Looking for Parent Volunteers

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Here are a few projects/events for you to consider:
 
ICE BEAUTIFICATION  

  • Contractor / Handy-Person needed to work with Pete to build shelves, create space for tutoring, paint lockers, etc.

 
BACK To SCHOOL (B2S) FUNDRAISER — September 21st, 2019, 3:30pm - 7:30pm
This event is held at Pete’s Candy Store (Bar) in Williamsburg Brooklyn. 

  • 2 Volunteers for Set-Up (2:00pm - 3:30pm)

  • 2 Volunteers for Clean-Up (7:30pm - 8:30pm)

  • 2 Volunteers for Check-In / Door Sales (3:00pm - 5:30pm)

  • 2 Volunteers to obtain raffle items & sell raffles at the event

  • Food Donations - hamburgers & buns, hot dogs/sausages & buns, salads (green salad, pasta salad, etc.), desserts, food items of your choice befitting a BBQ.

 
ICE 5K RUN WALK FUNDRAISER – October 12th, 2019, 10:00am

  • The ICE 5K is moving to Brooklyn! at Shore Parkway along the Hudson just beneath the Verrazano Bridge. Volunteers arrive at 9:00 am for set-up.

  • Race Volunteers (must arrive at 9:00pm to set up):

  • Registration & Signage placement, etc. (3 volunteers)

  • Course Marshall (6 volunteers)

  • Prepare & Distribute Goodie Bags (2 volunteer)

  • Snack Donations for runners/walkers:

  • Water (2 case – 24 or 48 bottles per case)

  • Healthy Snacks (health bars, bananas, apples, tangerines, etc.)


To volunteer visit the ICE Community Volunteers page on the school website located under the Parent Life tab then sign-up using the ICE Community Volunteers Form. 


Fairway Community Partnership

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Welcome back to school for another fantastic year of fundraising with Fairway Community Partners! Since everyone is getting organized for the new school year, it's the perfect time to get involved in your Community Partners program. Your first Fairway Double Day is scheduled for Tuesday, September 24th--every dollar you spend on the 24th will count twice toward your school's donation.

ICE Back-to-School Fundraiser

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The FIRST PARTY OF THE YEAR!

Start the year off in style! The 5th Annual Back to School Fundraiser is here. Tasty cookout and drinks with new friends and old. Meet us at Pete’s. Get your tickets now!

Volunteers Needed:
Sign-up to volunteer using the ICE Community Volunteers Form.

  • 2 Volunteers for Set-Up (2:00pm - 3:30pm)

  • 2 Volunteers for Clean-Up (7:30pm - 8:30pm)

  • 2 Volunteers for Check-In / Door Sales (3:00pm - 5:30pm)

  • 2 Volunteers to obtain raffle items & sell raffles at the event

  • Food Donations - hamburgers & buns, hot dogs/sausages & buns, salads (green salad, pasta salad, etc.), desserts, food items of your choice befitting a BBQ


Support ICE When You Shop on Amazon

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Amazon will donate money from every purchase to ICE! Visit here to find out how and to get the link.

This is one of the easiest ways to help our school with zero cost to you (except, of course, all of those items you purchase for friends and family). Donations via Amazon has subsidized numerous field trips for all grades in the past.

Our goal is that no child should miss any opportunities and the money ICE receives from Amazon purchases helps close lots of gaps!


Grant Writers Needed to Help the ICE Summer Camp Fund

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Our Summer Camp program is entering its third year and in order to up our game, we'd like to apply for some grants. I have a list of grants that might be options but NEED some help in digging into this list and submitting some grants.

Please email to let me know if you'd like to be part of this effort.

We've sent a number of kids to sleep away camp these past two summers and they have had amazing experiences. We'd like to be able to offer this to even more students going forward.

ICE PAC

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If you’ve ever had a child take the PSAT or or ACT or SAT, you’ll know how many trees were sacrificed to market to your child. But even if you don’t mind having your mailbox flooded with glossy brochures, did you know that the testing industry giants could go on to sell your kid’s info to third parties (at .47 a head)? 
 
