ICS Newsletter 10.17.13

ICS Newsletter 10.17.13

UPCOMING EVENTS

10/17 - 10/18 - St. Francis of Assisi Pet Food Drive

10/21 - 10/25 - Red Ribbon Drug Prevention Week

10/21 - ICS Bowling Club at Pinchasers (contact Coach Garofolo for more details: garofolov@icstampa.org)

10/23 - School Mass; Food and Fellowship at Tijuana Flats (*see details below)

10/24 - Altar Server Training, 3:15 - 4:15; Fall and Winter Sport Picture Day, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. (contact Coach Garofolo for more details)

10/25 – End of Quarter 1; ½ day of school; IPHSA Under the Stars Movie Night

10/28 - Food and Fellowship at Chick-fil-A (W. Waters Ave.); Box Tops for Education submission due

10/31 - ICS Storybook Character Halloween Celebration and Middle School Crazy Hair Day 

11/1 - School Mass, Feast of All Saints; Coffee with the Principal, 8:00 - 8:25

11/6 - School Mass

11/7 – ½ day of school; Family – Teacher Conferences, 1:00 – 4:30 and 5:30 – 7:30

11/8 – ½ day of school; NO AFTERCARE AVAILABLE

ICS joined the fight against Breast Cancer last week, making a $250 donation to the cause.

11/9 – IPHSA Auction

11/11 – No School, Veterans’ Day

11/13 - School Mass

11/15 - Friday Morning Assembly, 8:30 a.m., St. Michael Hall

11/21 - National Grief Awareness Day, students permitted to wear blue shirts with jeans, uniform bottoms, PE shorts and sneakers

11/22 - Jump Rope For Heart, a.m. activity schedule; Irish Incarnation Spirit Day

11/25 - 11/29 - Thanksgiving Break, NO SCHOOL

11/23 - ICS Family Fun Run

PRAYER INTENTIONS

We pray for the Clark family (Jacob, grade 1) as they mourn the loss of Jacob's great-grandmother, the grandmother of Jacob's father. May God surround the Clark family and grant them peace, comfort and strength during this difficult time. 

We lift up Wharton football player Sean McNamee who suffered a horrible injury last week while warming up before a practice. We pray for the McNamee family and for Sean's health and recovery.

Have a prayer intention? Send it to icsmzele@icstampa.org. Prayer requests will run for two weeks unless specified otherwise.

INCARNATION PARISH HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

Please visit SignUpGenius to sign up to volunteer for any of the many upcoming HSA events.                                                            

REACH FOR THE STARS AUCTION

Tickets for this year's Reach for the Stars Auction "Starry, Starry Night" will be sent home today! Please be sure to check the Thursday envelope for your tickets. We look forward to welcoming you for an AMAZING event!

Our next Reach for the Stars Auction meeting is this Friday October 18 at 1:30 in Miss Gess's Office, (the classroom across from the Main Office). All are welcome. 

UNDER THE STARS MOVIE NIGHT

Next Friday October 25, ICS will host its Under the Stars Movie Night in the ICS Pavilion. Cost is $10 per family. Concession items will be on sale for $2.00 and $1.00. Look for the form in today's packet. We hope to see you Under the Stars next Friday! 

The movie will be...check the packet!

FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP

Fr. Michael honors ICS Media Specialist Mrs. Diane Doyle yesterday after Mass. 

ICS is partnering with Tijuana Flats in Carrollwood, Westchase and Oldsmar on Wednesday October 23 from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. for its next Food and Fellowship event. All three Tijuana Flats will give 10% of all business between 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. on 10/23. We hope to see you at any of the three area Tijuana Flats restaurants on the 23rd!

Our next Chick-fil-A Spirit Night is Monday October 28 from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. Mark your calendars!

Upcoming Food and Fellowship events include Wednesday November 13 at Chili's and Wednesday December 11 at McDonalds. Both of these restaurants are located on Hillsborough Ave. just minutes from ICS. Mark your calendars now!

HOME

Thanks to Miss Gess (ICS Assistant Principal) for this week's quote on our theme of "HOME". 

Have a great quote that pertains to this year's theme? Send it to icsmzele@icstampa.org.

PAYDAY SWEEPSTAKES RAFFLE

Payday Sweepstakes Raffle is off to a great start! Thank you to the many families and faculty members who have already sold their allotment of tickets! Remember that all families must sell either their 15 tickets for the Raffle or purchase two tickets to the Auction ($75.00 worth for single parent families). Of course, we hope that families will do more than the minimum and that some will consider doing both!

