Indian Hill Elementary School Newsletter | October 20,2023

Weekly Video Celebration

Over the course of the next few weeks, we will spotlight our Unified Arts teachers. You'll learn a little bit about the outstanding UA classes as well as our instructors here at IHES! This week's UA teacher spotlight is one of our amazing band teachers, Chris Rotsching.

Click here to watch the video!

Important Dates

October 25-November 3: ES Book Fair - ES Library
October 26: Evening Conferences 4-8 p.m. (see below)
October 27: NO School - Conference Day (see below)
October 29: Trunk or Treat 2-4 p.m. - IH High School Parking Lot
October 31: Harvest Day Parties
November 10: Veterans Day Parade
November 17: Sharing Assembly
November 20-24: NO School - Thanksgiving Break

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IH Bus Drivers are the Best!

Wednesday, October 25 is IH Bus Driver Appreciation Day hosted by the IH PTO. Please sign-up to donate snacks and drinks for our wonderful drivers to stock the IH Transportation Department. More details in sign up. Additionally, cards of appreciation for your child's bus driver are also encouraged during this week. Click this link for a full list of IH bus drivers.

Thank You!

Click Here to Sign Up

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Fall Book Fair is coming!

Wednesday, October 25-Friday, November 3

Open: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. every school day

Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday, Oct. 26- 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 27 - 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Lots of great books for students to select from! Students will have the opportunity to come during the school day, and we will also be open during conference times. Sign up for an eWallet. eWallet is an easy and safe way to set up a shopping account for your child. Cash, credit cards, and checks (made out to IHES) are also accepted. Sales tax will be added to all sales this year.

Visit our Book Fair homepage for more details and to see the book previews. We will also collect All for Books monetary donations that will be shared with classroom teachers to purchase books for classroom libraries. Our All for Books total donations will be matched by Scholastic and given in books to organizations that support students in need of books.

Trunk or Treat!

The IH PTO is excited to once again host our Annual Trunk or Treat Event!

This year our event will take place on Sunday, October 29 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the IH High School parking lot (we moved this year to better accommodate all our participants).

We need lots of "trunks" to make this event a great success!

Please sign up here!

Thursday, October 26 - 4:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Friday, October 27 - 7 :30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Parent Teacher Conferences for the ES are right around the corner! Click below to learn how and when you can schedule times with your child's teacher.

Click Here!

Indian Hill Primary and Elementary are looking forward to honoring veterans on Friday, November 10, and are inviting any veteran who has a connection to a Primary/Elementary School student to participate in a short car parade. For more details on the Parade and how to sign your Veteran up to participate, click here.

Whether or not you can make the parade, IHES students are looking to learn from Veterans in our community. If you know someone who has served or currently serves in any branch of the U.S. Military, we would love to hear from them. Please forward this link to the veterans in your life and they will be featured throughout the week of November 6 during Morning Announcements. All submissions MUST be complete not later than Monday, November 6th in order to be included in our morning celebrations.

In your video, please have your veteran share the following information:

What is your name, and who are you connected to at IHES?
What is your rank?
What branch of the military did/do you serve and for how long?
Please tell us a little about what you did/ do (job) in the military.

We look forward to seeing all of your special Veterans either in person or via video and we thank them for their service!

Lost & Found

Is your child missing their jacket? How about their water bottle? Sweatshirt? Shoes? If the answer is yes, take a look below. Your child's missing items maybe on our lost and found table located in the vestibule of the main ES entrance. Feel free to drop by during school hours to take a peek!

Important Message from Transportation

Until further notice, students will no longer be permitted to ride home on alternate buses unless absolutely necessary and preapproved by our Transportation Department. If you have questions or need further clarification, please contact a member of our Transportation Team at 513-272-4530. As always, we thank you for using Pick up Patrol to communicate any daily transportation changes.

Important Information

Office Phone #:

513-272-4703

Office hours:

7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

School Hours:

8:55 a.m. - 3:35 p.m.

Please make sure your child's belongings are labeled with their name.
Please remember to use Pick up Patrol for all transportation change notifications.
If your student is going to be absent or late call our automated attendance line: 513-272-4708

Wellness Wednesdays

Here at IHES the staff and students participate in Wellness Wednesdays.

