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Quote of the week:
For what it’s worth... it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you’ve never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you’re not,
I hope you have the courage to start over again.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
IRE Book Fair
Next week is the week for students to make their purchases at the book fair. Feel free to browse the wish lists with them that they brought home and discuss what would be okay for them to bring home. Please be sure to check out the "E Wallet" option for payment this year. It's super easy for you to create online and ensures your students do not lose their cash or check payment too. Remember that a portion of proceeds go to the IRE library to bring additional titles into our readers hands!
Just an FYI, the book fair ends on October 22.
PTO Updates
1. Donatos: "Dough Night"
Fundraising is as easy as ordering a pizza!!! On Thursday 10/14, the Donatos at 6 S. High Street will be sponsoring a "Dough Night" for our school!
Invite your family and neighbors to have lunch or dinner at Donatos! Donatos will donate 20% of the sales that our school brings in from your fundraising efforts. All you have to do is MENTION our school when placing an order and Donatos will mark the order! You can dine in, pick up or have your pizza delivered ALL DAY but don't forget to mention IRE! 6 S. High Street location only!
2. Walk-a-Thon
We are wrapping up WEEK 2 of our Walk-a-Thon fundraiser! Thank you so much to all of our families who have made generous donations to our school. The Walk-A-Thon is our biggest fundraiser of the year - 100% of the donations support the students at IRE. Funds raised support so many incredible opportunities for our students including Field Day, Fair of Hearts, author visits, playground equipment and more!
In addition to the projects above, this year our PTO is working towards two extra projects that will make a big difference in our school:
If students reach our school-wide goal of $12,000, the school will be getting a technology upgrade! We will be adding two new TVs to the cafeteria to promote social-emotional learning during lunch time.These will focus on fun conversation starters, attributes of character, emotional regulation and healthy behaviors around anxiety.
If students reach the stretch goal of $15,000, we will be building an outdoor classroom near the IRE playground! This classroom space will provide teachers with the opportunity to teach class outdoors and provide an additional space for students to relax during recess.
We need your help! If every student raises just $35, we will reach our $15,000 goal! Students receive fun prizes and incentives starting at $5 raised!
Fundraising is easy! Please ask your friends, family and neighbors to donate! The PTO has added a third way to donate to make fundraising even easier.
Venmo: Send your donation to the @IREPTO2021 business account. Please mark your donation as private and include your student’s name and teacher as the donation memo. By marking private, you ensure that only you and the IRE PTO account are able to see student information.
Check: Send donations via check (made out to Indian Run PTO) to school with your student in an envelope labeled “Walk-a-Thon” with your child’s name and teacher.
Square: You can use a credit card and donate through the PTO’s Square account at: https://indian-run-elementary-pto.square.site/. To ensure your child gets credit for their donation, email your receipt to ireptotrez@gmail.com with your child’s name and teacher.
Have questions? Reach out to our PTO through the “Indian Run Elementary PTO” Facebook Group or via email at IRERTO43017@gmail.com.
Thank you for your support of our students!
3. Spirit Wear
Spirit Wear has finally arrived! Thank you so much for your patience as our vendor navigated supply chain issues. Spirit Wear will be sorted and delivered to classrooms on Friday and will go home with your student next Monday.
Lost and Found
Fall Harvest Parties - October 29
If you are interested in supporting your classroom teacher, please reach out to them directly.
How could you help? Share arts, crafts, activities, ideas, etc. to make for a fun Harvest Party.
Food will not be consumed at the parties. PTO will be sending home small goodie bags to all students.
To mitigate the spread of COVID, we will not include costumes or a costume parade this year.
Little Rocks Wrestling
Adopt a Family
Are you experiencing economic hardship such as: job loss, death of a family member, sudden move, divorce, health issues, or an unexpected emergency? Dublin City Schools partners with many organizations that can help! An upcoming opportunity is Welcome Warehouse's Adopt-A-Family/Holiday Assistance program in December. If you are interested in holiday assistance, the deadline to let your school counselor know is OCTOBER 22nd, 2021. See attached flier for more information.
Indian Run Elementary
