Upcoming Events
January
26 - Family Supper with Households, 100 Riddle
Challenge
27 - 100th Day of School - Kindergarten Parade
28 - School Mass, 4:30 p.m.; Ice Cream Social in
St. Michael Hall
29 - 31 - Catholic Schools Week
30 - COMMUNITY - Free Dress Day for $1; School
Service Projects
31 - STUDENTS - High School / College shirt with PE
shorts / jeans / uniform bottoms and sneakers; Pep Rally
February
1 - 3 - Catholic Schools Week
1 - NATION - School Mass, 8:30 a.m.; Red, White and
Blue Dress Up Day (Professional Attire in the colors of Red, White and Blue);
Carnival Planning Meeting, 7:00 p.m. in Media Center
2 - VOCATIONS - Career Day (see below for sign-up
information); Class Picture Day, all students in formal school uniform
3 - FACULTY / STAFF / VOLUNTEERS - First Friday Morning Assembly,
8:30 a.m., St. Michael Hall; Extreme Irish Spirit Day (*see below for
details); Band Performance during assembly; Adoration for Religion
Classes; ICS Spring Book Fair begins
3 - 10 - ICS Spring Book Fair
8 - NO SCHOOL, Diocese of St. Petersburg
in-service training for all teachers (*please note this is a Wednesday)
10 - Grandparents' Day; ICS Spring Book Fair ends;
3rd Annual ICS DeMATHlon
15 - School Mass with Households, 8:30 a.m.
16 - Focus 11 Vocations Retreat for Grade 6
17 - Mid-point of Q3, grades updated and posted on
Rediker
20 - NO SCHOOL, Presidents' Day
21 - Spring Individual Picture Day
22 - School Mass, 8:30 a.m.
23 - Family Supper with Households
25 - School Mass, 4:30 p.m.
27 - Chick-fil-A Spirit Night, 3:00 - 8:00
p.m., W. Waters Ave. and Citrus Park locations
March
6 - 10 - Iowa Assessment testing for grades 2 - 8
16 - 19 - Incarnation Carnival Weekend
20 – No School, Carnival Clean-up Day
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:
-Walter Alarico, a family friend of the Huarag
family, who has blood cancer
-Heriberto Acevedo, the grandfather of Justin and
Joshua Borges, who passed into eternal life on December 30th
-Greater respect for human life from conception to
its natural end
-In thanksgiving for the gift of Catholic education
at ICS and at all Catholic schools across America!
Have a person or intention to add to our prayer
list? Send it to icsmzele@icstampa.org
The Power of Positivity
Congratulations to the following students
who won their classroom level Red Ticket Drawing last Thursday 1/19/17:
Kindergarten: Carly Howe and Jessica Padilla
First Grade: Daniel Waibel and Sloan
Saavedra
Second Grade: Dan Hernandez and Jaliyah
Valdez-Torres
Third Grade: Michael Strahm and Nathan
Sergomichael
Fourth Grade: Jacob Clark and Daniella
Millian
Fifth Grade: Nicole Balco and Julia Artz
6A: Brian Canasi and Sophia Al-Ali
6B: Isaiah Torres and Isaac Rosa
7A: Nadia Falcone and Devon
Ostrander
7B: Alex Mazza and Kara Artz
8A: Brian Stevens and Avery
Altamirano
8B: Sophie Ramos and Ashlyn
Straughn
Great job, Irish! Keep up the outstanding work!
National Geographic Geography Bee
Congratulations to our classroom level winners of the ICS Geography Bee in Grades 4 - 8:
Grade 4: Alejandro Avila and Alejandro Terry
Grade 5: Julia Artz and Tristan Stavish
Grade 6: Sophia Al-Ali and Ximena Sanchez
Grade 7: Blake Hemsley and Matthew Tran
Grade 8: Max Al-Ali and Melvin Carvalho
Congratulations to our school winner, Max Al-Ali and the runner-up, Blake Hemsley! Great job!
The next step for Max is to complete the state level test to potentially move on to the next round of this national competition!
GO IRISH!
National Geographic Geography Bee
Congratulations to our classroom level winners of the ICS Geography Bee in Grades 4 - 8:
Grade 4: Alejandro Avila and Alejandro Terry
Grade 5: Julia Artz and Tristan Stavish
Grade 6: Sophia Al-Ali and Ximena Sanchez
Grade 7: Blake Hemsley and Matthew Tran
Grade 8: Max Al-Ali and Melvin Carvalho
Congratulations to our school winner, Max Al-Ali and the runner-up, Blake Hemsley! Great job!
The next step for Max is to complete the state level test to potentially move on to the next round of this national competition!
GO IRISH!