We do this by setting aside Wednesdays as an intentional day (or a moment in the day) each week to remember to take a breath, find moments of mindfulness, slow down, reset, and recharge. Each month's Wellness Wednesday has a different theme. this months theme is:

Coping Strategies

Ask your student which coping strategies work best for them.

Join the IHES Birthday Book Club

Would you like to celebrate your child's birthday in a lasting way at our school? Our library has a Birthday Book Club, which provides families a unique opportunity to honor your child's special day.

Families are asked to donate $15.00 to our Birthday Book Club to help underwrite the cost of a new book. The birthday child may then select a new book which has already been ordered for our library collection. There are always many wonderful titles from which to choose. Summer birthdays are celebrated either at half birthdays or in the spring.

The library will put a

birthday bookplate in the front of the selected book to identify this title as a lasting gift for our school's collection. What a wonderful way to emphasize the importance of reading with our Students!

Interested in joining our club? Email

Mrs. Sara Jones, IHES Librarian.

Healthy School Snacks

It is our goal for students to have healthy and safe snack options within the classroom that include fruits, vegetables, and some grains.

· Examples: rice cakes or crackers, plain popcorn, Pirates Booty, garden veggie straws, Made Good products

· Non-Examples: pretzels with peanut butter, hard boiled eggs, cereals or cereal bars, granola bars

We appreciate any and all efforts to provide snacks for your child that are the least intrusive to the teaching and learning environment (i.e., ease of opening, particular smells, allergen-free products).

Thank you in advance for your assistance. If you have any questions about snack time, please contact your child's teacher or Mrs. Joyce- 513-272-4703 - gayle.joyce@ihsd.us

School Fees and Lunch Payments

My School Bucks is an online payment program where you can load money on to your child's lunch account and School Fees. Never used My School Bucks before? Need a refresher? Click the link below.

*Any school Fees already collected will be applied as soon as possible.

Please disregard messages if you have already paid*

Click Here

KGS Academy Indian Hill Enrolling for 23/24

Before School Care 7:00 - 8:30 a.m.

After School Care 3:45 - 6:00 p.m.

Grades K-5

Located at IHPS

KGS Academy Indian Hill is owned and operated by Tami Lanham, an IH parent.

Email tami.lanham@ihsd.us or call Tami at 513-207-8889.

A Message From Our Transportation Deptartment

2023-2024 TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULES

Stopfinder is the all-in-one, easy-to-use app for viewing & sharing your student’s TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULE for the 23-24 School Year!

Learn more about the app HERE ! Call the Transportation Department to request a Stopfinder invitation. You can reach them at 513.272.4531

If you haven't requested bus transportation yet, find the form HERE !

https://www.indianhillschools.org/Transportation.aspx

https://www.indianhillschools.org/StopfinderParentApp.aspx

Transportation Change Reminders!

*Until further notice students will not be permitted to ride home on any bus except their own. Any questions? Contact 513-272-4530*

Pick Up Patrol (PuP) is used here at IHES to manage student dismissal and for parents/guardians to communicate transportation plans to teachers and school staff. If you are not using PuP, we ask that you begin ASAP. Knowing your child's daily transportation plans ensures that we get your child home in a safe and timely manner.

If you are already using PuP, thank you! Here are a couple of tips on using the program:

Make sure your child's default (aka daily) plans are up to date
Any daily changes must be entered by 2:30 p.m. (if a change comes up after this time please call the office 513-272-4703)
Teachers will follow whatever has been entered in PuP unless you have contacted the office with a change

Important!!

New Traffic Pattern for Car Rider Drop Off and Pickup!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If you choose to drive your child to school, our drop off/pick up circle is in the front of our Arts and Athletics Wing this year.

Please Do Not Drop Students off in front of the building unless it's after 8:55 a.m.

Enter the Elementary School (ES) driveway across from South Clippinger and take your first right.
Follow the traffic pattern behind the gym and then loop back to the front of the wing. There will be school personnel there to greet you and your child.
Please do not get out of the car and make sure to have students get out on the passenger side of the car. Staff will assist students.
Follow the traffic pattern to exit the ES using the same driveway directly across from South Clippinger. (See map to the side or click link)

Click Here for the map!

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Whitney Buell, Principal

Whitney.Buell@ihsd.us

Twitter: @IHElementary

My #IHPromise - to be a servant to our students, staff, and community; I strive to provide continuous improvement to prepare our students for a promising future.