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Upcoming Important Dates
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Date
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Event/Activity
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Time
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Location
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February 7th
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PTSA Parent meeting
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7 PM
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ICS Lyceum
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February 8th
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Junior Parents Meeting
(mandatory)
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7 PM
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ICS Lyceum |
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February 23rd
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College Planning Discussion
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7 PM - 8:30 PM
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LWSD Resource Center, Sammamish Rooms
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PTSA Parent Meeting this week
Tuesday, February 7th
, 7:00-8:30pm at ICS Lyceum.
Here are the links to the PTSA meeting:
Note: There is no Principal Chat this month.
If you missed any parent meetings/principal chats, all the presentations are posted here.
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Mock Trial chocolate fundraiser
The Mock Trial Exec Team will be making a special visit to the PTSA meeting for its chocolate fundraiser. Purchase a bar of delicious Theo's Chocolate while supporting ICS Mock Trial. All of the proceeds will go towards student competition fees for regionals in February. So hit two birds with one stone, by satisfying your sweet tooth from locally made chocolate and helping enrich presentation and leadership skills in the student community of ICS. What a sweet deal!
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ICS PTSA Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee is now accepting nominations for next year's PTSA Board. If you are interested in serving or know someone who would be a great fit for the board, we would love to hear from you! Please send all inquiries to
[email protected]
. More information will be coming soon.
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ICS Focused College Planning Discussion
When: February 23, 2017, Thursday
Time: 7pm to 8:30pm
Where: Lake Washington Resource Center, Sammamish Rooms, Redmond Town Center
Why: Many ICS parents and students have questions, concerns and anxiety about the college planning and application process.
What: Three local college consultants will be making brief presentations followed by an open discussion on the college planning and application process with specific commentary for our ICS community.
Open to both ICS parents and students, please bring your questions and concerns to share. We look forward to seeing you in attendance for this engaging and informative discussion.
Further questions: Contact Glen Campbell, ICS parent since 2009.
Consultants include:
Also in attendance will be Kelsey Cummings, College and Career Counselor at ICS
Further Information at Higher Education Consultants Association.
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"Soup-er" Bowl Food Drive
Support our LWSD kids via
Hopelink
/Pantry Packs!
Help support LWPTSA Council's "Soup-
er
" Bowl food drive to benefit
Hopelink's
Pantry Pack program. Bring your items to our PTSA Parent Meeting February 7th, or drop them by the collection boxes outside the Council PTSA office at LWRC
.
What to bring? Think kid-friendly: soups, chili, spaghetti-o's, mac-n-cheese, ravioli, crackers, canned fruit! Check out the
list of needed food items
. Thanks in advance for your support!
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Kartik
Iyer
(Senior at ICS) has been nominated as a candidate for the 2017 Presidential Scholar program for his outstanding academic achievements during high school.
This is a very high form of recognition bestowed upon a high schooler. Candidates are selected from 3.5 million high school students that will graduate in 2017.
Finalists will be determined by end of April. Presidential scholars will be invited to a White House sponsored ceremony, awarded with a Presidential Scholar Medallion, and take part in other celebrations. Congratulations and Best wishes to
Kartik
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There are different ways you can support your school and help raise money for ICS. Please consider doing one or all of them to support our school.
- Box Tops
Parents and students can collect Box Tops for Education found on many packaged foods, like cereal boxes, or household items, like tissue boxes, etc. Bring the collected BoxTops to PTSA room, there is a designated collection box on the counter. Two or three times a year collected BoxTops are sent out for deposit to ICS account.
- Bartells Escrip program
With every purchase a parent makes at Bartells, ICS receives a percentage of their purchase. Register at the store. Just mention at register that you would like to sing up for escript program. Then use the member card any time when you shop at Bartell's.
- Everything Party
We also have a program with Everything Party, the party store in Redmond and Renton. At the check out let them know that you support ICS, the store will donate 10% of the purchase price to ICS. Please follow the link to find a store location.
- Red Robin
Red Robid will donate 1% of your check back to schools. All you need is a Red Robin loyalty card (you can join at the restaurant or on this link) and be sure to select International Community School as your school. Then, you just need to eat at Red Robin to donate.
- Amazon Smile
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support ICS PTSA every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to ICS.
On your first visit to AmazonSmile, you need to select a charitable organization to receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. The web site will remember your selection, and then every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation.
Make sure to chose "International Community School PTSA 2 8 89 Kirkland WA" as your designated organization to support.
More about AmazonSmile on this link.
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Please remind your kids to check for lost coats/jackets in the Lost and Found bins and the PTSA room. The coat rack in the PTSA room is overflowing. Items that have not been claimed for several months are donated to charities.
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Volunteering at ICS - Reminder
We are coming to the end of the first semester this year. Have you been volunteering and reporting your hours to the website? This is a great time to think about volunteering - the end of the year will be upon us in no time, and then it is very difficult to find opportunities to fill the 30 hour annual commitment.
A few reminders:
- Focus Week is May 22-26. Parent volunteers will be needed and requests for assistance will be posted in future newsletters.
- Volunteer hours cannot be gifted or transferred between families.
- Hours can be earned by adult family members or caregivers.
- Site Work Parties/Clean up hours count for ALL family members who attend - students, siblings, parents, etc.
If you need help finding opportunities, please read the weekly newsletter - this is where volunteer opportunities are advertised. You can also contact committee chairs directly if you'd like to work with a particular committee. Their contact information can be found in the school directory, or at this
link on the
PTSA website. If you still need help identifying opportunities or have questions, please contact
Kathy Thompson and
Julie Kotler. Thank you in advance for supporting our school, staff and students!
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Reporting Volunteer Hours
Here is how to record your volunteer hours:
- Log into the PTSA website using the log in form on the right side of the homepage.
- Click on Input Volunteer Hours under the Volunteering menu item on the left side of the screen.
- Complete all of the required information and click on the 'Submit' button. If you've already entered volunteer hours in the past, your last entry will be pre-populated on the screen. Simply edit the 'Category', 'Hours', and 'Comments' (if necessary) and click on the 'Submit' button once. If you do not click on the 'Submit' button, your hours will not be recorded.
Please note: You must first create an account on the website in order to record your hours. Once you've registered and 'confirmed' your registration, please allow 24 hours for your account to be approved. You will need an active account to enable you to post your volunteer hours. If you have questions about reporting your hours on the website or have trouble with logging on, please contact the PTSA webmaster for assistance. |
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The Student Study Center is Open!
Need someone to practice Spanish with for an upcoming test or just need feedback or ideas on a paper you've been working on? Student tutors are ready to help with all subjects. This is a great opportunity to get insight from fellow students who have been through the academic material before, it's free and there are snacks to ensure that the brain is fed.
The Student Study Center is open every day during lunch in the Library and every day except Wednesday in
Room 157 from 2:05 - 3:00 PM. Walk-ins welcome or you can sign up
here.
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Lake Washington PTSA Council Scholarships
Attention Seniors and Parents of Seniors! Fifteen $1,000 scholarships are available through the Lake Washington PTSA Council.
In addition to merit scholarships, they offer one 2-year or technical/vocational school or community college award, two education awards, a perseverance award and a turnaround award.
Students may apply for more than one scholarship. Click here to find out more and download the applications!
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