Isanti Middle School

Strong connections and communication between home and school have always been critical to student success. The challenges now facing our community, our schools, and our students make it more important than ever to look at strengthening our work together for our students. With that in mind, I am looking at setting up times each month where we can come together and have conversations about what is happening here at IMS.

Parents Are Key (PAK) discussions are meant as a way for me to share more of what is happening in school, the philosophies for some of the procedures we have, and a general sharing of ideas about what life is like in a middle school. These discussions are also a time for parents to share ideas, perceptions, and thoughts about what the middle school experience is like for their student, their family.

January PAK Gatherings: Thursday, January 5

• Morning (7:00-8:15 AM) @ Rendezvous Coffee
  
• Evening (5:00-6:15 PM) @ IMS (Media Center)

We'll plan to meet the first Thursday each month. The intent with the two meetings would be to make these gatherings accessible to more parents.

When things go according to plan, and all of the buses coming to our building for dismissal are on time, our end of the days goes relatively smoothly. As we have seen with our wonderful Minnesota weather, it doesn't take much to throw a wrench into the plan. When we anticipate late buses arriving at IMS we will delay dismissal until all of the buses arrive.

We have made the conscious decision to delay the release of all students. For us to have a safe dismissal we need to have all of our buses in place before we release. Otherwise we are trying to get buses into our lot while we have traffic entering and exiting the parking lot, 530 IMS students exiting the building and 200+ transfer students from CIHS, Brookside, ASA, and CCS moving to their drop-off buses. On days when we anticipate late arriving buses we communicate throughout the building to ignore the 3:35 bell and that we will dismiss with the PA system.

• IMS eLearning Day Slides

Special recognition and thanks to Mrs. Emmons and our Friends of Rachel (FOR) students for their work in organizing and promoting this great event.

This year IMS students and staff collected 327 food items to donate to Family Pathways. This is a pretty good amount. However, we were blown out of the water in our competition with our friends at CMS. CMS students and staff collected 784 food items.

The annual ski and snowboard club has announced the dates that they will be running this year. If your child is interested in this opportunity, scan the QR code to register. Registration closes on November 30.

Influenza (flu) season is among us. We have seen a rise in Influenza-like Illness in the community, and our schools. We can all work together to prevent the spread of Influenza by staying home when you are sick, covering your cough/sneezing, and performing regular hand hygiene.

KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME IF:

• They have a temperature of 100 degrees or higher.

• They are throwing up or have diarrhea.

• They are injured or too ill to participate in routine school activities.

Questions/Concerns - Please Call

• Health Office: 763-691-8603
• School Nurse: Ms. Winger 763-691-8604
• Attendance Line: 763-691-8661

Email: rpauly@c-ischools.org
Website: https://www.c-ischools.org/domain/33
Location: 201 Centennial Drive Northwest, Isanti, MN, USA
Phone: (763) 691-8600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Isanti-Middle-School-Minnesota-Center-1616822051697940/
Twitter: @IMSANDMNC