Iroquois Community School
1836 E. Touhy Ave. Des Plaines, IL 60018 (847)824-1308
Teachers email addresses & Classroom Websites
Does your child have homework due? Did you want to check on their daily schedule? Do you need to email your child's teacher? Some ICS teachers are creating their own classroom website. CHECK IT OUT !!
ICS Parent Teacher Committee
Check out the new Parent Teacher Committee (PTC) bulletin board in the lobby across from the gymnasium. The ICS PTC has created their own website. Do you need information about what the ICS PTC is doing? Then check out - Parent Teacher Council Weekly Update website. Please email if you would like to join the Parent Teacher Council mass email list.
2008-2009 ICS School Calendar
The School Calendar for 2008 - 2009 has been published.
Principal's Place: (reprinted from current ICS Newsletter)
Dear ICS Families:
THANK YOU PTC!
The final PTC meeting for the 2007-2008 school year will be held Tuesday, May 13 at 4:00p. This will also be the final meeting for all four of our PTC board members. I would like to take this opportunity to thank President Donna Tworek, Vice President Nikki Wijas, Secretary Laura Mendoza and Treasurer Prashant Mehta for their dedication, hard work and time spent for our students and faculty. The PTC has had a very successful year. It was not uncommon for more than 25 parents to participate in a monthly meeting. Systems and structures have been established for future boards and meetings. The positive spirit our board brought to the PTC is growing rapidly throughout our parent population. I am excited for the future of this fine and supportive organization.
STUDENT PLACEMENT
Teacher teams will be meeting this month to place students in homerooms for the 2008-2009 school year. If you have any information that will help teams make a great decision for your child, please forward it to me in writing by Friday, May 16. Please do not request a specific teacher.
Please email icsptc@gmail.com if you would like to join the Parent Teacher Council mass email list.
If you would like to contact me, please feel free to email me or call 847-824-1340.
Daniel Johnson, Principal ICS
11th Annual Cystic Fibrosis Mini-Walk
Iroquois Community School will hold the 11th Annual Samantha Lehman Cystic Fibrosis walk. The Iroquois Student Government established this event to support Sam, then an ICS student, who is afflicted with this disease. We are trying to help the Greater Chicago Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation raise funds for research, medical treatment, and education. You can be a big part of this success by walking with us and getting others to support your walk with pledge donations.
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system. People with CF suffer from chronic and often fatal lung infections and have trouble digesting food. Twenty years ago, a child with CF was not expected to live much beyond the age of 12. Today, the median age of survival for a person with CF is 34 years. Although research is making tremendous progress, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation needs people like us to increase the survival rate or even find a cure for this devastating disease. Check out the information on the next two pages and help us make “great strides” toward a cure for cystic fibrosis.
Cub Scout Car Wash
Help support your local Cub Scout Pack AND get your car squeaky clean! Saturday May 17th from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.
Calling all Cub Scouts
Is your son interested in having fun, learning, giving back to the community and making new friends? Then Cub Scouts is the group for him !!!
1st through 5th grade boys and their families are invited to attend the April Pack Meeting in the ICS cafeteria at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 25th. The theme of the evening is "Go for the Gold". There will be lots of "Olympic -Type" games.
Please park in the north lot and enter from door #8. Cub Scouts Pack 997 is open to all boys in the community, so invite your friends. Current members include students from South, Orchard Place, Iroquois and other local schoolsIf you cannot attend on Friday, you may join the scouts anytime.
If you have any questions or wish information on joining, please contact Randy Adams at 847-635-6453 or via email.
We Need You - Relay for Life Walk
The ICS Parent Teacher Council will be sponsoring a team for the Des Plaines Relay for Life Walk. We are looking for parents, students and teachers that would like to join our team.
The event will be held on May 16/17 at Maine West High School. There is no age requirement so we encourage children to join the team, parents will have to be present. Please contact the Parent Teacher Council or leave a message in the ICS/PTC mailbox in the front office, attention Tina Garrett. We will have a team meeting at the beginning of April.
For more information visit the official Relay for Life website.
ICS Gardening News
Have you noticed the changes in the fenced-in garden by the playground? The garden is being generously funded by the PTC and maintained by the Cub Scouts. Walkways have been added. The ground has been tilled, news papered and covered in wood chips. Beautiful Asiatic lilies were planted and will bloom this summer. The Scouts will plant an organic garden at the end of May. THE VEGATABLES HARVESTED WILL BE DONATED TO THE DES PLAINES FOOD PANTRY.
Planting of the front gardens at ICS will be on Sunday, May 18th from 3:00p to 5:00p. Please take a shovel. Donations of plants would be appreciated. Any plants, bulbs or bushes will be accepted. Plants should be able to handle full sun. The front of ICS is a southern exposure. The sun also reflects off of the brick building.