Our winners include:

-10/4 - Mrs. Nora Cummings (bonus drawing winner)
-10/7 - Mr. Scott Velky (ticket sold by the Anastasia family)
-10/8 - Mr. John Housand (David, Grade 7)
-10/9 - Mr. Omar Vazquez (Omar, Grade 3)
-10/10 - Mrs. Liz Lazaris (5th Grade teacher)
-10/11 - Mrs. Denise Sheldon (*$250 Friday winner!)
-10/14 - Sylvia Cabarcas (ticket sold by the Jazleen Valdez family)
-10/15 - Maggio Family (Dominick, Grade 2)
-10/16 - Nenita Auza (ticket sold by the Martirez family)

Remember that Friday drawings are worth $250 and that the grand prize on November 9 is $1,000! Sell your tickets today to maximize your chances of winning! GO IRISH!

CELEBRATING SUCCESSES

ICS Alumnus, Blake Rey, graduated from ICS in 2011 and is currently a junior at Jesuit High School. While at ICS, Blake not only served as our school's Student Council President, but also participated in Track and Field, setting many ICS school track records. A member of the Cross Country team at Jesuit, Blake also writes for the Jesuit newspaper, The Tiger, and serves as the paper's Opinion editor. 

Blake's work is featured in the September issue (page 4): The Tiger. 

Great job, Blake! ICS is proud of you!

Do you know of an ICS alumnus who has found success in the areas of academics, athletics, leadership, service or ministry that should be featured in our Newsletter? If so, please help us to recognize the sons and daughters of Incarnation Catholic School by sending notification to Mr. Zelenka: icsmzele@icstampa.org. GO IRISH!

HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION

Students should adhere to the following guidelines for our Halloween Celebration on Thursday October 31.

*Storybook Character Costumes:
-Pre - K to Grade 5

-Any easily identifiable character from literature: Cinderella, Aladdin, Harry Potter, Fancy Nancy, Clifford, etc. No blood, weapons, etc. The purpose of our dress is to promote school spirit, promote a love of reading and have fun. It is not to scare or gross out. Thank you for maintaining this rationale for this celebration.

*Any student not participating in Storybook Character Costume Day should wear their regulation school uniform. 

*Crazy Hair Day
-Grades 6 - 8

-Horrible hair -- different size ponytails, braids, curls, spikes, messy, wigs, rubber bands, colors, etc. ALL HAIRDOS MUST BE DONE AT HOME.

-Students in grades 6 - 8 are permitted to wear Spirit Shirts, jeans and sneakers. School uniform is the alternative. 

Cross-Fit

Coach Garofolo has initiated a new faith-based program, Cross-Fit, to our students, teachers and school community. Faculty and students of all grade levels are invited to participate in this new and exciting experience.  Cross-Fit is an after school activity that takes place once a month at 5 p.m. During Cross-Fit all who attend will be asked to participate in a silent workout which combines a review of the Stations of the Cross with some reflection and physical activity designed for all ages and levels of fitness.  Our first Cross-Fit event took place in September and 19 individuals participated. The number grew to 33 this past Tuesday during our second Cross-Fit workout.  Hopefully, as each month passes participation will continue to grow.  Stay tuned for details about our next workout. All are welcome! 

Please contact Coach Garofolo if you are interested in being involved with Cross-Fit.

Bowling Club

ICS is sponsoring a Bowling Club at Pinchasers for any PreK to Grade 8 student who is interested. The first event takes place on Monday October 21 from 3:45 - 4:45. Parents must be able to transport students from ICS to Pinchasers and there is a small fee for participating. See Coach Garofolo for more details. 

Family Supper Lunch Order Forms

Next Thursday October 24 ICS Households will gather for another Family Supper and Irish Cup Activity session. Similar to our event from last month, lunch orders need to be taken in advance of Thursday so that an accurate amount of food can be prepared and disseminated to students. Please expect this form on Monday of next week. Forms need to be returned by Wednesday October 23. 

Households had Family Meetings last week and Household Mottos were created. Be sure to ask your student what his/her Household Motto is. 

In keeping with our tradition, we at Incarnation Catholic School:

Inspire life-long learning,

Challenge each individual to be a disciple of Christ, and

Strive to live our Catholic faith through service to each other and the community.

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