Volunteers Needed to Sell ICE Merchandise

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Want to help in a big way, meet lots of parents at the same time? ICE Merchandise needs you to sell, sell, sell! 

Here are the upcoming dates when help is needed at the Merch Table. Pick one or better yet, volunteer for several dates. The times are approximate and flexible - discuss details with Elizabeth.

Please reply to Elizabeth, in charge of Merchandise and cc Lisa, volunteer coordinator.

Dates for selling ICE Merchandise:

  • Saturday, October 14th, Fundraiser at Pete’s Candy Store
  • Wednesday, November 8th 4:30 PM Parent/Teacher Conferences
  • Friday November 10 1 PM Parent/Teacher Conferences

Calling All Marathon Runners

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If we can gather 5 marathon runners who will commit to running for ICE we can become an official charity partner of New York Road Runners (NYRR)! This would be an amazing opportunity for ICE and could result in a $10,000+ donation to the school. Each runner would be guaranteed a spot in the New York Marathon in exchange for a commitment to raise $2500 (runners pay their own registration fees). After the race, $450 per runner goes to NYRR and the rest goes to ICE so we would earn a minimum of $10,200. Please contact Amy Gropp Forbes if you are interested in participating.

 

2017-2018 Kickoff Meeting for ICE Parent Action & Education Advocacy Committee

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Thursday October 5 | 6:30 PM

ICE, 5th floor, look for signs for exact room #

New and returning families interested in public education/progressive education advocacy! Please come help us set goals & plan for the year.

In past years, ICE PAC has acted to inform and activate the ICE parent body regarding city, state, and federal education policy and to organize the middle school grades' boycott of the NY State spring tests. We rarely meet in person, so please consider setting aside time for this special occasion.

RSVP to Kemala appreciated but not required. 

ICE 5K Results and Thanks

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What a great way to start off the I.C.E. school year!!!

Thank you for everyone who took part and especially all the volunteers: Deb Levine, Cari Fershing, Philip Sirios, Ben Wang, Susan Beschta, Emily Morgan, Paul Matteson, Mike Connor, Naeem Harrison, Aideen Kane, Andrea Santamaria, Elaine Pommells. (Apologies if there are spelling errors in your names but they were written in a hurry).

We were a little short of volunteers this year for recording times and course marshals. If anyone is interested in helping out next year please contact me or sign up on the volunteer database.

Click ICE 5K Results to view results of the race.

Curriculum Night

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Dear ICE Families,

Please join us for Curriculum Night for a chance to meet teachers and parents while following an abbreviated version of your child's schedule for a night!  Come to ICE on Wednesday, September 27th at 5:45 pm.  See the attendants at the table outside of the 15th street side elevator on the 5th floor to receive your schedule.  Schedules sorted by advisory section are also attached here if you would like to see your schedule before the 27th. 

First period begins promptly at 6 pm and the night moves fast and always is a lot of fun.  Hope to see you then!

ICE Faculty

PSAT Test Prep Live

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The October PSAT is coming fast—help your students get prepped for it with our free PSAT Prep Live, starting September 23. Kaplan's expert faculty will cover the most important PSAT content and tackle practice problems in eight live-streaming, one-hour lessons—all completely free.

Free, interactive lessons, quizzes, and a practice test. Join Kaplan for Free PSAT Prep Live starting September 23.

6th Grade Overnight Trip: October 5-6, 2017

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Students will develop social connections and experience something new together as a community. This is a memorable experience for all ICE community members who attend, and we believe it is invaluable for the students. The trip will consist of programming that includes team-building activities, forest ecology, sensory awareness, outdoor survival, and s’mores by a campfire at night. ALL 6th Grade students will attend. Get more information, make payments and complete required forms HERE

 

October 2017 PTA Meeting

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The October meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, October 19th at 6pm, Rm 518

Early planning is often the key to reducing college costs and maximizing aid opportunities

The ICE PTA is delighted to have Kalman ("Kal") A. Chany, nationally recognized expert on educational financing, back at I.C.E. for the 3rd year.  Kal will discuss Financial Planning for College, what we can do to prepare for college costs as early as middle school. 

Please join us for this don't-miss event. 

Science Students Honored in Genes in Space Competition

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Exceptionally hard work, extensive research, and dedication, have resulted in ICE science students Asha Karmen-Chan (15), Jasmine Hyman (16), and Albert Jurkowski (16) receiving recognition from the Genes in Space competition with an Honorable Mention award.

One of only 10 projects (out of 375 submissions) to be selected, our ICE science students share this recognition with students from Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, and other specialty tech schools across the country.  Including the finalists, the math works out to their project being in the top 4% of all submissions!  This is a remarkable achievement.

The entire ICE community is so incredibly proud of these students’ continually pushing themselves to complete their best work!

Here's the link to the announcement:  https://www.genesinspace.org/blog/genes-space-awards-part-1/ (copy and paste if link doesn’t work!).

Debaters Crush It in Chicago

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Debating last weekend in Chicago against 44 top teams from 22 cities around the country, Josie and Nicole crushed it.  It’s not easy to get to this place.  Only two teams from NYC made it:  ICE andBrooklyn Tech.  Arguing at a graduate level, the team focused on Feminist Disability Theory looking at the interconnectedness of disability and sex.  Then they connected it to relations between the US and China!!  

These are difficult, layered arguments.  Josie and Nicole made it to the sweet 16, the elite of the elite, finishing 12thin the country.  This is very, very big - no school from this area has ever gotten this far.  You should know how much work Josie and Nicole put into this.

Newest Mazzone Has Arrived

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Hello ICE Families,

I am writing to let you know that yesterday my wife gave birth to our second child, Colton Mack Mazzone. Everyone is happy and doing great.

I also want to let you all know that I will be spending the next two weeks at home with my family.  Feel free to email or call me as you normally would, but know it may take me longer than usual to get back to you.  For more immediate responses, email Pete (pkarpice@gmail.com) and Kristen Bonnici (Kristen.Bonnici@gmail.com) who will be taking over some of my duties the next two weeks.

Thanks to all.  See you after April Break!

Mark