ICS Newsletter 1.30.14

ICS Newsletter 1.30.14

UPCOMING EVENTS

1/30 - 2/1 - Catholic Schools Week

1/30 - Family Supper / Irish Cup Activity; Priory Wear - students can wear a shirt with the color from their Priory (H - Blue; O - Yellow; M - Green; E - White) with jeans and sneakers

1/31 - Grandparents Day, 1/2 Day of School; Formal Uniform

1/31 - 2/7 - ICS Book Fair

2/1 - Virgen Altagracia Mass and Celebration, 7:00 p.m. (for details, contact the Parish Office, 813.885.7861)

2/3 - Report cards sent home

2/4 - Time on Task Free Dress Day for Quarter 2, grades 1 - 8

2/5 - School Mass, a.m. activity schedule; Class picture day

2/6 - NO SCHOOL, Diocese of St. Petersburg in-service (*please note that this is a Thursday)

2/7 - First Friday Morning Assembly, 8:30 a.m., St. Michael Hall; Irish Incarnation Spirit Day

2/8 - Incarnation Catholic Church Casino Night

2/12 - School Mass, 8:30 a.m.; 6th Grade Focus 11 Vocations Retreat at St. Lawrence

2/13 - Family Supper / Irish Cup Activity

2/17 - NO SCHOOL, Presidents' Day

2/19 - School Mass, 8:30 a.m.

2/20 - ICS Speech Contest, 8:30 a.m., St. Michael Hall; Food and Fellowship at McDonald's

2/21 - 8th Grade to McDonald's

2/26 - Priory Meetings; School Mass, 8:30 a.m.

2/27 - Open House for prospective families, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., St. Michael Hall

2/28 - 1/2 Day of School; Mid-quarter, grades posted on Sycamore

3/3 - 3/14 - Iowa Assessment for Grades 2 - 8

3/11 - Open House for prospective families, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m., St. Michael Hall

PRAYER INTENTIONS

We pray for Mr. Jack Foy, grandfather of Lia Morrissey (Grade 7), as he begins his radiation treatments for prostate cancer. May God give Mr. Foy strength to fight this horrible disease.

Please continue to pray for Mrs. Mireida Abad, Jennifer Lopez's (Grade 7) mother, as she continues to fight an illness. May God grant her healing and strength.

We also continue to pray for the Grillo family (Alina, Grade 6) as they mourn the loss of Alina's maternal grandfather and passing into eternal life. May God offer the family His love, comfort and peace during this difficult time.

We pray for our ICS Brownies Troop retreat taking place this Saturday February 1. The retreat, entitled "God Provides", is sponsored by the Catholic Committee for Girls and nine of our ICS students will attend. May this day of retreat be a day filled with many blessings for our Brownies Troop!

Finally, let us continue to pray for the Baker family and that a cure for cancer be found.

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

SARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA DONATION

Thank you to the students, families and teachers of ICS for their generous donations to the Cure Sarcoma Fund in honor of Ryan Baker. The total from the 1/28 free dress day was just under $500.

Anyone still interested in making a donation can visit: www.curesarcoma.org

CELEBRATING SUCCESSES

Congratulations to Marissa Mattingly (Grade 3) and Lexi Velte (Grade 8), for winning the 1st - 4th Grade and 5th - 8th Grade Spelling Bees, respectively. Marissa is a three year winner in the 1st - 4th grade division! Incredible!

Lexi will represent ICS in the regional phase of the Howard Scripps National Spelling Bee later this school year. Good luck, Lexi!

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in these academic events and especially to Matthew Tran (Grade 4) and Jordan Jankowski (Grade 8), runner-ups in their age divisions. Both Bees were an AMAZING display of academic excellence!

Great job, I-r-i-s-h!

Do you know of a current ICS student or ICS graduate who has found success in the areas of academics, athletics, leadership, service or ministry that should be featured in our Newsletter? If so, please send notification to: icsmzele@icstampa.org 

CELEBRATING SUCCESSES, TEACHER EDITION

Mrs. Rhonda Carrier, ICS Information and Communication Technology Teacher, is once again a presenter at the state's Interactive Connections Conference. Mrs. Carrier is currently at this conference, a precursor and offshoot of the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC). Mrs. Carrier is presenting a workshop entitled, "Raising Kids in the Digital Age", a session inspired by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's words, "Educating children to be discriminating in their use of the media is a responsibility of parents, Church and school."

For details about the conference, as well as more details about Mrs. Carrier's session, visit this link: http://ic2014.wordpress.com/learning-sessions/


SACRED STEPS RUNNING CLUB

Due to the inclement weather today, Thursday January 30 Sacred Steps Running Club is cancelled.


FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP

Our next Food and Fellowship activity is 2/20/14 at McDonald's (7909 W. Hillsborough Ave.) between 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Mrs. Emery's Art Club will be having their 1st Art Exposition at this event. For every flyer presented, McDonald's will donate 20% of that sale to ICS (dine-in only). The class with the highest sales will have a FREE Happy Meal (PreK - Grade 5) or All-American Meal (Middle School) lunch. The past winner was Mrs. Bujak's HR. They enjoyed their free lunch this past Monday!

GRANDPARENTS' DAY

Remember that the schedule for tomorrow's Grandparents' Day is as follows:

-8:00 - 9:00 - Breakfast (St. Michael Hall)
-9:15 - 10:00 - Prayer Service and Student Showcase (Incarnation Catholic Church)
-10:00 - 11:30 - Informal tours of campus, Book Fair, classroom visits
-12:00 - Regular 1/2 day dismissal

Should you desire for Grandparents to take your child(ren) home prior to the conclusion of the event you need to grant your permission on the RSVP form. Students will not be released early without this advance notice. 

If you have any questions about Grandparents' Day, please contact the Main Office: 813.884.4502.

HOME

-Rend Collective Experiment

Have a great quote about our school's theme, HOME? Send it to: icsmzele@icstampa.org 

MR. DiCARLO

Please join me in welcoming Mr. Dominick DiCarlo to ICS as our new Music Teacher for the remainder of the school year. Mr. DiCarlo is originally from California and he studied Music at the University of California, Davis where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music. Mr. DiCarlo will begin teaching in the ICS Music classes on Monday February 3.

Welcome to ICS, Mr. DiCarlo! We are excited to have you!


BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

The next submission of Box Tops for education is Thursday February 27. The class with the most Box Tops during this period will receive a free dress day.

HALL OF HONORS

Our 2nd class of inductees into the Incarnation Catholic School Hall of Honors will take place on Friday May 2. If you would like to nominate someone for induction, please contact the Main Office for a nomination form.

Criteria for the Hall of Honors are included here:

Incarnation Catholic School graduates go on to successful high school, college and professional careers. And wherever they work, in whatever discipline they are in, you can find them at the top. This is due in part to the strong academic and spiritual foundation laid at ICS, at the outstanding homes of ICS families and as a result of the exemplar moral character of individual ICS students, faculty, staff, priests and volunteers. 

The Incarnation Catholic School Hall of Honors recognizes alumni, faculty and staff, parents, priests, benefactors and friends of the school who made significant contributions to the School, Church, and / or world at large.

Candidates for the Incarnation Catholic School Hall of Honors must be nominated by someone other than the nominee him/herself. The School Advisory Board of Incarnation Catholic School, in consultation with the Pastor and Principal, review nominations and select qualified candidates for the year's class of inductees.

Nominations are due by March 15, 2014.


100th DAY

Today was our 100th day of school this year!

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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