ICE Drama Club:  Save the Date 

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ICE Drama Club presents... The Magic Hour, by Jonathan Dorf, on Monday, May 20th. 

Three friends at a sleepover, one goes missing. Modern day Romeo & Juliet texting in the middle of the night. A girl writes 370 letters to someone she's never met. A beat-poet style radio announcer broadcasts her rhymes out to who knows who at 4am...come check out what happens to these characters on Monday, May 20th  at 4:30PM at WOW Cafe Theater Collective (59-61 E 4th St.). Doors at 4:15.Tickets free for ICE students, all others suggested donation $10. Run-time approx. 50 minutes. 

We hope you'll join us for The Magic Hour! 

Letter from ICE Student 

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Below is a request made by ICE student Leila Riker who is representing the entire group of ICE students who went to Nepal this year. Leila is asking for those who would like to sponsor an orphan at Tri-Ratna Cooperative School (TRCS), the school we worked with while in Nepal. She has written an "open letter" of sorts. See below and please reach out to Jeffrey Romanow if you want to know more.


Dear ICE Parents,
 
This past February, myself and 13 other ICE students spent almost 17 days working with the Youth, Arts, Writing, and Photography Program in Nepal where we did a variety of community service projects. Our work included teaching photography to 12-14 year-old Nepali students in Bungamati, helping them find artistic ways to voice the way they see their lives, their community, and the world around them. We also helped refurbish and build parts of their school.

During our visit at the school, we met a handful of orphans who lived in the school. These children are also students at the school. In order to attend the school, they work there as well. Tuition for children to attend the school, receive school supplies, room and board, clothing, and medical coverage is $1,000 dollars a year. In order for these orphaned students to attend school, they wake up early before school starts to work in the kitchen, they do laundry, run errands, clean the facilities, etc. In return they attend classes, are given school supplies, room and board at the school. These are amazing young people.

While there, we learned that, with the help of a local non profit organization, others can help these kids by sponsoring their time at the school. We would like to find sponsors for these children so they could receive all the aforementioned support without having to spend all their time just working to go to school. If any families are interested in contributing, email Jeffrey Romanow, ICE teacher and the Nepal trip advisor/coordinator, to learn more .

 Thanks so much for listening,
 Leila Riker
11G student at I.C.E.


Important Message From Pete and Mark

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Dear ICE Families,

We have made schedule changes to the ICE Calendar for the month of June.  The changes will allow teachers to better support students in completing their work, provide the time and space for students to present on panels to teachers and parents, allow 8th grade and 12th grade graduations to occur on the last days of school, and give teachers enough time to give meaningful feedback to students on their work.  Please take a look at the schedule for each grade by clicking on this link. The schedule was also handed to students today in advisory.  Again, it is different than the NYCDOE School Calendar in some cases.

If you have any questions, please reach out to your child's advisor or the main office.

Another email will go out inviting you all to sit on 6G, 8G, 9G, 10G, and/or 11G presentations.  But if you want a head start, the link to sign up is also on the document above.  Last year we had over 115 ICE families sit on at least one panel! 

Thanks all.  Hope to see you all at some of the many celebrations and presentations in the next month and a half.

Pete and Mark

Please Help the ICE Summer Camp Fund!

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Money raised goes towards sending ICE students to sleep away camp for a life changing experience. But don't take my word for it:


"The biggest plus of camp is that camps help young people discover and explore their talents, interests, and values. Most schools don't satisfy all these needs. Kids who have had these kinds of (camp) experiences end up being healthier and have less problems which concern us all."
Peter Scales, Ph.D., noted author/educator, and Senior Fellow, The Search Institute 
 

"The building blocks of self-esteem are belonging, learning, and contributing. Camps offer unique opportunities for children to succeed in these three vital areas and even beyond home and school."
Michael Popkin, Ph.D., family therapist and founder of Active Parenting 


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