October 21, 2022
Upcoming Dates
Early Release Every Friday at 1:15 p.m.
Click on event if interested in more information:
10/24-28 Red Ribbon Spirit Week
10/25&26 West Shore Information Meetings 6:30 p.m.
10/27 Last Day for Hurricane Ian Fundraiser
10/31 Halloween Celebrations
11/2 Dominos Spirit Night
12/5-9 Save the Date for Book Fair
See dates for the whole school year on our calendar
Red Ribbon Week Activities
Join redribbon.org in the MISSION to help keep kids drug-free by participation in our school's activities:
Monday 10/24 Wear red from head to toe
Tuesday 10/25 Wear Hawaiian shirts/leis
Wednesday 10/26 Wear pajamas
Thursday 10/27 Wear camo
Friday 10/28 Wear tie dye shirts, ties, etc.
Change for a Cause Hurricane Ian Fundraiser
Bring your spare change in to help support impacted students, teachers, and school staff in the five school districts most devastated by Hurricane Ian (Charlotte, Desoto, Hardee, Lee, and Sarasota) through October 27th.
Each grade level will have a 5-gallon jug to place their donated change into. The grade level with most donations will receive a surprise celebration.
West Shore Jr./Sr. High School Information
West Shore Jr. /Sr. High School will be hosting parent and student informational meetings about the school, curriculum, and application/enrollment procedures on Tuesday, October 25 and Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. in the gymnasium at 250 Wildcat Alley in Melbourne near the Melbourne Courthouse. Interested parents and students are welcome and encouraged to attend one of these meetings.
Sixth graders interested in attending West Shore for the 2023-2024 school year, must fill out an application online at https://www.brevardschools.org/Page/2381 and pay a $30.00 non-refundable fee. For more information, please feel free to contact the West Shore school office at 321-242-4730.
TIMELINE
October 25 and 26, 2022 – Parent Informational Meetings in the West Shore Gymnasium at 6:30 p.m.
November 1, 2022 – Application window opens
December 2, 2022 – Application window closes at 11:59 p.m. – NO EXCEPTIONS
December 12, 2022 – Lottery draw takes place
December 12-16, 2022 – Seat Offering or Waitlist Status Notification via Family Dashboard
January 27, 2023 – Deadline to Accept or Decline offered seat via Family Dashboard
New Sensory Pathway!
Thank you again to Marianne Goettig for beautifying and revitalizing the sensory pathway! We really appreciate the amount of physical labor you put in. It looks amazing, and eveyone will enjoy if for years to come.
9 Week Ice Cream Celebration
The PTO paid for ice cream to hand out to every child to celebrate the end of the first 9 weeks of school. This is something the PTO plans to do every 9 weeks to celebrate all the kids' progress this school year. The kids loved it!
Volunteer Opportunity
Nov. 7 and 8 the Dept of Health will be on campus to do Vision and Hearing screenings for select grade levels. Approved school volunteers are needed to help with the screenings. Nov. 7th will be kindergarten and 6th grade and Nov. 8th will be 1st and 3rd grade. Thank you for your interest.
Lost and Found
Please tell your student to bring home their items from lost and found in the cafeteria. If you don't pick up your items by December 7th, we will bring them to Book Fair Family Night.
PTO Meeting
If you would like to help with anything or if you see a project you would like to work on, please contact us and come to the next meeting on November 10th at 3:00 p.m. in the Media Center. We welcome your ideas.
Treasurer's Report
We continue to work on projects to beautify the school and support teachers who ask for help.
If you're a teacher, and you need money for a special project, please fill out a Superfund Request to be considered for financial support from the PTO:
Make sure to load your student's account with money if you wish to buy school lunch. Find out about adding money to MyPaymentsPlus.com at https://www.brevardschools.org/Page/3478. Applications for free and reduced-priced meals can be found here: https://www.brevardschools.org/Page/3473.
If you have any news or announcements that will benefit the parents, teachers or students of Indialantic Elementary, please send your article to indialanticespto@gmail.com for consideration.
