The 2021-22 Safety and Planning Guide is a web resource that provides information about IUSD’s planning, protocols and mitigation efforts to prevent and limit the spread of COVID-19 on our campuses. Please review for important health and safety reminders.  
Join IUSD’s Prevention and Intervention team for a series of virtual mental health and wellness enrichment programs this summer. The workshops are open to both parents/guardians and students.
IUSD’s Nutrition Services we will be closed Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day.  This week, IUSD will serve meals, as part of the Community Feeding Program, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and will provide three breakfasts and three lunches for each student on these days.
Today is National School Nurse Day, which is part of National Nurses Week.  IUSD would like to recognize and thank our dedicated and caring school nurses.  In addition to their regular work hours, they have gone above and beyond to support IUSD staff, students and families, and the community throughout this year. 
The following Mental Health Awareness Month letter from Superintendent Walker highlights the important connection between mental health and positive student and educational outcomes.  Also included is information about IUSD services, resources and supports for students and families.  
As part of IUSD’s ongoing effort to prevent and limit the spread of COVID-19, the District has extended no cost COVID-19 testing for IUSD students, staff and staff dependents through April. 
As at home learning continues in both IUSD’s Hybrid Academic Model and IUSD’s Virtual Academy, IUSD is committed to supporting students and parents.  This article provides information and resources to help establish structures and routines for your family. 
IUSD school nurses are working beyond their normal hours to provide community COVID-19 support at vaccination clinics and/or through an after-hours helpline to provide IUSD families and staff health information and resources as part of the county’s COVID-19 Schools Response Team.
National School Counseling Week, "School Counselors: All In for All Students," and is from Feb. 1-5 and focuses public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors, who work in partnership with other educators, families and community resources to support all students.
As part of the Irvine Unified School District’s ongoing effort to prevent and limit the spread of COVID-19 in our schools and facilities, the District in partnership with LivingFit Nation Corporate Wellness will offer, at no cost to participants, COVID-19 testing for students and IUSD employees and their dependents through Feb. 22.