Ione School District

Nov 30, 2023 As we say goodbye to November and move to the holiday season, I want to thank everyone for their support of Ione school, staff and students. It's the time of the year for reflections and being thankful for those around you. I want to give a huge shout out to the staff this past month. We have faced some staffing shortages and everyone has pitched in and gone above and beyond for our students everyday! Thank you to everyone who attended our thanksgiving feast! We had a spectacular turnout and look forward to gathering again next year for another fabulous meal. At the elementary school we are busy preparing for our Christmas concert on Dec. 13 @ 6[m. The middle school/high school drama students are busty helping create the backdrop for our concert as well. Mark your calendars and come enjoy a great concert and visit from Santa after. This weekend, Friday and Saturday is the Basketball Bonanza here in Ione. Come cheer on your Cardinals! Games start at 3pm on Friday. Monday is our first home middle school game @ 4pm. Mr. Rudolf is looking for some volunteers to help with the scoreboard at the games. Let him know if you would like to support our middle school basketball teams. Tuesday, December 5th is our school board meeting in the cafeteria. It starts with a work session at 5pm and regular board meeting at 5:30 pm. Below is the 3 hour delay plan for inclement weather. If your student is in need of a winter coat let us know. Through generous donations, we have coat available. Tracey & Ryan Go Cards! 3 HOUR DELAY PLAN Nov 28, 2023 Dear Families, With winter quickly approaching we would like to share our inclement weather plan with you. Our goal is to provide the safest possible learning opportunities for our students and staff. Throughout the winter the district administration closely monitors weather and road conditions in our district and strives to inform families of changes in a timely manner. Typically, we try to notify family’s the night before of a late start or closure, but there are times when the weather changes overnight and requires an early morning change in school plans. This year Ione School District will continue using a 3-hour delay for bad weather. With this later start on inclement weather days it will allow us more time to evaluate the weather and road conditions before students and staff are traveling for school. Buses will run their normal routes, only 3 hours later. On late start days’ schools will still have lunch available to students. You can keep informed of school closures a variety of ways: *School Messenger *District website *District Facebook page *local news and radio stations Queridas familias: Con el invierno acercándose rápidamente, nos gustaría compartir nuestro plan de inclemencias del tiempo con usted. Nuestro objetivo es proporcionar las oportunidades de aprendizaje más seguras posibles para nuestros estudiantes y personal. A lo largo del invierno, la administración del distrito monitorea de cerca las condiciones climáticas y de las carreteras en nuestro distrito y se esfuerza por informar a las familias de los cambios de manera oportuna. Por lo general, tratamos de notificar a la familia la noche anterior sobre un inicio tardío o un cierre, pero hay momentos en que el clima cambia de la noche a la mañana y requiere un cambio temprano en la mañana en los planes escolares. Este año, el Distrito Escolar del Condado de Ione usara un retraso de 3 horas por mal clima. Con este inicio tardío en los días de mal clima, nos dará más tiempo para evaluar el clima y las condiciones de la carretera antes de que los estudiantes y el personal viajen a la escuela. Los autobuses realizarán sus rutas normales, solo 3 horas después. Los días de inicio tardío, las escuelas seguirán teniendo desayuno y almuerzo disponibles para los estudiantes. Puede mantenerse informado sobre el cierre de escuelas de varias maneras: *Mensajero de la escuela *Sitios web del distrito y de la escuela *Páginas de Facebook del distrito y de la escuela *Noticias locales y estaciones de radio

November 16th, 2023 “When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return” A great quote to remind us of being kind to others. Monday, we celebrated kindness day and talked about how to be kind to others and ourselves. Mr. Rudolf and I had the privilege of reading to the k-6th grade students about kindness. This week we started basketball practice. We are still looking for a middle school boys basketball coach. If interested, please let Mr. Rudolf or myself know. We finished off the week giving thanks with friends and family at Ione school with a thanksgiving feast. Thank you to Madi Alldritt for planning and cooking this great feast. Thank you to all the staff and students who have pitched in to help serve, set up for our meal, and most of all to our parents and special guests who came to eat with our students. We would like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels if traveling for the holiday. There is no school next week Nov. 20-24. Tracey and Ryan Dec. 5 School Board meeting 5:30 pm in the cafeteria Dec. 13 Christmas program in elementary gym Winter break 12/20-1/2/24 first day of school 1/3/24

Josten's meeting : Monday November 27th, 8:00am for Juniors and 8:30am for Seniors.

