Ione School District

The pool is closed July 5th for maintenance.

May 31, 2024 As we wind down the school year, we would like to thank everyone for their ongoing support for Ione school, students and staff. As we look forward to next year, we wish everyone a safe and happy summer! We will offer kindergarten jumpstart to all incoming kindergarten students, August 5-15. It will run for 8 days, Monday - Thursday. There will be breakfast and lunch for all students attending. There will be no transportation provided, parents will need to pick up and drop off students each day. Look for sign up flyers to come home next week. The pool is open and will be open, weather permitting all summer. Students will swim everyday until June 11. Please make sure to send a suit and towel each day. July 4th, swimming is free to anyone! Passes are available for $50 individual, $100 for a family for the summer. Laryssa Burright is our pool manager again this year. She is working on getting swim lessons scheduled as well. Stay tuned for more information. Thursday, we had a busy day of senior exit interviews, preschool graduation, and an awesome afternoon welcoming different members of the professional community for a career fair for our middle and high school students. A huge thank you to the Cardinal Community Committee and especially, Cyd McElligott for her taking on organizing the day of the event. Thank you to Tricia Rollins for being a facilitator as well. It was a huge success! Huge shout out to our participants who took the time out of their day to come share with our students. It was a range of professions around AG/ AG business, law enforcement, engineering, health care, bankers, and artists- musical and art. Check out our Facebook page for pictures! Friday we are excited for race day- our Pinewood Derby races! Can’t wait to see how it turns out! We have a lot of events coming up next week for all students ! Have a great weekend- Tracey & Ryan Important dates: May 31- Pine Derby k-12- parents/community invited 12:15-3 May 31- 8th grade promotion 5:30-6 Dance 6th-8th 6-9pm June 10- elem field day June 5- baccalaureate 7pm Ione Community church June 6- Scholarship and award night 6 pm High school gym June 7- Graduation 7 pm June 11- 8:15 am ms/hs end of year awards 10:00 am k-6 end of year assembly (10am -kindergarten graduation, 1015 awards k-6) 11:00 am BBQ lunch June 11- last day of school, ½ day students released at 12:30. We will have a BBQ lunch for families to attend with students. Please RSVP to teachers or the office if planning on attending. Senior Class of 2024 Important Dates for May & June Senior Parent meeting May 20th, 6:00 pm in Mr. Rudolf’s Classroom Senior Portfolios Due to Mrs. McElligott May 28th. Exit Interviews are required for all Seniors. Students will be scheduled to interview on Either May 30th or May 31st. Last Day of School/check out for Seniors June 5th. Baccalaureate-Ione Community Church June 5th at 6:00 pm Scholarship/Academic Awards Night June 6th, 2024 at 6:00pm Graduation Rehearsal and Breakfast, June 7th, 2024, 9:00am Graduation Ceremony June 7th, 2024, 7:00pm

May 23, 2024 Just a reminder, the students will be swimming each day until the end of the year (weather permitting). Students will need a suit and a towel at school each day. Thank you to Jeff and Ashley for getting the pool up and running. We are excited to welcome Laryssa back as the pool manager and head lifeguard! Please remember as we move into the end of the year, appropriate attire for students when wearing shorts, tanks, shoes (flip flops especially for k-6). I want to recognize our Crystal Apple winners from Tuesday, May 14, 2024. The winners that were honored were Chelsea Geer and Bridgett Alldritt. Two staff members also received The Legacy award given to staff who have worked in one district.. Our two winners recognized were, Cathy McCabe-40 years and Steve Schaber-33 years. They both will also be retiring this year and will be missed greatly!! Shout out to the ASB students for a wonderful presentation at the board meeting on Tuesday! We are trying to firm up classroom assignments for teachers, and schedules for middle and high school students before the end of the year- stay tuned Just a reminder, there is no school Monday for Memorial day! Have a safe and fun weekend. There will be school Friday, May 31, 2024. Ryan & Tracey Important dates: May 29: Spring sports awards 6 pm -desserts served May 30-Career fair May 31- Pine Derby k-12- parents/community invited 12:15-3 May 31- 8th grade promotion June 10- elem field day June 7- Graduation 7 pm June 11- 8:15 am ms/hs end of year awards 10:00 am k-6 end of year assembly (10am -kindergarten graduation, 1015 awards k-6) 11:00 am BBQ lunch June 11- last day of school, ½ day students released at 12:30. We will have a BBQ lunch for families to attend with students. Please RSVP to teachers or the office if planning on attending. Senior Class of 2024 Important Dates for May & June Senior Parent meeting May 20th, 6:00 pm in Mr. Rudolf’s Classroom Senior Portfolios Due to Mrs. McElligott May 28th. Exit Interviews are required for all Seniors. Students will be scheduled to interview on Either May 30th or May 31st. Last Day of School/check out for Seniors June 5th. Baccalaureate-Ione Community Church June 5th at 6:00 pm Scholarship/Academic Awards Night June 6th, 2024 at 6:00pm Graduation Rehearsal and Breakfast, June 7th, 2024, 9:00am Graduation Ceremony June 7th, 2024, 7:00pm

