Category: Parents

Our 2019 – 2020 school year has had a successful start.   Students and teachers are building strong relationships and enjoying their classrooms. Students have attended PE, Art and Music as well as our Innovation Lab (library and makerspace).  We are excited to have our teachers and students continue collaborating, creating, communicating and applying our […]

Dear Parents and Guardians,  Thank you for your continued partnership in making Indian Peaks Elementary such an exceptional learning community for our students to thrive. As we look ahead to the start of the next school year, there will be some changes to our 2017-2018 school schedule that we’d like to share in order for you […]

As part of the “Project Citizen” showcase, fourth and fifth grade students presented at the state capitol Thursday.  The Civic Canopy sponsored the event and hosted elementary, middle, and high schools from around the state.  The Indian Peaks team gave a 12-minute presentation on the partnership to renovate Affolter Park’s playground.  They shared highlights from […]

This term, the Indian Peaks Parent Leadership Team has decided to focus their efforts on increasing family involvement in the area of Math, specifically in the area of math facts. Two Family Math Nights were hosted last week: Tuesday, Jan. 12th and Thursday, Jan. 14th from 6-7:15 pm. About 50 families participated in the event!  […]

Now with Wonders Technology’s teaching tools educators can teach students as young as four how to program complicated technology, such as robots and 3D printers. The Tech Tray works as an input so that students without reading or typing abilities can easily get up and running. By replacing core programming words with building blocks we’ve […]

         Fourth graders from Indian Peaks Elementary shared their STEM work at last night’s city council meeting.  Several students gave speeches to the Mayor and City Council to inform them of the progress in the Affolter Park Playground Redesign.  Students have collaborated with park officials all year long to conduct surveys, research, and […]

Congratulations to the Kindergarteners and 1st graders from Indian Peaks for a job well done at this year’s Showcase Night!  Students were able to invite parents and families to attend a celebration of all their hard work throughout this first part of the year.  As the night began, families strolled by STEM prototypes and viewed […]