#SCCSD families, your student's attendance in school matters! Chronic absenteeism is not just a matter of missed days; it's a barrier to success. If your child will not be in school, it's incredibly important to call your child’s school to report the reason for an absence. This information will be used to help your child's school determine the level of support your student needs to succeed.
We encourage families to familiarize themselves with the new chronic absenteeism laws and policies in place. Students are considered absent when they are not in school, including time missed for general illnesses, doctor’s appointments, club sports, and family vacations. We want your child to be successful. While rare exceptions can occur, missing nine or more days in a semester is atypical. Absences for participation in school-sanctioned events do not count toward chronic absenteeism. For questions related to absences, please contact your child's school.
We're committed to being a partner in your child's success and celebrate them for being in class, on time, every day!
Morningside Eagles -- It's time for our September Eagle Hall of Fame announcement!
Eagles -- did you know, singing is an engaging form of reading!?!? Way to work on that fluency! Working hard alongside the SOARing things we love!
What a SOARing and special place to connect, learn and work! Friday PD together with a little educator play!
Eagle friends and families -- did you know we're hiring for Resource Classroom Paraprofessionals? Please share the message and encourage those you know to consider applying here! All are welcome to apply and we hope this interests you, too!
https://siouxcityschools.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=1917
Morningside students, families, and staff -- we hope you're ready to smile big tomorrow. Picture day is Friday, Sept 20!
Eagles are truly engaging with the topics and content in our new Benchmark Advance series. This 4th grade group is applying their learning of "mind movies" by sharing the "movies their brains created" while engaging in their independent and read aloud time today.
We want to remind our families that we take every threat seriously, and each threat is investigated. Students should always report any threat they see or hear, not share or repost threats of any kind.
Reposting or sharing a threat could lead to disciplinary actions at the school level and possibly criminal charges.
How to report a threat:
▶️ Contact your school principals/administrators with safety concerns, no matter how small
▶️ After hours when you are unable to reach a principal, call police directly
▶️ Call 911 in an emergency or for a crime in progress
▶️ Send information to Safe and Sound Iowa, a threat reporting tool for the state of Iowa
With help from our community and families, we can keep school safe for all students.
We're in full swing here at Mside STEM SOARing each day as we build upon our caring connections and regulation practices that promote stronger learning engagement across the day.
⚠️Attention Families⚠️
The #SCCSD is currently experiencing issues with incoming calls. If you need to contact your child's school, please email your child's principal here: https://bit.ly/our-buildings. Our team is working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.
Students and teachers engaging with our new Benchmark Advance literacy program, using active listening with one another. Way to listen with intention and share respectfully today. The closing topic highlighted what Eagles learned about ways they can be successful in school.
We have the most committed and caring Eagle staff. They give their very best to help our young Eagle learners each day, and still bring more of that connection energy to our PD Fridays! This is how we greet "teachers at the door." Way to SOAR!
We are beginning to find our SOARing flow! Learning letters and practicing correct formation, connecting with others during turn and talks about kindness, and engaging with embedded writing throughout the learning day. Way to SOAR in On task and Responsible ways.
Reminder for all Eagles--EHS feeder students to wear their Raiders Together shirts to school tomorrow. Students are allowed into East events free if the student wears this year’s Raiders Together shirt and enters with an adult. Once again, a huge thanks to our sponsors on the back. Please support those businesses. Big home 🏈 game tomorrow (Thursday) night at Elwood-Olsen at 7:00 pm. See you there!!! GO RAIDERS!!! 🧡🖤
We're almost halfway through our first full week! Eagles have been connecting with fellow Eagles daily and learning about all things SOARing! Up next--our Character Strong Kindness Kick-off on Wednesday. To join in, wear a kindness themed tee or just look and keep smiling!
And like that...we're back! What a wonderful first day with our Eagles. Thank you staff, students and families for our reconnection sparks!
✏️ Attention Parents/Guardians ✏️ Schedules for both elementary and secondary students are now available in Infinite Campus. Log into your account here: https://www.siouxcityschools.org/o/sccs/page/infinite-campus.
Does your student need bus transportation for the upcoming school year?
Fill out this form: https://tinyurl.com/ycx4cxt3
Elementary and middle school students who live over two miles and high school students living over three miles from their assigned boundary school are eligible for bus transportation. Families may also request paid busing if space is available on an existing route.
To request busing, please complete the Transportation Request Form. You must complete the form every year to request transportation for the upcoming school year.
For enhanced safety, new technology is available on district buses which will allow you to track your student riding the bus in real-time. Students are required to scan new bus passes when entering or exiting the bus. Your student’s bus pass will be printed once we have received and approved your completed Transportation Request Form. Passes will be given to K-12 students during Back to School Night on August 20 and during laptop checkout for middle and high school students before the school year begins.
Please contact the Transportation Department at 712-279-6743 with questions.
Hello Eagles -- we hope you are all enjoying those summer moments. We are looking to add to our Eagle team and have current teacher openings for Special Education and ELL! Please share this opportunity and check the site often -- we'll be adding more staff openings mid next week!
https://www.siouxcityschools.org/page/careers
Important reminder to all #SCCSD families-
Beginning this coming school year, all schools will dismiss two hours early every *Friday* for staff professional development. This is in place of the previous early out on Mondays.
