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Join us as we celebrate each of our newly renovated middle schools for an open house and dedication ceremony!
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We are excited to announce that registration for the 2025-26 school year is now open! We encourage you to take this early opportunity to register your students for the next school year.
As a reminder, all families are required to register their students in Infinite Campus each year.
Registration instructions for returning families to the District
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Andrew Fenstermaker, our Instructional Technology Coordinator, recently played a role in helping DigitalPromise build the standards for their newest product certification, Responsibly Designed AI. This certification helps schools and districts find AI-powered #EdTech that is safe and secure for learners.
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As we approach registration for the 2025-26 school year, we want to remind you that any request for school meal modifications due to food allergy or food intolerance, requires a completed Diet Modification Form, signed by an approved medical professional and provided to your school. This documentation is essential to ensure that we can accurately and safely honor meal modification requests for your student.
Please review our Food Allergy Protocols. The protocols list guidelines for parents/guardians and staff on how to provide a safe educational environment for food-allergic students so exposure to food allergens is minimized.
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Last year, Mann Elementary teacher Suzanne Fraser noticed a problem: too many students arrived at school without winter garments on cold days.
“I thought to myself, how can I make a small change in that?” said Fraser.
Fraser, who teaches special education, asked friends and family whether they could order a box of hats and gloves to be delivered to a group of elementary buildings.
Need to connect with someone from our ESC team?
Take a look at our Meet the ESC Team page to find the person you are looking for!
Have a news idea or story you would like to share?
Fantastic, we would love to hear from you! Reach out to Allie Moeller with the details.
Staff Opportunities
Iowa City Schools offer American Heart Association (AHA) CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) classes to staff designed to teach life-saving skills to individuals of all backgrounds. These courses provide hands-on training in performing CPR on adults, children, and infants, using an AED (Automated External Defibrillator), and responding to choking emergencies. AHA classes are tailored for both healthcare professionals and general participants, ensuring that participants gain the confidence and knowledge to act quickly during cardiac emergencies. Certification is often required for various professions, but it's also valuable for anyone wanting to be prepared to save a life.
The University of Iowa is interested in faculty, administrators, staff, graduate students, and any others in higher education roles who are very interested in teaching. They are also very interested in having as many colleagues from K-12 spaces (teachers, administrators, counselors, staff members, etc.) as possible, so feel free to share to all your networks.
Access Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter Training, a Mandatory Reporter Help Guide, Frequently Asked Questions, and more.
Junior Achievement is seeking volunteers to support classroom learning experiences across our Iowa City Community School District elementary schools. Do you know someone who would be interested?
Questions about
branding standards?
Our branding guidelines are essential in defining who we are and how we communicate. Everything we create represents our District to our students, current families, prospective families, staff, and our broader community.
Need graphic
design help?
Our Community Relations team can help you create projects that support our District's brand. Simply fill out the form below to get started. Our goal is to help you effectively reach your audience while maintaining our brand standards.
Have a project
to be reviewed?
Our Community Relations team is responsible for ensuring our District's brand identity is used according to our guidelines. For each project involving ICCSD branding, we ask that the form below be completed to ensure brand standards are met.