Announcements

Mark Your Calendars: PreK & K Registration

Mask Up for Ankeny Schools

Ankeny,

We.Need.You.

It will take our whole community pulling together to slow the spread and help keep our students in school. We’ve been hearing it for months, but now is the time to go back to mitigation basics.

1. Wear Your Mask
2. When Sick, Stay Home
3. Wash Your Hands
4. Watch Your Distance

This week, we’re launching a #MaskupforAnkeny campaign alongside the @CityofAnkeny. Partner with us by downloading an email signature and social media graphic at the link below and answer the question “What do you mask up for?” #MaskUpforAnkeny #MaskUpforAnkenySchools #SlowtheSpread

Helpful info for elementary parents as students come back full-time

All of Ankeny Community School District’s PK-5th grade students returned to learn in person, full time on October 19th. In order to keep our Ankeny students, staff and families safe and healthy, we will be continuing to redefine what a “normal” school day looks like.

We realize families may need to make difficult decisions between sending students to school vs. keeping them home/parent missing work. In order to keep our students and staff as healthy as possible, we ask that you consider these things before sending your child to school.

• If your child complains of any 1 of the following symptoms, please keep them home and contact your health care provider: new cough, shortness of breath, fever of 100.4 or higher, new loss of taste or smell.
• If your child complains of 2 or more of the following symptoms, please keep them home from school: fever, headache, muscle/body aches, fatigue, sore throat, runny nose, congestion, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Due to the wide range of signs and symptoms of Covid-19, and for the safety of all, students will need to be sent home if they display these symptoms.
• If your child exhibits these symptoms at school, your child will be taken to a room that has been established for students/staff that are exhibiting Covid-19 related symptoms. This is to ensure safety from other students who would use the nurse’s office for non-Covid related reasons.
• If you are notified by health office staff that your student is ill at school, please plan to pick up your student as soon as possible. We would ask that you also have a back-up plan so that ill students can be picked up as quickly as possible if you are not available.
• We ask that you contact your Primary Health Care provider for more guidance on how to proceed with your student’s health needs prior to returning if your student is sent home. We will provide instructions per Polk County Health Department for proper home isolation and quarantine, if warranted. Students sent home ill will need to be out of school the following day (does not apply if sent home on a Friday) to be monitored. Students may return to school once the presenting symptoms have subsided for 24 hours, if they have an alternate diagnosis from a doctor, or a negative Covid test.

As said many times, this is a fluid and flexible situation that can change at any point. We will continue to work closely with the Polk County Health Department.

If you have questions, please contact your building’s nurse to discuss.

Stay safe and be well!

Fall Parent Teacher Conferences – Hybrid Students

Fall Parent Teacher Conferences for HYBRID students only – sign up online by following your classroom teachers link below. All conferences will be held virtual – teachers will email you the zoom link the day of your conference appointment.

Welcome Interim Superintendent Dr. Azinger

Reminder for the Start of the School Year

Media Center Reminder

Hybrid students will be able to check out library books during media class at school. When students return their library books, the library staff will quarantine the books for 4 days. Students will use hand sanitizer prior to library checkout and will practice social distancing.  Students will return their library books during their next Media class prior to checking out again.

Hybrid Learning Model

The final Hybrid Learning model schedule for the 2020-2021 school year has been selected. See the attached schedule, which is the Set 2-Day Schedule with Alternating Wednesdays.
The survey results were:

Model 1 (Alternating Days): 35.15%
Model 2 (Set 2-Day Schedule with Alternating Wednesdays): 64.85%

Pay-to-Ride

We are not taking Pay to Ride applications at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to maximize social distancing on the school buses. We hope to open Pay-to-Ride on a limited basis once we have established routing for students who qualify for school transportation.

2020-2021 Kindergarten Registration Open Now

Parents:  if you have a student that will be 5 years old by September 15, 2020, please enroll as soon as possible!

Please find valuable information for Kindergarten and the online process here!

2020-2021 Student School Supply Kits

Pre-order your student’s school supply kit for next year now!   These supply kits are being offered as a Northwest PTO service project and include everything needed for the 2020-21 school year – except for a backpack – and will be waiting for your student at Meet the Teacher Night on August 20th.