May 2, 2024 April showers hopefully will bring lots of May flowers as much as it has rained. Today we welcomed 11 future kindergarten students to Ione. They went on a bus ride, had recess, participated in classroom activities and then joined the k-2nd grades for lunch. We are excited to welcome our new kinders for next year! The 6th grade students enjoyed a field trip to the Dalles interpretive center and pizza lunch with Mrs. Jones. They reported it was a great field trip! The students and staff spoiled Mr. Rudolf and myself on celebrating principals day! Thank you to the kids for all the cards and staff for all the yummy and special treats. Mr. Rudolf and I enjoy working with all the students, staff and parents everyday!! Have a great weekend- Tracey& Ryan Athletics: Friday, May 10- Tennis District @ Richland, WA. (Tri-City Court Club). 9 am start, depart Ione @ 6 am HS Track @ District Track Meet-South Wasco HS. 12 pm start time, depart Ione @ 7 am. Saturday, May 11- Tennis District @ Richland, WA. (Tri-City Court Club). 9 am start, depart Ione @ 6 am. 2 HS Track @ District Track Meet-South Wasco HS. 11 am start, depart Ione @ 7 am. Important dates: May 7 - Cinco de Mayo Festival 12:15-2:30- parents/community invited May 13-16 outdoor school May 13- Cardinal Community Committee meeting 6pm-7pm May 15-16th state track May 17- all library books due! May 21- board meeting 5:00 pm, Budget meeting 6:30 pm May 31- Pine Derby k-12- parents/community invited 12:15-3 May 31- 8th grade promotion June 7- Graduation 7 pm June 11- last day of school, ½ day students released at 12:30. We will have a BBQ lunch for families to attend with students. Senior Class of 2024 Important Dates for May & June Senior Parent meeting May 20th, 6:00 pm in Mr. Rudolf’s Classroom Senior Portfolios Due to Mrs. McElligott May 28th. Exit Interviews are required for all Seniors. Students will be scheduled to interview on Either May 30th or May 31st. Last Day of School/check out for Seniors June 5th. Baccalaureate-Ione Community Church June 5th at 6:00 pm Scholarship/Academic Awards Night June 6th, 2024 at 6:00pm Graduation Rehearsal and Breakfast, June 7th, 2024, 9:00am Graduation Ceremony June 7th, 2024, 7:00pm

Hello, Summer school registration is open! Summer school will be held June 17th-August 6th. To support summer courses and credit recovery, we will be utilizing the Edmentum platform. Please indicate on the registration form if the credit is for Standard credit, or credit recovery. Standard credit will be provided with the entire course, credit recovery can be supported by adjustment based on previous grades, special plans, and use of the pre-assessment. Course offerings list: Summer School Course Offerings 23/24 Summer School Registration: Registration from These links can also be found on the liaison webpage , for any registration questions please reach out to the contact email. Thank you! -- IMESD Virtual Learning Academy contact@imesdvla.org imesdvla.org

Ione Community School Students will begin Oregon State Assessments 4/16/2024. Grades 3-8 & Grade 11 will test in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Grades 5, 8 & 11 will also test in Science.

