Please read the letter from Superintendent Pilewski that addresses our COVID-19 numbers and our current instructional models at the following link: https://5il.co/oa5i
Happy New Year!
If your child is an IHE Virtual Academy student, please stop by the school on Friday, January 8th from 8:00 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. to pick up the textbooks and supplies that your child will need for the 3rd Quarter. The cafeteria doors will be the pickup location.
The School Choice period in the North Little Rock School District is taking place now until 5/1! Sign your student up to join us for the 2021-22 school year, even if you live outside of our zone.
From now until 2/15, current NLRSD families who seek special permission to have their students transferred to another school in the NLRSD can complete the process during this time frame as well.
Applications are done online this year! Visit our website, nlrsd.org, and click on "School Choice 2021."
Come and join us! We'll be glad to have you!
Please read the following communication from Superintendent Pilewski at the link below, which addresses the extension of Virtual Learning Fridays.
https://5il.co/o1kv
Drop Off and Pick Up Reminders for the Parents & Guardians of IHE Car Rider Students
As all of our veteran Indian Hills Parents know, drop off and pick–up can be overwhelming. First and foremost, we care about the safety of every child, parent, and staff member! Please follow these helpful tips:
* Please enter/exit from the intersection of Osage Drive and Wigwam.
* During drop off and pick up, no electronics (radio, cell, texting)
* Be courteous, careful, cooperative, and patient!
*Watch out for kids and other vehicles; PLEASE do not pull around other vehicles. WE WILL HAVE 1 LANE OF CARS FOR DROP OFF ONLY (and please watch your language – there are young children present).
* This is a drop-off/pick-up zone ONLY. Students should be COMPLETELY ready to exit the car before entering the drop zone.
* Students should exit vehicles IMMEDIATELY once vehicles come to a complete stop.
*Please use the crosswalk from the church parking lot across Wigwam.
*Exiting our parking lot is a right turn only!
Dismissal Procedure
*Car riders will exit out of the front of the building and wait under the covered awnings. WE WILL HAVE 2 LANES OF CARS FOR PICK UP ONLY.
*Please leave a center lane on Wigwam to allow traffic to continue to flow through.
Mark your calendar for the virtual Meet-and-Greet session with our new Superintendent, Dr. Gregory J. Pilewski! He will be meeting with the Indian Hills community. It will be held TONIGHT, December 10, 2020, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Zoom.
Zoom Information:
https://zoom.us/j/93608630527?pwd=OE5md0wrblVLSDhOT2xmUFJ4aUROdz09
Meeting ID: 936 0863 0527
Passcode: 849092
The North Little Rock School District has made a temporary and immediate change to its Point of Contact (POC) position for staff, students, and parents to report positive COVID-19 cases and to serve as the district’s liaison to the Arkansas Department of Health.
Nurse Tonya Green will serve as the district’s POC from now until further notice. Nurse Tonya or another school nurse will manage the district’s COVID-19 hotline. The number to the hotline is (501) 240-1753. The hotline will be operational between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Anyone who calls the hotline after 8:00 p.m. is urged to leave a voicemail, and the call will be returned the following day. If it is an emergency, please call 911.
The survey to make changes for your academic learning option for the spring semester will be Wednesday, December 9 at 5:00 p.m.
Please complete the survey if you would like one of the following academic options:
1. Virtual now and want to remain virtual for spring 2021.
2. Virtual now and want to return to your campus for spring 2021.
3. On campus now and want to be virtual for spring 2021.
This is the link to the survey: https://tinyurl.com/yy62ugq7
Parents will need to log in with their student's email and password to access survey.
The North Little Rock School District has adopted new COVID-19 guidelines as it relates to quarantines.
Please visit the following link to read them: https://tinyurl.com/y54496gc
Let's get Indian Hills Students in the Holiday spirit!
Kids may shop now at our Penguin Patch Shop. The link is posted on our Facebook Page and ClassDojo.
Gift bags will be included with each order. The sale is open till December 17th. Order now to ensure guaranteed delivery for Christmas. Prices start at just 50 cents! Let your children pick out gifts for your family. They loved doing this last year in school.
Thank you for your support.
Attention Grades 3-5 IHE Virtual Academy Parents! We have a special invitation for your student(s). Please click the following link to read our special request for next week’s NWEA assessments. Two surveys are included in our invitation. Please complete both surveys.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Da6DvdYhLaUYfdjVUnvK5zqDXgS5-0mkT_o8jyDnGf4/edit?usp=sharing
Superintendent Gregory J. Pilewski is urging students, employees, and the community to practice safety over the Thanksgiving holiday break.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/FVNL6oOdBy0
To reach the district's COVID Point of Contact over the break, please call (501) 240-1753.
Internet services have been restored. Thank you for your patience.
Please read the following communication from Superintendent Gregory J. Pilewski, Ed.D.
As part of a coordinated response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), in partnership with the Office for Education Policy (OEP) at the University of Arkansas, has developed a Parent/Guardian survey for soliciting family input on what is working now and what may be considered for the future.
Please take the survey: https://uark.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6X7aRF3ErNNXFel
Please read the following message from Gregory J. Pilewski, Ed.D., Superintendent of the North Little Rock School District.
IHE Picture Day is tomorrow, November 10, 2020! If you are a virtual student, please report to the gym door entrance between 8am-12pm for your photos. You will go to the front of the line, only IHE students may enter the building (please wear mask). Face to face students will be called according to class. *Photos will be taken without masks.
For all parents of 2nd-5th Grade virtual students who were unable to make it to the school this past Friday to pick up your child's books and materials, those materials will be in the school office and available for pickup during school hours starting Tuesday, November 10th. Please arrive at the school office doors and then call 835-5622 to let us know that you have arrived and a staff member will bring the materials out to you. Thank you.
In honor of and to show thanks to all who have served or are currently serving in the United States Armed Forces, a Veterans Day car parade will be held at Indian Hills Elementary. We would like each student to extend an invitation to their special Veteran to our parade. We ask our Veterans to meet at 8:40 am in the back parking lot of the First United Methodist Church. We encourage our Veterans to stay inside their cars until the parade begins. The parade will commence at 9:00am. Veterans will leave the back parking lot to parade down Wigwam with the students cheering them on in front of Indian Hills Elementary.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDz1F3Jj6oRMxNPBTVRfIunevXGQyzLMriWXsZmWGvZdDdnQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
November is Parent Engagement Month!
Look for the sign below at your child's school, take a picture, and upload it to your Facebook page with #NLRSDParentsMatter.
Do the Math: Parents (Family) + Teachers (School/Community) = Student Success!
