Team Popcorn

Team Popcorn is at Ida Elementary every Friday. Our halls are filled with the smell of freshly popped popcorn and students and staff enjoy the delicious popcorn.  Thank you  PTA!

Ida Elementary Picture Day

A big THANK YOU to Mrs. Huston, Mrs. Sargent, and Mrs. Henry for being our parent volunteers on picture day.  We appreciate you!

Ida Received a $10,000 Grant from Monsanto

Ida  received a $10,000 Monsanto Grant given to strengthen farming communities by the America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education. This grant was written to purchase a classroom set of ipads for use in the middle school math and science classrooms. We'd   like to thank all the local farmers who voted for us in this grant process to show Monsanto that we had great community support!

JV and Varsity Football Teams

The football teams ran into a little more competition this week. Fan support was exceptionally good on a rainy Friday night.

Ms. King's 1st grade reading buddies participated with Ms. DeVaughn's DK class for a time of learning about Johnny Apple Seed,

The end zone student section cheering for the Bluestreaks!

The Ida band and cheerleaders doing a fantastic job!

Middle School Students Enjoying the Waning Days of Summer on the New and Old Playground Equipment

Bus Safety with Mr. Wylie

Our kindergarten classes enjoyed their bus safety time with Transportation Supervisor, Mr. Wylie.

The 5th grade students learned about being prepared for emergencies

Our 5th grade students received training from Michigan State Trooper Duffin in being prepared for emergencies. After the presentation the students received back packs with solar blankets, first aid kids, and granola bars.

The Ida JV Football team beat Erie Mason Sept. 13th.

Under a blue moon, Ida High School varsity football beats Summerfield on August 30th.

Ida High School I students receive Constitution Day instruction in the form of an informational video.

Ida Football Team

The Varsity Football Team is currently undefeated. They played a solid game against Mason last Friday.

Mrs. Harmon's Class

The students in the 6th grade science class have been watching the activities of 

parasitic wasp cocoons on a caterpillar (tobacco horn worm).

Character Strikes In Me

          Our "Character Stikes In Me"  kickoff for the month of September is focused on good character.

4th Graders make ice cream

All of the third grade classes made ice cream the first Friday of the year. 

Middle School Playground

The students at the middle school are enjoying the new playground equipment.

September 11, 2012

All the Kindergarten classes went to the flag pole and said the Pledge of Allegiance on September 11, 2012.

New Federal Food Service Guidelines

NEW FEDERAL FOOD SERVICE GUIDELINES

FRUSTRATE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES

School lunch programs across the country are implementing new federal requirements limiting the calorie intake of students. The new requirements specifically target the high childhood obesity rate in the United States. However, the regulations have had a negative impact for the Ida Food Service Program. Three areas of frustration for Ida’s students have been the following: 

  

1.         The price has increased by 10 cents at the elementary and high school.

 2.        Condiments must be included in the calorie count so instead of having students put their own condiments on their food our staff must include a designated amount with each lunch. Additional condiments may be purchased for a nominal cost.

 3.         The amount of food for each lunch has strict guidelines. Our staff must use different size serving apparatus between grades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12. As you know students eating habits change regularly depending on when their growth spurts kick in and many other factors. This also frustrates many students.

If you would like to read the specific food service guidelines please visit www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/governance/legislation/dictoryspecs.pdf.    

Our food suppliers are making changes in an effort to help us deliver a product that students like while still meeting the federal nutrition standards. However, it is a very difficult and troubling task.

School Board Meeting News

     Highlights of the last school board meeting include the hiring of the following individuals:

Christin Jones, elementary teacher
Kim Bentley, Spanish teacher
Christi Warner, food service
Rhonda Ferguson, food service
Dan Elmes, crossing guard
Kathy Dusseau, bus driver
Glenda Elmes, bus aide
Shirley Morse, bus aide
Brittany Johnston, bus driver

     Additionally, there was a strong showing of support for our Varsity Baseball Coach, Steve Orr. Shelley Schlump presented the 2011-12 annual report which can also be found on the district's web-page. The Board adopted the Strategic Plan which will be printed and distributed throughout the district. The Strategic Planning goal areas include: 

1.  To increase the percent of students meeting the college readiness levels at Ida Public Schools.

2.  Ida students, K-12, will master the Michigan Educational Technology Standards for thier grade      level.

3.  Teachers will expand their use of technology to enhance instruction.

4. All students will experience career awareness activities and develop a comprehensive Educational Development Plan.

5.  Improve communications.

The administrative evaluations have been completed. They have done a very good job this past year and they were given a big "Thank You" on behalf of the Board.

Opening Day Activities

Students and staff were eager to return for another exciting school year. The PTA hosted a brief reception for the parents of kindergarten students. Parents were excited to get the traditional picture of their child's first day of school.

School Signs

Have you noticed the new signs?

Entryway Improvements

Thank you Tony Scott and Bob Cherry! You did a phenominal job on this entryway.

Did You Notice?

The outside doors of all three buildings were painted brown over the summer. Do you remember the previous color scheme?