🏆🦅We did it, Indian Hills! 🦅🏆

We are honored to share that Indian Hills Elementary has been named the Best Public School in the City of Topeka in the 2025 Topeka Community Choice Awards!

This recognition belongs to our entire school family—our dedicated staff, supportive parents, and most importantly, our amazing students who make Indian Hills such a special place to learn and grow. 🩵

Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote and show your support. We are proud to serve this incredible community and will continue working every day to give our students the very best.

1st-5th Grade Meet the Teacher Night

Please bring $5/student to fund the class holiday parties. Thank you!

🚨🚨🚨Crossing Guard Needed 🚨🚨🚨

Do you know of someone in the Indian Hills community that would love a before and after school job being a crossing guard? Apply here!

https://careers.usd437.net/jobs/6255871-crossing-guard-ih tyar

Transportation to and from School
There are going to be more options this year for how students can get to and from school. Please read the information below as there are changes to how things have been in the past.

Bus
If your child will be a bus rider this year make sure to download the My Ride K-12 app. Routing information will be ready closer to the first day of school so please check back then. Bus fees that you may have will need to be paid prior to the first day of school to reserve your child’s spot on the bus. These can be paid within the parent portal. Bus riders will receive their bus card on the first day of school to scan on and off the bus.

Car Rider
Our car rider line is the former “bus lane loop” on the WEST side of the school by the Kindergarten ramp. You will not drop off or pick up students from the main parking lot unless it is during school hours and your child is coming late or leaving early for the day. If your child will be eating breakfast at school you can drop them off anytime after 8:15. If your child is not eating breakfast we encourage a drop off after 8:25 AM as they will be able to go directly to their classroom at that time. When you drive into our car lane you will pull as far in as you can along the yellow sidewalk curb. Once your car has come to a complete stop at the yellow curb students may exit the vehicle on the passenger side only. At dismissal, we encourage any siblings or carpools to stand together so there is one pickup point. Students can enter/exit the vehicle from the passenger side only against the sidewalk. We cannot block traffic on Indian Hills Road so a double lane may occur at the end of the pick up line to zipper merge together into one lane for the pick up line. Please be patient with students and staff as we make this as safe and efficient as possible for our families.

Please note: Do NOT use the main parking lot for car line drop off and pick up. This is for school buses only at arrival and dismissal times. If you want to park and pick up your child at dismissal you must park at Susanna Wesley church and walk over.

Walking/Biking
Students are able to walk or bike to school. We encourage parents to assist their child if they are doing this, especially in the first days. There are going to be 2 official supervised crosswalks. One will be located at 29th and Romar directly across from the school. The other will be on Indian Hills Road and Bingham. Students will be required to use a cross walk to cross these busy roads. If your child is biking, helmets are required. There will be a bike rack available at the school. Bike locks should be used. Auburn-Washburn is not responsible for lost or stolen bikes.

Susanna Wesley Before/After School Care
Our school utilizes the church next to Indian Hills for before and after school care. The students are walked over to and from by their staff. More information can be found here.

This week we have been getting to know our newest students at Kindergarten Bootcamp! It has been such a fun week preparing for what it will be like as a kindergartner!

INDIAN HILLS SPIRIT WEAR

Shop our IH Spirit Store for the whole family! Orders will arrive to IH mid-October. If you would like your order sooner you can select H&H Designs for in store pick up. Located in Fairlawn Plaza shopping center.

Meet your Indian Hills Teachers!

Students will find out who their teacher is on August 7th at 4:00 PM via e-mail.

We can’t wait to see you on Monday, August 11 between 4:30-6:00 for 1st-5th grade Meet the Teacher/School Supply Night! If you ordered your school supplies through the IH PTO they will be in your classroom waiting for you.

Here is the school supply list by grade level: https://usd437.net/documents/student/school-information/supply-list/versions/indian-hillser

🚧 CONSTRUCTION UPDATE 🚧

The crews are busy at work with a completion date of August 8.

We can’t wait to welcome our families to see our completed space during Meet the Teacher/School Supply night on August 11 from 4:30-6:00 PM.

4th graders Nash and Paxton helped us with the chicken dance during the talent show this morning!