Mar 21, 2024 We are off to spring break after today, Thursday, March 21. School will resume Monday, April 1. When we return it is the end of the 3rd quarter. Conferences will be April 10-11th from 1-7pm. The 10th and 11th will be half days for the students. They will be released at 12:30 pm. This week our k-6th students went to the trampoline park earning over $3900 for the American heart association. Wishing our FFA students safe travels and loads of fun for the state convention this weekend. Our track team has a track meet in Hermiston today- Thursday ,March 21, 2024 Every month we are required to complete a fire drill, so we also take the time to review safety procedures with students at this time as well. We talk about lockdowns, hold in place, shelter in place, evacuate and/or earthquake precautions. Make sure to visit with your student the importance of practicing drills and taking them seriously. We hope we never have to use our practice skills in this case. If interested, there is an opening on the Budget committee for Ione School District. It is a 3 year term. Contact Tracey Johnson or a board member if interested. The application can be found on our website. Event Calendar: Cardinal Community Committee meeting rescheduled to Apr 15, 2024. 3/22- HS track in Boardman, 11 am, Depart @ 9 am 4/13- Prom May 7 - Cinco de Mayo Festival 12:30-2:30 May 13-16 Outdoor school 6th grade May 16 - 8th Grade Graduation 5 pm graduation, 6pm jr high dance for grades 6-8 ** Change of date June 7- high school graduation 7 pm in the high school gym Tuesday, April 2- Tennis hosts Riverside. 3 pm start Thursday, April 4-Tennis @ Sherman County (Moro). 4 pm, depart Ione @ 1:30 pm. Friday, April 5-Tennis (girls) hosts Pendleton JV. 3 pm start Have a safe and happy spring Break- Tracey & Ryan

Mar 13, 2024 What a great week here at Ione School. We enjoyed watching the dress rehearsal of our drama class perform “A Family Reunion to Die For.” I hope you had the chance to enjoy the performance on Wednesday or Thursday. Our students have done an amazing job learning their lines and it is evident that they enjoy every minute of being on stage. A huge appreciation to Mrs. Geer for all her hard work directing the students. This week we kicked off our tennis season with our first home tennis match. Boys lost and the girls tied. Great job Cardinals! It was sunny, windy, and cold with of course a little rain for their first match. We welcome back Maureen McElligott and Susan Kendrick as coaches for another season. Next week will be our last week of school until April 1st. Spring break will be from 3/26-3/28. Our FFA students will be heading to state convention with Mrs. Jones 3/21-3/23. We wish them a lot of fun and learning with all the FFA chapters from the state. Mr. Rudolf will be heading off with students and a few parents on an international trip during spring break. Safe travels to all our students and teachers. We hope everyone has a safe and fun spring break ! When school resumes we will be ending the 3rd quarter with conferences on 4/ 10 & 4/11. The students will have a half a day of school both days and conferences from 1 pm -7:00 pm. Elementary conferences will be scheduled by teachers. Middle and high school conferences will be drop in between 1 pm- 7:00 pm. Hope to see you all there. Starting in April as well, students in grade 3-11th will participate in Oregon State assessments. If you have any questions about testing, contact your students' teachers. Ione is looking for some teachers to join our team. Here are the current opportunities for next year: MS/HS math teacher CTE/Shop teacher AG/FFA teacher 6th grade/elementary teacher K-12 general teacher: .4-music/art & .6 STEM Postings are listed on the Intermountain ESD website or contact Tracey Johnson 541-422-7131 It is the time of year- a lot going on! I will try to keep updating activities weekly until the end of the year. Events: 3/14- Drama class presents, “Family Reunion to Die for” @ 6:30 pm 3/16-HS track, Mullen-Leavitt Invit. in The Dalles, 12pm 3/18- Cardinal Community Committee meeting. 6 pm- 7 pm in cafeteria 3/19- School board meeting : Work session @ 5 pm, Regular board meeting @ 5:30 pm 3/20- K-6 field trip 3/22- HS track in Boardman, 11 am, Depart @ 9 am 4/13- Prom May 7 - Cinco de Mayo Festival 12:30-2:30 May 13-16 Outdoor school 6th grade May 23 - 8th Grade Graduation 5 pm graduation, 6pm jr high dance for grades 6-8 June 7- high school graduation 7 pm in the high school gym Happy St. Patrick's Day this weekend- Tracey & Ryan

