ICS PTSA NEWSLETTER

January 1 2023

Teams Link for the parent meeting on January 10th

See the ICS Calendar for more upcoming event dates.

FOCUS WEEK PARENT SURVEY

The Focus Week Parent Committee has come up with a survey to gather data from the parent community at ICS on what they want in FW this year as well as long term. If you have not already done so, please fill out the survey here.

FROM THE GRANT COMMITTEE

The board needs more time to review the overall budget this year, and the grants application budget will not be finalized before early January. The new board grant review deadline is set to Jan 20th

If you any questions, please reach out to Lei Kou.

SUMMER INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

FOR HIGH SCHOOL



Summer Mexico Trip: [June 29th - July 6th]

Cost : $3210 OR 4 Monthly payments of $790 after initial payment of $50

Please contact Miss Sonia for further Details

 FROM THE SKI BUS CLUB

Hello ICS Parents!



Just a few spots left on the Ski Bus for Jan 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8, 22 trips to Summit at Snoqualmie Alpental. You can sign up for lessons, or just come ski with your friends. Siblings are welcome. The space on the bus is on the first-come-first-serve basis.

If you have not already, please fill out the sign-up form. Information previously covered can be found here.

Contact Boris Baryshnikov (bvbar@hotmail.com) or

Katherine Crowley (katherine_crowley@hotmail.com) with questions.

YEARBOOK CLUB

Hello ICS Senior Parents!

It’s around that time of year, senior students begin submitting their portrait pages and parents order senior ads to be featured in the yearbook! For more information read the following posts…

• senior ads
• To upload senior portraits

VOLUNTEERING

Volunteers Needed for Curriculum support

We need volunteers for the following roles in Curriculum support.

Community Education - We need one more chair or committee member. You will organize two or three events for ICS families, including the popular College Counselor Roundtable.

Scholarships - We need an additional committee member to work with the Scholarship chair. The Scholarship committee member will manage the scholarship process, including updating and sending out application forms, recruiting external judges, scoring, and notifying applicants with the results.

REPEATED ARTICLES

2023 Art Day

2023 Art Day which will be on Jan 30 2023.

We have 18 classes planned for Art Day this year. More details will be shared in the coming weeks. 

Hawaiian Lei Class is looking for a volunteer to lead the class. Please reach out to sujanakar.reddy@gmail.com if you are interested. 

Below is the schedule for Art day. 

ICS National Honor Society

NHS Tutoring is back! This year, ICS National Honor Society is offering drop-in tutoring every Monday from 2:30-3:00PM after school and every Wednesday from 12:25-12:55PM during lunch in Ms. Sullivan's room. All grades are welcome to stop by and our members can help you with any subject.

NHS is also offering individual tutoring for those who want to work more consistently with one designated tutor. Please email icsnhs@outlook.com with the subjects you want help on and we will pair you with one of our amazing tutors!