Nov 9, 2023 Thank you to everyone who attended conferences last week. It is always great to connect with parents to celebrate our students. During conferences we held the Scholastic book fair. Thank you all for whatever you did. The fair was a success! There were 100 transactions for a total of $3,764.51. Our profit is $939.63. The middle and high school students helped tremendously running the book fair along with a huge thank you to Becky Doherty for arranging it and all her volunteers who helped set up, work, and take it down. This week we celebrated our groundbreaking ceremony with our guest of honors who did the first shovel turn- Mrs. Orem’s kindergarten class. They did a fantastic job representing Ione school. Thank you to all who attended! We are currently still looking for middle school boys and girls basketball coaches, assistant high school girls and boys basketball assistant coaches, head maintenance/custodial and an ed assistant. If interested visit the IMESD website for an online application or contact the office. Just a reminder that the weather is getting colder and please send you kiddos with a coat. If your student is in need of a coat please contact the office. Through donations we have coats available. Thank you to everyone for all your support everyday for our students and staff at Ione. As a team we can make a difference in the lives of all students! Thank you to all the veterans for your service! Go Cards! Tracey & Ryan Save the date: November 20-24 no school - Thanksgiving break December 13th @ 6pm elementary school xmas concert and Santa will visit after for pictures.

There will be a community service opportunity on campus Saturday November 11th from 12-4pm in the Cafeteria. We have received a grant to remodel the stage area into a Student Resource Center. We need students to assist with painting, assembling furniture, design, and organization.

October 19, 2023 It is a busy month of October here in Ione. Our teachers attended professional development on Friday the 13th in Pendleton.. This was a great learning experience for our teachers. This week has been all Homecoming activities rounding off with the fun tonight of an alumni football game and homecoming dance.Thank you Mrs. Geer and the ASB students for taking this on this year and making it one to remember! We interrupted homecoming with a visit from KIrby Nagelhouts, Superintendent of jobs, Ryan and project manager, Rex. They did a great presentation for our students about construction starting on campus, where it will be, what the workers will look like, and about the safety fencing and where that will be around the back of the school. Next week, we will start red ribbon week. Red Ribbon week is where we celebrate being drug free. There will be an activity each day to talk with students about drugs and how important it is to be drug free. Below are the dress up days for next week: Monday: Hats off to being drug free!-hat day Hand out Red Ribbons for students to wear during the week Decorate doors SRO speak to kids during hallway meeting at 12:30pm MS/HS 2pm Tie Ribbons on the fence around the playground Tuesday: Don’t be caught sleeping, Say no to drugs-pajama day Wednesday: Sock it to drugs-crazy socks Thursday: REaDy to send a message-wear red Sign a pledge to be Drug Free On October 26, there is a 6th grade & middle school Monster Mash dance, 6:30 pm-9 pm in the cafeteria.It is a costume extravaganza !! Refreshments and drinks served Students must be picked up by 9pm. Contact Mrs. Neiffer for any questions. On Oct 31, 2023 We will have a halloween fun filled afternoon- We will have students change into costumes after lunch, 12-1 will be activities in the k-6th grade, Trick or treat around town 115-2, 2-3 the k-6th students will finish their halloween activity rotations. Finally, Nov. 1 & 2nd are parent teacher conferences. Elementary teachers have sent home notes to schedule conferences. The middle and High school conferences are drop in times between 1:40-7pm. Mr Schaber will be gone those days, but please contact him to schedule an appointment to talk with him about your students if needed. There is early release on both of those days for students at 12:30 pm Nov. 1st & 2nd. There will be a Scholastic book fair those days as well. Help cheer on our Girls Volleyball team as they play in the district tournament in The Dalles on Saturday, the 21st! Good luck to our lady Cardinals!!! Enjoy this beautiful weather!! Tracey Johnson & Ryan Rudolf **************************************************************************************************** Survey from Midco bus: Mid-Columbia Bus Company is seeking feedback from parents to improve our service that is provided to your children. Your feedback is critical to us and will help our long-term efforts to improve our service. Please click the link below to provide feedback. Mid-Columbia Parent Survey Thank you in advance for your valuable insights. We appreciate your trust in us and look forward to serving you in the future. Rex and Ryan from Kirby Nagelhout Construction Barbie Vs. Ken winners Mud Wars Powderpuff Pumpkin Patch 10/19

