Uplifting Urbandale
Urbandale CSD Bi-Weekly Update 10.16.20 #upliftingU
Celebrating National School Lunch Week October 12 – October 16
Elementary #2 Construction Start Date
During the October 12 School Board Meeting, the School Board voted in favor of the earlier construction start date for our second new elementary school (on the Valerius site) which means construction will begin this summer (2021) with completion fall 2023. As all students and staff currently at Jensen Elementary will be moving to the new Olmsted Elementary building this fall (2021), we will honor and retire the existing Jensen Elementary building with a celebration and farewell ceremony. We will also honor the existing Valerius Elementary building with a celebration and farewell ceremony. The Jensen building will then be able to support all Valerius students and staff for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years. We will provide bussing for Valerius students attending school in the former Jensen Elementary building space.
Throughout the year our District Facilities Leadership Team will be meeting to proactively plan and prepare for a successful transition for all students and staff. We will share more information as details and logistics are confirmed. For updates on all of our construction projects, we welcome you to visit our Construction Central website.
Reminder: No School Monday, October 26
Please make note of the following dates in October when school will not be in session:
Rolling Green Elementary: Intersession October 12 – 23, 2020
District-wide: there will be no school Monday, October 26, 2020, due to a Teacher In-Service/Professional Development Day
Chromebook Help
Still Time To Join Us In Participating In The 21-Day Equity Challenge
Return To Learn
Superintendent Search 2020: Applications Due By November 17, 2020
Share Your Uplifting Stories/Shout Outs
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On Zoom each morning we meet with our classroom of students who are learning remotely and in person. During Homecoming, we had special guests from the UHS Homecoming Court who joined us via Zoom: Katie Carver and Drew Dykstra. Katie and Drew shared what life was like as a high school student and then took questions for 30 minutes from my 5th grade students. Katie and Drew also shared about making college decisions and how to be involved in activities in high school. Drew will be attending Northwestern in Orange City and Katie will be attending Iowa State University. It was a really great morning and fun to see our older J-Hawks mentoring our younger J-Hawks. Keep up the great work, Katie and Drew!
~ Zack Maertens, Webster 5th Grade Teacher
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Our school won a Facebook contest and Fong’s pizza supplied us with 16 pizzas for staff and 100 face masks. The additional masks are super helpful to have on hand for students and adults. We were so surprised and very touched. Thank you to Ms. Baack for getting us in the contest! It was truly uplifting for all!
~ Michelle Cole, Valerius Principal
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A big thank you to Dan Dunlap and Dunlap Construction for making a donation to our snow pants drive. His generous gift will combine with other community resources to help ensure all students are able to have snow pants for outdoor winter recess play.
~ Brittany Cooley, Facilitator of Family Outreach
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Contact Us
Email: quistd@urbandaleschools.com
Website: www.urbandaleschools.com
Location: 11152 Aurora Avenue, Urbandale, IA, USA
Phone: 515-457-5000
Twitter: @UrbandaleCSD