Spring Fling Auction is Approaching

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24 days till our online Auction opens on April 25th
Live event Friday, May 13th 2016 -- SAVE THE DATE!
 
We are still looking for donations! and wine for the wine pull.
Have a vacation house you don't use 24/7?  Donate a week to the Spring Fling!
Have season seats at Yankee Stadium? Donate a pair to the Spring Fling!
Have a nice bottle of wine you've been saving just for us? Donate it to the Spring Fling!
Have a mother, brother, sister, father who's an artist?  Donate a piece to the Spring Fling!
Have an art deco vase laying around that you no longer want? Donate it to the Spring fling!
Have 4 tickets to a local movie theater?  Donate them to the Spring fling!
 
Nothing is too big or too small!  PLEASE DONATE TODAY! Contact: icespringfling@gmail.com
All proceeds go to our kids and ICE!
 
Buy your tickets HERE 

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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Parent Action/Education Advocacy

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MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS: The state tests are just a few weeks away, which means it's time to decide whether you will have your child take them or refuse. Like all schools in New York State, ICE is required to administer the tests. However, unlike most other schools, our school does not include any test prep in the curriculum and encourages parents to be informed about testing issues. (Here's what families can face elsewhere.) We will not tell you "the tests are shorter" (something you may have heard if you have children at other elementary or middle schools) without also saying, "but still, on average, 45 questions longer than they were just a few years ago." We will not say the tests "inform instruction" because teachers here do not use the results. At all. 
 

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