Wednesday, March 3, 2010    

             PRAYER CORNER

**Year’s Theme: We are Living Letters “You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody.” II Cor. 3:2

**March’s theme: Obedience-We will do what we are told to do with a happy, submissive spirit.

Memory verses: Hebrews 13:17”Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.”

James 1:22 “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”

Prayer

So much snow, so much mud, we  need to go through it all to have green grass, green fields and green trees! Green is a favorite color of ours, Lord. Thank you for the seasons, each one with its color! Praise to you, the Creator! Thank you for the order of things. Obedience is one of them. When we learn to respect You as the authority and we want what You want we develop obedience, trusting You with the entire contents of our hearts, we hear you say, “I do love you, my child”.

Prayer request

Pray for each one of our students, soon it will be the end of the third quarter already, but they like us have spring fever. Pray they will be able to concentrate on their studies and stay focused, feeling God’s presence all the while.

HOT LUNCH MENU

THURSDAY, March 4, Soft shell taco, potato oleo, pears, layer bars and milk

FRIDAY, March 5, Pizza, corn, apples, brownie and milk

MONDAY, March 8, Chicken and rice, mashed potatoes, corn, bread and milk

TUESDAY, March 9, Tater tot casserole, peas, peaches, bread and milk

WEDNESDAY, March 10, Spaghetti, corn, oranges, garlic bread and milk

SCHOOL CALENDAR OF EVENTS

THURSDAY, March 11 – 8:15-9:15 Moms in Touch meet in ICS library for prayer. Anyone available and committed to praying for our school during this specific time is welcome. If you have any prayer concerns moms in touch would love to pray for you when we meet. Everything we pray for is kept confidential.

MONDAY, March 8 –Society/PTA/Auxiliary meeting at 6:30- All parents encouraged to attend-imp. up date on Iowa Core Curriculum will be presented and proposed budget for 2010-2011 school year

TUESDAY, March 9- 3rd & 4th grades sing at Hillcrest 2:30

WEDNESDAY, March 10- KOK Board meeting

FRIDAY, March 12-National Newspaper Week-Airplane design and fly contest at noon

MONDAY, March 15- 2010-2011 Preschool registration

TUESDAY, March 16-KOK Snow make up day

TUESDAY, March 16 -Junior High Choir Festival at Dordt College-leave shortly after lunch

TUESDAY, March 16- 6th grade math bee at Boyden

WEDNESDAY, March 17-Milkshakes with Mom

THURSDAY, March 18- Pre-4th Drama at 1pm “The Velveteen Rabbit” at Unity Christian

FRIDAY, March 19- Grandparent’s Day 9:00am (dismiss at 12:30 pm), end of 3rd quarter

TUESDAY, March 23- Interscholastics Art/Creative Writing/Poetry, grades 3-8 due

THURSDAY, March 25-Unity Band Festival-rehearse during school day-evening concert at 7:00pm

FRIDAY, March 26- 7th grade math bee

THURSDAY, April 1- Makeup day, we will be having school for grades PK-8, (Preschool & Kindergartners will have school also).

FRIDAY & MONDAY, April 1 & 5-Easter break

TUESDAY, April 6-Soccer/Track practice begins

FRIDAY, April 9- Instrumental Local Interscholastics 4:30 at school in all purpose room

THURSDAY, April 15- Kindergarten roundup

TUESDAY, April 20-Vocal and Instrumental Interscholastics at Sioux Center Christian

MONDAY, April 26- Piano recital, 3:45 in all purpose room

PLEASE REMEMBER OUR “BUILDING  TOWARD THE FUTURE” CAMPAIGN, prayerfully consider your gift.

All current families with students at ICS, are strongly encouraged to give towards the campaign to help for needed school improvement. WE ARE JUST A LITTLE  OVER THE HALF WAY MARK, it’s downhill from here!!!!

