A great time was had by all who attended the Yankees vs Cleveland game on Sunday - Yankees won on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning! (Thanks to the ICE Students encouraging them from the bleachers☺). The kids were buzzing Monday morning - Thanks to your generosity we were able to send 20 10th & 11th grade students to the game
I.C.E Summer Camp Fund is now set up on GoFundMe
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NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) and Schools Out NYC (SONYC) have a summer day camp available in the East Village.
When: July 9 - August 18 . - Monday to Friday 9 - 5
Where: East Side Community High School - 420 East 12th Street, NYC 10009
How: To Enroll, complete the universal form entirely and submit a head shot of participant (selfies are fine). Return to Kristin Grupposo, Site Director at ICE, or hand deliver to the Beacon office at East Side Community High School, Attn: Gia Lopez, Beacon Director.
Contact Kristin Gruppuso if you have any questions.
On Friday, May 18, 2018 SONYC @ ICE will be cancelled due to University Settlement's staff development day. Please contact Kristin via phone 929-246-0498 or email.
Tickets on sale now! Click HERE.
On May 16th from 6:00pm to 8:30pm in the Auditorium, the PTA will host the screening of the documentary
I’m Not Racist… Am I?
12 NYC teens were asked to spend one year talking about racism. This film tracks their journey through 5 intense workshops.
Parents and students are encouraged to attend.
The film makers suggest that this is appropriate for kids in 7th grade and older but parents of 6th graders may view the trailer to help you decide whether or not it is appropriate for your child. A trained facilitator will guide a conversation after the 90 minute film.
Advance tickets are $10 for adults ($15 at the door) and $5 dollars for students
Snacks, drinks & ICE merchandise will be on sale
DEADLINE IS MAY 4 - ACT QUICKLY
The CUNY Creative Arts Team (CAT), with funding from the Mayor’s Office for Media and Entertainment, is launching a *free* initiative for current 10th grade students called Sound Thinking NYC. The program kicks off with a Summer Intensive for young people (especially young women and non-binary/gender-nonconforming folks) who are interested in exploring career opportunities in the music industry. Participants will learn about audio engineering, music production, sound design, and audio technology from educators and professionals in the industry. Graduates of the Summer Intensive will be invited to participate in a series of events during their 11th grade school year, apply for paid summer internships before they begin 12th grade, and apply to take free college credit courses at CUNY during their senior year of high school. You can check out the website for more information and to submit an application.
As parents we are often looking for ways to lead by example and show our children how important it is to show respect, appreciation and compassion to our fellow people. Our teachers at ICE, although as humanly fallible as each one of us, make superhuman efforts to go above and beyond the call of duty - like teaching science in the AM and coaching softball in the PM. They use their lunch breaks and stay after-school to help students who might be struggling with extra tutoring, at no cost.
It is for these reasons, and more, that on Teacher/Staff Appreciation Day, we the families want and need to come together to say thanks for all they do to enhance our children's intellectual, emotional and extracurricular pursuits. And what better way to say thanks than with FOOD!
We invite any and all families to donate homemade or store bought food for this year's Teacher/ Staff Appreciation Day on Friday, May 18th from 7:40 am – 2 pm.
Breakfast Pastries, sandwiches, salads, appetizers, fruit salad, chocolate mousse, banana pudding, lemon squares, brownies, cookies...what can your family donate?
In the past we have been amazed at how our community comes together to make this day so special. Don't have time to cook? You can donate your time or give a monetary donation, since we may need to supplement with a caterer.
Day of volunteers are needed for shopping, breakfast and coffee service, lunch set up and service, clean-up and body therapies.
For more information or to sign-up to donate food, money or time please email Alisa Payne (Maddox’s Mom).
If you are a body worker, massage therapist or flower essence practitioner and want to donate your talent during the day of Friday May 18th Please email Annette Tacconelli (Sal’s Mom).
Thanks in advance for making this year's Teacher/ Staff Appreciation Day a success,
ICE junior, Milena Sosa, received a Gold Key Award, the highest regional recognition in the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for a photograph she took as part of her photography elective with Jeffrey Romanov in the fall. Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the Scholastic Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the United States. In addition to the Gold Key Award, Milena was also awarded a Silver Key and two Honorable Mentions for other works submitted to the competition.
This year the literary and arts professionals who served as judges selected 600 Gold Key winners, based on originality, technical skill, and emergence of a personal voice or vision, from nearly eleven thousand works submitted by just over four thousand students in grades 7–12 to the New York City Region of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The selection was drawn from more than 300 schools in all five boroughs. The 600 Gold Key Art and literary works are exhibited at The Met Fifth Avenue in the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education through May 28th.
"The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers' mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their visionary work to the world through recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships. Established in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards bring the work of young people to regional and national audiences. Former recipients include artists Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Kay WalkingStick, and John Baldessari—all represented in The Met collection—and writers Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, and Joyce Carol Oates."
Any students interested in submitting art work or writing to the 2019 competition can sign up next September @ https://www.artandwriting.org/what-we-do/the-awards/how-to-enter/
Want to donate an item to the Spring Fling auction but think you have nothing to give? Think again!
Share Your Talent
We all know that ICE parents are a talented crew. Auction off that talent at the Spring Fling!
Are you an excellent cook or baker? Offer up a cooking lesson, a homemade birthday cake, or a gourmet dinner party.
