School

Welcome to the Iowa City Moms Blog Preschool Guide 2018! Searching for the right place for your child to learn and grow can be overwhelming, so we are here to help. There are an abundance of preschools, child care...

You fought through the aisles to hunt down the exact school supplies as listed. You made sure the pencils are sharpened and the glue sticks are plenty. You coordinated the first day of school outfits with your child’s unique style in...

If you were like me after graduating high school, you had your whole life mapped out. It may have gone something like this: go to college, get married, begin motherhood. While life happened, college got rearranged in my life plan,...

Updated April 12, 2023 Are you considering a move to (or within) the Iowa City area? We may be biased, but you're about to be a resident of one of the best places to live, work, and raise a family! A...

It's back to school for Iowa City kiddos! Iowa City public elementary schools start before 8:00 a.m., meaning less time to get up and at 'em. If you're like me, you need a few quick ways to make the...

Between the glue sticks and the composition notebooks, we find our fellow moms. We will meet up again in the aisle alongside the colored folders. Together, we help decipher our supply lists and figure out which ones are the...

Over the last several years, there has been a dramatic push to enhance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs in schools. Public and private educators alike, along with policy makers, have created initiatives that have called for an...

Starting kindergarten can be daunting for both students and parents. When my son started his elementary school career I remember having a hard time figuring out exactly what I was supposed to do to get him started, and when...

What a week this was. It started with the viral hashtag #metoo on Monday. According to cnn.com, it started by Alyssa Milano tweeting: "Suggested by a friend: If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote, "Me too"...

Today 95% of Americans own a cell phone. That number was 60% 15 years ago (the first iPhone was released in 2007) and only 30% 20 years ago.  This is just one example of the pace at which technology...