Oct. 10, 2008           Hayride 6:30 - 10:30 p.m. at Tindels' Home
Oct. 16, 2008           Senior Dress Down Day
Oct. 17, 2008           Fall Holiday – School Closed
Oct. 30, 2008           Lifetouch Picture Re-Takes (Winter Park Campus)

ICS High School Hayride and Square Dance: Come and join your friends at the ICS Hayride and Square Dance. Friday October 10th from 6:30-10:30p.m. The event will be held at the home of Steve and Susan Tindel at 180 Garfield Rd, Enterprise Fl. The cost for the event is $10 which covers a meal, hayride, square dancing bonfire and much more. Please dress in country/western style and bring your lawnchairs. Parents are invited. Please sign up for this event in the high school office by October 9th.

ICS Fall Festival: We are so excited to announce the First Annual ICS FALL FESTIVAL!!!  This wonderful community event will take place at the high school campus on Saturday, November 15th from 8:00-1:00.  We will have a great day with our ICS families building a strong sense of community and just enjoying the beautiful fall weather in central Florida.  There will be a trunk sale, carnival games, entertainment and great BBQ.  All proceeds this day will go to the 2009 senior class to offset the cost of their senior class trip this year.  We would love for all of our families, Academic, E-zone, PSC, Elementary, Middle and High School to come on out for a day of fun and fellowship!  Look for more information to come through email, on the website and from your teachers.  

The ICS Fall Festival Trunk Sale is Saturday, November 15th.  Join us at 8:00 a.m., either as a seller or a buyer, and support the ICS High School.  Sellers will be opening the back of their vans or setting up a table in the ICS High School parking lot.  Empty out your extra items before Christmas, or come and look for some "recycled" gifts.  This will be just the beginning of a fun-filled day at the ICS High School.  To rent a spot for the day is $40.  For information regarding the selling of items or renting a spot for the day, please contact Huong Ha (zen2diva@yahoo.com) or Cathy DeWitt (catherinedewitt@gmail.com)

Juniors & Seniors: The ASVAB test will be given on Friday, November 21st for ALL 11th & 12th grade students at 8:30.  The test will last about 2½ hours.  This test  is a career exploration program that helps students identify the explore occupations and to develop an effective strategy to realize their vocational goals.  We encourage ALL students to sign up for this test.  A letter explaining this test will be put into student files this week and the same letter was handed out to parents at the Community Meeting.  The test is free.  Please have your students sign up in the office for the test.  The test administrator will be back on campus on Thursday, December 16th to go over the results of the ASVAB test. 

Graduation announcements, robes and Junior Rings: Josten’s our graduation announcement provider will be on campus to meet with all seniors on Thursday, October 23rd at 8:00 to meet with seniors to go over graduation announcements and graduation robes.  Please make sure to be here early that day to meet with them and get the information you need for graduation activities.  Parents are welcome to come as well.  They will also be here to meet with the 11th graders from 8:30-9:00 that morning about class rings.  Please make sure if that if you are not normally here in the mornings, that you plan to be here that day as this is important information and they will not be here any other time to give out this information.

ICS High School Prayer Group: Jason Mills is heading up a prayer group on Thursday mornings.  All students are invited to attend.  Students will be meeting from 7:50-8:15 in room # 4.  Also, there is a prayer box upstairs by student files for anyone who has a request that they wanted people to join with them in prayer for. 

Collecting Pop Tabs: Ronald McDonald house provides a great service to the community by offsetting the housing cost for families whose students are receiving treatment at area children’s hospitals.  The average cost of a stay for a family at Ronald McDonald House is $20 and that include room and board.  They provide a home away from home for families who are dealing with difficult situations.  We can assist them in their mission by collecting pop tabs- the tops off of your soda cans. Please start collecting tabs at your house and at your churches.  You can send them into to the ICS High School office and at the end of the year, we will collect them all, take them to the recycling center where they are weighed to determine their value. One pound of tabs is worth 57 cents, and one gallon of pop tabs (4,175 tabs) is worth $1.49.  We will donate the proceeds to the Ronald McDonald House of Orlando

PSAT Testing: The PSAT will be offered on Wednesday, October 15th.  The cost to take the test is $18.  The test is open to all 10th and 11th grade students.  The test will be administered here at ICS on Wednesday, October 15th.  To register for the test, please have your student come to the office to sign up and send in a check made out to ICS.  Space for this test is limited, so please sign up sooner rather than later.  Please read more about this test in our Road to College Notebook or visit the College Board website at www.collegeboard.com.  The test will begin at 8:20 and students will be finished by approximately 11:15.  There are fee waivers available for this test if your family qualifies as a low-income family.  Please email Miss Baker directly if you have questions about fee waivers at cbaker@icsfla.org

RACE FOR THE CURE:  We will be walking in celebration of our friend, Janet Horvath!  Race day is Sunday, October 5, 2008 at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex.  The deadline for entering as part of  the ICS Team is September 20, 2008 online at www.komencentralflorida.org, select “Join an Existing Team.”  Please note that you can also join as a phantom member through “Sleep in for the Cure” if you are not available to participate in the Race.  For further information, please visit www.komencentralflorida.org or contact Beth Renschler at renschler4@bellsouth.net. 