Dear Ione Families, Kids Heart Challenge is off to a great start, and we are having so much fun learning how to keep our hearts and minds healthy! When you register, your student will receive the KHC Heart Wristband! Get started today by following these steps: If you haven’t, Sign Up TODAY at http://www2.heart.org/goto/ione or by downloading the free AHA Schools App for Apple or Android Once you sign up, please SEND 10 emails/texts to friends & family asking for a donation! Complete Finn’s Mission to learn Hands-Only CPR & earn Finn’s Lifesaver slow rise ball! SPECIAL INCENTIVES: Any student who completes Finn’s Mission THIS WEEK will be entered into a drawing to earn the third and final Avocado Warmie! If we hit our school goal of $3,000, we all get to go to GET AIR TRAMPOLINE PARK!!! We are about halfway there! Thank you for supporting our school & the American Heart Association. Your donations help fund lifesaving research that help kids with special hearts, like FINN!

The Arlington/Ione Girls Basketball Team will be playing the South Wasco County Redsides in a first round district playoff game this Friday, February 16, in Arlington @ 6:00 pm. If the girls win on Friday, they will play either Trout Lake or Wheeler County for the District Championship on Saturday, February 17, at The Dalles High School at 6:00 pm. If the girls lose on Friday night, they will still play on Saturday at The Dalles High School at 2:00 pm in the 3rd place game vs Trout Lake or Wheeler County. There will be gate fees for all district playoff games, $ 8.00 for adults and $ 5.00 for students. Come and cheer on your Arlington/Ione girls team this Friday and Saturday.

2/8/24 Ione Cardinals and Community- We are so excited to welcome back Kelly Thibodeaux for the Art of Fiddling again this year starting Monday, Feb. 12 for all students k-12. Unfortunately, he is only here for 1 week this year. It is always exciting to see how far the students advance in such a short period of time with Kelly. . Looking for volunteers to help with drama class February 12-15, 2:00--3:00pm. The Drama class is looking for volunteers to help read lines with drama students. If interested contact Mrs.Geer. Don’t forget all volunteers require a background check and we would be happy to help you with the form and process. Valentine's day is next week. Elementary students will hold class celebrations in their classrooms. Look for information from classroom teachers for the schedule. Middle and high school students were able to purchase val-o-grams/candy grams to be delivered next week. Just a reminder no school on Monday, February 19, 2024 in honor of Presidents day. There will be school on Friday, Feb 23, 2024. Our 5th grade students will be attending the THINK BIG SPACE at the Sage center this week for STEM activities. We will celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday the week of Feb. 26-29. Look for a note home of activities we will be doing during the week. If you would like to volunteer to come in and read to a classroom, we would love to have volunteers to do that. You will need to have a volunteer form filled out and cleared before you come in. Let us know if you are interested and we will get you the form. Just a reminder for students with cell phones. They are not allowed to be used during class time. Students may use them at lunch only except in grades 7-12 may use them during passing times as well. If they need to get ahold of a parent/guardian other times, they need to ask a teacher or the office.Students are always welcome to use a school phone or a parent may call the office and we are happy to get a message to them. Please remind students they should not be taking pictures of other students without their permission anytime, including on the bus. We appreciate your help in reminding students of this policy which can be found in the student handbook. Thank you for your support. Basketball schedule: Thursday, Feb.8 HSBB hosts Lyle/Wishram. 6 pm-GV 7:30 pm-BV MSBB @ Horizon Christian (Hood River). Girls B-3 pm Boys B-4 pm Girls A-5 pm Boys A-6 pm Friday, Feb.9 HSBB hosts Sherman County ( @ Arlington). 4 pm-1/2 GJV 5 pm-1/2 BJV 6 pm-GV 7:30 pm-BV Saturday, Feb.10 HSBB (boys only) hosts Klickitat/Glenwood. @ Arlington 2 pm-BJV 3:30 pm-GJV The Elementary students are doing an American Heart Fundraiser. See details below: Kids Heart Challenge has officially kicked off, and we are so excited to learn how to keep our hearts healthy & happy! If you haven’t yet, register today to join the Legacy of Lifesavers and help kids with special hearts! Just for registering, your student will receive the KHC Heart Wristband! Check out our VIRTUAL ENVELOPE to learn more. The American Heart Association is celebrating 100 years of saving & improving lives, and this would not be possible without YOU! Please join the AHA’s 100th birthday party by following these two steps: 1. Register TODAY at http://www2.heart.org/goto/ione or by downloading the free AHA Schools App for Apple or Android 2. Complete Finn’s Mission to learn Hands-Only CPR & raise lifesaving donations to help special hearts SPECIAL INCENTIVES: * Any student who signs up by FRIDAY will be entered into a drawing to earn Avocado Warmie #1! * Top 3 students earn BUSTER! * If we hit our school goal of $3,000 we all get to go to GET AIR TRAMPOLINE PARK!! The American Heart Association is excited to extend their work with the NFL to support improving health outcomes at home and beyond through the Hands-Only CPR education. Students that complete the Finn’s Mission learning module will earn an entry for two tickets to Super Bowl LIX in 2025 and our school will be entered to receive a $10,000 fitness equipment makeover for every 18 completed Finn’s Missions. Be sure to talk with your student about their favorite Heart Hero and heart healthy message from today’s kick-off! Thank you for supporting our school and the American Heart Association! Together, we are saving lives Have a wonderful weekend- Tracey & Ryan