Oct 12, 2023 Fall is in full swing here in Ione. The rain is here and leaves are falling. Speaking of fall, the elementary students will have a fall field trip to the pumpkin patch, next Thursday, October 19. It is homecoming week as well next week as “Cardinals go to Hollywood.” Capping off the week, there will be an Alumni Football game @ 7pm. If interested in playing, coaching,being a referee, or being a chain person, contact Chelsea Geer. There is also a board meeting Tuesday, Oct.17. The work session is at 5 pm and regular board meeting at 5:30 pm in the cafeteria, Ione will be doing Red Ribbon week Oct. 23-26. We have dress up days planned and activities around “Being Drug Free” 10/23 Monday- “Hats of to being drug free”-Hat day 10/24 Tuesday-”Don’t be caught sleeping, Say no to drugs”- Pajama day 10/25 Wednesday- “Sock it to drugs”-Crazy sock day 10/26 Thursday-”REaDy to send a message” wear RED We will cap off a busy month on the 31st with some Halloween fun. We are in the planning stages, so stay tuned for information for Tuesday, Oct. 31st activities. Yearbooks can be ordered anytime. Price is $40, they are currently 10% off until Oct. 31. Books will be delivered to the school at the beginning of next month. Order Link: https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1016487408442818 Thank you to everyone who came to cheer on and help celebrate seniors at our girls volleyball game Tuesday evening. Our Lady Cardinals did an amazing job Winning in 3 straight sets. Also, a big thank you to anyone dropping off students in the mornings- WE all appreciate you dropping them off and the students walking to breakfast or the gym. This helps create routines and independence for all our students every morning. Don’t forget if you want to talk with a teacher, send an email or call to schedule for a time to meet. We do have conferences coming up Nov. 1st and 2nd. These will be early release days at 12:30. Conferences will start at 1:40 pm-7:00 pm. Elementary will be sending a note home to schedule a time, middle and high school are drop in between those hours on both days. During conferences, there will be a Scholastic book fair open in the elementary Gym. Finally, thank you to all our staff, students, parents, and community for all your support everyday for Ione Community school! We cannot do it without all of you working as a team for our school and especially for our students!! Go Cards! Have a wonderful weekend- Tracey Johnson & Ryan Rudolf

Sophomores and Juniors will be taking the PSAT/NMSQT on campus October 23rd from 8-11am.