ICS Alumnae - Continuing our Tradition of
Excellence
Congratulations to the following ICS alumnae, who
currently attend the Academy of the Holy Names and received President's Honor
Roll, which is straight A's:
Seniors: ICS class of 2013
Marie Dela
Cruz
Grace Neal
Ana Padron
Olivia Stevens
Junior: ICS class of 2014
Cristina Suarez-Solar
Freshmen: ICS class of 2016
Maria Paula Owens
Jennifer Pham
Sarah Torres
Congratulations, girls! We are so proud of your
achievements! We are ICS!
January 28 - Mass and Ice Cream Social
Please join us this Saturday January 28 as we
kick-off Catholic Schools Week 2017 with the Celebration of the Eucharist at
the 4:30 p.m. Mass! ICS students will once again minister to our Church
community - readers, gift bearers, altar servers and choir members. Students
ministering (reading, choir members, gift bearing, serving) are expected to
wear their ICS uniform. Students in attendance are also asked to wear their ICS
school uniform, too! Please join us for Mass this Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
Immediately following Mass in St. Michael Hall, ICS
will host an Ice Cream Social. We will feature frozen custard from our business
neighbor, Culver's. Cost will be $3.00 for 1, or 2 for $5.00. Water and
soda will also be available for purchase.
There is no pre-order necessary! Just come to Mass
and then stay for ice cream and community! We hope to see you there!
ICS Athletics
See below for the respective schedules for Boys'
Basketball (Varsity and JV):
Varsity Games
Thursday 1/26 - ICS vs. Corpus Christi, 4:00
p.m. (HOME)
Tuesday 1/31 - ICS @ Villa Madonna, 4:00 p.m.
Thursday 2/2 - ICS @ Mother Teresa of
Calcutta, 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday 2/7 - ICS vs. Christ the King, 4:00 p.m.
(HOME)
Thursday 2/9 – ICS @ St. Peter Claver, 4:00
p.m.
Saturday 2/11 - ICS vs. St. Joseph, 10:10 a.m.
@ Jesuit HS
Thursday 2/16 - ICS vs. St. Lawrence, 4:00 p.m.
(HOME)
Saturday 2/18 - ICS vs. St. Joseph, 9:00 a.m. @
Jesuit HS
JV Games
Thursday 2/2 - ICS @ Mother Teresa of
Calcutta, 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday 2/7 - ICS vs. MS, 5:00 p.m. (HOME)
Thursday 2/9 - ICS @ St. Peter Claver, 5:00
p.m.
Up next for the Lady Irish is Flag
Football. Please see their schedule of games below:
Thursday 1/26 – ICS @ Nativity, 4:00 p.m.
Thursday 2/2 – ICS @ Christ the King, 4:00
p.m.
Friday 2/3 – ICS vs. Mother Teresa of Calcutta,
4:00 p.m. (HOME)
Tuesday 2/7 – ICS vs. Corpus Christi, 4:00 p.m.
(HOME)
Thursday 2/9 – ICS @ St. Lawrence, 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday 2/14 – ICS vs. St. Stephen, 4:00 p.m.
(HOME)
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!
ICS Catholic Schools Week 2017
Please see the schedule below for a list of
activities during ICS's celebration of Catholic Schools Week 2017!
Saturday 1/28: PARISH
-ICS students minister (choir, altar servers,
readers, gift bearers) at the 4:30 p.m. Mass; please wear ICS uniforms!
-Ice Cream Social in St. Michael Hall to
follow
Monday 1/30: COMMUNITY
-ICS students will participate in school-level
service projects
-ICS students will be allowed a Free Dress Day for
$1.00, proceeds to benefit Pasta for Pennies and American Heart
Association
Tuesday 1/31: STUDENTS
-ICS students will participate in a Pep Rally in
the afternoon - and will end with a school wide dance party!
-ICS students will be allowed to wear a
t-shirt / sweatshirt of their favorite college or high school with uniform
bottoms / PE shorts / jeans and sneakers
Wednesday 2/1: NATION
-ICS students will participate in the
Celebration of the Eucharist where we will celebrate our nation's (and ICS's)
diversity!
-Students are permitted to "Dress Up" and
wear red, white and blue (no jeans)
Thursday 2/2: VOCATIONS
-ICS students will participate in a "Career
Day" in the morning - any parent interested in volunteering should
contact Mrs. Finley: finleyj@icstampa.org
-ICS students should dress in their formal school
uniform - we have Class Pictures this day!
Friday 2/3: FACULTY / STAFF / VOLUNTEERS
-ICS students will participate in our First Friday
Morning Assembly
-ICS students are permitted to dress in
"Extreme Irish Spirit Day" - any ICS shirt, PE shorts / jeans /
uniform bottoms, sneakers and face paint, headbands - show your ICS spirit!
ICS is proud to be a Catholic School! Thank you,
ICS parents and families for choosing Catholic education for your children at
ICS! We hope you see the Catholic school - and ICS - advantage!
Please visit this site for more thoughts on the
advantage of Catholic schools: http://icscatholicedu.blogspot.com/2011/11/catholic-school-advantage.html
Go Catholic schools! GO ICS!
