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Add your voice to the Superintendent Search Survey, now through February 23, and ask questions about the search process at the Virtual Q&A on February 11.
![A row of students playing trumpet in a school gym with adults in the bleachers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1770396694/isd199org/cuhg6p8mzz8djbnfry5h/IGHMSBridgingBandConcert2026_T3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1770396694/isd199org/cuhg6p8mzz8djbnfry5h/IGHMSBridgingBandConcert2026_T3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1770396694/isd199org/cuhg6p8mzz8djbnfry5h/IGHMSBridgingBandConcert2026_T3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1770396694/isd199org/cuhg6p8mzz8djbnfry5h/IGHMSBridgingBandConcert2026_T3.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1770396694/isd199org/cuhg6p8mzz8djbnfry5h/IGHMSBridgingBandConcert2026_T3.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1770396694/isd199org/cuhg6p8mzz8djbnfry5h/IGHMSBridgingBandConcert2026_T3.jpg","width":2000}])
Bands across the district, 5th grade through high school, performed together at the district's annual Bridging Band Concert.
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Salem Hills and Atheneum 4th graders hosted a garage sale to practice business skills while raising funds for a good cause.
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Be ready in case of a school closure this winter. Read about ISD 199's Winter Weather Procedures here.
![ISD 199 School Resource Officer Nathan Taarud answers a student's questions at a school event outside]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762461976/isd199org/yl8wqtiq5dxr1fedrflb/SHTitleINight2025_web7.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762461976/isd199org/yl8wqtiq5dxr1fedrflb/SHTitleINight2025_web7.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762461976/isd199org/yl8wqtiq5dxr1fedrflb/SHTitleINight2025_web7.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762461976/isd199org/yl8wqtiq5dxr1fedrflb/SHTitleINight2025_web7.jpg","width":1200}])
Enhancing safety was a key part of our 2024 referendum. Now, dozens of updates have been made to further increase safety for our students, staff, and families.
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