parking Signs" posted by the crossing guard station on Lindsey Peak that were installed by the city. Thank you for honoring these as it is for safety of our students.

Handicap Parking Spaces:

Please do not park in the handicap parking spaces without proper documentation. Thank you.

IVES Facebook Page:

Did you know that Inspiration View Elementary has a Facebook page? On this page we celebrate the wonderful things happening at IVES! Click the link above and join us!

School Swag Store:

Strut your school swag at IVES by clicking on the link below!

https://inspirationview-elementary.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Volunteers:

We love to have volunteers! To join our volunteer team for the upcoming school year, you will need to complete the district's background check. Should you like to volunteer for popcorn day or other things in the building, please reach out to Christie Odell! Should you choose to volunteer, please use the attached link to review our IVES volunteer handbook. Thank you for volunteering!

I-Inspire

V-Value

E-Excellence

S-Safe

Ives' Flyers play an active role in their learning and inspire self and others to success, value self and others, pursue excellence both personally and academically, and contribute to a safe and secure school environment

Our Beliefs as an IVES School Community

1. We believe all students can, do and must learn at a high level and that they learn best in a safe, secure, positive and respectful environment.

2. We believe in targeted instruction and in assessing data regularly to adjust instruction towards improving student achievement.

3. We believe that each one of us has the ability and capacity to work well as a team and to be a valuable contributor to the team.

4. We believe that community is built through authentic, respectful, collaborative and meaningful relationships.

5. We believe in and give opportunities for students to identify and cultivate their individual passions and talents.

Website: https://www.d49.org/IVES
Location: 9233 Vista Del Pico Boulevard, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Phone: 719-495-5300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IVESD49