Superintendent's Message 5/20/2024
Dear Iroquois Family,
Good afternoon, here is important information for the week of May 20th:
Board of Education
VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE
The Annual Budget Vote for the 2024-25 school year is tomorrow Tuesday, May 21st. The District aims to have everyone participate by casting their vote and providing feedback through the exit survey. Your vote is important!! Please stop by and cast your ballot!
Budget and candidate information are available on our website here: BUDGET INFO.
Voting will be in the Intermediate Gymnasium from 7:30 am through 9:00 pm.
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Parents
Primary Parents--A reminder that June 14th is NOT an early release day as the paper calendar states. It is a full day of school.
Middle School Parents—A reminder that June 13th and 14th are NOT early release days as the paper calendar states. They are full days of school.
Performing Arts
The HS Chorus concert originally scheduled for May 22 has been moved to Tuesday, May 21 (Tomorrow). The concert will be held in the HS Auditorium and will begin at 7:30 PM or shortly thereafter, immediately following the 4th Grade Band & Orchestra Concert at the MS. As always, our concerts are free and open to the public.
Athletics
Congratulations to the following teams who recently earned ECIC Division Champions:
Girls Varsity Softball
Boys Varsity Baseball
Boys Varsity Track and Field
Adam from the Varsity Golf team shot 76 in the first 18 holes and 40 in the final 9 holes of the section VI qualifier for states. This score was enough to qualify him for the state tournament which will be held on June 1st and 2nd this year.
Iroquois Varsity Girls Flag Football had a good playoff run. They won both their quarterfinal and semifinal games to send them to the Division 2B sectional finals. Although they came up short of the win, they end their season as Section 6 Division 2B runners up.
Girls Varsity Lacrosse had a very successful season finishing 2nd in Conference 4 with a record of 10-4. They qualified as the 10 seed for Class C Sectionals and came up short of a win in their first playoff game.
Boys Varsity Lacrosse qualified as the 8 seed for Class C Sectionals and will play their first playoff game today 5/20 at 5:30 vs Lakeshore/Silver Creek at Lakeshore High School.
Girls Varsity Softball entered the Class A sectional playoffs as the 3 seed. They won both their pre-quarter and quarterfinal games sending them to the semifinals where they will take on the number 2 seed Grand Island on Wednesday 5/22 at 5:00 at Grand Island High School.
Boys Varsity Baseball will begin their playoffs as the 2 seed in Class A2. They received a bye for the pre-quarters and will take on Dunkirk in the quarterfinals on Tuesday 5/21 at 5:00pm at Iroquois High School.
Upcoming events on the calendar:
May 20th: Marilla Primary PTO Book Fair and Family Social 6:00PM-8:00PM
May 20th: Marilla Primary 3rd and 4th Grade Chorus Concert 2:00PM
May 21st: Budget Vote/BOE Election 7:30AM-9:00PM Intermediate Gym
May 21st: Marilla Primary Kindergarten Screening
May 21st: 4th Grade Band and Orchestra Concert 7:00PM Middle School Auditorium
May 21st: *NEW* High School Chorus Concert 7:30PM High School Auditorium
May 22nd: Elma Primary Kindergarten Screening
May 23rd: Wales Primary Kindergarten Screening
May 24th: Kindergarten Screening for UPK Students
May 24th: Elma Primary Spring Clean Up
May 27th: Memorial Day NO SCHOOL
May 28th: Rising 4th grade (current 3rd grade) Parent Orientation 6:00PM Middle School Auditorium
May 29th: Marilla Primary PTO Meeting 1:45PM
May 30th: High School Band Outdoor Pops Concert 7:00PM
May 30th: 3rd Grade Picnic Elma Meadows
May 31st: 4th Grade Picnic Elma Meadows
Athletic team schedules: https://www.iroquoiscsd.org/Page/8901.
I hope everyone has a great week.
Douglas Scofield
Superintendent of Schools