Friday Flyers:
American Furniture Warehouse Fundraiser
Community Resources
Parent Support Through COVID
Strive to Thrive
National Charity League
Breakfast on Late Start Days:
When we have a delayed start, we will NOT be providing breakfast due to the lateness of our start time (10:00am). Thank you!
Spring Conference Sign Ups:
Our spring conferences are upon us! As they were in the fall, these conferences will be held virtually. Each conference is scheduled for 20 minutes.
Sign ups will open on February 26th and will close on March 4th. Please use the following directions to sign up to meet with your child's teacher, our special education staff members, or our specials teachers.
Once you are at the website, click on the Parent Resources.
Once there, you will click on "Online Scheduler"
This will direct you the the Online Scheduler page. From there, please select "IRON HORSE ELEMENTARY" and click "Go". Then you will need to enter your student's ID number (same as their lunch number) and the password "engineer". From there, you will be able to select a date and time for your student's assessment.
February News from thee STEM Room:
This month 1st grade through 5th grade learned the difference between open and closed electric circuits by exploring snap circuits. Kindergarten celebrated the 100th day of school by seeing what they could build using different building materials grouped into 100 pieces. Kindergarten also made connections with their Social Studies unit and built different animal habitats from all over the world. Second grade made connections with their science unit by performing solid, liquid and gas experiments.
Virtual Author Visit:
This past Wednesday, we had the opportunity to participate in a virtual author visit presented by Book Bar of Denver! We visited with LeUyen Pham, author of "Outside, Inside," and it was amazing! The book is a moving picture book celebrating essential workers and the community coming together to face the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
You may order a signed copy of the book, by using the link below:
Book Order form for Pham - Iron Horse
If you would like to have your copy delivered directly to the school, choose "curbside" and write in the comments section that you would like your book delivered to Iron Horse. Otherwise, you will have to pay for shipping to your home or you will have to pick it up yourself.
Douglas County Libraries is now accepting applications for our spring session of Virtual Reading Buddies. This program pairs a trained teen volunteer with a current 1st through 3rd grade child who is having challenges with reading.
Weekly, 45-minute sessions take place each Tuesday from March 23 - May 11, from 4:30-5:15 pm.
Applications are due by Tuesday, March 2.
For questions, please email kallan@dclibraries.org, call 303-791-READ, or stop by a branch and talk to any of our friendly staff members!
Updated Information Regarding COVID-19 and Illness:
The Colorado Department of Public Health had updated guidelines for schools for students that are exhibiting COVID symptoms for 48 hours or greater. If your child exhibits these symptoms and is out of school for 2 days, our nurse, Jen Kester, will send you this information and get in touch with you to discuss.
These guidelines are for when a person has had:
- Major symptoms of illness for 24 hours or greater (Loss of taste or smell, fever of 100 or greater, new or worsening cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing)
OR
- Minor symptoms of illness for 48 hours or greater (sore throat, runny nose or congestion, muscle or body aches, headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea).
Options:
1. You can take your child to get a PCR COVID-19 test.
If results are negative, your student may return after they have been fever free for 24 hours without medication, all other symptoms are improving and they can wear a mask. You will need to provide test results to the nurse or administration before their return
2. You can also opt for a 10 day home isolation from the onset of symptoms.
For example, if symptoms began on 1/1/21, you would count 1/2/21 as day 1 and student would isolate through the end of day on 1/11/21 and could return to normal activities on 1/12 as long as they has been fever free for 24 hours without medication and all other symptoms are improving and they can wear a mask
Upcoming Events:
Feb 26-March 4: Spring Conference Sign Ups (more information to come soon)
March 8-11: Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences (virtual)
March 9: Artisan Pizza Night for IHE
March 13-21: Spring Break - NO SCHOOL
March 29-31: CMAS for 3/4/5 - ELA (see schedule on website)
April 5-7: CMAS for 3/4/5 - Math (see schedule on website)
April 20-22: CMAS for eLearners
