ICS PTSA NEWSLETTER
June 11th, 2017
Upcoming Important Dates

Date
Event/Activity
Time
Location
June 19th
ICS Graduation 5:00 PM Overlake Christian Church
June 19th-21st
Finals 7:30 AM - noon ICS 
June 22nd
Laptop and Textbook return 7:30 AM - 2:00 PM ICS 
FROM THE SCHOOL
Senior Scholarships
Congratulations to the re cipients of the PTSA college scholarships: Isabella Siamundo, Alicia Kacharia, Maya Koduri, Keegan Leonor.

Give us Your Feedback About ICS PTSA
Please take our short survey to give us your feedback on how we can make ICS PTSA better. This survey should take 3-5 minutes. Your answers will help us gauge what we can do better and understand the needs of our school community as we set future priorities.

ICS 2017-2018 Registration
Mark your calendars - ICS registration for the 2017-2018 school year is tentatively set for Wednesday, August 30th from 8:30AM - 2PM. More details will be provided in future newsletter releases.

Exchange Students
We will be again hosting 5 Exchange students from Kobe, Japan from 10/7-10/14. Parents of students of any grade level can participate. If you want to host one of the students or just participate as a volunteer in some after school sightseeing, please contact Angelika Koch for more details.
VOLUNTEERING
Need Volunteer Hours this year? Great Opportunities still available!
Laptop and Textbook Return 
Our ICS librarian, Ms. Simon, needs six volunteers all day on Thursday, June 22nd, to help her process laptop and textbook returns for all students. Volunteers will need to be at school from 7:30 AM - 2:00 PM (or until returns are completed). No siblings please. There is some lifting involved as laptops are placed in bins and moved around.
If interested, please email the Volunteer Coordinators.
Student Summit Planning
Planning has begun for next year's Student Summit for grades 9 - 12 which is scheduled for September 6th-8th. The team needs 4-5 parents who can devote ~5 hrs/wk to the planning starting immediately. Volunteers are needed to for the following positions:  
  1. Co Leader to arrange Wednesday service activity & bus transportation
  2. Co-Leader to develop Thursday and Friday speakers/agenda
  3. Parent Leader and Co-Leader to handle logistics such as assigning classrooms, teacher assignments, organizing and cleaning up on event days, working w/ tech crew
  4. Co-Leader to promote and market events with signs/press releases
  5. Co-Leader to coordinate contracts/payments, forms, permission slips tracking, district compliance and organize the Summit table on registration day
If you are interested please email Angelika Koch ASAP.

Volunteer Opportunities for the 2017-2018 School Year
ICS 2017-2018 Registration
We need parents to help us with registration. If you are available from approximately 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM on Wednesday, August 30th, please email the  Volunteer Coordinators
Legislative Liason Needed
Are you interested in advocating for children in Washington State? Do you want to know how our PTSA community can affect local and state-wide legislation? We need a new Legislative Liaison for next year. The liaison attends district and community meetings and the yearly Legislative Assembly (October) and Focus Day (January) to keep our community involved with legislation that affects our students. If interested, contact Samantha Robertson.