>From New York State Allies for Public Education:

The New York State legislature passed a strong privacy law in 2014 that banned the selling of student data and its use for commercial purposes. Now officials at the State Department of Education are proposing regulations that would allow student data to be sold and used for marketing purposes under certain conditions. This will only encourage the further expansion of a marketplace for personal student information.

Please TAKE ACTION NOW & CLICK HERE to send this email to state officials, telling them to protect student data privacy.

Feel free to add any of your own views on this issue and why student privacy matters to you as a parent or teacher. The deadline for comment is Monday, September 16th. Please also share this link with other parents or educators who care about this issue.

High School Girls Needed for ICE's Girls Varsity Soccer Team

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The soccer season has begun and the HS Girls Varsity team can use a few more players! There will not be a JV team in the spring, so players of all experience & skill levels are welcome. Interested players should join the Google Classroom page (code pv4r2yw) and complete the form that is posted there. Practices are Monday & Thursday afternoons and the game schedule can be found here. Interested students with questions should email JD. Goooooooooo ICE!

Donate Feminine Products for the Girls' Bathroom

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About a year and a half ago, an ICE student, (now alumni), suggested in a Girls' Leadership meeting, that the school provide feminine products in the girls' bathroom. We agree! Since that time, we've done our best to keep it well stocked - so students can take what they need, when they need it.

If you'd like to help contribute to the effort, please take a look at our Amazon Wishlist specifically for the bathroom. (If you're not so into Amazon, or trying to lighten your carbon footprint and would rather send different products than listed, please feel free, and have them shipped to: 345 E. 15th Street / 5th Floor - rm. 518 (office) / New York, NY 10003

Thank you for all the ways you help support our community!

Photography Request from Jeffrey

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Hello I.C.E. Community,

Amongst the many jobs I do at I.C.E., two very important activities are running the photography program as well as the international trips to Nepal and Malaysia.
I am in the process of trying to develop and advance the quality and depth of these activities.

Some of the things I would like to do are:

  1. Bring in photographers who would be willing to show & tell the work they have done. I am hoping these photographers can show students different “ways of seeing”
    through photography (whether it’d be fashion photography, portrait work, editing
    techniques, landscape photography, etc.). I understand there are a number of parents who are professional photographers and/or involved in the photo-journalism field in other ways and would be willing to volunteer their time to show & tell their work and create a workshop for the students, please contact me. Also, if you know photographers, or those connected with the photo-journalism field, it would be helpful if you could put them in touch with me.

  1. Provide possible studio space, open loft space etc. where myself and my students could, on occasion, practice photography skills outside of the school.

  1. Donate photo equipment materials: these could be point and shoot digital cameras, cell phones with picture taking capabilities (these are really needed – it turns out these are very effective for using with students on the international trips. These phone would be used ONLY for their photo taking capabilities), and film cameras, and, any darkroom
    supplies. Please keep in mind, of course any donated materials must be in good, working
    condition.

Please feel free to contact me through my email address charliepotato@gmail.com or through the school.

MS After School is Hiring--Spread the Word

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MS After School is looking to hire staff to join our team for this school year! This is a great part-time job opportunity to work with our wonderful middle school students. Some positions we'd like to fill are coaches for soccer and baseball; assistant coach for soccer and flag football; debate; dance and step; and cooking. We're also open to adding new activities for our participants to take part in. If you're interested or want to learn more please reach out to SONYC @ ICE's Site Director, Kristin Gruppuso via email or phone (929-246-0498) for the full job descriptions. 


First Day of MS After School--SONYC @ ICE

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Our first day of middle school after school will be on Monday, September 9th! Program will run on Mondays and Fridays from 2:09 - 5 pm ; Tuesday - Thursday from 3 - 6 pm. If you absolutely need your child to stay until 6 pm on Mondays and Fridays we will make an exception. However, after school admin must be notified in advance so we can plan accordingly. For more information please reach out to the Site Director, Kristin Gruppuso at 929.246.0498 or kgruppuso@universitysettlement.org . See you soon!


Volunteering at ICE

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Since its early days, ICE has had extremely high levels of parent involvement. We are asking you to continue this trend by committing to volunteering for a MINIMUM of 4 hours per year.

You can volunteer to assVolunteers needed for:

FIELD DAY - Friday Sept 6 (weather permitting)

  • Assist with Field Day activities.

