The Connection
Connecting you to the School District of Indian River County
Welcome to the Connection!
Welcome to The Connection, our new weekly newsletter connecting you to important news, events, and activities happening in the School District of Indian River County. This newsletter will highlight events throughout all grade levels and include district news. We are looking forward to your input in The Connection and hope that you will submit important news and information to be considered for publishing. Please email socialmedia@indianriverschools.org to submit potential highlights.
Special Casual for a Cause Added for Hurricane Michael Victims Thursday 10/25
This Thursday, October 25, we are adding a special Casual for a Cause Day to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Michael. Several of our north Florida school districts were devastated by the impact of Hurricane Michael. In an effort to help, we are not only adding this special causal for a cause day. This weekend, the School District of Indian River County is sending all 3 of our mobile cafes to north Florida to be used for food disbursement to hurricane victims, and $10,000 of Scholastic books to children who are in hurricane shelters, or dealing with the aftermath of recovery. We would like to thank the United Way for donating $5,000 toward this effort, and with the help of our special Casual for a Cause day, we hope to meet our fundraising goal of the remaining $5,000. Together, as a community, we can show our north Florida family that they are not alone as they recover and rebuild from Hurricane Michael.
SDIRC SENDS MOBILE CAFES AND SCHOLASTIC BOOKS TO HURRICANE VICTIMS
Clint Pulver visits VBHS for "C2G" Commit to Graduate Pep Rally!
F.A.C.E.S. at Sebastian River Middle School and Oslo Middle School
Substance Awareness Center
Culture and Climate Presentation
SDIRC New Executive Summary
Oslo Middle School Orchestra
Food and Nutrition
Treasure Coast Technical College
Sebastian River High School Madrigal Choir
Crossover Mission
Education Foundation
Substance Abuse Free Indian River
Big Brothers Big Sisters
The Learning Alliance
Dasie Hope Center
Gifford Youth Achievement Center
Suncoast Mental Health Center
Student Spotlight: Kelsie Seeley, Citrus Elementary School
School Spotlight: Storm Grove Middle School Celebrates Kindness Day
All kids deserve to learn in a safe, supportive, and caring environment. The Kindness Challenge provides a powerful tool that actively engages students, teachers, administrators, families, and communities in creating a culture of compassion, acceptance, unity, and respect.
Students at SGMS engaged in various classroom activities to promote kindness and respect. During lunches, Guidance Counselor’s provided students with the opportunity to thank someone for being kind. Students wrote letters of appreciation to faculty, peers, and family members. The SGMS students participated in a special recess in honor of their classmate, Brenton Fannin, who is currently fighting bone cancer. The recess brought in $3,585 to support Brenton and his fight against cancer. SGMS is very proud of the way students responded to the Kindness Challenge!
Classroom Spotlight: Ms. Slade's S.T.E.A.M. Classroom
Fourth graders at Glendale Elementary School's Center for Innovation, led by Ms. Slade, are rocking it! During this week's S.T.E.A.M. activity, they first investigated how sound is made, then they used different materials to design and build speakers, and today they will be testing their design.
fortifyFL security app
We are pleased to announce that the FortifyFL app is LIVE. Now, any student, educator, parent, or member of the public can report school safety concerns directly to law enforcement and school administrators anonymously and easily through the FortifyFL app or www.getfortifyfl.com. The app, which is available for download on Apple and Android mobile devices, is critical to ensuring all Florida schools are safe environments where students and educators can experience and share the joy of learning without fear.We hope that you will become familiar with this tool and help us spread the word about it with our students and their families. Please note that the official app’s logo will look exactly as it does in the graphic above.
October's Casual for a Cause
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*Tuition and fees for part-time tutoring provided by a person who holds a valid Florida educator’s certificate, a baccalaureate or graduate degree in the subject, an adjunct teaching certificate, or has demonstrated mastery of the subject area knowledge.
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Website: www.indianriverschools.org
Location: 6500 57th Street, Vero Beach, FL, USA
Phone: 772-564-3000
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