ICS News 8/18/16

Upcoming Events


August

18 - Band forms due
19 - David's Little Champions - Soccer, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Grades PreK3 through 3rd 

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

25 - Curriculum Night, PreK3 - Grade 5, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., St. Michael Hall

26 - Household Ceremony (students find out which Household / Priory they are in), p.m. activity schedule in St. Michael Hall

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

September

1 - Curriculum Night, Grades 6 - 8, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., St. Michael Hall

2 - First Friday Morning Assembly, 8:30 a.m., St. Michael Hall; Adoration for Religion Classes; Irish Spirit Day

5 - No school, Labor Day

6 - Picture Day

7 - School Mass with Households, 8:30 a.m.; Band Lessons begin

9 - Mid-point of 1st Quarter, grades updated and posted on Rediker

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

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

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

22 - Family Supper with Households

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

10 - No school, Diocese of St. Petersburg Professional Development for Teachers

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

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

31 - Halloween Celebration

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

For a longer range 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: 

*All ICS students, families and teachers

*Protection of all life and property throughout hurricane season

*Greater respect for all life from conception to natural death

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


A Great Start

Across the board, we have been so impressed by our students' behavior at Mass, in classrooms and during common times like lunch and recess. Students have done a wonderful job showing reverence towards the Lord and our faith. They have demonstrated great focus and seriousness in academic settings. There is a life and energy permeating our campus this year! Keep up the great work, ICS!

As part of our Positive Behavior Intervention Support system, we have already had two rounds of winners in our Homeroom Red Ticket Drawings. 

Last Week's (8/10 - 8/12) Red Ticket Award Winners:

Kindergarten- Joey Lozada and Bently Paxon

1st Grade- Mary Clare Miranda-Drugovich and Sofia Lopez

2nd Grade- Ariyah Margarejo and Sadella Nguyen

3rd Grade- Oscar De los Rios and Hector Roche

4th Grade- Anthony Paulino and Justin Rosa

5th Grade- Elias Matos and Annalysa Betts

6A- Camila Castro-Galindo and Natalia Delgado

6B- Ty Martin-Ruiz and Isaiah Torres

7A- Sofia Sargeant and Devon Ostrander

7B- Kemuel Henderson and Vanessa Piedra

8A- Hannahbella Blanc and Sean Varao

8B- Keyarra Henderson and Ashlyn Straughn

This Week's (8/15 - 8/19) Red Ticket Award Winners:

Kindergarten- Carly Howe and Camilla Hernandez

1st Grade- Analisse Paulino and Isabella Avila

2nd Grade- Ramil Muraharisetti and Shawna Balco

3rd Grade- George Al-Ali and Johan Gonzalez

4th Grade- Kyra Lom and Kiara Counts

5th Grade- Kevin Jimenez and Jaxon Knight

6A- Sophia Al-Ali and Keyuloni Henderson

6B- Emma Elkins and Keanu Lopez

7A- Jackson Coulman and Leonardo Castro-Galindo

7B- Jack Spinnato and Hannah Dinh

8A- Hannahbella Blanc and Logan Maher

8B- Richard Almanzar and Malio Mayo

Drop-Off and Pick-Up
Thank you, ICS Families, for all of your efforts to establish new morning and afternoon routines for the new school year. We greatly appreciate your patience and flexibility as we indoctrinate our entire school community to our drop-off and pick-up procedures. 

A few notes:

1. Please refrain from using your cell phone. Be present to your child(ren) and heighten your awareness so as to keep all of our ICS children safe!

2. For morning drop-off, we afford the parents and families of our youngest students (PreK-3 and PreK-4) to park behind the Media Center and walk their PreK-3 and PreK-4 students to their classrooms. All other students should get dropped off in the carline by the Pavilion. 

3. For afternoon pick-up, please have the carline sign displayed in your car. If you do not have one, please contact the Front Office or you can make your own. Be creative and let your inner artist come out (check out this great example to the right!). Just make sure it has the following information: 

-First and Last names of student(s)
-Grade level(s)

These carline signs will help keep the process smooth. Thank you in advance for your help!


Curriculum Nights

ICS believes that parents and families play a vital role in the education of their children. As such, we take our partnership with students and families seriously and consider it a privilege to minister to you. One opportunity to build connections between our school and your home is during our upcoming Curriculum Nights:

*Thursday August 25 at 7:00 p.m. for PreK - Grade 5
-7:00 - 7:30 - General information in St. Michael Hall
-7:30 - 8:00 - Session 1 in classrooms with ICS teachers
-8:00 - 8:30 - Session 2 in classrooms with ICS teachers (for families with more than 1 student in grades PreK - Grade 5)

*Thursday September 1 at 7:00 p.m. for Grades 6 - 8
-7:00 - 7:30 - General information in St. Michael Hall
-7:30 - 8:30 - Middle School information in St. Michael Hall with ICS Middle School Team Teachers

Childcare for ICS students will be available on both nights. Just come to St. Michael Hall.

We hope to see you there!


Rediker

All families should have received login information for using Rediker for the 2016-17 school year on Monday August 15. If you have any questions regarding Rediker and/or if you have had any problems getting into the system, please contact the School Office. If you did not receive this email, please contact us to let us know. 

