Welcome to the 2020-2021 School Year!

Welcome to the 2020/2021 school year! We are looking forward to you and your child being part of our learning environment. This year will bring fun and exciting learning opportunities for your child. In addition to Partial Spanish Immersion, Full Spanish Immersion, and Language Enrichment Classes, we will be offering multicultural music, Farsi, Hebrew, and gardening enrichment classes starting mid-autumn.

This year will offer virtual family conferences on August 4-5 with the first day of school August 6. Office staff will be contacting you the week of July 27 to schedule your conference and share your child’s class assignment determined by you at the time of registration. 

At this time, please download, read carefully, and return our Back to School forms. In our efforts to be ready for your child’s first day, we ask that the indicated forms be returned to the office no later than Monday, July 27. Other forms should be kept with your child’s school records. Please take a few moments to carefully read our 2020-2021 Handbook. We have new procedures and protocols in response to Covid19 that will be necessary to help keep our school community safe.

Here are a few things that will help you and your child prepare for the start of school:

• The preschool office is located in room 21 and meetings with the director are by appointment only.
• With your written permission, our teaching staff will be signing your child in and out each day.
• Please drop off and pick up your child in their designated class area. Class happenings will be displayed in the windows of the classroom.
• For your convenience, we accept check and cash payments in the office and credit card payments through PayPal on our website. 
• Please provide 2 extra full sets of labeled clothes for your child in a labeled zip-lock bag, including shoes and socks. You should change the spare clothing as the seasons change. 
• Please provide a clean water bottle with a cap. The part that the child drinks out of should be covered when not in use. The water bottle must be marked with your child’s name and taken home each night to be cleaned and returned the next day.
• Please label all your child’s items.
• Any medications along with a medication form should be dropped off in the office. 
• If your child stays for a full day, please provide a lunch along with an ice pack. Please provide your child with a morning snack and a second snack if he/she will attend the aftercare program. 
• Please apply sunscreen on your child before school. We have requested your written permission to apply sunscreen to your child at times during the school day. It is a good idea to leave a hat at school for your child’s daily use.
• Please remember to label everything with your child's full name.
• International School for Peace is NUT FREE. Please do not send nuts of any kind in your child’s snack or lunch. 
• International School for Peace’s Tax I.D. is 86-0388672

If you are requesting changes to your child’s schedule or your plans for returning to ISP have changed, please notify the office by July 17th to avoid August fees.

Please feel free to contact us with your questions, suggestions, or comments. Thank you for sharing your child with us! 

In Peace,

Cathy DeMers

Director