Wednesday, September 30, 2015

ICS Newsletter: Thursday October 1, 2015


Upcoming Events
October
1 – 19 - St. Francis Pet Food Drive; BJ's form due; ICS Student Council Meeting
2 - First Friday Morning Assembly; Irish Incarnation Day (Any ICS shirt, Jeans or PE shorts, sneakers); ICS - Culver's Spirit Lunch; order forms for the 15 - 16 ICS Spirit Shirt are due
3 - Sabor Latino
7 - School Prayer Service (all diocesan priests are at Convocation) in St. Michael Hall; ICSSC Installations
8 - Picture Retake Day
9 - ICS Spirit Shirt Day - students purchasing a new spirit shirt may wear it on Friday 10/9!
14 - School Mass; Kindergarten – 8th Grade Angel Ceremony
15 - No School
16 - No School
21 - School Mass with Households
23 - End of Quarter 1; ICS Movie Night
28 - School Mass; ICS - Culver's Spirit Night
29 - 1/2 Day of School (Conferences)
30 - 1/2 Day of School; Halloween Storybook (PreK - Grade 5) and Crazy Hair (Grades 6 - 8) Day

November

7 - ICS Auction**** (see below for more details)

For a comprehensive look at all of the many activities we have planned for this school year, please visit our ICS Calendar Page.


Prayers
We pray for Gustavo Chaviel, ICS graduate of the Class of 2015, and his family as they mourn the loss of Gustavo's step-father, Mario Mora. May God surround Gustavo and his family during this difficult time. 

We pray in thanksgiving for the ministry of Pope Francis I! May God continue to bless our Holy Father and may he continue to shepherd the faithful and the world!

We pray for families everywhere and of every shape and size. May families take intentional time to eat, pray and play together and may God strengthen their bonds of love and loyalty. 

We continue to pray for the Ramos family (Melissa and Sophie) as they mourn the loss of their uncle. May God's strength and love surround the family and help walk with them through this trial. 

We continue to pray for safety and shelter for all people and property throughout the remainder of the 2015 Hurricane Season.

Have a prayer request? Send it to icsmzele@icstampa.org




Hope Will Rise


Today's Hope Will Rise quote comes to us from Pope Francis during his World Meeting of Families homily. May ICS families and the ICS family be places which teach children to be excited by every gesture aimed at overcoming evil! May we be families that show that the Spirit is alive and at work! 

May ICS and your families be places where Hope Will Rise!


ICS Irish Athletics
Congratulations to the ICS Varsity Volleyball team on their playoff win! What a great way to end the season! Great work, girls! GO IRISH!

ICS Varsity Soccer enters playoff action next week. Stay tuned for dates and times. 

See below for our Irish Athletics calendar.

Irish Varsity Soccer:

*Week of October 5, League Tournament (games TBA)

Irish JV Soccer:

*Friday October 2 vs. Trinity at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m.
*Thursday October 8 vs. Trinity at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m. (subject to change due to Varsity playoffs)

For more information, please call the School Office: 813.884.4502. 

Sports' General Information
For away games, student-athletes for all sports will be picked up in the front of the school (Church parking lot) and will be dismissed from the gate closest to the flag pole. For safety reasons, parents will not be allowed into the facility; instead student-athletes will be released to parents through the gate by the flag pole.

Thank you for your support of Irish Athletics! Go Irish!



ICS Home and School Association
A list of potential volunteer opportunities was sent in last week's Thursday envelope. Please contact the Front Office if you would like to get involved in any of these events. Be sure to plan out your 20 hours of commitment back to ICS so that you don't end up scrambling for hours at the end of the year. Please visit this link: http://incarnationcatholicschool.blogspot.com/p/ics-home-and-school-association.html for more details.

Remember the following regarding Family Commitment to your Incarnation Catholic School:

Fundraising Requirements:
*Families must raise a total of $150 between our two biggest school fundraisers – Auction and the Payday Sweepstakes Drawing
*This can be done in any combination – 
-$75 to Auction, 8 tickets ($80) to the Drawing; 
-$150 to the Auction; 
-$150 to the Drawing

Volunteer Requirements
*Families must complete at least 20 hours of service throughout the course of the year. 
*8 hours must be completed in conjunction with the Auction and/or Carnival, with at least 4 of those hours being at the Carnival. 
*Families will be billed at $25.00 per hour for any hours not fulfilled.

