ICS News 9/8/16

At ICS we don't practice until we get it right, we practice until we can't get it wrong. 

Upcoming Events

September

8 - Student Council speeches, 8:00 a.m. in St. Michael Hall

9 - Mid-point of 1st Quarter, grades updated and posted on Rediker; ICS Student Council elections; Friday Morning Assembly, 8:30 a.m., Chapel Visits for Religion Classes; Irish Incarnation Spirit Day (see the ICS Student-Family Handbook, pg. 65 for details: http://www.icstampa.org/uploads/6/2/0/9/62091753/ics_student-family_handbook_update_16-17.pdf)

14 - School Mass, 8:30 a.m.; Band lessons begin
15 - 23 - Fall Book Fair

17 - School Mass, 4:30 p.m., Spaghetti Dinner in St. Michael Hall 5:30 - 8:00 p.m., ICS Book Fair open

21 - School Mass, 8:30 a.m.

22 - Family Supper (lunch) with Households
23 - 8th Grade Retreat

28 - School Mass, 8:30 a.m.

29 - 1/2 Day of School; Family - Teacher Conferences, 1:00 - 7:00 p.m.

30 - Irish Cup Activity in p.m.

October

1 - Sabor Latino, St. Michael Hall

5 - School Mass, 8:30 a.m.; 8th Grade - Kindergarten Angel Ceremony

7 - First Friday Morning Assembly, 8:30 a.m., St. Michael Hall; Adoration for Religion Classes; 2nd and 3rd Grade Retreats

10 - No school, Diocese of St. Petersburg Professional Development for Teachers
11 - 5th Grade Retreat

12 - School Mass with Households, 8:30 a.m.
13 - Picture Re-take Day

14 - End of 1st Quarter

15 - School Mass, 4:30 p.m.; Cookout and Movie "Under the Stars", 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. in Pavilion

17 - Beginning of Quarter 2

19 - School Mass, 8:30 a.m.

20 - Family Supper with Households
21 - 6th Grade Retreat

26 - School Mass, 8:30 a.m.
28 - 7th Grade Retreat

31 - Halloween Celebration

*SAVE THE DATE: November 5 - ICS Auction, Havana Nights

For a longer range of dates, please visit our year-long calendar: http://incarnationcatholicschool.blogspot.com/p/ics-2016-17-calendar.html

Prayers

Please join us in praying for the following: 

*The mother of Brian Canasi (Grade 6) who is undergoing surgery today

*The grandmother of Ms. Maniscalco who passed away last week

*Colin Madden (ICS Class of 2007) who is undergoing surgery today

*All candidates for ICS Student Council Office

*Protection of all life and property throughout hurricane season

*An end to violence 

Have a person or intention to add to our prayer list? Send it to icsmzele@icstampa.org.  

The Power of Positivity

Tomorrow at our Friday Morning Assembly ICS will keep with its tradition of celebrating its students and teachers and their many accomplishments. 

Positive recognition will include: 

-Red Ticket Grade Level Winners (Primary, Upper Elementary and Middle School)
-St. Sebastian Student-Athlete of the Month Awards
-Cross-fit Leadership Awards
-Incarnation Inspiration Awards
-The Shamrock Showdown

Check back next week for updates on the winners from the above categories!

This week's Red Ticket Classroom Level Winners are:

Kindergarten: Leah Perez and Alexandra Pastor

First Grade: Alana Strahm and Gabriel Vega

Second Grade: Ariana Rivera and Lorena Nuamah

Third Grade: David Ramirez- Betancur and Aby Valles- Gourdet

Fourth Grade: Sarita Rich and Andrick Franco

Fifth Grade: Anna Carnuccio and Angelina Carmona

6A: Valentino Gomez and Katrina Otis

6B: Emma Elkins and Isaiah Torres

7A: Sofia Sargeant and Devon Ostrander

7B: Kara Artz and Jack Spinnato

8A: Melvin Carvalho and Daniel Cifuentes
8B: Max Al- Ali and Maddie Maroney

Thank you to our ICS teachers and students for being AMAZING!

Curriculum Night

Our Middle School Curriculum Night is tonight Thursday September 8 in St. Michael Hall. 

*Thursday September 8 at 7:00 p.m. for Grades 6 - 8
-7:00 - 7:30 - General information in St. Michael Hall
-7:30 - 8:15 - Middle School information in St. Michael Hall with ICS Middle School Team Teachers
-8:15 - 8:30 - Grade level meetings in classrooms

Supervision for ICS students will be available. We will also have a work / study space available to help support you in your efforts to have students complete skills practice / homework. Just come to St. Michael Hall.

As parents and families of Middle School students, please note that your presence at a school event such as this is an action that very clearly conveys the message that school is important to your child. This investment of time can help students succeed both academically and behaviorally. It is also an opportunity for you to get to know your child's teachers. 

We hope to see you there!

ICS Athletics

Girls Volleyball and Co-ed Soccer seasons began interscholastic games this past week! Our Varsity Soccer team won its opening game and our Volleyball team has fought hard in its first two matches of the year. GO IRISH!

For the complete schedules, visit our ICS Sports Wiki: 

-Soccer: http://icsathletics.wikispaces.com/ICS+Athletics+Home

-Volleyball: http://icsathletics.wikispaces.com/ICS+Girls+Athletics 

In addition to these interscholastic sports of Volleyball (girls) and Soccer (boys and girls) in grades 4 - 8, ICS is proud to offer the following intramural and developmental athletic opportunities:

Intramural Sports

Friday September 16th Billiards 

This event will be held at:

Pin Chasers

5555 W. Hillsborough Ave

Tampa, FL 33634

From: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Grades: 5th-8th

Cost: $3 per child

Payments are not to be given to the school. Payments should be made at the event to Pin Chasers the day of the event. Cash payment preferred.

