Do you need volunteer hours? We Need Your Help in the Lunchroom!   

We are in need of parent volunteers to help in the lunchroom. It is a fun and easy way to get some volunteer hours and meet other parents. 

Lunch is served Monday - Friday; we have many parents that use their work lunch break to help us in the lunchroom. If you are available, please consider helping us! Volunteers are needed now for these positions:   

Please contact Amy Iracheta  if you are interested in helping or if you have any questions.  

 

Parent volunteers needed for Student Summit Planning Committee  

Parent volunteers are needed to help plan and develop three days of relevant, inspiring and college planning related activities for our Grade 9-12 students on September 5-7, the start of the new school year.   

The Committee's first meeting will be held during Focus Week next month between May 23th-25th.   

The volunteers will work directly with counselor Lis Christiansen and utilize the template and contacts that have been established from the previous two very successful years of implementation.     

If you are interested in joining this committee, you must be the parent of a 9-12 th  grade student next year and be available for the first meeting, future planning meetings and to assist at the event, September 5-7, 2017.    

Please email Kathy Thompson and Julie Kotler,   to express your interest in helping with this event. 

We hope to have a mix of parents from all high school grades who can help.  

Lunch Time Game Keepers Needed on Wednesdays and Substitutes   

The Game Keepers are in need of a volunteer (or two) who can help cover their duties on Wednesdays during lunch. 

They are also in need of volunteers who would like to volunteer as substitutes to fill in when needed. 

As a volunteer, you would be responsible for setting up/ taking down the ping pong tables and checking out the outdoor balls to students. 

Please email our Volunteer Coordinators, if you are interested or have any questions.

Spanish Club Volunteer and Parent Sponsor Needed   

In need of volunteer hours? Help set up the Spanish Club at ICS!   

We need 1 or 2 parents to volunteer to research enrichment programs that would be involved in setting up the Spanish Club activities such as researching activities   

and planning Spanish Night. 

Please contact Candice Boyd for more information. 

Volunteer Opportunity: ICS Prom Chaperone
Our Prom Dance is May 13th at the College Club in Seattle. It will be held on one of the club's boats. 
Venue Address: 11 E. Allison Street, Seattle, WA
We need chaperoning for this dance from 7pm to 12am (Prom is from 8pm to 11pm). It is best if parents stay for the whole time.
If you can volunteer on Saturday, May 13th from 7pm to 12am, please email  Ms. Lentz with your details.

Volunteer Chaperones Needed For Grades 6-7-8 Camp in September 2017   

Camp will be September 6-8, 2016 at Camp  Cispus  near Randle, Washington. We need 17 parent chaperones to attend camp with the students and staff. Please apply via email by May 19.   

Requirements:   

• 6 Male chaperones  
• 6 Female Chaperones  
• Male or Female Chaperones (Kitchen help for mealtimes, no cabin duty)  
• 1 parent (preferably a nurse or doctor) to offer first aid for campers 

•  Approximately 6 of the chaperones need to be available to leave for camp on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 5 to drive the camp counselors and several staff to camp to set up. On that afternoon, we need one of those parents to drive a trailer (or large pick-up) with supplies to the camp also. These chaperones will return home Friday afternoon with the camp counselors and staff after the camp is cleaned up and the supplies reloaded in the trailer.  
• The remaining parent chaperones will be leaving the school early on Wednesday, September 6 with the camper students and the remainder of the staff on buses. This group will also return on Friday late afternoon.  
• Parent chaperones are responsible for their cabin groups at night and attend to their assigned groups during the daytime leading them to class locations. Campers attend classes and activities during the day that are led by student counselors; parent chaperones are usually free during the class time. 
• Kitchen help at mealtimes works with the Camp Cispus kitchen staff and are bunked in with the other parents.  
• All parent chaperones will attend an informational meeting before we leave for camp on August 30, 2017 at 5pm. This meeting is followed by the general parent meeting for camp at 6pm. This is the same date that ICS registration day is expected to be on.  

If you would like to apply to be a parent chaperone for ICS Camp next fall, please email Kelsey Cummings and respond to the following questions:   

1. Name?   

2. Student's Name/Grade Level?   

3. Phone?   

4. Email?   

5. Male or Female?   

6. Kitchen Help? Yes or No   

7. Go early to camp on Tuesday? Yes or No   

8. If you can go on Tuesday, how many passengers can you take in your vehicle?   

9. Can your vehicle pull a trailer or is it a pick up? Yes or No   

10. Why do you think you would be a good camp chaperone?   

11. What kind of training will you need or expect to be able to fulfill your duties?   

12. Are you willing and able to enforce ICS rules both during camp activities and at night in the student cabins?   

The deadline for applications is May 19, 2017. 

Volunteering Update   

We want to thank all of the parents who have volunteered their time so far this year. 

Parent involvement makes such a difference in the experience of our ICS students. In fact, as of the end of March, we have 122 families who have met or exceeded their 30-hour volunteer commitment for the year. Great job! 

However, we also have 118 families who have not logged a single hour. If you have been volunteering and have not had a chance to report your hours, please do so ASAP. You can only get credit for your volunteer hours if you report them (see instructions below). As a reminder, families will be asked to pay $30/outstanding hour in June. 

 

There are less than three months left of school and it is going to become increasingly difficult to find opportunities to fill the 30- hour annual commitment. If you need help finding opportunities, please be sure to read the weekly newsletter - this is where the volunteer opportunities are advertised. 

You can also contact committee chairs directly if you would like to work with a particular committee. Their contact information can be found in the school directory or at this link. 

If you still need help identifying opportunities or have questions, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Kathy Thompson.