Your commitment to Incarnation Catholic School through your time and talent is essential in order for our school to continue to grow and advance. Thank you for your prayerful consideration of how you will commit to help ICS this year.


BJ's Fundraiser
The deadline to apply for a BJ's Membership and help support ICS (as ICS will get a portion of the proceeds) is today! Thank you in advance for considering this opportunity! If you have any questions, please contact the Front Office. 


ICS Auction
More and more sponsorships are coming in for this year's Auction! Thanks to our new sponsors listed below (all bronze level):
1. Westchase Pizza and Pasta (ICS family, 4th Grade)
2. Tampa Community Hospital  
3. Future Home Realty- Karina Rueda (ICS family, 8th Grade)
4. Hernandez Family - ICS 4th Grade (Families can sponsor, too - you don't need to own or be associated with a business!)

Thanks to our sponsors who pledged early, too!
Gold - Bast Floors (ICS Family)
Bronze - Attorney Jason Klein from The Law firm of Wood, Smith, Henning, and Berman, LLP (ICS Family)
Beverage Sponsor - Pepin
Food Sponsor - Carraba's
Friends of ICS - Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School; Vigo

Please click here to visit our ICS Auction page for forms and more details Send an email to: auction@icstampa.org with questions or to see how you can help with planning this event!

As part of our enhancements to this year's event, set-up will be more streamlined than in year's passed. In this way, only ICS Auction Committee members will be a part of set-up on Saturday November 7 (the day of the event). This is a change from the volunteer form sent last week. Volunteer opportunities for Auction set-up for non-committee members are available on both Thursday and Friday, November 5 and 6.


ICS Newsletter in Spanish (ICS boletín en español)
Remember that the Spanish version of the ICS Newsletter can be accessed here: http://incarnationcatholicschool.blogspot.com/p/el-boletin-en-espanol.html

Just bookmark that link and check it every Friday for updates. A link to the Spanish version will also be sent in the Thursday email blast announcing the publication of the ICS Newsletter. So that we can properly translate this information, the Spanish version will be posted by Friday.


Sacred Steps Running Club
Students in Grades 2 - 8 are eligible to participate in our Sacred Steps Running Club. This group combines both physical and spiritual training. In addition to running, students review a piece of scripture and pray together. The SSRC will meet on Wednesday's this year, with our first workout beginning on Wednesday October 7. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Hall: hallk@icstampa.org. A flyer was sent in last week's packet. Contact the Front Office if you need a new one as this form is required for your child's participation.


ICS - Culver's Spirit Lunch
Remember tomorrow is our first Spirit Lunch with our neighbor, Culver's. Orders were due on Tuesday. Any student who did not submit an order should be sure to pack lunch for tomorrow.

The ICS kitchen will be open with miscellaneous items that day, along with our typical snacks and drinks. A full lunch, though, will not be served by the ICS kitchen.


ICS Spirit Shirts - Hope Will Rise
Tomorrow is the deadline to submit your order for our new ICS Spirit Shirt - the first piece of memorabilia with the new ICS logo!

Cost is $10.00 per shirt. Claim a part of history and show off the new ICS logo with pride! If you've lost your form, just send in the right amount of money based on the number of shirts you want to order and let us know the sizes! Or contact the Office for another form.

An opportunity to wear the new ICS Spirit Shirt will be scheduled once we have received them (and is tentatively scheduled for Friday October 9).



