ICS Newsletter 5.29.14
UPCOMING EVENTS
6/2 - 6/6 - Yearbook signing week
6/4 - Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Harris Retirement Party, 7:00 p.m., St. Michael Hall
6/5 - Used Uniform Sale, 7:00 - 8:30 a.m., St. Michael Hall; Honors Breakfast, 5th - 7th grade, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. (*by invitation; Guest Speaker, Mr. Barry Neuburger, Principal of Jesuit High School)
6/6 - Used Uniform Sale, 7:00 - 8:30 a.m., St. Michael Hall; 1/2 day of school; School Mass, 8:30 a.m.; Awards and class parties to follow; Last day of school; NO AFTERCARE AVAILABLE
8/18 - First day of school for the 2014 - 15 school year
PRAYER INTENTIONS
Please pray for the ICS Class of 2014 as they graduate from Incarnation and move onto high school. May their strong foundation of faith built here at ICS carry them through the next stage of their academic careers and beyond.
We continue to pray for greater respect of all human life from conception to its natural end.
We pray for peace in our world.
Please pray for Blenda Santiago (Abigail's mother, grade 7) who is in the hospital. May God grant her health and strength.
We continue to pray for the health of the father of Girls Flag Football Coach, Kim Phipps. Coach Phipp's father (who is also the uncle of Mrs. Martin-Romero) has contracted leukemia. May God grant him health and strength.
We continue to pray for the following people:
-Sophia Castro
-Mario Mora
-Mireida Abad
-Mireida Abad
CELEBRATING SUCCESSES
Please plan to join us next Wednesday evening, June 4, at 7:00 p.m. in St. Michael Hall as we celebrate the careers of Mrs. Diane Doyle and Mrs. Barbara Harris. Both Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Harris will be retiring from teaching at the conclusion of this 2013 - 14 school year and we want to honor and thank them for their dedication, hard work and devotion to ICS!
Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Harris will be missed but we are excited for the opportunity that they will have to spend more time with their families, respectively! May God continue to bless them in this next phase of their lives.
We hope to celebrate with you and them on Wednesday June 4!
Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Harris will be missed but we are excited for the opportunity that they will have to spend more time with their families, respectively! May God continue to bless them in this next phase of their lives.
We hope to celebrate with you and them on Wednesday June 4!
HOME
Today's quote was submitted by Mrs. Peach (Caitlin, Grade 7). It reads, "Home. I like my home. My home is great. I love my home. Ahhhh! home."
Have a great quote about our school's theme, HOME, for our final newsletter next week? Send it to: icsmzele@icstampa.org
YEARBOOKS
2013 - 14 ICS Yearbooks can still be purchased from the School Office for $35.00. Checks should be made payable to Incarnation Catholic School.
Students will be permitted to have ICS Yearbooks signed during the final week of school (June 2 - 6). Contact the Main Office for details.
As was revealed above, Mrs. Barbara Harris will be joining Mrs. Doyle in retirement at the end of this school year. We are excited for Mrs. Harris and her opportunity to spend more time with her husband, sons and grandchildren, but are saddened by her upcoming departure. Please pray for Mrs. Harris and congratulate her on her retirement (and join us on the 4th).
Also, Mrs. Vickie Glaum, 2nd grade teacher, has made the decision to leave ICS next year so that she, too, can spend more time with her family and children. We thank Mrs. Glaum for her work this past year. Please pray for Mrs. Glaum and her upcoming transition as well!
Along these lines, this leaves us with only one full-time classroom teacher in first - fifth grades at this time. As enrollment increases over the summer in these grade levels and surpasses 30 students, a search for a second full-time classroom teacher for that particular grade will ensue. In this way, the ceiling before expanding from one to two sections for grades 1 to 5 is 30 students. Any first - fifth grade classroom that remains one section but has more than 25 students will have part-time aide access.
