What's New at Eisenhower Elementary

Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools Announces
$70K to Judi Chandlee Tribute to Teachers Fund

A You Are My Sunshine sign, created by students & Mrs. Farnum, at the assembly.

The Chandlee family makes a donation in honor of Judi Chandlee.

Students are dressed in rainbow colors at the assembly to honor Judi.

Click here to view more photos of the assembly at Eisenhower

DUBUQUE, IOWA—The Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools (FDPS) will announce a $70,000 gift from the family of the late Judi Chandlee in support of classroom grants across the district on Friday, January 6th.  The announcement will be made at Eisenhower Elementary School during a 2:00pm assembly celebrating kindness, the character word of the month.  Chad and Laura Chandlee, in addition to other members of the family, will be present to participate in the assembly.

Judi Chandlee served Dubuque’s students and families for more than 30 years as a kindergarten teacher at Eisenhower Elementary school.  She passed away in 2011, after battling cancer.  This significant gift from Judi’s family has been given to memorialize what would have been her 70^th birthday, and to show support for all teachers and students in Dubuque’s public schools.

The Judi Chandlee Tribute to Teachers fund is an endowment, or permanent fund, invested with FDPS’ partner agency, the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque.  The annual earnings will be used to provide classroom grants for current teachers in the Dubuque Community School District, as overseen by FDPS.  Friends, family, school district staff, and the public are invited to make their own charitable gifts to this fund, in support of grants to teachers now, and forever. 

EISENHOWER EXPRESS JANUARY 2017

Children’s author, Buck Wilder, visited Eisenhower Elementary School in November. He talked with the students about appreciating nature, promoted reading & writing, and discussed the process of writing and publishing his books. The kids enjoyed his presentation and many purchased books to take home!

A display of Buck Wilder’s books at the assembly	The Eisenhower kids enjoy listening to Buck Wilder speak.
Buck Wilder arrived in his fishing gear!	Buck’s wife also wore her fishing gear!

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On Thursday, December 8, 2nd and 3rd grade students from Eisenhower Elementary School performed in a winter music concert at Roosevelt Middle School.  Ms. McCormick and the kids did a fantastic job!

Click on the photo below to view the performance video!

2nd grade students took a very interesting field trip to the Dubuque Water Treatment Plant!  The water treatment plant is located next to Sutton Pool, down by the river. Students got to see how the water is tested, cleaned, moved through the different parts of the plant and then sent out to the people of Dubuque.  Thank you for hosting our students for this great field trip!

Click here to see more photos from the field trip! (Mrs. DeMuth’s class)

Students visit the testing lab	Students see the control room	Students look at samples of old pipes
Students move through the water treatment plant	Students look at the area where water begins the cleaning process	Students feel the cold from the water flowing through the pipes

Please take a look at the December edition of the Eisenhower Express!

EISENHOWER EXPRESS DECEMBER 2016

The October edition of Digital Fringe, an online gallery of student art in the Dubuque Community School District, is now live!

View the Elementary School Gallery

View the Middle and High School Gallery

This gallery is a way to highlight the remarkable products of art education in the district. It’s a digital attempt at bringing the work of our student artists at all levels into your home – because art is created for others to take in.

Thanks so much to our wonderful PTO organization!  The 2016 Eisenhower Walkathon was a great day for students and families alike!

Click here for more Walkathon photos!

Please take a look at the November edition of the Eisenhower Express!

EISENHOWER EXPRESS NOVEMBER 2016