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This past weekend our Founder and Executive Director, Katie Kirley, was selected and honored by the City of Gary as a 2023 Phenomenal Woman for her positive impact on our city!🔥 This beautiful brunch honored the service and work of women who work tirelessly day in and day out to make our city a better place! Thank you for this honor, opportunity and recognition Re-imagine Gary 💙 #WeAreSteelCityStrong #CommunityImpact #ServiceLeadership

Are you looking for the right fit school for your Kindergarten baby? Or know a family looking for the best fit for next school year? Join us at Steel City Academy's Kindergarten Showcase to learn more about our kindergarten model, meet our staff and see the classroom!🎓🔥With this big decision approaching, we want you to see & feel exactly who we are and what we value to make the best decision for you and your family! ⚙️ #WeAreSteelCityStrong

Spring has sprung, and so has our break! Get ready to soak up the sun and have some fun! 🌷🌷🌷 Over the break parents will be able to pick up their student's quarter three report card on Friday, March 24th and Monday, March 27th! . Have a safe and relaxing break, we will see students Tuesday, March 28! #JOY #Purpose

We're on a roll with our student #SafetyHumanConnectionLearning experiences! Students 6th-8th visited VicTory 4 Kids Youth Healthcare Expo 🦠🥼🩻 this week where they received tons of information pertaining to health and careers, and even received some take-home goodies!

At Steel City, we believe deeply in wrapping our families and students in the love, support and resources they need to be their best selves💙🔥 Yesterday, our youngest students had the opportunity to visit a dentist for a dental screening and cleaning right here at school 🦷🪥. Thank you so much to the Gary Health Department for your partnership and a HUGE shout out to Nurse Williams for all her hard work coordinating this resource for our students to stay healthy! 💙🔥 #WeAreSteelCityStrong

🚜 Fair Oaks Farm provided an amazing experience and was able to spread so much #joy to our K-2 students with a facilitated tour around their farm 🚜 Students were able to learn the different life stages of animals as well as see them live in action. We thank the parents, student chaperones, and staff for coming out with our K-2 students. Lastly, a HUGE shout-out of gratitude to our CCR advisor, Ms. Matheny for making it happen! #SafetyHumanConnectionLearning 🐷🐄💙

We're back with another college tour! 🔥 Much gratitude and a huge shout out to our College & Career team for giving our Juniors the experience of visiting a range of colleges and universities this semester. This week is Purdue University and Indiana University Northwest College, where students were able to learn more about majors that are offered and visit a few of the many different colleges within. #SafetyHumanConnectionLearning 📚👣

As a reminder, students are able to enter the building between 7:50AM and 8:00AM. School begins at 8:00AM and school is dismissed at 3:00PM.🚌Students who arrive to school after 8:00AM are considered tardy. If a student receives and early dismissal, it will negatively impact their attendance!🔥Arriving to school on time will ensure that your child doesn't miss out on the important learning activities that happen early in the day when they are most alert.💙#AttendTodayAchieveTomorrow #ShowingUpMattersforREAL

At Steel City, every month we intentionally select a core value and aligned action to prioritize for our staff and create experiences to allow spaces to embody the value 🔥 As we inch closer to Spring Break and embark upon the craziness of testing season, we selected the JOY core value for March: specifically finding joy in the work we do and who we do it with! This week our staff engaged in "LolliPop Moment" reflections and the "Positive Energy Vending Machine" in our staff lounge to continue to bring joy to one another! #PositiveEnergyIsAMindset #Joy

In a time when so many people across our nation are leaving the field of education, we are so grateful for our Steel City teachers and staff who live in their purpose and work so hard for our children of Gary each and every day 💙 At Steel City, we intentionally create time and rituals to celebrate and honor our team- including starting Teacher and Staff Member of the Month Awards 📣 Our Leadership Team is proud to announce our February winners: Mr. Stevens (3rd Grade Teacher), Ms. Brown (High School Science Teacher) and Coach Moore (Culture Coordinator)🔥These incredible educators were recognized today in front of our entire staff and will continue to be celebrated with their reserved parking spot and customized swag 🔥💙🥇 #WeAreSteelCityStrong