Friday September 30th Bowling 

This event will be held at:

Pin Chasers

5555 W. Hillsborough Ave

Tampa, FL 33634

From: 3:30-4:30pm

Grades: PreK3-8th

Cost: $3 per child

Payments are not to be given to the school. Payments should be made at the event to Pin Chasers the day of the event.  Cash payment preferred.

More details about our ICS Athletic Department will can be found on our ICS Athletics Wiki: http://icsathletics.wikispaces.com/ICS+Athletics+Home or by contacting Coach Garofolo: garofolov@icstampa.org.

GO IRISH! 

Havana Nights

Havana Nights, our school's annual Auction Dinner-Dance, is ICS's largest fundraiser of the school year. The event is scheduled for Saturday November 5, 2016. 

In order for the event to be a success, all school families must support and/or attend this year's Auction in one or all of the following ways:

*Sponsorships

*Donations

*Volunteer help

*Attendance

We have already secured the following sponsorships:

Silver
-Bast Floors
-Florida Industrial Properties

Bronze
-Dr. Christina Martin Orthodontics
-Palm Harbor Dermatology
-Wood, Smith, Henning, and Berman LLP
-Rehab Quest
-Magna Legal Services

Friends of Incarnation
-Coldwell Banker

Thank you!

If you are interested in helping with this event, please contact our Auction Chairperson, Mrs. Blanca Melendez: auction@icstampa.org or (813) 203-6951.

Mark your calendars and save the date: Saturday November 5, 2016 - Havana Nights!

Want an electronic version of the Auction forms? Click here: http://incarnationcatholicschool.blogspot.com/p/auction-havana-nights.html 

Spaghetti Dinner

Our Annual Spaghetti Dinner event will take place on Saturday September 17 from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. in St. Michael Hall. This year this event will occur immediately after the Celebration of the Eucharist at 4:30 p.m. in the Church! ICS students will have the opportunity to minister to our parish community through music, reading and gift bearing! 

If you are interested in getting involved with this event, please contact Ms. Sanchez: sanchezj@icstampa.org.

Order forms are included in today's Thursday packet! Cost of dinner is $6.00 and includes spaghetti (or pizza), salad, water / iced tea, bread and dessert. Soft drinks will be available for purchase.

Please plan to attend both Mass and dinner!

ICS Spirit Day

Due to our emergency closures, our first Spirit Day has moved to tomorrow Friday September 9. All students are permitted to wear any ICS shirt with PE shorts, uniform bottoms or jeans and sneakers. If you have any questions, please consult our ICS Student-Family Handbook: http://www.icstampa.org/uploads/6/2/0/9/62091753/ics_student-family_handbook_update_16-17.pdf.

Friday Morning Assembly

We have also moved our first Friday Morning Assembly to tomorrow Friday September 9. This monthly event is open to parents, family members and guests. It begins at 8:30 a.m. in St. Michael Hall. Please enter the doors of St. Michael Hall any time after 8:15 a.m. Our typical format is as follows:

1. Prayer - a bilingual decade of the Rosary

2. Announcements

3. Awards - St. Sebastian Student-Athlete of the Month, Red Ticket drawing, Shamrock Showdown, Incarnation Inspiration Awards

4. A brief inspirational message

We hope to see you there!

2016-17 ICS Spirit Shirts

The 2016-17 ICS Spirit Shirt design is in! Thanks to the ICS Class of 2017 for the inspiration behind this school-spirit enhancing swag! 

The cost of the shirt will be $15. Order forms will be sent on in today's Thursday packet and are due back by next Friday September 16 (so that we can hopefully have them back by our next Spirit Day in October)!

ICS Book Fair

Our Fall ICS Book Fair begins next Thursday September 15 and runs through the following Friday September 23! All students will have an opportunity to purchase new books throughout the course of the week. We will also publish hours that the Fair will be open outside of the school day (please note that the Book Fair will be open on Saturday September 17 during the Spaghetti Dinner!). 

Reading is the gateway to knowledge! Help instill, foster, and/or maintain a love of learning for our ICS students through a new book (or through books!). 

Family Supper

Thursday September 22 is our first "Family Supper" of the school year. Part of our Household Initiative, Family Suppers are lunch times that bring ICS students and teachers together in their Households. 

The purpose: strong "families" eat together.

During Family Suppers the entire school eats lunch between 12:10 – 1:10. Therefore, coordinating the purchase of lunches on those days is imperative. Order forms for our 9/22 Family Supper will be sent next Thursday. 

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.

If your child packs everything they eat / drink throughout the day, just send them to school as you always do!

More information and the order form will be sent next Thursday September 15.

Conferences

On Thursday September 29 ICS teachers will host our first conference session of the school year. Sign-up forms to request a time to speak with your child(ren)'s teacher(s) will be sent next week. Please take advantage of this opportunity to dialogue with teachers about the progress of your child(ren). 

Once again, sign-up forms will be sent next week in the Thursday packet. 

Hurricane Make-up Days

We are dialoguing with the Diocese of St. Petersburg Office of Schools and Centers about when we will make up the two days of school that we missed last week because of the Hurricane Hermine. We will communicate ICS's plan to make-up these days next week. Stay tuned!

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.