Parent Teacher Conference Raffle

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What's almost as good as hearing how great your kid is doing in school?  Winning cool stuff!  

On your way to/from your conferences, stop by the main table to buy a raffle ticket, or five. 

One ticket for $5.00, 5 for $20.00 - win ICE merchandise!  Prizes include:

  •    ICE tote bag
  •    ICE T-shirt
  •    ICE sweatshirt

You'll be the hit of your neighborhood - walking around with such stylin' items.   Winners will be chosen on Friday, March 11, after the end of conferences, and winning ticket numbers will appear in the Parent Newsletter immediately following. 

(Hold on to your tickets; you will need it to collect your prize.)

Middle School After School Activities

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Due to the apparent distraction of your editor, times and days for MS After School activities were a mess in last week’s newsletter.  The problem has been corrected; please see the ICE website for the updated after school schedule for spring.

Your child should be checking the white board outside of Pete's office every day for schedule additions and/or updates.

No Barriers Meeting and Rock Climbing

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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.

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ICE Students to Compete at NYCSEF

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On 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). 

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Opt-Out Letters at Parent Teacher Conferences

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It'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

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