First Day Reminders

Posted August 18, 2024

Dear Dragon Families, 

The first week of the 2024-25 academic school year is right around the corner. If you have not completed the required Denver Public Schools (DPS) online registration process, please do so as soon as possible. 

Essential Information:

  • All new and returning IBCS families must complete registration. If you have already submitted registration for this school year, you do not need to do it again. Registration must be completed by Friday, Aug. 16. If you are unable to access Online Registration we will be available for in-person registration on Wednesday, August 14th from 8:00am-12:00pm and on Thursday, August 15th from 2:00pm-6:00pm.

    How to Complete Registration
    1. Log into the Parent/Student Portal.
    2. Select ‘See All Apps.’
    3. Scroll down and select ‘Online Registration.’
    4. Select ‘More’ in the left column.
    5. Select ‘Online Registration.’

Important Information:

  • Lunch is free for all students and served in the cafeteria during designated grade level time. Regardless of economic status, and even though lunch is free this year, ALL Izzi B families are asked to complete the DPS You Benefit! Application. Completion of the form may reduce or even eliminate a family’s school-based fees associated with athletic participation, testing, courses, activities and field trips tied to curriculum. Completion of this form also provides our school with critical federal funding. Please, please fill out this form!
  • Breakfast will be served daily in the cafeteria from 7:30-7:40 am. This is a change for 24-25. All non-ECE students eating breakfast will enter through the main door by the main office. 
  • ECE will eat breakfast in their classrooms every day. 
  • School starts at 7:40 and ends at 2:40 every day for kindergarten-5th grade.
  • ECE school hours are 7:40-2:00 every day. ECE eats breakfast in their classrooms every day. 

Upcoming Dates: 

  • Please make sure to join us for Popscicles on the Playground on Friday, August 16, 2024 from  2:30-3:30. Please bring school supplies, as they will be brought to the classrooms during this time. 
  • First day of school for kindergarten through fifth grade is Monday, August 19, 2024.
  • Please note the first day for ECE is Tuesday, August 20, 2024
  • Please make plans to join us for Back to School Night on Thursday, Aug. 29, 5:30-7:00 p.m. 

First day of school procedures: 

  • On Monday, 8/19/24 all K-5th grade students will meet their teachers outside. Please refer to these slides for the 1st day procedures. 
    • Kindergarten will meet on the West side of the building by Kingston and students will line up outside of their classrooms and walk inside with their teachers. 
    • First through fifth grade will meet their classroom teachers outside on the playground. Students will look for the signs that teachers will be carrying and students will walk inside the building together promptly at 7:45. If you arrive after this time, please check in through the main office.
      • 1st/2nd grade teachers will be waiting by Door 15
      • 3rd/4th grade will meet at Door 17, which is adjacent to the garage doors.
      • 5th grade will meet at Door 18, which is located by the recycling bins. 

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 and daily thereafter for K-5:

  • On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 and every day forward, all students will follow the daily drop off and pick up procedures as outlined in the Arrival and Dismissal Maps and Process. Students who will be eating breakfast, served between 7:30 – 7:40am, will always enter through the front doors by the main office on Lima Street. 

Drop off-Pick-up General Information:


Please refer to the linked school map illustrating student entry points for drop-off and pick-up at Isabella Bird. Adults who drop-off and pick-up students must park in designated parking spots or along the street in permitted areas. Do not park or block the fire or bus lanes.  Driving down the fire lane is prohibited. Please be mindful and aware of others walking in the designated crosswalk areas.

Drop-off: 

  • ECE students enter through their classroom door at 7:30am. Jen’s door #111,  Bergen’s door #112 and Skip #113.
  • Kindergarten students enter on the west side of the building via door #11
  • 1st – 4th enter through the playground (exc. bus riders and Drop & Go)
  • 5th grade, non-ECE Drop & Go, and late arrivals enter through the front office
  • All bus riders will enter via door #5 on the south end of the building.

Pick-up: 

Please communicate your after school pick up plan with your child and teacher, so it is clear if they are walking home (permission form required), riding the bus, getting picked up at school, or going to Discovery Link.  Please contact the office for a walk home permission form or complete online and email to Darlene Rosas (Darlene_Rosas@dpsk12.net) or Michelle Lopez (sarah_lopez@dpsk12.net). 

  • Please note that all students must be picked up promptly at 2:40pm. Students who are not picked up on time will be taken to the front office and recorded for late pick-up. Teachers and staff are engaging in planning and professional learning after school so please be prompt in picking up in the afternoon. 

Our teachers and staff are excited to welcome you and your student/s for the 24-25 school year. It’s going to be an incredible year of engaged, meaningful learning and growth.

With gratitude,

Principal Rebecca Mercer