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Thank you for your continued care and attention to what matters most.
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The District has significant needs related to the COVID-19 crisis including online personalized learning software, Chromebooks/iPads for every student, internet access, PPE, school meals, and more.
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What’s Happening
Dine In, Take Out September 24!
Support our local businesses and our schools! Dine Out or Take Out for Education on September 24! Choose one or more of our 40 restaurant partners for breakfast, lunch, or dinner on that day and they will donate 10% of their sales in support of our schools.
Offices Closed
The ICCSD Foundation offices are closed but we are still working! 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!
Run for the Schools
The 2020 annual Run for the Schools race is going virtual! Register individually or in a group of 4, choose your distance – Half-Mile, Mile, 5K, 10K or Half-Marathon – and run any time in October!
Register by September 30th to get your Run for the Schools T-shirt!
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
