The Solon Community School District has a comprehensive plan to address a variety of emergency situations. To best prepare all students and staff, each school conducts drills for fire, severe weather and active intruder minimally once per semester.Please see the message from the Superintendent, Dr. Eidahl, regarding the district's steps that have been taken to... READ MORE >
Parent-Teacher Conference season is just about in full-swing in the Solon Community School District. Here is the schedule for district early releases over the course of the next two weeks for the purpose of holding Parent/Teacher Conferences in each building.Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:45 Dismissal - Intermediate School & Middle School Conferences; High School &... READ MORE >
CONGRATULATIONS to the Solon Spartan Football Team on a great win Friday night against Pella! With this win, the team will play at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls this Thursday, the 14th at 8:30 p.m. We are excited to watch our team take on Sergeant Bluff Luton and encourage our students, staff, and families to cheer them on. With the game beginning at 8:30, we... READ MORE >
To Our Solon Families and Community: The Solon Community School District is excited to announce the official launch of the NEW district website on Friday, November 1st! The website's address will continue to be solon.k12.ia.us. Once the new website goes live, it may take a few hours for a complete transition from the old site to the new. This new website will... READ MORE >
On the evening of Monday, October 28 the school district hosted the first Mental Health Advisory Meeting in the Solon Center of the Arts lobby to share progress made towards its priorities. These priorities include providing professional development to staff to learn more about the research behind Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), efforts to implement the DESSA... READ MORE >
Solon Cross Country team members qualified for the State Cross Country meet slated for Saturday, November 2. The girls team took the top spot as a team to qualify as a team. The top seven girls to compete on the 2nd are Kiersten Conway, Emma Bock, Mary Fiala, Kaia Holtkamp, Aira Foster, Nicole Shafer, and Meghan O'Neill. Gabe Hinman qualified in the boys'... READ MORE >
Heather Wyjack, Solon Preschool Teacher, was recognized by 98.1 KHAK as teacher of the week. Wyjack was nominated by her colleague, Stephanie Jenson. See the full story on KHAK's website. Congratulations to Mrs. Wyjack! READ MORE >
Lakeview Kindergarten students are showing great progress in their early reading skills during the first several weeks of school. With strong collaboration between Amy Ewald, the K-5 Model Literacy Interventionist, and the Kindergarten teachers, students are showing tremendous progress toward early reading goals."All Kindergarten students will identify all letters... READ MORE >
On Monday, October 7, 2019 All Solon staff learned about the aspects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the impact of trauma on students' health and ability to learn. District personnel learned the importance of building resiliency in our students as a strategy to help students overcome some of the symptoms of trauma. READ MORE >
The Solon School District will begin efforts to better understand the social emotional learning (SEL) needs of its students through the use of a districtwide screener called the DESSA. The first screening or rating period will begin on October 7th and end by October 18th. Parent information will be sent home prior to the beginning of the rating period to provide... READ MORE >