Sabor Latino
This Saturday October 3, Incarnation Catholic Church will sponsor its annual Sabor Latino! Come out to St. Michael Hall on Saturday for food, fellowship and fun! See the flyer below for more details:



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Challenge each individual to be a life-long learner, and
Strive to live our Catholic faith through service to each other and the community.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

ICS Newsletter: Thursday September 24, 2015


Upcoming Events
September
24 - Family Supper with ICS Households *see below for more details
25 - ½ Day of School
28 - ICS Chick-fil-A Spirit Night - 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., W. Waters Ave. location - tell your cashier you want to support ICS!
29 - Culver's Spirit form due to office (ICS - Culver's Spirit Lunch on 10/2)
30 - School Mass

October

1 – 19 - St. Francis Pet Food Drive
2 - First Friday Morning Assembly; Irish Incarnation Day (Any ICS shirt, Jeans or PE shorts, sneakers); Culver's Spirit Lunch *see below for more details; order forms for the 15 - 16 ICS Spirit Shirt are due
7 - School Mass; ICSSC Installations
8 - Picture Retake Day
9 - ICS Spirit Shirt Day - students purchasing a new spirit shirt may wear it on Friday 10/9!
14 - School Mass; Kindergarten – 8th Grade Angel Ceremony
15 - No School
16 - No School
21 - School Mass with Households
23 - End of Quarter 1; ICS Movie Night
28 - School Mass; ICS - Culver's Spirit Night
29 - 1/2 Day of School (Conferences)
30 - 1/2 Day of School; Halloween Storybook (PreK - Grade 5) and Crazy Hair (Grades 6 - 8) Day

November

7 - ICS Auction**** (see below for more details)

For a comprehensive look at all of the many activities we have planned for this school year, please visit our ICS Calendar Page.


Prayers
We pray for the Ramos family (Melissa and Sophie) as they mourn the loss of their uncle. May God's strength and love surround the family and help walk with them through this trial. 

We continue to lift up the Elkins family (Emma and Allison) as they mourn the loss of Mrs. Elkins's grandmother. We pray that God provide peace and solace during this difficult time. 

We pray for safety and shelter for all people and property throughout the remainder of the 2015 Hurricane Season.

ICS prays for Pope Francis I as he wraps up this trip to North America. May his visit inspire our country to reinvigorate its moral foundations and strengthen its families.

Have a prayer request? Send it to icsmzele@icstampa.org




Hope Will Rise

Today's Hope Will Rise quote comes from the Constitution of the Congregation of the Holy Cross (the order that founded the University of Notre Dame). The full version can be found here: https://www.holycrossusa.org/spirituality/constitutions/ 
Contextually, the quote can be found here:

Whether it be unfair treatment, fatigue or frustration at work, a lapse of health, tasks beyond talents, seasons of loneliness, bleakness in prayer, the aloofness of friends; or whether it be the sadness of our having inflicted any of this on others … there will be dying to do on our way to the Father...

We must be people with hope to bring. There is no failure the Lord’s love cannot reverse, no humiliation He cannot exchange for blessing, no anger He cannot dissolve, no routine He cannot transfigure. All is swallowed up in victory. He has nothing but gifts to offer. It remains only for us to find how even the cross can be borne as a gift.

May we be people with hope to bring and may Hope Rise at ICS this year and always!


ICS Irish Athletics
***ICS Irish Athletic Updates! 
The ICS Varsity Volleyball team will play in the first round of the HCYSL (Hillsborough Catholic Youth Sports League) Tournament this Monday September 28 at 4:00 p.m. at ICS. Come out on Monday after school to support your Irish Volleyball team! Good luck and go Irish!

The Varsity Soccer team will have practice on Monday September 28. This is a change from the original schedule, so Varsity Soccer team members are asked to take note of this change and be ready for practice on Monday.


See below for our Irish Athletics calendar.

Both our Soccer and Volleyball teams have each earned victories thus far this season. Keep up the great work, Irish! Thanks to our 
coaches for their work in developing our student-athletes! 

Irish Varsity Soccer:

*Thursday September 24 vs. Corpus Christi at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m.
*Tuesday September 29 vs. Villa Madonna at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m.
*Wednesday September 30 vs. Mother Teresa of Calcutta at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m.
*Week of October 5, League Tournament (games TBA)

Irish JV Soccer:
*Thursday September 24 vs. Academy at the Lakes at Academy at the Lakes (A), 4:00 p.m.