This formula keeps us well within our accreditation limit of 35 students in one classroom from grades 1 - 8. Of course, this is a very simplistic view of staffing and the actual formula is much more complicated and includes many more factors besides just the number of students for any particular grade level. Please trust that ICS is committed to providing the most AMAZING Catholic education possible and that we fully anticipate the need to add at least two full-time teachers across grades 1 - 5 for next year. This current strategy, though, will allow us to purposefully hire based on actual instead of projected need.
Finally, in addition to a full-time Media Specialist to replace Mrs. Doyle, ICS is currently looking for a part-time VPK (Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten) Director. This additional faculty member will help us to increase the number of students in our PreK program and work toward establishing a 3 year old program for the 2015 - 16 school year.
USED UNIFORM SALE
Our Used Uniform Sale will be held on 6/5 and 6/6 from 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. in St. Michael Hall. For details contact the Main Office.
THEME 2014 - 15
As usual, next year's theme will incorporate scripture and this group of current 7th graders are hard at work creating next year's spirit shirt.
The theme for next year will be revealed after the final Mass of the school year, next Friday June 6.
Prepare to be inspired and on fire!
ICS CLASS OF 2014
Congratulations to all 33 members of the ICS Class of 2014! We are so proud of all of them and wish them the best of luck next year and always!
Special congratulations is offered to the following students who received recognition at our Graduation Ceremony yesterday with the school:
Merit
Kadisha Avillan
Jelissa Lima
Jorge Rivera-Galindo
Nicole Rodriguez
Mary Sexton
Alex Vazquez-Kersey
Jack Wood
Honors
Nicholas Cobian
Jacob Croskey
Vivian Dinh
Emily Edbrooke
Tyler Hernandez
Daniel Kim
James Kim
Juliette O'Leary
Jacob Ostria
Preston Perez
Ricardo Rojas
Highest Honors
Kaitlin Altamirano
Emily Hull
Jordan Jankowski
George Morgan
Tommy Pham
Cristina Suarez-Solar
Peter Tanner
Lexi Velte
Salutatorian: Tommy Pham
Valedictorian: Lexi Velte
Academic Subject Awards:
Science: Tyler Hernandez
Algebra I: Tommy Pham
Religion: Nicole Rodriguez
Language Arts: Cristina Suarez-Solar
Literature: James Kim
History: Bryan Dominguez
Art: Peter Tanner and Alex Vazquez-Kersey
Spanish: Emily Hull and Ricardo Rojas
ICT: Ricardo Rojas
More awards will be given at Saturday's Commencement Ceremony at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome to help us celebrate the Incarnation Catholic School Class of 2014!
GRADUATION 2014
The Class of 2014 will graduate from ICS this Saturday May 31 at 10:00 a.m. in the Church. All are welcome.
Anyone interested in helping with the reception that will follow the ceremony should contact the Main Office. Commitment hours for next year (or unfulfilled ones from this year) are available. The time is 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Any members of the school choir that can sing during on Saturday are encouraged to attend. Mass begins at 10:00 a.m.
GRADUATION 2014
The Class of 2014 will graduate from ICS this Saturday May 31 at 10:00 a.m. in the Church. All are welcome.
Anyone interested in helping with the reception that will follow the ceremony should contact the Main Office. Commitment hours for next year (or unfulfilled ones from this year) are available. The time is 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Any members of the school choir that can sing during on Saturday are encouraged to attend. Mass begins at 10:00 a.m.
The Incarnation Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a Golf Event on Saturday June 7 at Heritage Harbor Golf Club. Cost is $75.00 per player. For more details, contact the School Office.
MEDICATIONS IN THE OFFICE
If your child had any medication housed in the Main Office for this school year, please be sure to stop by and pick it up. Medication will not be given to students to transport home. If you have any questions, please contact the Main Office.
HAPPY EASTER!
Jesus conquered sin and death and has called us into His family through baptism! Find joy in Him - Easter joy, unfailing joy, unending joy. Happy Easter!
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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5111 Webb Rd. * Tampa, FL 33615 * Tel: 813.884.4502 * Fax: 813.885.3734 * www.icstampa.org
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