Feb. 1, 2024 Welcome to February!! We have had some exciting weather lately and relentless fog. Glad to see the fog move out for a while and some warmer temperatures. On Monday, we held our Cardinal Community Committee meeting. At the meeting we took the results from the surveys sent out to teachers and students to create a list of takeaways from our question of how we can support them as teachers, and what is needed to make the best school/education for the students? The list was then narrowed down to the top three takeaways that we can carry out before the end of the year: Student/parent/special guest night. Teaming up elem. students with a middle or high school student as buddies weekly. Career day for students. Inviting alumni and other career guests to come and speak at a career fair in the spring. *More details to come in the future about these events. But if you see something that you would like to help with or get involved with please contact Mrs. Johnson or a committee member. The committee also would like to help create professional partnerships between local businesses and teachers to support classrooms. Please let us know if you are interested in being a professional partner with a teacher. Thank you to those who volunteered to be a part of the Cardinal community committee. In other news from the week, on Wednesday, we celebrated national hot chocolate day school wide. Our 3rd and 4th graders did a great presentation about hot chocolate and its origins. The middle and high school students joined the elementary kiddos in the cafeteria for cocoa and marshmallows. The elementary students did a coloring contest as well about cups of cocoa. These are displayed by the high school gym and we are asking visitors at the game to vote for their favorite picture for the coloring contest. Thursday, in the elementary school, we celebrated our students of the quarter and also recognized students for great attendance of 90% or higher for the last quarter. The ms/hs have rescheduled their assembly for Wednesday, Feb. 7th @ 815 in the high school gym. Anyone is welcome to attend. The dates for outdoor school have been set May 13-16th. If you are interested in volunteering, or have a skill to teach at camp, please contact Jessica Jones 6th grade teacher. All volunteers have to fill out a volunteer application and have a background check. We are winding down our basketball season and just want to thank you for showing your Cardinal pride at games through good sportsmanship towards the coaches, .players, cheerleaders and other community members. Wishing you all a very happy weekend- Hope to see you at the game tonight for senior night - Tracey & Ryan February 1st @815 Rescheduled- Elementary awards assembly February 1 - Senior night @ basketball game February 12-15- Artist in residence Kelly Milandin- Fiddle lesson everyday February 5-29th American Heart Association Fundraiser February 23- Alumni Basketball game @ 6pm Contact Chelsea Geer to sign up or for more information Saturday 2-3-24 BJV-11:30 am 1/2 game GJV-1:00 pm (this is a change from previous emails) BV-2:00 PM GV-3:30 pm Monday 2-5- 24 MSBB @ Dufur 3:00 pm (this game was previously scheduled to be in Ione). Girls Upper Gym, Boys Lower Gym B Girls/Boys- 3:00 pm A Girls/Boys- 4:00 pm