*Friday October 2 vs. Trinity at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m.
*Thursday October 8 vs. Trinity at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m. (subject to change due to Varsity playoffs)

Irish Varsity Volleyball (JV games are played immediately after the conclusion of the Varsity):
*Week of September 28 - League Tournament, games TBA 

Golf
The ICS Athletics Department is sponsoring a student Golf event this Saturday 9/26/15 from 9:00-10:30 am at the Eagles Golf Club (address below). The cost is $15.00 per student and will be collected at the golf course. If the students do not have golf equipment, they will provide equipment for them. Students in grades 1 - 8 are eligible.  

The Eagles Golf Club
16101 Nine Eagles Dr.
Odessa, 33556

For more information, please call the School Office: 813.884.4502. 

Sports' General InformationFor away games, student-athletes for all sports will be picked up in the front of the school (Church parking lot) and will be dismissed from the gate closest to the flag pole. For safety reasons, parents will not be allowed into the facility; instead student-athletes will be released to parents through the gate by the flag pole.

Thank you for your support of Irish Athletics! Go Irish!



ICS Home and School Association
A list of potential volunteer opportunities is included in today's packet. Please contact the Front Office if you would like to get involved in any of these events. Be sure to plan out your 20 hours of commitment back to ICS so that you don't end up scrambling for hours at the end of the year. Please visit this link: http://incarnationcatholicschool.blogspot.com/p/ics-home-and-school-association.html for more details.

Please remember the following regarding Family Commitment to your Incarnation Catholic School:

Fundraising Requirements:
*Families must raise a total of $150 between our two biggest school fundraisers – Auction and the Payday Sweepstakes Drawing
*This can be done in any combination –
-$75 to Auction, 8 tickets ($80) to the Drawing;
-$150 to the Auction;
-$150 to the Drawing

Volunteer Requirements:
*Families must complete at least 20 hours of service throughout the course of the year.
*8 hours must be completed in conjunction with the Auction and/or Carnival, with at least 4 of those hours being at the Carnival.
*Families will be billed at $25.00 per hour for any hours not fulfilled.

Your commitment to Incarnation Catholic School through your time and talent is essential in order for our school to continue to grow and advance. Thank you for your prayerful consideration of how you will commit to help ICS this year.


BJ's Fundraiser
The deadline to apply for a BJ's Membership and help support ICS (as ICS will get a portion of the proceeds) is next Thursday October 1. Thank you in advance for considering this opportunity! If you have any questions, please contact the Front Office. 


ICS Spaghetti Dinner
Many thanks to Mrs. Gonzalez, Ms. Whitaker, and Mrs. Fernandez for their leadership with our ICS Spaghetti Dinner. These three ICS culinary artists were the minds and hands behind the marvelous meatballs, scrumptious sauce and the execution of the event! Thank you!

Thanks as well to our many teacher servers and parent volunteers. Additionally, we thank the many families who attended! We hope you left feeling full from both food and spirit!

Finally, thanks to Vigo for its donation of pasta for the event and for Publix for making a donation to help offset the costs!


ICS Fall Book Fair
We thank Mrs. Lorena Al-Ali for her hard work and dedication with the ICS Fall Book Fair. With the absence of a Media Specialist at this time, Mrs. Al-Ali worked closely with our very own Mrs. Gonzalez to coordinate the event! Thank you, Mrs. Al-Ali and your team of helpers! Reading is the gateway to knowledge. Thanks for giving our students access to books to help them grow academically!


ICS Auction

The ICS Auction Committee is hard at work preparing for this year's annual event. We are excited to recognize the following sponsors who have already stepped forward to support the students, teachers and families of ICS:

Gold - Bast Floors (ICS Family)
Bronze - Attorney Jason Klein from The Law firm of Wood, Smith, Henning, and Berman, LLP (ICS Family)
Beverage Sponsor - Pepin
Food Sponsor - Carraba's
Friends of ICS - Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School; Vigo

Please see the flyer in today's Thursday envelope for details on how you and/or your company can become a sponsor / donor / advertiser for this event!

Please click here to visit our ICS Auction page for forms and more details Send an email to: auction@icstampa.org with questions or to see how you can help with planning this event!


