Keeping You Informed

Nurse Practitioners at Metro Care Connection

As we prepare for the upcoming winter months, we know that student illnesses will become more widespread. CRCSD provides a unique service to help students stay healthy. Metro Care Connection Clinics treat any PK to 12-grade CRCSD students, with parent consent. These school-based health centers are at Jefferson, Kennedy, and Metro High Schools, each staffed by a pediatric nurse practitioner.

“By providing access to these services, students can improve their health, participate in activities and be available to learn and achieve,” says Sandy Byard, CRCSD Health Services coordinator.

Superintendent Search Update

A quick update about our on-going superintendent search: our search firm from Hazard, Young, Attea, and Associates (HYA) offered 28 sessions during two meeting days. They met with parents, students, administrators, teachers, community partners and community members. HYA also obtained feedback received from an online survey. With this information, HYA will develop the firm’s leadership profile summary report.

On Monday, November 21, a HYA firm representative will present the leadership profile summary report to the Board of Education. During the meeting, Board members will develop a profile of leadership qualities and criteria to be used in the hiring process for the next CRCSD superintendent. The special board meeting will take place on Monday, November 21, at 5:30 pm in the boardroom at the ELSC.

Girl Power Making History

A couple of weeks back, we shared that our Girls' wrestling teams were starting practice for their inaugural season. This week, we have another first, and it's just too good not to share! The J-Hawk wrestlers hosted Kennedy and Washington in the Jefferson wrestling room for a joint scrimmage event. During the scrimmage, they competed in a total of 20 matches. This scrimmage experience took place to prepare the girls for their season-opening matches on Friday evening or Saturday. Way to come together

The future is bright for the CRCSD girls wrestling teams!

Welcome to All in Our District

CRCSD supports the City of Cedar Rapids' "Welcome is our Language" Campaign

Welcome,

Karibu, in Swahili;

Bienvenue, in French;

And Bienvenidos, in Spanish.

The word “welcome” comes in many forms within CRCSD. Our schools are an interlace of diverse families that make up our school fabric and reflect our broader community. We are excited to partner with the City of Cedar Rapids as they embrace the phrase “Welcome is our Language.” Just like our vision, we want to see each learner reach their full potential in our classrooms. We want families to feel welcome in our community and within the walls of our schools. Therefore, we have joined with the City of Cedar Rapids to promote their “Welcome is our Language” campaign.

Please watch this video that supports our welcome to all, and welcome to CRCSD.

Coats for Kids

Thank you to KCRG for the Coats for Kids donation of 120 new winter coats.

"Each year, as the weather grows colder, students show up to school without adequate clothing to keep them warm. As winter weather returns, so do the need to ensure all students are appropriately clothed. Community donations to Coats for Kids are vital to making sure we can keep students safe, healthy, and warm during the cold winter months," says Paul Hayes, K-12 School Counseling and Postsecondary Readiness Lead- Office of Learning and Leadership.

Coats for Kids are distributed to K-8th grade students across the District. If you have a student in need of a winter coat, please get in touch with your school.

No Newsletter Next Week

Next week, CRCSD will not be sharing our Future Ready, Today newsletter. Monday and Tuesday of that week, classes will be held as usual. Reminder there is no school for students on Wednesday. This day is a Staff Progress Reporting day on the CRCSD calendar. Also, no school on Thursday and Friday, and all school offices will be closed because of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Classes will resume on Monday, November 28th.