ICS Upcoming Events
- 5/17 - School Mass with ICS Moms, Feast of the Ascension, AM activity; ICS Irish Sports' Banquet from 6:00 - 9:00 PM, St. Michael Hall. Sports Banquet forms are due 5/10.
- 5/18 - 1/2 Day of School; Irish Incarnation Day for those registered by 5/1
- 5/19 - 3 - on - 3 Basketball Tournament;
- 5/21 - ICS Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
- 5/24 - Home and School Meeting, 7:00 PM, Church
- 5/25 - Irish Incarnation Day for ALL students
- 5/28 - NO SCHOOL, Memorial Day
- 5/30 - Graduation Mass
- 6/1 - First Friday Morning Assembly; Irish Incarnation Day for those registered by 5/1
- 6/2 - Graduation, 10:00 AM.
- 6/4 - Summer Camp Registration Due
- 6/7 - 1/2 Day of School, Field Day, PE clothing
- 6/8 - 1/2 Day of School, School Mass, Professional Attire, Class Parties, Last Day of School - This will be a true 1/2 day. We will celebrate Mass as a school community, offer some final awards, and then return to homerooms for class celebrations. Dismissal will occur at 11:45 AM. No After Care is available.
August 20, 2012 is the first day of school for the 2012 - 13 school year. Download the preliminary 2012-2013 calendar. Please note that this is a tentative schedule and is subject to change.
Yearbooks - It is not too late to purchase an ICS yearbook for 2011-2012. Please send in cash or a check made out to ICS for $32.00.
Prayer Intentions
For our 8th graders Home and School Meeting 5/24/12All ICS families are encouraged to mark their calendars for May 24 at 7:00 PM. for our final HSA meeting of the year. Important and exciting information about the upcoming 2012 - 13 school year will be disseminated. Discussion and interaction among parents will occur about our HSA offerings for next year.
Please make every effort to attend. You will not only receive one commitment hour for the upcoming school year, your child(ren) will receive a free dress day on Friday 5/25. This meeting will occur in the Church. Please attend. Views of Recent EventsParent Partnership ProgramIn the fall of 2011, representatives from the State of Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship Program - Step Up for Students - invited ICS to become part of a pilot program to establish a partnership between parents and schools. The Catholic Church teaches that parents are the primary educators of their child(ren). Therefore, working to establish a program that enhanced the relationship between home and school at ICS would benefit our students. So, in January of this year, ICS faculty began meeting with a representative from Step Up for Students to outline and establish this partnership program at ICS. While we are still in the developmental stage of this process, much good work is being done to solidify the partnership that must exist among parents, teachers and students in order for students to be successful. More details will be coming as we continue this initiative. Incarnation Program UpdatesmyON READER: Hillsborough County has recently piloted a program aimed at improving literacy across our county. An on-line program with over 2,000 electronic books in its "library", this program matches student interest to their reading level. It can measure time spent reading, monitor the number of books opened and read and forecast reading growth. ICS will be participating in this e-reading tool. Hopefully we will have information available for you to use this program over the summer. At the latest, we will begin implementation of it in the fall of 2012. Expect more details before we break for summer. FOCUS Observations: Your students may have reported to you that Mr. Zelenka and Mr. DellaPorta have been conducting short, pop-in evaluations on teachers over the past few months. These informal observations are a part of a diocesan-wide effort to gain knowledge about instructional trends at not only the building level (ICS) but also at schools across the diocese (all Catholic Schools in the Diocese of St. Petersburg). The information compiled will be used to offer data upon which professional development opportunities for teachers will be chosen. In many ways, the observations thus far have validated the good work being done in our classrooms every day while also providing further direction for areas of improvement. We look forward to continuing to use this school improvement tool. iPads: As part of the FOCUS training that Mrs. Zelenka and Mr. DellaPorta attended (see FOCUS OBSERVATIONS above), ICS received two iPads for our Administrative implementation of that program (there is an App for classroom observations!). This upcoming week, three of our teachers will participate in training made available through Title I funds that will not only offer professional development in differentiated instruction, but also gift our school with three iPads. These iPads will be housed in our computer lab next year and will be incorporated into our Information and Communication Technology classes for student use. RegistrationRegistration for the 2012 - 13 school year is well under way. Thank you to the over 100 families who have already made the commitment to ICS for next year. T-shirts for those registered on or before May 1 are not yet in; they will be delivered to re-registered students as soon as possible. We will add another day that they are allowed to wear them once they're in - thanks for your patience! Any family that needs another copy of their registration agreement should contact Mrs. Michele Moody: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (813) 884.4502. Financial AidThe FACTS Grant & Aid year 2012/13 began November 1, 2011. For online information about the Grants and Aid please visit: https://www.factstuitionaid.com/facts/gaapp The criteria for the 2012-2013 Catholic Schools Tuition Assistance and the link for FACTS Grant and Aid application has been posted to www.dosp_ocsc.catholicweb.com It is located on the top right hand side of the page. Diocesan financial aid applications are due by March 31. Attention families of students entering Kindergarten to Grade 5 for next year! Step Up for Students Tax Credit Scholarships have been extended to qualifying families of students who are already in private schools! Visit: http://www.stepupforstudents.org/ for more details and to apply today! Boys Baseball Champs 2012The boys have done it again. ICS dominated over St. Mary's to win the baseball championship. All of the boys represented the school incredibly well as did our fans. What a wonderful finish to the year. Go Irish!!
ICS Summer Camps SummaryPlease consider taking advantage of our Summer Camps to help students stay connected to their friends, connected to their school and connected to learning! Basketball camps are also available. Contact the School Office for more details and view the online information for ICS Summer Camps 2012 ICS Awards: Value, Inspiration, St. SebastianValue Traits: Congratulations to the following students, honored last week for receiving the CONVICTION - standing up for what is right - Value Award for the month of March:
*Please note that 5th and 8th Grade awards for March will be given on May 11. Inspiration: Congratulations to the following students, recognized for their good deeds and manifestations of our school's Mission Statement since our last Morning Assembly at the beginning of March:
St. Sebastian: Grade 4: Josh Pisani
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