ICS Newsletter in Spanish (ICS boletín en español)
Remember that the Spanish version of the ICS Newsletter can be accessed here: http://incarnationcatholicschool.blogspot.com/p/el-boletin-en-espanol.html

Just bookmark that link and check it every Friday for updates. A link to the Spanish version will also be sent in the Thursday email blast announcing the publication of the ICS Newsletter. So that we can properly translate this information, the Spanish version will be posted by Friday.


Thursday Envelopes
Thursday is a big day regarding communications between Incarnation Catholic School and its families. Not only is Thursday the day of the week that the ICS Newsletter is disseminated, it is also the day that the school sends hard copy flyers in its "Thursday Envelope". Please be sure to check with your youngest child (or only child if you only have 1!) on Thursday for these important forms and flyers!

Please be sure to send the envelope back so that we can continue to use them to communicate on Thursdays!


Pictures
If you placed an order, one of the many things you will find in today's Thursday Envelope is a packet with your child(ren)'s school pictures. Picture Retake Day is October 8. If you have any questions about school pictures, please contact the Front Office: 813.884.4502.


Sacred Steps Running Club
Students in Grades 2 - 8 are eligible to participate in our Sacred Steps Running Club. This group combines both physical and spiritual training. In addition to running, students review a piece of scripture and pray together. See the flyer in this week's Thursday Envelope for the form and more details. The SSRC will meet on Wednesday's this year, with our first workout beginning on Wednesday October 7. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Hall: hallk@icstampa.org.


Background Screening and Safe Environment Program Training
In order to access students during the school day and/or volunteer to work with them in other settings (sports, field trips, etc.) you must complete a Level II Background Screening through the Diocese of St. Petersburg.

For details about getting screened and/or to set up an appointment, please visit this link: http://dosp.org/safe-environment/fingerprint-based-background-screening/

In addition to having a Level II Background Screening through the Diocese, volunteers who wish to supervise children (chaperone, volunteer aide, coach, etc.) must also complete the Diocesan Safe Environment Program. This training must be done in person to begin with and then it can be renewed once online. The initial training is good for 5 years.

If you need to check the validity of your Safe Environment Program training, please contact the Front Office: 813.884.4502.

Safe Environment Program Information: http://dosp.org/safe-environment/training-programs/sep-program-for-access-to-children/

Sign-up for initial training: http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=dosp&cid%5B%5D=84231&PHPSESSID=6b3e1bdc60d1bbbe187f083b43d7ea1f

Re-certify: http://www.shieldthevulnerable.org

Thank you for your efforts to keep our children safe and to maintain a secure campus!


ICS - Culver's Spirit Lunch
Remember that our first Spirit Lunch with our neighbor, Culver's, is on Friday October 2! The cost of the lunch is $6.00 and a portion of each lunch purchased comes back to ICS!

Order forms are due back to the school by September 29 - no exceptions - as we have to get Culver's our order by then. The ICS kitchen will be open with miscellaneous items that day, along with our typical snacks and drinks; but, the main meal on the 2nd of October will be Culver's!

Any student who will not be participating in the ICS - Culver's Spirit Lunch should plan to pack their lunch that day.


ICS Spirit Shirts - Hope Will Rise
Included in last week's packet was an order form for our 2015 - 16 ICS Spirit Shirts. This is the FIRST EVER shirt with our new school logo on it and it also has our 2015 - 16 theme: Hope Will Rise!

Cost is $10.00 per shirt. Claim a part of history and show off the new ICS logo with pride! If you've lost your form, just send in the right amount of money based on the number of shirts you want to order and let us know the sizes! Or contact the Office for another form.

Order forms are due next Friday October 2. An opportunity to wear the new ICS Spirit Shirt will be scheduled once we have received them (and is tentatively scheduled for Friday October 9).



ICS Social Media
Are you on Facebook or Twitter? If so, Like or Follow us accordingly. ICS uses Facebook and Twitter as ways to engage current families, alumni and the broader community about the life of ICS students, updates about our school, events and other information pertaining to the Catholic education at ICS.