Can you knit or sew? Offer up some handcrafted goods, or lessons.
Whatever your hidden (or not so hidden) talent may be, it could make an excellent auction item.
Call Your Old College Roommate
Flip through your mental Rolodex for anyone who you might be able to ask for a donation.
Don't be shy! We're sure your friends and far-flung family are all lovely, generous people
who would leap at the chance to support an amazing school like ICE.
Think hard. Dig deep. Like third-cousin-twice-removed deep....
When you find some thing to give, you can fill out our Online Donation Form
Questions? Email us at icespringfling@gmail.com.
Thank you! We can't wait to see what you come up with.
This year's Spring Fling will be held on Friday June 1st at the Dumbo Loft, 155 Water Street in Brooklyn
Middle School Families: Over 80% of eligible 6th-8th graders refused the state ELA tests earlier this month. If your child took the ELA but you have decided to refuse the math (scheduled for May 1 & 2), you can do so via online link in English or Spanish.
All Families: Even if your child is in high school so exempt from state 3-8 testing, even if they're at ICE where we're largely exempt from the Regents, there's the SAT or ACT to consider (or not). A new documentary about standardized testing called “The Test & The Art of Thinking” will screen at Landmark’s 57 West from April 27-May 3. From the film's producer: "Each year more than 3 million high school students in the U.S. take an SAT or ACT college entrance exam. What exactly do these tests measure? How predictive are they of academic promise or success? Parents, students, and academics reflect upon this uniquely American rite of passage, exposing fascinating issues that extend broadly within education. Watch the trailer and visit the event page to learn more.
If we have two or more students interested in signing up for this program, they have agreed to half price on tuition. Email Lisa to let her know if your child is interested, and maybe they want to do it with a friend!
Filmmaking Summer Camp
Enjoy an exciting week of interactive filmmaking experience in a fun-filled, textbook-free environment. This unique summer camp challenges your child to work creatively as individuals as well as in teams.
In one amazing action-packed week, our campers, ages 13-18, will learn to handle professional equipment including lighting, video camera, computer editing program and go through all stages of film production:
The camp emphasizes on the encouragement of the children to express themselves and their artistic visions through the process of filmmaking. Guided by industry professionals each step of the way, participants will learn the fundamental skills in filmmaking. Visit the website to learn more.
Hey Families, let's spend time together with our kids enjoying our very own Yankees. Enjoy a beautiful day and help support the school we love. A portion of each ticket is donated to programs and initiatives for your children.
This is your last opportunity to purchase discount Yankees tickets. Not a baseball fan, donate a ticket or two to a student(s).
Dear families, unfortunately the facilitator for our upcoming screening, I Am Not A Racist…Am I? has had an emergency and as a result we need to reschedule our event. We will update you as soon as we have a new date for the screening.
Although the documentary screening has been rescheduled the PTA Meeting is still on, please join us on Wednesday, April 25th, 6:00pm in Room 518 to see what we have planned.
Our wonderful team of Kirsti and Andrea have committed to one more school year. They need two parents to step up and start learning the ropes, little by little over the course of the next school year. They will show you everything you need to know.
Please consider making this very important contribution to the smooth running of the PTA and the school!
The only requirement is that you have two hours available once/week during school hours. Everything else can happen at home, online.
Contact Lisa and Liz of the PTA Nominating Committee.
At camp, children:
10. Spend their day being physically active
9. Experience success and become more confident
8. Gain resiliency
7. Unplug from technology
6. Develop life-long skills
5. Grow more independent
4. Have free time for unstructured play
3. Learn social skills
2. Reconnect with nature
1. Make true friends
The Institute for Collaborative Education (I.C.E.) PTA believes this experience should be accessible to all. We are raising money for a summer camp scholarship fund to encourage and support more students in having this opportunity. Please donate to our Go Fund Me Summer Camp Fund!
The four ICE students who presented their original science experiments at the Finals of the New York City Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF) were recognized for their exceptional work at the NYCSEF Awards Ceremony this week. Students' projects received the following awards:
Please join us at the April 25th PTA meeting for a screening of the documentary I’m Not Racist… Am I?
Having conversations about race tends to be difficult for most of us. Even more challenging is directly confronting others when they say something hurtful. The teens in this film were able to have critical and constructive conversations face-to-face and realize that their connection became stronger as a result.
A trained facilitator will guide a conversation after the 90 minute film.
The ICE Website is home to lots of important information for the ICE Community – About ICE (home to Announcements & Anuncios), Giving to ICE, Events, Trips, Alumni (student information), College Corner, and much more including the new Student Life tab which is a home for After School information, Sports and now Summer Opportunities for students. Take a look! and keep looking to keep informed.
The strongest person I know, my Mom, has taught me that moments like these are the ones we use to learn and teach from. They are not to be taken lightly, thrown away or use to make one bitter – that is the easy way. The hard way is to find strength to overcome (something she knows all too well). Our kids need us to teach them how to move forward from this and they need the village. The rickety imperfectly built village that stumbles and falls but gets up in spite of it all and holds on and moves forward – this is the lesson I learned (still learning) from my Mom and this is the lesson I teach my kids. This is, without a doubt, our teaching moment...
One Love,
Imebet Blair-Carter
Mom, Friend....PTA President
Institute for Collaborative Education (02M407)
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