Rediker is our Student Management System. It allows you to access Homework, Grades, Attendance, Discipline for your child(ren). It also allows you to easily communicate with your child(ren)'s teacher(s). 

Please bookmark the following page so that you can easily access our ICS Rediker account: https://plusportals.com/IncarnationCatholic 

Additionally, you can access Rediker through their free app, Parent Plus. When you open the app you will be prompted to enter our school name which is “Incarnation Catholic" 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/parentplus/id648334615?mt=8


Personnel Updates

As was mentioned on 8/15/16, we are pleased to welcome Mrs. Alicia Riek (pronounced "Rick") as our new ICS School Counselor. Mrs. Riek officially began working at ICS on Tuesday. Mrs. Riek holds her Master's Degree in School Counseling from Argosy University and has experience as a School Counselor on both the Elementary and High School levels. Mrs. Riek will be at ICS on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please pray for her smooth transition to ICS and please join me in making her feel a part of our ICS family! Send her a note of welcome here: rieka@icstampa.org.  

We are in the final stages of hiring a 3rd / 4th grade LA / Math teacher. We will keep you informed. Stay tuned!


ICS Athletics

Girls Volleyball and Co-ed Soccer seasons are underway! ICS students in grades 4 - 8 have been hard at work this week preparing for their first interscholastic games. For the interscholastic schedule, 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

*Unfortunately, the ICS Intramural Golf outing scheduled for Saturday August 20th has been postponed. We are currently dialoguing with The Eagles Golf Club to reschedule. We apologize for any inconvenience and we thank you for your patience and understanding. We will let you know when a new date has been scheduled. 

Friday August 26th Tennis Clinic

This event will be held at:

ICS pavilion 

From: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Grades: 5th - 8th

If you do not have a tennis racquet this is not a problem. We will have extra tennis racquets available for those that need one.

Student are required to wear their ICS PE uniform.

Saturday August 27th Boys Volleyball Clinic

This event will be held at:

ICS pavilion 

From: 7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

Grades: 5th - 8th

Student are required to wear their ICS PE uniform.

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.

David's Little Champions 
Friday August 19th Soccer

This event will be held at:

ICS field 

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

Grades: PreK3 - 3rd

Students are encouraged to bring a soccer ball.

Student pick up will take place at the flag pole in front of the school at 4:30 p.m.

Friday September 2nd Basketball 

This event will be held at:

ICS pavilion

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

Grades: PreK3 - 3rd

Students are encouraged to bring a basketball.

Student pick up will take place at the flag pole in front of the school at 4:30 p.m.

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! 


David's Little Champions
Any PreK - Grade 3 student participating in David's Little Champions Soccer session tomorrow is permitted to dress in the ICS PE uniform for Friday August 19. Even if the student does not have PE on Friday he/she should wear their PE uniform to school tomorrow. This will maximize our time spent playing soccer after school tomorrow and minimize lost items, changing issues and locker room behavioral problems. 

Pick-up will take place in the Pavilion parking lot at 4:30 p.m. 


2016 - 17 Uniforms

You can still purchase our new Green Mass Day Shirt. For the Sunshine-Wear website, go here: https://sunshine-wear.com 

Remember that our Green Mass Day Shirt is optional and is only permitted on Wednesdays / Mass days!


Havana Nights
Plans for the 2016 ICS Auction are already underway! A team of dedicated volunteers started working on our school's largest fundraising event over the summer. We thank them for their support of Incarnation Catholic School! 

Forms to become sponsors and get involved in making this year's event a huge success are included in today's Thursday packet. Opportunities to get involved abound. They include:

*Sponsorships

*Donations

*Volunteer help

*Attendance

If you are interested in helping with this event, please contact the School Office. 

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


Faith Formation
Please read the following information about Sacramental Preparation (Eucharist, Reconciliation, Confirmation) from Philomena Johnson, Incarnation Religious Education Coordinator: 

If your child will be preparing to receive the sacrament of First Communion or Confirmation at Incarnation Parish this upcoming year you must first register your child for their sacrament in the Faith Formation Office.  Sacrament preparation is a parish-centered process and registration is NOT handled through Incarnation Catholic School, but through the Faith Formation Office.

This process entails a “true and deep commitment”, not only from the child but from you the parents as well.  The preparation process must be a priority and should come before sports, scouts, etc.  Please consider this before registering. 

Registration for this year's Sacrament Preparation (First Communion) and Confirmation runs from now until September 23 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the Faith Formation Office (located next door to the Parish Office).  You can also register on Sunday, August 21 and 28 in St. Michael Hall from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

A copy of your child’s Baptismal Certificate is required at time of registration. No registration form will be accepted without it.  

Deadline for registration is September 23.

Please feel free to call or email Philomena Johnson with any questions: (813) 884-3624, 

reled@icctampa.org.

Formed Resource

Need some inspiration for your faith? Trying to find answers to spiritual questions? Incarnation Catholic Church has acquired a great educational and motivational tool, Formed. An on-line database of videos, podcasts, books and more, Formed is available to all families of our Parish and School. To access its content, follow these steps:

-Go to the website: www.formed.org

-Enter the Parish Code: C47GQK

-Create a personal account with your username/email and password. 

Start enjoying the best Catholic content all in one place!

If you have any questions, please contact Deacon Matt Shirina, Director of Faith Formation, at dff@icctampa.org or (813) 884-3624.

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.