It's March Madness Time at Steel City Academy!🏀💙🏀💙 Our incredible 5th & 6th Grade Humanities teacher- Ms. Harrell- created a stunning "Tournament of Books" Bulletin Board where students vote each round on their favorite book 📚 What started as the Elite 8 quickly went down to the Final Four and now students are voting on the Book Champion Today!📚What a creative and interactive way to bring our Literacy Strategic Priority to LIFE!🔥 #WeAreSteelCityStrong

If there is one thing you should know about the Steel City Community, we SHOW UP for one another! 💙 On Sunday our Elementary and High School Cheerleaders competed in their first competition in years and the stands were PACKED with students, staff, families and parents with homemade signs, swag and a WHOLE lot of cheering & clapping! Thank you to everyone who showed up to support our young women! 📣✊🏽🔥 #WeAreSteelCityStrong #Community #SafetyHumanConnectionLearning

It's Dr. Seuss Week at Steel City Academy! Please join us in celebrating literacy and the love of children's books by participating in our spirit days📚🎓💚 #WeAreSteelCityStrong

Steel City Families: Don't forget that IREAD testing for second, third, and select fourth and fifth graders BEGINS tomorrow, March 6th and takes place all week!📝 This assessment tests grade level reading proficiency.📖 It is mandatory in the state of Indiana. Please ensure that your student is present, on time, and well rested. If you have any questions regarding IREAD testing, please contact Mrs. Qiana Williams at qiana.williams@steelcityacademy.org.💙 #ReadBabyRead #WeAreSteelCityStrong

Our March Attendance Challenge starts tomorrow! 💯 Starting March 6th-March 31st students who attend the remaining 12 days of March will receive a FREE Ice Cream treat on April 3rd during lunch. 🍨🍦 #AttendTodayAchieveTomorrow #ShowingUpMattersforREAL real

IREAD testing for second, third, and select fourth and fifth graders is during the week of March 6 - March 10, 2023.📝 This assessment tests grade level reading proficiency.📖 It is mandatory in the state of Indiana. Please ensure that your student is present, on time, and well rested. If you have any questions regarding IREAD testing, please contact Mrs. Qiana Williams at qiana.williams@steelcityacademy.org.💙 #ReadBabyRead #WeAreSteelCityStrong

Dear Steel City Academy, For years, families, students and staff have welcomed the first snow day of the year with immense JOY! Yet after COVID and the adoption of E Learning Days, this is a joy that many school communities sadly no longer get to experience. Sleeping in, drinking hot chocolate, playing out in the snow, cozying up with your favorite book, taking a midday nap as the snow comes down! For all of these reasons and more, Steel City Academy will have NO SCHOOL tomorrow, Friday, March 3rd in honor of the 1st snow day of the year. The building will be closed for students and staff and there will be no E Learning. We plan to return on Monday, March 6th to get back to the most important work: learning! But in the meantime, enjoy this day! Stay safe and warm! Yours in love and light, Ms. Kirley

We couldn't end Black History Month without giving a shout-out to our first-grade teacher, Ms. Larkins, and paraprofessional, Ms. B Ringo! Such an amazing job educating our babies on historical Black figures and starting those presentation skills early. #YouCan'tBeWhatYouCan'tSee It was a #Joy to watch and we look forward to more of these experiences! #WeAreSteelCityStrong 💙🤍💙

We are wrapping up our Black History Month spirit week with some great photos of our staff bringing the #JOY and showing off our HBCU, Black pride, and social justice wear ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾💙 We celebrate Black History every month at Steel City, yet go a little further in February with Spirit Weeks, regular lessons, field trips and competitions! #WeAreSteelCityStrong ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾💙

Junior Parents, Families and Students- MARK YOUR CALENDARS 🗓️ School Day SAT testing for Steel City juniors will be on Thursday, March 2, 2023. 💙 This assessment is mandatory graduation requirement in the state of Indiana. 🎓 Please ensure that your student is present, on time, and well rested. If you have any questions regarding SAT testing, please contact Ms. Megan Smith at megan.smith@steelcityacademy.org.💙⚙️🔥 #PostSecondaryPathways #GaryIndiana