Spirit FM Radio Spot
ICS had the opportunity earlier this week to record
a short promotional ad on Spirit FM 90.5 WBVM. Thank you, Spirit FM, for
spreading the word about our AMAZING Catholic School! Tune in next week to hear
it on the air! You can listen online: http://www.spiritfm905.com
The ICS spot will air in the mornings, mid-days and
afternoons after traffic updates!
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We are Effective Communicators. We are Community
Members. We are ICS!
Career Day Volunteers
We invite parents to share
knowledge and talent about their chosen career with our ICS students as a part of our Catholic Schools Week 2017 focus on Vocations!
If you are interested in
speaking to our students, please contact Mrs. Jayme
Finley at finleyj@icstampa.org by Monday, January 30
to be scheduled for this event.
Please let her know:
-what career you will be speaking about,
-what age group or
classroom that would be most appropriate,
-and if you’d like to do
1 or 2 presentations.
Talks should last 20-30
minutes.
Thank you for your
support!
ICS Spring Book Fair
Our Spring Book Fair will be taking place from
2/3-2/10. Students will have time during their Media/Tech classes and
lunch/recess to purchase books. Parents are welcome to come by before or after
school to shop as well!
Please note that the Book Fair will be open during
our Grandparent’s Day event on 2/10!
You may also shop at our online book fair, which
will take place from 1/26-2/15. Any books that you purchase will be delivered
to our school with no shipping cost! You can find the link to
the online fair here: http://www.scholastic.com/bf/ics1
We are still in need of some amazing parent
volunteers to help the fair run smoothly. There are a variety of ways to help
before, during, and after school hours, including:
1. Setting up the fair
2. Assisting students with creating their Wish
List during the Student Preview days
3. Running the cash register
4. Breaking down the fair
If you have completed your Level II
Background Screening and are interested in volunteering, please
contact Ms. Sarah Stevenson at stevensons@icstampa.org
Reading is the gateway to knowledge! Thanks for
your help with this event to promote literacy!
ICS Grandparents’ Day
On Friday February 10, ICS will host its annual
Grandparents’ Day. The preliminary agenda for the day is as follows:
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. – Breakfast and Book Fair
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. – Prayer Service and Student
Showcase
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. – Book Fair and Grandparent
Goodbyes
Sign-up forms are in today's Thursday packet. As
one of the biggest events of the year, seating occurs on a first-come,
first-served basis. Please RSVP early to ensure your parents can spend time
with their grandchildren! Cost will be $7 per person (including students) to
cover the cost of breakfast.
Please note that Friday February 10 is a
full-day of school. Grandparents will be dismissed between 10:30 – 11:00
a.m. Students will report back to Homeroom at that time. In order for your son
/ daughter to leave with grandparents you must contact the Front Office in
advance of 2/10/17 granting your permission for your child to leave early.
Please note that if a student leaves early it will count as a 1/2 day
absence.
Students will have lunch, recess and then engage in
our 3rd Annual ICS DeMATHlon in the afternoon!
Box Tops for Education
This past Friday, Mrs. Waibel, our ICS Box Tops
Coordinator,
submitted 2,982 Box Tops to Box Tops for
Education which totals $298.20 for our ICS!
The first deadline of 2017 is March 1. Please help
ICS to collect more Box Tops to earn more funds for our great school! Send Box
Tops in to the Front Office. Using a collection sheet makes submissions even easier:
Thank you!
REMINDER - Incarnation Carnival
The 53rd Incarnation
Carnival is March 16 – 19, 2017! Incarnation Catholic School is charged with
executing this community building event.
Our next Carnival meeting is Wednesday February 1
at 7:00 p.m. in the Media Center! We hope to see you there!
REMINDER - Carnival Sweepstakes Drawing
Incarnation Catholic School will host its annual
Carnival Sweepstakes Drawing to coincide with the excitement of the 53rd Incarnation
Carnival. Remember that participation in the Drawing is required for any family
who did not purchase at least two tickets to last November’s Auction. This is
part of the $150 fundraising commitment we expect and rely upon from each ICS
family (ICS families must raise at least $150 between the Auction and Drawing;
any combination can be used but the total must be $150).
Your participation in the Drawing can yield a great
return on your investment if you end up winning! Drawings will begin on March 1
and will run through the last day of Carnival, March 19. Any family that sells
at least $150 before the Drawing begins will be entered into a bonus drawing.
Stay tuned for more details! Tickets and more information will be coming soon!
Incarnation Church Gala - RESCHEDULED
Please note that the Incarnation Church Gala originally scheduled for February 11 has been rescheduled for Saturday May 6, 2017 - "Summer Nights"! Anyone who sponsored an ad will be called and sent a letter with more information about this change. Contact the Church Office with any questions: (813) 885-7861.
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.
