Parent Newsletter August 9, 2024

It’s been a great summer for District 91! The district hosted two summer school programs, one for high school students and one for elementary students. High school students were able to earn credits toward graduation. The high school summer school included an intervention day to provide extra support for students who needed additional help to learn course concepts. Student motivation was high as students made up credits. The really good news is that the credits earned at summer school will count toward graduation.

The elementary summer school program was filled with reading and exciting enrichment activities. Students have strengthened their reading and writing skills and used technology to practice their new reading skills. Through a partnership with the Art Museum of Idaho Falls and the leadership of Alexa Stanger, the Art Museum director, students learned art history and created masterpieces of their own. Dr. Shropshire, an ISU physics professor, taught students about force and trajectory as they launched rockets. Students were also able to visit the Idaho Falls Library to check out some delicious books.

It is exciting to see that summer doesn’t stop learning and growing for D91 students. Thank you, Michael Keyes, high school principal, and Thomas Kennedy and Tawnya Scherck, elementary summer school administrators, for the incredible leaders and teachers who made this learning experience possible!

Have a great weekend!

Superintendent Karla LaOrange

Registration for the middle and high schools begin on Monday August 12. Here is a breakdown of when you can register your student.

• Eagle Rock Middle School
• Monday Aug 12 - 14: 9 am to 1 pm for those needing help with registration
• Thursday Aug 15: 7th grade Orientation 9 am to 12 pm
• Taylorview Middle School
• Tuesday Aug 13: 7th grade 10am to 3 pm
• Wednesday Aug 14th: 8th grade 10-3
• Thursday Aug 15th: Both 7th and 8th grade 3pm to 8 pm
• Compass Academy
• Monday Aug 12 - Tuesday Aug 13: All students 9 am to 12pm, 1pm to 4 pm
• CTEC
• Check with your home school about registering for CTEC classes
• CTEC students to attend Open House Tuesday Aug 27 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm
• The following forms need to be filled out prior to first day of class on Aug 28
• CTEC Parking Passes CTEC Student T-shirt
• Emerson High School
• Monday Aug 12 - Wednesday Aug 14: Returning Students 9 am to 3 pm
• Idaho Falls High School
• Monday Aug 12: Seniors, 8 am to 3 pm
• Tuesday Aug 13: Juniors and Sophomores, 8 am to 3 pm
• Wednesday Aug 14: Freshman, 8 am to 3 pm
• Skyline High School
• Monday Aug 12: Seniors, 8 am to 4 pm
• Tuesday Aug 13: Juniors and Sophomores, 8 am to 4 pm
• Wednesday Aug 14: Freshman, 8 am to 4 pm

Elementary Schools will be holding registration on Tuesday Aug 13 and Wednesday Aug 14 at the following times:

• Bush: 8 am to 4 pm
• Dora Erickson: 8 am to 3 pm
• Edgemont: 8 am to 4 pm
• Ethel Boyes: 8:30 am to 3 pm
• Fox Hollow: 8:30 am to 2:30 pm
• Hawthorne: Call School for details
• Linden Park: 8 am to 3 pm
• Longfellow: 8 am to 3 pm
• Sunnyside: 8 am to 4 pm
• Temple View 8 am to 3 pm
• Theresa Bunker: 9 am to 2 pm
• West Side: 8 am to 3 pm

Student device insurance will be available to all district students in the 2024-25 school year. The cost is $27 per year for a Chromebook and $40 per year for a Laptop.

It is not required, however it is a good thing to have. Students/parents will be responsible for device repair costs if they do not have the insurance. You can find out more here.

Instruments are available to rent to any student in the district enrolled in a district band or orchestra class. The rental fee is $85.00 for the school year. Instruments are to be picked up at the Music Department located at Compass Academy. Parents or guardians must come to check out district instruments.

Instruments available to rent:

Orchestra Instruments:

Violin

Viola

Cello

Bass

Band Instruments:

Piccolo

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet

Bass Clarinet

Bassoon

Saxophones: Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass

French Horn

Trumpet

Trombones

Euphoniums (baby tubas) - Tubas ¾ , 4/4 and 5/4 sizes

Guitars and percussion instruments will NOT be available to rent.

Please contact Sharon Cole at 208-525-7572 or coleshar@sd91.org with any questions.

• Aug 15: District Office Closed to process registrations
• Aug 26: Elementary Back to School Night
• Aug 27: First day of school for K-6th, 7th, 9th, and Emerson HS Students
• Aug 27: Middle and High Schools Back to School Night
• Aug 28: First day of school for 8th, 10th - 12th
  
• Sept 3: First day of school for Pre-K

D91 is holding an immunization clinic with the Health Department. It is open to any student under the age of 18. It will be on Tuesday, August 13 from 8 am to 3 pm at both Eagle Rock and Taylorview Middle Schools.

Insurance will be billed. For those who are uninsured it is $20 per shot (max $80). However, no one will be turned away due to inability to pay.

Over the summer, some of our amazing educators are being recognized for their outstanding work over the summer. Congratulations to Idaho Falls High School principal Christopher Powell for being named the Outstanding Secondary Principal of the year by the Idaho Association of Secondary Principals.

D91's Career and Technical Education Center is riding the momentum of a very successful summer. The school picked up two big awards from the Career Technical Educators of Idaho. Cathy Owen is the Secondary Teacher of the Year and the Cybersecurity program at CTEC is the Idaho CTE Program of the Year. Cathy is the teacher that runs that program. Congratulations to CTEC for its outstanding work!!

We are excited and so grateful for Teton Toyota donating a car to D91 this year. School clubs, teams, and organizations will have the chance to see raffle tickets during the school year to win the car. ALL the money raised goes directly to the club that sold the tickets. The drawing for the car will be held in April during the Tiger-Grizz Invitational track meet at Ravsten Stadium. The Longfellow Drama Club earned $1,350 selling tickets at the War Bonnet Roundup. Watch for the car during the school year!

5th Grade Teacher, Longfellow Elementary

Part-time Custodian, Idaho Falls High School

Part-time Bus Drivers and Aides

See all current openings here.