The home Middle School Boys Basketball Game for Monday, 12/13/21, has been canceled.
Just a reminder that the IBHS Book Club Community Hour is collecting any and all gently used books. There will be a box in the high school commons until the end of the day Wednesday for donations. Thanks for helping us encourage literacy and a love of reading! #ibtigerpride
Due to staffing issues, Bus Route 12 will NOT run in the morning or afternoon until after Christmas Break. Our middle/elementary school routes will pick up high school students through the end of the semester. #ibtigerpride
Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Senior Citizen's Luncheon originally scheduled for this week has been cancelled. We are hoping we can bring this wonderful program back next school year!
Today the Mindful Thrifting & Book Club Community Hours took a field trip to Pekin Goodwill to practice thrifting skills and visit local non-profit bookstore TAiLS of a Bookworm, whose mission is to raise money for local animal shelters and rescues in need. Students helped purchase books for the high school library and thrifted items for an end of semester Celebration of Community event.
The IBES 5th graders had math fact boot camp this past week. Today the IBES hallway was very loud while the 5th grade students paraded the halls marching and chanting their boot camp chant followed by a graduation ceremony! #ibtigerpride
Students in Mrs. Roderick's Digital Photography Community Hour practiced their photography skills in a myriad of ways, including getting up close and personal with animals at the Peoria Zoo, capturing flowers at Luthy Botanical Gardens, looking for leading lines and letters in architecture in Downtown Peoria, and mastering shutter priority with a color powder photoshoot at Illini Bluffs.
Students in Mrs. Schafer's PE and Community Hour classes and Ms Heinz's Book Club students packed up and delivered all of the IBHS canned food drive donations to the IB Christmas Hope organization this morning. Food will be packaged and delivered to local families in need this holiday season. Thank you to Mrs. Coulter for her efforts coordinating the high school's food colleciton! Thank you to everyone who donated and helped out this year! #ibtigerpride
Congratulations to Paul Krumpe for making ILMEA All-State. He will be playing in either the All-State or Honors Band in Peoria in January. It is a great achievement to be recognized as one of the best trombone players in the state of Illinois. Way to go, Paul! #ibtigerpride
Please see the IBES December Parent Newsletter by clicking on the below link: https://5il.co/12e2e
High school students in Book Club Community Hour enjoyed going back to the elementary school library today and sharing stories with 2nd graders about the importance of kindness, helping others, and being part of a community. #ibtigerpride
Today in the IBES hallways students were able to watch a Macy's Day Parade presented by the 3rd graders. The IBES 3rd graders paraded the halls with their own designed and created balloons. Leading up to this exciting event the 3rd graders read about the history of the Macy's Day Parade. The students read "Balloons over Broadway," which taught them about how Tony Sarg's assisted with the transition from using real animals to balloons in the famous Macy's Day Parade #ibtigerpride
As we approach Thanksgiving Break, students continue to work very hard to act with kindness. The Kindness Rock Garden and Kindness Tree will continues to grow. #ibtigerpride
I would like to send a special thank you to the IBES families for your support with the IB Christmas Hope Community Baskets. The IBES students and staff raised over $2,250 dollars, and more than 1000 jello/pudding boxes! This is amazing participation, I am beyond thankful for the IBES students, families, and staff, and their willingness to give back to our community.
Along with the "Spirit of Giving" all students will meet with me this week for our grade level Tiger Trait Assembly. The focus will be the importance of acting with kindness. Please be sure to ask your child about their exciting assembly with the principal.
Just a reminder, tomorrow, November 23rd will be a 2:05 PM dismissal. Thanksgiving Break will be November 24th-28th, students will return to school on Monday, November 29th #ibtigerpride
Mrs. Jatkowski's Bakeshop II Community Hour has been producing some AMAZING treats this quarter, including brownies, cheesecake, cinnamon rolls, apple pie cake, and macarons. When asked what they like most about Bakeshop (besides the treats!), students say they love that the class is student-centered, always interactive, and that they have freedom to try new recipes in an atmosphere that's built on trust and a true sense of community.
Good afternoon,
We wanted to send out a quick reminder that tomorrow, November 23rd, is a 2:05/2:15 PM dismissal. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, we will not have school on November 24th, 25th, or 26th. We hope everyone has a relaxing, family-filled break! #ibtigerpride
Mrs. Parker's 1st grade class is working on making predictions in reading. The students are using writing and illustration skills to predict where the turkey is hiding. #ibtigerpride
We are in the home stretch for our canned food drive for IB Christmas Hope! If you have not made a donation and still want to, please contact the high school office. Also, check out a food drive promo created by one of our student teams: https://youtu.be/P8F3BY7c0JQ
We would like to thank all our IBMS families and students for your support of the IB Christmas Hope Community Basket program. We will continue with our "Tech-Friday" and weekly drawings this week. We will also be having dress-up days to help everyone get into the "Spirit of Giving."
The dress-up days for this week are:
Monday, 11/15/21: Pajamas (no blankets)
Tuesday, 11/16/21: Silly Socks
Wednesday, 11/17/21: Sports
Thursday, 11/18/21: Fancy
Friday, 11/19/21: School Spirit
-Thank you again for all your support of the IB Christmas Hope Community baskets!
Our Veterans Day video mistakenly credited only Mrs. Alvey’s first grade class for the poem presentation. We want to be sure to give credit/thanks to all the first grade students and to Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Sager, and Mrs. Alvey for their contribution to the video. #ibtigerpride