NYC School Surveys deadline is April 1

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The deadline for completing your school survey either in hard copy (sent home with child) or online at www.nycschoolsurvey.org is Friday, April 1, 2016.  ICE would like to achieve a goal of 100% completion of Parent Surveys.

The NYC Department of Education regards these surveys as an important tool as feedback from families. A cover letter with complete instructions is provided in each envelope.

If completing survey online at www.nycschoolsurvey.org click on Parent Survey and use the eight digit survey access code that appears on the bottom right-hand corner of the enclosed survey form.

If you cannot locate your survey access code or have misplaced your survey form, please call the survey hotline at 1-800-690-8603.

Community Service Club Goes to New Mexico

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The Community Service Group at ICE is raising money for our service trip to a Navajo Reservation in Tahatchi, New Mexico on April 16th - 22nd. We've started a gofundme account to help with expenses, which means that anyone can donate online to our cause. 
 
If you want to donate please go to this link: https://www.gofundme.com/newmexico2016
We'd love to raise as much money as possible, so please forward this link to anyone you know who would be willing to donate. 

Parent Action/Education Advocacy

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Middle School Parents: The ELA state test is the first week of April. Time to make a decision about opting out (refusing the test) or opting in (taking it). If you want to opt out, please let the school know at your earliest convenience. This will allow staff to plan how many classrooms are needed for the tests, how to assign teachers (whether for regular instruction or for test monitoring). 

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