Indian River Central School District

Learning Together, Together to Learn

Greetings IRCSD Students and Parents! Wow! We’ve seen some amazing examples of high-tech and low tech teaching and learning, and you are doing a great job learning from home! Thank you so much for engaging with some fun, educational, enrichment and skill-maintenance type activities over the past weeks. We also appreciate that you are staying in touch with your teachers and each other via email, phone, video, and even traditional mail. Our Warrior Team needs to stay connected during these difficult times.

The NYS Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is trying its best to support families in addressing their need for high-quality childcare. The OCFS is asking parents or caregivers who require childcare to complete an OCFS Parent Need for Childcare survey.

Open wireless access is now available outside of the schools of Indian River Central School District. This wireless availability is intended for academic use by our school community who do not otherwise have a reliable signal with which to engage in communications or access skill retention and enrichment activities distributed online during the school closure.

We have officially exceeded our goal of collecting 1 Million Pennies. With the help of the faculty, students, and entire community, we have collected 1,136,908 pennies, equivalent to $11,369.08.

Community Stakeholders have come together to ensure that emergency workers can continue to serve our community during this unprecedented time. The Watertown Family YMCA in collaboration with Jefferson County, School District Leaders and Healthcare Providers will open restricted Emergency Childcare Sites in Jefferson County, including one at Evans Mills Primary School.

Indian River High School is proud to announce the academic leaders of the Class of 2020. They are: Valedictorian, Shun Lei Win, daughter of Kyi Kyi Nyunt and Zaw Myint, from Evans Mills, New York; Salutatorian, Dennis Santos Sanchez, son of Hellen and Pedro Santos, from Calcium, New York, and Vocational Leader, Jaynne Alcock, daughter of Michelle and Joseph Alcock from Evans Mills, New York.

If you have a child enrolled Pre-K through 12th grade in our District, it's as easy as visiting one of our Distribution Sites. Drive up and wait in your vehicle. Share the number of school-aged children in your household. A breakfast and a lunch meal will be brought to you for each child for each school day. And you are on your way! Please visit one site closest to your home for all of your children!

Steve Todd, Superintendent of Jefferson-Lewis BOCES, just made a joint statement from local Superintendents, County Officials, and the Departments of Health describing that all Jefferson-Lewis school student attendance will cease immediately. It is important to note that this is a preventative measure and NOT a result of any confirmed COVID-19 cases in the region.

Like you, we have been closely following the evolution of the COVID-19 virus and related responses across the country and around the world, with special attention to our own region. The Pre-K-12 school guidance issued jointly by the NYS Department of Health and the NYS Education Department is being followed regarding preparation and response to COVID-19. Our response planning includes the areas of prevention, responsiveness/communication, education, stability, and support systems. Given the moment-to-moment changes in this guidance, our plans are evolving rapidly.

We are off to a great start on our 1 Million Pennies Project. Students across the district have been learning through the collection of pennies. They are counting, debating, calculating, drawing, and most importantly, discovering and growing. We are almost there with a total of 625,136 pennies so far! They are proudly displayed in our high school lobby, and more are counted and added weekly. We want to thank all of our students, faculty and community members that have contributed to the projects success so far! We can’t wait to see what 1 million looks like!

Please click the link below to access a follow-up to our recent letter regarding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). This letter contains important proactive practices and preventative actions the District is taking in response to this situation.

Please click below to read an important legal notice in regard to the Indian River Central School District's upcoming Budget Hearing and Budget Vote.

If your child resides in the Indian River Central School District and will be 4 years of age on or before December 1, 2020, they are eligible to participate in our Universal Pre-Kindergarten program at Calcium, Evans Mills, and Philadelphia Primary. Submit your application by April 20, 2020 to be included in the first placement lottery.

The Indian River Central School District Winter 2019-20 Newsletter is now available to view online.

Did you know you can opt in to SchoolMessenger's free text messaging service to receive important information about Indian River Central School District events, school closings, safety alerts, and more? Just send a text message of "Y" or "Yes" to our school's short code number, 67587. We will be testing our emergency broadcast system soon with general messages.

The Indian River Central School District recognizes that children need healthy meals to learn. To find out if your children are eligible to receive free or reduced price meals, fill out the 2019-2020 Free or Reduced Price Meal Application today.