Student recognition assembly Wednesday Feb. 7 @ 8:15 am in the high school gym.. Anyone is welcome to attend

Jan 25, 2024 It has been an eventful past 2 weeks !! Snow, wind, and freezing rain creating closures and delays. Thank you for your patience and understanding on closures and delays. Working with the bus barn, neighboring districts, weather forecasts and lots of driving the roads early in the morning, we have to make the decision to close or delay by 5 am. Sometimes, the weather unfortunately  sneaks in after making the call! But I will always err on the side of caution for the safety of our students and staff. Please make sure your phone number and email are up to date with the office if you are not receiving calls.  Don’t forget if you are interested in volunteering at school k-12, please check with the office, and we would be happy to send you a volunteer form. The volunteer form does require a background check to be done. It usually takes a few days to clear and then you are good to go. Let us know when turning in the application, what area/classroom/event you would like to volunteer for. In Ione, we welcome volunteers in the classroom, sporting events, drama club, helping with the yearbook, and many other opportunities. Let us know what you would like to help with!! Finally this week, I wanted to reach out to let you know if you and your family are ever struggling with groceries, clothing, getting to appointments, finding housing, applying for health care, we have a great CARE coordinator- Peggy,  who can help wherever needed. Please call the office, and we are happy to connect you with her.  We hope you have a wonderful weekend.  Tracey & Ryan    Upcoming events: Friday, January 26 HSBB v. Horizon Christian (in Arlington) 5 pm-1/2 BJV 6 pm-BV 7:30 pm-GV Ione players will leave Ione for Arlington @ 3:15 pm. Saturday, January 27 HSBB @ Dufur 11 am-GJV 12:30 pm-BJV 2 pm-GV 3:30 pm-BV Ione players will leave Ione for Arlington @ 7:50 am. The bus departs Arlington for Dufur @ 8:50 am. January 29 Cardinal Community Committee 6 pm February 1st @815 Rescheduled- Elementary awards assembly  February 1 - Senior night @ basketball game  February 12-15- Artist in residence Kelly Milandin- Fiddle lesson everyday  February 5-29th American Heart Association Fundraiser

ODE annual notice for state testing

Nov 30, 2023 As we say goodbye to November and move to the holiday season, I want to thank everyone for their support of Ione school, staff and students. It's the time of the year for reflections and being thankful for those around you. I want to give a huge shout out to the staff this past month. We have faced some staffing shortages and everyone has pitched in and gone above and beyond for our students everyday! Thank you to everyone who attended our thanksgiving feast! We had a spectacular turnout and look forward to gathering again next year for another fabulous meal. At the elementary school we are busy preparing for our Christmas concert on Dec. 13 @ 6[m. The middle school/high school drama students are busty helping create the backdrop for our concert as well. Mark your calendars and come enjoy a great concert and visit from Santa after. This weekend, Friday and Saturday is the Basketball Bonanza here in Ione. Come cheer on your Cardinals! Games start at 3pm on Friday. Monday is our first home middle school game @ 4pm. Mr. Rudolf is looking for some volunteers to help with the scoreboard at the games. Let him know if you would like to support our middle school basketball teams. Tuesday, December 5th is our school board meeting in the cafeteria. It starts with a work session at 5pm and regular board meeting at 5:30 pm. Below is the 3 hour delay plan for inclement weather. If your student is in need of a winter coat let us know. Through generous donations, we have coat available. Tracey & Ryan Go Cards! 3 HOUR DELAY PLAN Nov 28, 2023 Dear Families, With winter quickly approaching we would like to share our inclement weather plan with you. Our goal is to provide the safest possible learning opportunities for our students and staff. Throughout the winter the district administration closely monitors weather and road conditions in our district and strives to inform families of changes in a timely manner. Typically, we try to notify family’s the night before of a late start or closure, but there are times when the weather changes overnight and requires an early morning change in school plans. This year Ione School District will continue using a 3-hour delay for bad weather. With this later start on inclement weather days it will allow us more time to evaluate the weather and road conditions before students and staff are traveling for school. Buses will run their normal routes, only 3 hours later. On late start days’ schools will still have lunch available to students. You can keep informed of school closures a variety of ways: *School Messenger *District website *District Facebook page *local news and radio stations Queridas familias: Con el invierno acercándose rápidamente, nos gustaría compartir nuestro plan de inclemencias del tiempo con usted. Nuestro objetivo es proporcionar las oportunidades de aprendizaje más seguras posibles para nuestros estudiantes y personal. A lo largo del invierno, la administración del distrito monitorea de cerca las condiciones climáticas y de las carreteras en nuestro distrito y se esfuerza por informar a las familias de los cambios de manera oportuna. Por lo general, tratamos de notificar a la familia la noche anterior sobre un inicio tardío o un cierre, pero hay momentos en que el clima cambia de la noche a la mañana y requiere un cambio temprano en la mañana en los planes escolares. Este año, el Distrito Escolar del Condado de Ione usara un retraso de 3 horas por mal clima. Con este inicio tardío en los días de mal clima, nos dará más tiempo para evaluar el clima y las condiciones de la carretera antes de que los estudiantes y el personal viajen a la escuela. Los autobuses realizarán sus rutas normales, solo 3 horas después. Los días de inicio tardío, las escuelas seguirán teniendo desayuno y almuerzo disponibles para los estudiantes. Puede mantenerse informado sobre el cierre de escuelas de varias maneras: *Mensajero de la escuela *Sitios web del distrito y de la escuela *Páginas de Facebook del distrito y de la escuela *Noticias locales y estaciones de radio

