ICS PTSA NEWSLETTER

November 20, 2022

See the ICS Calendar for more upcoming event dates.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Reflections 2022 -23 ICS Winners

The below are the winners from ICS who are moving to the LWSD council level of the competition. The theme for this year is "Show Your Voice". Congratulations to all the winners and good luck to the next round of the competition!

FROM PTSA

Hello ICS Parents,

Great thanks to all the families who have donated to ICS PTSA.

A gentle reminder to families who have donated: Please submit your donation matching to International Community School PTSA 2 8 89 [Tax ID/EIN Number: 911801111].

Requesting a matching gift or volunteer grant is normally a five-minute process that must be initiated by you or your spouse, the donor/volunteer. You can do this by filling out and submitting through an electronic submission process or a paper match form provided by your employer.

If your company needs a donation receipt, you can send a receipt request to ICS PTSA Treasurers (treasurer@icsptsa.org)

Many companies have matching gift programs. Some, such as Microsoft and Google, do matching gift through an organization called Benevity; some do it on their own.

For questions regarding your company's programs, please contact your employer's HR or community giving department. Much of the necessary information is also available on your company's intranet.

If you have any questions, please email matchfundadmin@icsptsa.org

Thank you!

 FROM THE SKI BUS CLUB

Please take a moment to fill-in the interest form for the ICS Ski Bus.

This is a form to gather interest and we will be sharing the sign-up form later. We encourage you to share any questions, comments, or suggestions when you submit the form.

If you have any questions, contact Boris Baryshnikov or Katherine Crowley.

VOLUNTEERING

Volunteers Needed for ICS FBLA’s donut fundraiser

ICS FBLA is looking for parent volunteers for 3 Mondays (11/28, 12/5 and 12/12) from 7:00-7:30 AM (just before school) to help out with our donut fundraiser.

The location will be in front of Ms. White’s room, which is under the FBLA banner. Parents would be handling cash transactions and sales, and can earn volunteer hours from this activity.

Parents, if you're interested, please email icsfbla@outlook.com and we will give you more details.

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.

Grants - We need one chair or committee member to cover the grant application review and approval.

If you are interested, please reach out to Lei Kou.

REPEATED ARTICLES

2023 Art Day

2023 Art Day which will be on Jan 30 2023.

Planning for classes Movement and Dance, Cooking , Art

Please submit the ideas for Art Day with 2023 Art Day (pollunit.com)

If you have any questions for a classes or for volunteer, please contact us at artday@icsptsa.org

SAT Prep Course for ICS Juniors

Is your student a Junior at ICS? Are you thinking about how to help your student prepare for the March 11th SAT? The good news is here! PrepNW will again offer SAT Prep course at ICS (in-person) this school year. 

This Winter SAT class will meet in ICS Library on most Tuesdays 2:45 PM-4:15 PM from 1/3 through 3/7, and Remote Practice Tests will be on Saturdays 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM, 12/17, 1/28, 2/11, 2/25 (see flyer for more details). Register for the class by December 1st. The price for the course will be $499 per student. 

If you have any questions, please email Angela Michael.

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!

Key Club Food Drive

Key Club is hosting a food drive at ICS until November 22, 2022. All donations will go to Northwest Harvest. Be sure to stop by the front of the school to drop off donations to the box assigned to your grade. The grade with the most donations wins a prize at the end of the drive! The food needs to be non-perishable. For questions, contact Mr. Plank.

Best items to donate to the Key Club food drive:

• Canned and boxed meals (soup, chili, stew, macaroni, and cheese)
• Ready to eat products that do not require refrigeration (like nuts, jerky & other healthy snacks)
• Peanut butter and other nut butter
• Canned or dried beans and peas (black, pinto, lentils)
• Pasta, rice, cereal
• Canned and fresh fruits and vegetables
• 100% fruit or vegetable juice (canned, plastic, or boxed)
• Cooking oil
• Canned meat (chicken, beef, fish)
• Infant formula, baby food, and baby cereal
• Canned holiday food (cranberry sauce, stuffing, etc.)
• Applesauce
• Crackers
• Dried Herbs and Spices
• Fruit (Canned or Dried)
• Granola Bars
• Instant Mashed Potatoes
• Shelf-stable and Powdered Milk
• Soup, Stew, and Chili