The Soarin' Eagle Jog-a-thon is the PTO's only fundraiser for the year. Students will collect pledges from 1/30-2/22. On Friday, February 23rd students will run/walk for 30 minutes during school.  Register today to help raise money for the PTO: https://pledgestar.com/indialantic.

Please join us to Kick Off the 2024 Jog-a-thon Fundraiser on January 30th at 4:00 p.m. The event ends at 6: 00 p.m. due to sunset. It will be an opportunity for everyone from the community to see many of the funded projects that the PTO has accomplished to benefit the school and students: numerous murals, adding over 30 trees to the grounds, installation of a music playground, kindergarten garden landscaping, funding multiple reading programs and much more.  

The Safety Patrol will be available for tours of the school for incoming students and the Indialantic City police and fire departments will be there with their vehicles for the students to see.  There will be free ice cream for kids, a chorus performance (4:10—grade 1, 4:30—grade 2, 5:00—grade 3, 5:30—Chorus), chess and Rubik club presentations, History Fair students showing their presentations and various faculty presenting other projects or items that PTO has funded.  Mrs. Reynolds will have a mosaic project that attendees will be able to participate in. There will also be a scavenger hunt and a Long Doggers coupon with participation.

If you would like to help , please email indialanticespto@gmail.com. 

If you know any local businesses that would like to donate monetarily, would like to donate a basket to be given out at the Kick Off Night or would like to make coupons/vouchers to be in the Jog-a-thon bag to every student at the school, please see the attached letter and contact indialanticespto@gmail.com.   We would love to connect with local businesses.  

The Indialantic Long Doggers is doing a dine to donate event monthly with Indialantic Elementary! They will donate 20% of any order to Indialantic Elementary PTO on the first Saturday of each month. There are two spirit days left: Feb 3rd and March 2nd.   

Third grade is in the lead!  Total participation is close: Kindergarten-19, 1st-14, 2nd-17, 3rd-26, 4th-9, 5th-15, 6th-10. After the last date, the numbers will be tallied and the grade with the most participation will win a surprise from PTO and Long Doggers! 

Just say you are from Indialantic Elementary and the grade of each student in your family all day (10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.) in person or the drive thru to raise money for our school!

https://www.longdoggers.com/

Go to buytheyearbook.com, enter our School ID 715238, and sign in.

You can purchase shout outs to your kids to add to the yearbook.  Full page $150, 1/2 page $100, 1/4 page $65, 1/8 page $25. When you sign into site choose ADS, then select your options.  After your purchase, you can log into your account to work on your ad and submit it by March 1st. 

You can contribute your candid shots from class parties and other school events until March 1st by uploading them. Login, select SHARE YOUR PICTURES. You will have to upload one picture at a time:

• Click "Upload Photos"

• Choose your picture and click "Open"

• Write student name(s) in the TAG box

• Choose the correct Folder (organized by Class or Event)

• When finished, click "Upload Photos." 

At the FAST Testing Info Night we learned that The FAST Test is a computer adaptive test. The test has around 40 questions with multiple steps.  Students have unlimited time to complete the test. When kids get questions right, the test gets harder. It is normal for kids to miss many of the questions. Kids should not be discouraged when they get an answer wrong. They should just take their time and do their best. You can see some sample test questions and test format for your grade here: https://flfast.org/families.html.

The first tests of the year were for practice and progress monitoring (PM1 & PM2). The final tests of the year (PM3) will measure your student's preparedness for the next grade. Test scoring goes from 1-5. A score of 3 means working at grade level. Students are not expected to achieve a score of at least 3 until Progress Monitoring 3 (PM3). 

The best preparation is daily instruction and attendance. On testing days, make sure your student gets a good night of sleep, eats a healthy breakfast, starts the day on a positive note, and arrives on time. Please do not schedule appointments on testing days:

K-2 Grade: 4/16 & 4/17

3-6 Grade: 4/3, 5/1 & 5/2

Students with accommodations may be tested on an alternate date due to scheduling.

The front office is looking for volunteers on Tuesday and Fridays from 10:15-12:30 to help sign in parents etc.   If interested, please sign up through this link, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D45A9AA29A7FBC34-47275073-front.

We are excited to be offering this two days a week for the remainder of the school year.  Parents may select a day, Tuesday or Friday, to come and have lunch with their child.  Be sure to arrive a few minutes prior to your child's lunch time.  Parents must have their ID (Driver's License or other approved forms of ID and will sign in through the office.  Students will need to return to class at the regularly scheduled time.  We request parents do not check out their child on Fridays at the end of the lunch period.  Due to limited space, it is important parents sign up if they would like to come and have lunch with their child.  

Parental involvement is so important to the success of Indialantic Elementary!

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:

https://www.indialanticpto.com/teachers

You can see the Treasurer's Report with line by line details of the programs we have budgeted for and funded this year by clicking here. 

We will ask for donations to make our budget at our Jog-a-thon fundraiser in February, but we would be thrilled if you decide to donate any time.