Pain-Free Giving

 Last year, ICE made over $1600 just from people using their AmazonSmile accounts (smile.amazon.com) to give painlessly to ICE!
 
On your first visit to AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com) select ICE Foundation Inc. NY NY to receive donations from eligible purchases before you start shopping. Amazon remembers your selection, and then every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation to ICE.
 
ICE is listed as: ICE Foundation Inc. NY NY (make sure you scroll down and only use this one!).
 
To shop at AmazonSmile simply go to smile.amazon.com or visit www.iceschoolnyc.org for the direct link. Then bookmark smile.amazon.com for your next visit.

ICE Back To School Recap!

We had another great party this year. It was a beautiful day and the garden was packed with I.C.E. parents, meeting new faces and greeting friends. The new 6th grade parents came out in force, bringing lots of excitement and new energy. We ate a lot of yummy barbecued chicken and burgers, and enjoyed plenty of ICEarita’s and Pimm’s Cup’s. And we also raised $1500 - just like that! Many thanks to all who came. It was really great talking to so many really cool people.
 
A BIG shout out to our volunteers:
Organizer:  Andy & Courtney McDowell; Onsite Sales: Andrea Santamaria, Kirsti Craig; Sign-Up Volunteers & Donations: Alisa Payne, Lisa Bleyer; Onsite Volunteers: KD Diallo, Highlyann Krasnow, Tara Rullo,  Kay Zias, Rachel Serrano, Israel Osorio, Zolaykha Sherzan, Jill Shely; Supply Donations: Scott LeVare, Alisa Payne, Olivia Sohmer Rosenbaum, KD Diallo, Daniel Georges, Ileen Kohn

Thanks for another great event.

ICE PAC (Parent Advocacy Committee)

A fall agenda-setting meeting for ICE PAC is in the works. If you are interested in getting involved with our committee, please email Kemala Karmen at  kemala@nycpublic.org

ICE After School

Thank you to all who joined us at the New Families meeting Wednesday held by the PTA!  Attached is the updated after school schedule thus far.  When I have more confirmation about the "Coming soon" activities, I will send out a new schedule.

Please remind your students to look at the white board that is outside of Pete's office to see the daily activities and room numbers!

If you have any questions, shoot me an email/text/call to kgruppuso@universitysettlement.org or at (929) 246-0498

Results are In

The results are in!  Last Saturday found more than 80 runners/walkers from our ICE community enjoying a beautiful fall morning on Randall’s Island in the first (of hopefully many) 5k Run/Walks.  It was great to see parents and their children running together, and the whole event was full of healthy good humor.

5K Winner’s Circle 

Fastest Female Junior: Paulina Lichtman
Fastest Male Junior: Philip Chirigos
Fastest Female Adult: Penny Jansens
Fastest Male Adult: Mark Williams
Fastest Junior Adult Combo: Rossiya Fajardo & Ella Fajardo

Click HERE to view the complete list of runners/walkers.

Volunteers:
Organizer:  John Breen; Consultants: Imebet Blair-Carter, Nancy Lasher; Registration: John Breen, Sarah Aucoin; Set-up/Distribute Goody Bags: Elaine Pommells, Saschael Carter, Mia Delpriora, Amy Binin; Marshalls: Elaine Pommells, Dawne Marx, Katie Green, Kemala Karmen, Elizabeth Rexrode, Suzanne Ventura; Timekeepers: Oscar Breen, Lelia Buswinka, Onsite Sales: Andrea Santamaria, Cari Fershing; Post Signs: John Breen, Imebet Blair-Carter and Aideen Kane; Provided Prizes for winners: Aideen Kane; Supply Donations: Dianne Darbouze, Andrea Santamaria, Imebet Blair-Carter, Lisa Burdige

A VERY Special Thank You to Katie Hunter: Grade 10 Teacher & Track Coach; Jennifer Dalhstrom (JD): – Science Teacher & Girls Soccer Coach; Members of the Girls Soccer Team: Abel Roussel, Njeri Campbell, Elona Hoffeld, Mia Delpriora, Saschael Carter, Orla Keeting-Beer, Helen Chirigos, Jolene Lower and the Track Team’s representative Paulina Lichtman

We are pretty much guaranteed that we will be able to run the race at the same venue next year and I assure you all that the lessons we learned on this first one will be invaluable in seeing it run even more smoothly next year!
 
Thank you to the huge numbers who volunteered their time and treasure, to all who donated water, fruit, and other items for the goody bags, to all those with advice and insight into pulling an event like this off, to the members of the Executive Board, and to The Randall's Island Alliance for helping us out – and especially to the participants for making the event so fun!