November 16th, 2023 “When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return” A great quote to remind us of being kind to others. Monday, we celebrated kindness day and talked about how to be kind to others and ourselves. Mr. Rudolf and I had the privilege of reading to the k-6th grade students about kindness. This week we started basketball practice. We are still looking for a middle school boys basketball coach. If interested, please let Mr. Rudolf or myself know. We finished off the week giving thanks with friends and family at Ione school with a thanksgiving feast. Thank you to Madi Alldritt for planning and cooking this great feast. Thank you to all the staff and students who have pitched in to help serve, set up for our meal, and most of all to our parents and special guests who came to eat with our students. We would like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels if traveling for the holiday. There is no school next week Nov. 20-24. Tracey and Ryan Dec. 5 School Board meeting 5:30 pm in the cafeteria Dec. 13 Christmas program in elementary gym Winter break 12/20-1/2/24 first day of school 1/3/24

Josten's meeting : Monday November 27th, 8:00am for Juniors and 8:30am for Seniors.

Nov 9, 2023 Thank you to everyone who attended conferences last week. It is always great to connect with parents to celebrate our students. During conferences we held the Scholastic book fair. Thank you all for whatever you did. The fair was a success! There were 100 transactions for a total of $3,764.51. Our profit is $939.63. The middle and high school students helped tremendously running the book fair along with a huge thank you to Becky Doherty for arranging it and all her volunteers who helped set up, work, and take it down. This week we celebrated our groundbreaking ceremony with our guest of honors who did the first shovel turn- Mrs. Orem’s kindergarten class. They did a fantastic job representing Ione school. Thank you to all who attended! We are currently still looking for middle school boys and girls basketball coaches, assistant high school girls and boys basketball assistant coaches, head maintenance/custodial and an ed assistant. If interested visit the IMESD website for an online application or contact the office. Just a reminder that the weather is getting colder and please send you kiddos with a coat. If your student is in need of a coat please contact the office. Through donations we have coats available. Thank you to everyone for all your support everyday for our students and staff at Ione. As a team we can make a difference in the lives of all students! Thank you to all the veterans for your service! Go Cards! Tracey & Ryan Save the date: November 20-24 no school - Thanksgiving break December 13th @ 6pm elementary school xmas concert and Santa will visit after for pictures.

There will be a community service opportunity on campus Saturday November 11th from 12-4pm in the Cafeteria. We have received a grant to remodel the stage area into a Student Resource Center. We need students to assist with painting, assembling furniture, design, and organization.