Yearbooks:  Yearbooks will be sold for $45.00 through December 18, 2008. Beginning December 22nd, yearbooks will be sold for $55.00.  Final deadline to order is February 28, 2009

The Prudential Spirit of Community Service Award: Miss Baker encourages all students who have taken part in community service activities this past year to fill out an online application form at www.prudential.com/spirit or www.principals.org/prudential(access key: spirit).  Once the form has been completed online, it must be printed out, signed and submitted to Miss Baker by October 31st.  The top ICS youth volunteer will then be nominated for the state-level honors.  The ICS top youth volunteer will receive the President’s Volunteer Service Award, if they have contributed the minimum number of hours and will become eligible to win an unrestricted award for $1000 or more, a beautifully engraved medallion and a fabulous trip with a parent to Washington D.C. in the spring.  Please visit the websites above, fill out the application and bring them into Miss Baker by October 31st.  Information about this Community Award was put into student files this week.

First Friday M.O.M.S.:  An opportunity for fellowship, encouragement and learning together for ICS Moms.  Diane Gill will be speaking on Nutrition and Your Teen at the October 3rd meeting.  Please come to the Winter Park ICS Campus, Room 241 from 9:15 to 11:15 a.m

FEU Opportunities:

Principles of Community Class - This required class for all ICS families is being offered on Wednesday, October 8th and Thursday, October 16th, from 9:15 – 10:30 a.m., at the Winter Park Campus, Room 241.   If you plan to attend, please RSVP by October 1st for the October 8th class and by October 9th for the October 16th class.  RSVP to Terri Alderman at  talderman@icsfla.org or call her at 407-645-2343, ext. 110.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR TEENAGER SEMINAR:  Matt Brinkley is coming to Willow Creek Church to share with parents what he has learned in his nearly 30 years of speaking into the lives of teenagers on Friday, October 10th from 7-9 pm and Saturday, October 11th from 9am to 12:00 pm.  Tickets are $10.00 each or $15.00 per couple on sale at the door or available in the church office --(407) 699-8211.  5 FEU credits can be earned for this seminar.

Scholarships:
If you are a 12th grade student or family looking for great scholarship opportunities, please check out the following website:
http://www.centralfloridaymca.org/uploadfiles/Achievers_ScholarshipOpportunities.pdf.  A plethora of information can be found there for many different scholarship opportunities.

Senior Trip:
It is not too late to sign up for the senior class trip.  They have graciously allowed me to open enrollment up again for any students who may be interested.  We will be flying to Rome in April, then taking the train to Paris and finally boarding the Chunnel train to finish up in London.  Registration packets were put into student files of any student who has not registered yet. 

Parent Partnering:
If you have not had a chance to sign up for your parent partner days and the high school event you will help with this year, please come in to see Mrs. Hogue or call her at her extension, 128.  We really do appreciate the service that you provide when you are here.  If we do not hear from you, we will call you to get your availability. 

Recycling - We are collecting CRUSHED soda cans at the high school. We have decided that this is one way that we can earn money to support ICS students going on missions trips throughout the year. Those who would like to participate can bring bagged, rinsed, and crushed soda cans to Miss Baker for collection. ICS will take the cans to the recycling center for payment. Funds received will be put into a general fund for all ICS students who do missions work. You can send in the cans at any time!

Technology Needed - In looking towards 2008-2009, there are many things we would like to do to supplement the education of ICS high school students. We are in need of some serious technology upgrades. Miss Baker is currently developing a needs analysis and is researching grants for technology. We would like to purchase a class set of Macbooks for the computer class for next year at the expense of $27,000. If you know of any companies locally that provide grant money, would you please inform Miss Baker so that she can work on grant applications and start the grant writing process. If your company is looking for a tax write off, always keep us in mind as we are a 501-C3 organization.

Sophomores -
Please visit www.collegeboard.com to register for the SAT and www.act.org to register for the ACT.

Freshman -
Please visit www.collegeboard.com to set up a parent/student account and to find out more information about AP courses, Clep Tests and the SAT Tests.