Thursday, May 3, 2018

Week of April 30, 2018

Thursday Folder Fliers:

Mother - Son Event:
We are excited to offer a Mother - Son event at the Parker Fieldhouse on Saturday, May 12th from 12:00-2:00pm. Sons will be able to play broom ball, capture the flag, dodgeball, and climb the wall with their moms. We are in need of dads to volunteer for this event, so that the moms can have some fun! 
Please sign up here: 
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F094AAAA72AA0F49-volunteers

SSN School Store:
The SSN (Significant Support Needs) Classroom will be hosting their
school store “The IHE Depot” May 7-10th. They will be selling school related items including erasers, bookmarks, stress balls, etc. Mother’s Day gifts will be sold again this year. More information is available above.

Field Day:
Our annual field day will be held on Thursday, May 17th (in the event of rain, the date will be May 18th). The theme for our day is Dr. Seuss! 

Mrs. Maag's Kindies and grades 3-5 will have their field day from 9:00-11:00am. Mrs. Suson's and Ms. Gardner's Kindies and grades 1-2 will have their field day from 1:00-3:00pm. 

Most of the events will be held outside, so students need to be prepared by bringing water bottles and wearing sunscreen and hats. Student's clothing should be appropriate for athletic activities and the ever-changing weather. Please have your student wear layers, pants or shorts, and tennis shoes (no sandals or boots please). 

Students are encouraged to wear a shirt that corresponds to their grade level colors:
*Kindergarten=Red                    *1st Grade=Yellow
*2nd Grade=White                     *3rd Grade=Blue
*4th Grade=Green                     *5th Grade=Black

All parents are welcome to come to support their student during the day. Our Field Day Goals=To have fun, create positive challenges, display good sportsmanship, demonstrate skills, and create good attitudes about physical activity. 

Read-a-Thon Next Year:
PTO surveyed parents last fall and made the decision based upon this survey to change our largest fundraiser from Boosterthon to a Read-a-Thon. This event will be run by the PTO, with all proceeds going directly to Iron Horse. We need your help to make this a successful fundraiser. Please see the flyer above for more information about how you can help with this fundraiser next year. 

Iron Horse Summer Office Hours:
The office will be open from May 29-June 1st from 7:30am-4:00pm. 
The office will be closed from June 2nd-July 15th for Summer Break. 
The office will re-open July 16th-August 8th from 7:30am-4:00pm. 

For registrations or questions between June 2nd and July 15th, please call 720-433-0095. 

School Supplies for Next School Year:
School code is IRO006
Orders can be turned into the front office until Friday, May 18th
Online orders can me made until June 10th.  

School Accountability Committee:
The School Accountability Committee (SAC) is an advisory committee, not a governing body, that advises the principal on school performance, budget priorities and parental engagement. The purpose of the committee is to inform, encourage and provide opportunities for parent and community members to be involved in the planning and evaluation of the school’s instructional program and quality improvement processes.  Each SAC is comprised of parents, community members, principals and teachers. Elections for Chair and District Accountability Committee Liaison will take place during our September 2018 meeting. If you are interested in running for one of these positions, please submit a paragraph about yourself and why you are interested to Kirsten.Bloomfield@dcsdk12.org by May 25th

Upcoming Events: 
May 7: No School for 5th Grade ONLY
May 8: Artisan Pizza Night for IHE - proceeds benefit IHE
May 10: Muffins for Moms 7:45-8:20am in the Cafeteria
May 11: Assessment Day - No School - Students come at parent-chosen time for assessments
May 12: Mother-Son Event - 12:00-2:00pm at the Parker Fieldhouse ($10 per son)
May 16: PTO Meeting 3:45-4:45pm in the Junction
May 16: Parker Region Schools Budget Presentation 6:00-7:30pm at Ponderosa High School
May 17: Field Day
May 18: Rain Date for Field Day
May 18: Swirls Night for IHE - proceeds benefit IHE
May 24: Legend Graduation
May 24: 5th Grade Clap-out - 3:20pm in the main hallway
May 25: Last Day of School - Half Day for Kindergarten and 5th Grade ONLY