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It is that time of year once again when we are conducting our annual quilt raffle for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Ionia County. This year's theme is Green Eggs and Ham and as usual the quilts are indeed spectacular! Tickets are $5.00 for one ticket and $30.00 for 10 chances to win. Thirty dollars sponsors a child in the program for an entire year! Tickets are available at the Ionia ISD and at the following locations:
| Belding |
Ionia |
Lakewood |
Portland |
Saranac |
| Alvah N Belding memorial Library |
Michigan One Community Credit Union (Main St.)
Ionia County ISD
Ionia Community Library
Biggby |
Lake Odessa Community Library
Friends Quilting Basket |
Around the Block Quilt Shop
Portland Community Library |
Saranac Elementary School |
The drawing will be March 25th at noon. If you really have a quilt that you love, we have 4 Green Eggs and Ham quilts of your choice in addition to 4 Fuzzy Duckling Quilts that we will be selling for $135.00 on a first come first serve basis. This funds a child for an 5 years! If you spot one that you love and want it, message cgranzo@ioniaisd.org to claim your quilt. Spread the word and share it with friends and family that may be interested. These are great gifts for a great cause! Thanks as usual for all of the Ionia ISD family's support of the DPIL program!
Follow this link to view our the booklet with all of the quilts.
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 IM Kids 3rd Meal was awarded the "2014 Reichle Award" from Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Outstate Michigan on February 10, 2015. This is one of two awards that RMHC presents each year. Rob Spangler, McDonald's Owner/Operator and grandson of Walter Reichle presented the award.
The Reichle Award “recognizes the purpose and passion of those who help lift children to a better tomorrow.” Along with this prestigious award comes a check of $2,500 that will support IM Kids 3rd Meal’s efforts in fighting to end childhood hunger in Ionia and Montcalm Counties.
 The award is in memory of Walter Reichle, former McDonald's Owner/Operator who passed away in 2005. He opened his first restaurant in 1961 and worked daily for the next 44 years. He gave generously to many charities, including the Whaley House in Flint, Flint's McLaren Hospital and the United Presbyterian Church of Flint.
IM Kids 3rd Meal is honored to have received the Reichle award and grateful for the support from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Outstate Michigan. This support will assist IM Kids 3rd Meal in providing evening meals and in its expansion to reach more children. For further information and to apply for a grant through RMHC, the website is www.rmhcoutstatemi.org.
 IM Kids 3rd Meal added two additional schools this year bringing the number of schools to 4 with 448 children receiving an evening meal. The four schools include: Emerson, Walnut Hills, Carson City Crystal and Belding. These children won’t have to worry about what's for dinner giving them the opportunity to concentrate and perform better in school.
IM Kids 3rd Meal requires strong community support to make this program a success and reach more students. For more information on how you or your company can support IM Kids 3rd Meal, please call IM Kids 3rd Meal at 616-527-4900, email imkids3rdmeal@gmail.com or visit www.imkids.org. |
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Interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics?
Come join our Girl’s Only day!!!
When: Saturday, February 28, 2015
Time: 9:30 am – 6:30 pm
Where: H.O. Steele Education Center
10260, South Sheridan Road
Fenwick, Michigan
Register Online by Feb. 20th here.
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Trenton Hopkins, a 6th grader at Saranac Elementary School, wanted to do a fundraiser for IM Kids 3rd Meal. After approaching his school about this, the Saranac Elementary Student Council held a Spirit Week to support IM Kids 3rd Meal. Each day had a different theme for the students dress up: pajama day, wacky day, rainbow day, and sports day. To participate in the day the students either paid $0.25 a day or brought in an item from the IM Kids 3rd Meal wish list. At the end of the week they raised $317.50 and a multitude of food items.
 We wanted to say thank you to Saranac Elementary, the student council and Trenton Hopkins for putting this together. Your donation is greatly appreciated and makes a big difference!
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The Parent Advisory Council is a group of parents of special education youngsters appointed by their local school board to assist and advise the ISD on the delivery of services to special education students.
Each year they honor five individuals for outstanding work with special education students. To receive one of these awards is a true honor; please take a minute to consider nominating a worthy candidate from your building or district. All nominations are due no later than March 16, 2015. Click here to make a nomination.
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Are you looking for a way to give back to your community during the holiday season? Please consider the IM (Ionia-Montcalm) Kids 3rd Meal program working to provide food insecure children in our communities with their evening meal Monday through Friday. Ionia County and Montcalm County have 3530 and 4090 food insecure children, respectively, who run the risk of a school lunch being their last meal of the day. For more information, click the image to the right. |
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The Ionia Co. Youth
Advisory Council (YAC) is
collecting donations of:
HATS & MITTENS,
WARM COATS,
SNOW PANTS
and BOOTS for elementary age
children as part of one
of their many community
service projects! Items will be collected in
time for Martin Luther
King Jr. Day, a day of
service for the YAC, and
distributed among the
local elementary schools
for children in need of
warm winter wear. Please click the image to the right for more information. |
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As you should be aware by now, the ICISD is engaged in the AdvancED Accreditation continuous improvement process in hopes of achieving accreditation. AdvancED is how we will be mapping our efforts to better serve our students, families and schools. An important part of this improvement process is the Self Assessment as it allows us to self-rate ourselves to reveal how we think we are adhering to the AdvancED Standards of Quality. Your reflection on what you feel the ICISD is and does is extremely important. Please take the time ASAP to complete the survey using one of the two links below. Thank you.
For ICISD Staff: Click here
For Stakeholders:
Click here
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 Enrich of Ionia County have chosen the students from the Independent Living Center as our volunteer of the month. These students come to the Resale Shop, once a week, to provide janitorial services. They learn basic job skills and provide a needed service for the nonprofit. Win-Win! Thank you to Meijer of Ionia for the gift cards to present to these awesome volunteers! |
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| The Early Childhood Department in partnership with other early childhood programs in the community and parents of young children have launched a school readiness blog. One of the features of the blog will be a month by month account of the kindergarten experience as told by a local kindergarten teacher. If you are interested in reading the first entry and signing up for the blog then click on this link to continue. |
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Check out some of the footage captured throughout the week of the Michigan Youth Leadership Training Camp. Learn a little bit about MIYLT from campers, funders, and administrators! A big thanks and shout out to Jordan Carson, WoodTv4Women-Social Sizzle, for coming to camp this year!
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| IM (Ionia-Montcalm) Kids 3rd Meal is a brand new feeding program working to provide food insecure children in our communities with their evening meal Monday through Friday. Ionia County and Montcalm County have 3530 and 4090 food insecure children, respectively, who run the risk of a school lunch being their last meal of the day. We are providing evening meals to almost 500 children each day.
The size of this mission requires a lot of community support. If you or your organization is interested in volunteering with us, we offer a variety of projects and ways to help at our website www.imkids.org. We hope with community support to grow from 500 meals to eventually providing for all food insecure children in our communities.
If you would like to learn more about IM Kids 3rd Meal or would like to sign up to volunteer, please contact us at 616-527-4900 ext. 1252. |
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