If you have any questions, can't make May 18th, want to donate items for the gardens, or have gardening ideas please contact Patricia at 847-909-5566.
ICS Band and Orchestra Activities
The ICS Band and Orchestra programs will be very busy in the coming month. Outlined below for your reference are the important events.
The Band/ Orchestra/Chorus Concert will be held Thursday, May 15th at 7:00 p.m.
An assembly for all instrumental groups will be held on Friday, May 16th at 8:15 a.m.
5th grade students are invited to try-out instruments on Friday, May 16th from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Quinlan & Fabish will be at ICS on Tuesday, May 20th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for the annual Band/Orchestra Recruitment event. Students may sign up for the 2008 - 2009 musical year and arrange for instrument rentals.
Please plan to attend these events and become a part of the musical life at ICS.
Schoolkidz School Supplies
Order forms for Schoolkidz will be going home in the next week to order classroom supplies for next year. Prices will be included on the order forms.
Size of our World
Have you ever wondered just how big the Earth is compared to other celestial planets? You might be surprised.
ICS Name Tag Reminder
In our school community, every student and staff member will wear a nametag identifying themselves as a member of the ICS community. In addition, visitors will also be required to wear a nametag. The purpose of our nametag is to ensure safety and a sense of community among us, as we greet each other by name.
Nametags should remain in the school building at all times, and should be worn the entire school day, except for gym and recess.
All students will be issued a nametag and lanyard free of charge at the beginning of each school year. Replacement nametags can be purchased in the office for a fee of $3.00. No temporary IDs will be issued.
Middle school students in need of community ID's can purchase an extra ID in the office for the same fee.
Traffic Safety Reminder
Traffic concerns around ICS, especially on Birch (east of the school, next to Evans), are arising again this year. Student safety is the main priority for all of us in the ICS community.
Please DO NOT:
Double Park
Park in the drop off zone
Pass buses in the school drive
Home construction on Birch is limiting parking on this street. Please use the parking lot north of the building for drop off. Requests are being sent to the Des Plaines Police Department to monitor the situation and issue tickets as necessary.
ICS Parent/Teacher Council Explores Recycling Program
The ICS PTC is reviewing the “Paper Retriever” recycling program. The program would provide a drop box on school property that could be used for all paper products—newspapers, magazines, office papers, school papers, catalogs, mail, etc. Items would be picked up and a small fee would be earned by the ICS PTC to help with annual fund raising efforts. Watch for more news on this project in future newsletters.
Go to Paperretriever.com to learn more.
New Contact Info for ICSC
The ICS Student Council has created another way for the ICS community to communicate and share thoughts, concerns, ideas and questions.
In addition to contacting the officers directly through their personal contact information you may now use a new email address. The new address is: icscouncil@gmail.com.
Market Day News
Market Day orders can be placed online anytime.
We'd like to thank everyone who supported our April Market Day sale and hope you enjoyed your Market Day gourmet items! Stock up on Market Day favorites and grilling items and you can earn a free beach bag with any purchase of $75.00 or more! Your order is important to us so please look for your May order sheet to come home soon to see the great selection of Market Day foods.
Our next sale is Tuesday May 13th. Orders are due Friday, May 9th by noon. All profits are used to help fund school activities.
Earlier in the year at a PTC meeting, some parents had voiced their desire to order Market Day. But due to the pickup time they were unable to utilize the program. Thanks to Laura's extra efforts we will be accommodating parents needs. There will be a special pickup hour by request between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., orders must be pre-paid. Laura is very eager to help parents with scheduling dilemma's. Please call her with any questions or to make arrangements for future Market Day. Laura Mendoza can be reached via email or 847-376-8207.
Arbor for May 12th to May 16th
Monday - Chicken Nuggets
Tuesday - Max Cheese Sticks
Wednesday - Corn Dog
Thursday - Tacos
Friday - Hamburger
Offered Daily - PBJ Sandwich, Tossed Salad, Deli/Sub Sandwich, Cheese Sandwich.
ICS School Lunch Menu
Here is the current lunch menu. [May 2008] (.pdf)
ICS Newsletter
The ICS Newsletter, packed full of ICS information is sent home every Friday, or download the current issue. [Current issue] (.pdf)
Newsletter deadline: Submit articles by Wednesday at 2:30pm (ICS Office) or email by 7:00pm. Contact Marijo Bustos at 847-803-6475 with questions or phone submissions.
ICS Fundraiser's
Easy ways to help raise funds for ICS programs. Thank you for your support of ICS.
Meijer - ICS account number 778081
Office Depot - ICS account number 70031978
Innisbrook - ICS account number 110522
Schoolpop.com - ICS account number 0109788
General Mills "Box Tops for Education" labels
Tyson "Project A+" labels
Campbell Soup labels
Manna Order Form (.pdf)