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IN KEEPING WITH OUR TRADITION, WE AT INCARNATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL:
Inspire disciples of Christ,
Challenge each individual to be a life-long learner, and
Strive to live our Catholic faith through service to each other and the community.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

ICS Newsletter: Thursday September 17, 2015


Upcoming Events
September
18 - Spaghetti Dinner, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.; ICS Book Fair Extended Hours!
22 - Family Supper form due to office
23 - School Mass
24 - Family Supper with ICS Households *see below for more details
25 - ½ Day of School
28 - ICS Chick-fil-A Spirit Night - 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., W. Waters Ave. location - tell your cashier you want to support ICS!
29 - Culver's Spirit form due to office (ICS - Culver's Spirit Lunch on 10/2)
30 - School Mass

October

1 – 19 - St. Francis Pet Food Drive
2 - First Friday Morning Assembly; Irish Incarnation Day (Any ICS shirt, Jeans or PE shorts, sneakers); Culver's Spirit Lunch *see below for more details
7 - School Mass; ICSSC Installations
8 - Picture Retake Day
14 - School Mass; Kindergarten – 8th Grade Angel Ceremony
15 - No School
16 - No School
29 - 1/2 Day of School (Conferences)
30 - 1/2 Day of School

November

7 - ICS Auction**** (see below for more details)

For a comprehensive look at all of the many activities we have planned for this school year, please visit our ICS Calendar Page.


Prayers
We lift up the Elkins family (Emma and Allison) as they mourn the loss of Mrs. Elkins's grandmother. We pray that God provide peace and solace during this difficult time. 

We continue to pray for the Newcom family. May God offer them comfort and strength as they continue to mourn the loss of two members of their family. 

We pray for a greater respect for the Eucharist and a greater devotion to it by all Catholics. May the graces of this beautiful Sacrament transform our hearts, our Church and our world! 

We continue to pray for safety and shelter for all people and property throughout the remainder of the 2015 Hurricane Season.

ICS prays for Pope Francis I and his upcoming trip to America to focus on the family next week. May his visit inspire our country to reinvigorate its moral foundations.

Have a prayer request? Send it to icsmzele@icstampa.org




Hope Will Rise


This prayer comes from St. Cyprian and is a great reminder to fight our battles on our knees in PRAYER! Through prayer Hope Will Rise! Through prayer, we will find joy and victory! Pray!



ICS Irish Athletics
See below for our Irish Athletics calendar.

Our Soccer team notched its first victory last week against St. Peter Claver - Go Irish! Our Volleyball teams continue to play well through the first part of their respective seasons. Keep up the great effort and hard work, Irish!

Irish Varsity Soccer:

*Thursday September 17 vs. Christ the King at Christ the King (A), 4:00 p.m.
*Monday September 21 vs. St. Stephen at St. Stephen (A), 3:45 p.m. (early release)
*Tuesday September 22 vs. St. Lawrence at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m.
*Thursday September 24 vs. Corpus Christi at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m.
*Tuesday September 29 vs. Villa Madonna at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m.
*Wednesday September 30 vs. Mother Teresa of Calcutta at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m.
*Week of October 5, League Tournament (games TBA)

Irish JV Soccer:
*Thursday September 24 vs. Academy at the Lakes at Academy at the Lakes (A), 4:00 p.m.

*Friday October 2 vs. Trinity at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m.
*Thursday October 8 vs. Trinity at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m. (subject to change due to Varsity playoffs)

Irish Varsity Volleyball (JV games are played immediately after the conclusion of the Varsity):
*Thursday September 17 vs. St. Stephen at Nativity (A), 4:00 p.m., early dismissal for Varsity players
*Tuesday September 22 vs. St. Joseph at ICS (H), 4:00 p.m.
*Wednesday September 23 vs. Christ the King at Christ the King (A), 4:00 p.m.

*Week of September 28 - League Tournament, games TBA 

For away games, student-athletes for all sports will be picked up in the front of the school (Church parking lot) and will be dismissed from the gate closest to the flag pole. For safety reasons, parents will not be allowed into the facility; instead student-athletes will be released to parents through the gate by the flag pole.

Thank you for your support of Irish Athletics! Go Irish!



