o   Your options include staying with Ignite and going to our new location next year! We will still be providing transportation to and from our new location.

o   Your child can stay at the neighborhood school at Diggs with the new operator

o   You enter lottery through Enroll Indy for other school options within the city.

o   Enroll Indy website can assist with enrolling your child for any option (https://enrollindy.org/).

o   Yes! Ignite is in good standing with the Mayor’s Office of Education Innovation and has full support from Mayor Hogsett to continue serving families at our new and improved facility next year!

o   Yes! Prior to this year Ignite received two excellent school reviews in a row! While there’s a probationary status currently, Ignite has shown great growth in several academic areas throughout the pandemic.

o   No! Ignite is in good standing with the Mayor’s Office of Education Innovation and has full support from Mayor Hogsett to continue serving families at our new facility next year!

o   Ignite leadership had been working on a plan to for a new facility due to concerns with the partnership with IPS.  While we are thankful for the opportunity to serve with IPS and to serve at Diggs School, it was best not to renew our agreement with IPS to operate at Diggs School so that we could secure our own facility and transportation for our students.  Unfortunately, Ignite’s desire to part ways with IPS was not communicated appropriately to the news media when the announcement was made.

o   Yes! Ignite will still be providing before and after school care.

Feel free to call, text or e-mail the following administrators at any time.

Brooke Beavers, Head of School 951.206.0768 or bbeavers@igniteindy.org
Shy-Quon Ely II, Head of School 317.490.3703 or sely@igniteindy.org
Kim Ballin, Business Operations Manager 574.276.2789 or kballin@igniteindy.org

School will start promptly at 7:20am and end at 5:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 4:00-5:30pm will be dedicated to after-school enrichment programming and is not required. Parents may opt to pick up for dismissal at 4pm, however any scholar that is a bus rider will not be dismissed until 5:30pm.

School will start at 7:20am and end at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Bus transportation to scholars living within the boundary will be provided during the 11:30am dismissal. There will be after-care options available for families if needed.

Scholars that are eligible may receive assistance. Please reach out to our Business Office Manager, Kim Ballin if you have questions:

Kim Ballin, Business Operations Manager 574.276.2789 or kballin@igniteindy.org

All medication must be brought to the clinic and given to the school nurse. The nurse will have you complete a parent consent form for disbursement of medicine. NEVER send your scholar to school with medicine.

Always call the Front Office first (number to be announced). If in the event, you cannot get through, please reach out to one of the following staff members:

Brooke Beavers, Head of School 951.206.0768 or bbeavers@igniteindy.org
Shy-Quon Ely II, Head of School 317.490.3703 or sely@igniteindy.org
Kim Ballin, Business Operations Manager 574.276.2789 or kballin@igniteindy.org

To ensure the safety of your scholar, all contact information needs to be updated as soon as possible. Please drop by our office during normal business hours to complete a “Scholar Update” form.

We will follow the same inclement weather schedule as Indianapolis Public Schools. News stations will broadcast the closure or delay. We will also send out an automated message if school is cancelled or delayed. If in the event, you are still unsure, feel free to reach out to administration for clarification.

At Ignite, we are committed to serving the WHOLE child. The first portion of our day is devoted to a whole school community time in which scholars participate in celebrations and rituals to honor themselves and their school. All scholars receive a lunch and recess and our kindergarten scholars receive a nap time. Brain breaks are sprinkled throughout the day in which scholars dance, shout or practice calming strategies. All academic instruction ends at 4pm. From 4-5:30pm an optional enrichment block is offered for scholars to participate in clubs and other extra-curriculars.