ICS PTSA NEWSLETTER
October 20th , 2019
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
November 1st ICS PTSA Board Meeting 7:30 - 9:00 PM ICS Conference Room
November 5th ICS PTSA Parent Meeting 7:00- 9:00 PM ICS Lyceum
November 7th Coffee with the Principal 8:00- 9:00 AM ICS Library
FROM THE SCHOOL
AP Exam Registration
AP Exam Registration is here! Earlier in October, students in AP classes are receiving hard copies of the AP Exam Registration information and a Registration Envelope. Attached are example copies of this information below (the registration document is two pages). Please read all the information carefully and help your students to keep track of these materials (we only receive so many envelopes).
Registration began on October 14th and will end at lunch time on October 25th this week.  Students will NOT be allowed to register outside of this timeline so please plan accordingly. Exams are $96 each. Families can pay online at LWSD.org under Online Payments. If your family pays online, please make sure that your student takes a copy of the receipt and puts it in a filled out AP Registration Envelope to give to Ms. Austin in the Student Services Office. If your family pays by check, please make sure all exam fees are added together on ONE CHECK. Please do not fill out separate checks for each test. Students should put the full name of the AP class on the Registration Envelope when filling it out. 
If your high school student is not in an AP class, but would still like to register for an exam, they can pick-up copies of the materials from Ms. Austin in the Student Services Office.
FROM PTSA
Download the ICS Student Directory  
The 2019-20 ICS Student Directory is now available on the ICS PTSA website.   
Just log in, and go to Communications 2019-20 ICS Directory, or click Directory from the Quick Links on the home page.  The information is available for download in PDF or Excel format.   
Paper copies will be distributed at a future PTSA meeting. Technical difficulties with the website? Contact  webmasters@icsptsa.org .
Middle School Parents' Night Out  Community Team Building Event
 
The members of PTSA Community Team Building Committee invite middle school parents to get together, get to know each other, and chat about kids, school, volunteering and more. This year, we hope the ICS parent community can connect through fun social events.  Please come and join us at our first event!         
 
When: Wednesday November 6 th, 2019 from  6:00PM to 8:00PM
Where: At Flatstick Pub Downtown Kirkland,  15 Lake Street Suite 100 Kirkland, Wa 98033
RSVP : msuklan@icsptsa.org to help us plan the food and space
 
What will we have:
  • Pizza and soft drinks provided; alcohol available for purchase at the bar
  • Mini golf - come and test your skill at 9-hole minigolf course that has water hazards, course obstacles and fun at every turn
  • Duffleboard - Play hybrid mini golf and shuffleboard game created at Flatstick Pub. Put your skill to the test at this one-of-a-kind table.
Big Thank you from the International Partnership Committee
The KUSS students and their teacher have arrived safely back in Japan last Sunday. Luckily they were not affected by the typhoon. They had an awesome time touring Seattle, going hiking at Mt. Rainier and visiting most of NW companies like Boeing, MSFT, Google and Amazon and last but not least were able to get to know our students during classes.
The International Partnership Committee wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you to:
  • to all the host parents opening their houses
  • to all the volunteer parents driving short and very long distances
  • to all the volunteers driving the teacher to ICS and back to her hotel and making sure she had dinner
  • to all the volunteer parents organizing awesome tours at their workplaces
  • to the students of the international club doing such an awesome job making the KUSS students feel welcomed at ICS
  • to the International Partnership Committee helping to organize
  • to the PTSA supporting all of this
We would not have been able to make this happen without your effort, involvement and support. THANK YOU!
VOLUNTEERING
Committee Volunteer Opportunity: Co-Chair Position Available for End-of-Year BBQ
This is a great volunteer opportunity to help lead a well-established and extremely organized committee with an experienced co-chair (one BBQ committee co-chair from last year is staying on for this June while the other co-chair position is now open). Help lead the planning and organization for the end-of-year BBQ for June 2020!  

If you are interested in this position or would like more information, please contact the ICS Volunteer Coordinators, Julie Kotler and Shahenda Eltoukhy, who can connect you with the current team.

REPEATED ARTICLES
ICS Math Club
ICS Math club is looking for students who would like to participate in  AMC8 math competition this year. For participation request, please fill out this online form.
If you have any questions, please contact  icsmathrocks@gmail.com.  
Retraction
At the PTSA Parent's Meeting last Tuesday, October 8, we mentioned that there will be a guest lecture on Teens and Screens at next month's parent meeting, but that was incorrect information. More accurate details of our next guest lecture will be forthcoming, but it will likely be early next year, after the holidays. If you have any questions, please email presidents@icsptsa.org. 
Advocacy Committee: Chairperson(s) Needed 
One or two parents are needed to lead the PTSA Advocacy Committee. Members of this committee serve as community advocates for ICS and its students and bring community information back to our school. More specifically, ICS advocates attend community meetings where there is information that might impact ICS and bring that information back to the ICS community.  Sharing learned information might involve sending a summary to the ICS PTSA Board and/or posting article(s) in the ICS PTSA weekly newsletter. Please contact ICS PTSA VP Of Information Support, Tom Resing, if you are interested in this position or have any questions.
Volunteers for ICS MUN  needed
ICS MUN is looking for parent volunteers to accompany the club's delegation at PACMUN and EDUMUN. EDUMUN is a one-day conference on Saturday, November 2 at Northwest University, Kirkland. PACMUN is a three-day conference from 22 -24 November, at Sheraton Hotel, Seattle. Volunteering for EDUMUN helps you complete a large portion of your volunteer hours, whilst volunteering at PACMUN will complete all your volunteer hours. All your hotel expenses for PACMUN will be paid for by ICS MUN. If you are interested in chaperoning the ICS MUN delegation at either of these conferences, please contact ICS MUN .  For more details on the conferences please visit -
EDUMUN website: https://edumun.com/  
PACMUN website: https://pacificmun.com/  

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