The first day of school was a huge success! 🎉 Students met their teachers, made new friends, and learned the Otter Way. Here’s to an amazing year ahead! 🦦📚 #BackToSchool #OtterWay
7 months ago, Danielle Daubin
Miss Jodi is ready for the first day of school
moving on up to 2nd grade
drop off was a success
2nd grade welcomed new students to IME
Otters, we are ready to welcome you back to school and can't wait to see you all tomorrow morning. Get ready to have an amazing year!
7 months ago, Danielle Daubin
Mr. Jason is ready for the first day of school!
Welcome Back Otters
Don’t miss out on the fun photo background
Ike the Otter is ready for photo opportunities
Teachers are back and excited to reconnect! They are anxious to welcome students on campus.
8 months ago, Danielle Daubin
building community
starting the year off right by building community
The Otter Hall of Fame is ready to showcase exceptional otters who model our SWIM traits! 🦦✨ We can’t wait to welcome our otters back and fill the halls with joy, laughter, and celebrations! 💛💙 #OtterPride #SWIM
8 months ago, Danielle Daubin
Otter Wall of Fame
Huge thanks to our amazing students, parents, staff & teachers who volunteered their time this summer coding books in the IME library! 📚 Your hard work is helping us get ready to launch Accelerated Reader. We couldn’t have done it without you! 🙌 #IMEproud
8 months ago, Danielle Daubin
Parents, students, support staff and teachers all joined in the labor of love of coding books for AR
Coding books for AR.
The final day of IME’s first year was filled with joy! We kicked off with our last High 5 greeting, followed by a rally to celebrate our 5th graders. Room 24 wrapped up with a fun raffle and special mementos. Thank you to our staff, students & community for an amazing year! 💛
9 months ago, Danielle Daubin
Saying goodbye to our 5th grade students is not easy. We will miss them.
5th graders enjoying their final rally and slide show honoring their year.
Excited about his prize for the classroom raffle!
So excited to get his special raffle item.
A special reminder to 5th graders that their buddies will miss them.
The first annual Staff vs. Student Kickball Game was a blast! 🥎💥 5th graders learned just how competitive the IME staff can be—amazing catches, wild base running, and a homerun by Mr. C! Shoutout to 1st–4th graders for the cheers. 4th grade... time to start training! 💪 #IMEstrong
9 months ago, Danielle Daubin
The staff showed up and gave it their all!
MVPs of Kickball! Way to go gentlemen.
Best way to kickoff our Staff vs. Student Kickball Game.
The students did not take kindly to losing to the "old" teachers!
Field Day was an awesome way to celebrate an amazing year! 🎉 Huge thanks to the Field Day Committee & all the volunteers who made it so special. The water stations were definitely a student favorite! 💦☀️ #FieldDayFun #Gratitude #IMEstrong
9 months ago, Danielle Daubin
Field day was a hit. Students loved all of the water stations.
Dip, dip, dunk was a fun twist on duck. duck. goose!
All smiles at field day.
Parents did not take it easy on our 5th graders- they got soaked.
Today we celebrated our 1st–5th graders at the Awards Ceremony! 🏅 Students were honored for showing SWIM traits, Otter Roll, Academic Excellence & Growth. Special congrats to our 5th grade award winners, including recipients of the Bradon Gruber & Isaac R. Montanez awards! 💛👏
9 months ago, Danielle Daubin
The recipient of the Isaac R. Montanez Award
1st and 2nd grade students were honored for being welcoming and inclusive to all.
Academic Excellence recipient was all smiles.
Students were recognized for their academic growth.
Our kindergarteners sang their hearts out at the Kinder Celebration, filling the room with smiles and joy! 🎶🎉 They’re ready to take on 1st grade with confidence and excitement. We’re so proud of them! 💛 #KinderCelebration #FutureFirstGraders #IMEstrong
9 months ago, Danielle Daubin
The kindergarten class sang their hearts out for the goodbye to kinder celebration.
Oh no... kinder students played their parts well.
Big smiles for the families.