ICS Home and School Association
A list of potential volunteer opportunities for the school year will be coming soon. Stay tuned for your chance to help support your Incarnation Catholic School!


BJ's Fundraiser
Please see the flyer in today's packet for an opportunity to secure a BJ's membership that will benefit the school! For each membership added through this promotion, ICS will get a portion of the proceeds. Thank you in advance for considering this opportunity! The form is due back by October 1. If you have any questions, please contact the Front Office. 


ICS Spaghetti Dinner
Our annual ICS Spaghetti Dinner is tomorrow Friday September 18 from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. in St. Michael Hall. Dinners will be $8.00 and include spaghetti and meatballs, salad, bread, water / iced tea and dessert. Sodas will also be available for purchase. Pizza will also be served for those who desire it!

If you are interested in volunteering to help clean-up for this event please contact Mrs. Gonzalez: gonzalezl@icstampa.org. Otherwise, our volunteer needs are full.   

We are in need of donations for this event: desserts, and loaves of bread. Commitment hours will be given for donations received ($25.00 = 1 hour).  Just submit your receipt along with your donation. If you are making desserts, four homemade desserts will merit 1 commitment hour.  

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!


ICS Auction
The Auction is our school's LARGEST fundraiser! We need your help and support.

Can you or your business:
*be a sponsor?
*make a donation?
*help in any way? 

Please click here to visit our ICS Auction page for forms and more details! Send an email to: auction@icstampa.org with questions or to see how you can help with planning this event!



Newsletter Mobile Version
If you are reading the mobile version of this newsletter (on your phone or tablet) and you don't see "Pages" listed off to the right of this post, there is a way for you to access valuable information that you maybe didn't know existed! Scroll back to the top of this post and look in the upper left hand corner of your screen (see the image to the right). You should see the word "Pages" with a drop down arrow to its right. If you click on this arrow you will see the following "Pages" of this Newsletter:

1. 2015 - 16 ICS Calendar
2. ICS Home and School Association information
3. ICS Auction information
4. ICS boletín en español (NEW!)


ICS Newsletter in Spanish (ICS boletín en español)
As just announced above, we will be publishing a Spanish version of this newsletter each week. The link to go directly to this version of your ICS information is: http://incarnationcatholicschool.blogspot.com/p/el-boletin-en-espanol.html

Just bookmark that link and check it every Friday for updates. A link to the Spanish version will also be sent in the Thursday email blast announcing the publication of the ICS Newsletter. So that we can properly translate this information, the Spanish version will be posted by Friday.

You can also access it through the "Pages" method described above!


ICS Red Ticket Drawing
Incarnation Catholic School takes pride in emphasizing the positive behaviors or our students and teachers. Congratulations to the following students, winners of the 9/4 ICS Red Ticket Drawing (Red Tickets are given for meeting and exceeding the PBIS behavioral expectations!):

-Lizzie Newcom (Grade 7)
-Ashton Tran (Grade 4)
-Brielle Nguyen (Grade 2)

Thank you as well to the teachers who recognized these students' good deeds:

-Mrs. Sabella
-Mrs. Doyle
-Mrs. Hall


Incarnation Inspiration
Congratulations to 8th Grader Maria Leal for living out our Mission Statement by performing service to a fellow ICS student. At afternoon pick-up one day, a PreK student started to move to his cone but had left his lunchbox behind. Maria noticed this and took action - she ran and got the lunchbox and took it to the young man before he loaded into his car! Thanks, Maria!

We also honored Mrs. Sirianni, ICS Instructional Aide, for her commitment and dedication to our school, its teachers and its students. Mrs. Sirianni was recognized for attending our PreK - Grade 5 Curriculum Night to support our teachers and students! What a great display of commitment and love for our school! Great job, Mrs. Sirianni! ICS is blessed to have you!


Background Screening and Safe Environment Program Training
If you desire to access our children throughout the course of the school day (come to lunch, volunteer in the classroom) you must be Level II Background Screened through the Diocese of St. Petersburg. Fingerprints taken for other reasons by other organizations are not acceptable. They must be done through the Diocese. This screen is good for 5 years and it is part of a system that runs routine checks to ensure that no criminal activity takes place between your initial screen and the date of your expiration.

