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ICS PTSA NEWSLETTER
November 18 , 2018
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
Date Event/Activity Time Location
Nov. 19 LWSD School Board Meeting 5:30 pm LWSD resource center
Nov. 21 Early Dismissal
LWSD - Half Day
10:25am
Nov. 22-23 No School - Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 5 ICS PTSA Board Meeting 7-8:30pm LWRC in Redmond Town Center
See the ICS Calendar for more upcoming event dates.
FROM THE SCHOOL
Calling All Creatives: Submit to ICS's Literary Magazine, Pyra!
Do you want your voice to be heard? Do you like to express yourself through words or the visual arts? Then you should submit your work to the ICS Literary Magazine, Pyra ! All forms of poetry and prose are accepted, up to 750 words, as well as 
high-resolution images of visual art work (scans or photographs).  Help keep ICS's creative fire burning by submitting your work to pyraics@gmail.com today! 

Contact Ms. Jackson with any questions. Send submissions to pyraics@gmail.com.

Lost and Found
Parents please note that there are some changes to the lost and found this year: 
  • Monthly "lost and found" table display on the last Wednesday Monthly at 12:05
  • You can easily check the lost things online.
  • Please come to the "lost and found", located outside the door of the attendance office, to get your things any time.
  • Things stay at "lost and found" more than 2 months and then will be donated to Goodwill.
Need help with Spanish? 
We are pleased to announce that tutoring is available for all levels on Tuesdays from 2:10 to 3 p.m., in the Library.

Please contact Candice Boyd with any questions.

FROM THE PTSA
Reflections 2018-19 Winners Moving to Council
Congratulations to all the students who participated in Reflections this year! 

Below are the winners moving to Council:

Literature:
Jasmine Zhen - 6th Grade 
Aashray Chegu - 7th Grade
Shreshta Kalisi - 8th Grade

Dance Choreography:
Dasha Vekushchak - 7th Grade

Visual Arts:
Vanessa Wang - 6th Grade
Helen Xie - 8th Grade
Ellen Ma - 10th Grade
Trushaa Ramanan - 10th grade

Sign Up for the 2018 ICS Ski & Snowboard Club
Please return the above completed forms by mail to:
Candice Boyd
5510 Lakeview Dr
Kirkland, WA 98033

Important dates:

November 18 - Powder Packs (or seasons passes) are discounted until the 18th and can be purchased at:  www.stevenspass.com

December 7 - Bus forms and payments are due. Please make checks payable to "Wednesday Afternoon Ski & Snowboard".

Each Wednesday needs three parent volunteers, plus one or two backups. Each Wednesday counts for 8 hours of volunteer time. Please sign up HERE.

If you have any questions, please contact Candice Boyd

VOLUNTEERING
Food and Drink Donations Needed for the ICS Winter Ball
Volunteers needed to bring food and drink donations for the ICS Winter Ball on
Friday, December 14

Each donated item is worth one volunteer hour. All food items must be delivered to the ICS Lyceum on Friday, December 14, during the dance set-up period, from
5-7pm. Drink items only may be delivered through your student on the morning of December 14th, and stored in Mrs. Fraleigh's room during the school day. 

Please click here to sign up.

Volunteers for Art Day
The Art Day committee is looking for volunteers for Art Day on Monday, 
January 28, 2019. Open positions include:
  • Teaching assistants, willing to help with Art Day classes
  • Helping with registration, parking and taking photos of the event
Please sign up  here  for specific volunteering roles and role descriptions.  For more information, please contact Cheryle Kawad, Art Day Chair

REPEATED ARTICLES
Volunteer Opportunity with Feed Washington for
Pantry Packs

Feed Washington, a non-profit organization that strives to feed hungry kids in our state, is holding its annual Holiday Campaign for Pantry Packs and we need your help!

Pantry Packs provides weekend food to almost 900 kids in the Lake Washington School District every week and Feed Washington wants to help this very important cause. Our grassroots fundraising effort relies on Hunger Champions from each school to spread the word about our campaign. Feed Washington creates and prepares all the materials, enabling Hunger Champions to communicate the message to their individual schools and communities via newsletters, Peachjar, social media, bulletin boards, etc. There is no need for Hunger Champions to create anything, only reach out to their school communities, making their jobs simple, yet super important!

If you can volunteer for your school, please contact Maya Vidich.

Teens and Screens handout
We had a great turnout for the talk about Teens and Screens by Ann Steele. If you didn't get a handout, you can download it here.

Math Club for 6th - 8th Graders
Announcing the Math Club for 6-8 graders. 
The club will meet on  Mondays, 2:15pm to 3:15pm in Room 170. 
Later, as the group forms, we can look into adjusting the schedule if necessary.

We are also looking for a group to participate in  AMC 8 math competition

If your student is willing to participate in Math Club, please contact 
Dan Velush or  icsmathrocks@gmail.com with the following:
1. Name of the student and the grade.
2. Can student participate in Monday session?
3. If not, what's the best day/time? (Excluding Wednesday)
4. Will student participate in the AMC 8 Competition?