One of our favorite WizFit rewards? Being Administrator for the Day! 🏫✨ Our student admin helped with recess duty, honoring volunteers, and got a taste of leadership. Watch out—we might have two future principals in the making! 👏 #WizFit #StudentLeader #IMEstrong
9 months ago, Danielle Daubin
Principal Daubin for the day
Our admin for the day are official with their BUSD badges.
The best part of the day was being able to use their whistle!
The future Ms. Brown.
Huge thanks to our incredible IME volunteers! 💐 Staff hosted a lovely brunch to honor those who’ve shared their time and talents—from art docents to copy fairies to Parents' Club. Our students have flourished thanks to your support! 💛 #Gratitude #IMEstrong
9 months ago, Danielle Daubin
We appreciate our volunteers
A little brunch for a BIG thank you to these amazing volunteers.
Thank you so much for all of the help.
Our volunteers are appreciated.
A few more pictures of Anything but a Backpack Spirit day because the creativity is simply amazing!
9 months ago, Danielle Daubin
A tool box and a cooler served as a backpack today.
Cereal Pack!
So creative - who would have thought of a toilet in lieu of a backpack?!
Anything But a Backpack Spirit Day was a blast! 🧃🛒🎒 Our creative Otters showed up with everything from cereal box "packs" to strollers, shopping carts, and even a homemade toilet! Staff loved the fun—so much imagination in one day! 💡👏 #OtterPride #SpiritDayFun
9 months ago, Danielle Daubin
Kinder students got creative
Third grade students had a wide variety of non-backpack options
4th grade student fit all of her belongings in a mini shopping cart!
Why not turn a stroller into a backpack for the day?!
IME Community, meet your 2025–26 Parents' Club Board! 🎉 They’re excited to start planning for a great year ahead. Huge thanks to our 2024–25 Board for making this year truly magical—we’re so grateful for your dedication! 💛✨
10 months ago, Danielle Daubin
Congratulations PC
Instructional Aide Job Fair for the 2025-26 school year.
10 months ago, Danielle Daubin
job fair
Thank you to Dingle Farms for bringing the petting zoo to IME! 🐐🐇🪿 Our TK students loved meeting and petting the animals. Huge shoutout to our amazing parent volunteers for keeping everyone safe and smiling! 💚 #IMEfun #PettingZooDay
10 months ago, Danielle Daubin
Students loved petting the soft bunny.
Students were not afraid to pet the geese.
Students were all smiles during the petting zoo.
They were shocked with how soft their feather are.
Open House was a huge success! 🎉 3rd graders wowed us with a Brentwood performance & students proudly shared their work. Thanks to families who visited the Book Fair—your support helps us keep our shelves full! Huge shoutout to staff for making Open House so magical! 💛📚
10 months ago, Danielle Daubin
So much fun wok to see in 2nd grade.
4th grade students proudly show their parents their work.
The book fair was a huge success.
5th grade students show off their hard work.
Our 3rd graders wowed us today with their animated songs and rich narration, bringing Brentwood's history to life! 🎶📚 Huge thanks to Mrs. Saylor, Mrs. Cook, and Mrs. Sayers for guiding such a powerful performance! 👏 #ProudMoment #BrentwoodHistory
10 months ago, Danielle Daubin
The Brentwood historian kicked off the show.
Thank you to the 3rd grade teachers for organizing such a great performance.
Our proud 3rd graders were thrilled to see Ike Montanez, Dr. Eaton, and Dr. Thornhill in the audience.
3rd graders told us the history of Brentwood through song and narration.
🎶 The California Gold Rush! 🎤 Our 4th & 5th graders brought history to life through songs and storytelling. The 49ers had big dreams—but turns out, the Gold Rush wasn’t all it was cracked up to be! Thank you Mr. Allen. 💰⛏️ #StudentVoices #GoldRushHistory #CreativeLearning
10 months ago, Danielle Daubin
4th and 5th grade California Gold Rush presentation
The gold rush wasn't all it was made to be.
Gold Bust songs underway.
4th and 5th grade students perform