CONTINUE COLLECTING THOSE BOXTOPS

Great job on collecting the boxtops everyone!  It takes ALL of us to be successful, no matter how many you collect.  This may be the last competition for the year, but we have all summer to save.  Find out in September who the "Super Summer Saver" will be.  It could be you!  Happy Collecting!             Judy Dorhout

T.R.I.P. NEWS-Next ICS TRIP order date is Monday, March 15 by 9:00 AM.  There is a change with the April order dates.  We will not be able to have an order on April 6 due to the National distributor being closed from April 5 - 9.  I am moving that date to April 12 and we will be dropping the April 19 order date as well. So there will be 4 weeks between the March 15, April 12, and May 10 order dates.  I will try to have extra Wal-Mart and Hy-Vee cards on hand at that time for purchase on a first come basis but please look ahead and try to order all the TRIP you might need.  Hopefully, this will not cause too much inconvenience.  I will be figuring out the payout after the April 12 order date so there will be no on hand orders from April 19 - 26.

INTERSCHOLASTICS SOLO/ENSEMBLE:

Interscholastics solo/ ensemble will be held April 20 at Sioux Center Christian. Any 6-8 students interested in either a vocal solo or an ensemble, see Mrs. Byker. It’s a great experience!

INTERSCHOLASTICS ART/CREATIVE WRITING/POETRY-due March 23

SPRING CONCERT TIME!

That time of the year is here again!  The 12th Annual I.C.S. Bluegrass Concert will take place on April 10, 2010 at the BJ Haan Auditorium in Sioux Center.  You should have all received your packets.  They were sent home with your son or daughter this past Friday.  If you haven’t seen it, please check the back packs! 

Just a little about the packets:  They will contain – 1) tickets,  2)a sample letter to either take with you or send prior to your phone call or visit.  This letter explains the giving levels and the specific information on the concert, 3) a copy of last year’s actual program inside page.  If they would like to see how things are laid out, you can show this, 4) Helpful Hints, and lastly, 5) a sample thank you letter.  I usually sent this out with the tickets enclosed.  PLEASE DON’T FORGET THE THANK YOU no matter when you decide to send them out.   Just remember to do this step!   It is vitally important.  You don’t know how many contributors will mention if they did nor didn’t receive a thank you.  Your follow-up can makes a difference in consistent contributors.

Please, don’t procrastinate!  This is I.C.S. major fundraiser!  It has been very successful because of parents who have a sincere passion for our school and Christian education.  But, it takes each and everyone of us!  We realize that solicitation can be a scary thing but, the businesses you’re approaching have been involved with this fundraiser before.  In a round-a-bout way, most of them are expecting you. 

One last note, remember, in your presentation, that you are representing our institution.  Be professional and appreciative for whatever is given or not given.

 Completed packets can be brought to the office by March 8.  There will be a box labeled “Concert Items”.  On the outside of your packets note what each business is donating and if there is a check in the envelope or if it’s being sent to the school.   If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact any of the committee members: LeRoy Punt, Jill Vander Windt, Nancy Gradert, Leah Schoonhoven or Sharla Gradert.

KOK FUNDRAISER  Kids of the Kingdom Preschool is having a Little Ceasar’s and Pizza Fresco fundraiser until March 8, with a delivery date of March 24. If interested, please contact a preschool family.

CADET SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, March 3, 6:30-7:45

Wednesday, March 17, 6:30-7:45

Wednesday, April 7, 6:30-7:45

Wednesday, April 21, 6:30-7:45

Wednesday, May 5, closing night

TIP NIGHT AT THE SIOUX CENTER PIZZA RANCH

Sioux Center Boy Scout, Troop 211 tip night at the Sioux Center Pizza Ranch is Monday, March 15, 5:00-8:00pm

HALLWAY ART

Our students always do a totally terrific job with their art. It’s always great to see their masterpieces displayed in the halls!!! Right now we have a wall display of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics news and flag drawings with each nation’s colors that participated. Very NEAT and very interesting!!

GRANDPARENTS DAY

Friday, March 19, is Grandparents Day at ICS!!

Invite your grandparents to join you in school for the morning starting at 9:00! We dismiss at 12:30. Invite them to have lunch with you at 11:30. Please clip the reservation ticket below and return to school for your grandparents lunch reservations. Kari needs to know how much food to prepare.

Family name____________________________________

Number of grandparents having lunch with you ____________________

“In every moment there is a special treasure. Give your best to them all.” Ralph Marston