As a part of No Barriers Youth's four-year partnership with ICE, middle school students are being offered a free afternoon of indoor rock climbing at Brooklyn Boulders on Friday, March 11. This is a half-day of school due to Parent Teacher Conferences, and the students will travel to and from Brooklyn Boulders with chaperones for climbing from 1-3p. Students will be dismissed from ICE when we return.
Read MoreOn Sunday, March 6, twelve ICE seniors, Lola Buncher, Ava Darby, Maya Faerstein-Weiss, Cooper Howard, Kira James, Henri Pretorius, Asha Reed-Jones, Alex Richard, Jennifer Riley, Akari Stimler, Ahmin Thornhill, and Violet Williams will be presenting their science research at the preliminary round of the New York City Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF).
Read MoreIt's that time of the year--state ELA and Math exams are coming up. Parents from the ICE Parent Action Committee (ICE PAC) will be in the cafeteria during parent teacher conferences with test refusal letters. Please consider signing an opt out letter to exercise your right to refuse the tests and to support the unique approach of this school and its teachers. Last year, 85% of all ICE 6-8th graders opted out. In New York State there were
Read MoreAll juniors should register as soon a possible to take the SAT or ACT or both this spring. Students will register on the College Board or ACT websites.
Any sophomore or junior that is interested in taking a college course this summer at Baruch College, should see Jennifer in the College Office for an application.
The benefit concert to help send ICE students to Nepal has been rescheduled for Sunday, April 10th from 12 - 3 pm at the Sidewalk Café on 94 Avenue A in Manhattan. Stay tuned for more information.
On Thursday, March 3rd, NYC School Survey for Parents were given out to students in advisory to bring home to their parents to fill out.
Parents/Guardians are encouraged to complete the survey either in hard copy or online at www.nycschoolsurvey.org by April 1, 2016. ICE would like to achieve a goal of 100% completion of Parent Surveys.
The NYC Department of Education
Read MoreICE Spring Fling is the event page on Facebook for the Spring Fling; please spread the enthusiasm, fun and joy of our biggest fund raiser of the year by clicking that you’ll be going!
Please share and invite all your friends, family and people you barely know.
If you aren’t on the ICE Facebook page, click ICE Facebook so you don’t miss out on all the cool news!
Got questions? Something got your goat? ICE Google Talk is a perfect forum to fostering open communication and community at ICE. Start the dialogue now - the time to get to know one another is when it's all good!
With the ELA and Math tests fast approaching, the ICE Parent Action/Education Advocacy Committee could use some volunteers to assist with a couple of tasks.
They are looking for some folks to help at Parent Teacher conferences by having, discussing, and collecting
Read MoreThe Mexico trip is rapidly approaching!
At ICE, we strongly believe that immersion in other cultures through international travel can have life-changing effects upon our students. We also believe that all of our students, regardless of economic ability, should have this opportunity.
This year we will be sending 14 students to conduct bio-diversity research in the Yucatan Peninsula, at a cost of $1,975 per student. Half of these students' families need help paying for the cost of the trip. Students have been working hard raising funds on their own, but this just puts a dent in the needed funds. We need your help!
Please go to our ICE Mexico Go Fund Me campaign to read more about the trip and to make a contribution. Then, please share the link on social media! We are so grateful for any and all contribution amounts!
The ICE Bicycle Club started this year and has been working with high school students who are learning basic bicycle mechanics and how to ride safely in New York City.
Now middle schoolers have the same opportunity to learn how to fix, maintain and ride bicycles safely as part of the ICE Bicycle Club.
Taught by David Dash and ICE graduate David Carey, middle school bicycle club will start
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Theater Tickets
Know anyone in show business? Theater tickets are hot auction items – check with your theater friends whether they are willing to donate two or four or more tickets to our Fundraiser!
Spring Fling is our biggest fundraiser of the year and it will take all of us working together to
Read MoreHere is an incredible opportunity for ICE 9th and 10th grade students to participate in the No Barriers Summit in beautiful Copper Mountain, Colorado taking place at the end of the school year from June 23-26, 2016. The Summit is No Barrier's signature event bringing together thousands of people of all abilities from across the world to embark on 50+ adaptive activities in sports, adventure, arts, and education.
The No Barriers Summit is completely FREE
ICE High School Drama has partnered with Learning Spring School to create short plays based on classic Fairytales.
Students have already begun to participate in workshops where they improvise, share, and provide feedback to collectively create their scripts.
Their collaboration titled Two Schools, One Journey, Many Tales: An Integrated Drama Exploration has recently been accepted into the NYU Forum on Educational Theater NYU EdTheatre Schedule.
Students will be performing snippets of their work and discussing their process with artists and educators from all over the globe. Look out for more details to come!
If you haven't already joined the letter campaign advocating for a new Chancellor NOT in the mold of former Chancellor Merryl Tisch, please consider spending a minute on this incredible opportunity to ask for change by clicking here for the letter supporting Betty Rosa.
And if you are concerned about class size and overcrowding at schools and have another minute, consider this letter campaign, too!
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Kemala Karmen
This week's Treasure Hunt is restaurant gift certificates ... Any restaurant.
You can find the Merchant Letter here and the Donor Form here. Remember, all donations are tax deductible!
Email us with your donations or donation ideas at icespringfling@gmail.com
If you missed any of the meetings, go to the ICE Website click on the PTA Family Room tab to view the minutes for the Exec Board Meetings & PTA Meetings.
I hope all is well with everybody. I am writing today as I think about how to develop and improve our ability to engage in powerful and transformative discussion in and outside of school. This year parents and teachers separately have shared their thinking about adolescent sexuality, students are discussing sexual harassment and gender identity, and now a small group of teachers have started to identify our best practices for discussing race and racism, both of which appear in our curriculum at nearly every age level.
Read MoreAnother place to get the inside scoop at ICE is our Facebook page. Spread the news and grow our community. Please like and share!
Dear ICE Families,
This semester we are making several teaching changes as we always have. Because of changes to the 12th grade student schedules, and the return of one teacher from maternity leave, we are adjusting assignments accordingly.
Read MoreInstitute for Collaborative Education (02M407)
I.C.E.
ONLY FOR CURRENT ENROLLED FAMILIES
Family Contributions Support: Smaller Class Size
Inquiry Based Curriculum
Award Winning Bands & Debate
Neuroscience
Model UN
and more
This document provides information on how to report harassment.
Meet some of the students and teachers and learn about what makes us special.
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