September 28, 2023 Ione Families and Community, Well September is almost gone and the warm summer air along with it. I want to take a moment and thank all the staff,students, parents and community members for all your positive support. We saw the support our community has for Ione schools at the Ed Foundation dinner and auction on Saturday, September 23. The community and families came out to support Ione with delicious food, and lots of fun with the auctioneers. Thank you to everyone who attended, donated, and purchased items! Our FFA students participated in the soils competition at Pilot Rock School on Tuesday. In the advanced grouping, Ione placed 5th. Here is the link to the article in the East Oregonian on Thursday, Sep 28, 2023 Congratulations FFA ! FFa is off to District Leadership Camp at Camp Meadowood Sunday- Monday. https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/down-with-the-dirt-regional-high-school-students-test-pilot-rock-soils/article_2d66a11a-5d4a-11ee-9767-e346b8291138.html?fbclid=IwAR0BCbaJwSeV-Lp0vdv_jiaos-rPUDGPNw0pH9Y2qJrnUGJ2Hqt0iC0FQDE_aem_AYNK00gdXi2wV9vrjIFD3vGRPkElC_EwN8PpvebhUb7Nd3SAOI81WnE0VAO16k2Ce7w&mibextid=Zxz2cZ Be on the lookout for the link to order Yearbooks soon. Have a wonderful weekend- Tracey Johnson & Ryan Rudolf Below is the weekly schedule for sports in Ione- Thank you Mr. Rudolf for keeping us up to date! HSVB Practice in Arlington MSVB/FB Practice in Ione HSFB Practice in Boardman Monday, Oct.2 MSVB v. St.Mary's 4 p.m. start MSFB at South Wasco 4 p.m. start. FFA Officers at District Leadership Camp Tuesday, Oct.3 HSVB (V/JV) v. Weston-McEwen (in Arlington) 5 p.m. start time. Wednesday, Oct.4 MSVB at Dufur 4 p.m. start time. Thursday, Oct.5 HSVB (JV) v. Bickleton (in Arlington) 6 p.m. start time. Friday, Oct. 6 HSFB at Heppner 7 p.m. start time. Saturday, Oct.7 HSVB (JV) at Pendleton Tourney 8:30 a.m. start time.

9/21/23 Ione Families and Community It’s hard to believe next week is the last of September already. Thank you to the staff and community who attended our Board meeting this week. I would like to welcome our new School Resource officer-Morrow County Deputy, Jacob Stutzman. Just a reminder, in the mornings the students will go to breakfast or to the gym. Parents, if you are walking kids in, feel free to walk them to the gym or to breakfast. We ask parents if you want to chat with a teacher, set up a time with the teacher. Our preschool parents are still walking the little kids down for now. Thank you for your help. Also, a reminder for students who are riding their bike or scooter to school, we ask them to walk their bike or scooter in front of the building on the sidewalk for safety. We have a lot of foot traffic in the mornings and afternoons. Thank you for helping keep everyone safe. Our bond project managers, Earl and Doug met with our construction team from Kirby Nagelhout on Monday for a preconstruction meeting. We will send out dates as soon as they are set for a ribbon cutting ceremony to start construction and timeline of estimated construction deadlines. As we all know, in construction things can be delayed for many reasons. We will make sure we keep everyone updated on progress and milestones. Looking forward to seeing this exciting project start! It’s that time of year again, the weather is changing and getting colder. Please make sure students are prepared for the weather. If your family is in need of assistance with coats or anything else, please contact Mrs. Cydney McElligott or myself. We are happy to help anyway we can. Upcoming events: Saturday, september 23- Ione Ed Foundation dinner 5pm doors open, 6pm dinner, 7pm auction Volleyball crossover games Tuesday, September 26th- Soils competition at Pilot Rock Go Cards! Tracey Johnson Ryan Rudolf Familias y Comunidad de Ione Es difícil creer que la próxima semana ya sea la última de septiembre. Gracias al personal y a la comunidad que asistieron a nuestra reunión de la Junta esta semana. Quiero dar la bienvenida a nuestro nuevo oficial de recursos escolares, el Diputado del Condado de Morrow, Jacob Stutzman. Solo un recordatorio, por las mañanas, los estudiantes irán a desayunar o al gimnasio. Padres, si están acompañando a sus hijos, siéntanse libres de llevarlos al gimnasio o al desayuno. Les pedimos a los padres que si desean hablar con un maestro, programen una cita con el maestro. Nuestros padres de preescolar todavía están acompañando a los niños pequeños por ahora. Gracias por su ayuda. Además, un recordatorio para los estudiantes que van en bicicleta o en scooter a la escuela, les pedimos que caminen con su bicicleta o scooter frente al edificio por la acera por razones de seguridad. Tenemos mucho tráfico de peatones por las mañanas y las tardes. Gracias por ayudar a mantener a todos seguros. Nuestros gerentes de proyectos de bonos, Earl y Doug, se reunieron con nuestro equipo de construcción de Kirby Nagelhout el lunes para una reunión previa a la construcción. Enviaremos las fechas tan pronto como se establezcan para una ceremonia de corte de cinta para comenzar la construcción y un cronograma de fechas estimadas para la construcción. Como todos sabemos, en la construcción las cosas pueden retrasarse por muchas razones. Nos aseguraremos de mantener a todos actualizados sobre el progreso y los hitos. ¡Esperamos con ansias el inicio de este emocionante proyecto! Es esa época del año nuevamente, el clima está cambiando y haciéndose más frío. Por favor, asegúrense de que los estudiantes estén preparados para el clima. Si su familia necesita ayuda con abrigos o cualquier otra cosa, por favor, comuníquese con la Sra. Cydney McElligott o conmigo. Estamos felices de ayudar de cualquier manera que podamos. Eventos próximos: Sábado, 23 de septiembre: Cena de la Fundación Educativa de Ione a las 5pm, apertura de puertas; cena a las 6pm; subasta a las 7pm. Partidos de voleibol en cruce. Martes, 26 de septiembre: Competencia de suelos en Pilot Rock. ¡Vamos Cards! | Tracey Johnson | Ryan Rudolf

