Ms. Valerie Rainey is joining the Japan District as the new Principal of Ikego Elementary School in Yokosuka, Japan. Ms. Rainey began her career in education 12 years ago in Utah before joining DoDEA in 2009. She comes to Japan with an array of classroom and administrative experience, having previously taught at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. She is also an experienced special education teacher. While working in Utah, she held school administration positions as both an Assistant Principal and Principal.

Ms. Rainey joins the Japan District from Incirlik, Turkey, where she had re-entered the classroom to reconnect with students and refresh her classroom management experience. While administration is her passion, Ms. Rainey feels at home in the classroom and enjoys interacting with students, colleagues, and parents to build strong school and community relationships. Ms. Rainey is excited to join the Japan District with her husband Greg, and daughters Bella and Sophia.






Principal's Message
Welcome to Ikego Elementary School! The staff and I welcome you and your child to School Year 2012-2013. At Ikego we have a strong sense of community and partnership focused on your child’s education. My hope is that you will feel this as soon as you enter our school.

Ikego Elementary services students roughly 200 students from the Ikego Housing Area. There is a tremendous opportunity for you as parents to be involved in your child’s education. Our classrooms provide students with a rigorous education that is differentiated to meet individual student needs. In addition to our regular education services we provided a multitude of support programs as well.

We are currently implementing our two Continuous School Improvement goals. Improving reading comprehension across the curriculum and strengthening writing across the curriculum are our focus. I encourage you to visit the school and meet with your child’s teacher and partner with us to help us strengthen these two focus areas.

One of DoDEA’s initiatives is the Foreign Language Elementary School (FLES) program. This program provides our students in kindergarten through third grade with an introduction to the Spanish language and culture.

Please visit our school Internet site http://www.ikego-es.pac.dodea.edu. As well, DoDEA information is available at the following website www.dodea.edu. For specific Ikego Elementary School information, you may visit Fireflynet at https://ikego.pac.dodea.edu (log-on instructions and credentials are provided via parent email). If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact the school.

It is my vision that Ikego Elementary School provides all students with a high quality education that will allow them to reach high academic standards in a safe and nurturing environment. We look forward to working with you to make this a successful, productive, and rewarding school year for all the students.

Respectfully,
Valerie Rainey
Principal, Ikego Elementary School
Principal.IkegoES@pac.dodea.edu
Phone: DSN 246-8320