ICCSD is responding to the needs of our school children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Click the button to Support Our Schools.
What’s Happening
Give and Grow!
THANK YOU! With your help, we were able to reach reach our May 15 goal of $15,000 in donations through the GreenState Credit Union Give and Grow program – making us eligible to receive a $15,000 matching gift from GreenState CU! We are so gratefule to our donors supporting this effort and to GreenState Credit Union for this awesome program!
Offices Closed
The ICCSD Foundation and the ESC offices are closed through July 5, 2020. The best way to reach Foundation staff at this time is through email at Foundation@iowacityschools.org. You can still support our schools and make donations online or by mailing a check to our offices at 1725 N Dodge St, Iowa City, IA 52245.
Big Idea Hunt
Over $65,000 in Big Idea Hunt grants have been awarded for the 2020-2021 school year! These innovative, collaborative and creative ideas all came from our District staff. Forty proposals were submitted for inital consideration and 15 of those were funded. Thank you to Integrated DNA Technologies and the Foundation”s Excellence Fund donors for making these grants possible!
What We Do
Your Impact in 2018-2019
Kindertales
1,185 kindergarten students to the Iowa Children’s Museum for KinderTales
Fine Arts
2,249 1st and 2nd graders heard from Bryan Collier during Visiting Author program and 1,118 5th graders learned about constellations through the M.C. Ginsberg Artist in Residence
Music
3,422 1st – 3rd graders experienced Music in the Schools and 1,042 4th graders enjoyed Symphony Goes to School
School of the Wild
1,084 6th graders participated in outdoor classroom experiences through School of the Wild
STEM and MakerSpaces
7 MakerSpaces and STEM teams competed across the nation!
LiveArts
1,005 8th graders went to Hancher for LiveArts to learn about the performing arts…something they may choose to explore in high school