Picture day for students is September 18th! Students need to bring completed picture envelopes with them to the school or parents can go online and to mylifetouch.com and enter the picture day ID EVTXCRCCN

September 14,2023 Ione Families and Community Third week in, and school is going great. Teachers and students have started to get into the school groove. I wanted to give a shout out to the Ione Booster Club for a fun Back to School Barbeque last night, Wednesday, September 13. The Booster club also purchased all the school supplies for all the students. Thank you Ione Booster for your support!! Head out on Friday night and support our Ione football players on September 15th @ 7pm at Riverside high school, in Boardman.The Riverside High school football team has been so gracious welcoming our boys and working with Ione to support our student athletes. Don’t forget next week, September 19th is our regular board meeting @5:30 pm in the cafeteria. Work session is at 5pm. We would like to welcome Susan Kendrick to our staff here in Ione. Jessica Jones- 6th grade teacher, has also accepted the FFA advisor position. We are excited to move forward with our FFA program. Cydney McElligott and Mary Rosenberg have accepted the jobs of head and assistant girls volleyball coaches. Don’t forget, Saturday, September 23 is the Ed Foundation dinner- 5pm doors open, 6pm dinner and 7pm oral auction. If you would like to make a donation contact Shelley McCabe. Dinner is $30/adult, $15 age 7-12, and free 6 and under. Picture day is Monday, September 18!! Please take the time and enjoy our beautiful weather with your family and friends this weekend. Go Cards! Tracey Johnson Ryan Rudolf

Ione school is in a secure hold due to a request by the fire department to land a helicopter on our field. All students are safe and will be released once helicopter activity is over.

