Indian Run Family Update
Indian Run Elementary | October 22, 2021

Principal's Message
Hello Indian Run Families,
THANK YOU for your support with the 2021 Indian Run Walk-a-Thon! We are blown away by your generosity and support of Indian Run Elementary. We are still tallying up some of the donations but are happy to announce that we hit our School Reach Goal of $15,000!!!!!! We currently have $15,368 in!!!!!!! Congrats and Thank you!
We will have the pie-in-the-face activity during each grade level lunch on Monday. We will work with PTO to pass out all other prizes to students next week.
Thanks again for making this year's fundraiser a total SUCCESS!
Thanks,
Amber and Marty
Indian Run Announcements
Spirit Week: October 25-29
Spirit Week Dress Themes - Created by our 5th Grade Principal's Advisory Team
Monday 10/25 - Mismatch/Wacky clothes dayTuesday 10/26 - Tie Dye, Bright/Neon color clothes day
Wednesday 10/27 - PJ/Comfy clothes day
Thursday10/28 - Favorite team/Jersey day
Friday 10/29 - Fall Friday (wear Fall colors: orange, yellow, brown, red, green etc.)
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.
PTO Walk-a-Thon Update
Wow, what an incredible day! Our students had a blast walking and dancing around the track today celebrating a successful Walk-a-Thon! Thank you to all of our students and families who participated. You are helping to fund so many incredible events and projects at IRE!
Didn't get the chance to donate? There's still time! We will continue to collect donations through next Friday via Venmo, Square and check.
Incentives:
Our PTO will be distributing incentives for all students who earned them next week! For students who reach an additional incentive during the extra week of fundraising, they will receive those incentives the first week of November!
Incentives for top earners will be determined based on donations received by midnight tonight! We will be announcing our Principal and Assistant Principal for the day on Monday!
We will also be drawing names for the students that get to pie Mr. Assmann on Monday!
Thank you again to everyone who has participated, we couldn't do this without you!
-IRE PTO Walk-a-Thon Committee
Little Rocks Wrestling
Substitute Positions
Dublin City Schools is hiring for All Substitute Positions
New daily rates for teachers ($155.00 - $180.00 per day)
New hourly rate for paraprofessionals/clinic aides/custodians/clerical staff ($16.50 per hour)
To apply visit: https://www.escco.org/Substitutes.aspx
Also hiring substitute bus drivers ($20.81 per hour)
To apply for substitute bus driver positions visit: https://www.dublinschools.net/Page/1108
Student teachers who are graduating in December and are interested in substitute teaching in January 2022, should contact Lynnette Focht at focht_lynnette@dublinschools.net.
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.
UPCOMING INDIAN RUN EVENTS
- October 25-29 - Spirit Week
- October 26-27 - 3rd Grade ELA Ohio State Testing
- October 29 - Harvest Parties
- November 2 - No School - Staff Work Day
- November 11 - Veterans Day
- November 13 - World Kindness Day
- November 24-26 - No School
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DISTRICT NEWS

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