In some cases, the background screening of some of our families has expired! If you have questions about the validity of your screen please contact the Front Office: 813.884.4502.

For details about getting screened and/or to set up an appointment, please visit this link: http://dosp.org/safe-environment/fingerprint-based-background-screening/

In addition to having a Level II Background Screening through the Diocese, volunteers who wish to supervise children (chaperone, volunteer aide, coach, etc.) must also complete the Diocesan Safe Environment Program. This training must be done in person to begin with and then it can be renewed once online. The initial training is good for 5 years.

If you need to check the validity of your Safe Environment Program training, please contact the Front Office: 813.884.4502.

Safe Environment Program Information: http://dosp.org/safe-environment/training-programs/sep-program-for-access-to-children/

Sign-up for initial training: http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=dosp&cid%5B%5D=84231&PHPSESSID=6b3e1bdc60d1bbbe187f083b43d7ea1f

Re-certify: http://www.shieldthevulnerable.org

Thank you for your efforts to keep our children safe and to maintain a secure campus!


ICS Family Supper - 9/24/15
In addition to being in Homerooms, students have once again been placed into Households for the 2015 – 16 school year. These multi-aged groupings are led by one of the ICS faculty members, and are comprised of students from PreK4 – Grade 8. PreK3 members of our school are not included in Households.

Students will meet in their Households at least twice a month: once for a Household meeting followed by the Celebration of the Eucharist (pray); once for a meal called a “Family Supper” (eat); and a third time for an Irish Cup activity (play).

The purpose of these intentional times to build community is to: further the mission of the school by providing greater pastoral care to all our students while strengthening our sense of family, school spirit, and faith in God. 

The first such Family Supper this school year with Households is next Thursday September 24, 2015.

The entire school will be eating lunch between 12:10 – 1:10. Therefore, coordinating the purchase of lunches on those days is imperative. To help us with this effort you will find an order form attached to this letter for any student purchasing lunch on Thursday September 24, 2015.

If your child purchases a lunch through their lunch card, just fill out the order form and return it. The cost of the order will be deducted from the lunch card.

If your child purchases a lunch through cash, please send the money in along with the order form. Should change need to be given it will be delivered back to your child.

If your child packs but purchases (through either a lunch card or with cash) additional items / snacks, they will not be able to do so on Family Supper days. Please pack enough food / drink for your son or daughter if they are not purchasing a lunch.

Please return your order form (in today's packet) by Tuesday September 22!

If you have any questions, please contact the school office: 813.884.4502.

For more details on the Household Program, visit here: http://icscatholicedu.blogspot.com/2013/08/home.html 



ICS - Culver's Spirit Lunch
Please see the form in today's packet for details about our first ever Spirit Lunch with our neighbor, Culver's on Friday October 2! The cost of the lunch is $6.00 and a portion of each lunch purchased comes back to ICS!

Order forms are due back to the school by September 29 - no exceptions - as we have to get Culver's our order by then. The ICS kitchen will be open with miscellaneous items that day, along with our typical snacks; but, the main meal on the 2nd of October will be Culver's!


ICS Spirit Shirts - Hope Will Rise
Included in today's packet is a form for our 2015 - 16 ICS Spirit Shirts. This is the FIRST EVER shirt with our new school logo on it and it also has our 2015 - 16 theme: Hope Will Rise!

Cost is $10.00 per shirt. Claim a part of history and show off the new ICS logo with pride!



ICS Student Council Officers
Congratulations to our newly elected ICS Student Council Officers:

President: Carlos Rueda
Vice President: Maddie Maroney
Treasurer: Ashlyn Straughn
Secretary: Devon Ostrander

Thanks to all of the students who ran for student office this year. All candidates displayed pride in their school and executed great campaigns and speeches.

May God bless these ICS student leaders and may they seek Christ as their model of servant leadership!



IN KEEPING WITH OUR TRADITION, WE AT INCARNATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL:
Inspire disciples of Christ,
Challenge each individual to be a life-long learner, and
Strive to live our Catholic faith through service to each other and the community.