  • Donate snacks and drinks.

    You will receive further information next week including times, location and so forth. Please communicate with Lisa Bleyer at lisableyer@iceeducate.org if you are available to assist.

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There are more volunteer opportunities available including those for our upcoming Back to School Fundraiser & 5K Run Walk.  Take a moment to visit the ICE Community Volunteers page on the school website located under the Parent Life tab then sign-up using the ICE Community Volunteers Form.

New Venue for the Annual ICE 5K Run/Walk

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The ICE 5K is moving to Brooklyn! The  I.C.E. 5K Run Walk  is on Saturday October 12th at a new course Shore Parkway, an out and back course along the Hudson just beneath the Verrazano Bridge!  

The course is an out and back 5k along the water on the Shore Road Parkway. Check-in  starts at 10:00am at The American Veterans Memorial Pier. Bay Ridge Avenue, Brooklyn. Race begins at 11:00AM. 

We will share a car pool form closer to the day.

There will be prizes for the winners in various categories.


ENTRY FEE:

  • Adult $40.00 

  • Children $15.00 (Children entering race on their own)

  • Family (1-2 Adults and 1+ Children) $50.00


VOLUNTEERS: 

Sign-up to volunteer using the ICE Community Volunteers Form.

Registration and signage etc  3 Volunteers needed

Course Marshall  (6 volunteers needed)

Prepare & Distribute Goodie Bags (2 volunteer)

All volunteers should arrive by 9:00am to set-up.


DONATIONS FOR RUNNERS:

Water (2 case – 24 or 48 bottles per case) and 

Healthy Snacks (health bars, bananas, apples, tangerines, etc.)

Pete’s Welcome Letter

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Dear ICE Families –

The new school year is upon us!! I am so excited to see everybody next week and get going on another great year at the Institute for Collaborative Education. I spent part of my summer recharging, and the other part working to expand our teaching staff and develop initiatives in our community that will deepen the degree to which learning experiences are equitable and engaging. With more teachers on staff we will be more equipped than ever to individualize and maximize your child’s learning experience.

Next Thursday is day 1 of school and we will begin the year with advisory meetings, a shortened class schedule and an activity fair to introduce what we have to offer outside of the classroom. We will open the doors at 8 a.m., no earlier and please make sure students arrive by 8:10 at the entrance on 16th street between 1st and 2nd ave. Students will go to the auditorium for introductions which will start at 8:20. On Thursday students should come to school prepared with their supplies including a lock in order to claim a locker for themselves. All students in grades 7-12 will be allowed to leave the building for lunch. School hours for ICE have stayed the same: 8:10 to 2:09 Monday and Friday, 8:10 to 3:00 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

For 6th Grade Families – your children will have a special program on day one in order to get to know each other, their new school building, and their teachers. It is a tradition that we know helps our newest students feel comfortable in this space. 6th grade students will not be allowed to leave for lunch, so please provide your kids with lunch from home or purchase any lunch from outside before school starts. We will escort students to the cafeteria to get hot or cold lunch as well.

Weather permitting we will have a Field Day on Friday September 6th. You will receive further information next week including times, location and so forth. If you have any availability to volunteer your time or can make a donation towards snacks and drinks for field day please communicate with Lisa Bleyer at lisableyer@iceeducate.org.

Over the coming weeks I plan to reach out and introduce our new staff members, and I will see any of you who can make it at upcoming PTA meetings. Stay tuned for more emails next week reviewing basic policies and sharing links to useful documents.

Take Care for now – I look forward to seeing you all very soon.

Pete

Attention All Students! FREE Yoga This Summer with Your Student ID

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Bring a mat and towel and attend ANY yoga class at Yoga Tribe Brooklyn for free! We offer a variety of classes including Bikram yoga (heated) and vinyasa yoga (not heated).

Check out our schedule online and see some of our teachers in action on Instagram @yogatribebrooklyn.

Email with any questions at info@yogatribebrooklyn.com. See you soon and don’t forget your water bottle!

FYI: if you forget your mat and towel, you can rent them at the studio for $5.

Students under 18 years old will need a parent to sign The Parent Guardian Waiver