Picture day Monday, September 18th

September 8, 2023 Ione families and community We have wrapped up our 2nd week of school. We unfortunately had to close the pool early due to maintenance issues. Today the elementary did have a guest STEAM (science, technology , engineering,art and math) teacher from the Sage center here visiting each classroom with a steam activity. Also, our middle school volleyball and football teams have started practice this week. Mark your calendars for September 23, for our annual Ed Foundation dinner and auction. Doors open at 5pm, dinner at 6pm, and auction at 7pm. The students from Ione schools will be providing the table decorations, while the high school volleyball players will be your servers. As superintendent, I hope to send out a letter at least twice a month on what is happening around school and any updates we have on new staff. Our FFA program is moving forward, we are working out the details and advisor, but the FFA leadership students have had a meeting and are preparing for upcoming events. If you are interested in being the FFA advisor, please contact myself or Mr. Rudolf for more information. We have welcomed back Mrs. Lara Neiffer to the staff and hired Melanie McCubbin as a middle/high school education assistant. Here in Ione, in face of some adversity and conflict the last few weeks, here at school we are focusing on our students, staff and working with our community to support our students everyday for the best education possible.If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the office for a volunteer form. Our next regular board meeting is Tuesday, Sep 19, 2023@ 5:30 pm in the cafeteria. We look forward to a great school year! Go Cards! Tracey Johsnon-Superintendent Ryan Rudolf- Dean of students/Athletic Director 8 de septiembre de 2023 Familias y comunidad de Ione, Hemos concluido nuestra segunda semana de clases. Lamentablemente, tuvimos que cerrar la piscina antes de tiempo debido a problemas de mantenimiento. Hoy, en la primaria, tuvimos una maestra invitada de STEAM (ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería, arte y matemáticas) del Sage Center visitando cada clase con una actividad de STEAM. Además, nuestros equipos de voleibol y fútbol de secundaria empezaron sus prácticas esta semana. Marquen sus calendarios para el 23 de septiembre, para nuestra cena y subasta anual de la Fundación Educativa. Las puertas abren a las 5pm, la cena es a las 6pm y la subasta a las 7pm. Los estudiantes de las escuelas de Ione estarán proporcionando las decoraciones de las mesas, mientras que los jugadores de vóleibol de preparatoria serán sus meseros. Como superintendente, espero enviar una carta al menos dos veces al mes sobre lo que sucede en la escuela y cualquier actualización que tengamos sobre el nuevo personal. Nuestro programa FFA está avanzando, estamos trabajando en los detalles y el asesor, pero los estudiantes líderes de FFA ya han tenido una reunión y se están preparando para los próximos eventos. Si está interesado en ser el asesor de FFA, por favor, contáctese conmigo o con el Sr. Rudolf para más información. Hemos dado la bienvenida nuevamente a la Sra. Lara Neiffer al equipo y contratamos a Melanie McCubbin como asistente educativa de secundaria/preparatoria. Aquí en Ione, ante cierta adversidad y conflicto en las últimas semanas, en la escuela nos estamos enfocando en nuestros estudiantes, personal y trabajando con nuestra comunidad para apoyar a nuestros estudiantes todos los días y ofrecer la mejor educación posible. Si está interesado en ser voluntario, por favor, contacte a la oficina para obtener un formulario de voluntariado. Nuestra próxima reunión regular de la junta es el martes, 19 de septiembre de 2023 a las 5:30 pm en la cafetería. ¡Esperamos un excelente año escolar! ¡Vamos Cards! Tracey Johnson - Superintendente Ryan Rudolf - Decano de estudiantes/Director deportivo

The pool is closed for the season as of Tuesday, September 5th. Thank you to all of our lifeguards that worked hard all summer.

Hello Ione School District Students & Families, Unfortunately, our school community has been experiencing a difficult and stressful time in the past few weeks. The next School Board meeting is tonight, Tuesday, September 5th @ 5:30 pm. While I cannot speak about that situation, I would like to communicate about something more important – the 23-24 school year. Ione School’s Teachers, Instructional Aides and entire Staff have done an amazing job of starting the school year strong. They are focused on our most important priority – our students and their success. I encourage parents and families to talk to your students about the excitement of the new school year, what they are starting to learn in their new grade and getting to know their new teacher and classmates. As always, if you have concerns about your child’s classroom, please talk to your child’s teacher. If you have other questions or concerns, please contact me. Thank you for your support as we all work toward making this a positive, successful school year. Go Cards! Mrs. Tracey Johnson Superintendent/Principal

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September 23rd 6:00 PM Ione Education Foundation Annual Dinner & Auction Doors open at 5:00 PM

Special board meeting, Tuesday, August 29 to review bond bid for board approval. @5:30pm