April 21, 2023

Apr 21, 2023Newsletter

NEW INFORMATION

HAPPENING THIS WEEK – THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH – OUTDOOR DISCOVERY CENTER FAMILY NIGHT

Live locally? Save the date and Join us for our yearly springtime family night at the ODC on April 27 from 5-7:30. We are in need of volunteers! You would be signing up for 1-hour increments and we have 9 different stations. If you are signing up for the 7-7:30 slot it is more of a clean-up time slot. Hoping for WONDERFUL weather! Not a scorching hot day! =)

Please click on THIS LINK TO SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER

MAY LUNCH MENU

https://icademyglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/HC_Inno_May_2023_menu-2.pdf

MARK YOUR CALENDARS – END OF YEAR PE & FIELD TRIP FUN!

May 6th – Tulip Time 5K (K-12th grades)
June 8th – Sports Fun – Location TBD (K-12th grades)

SAVE THE DATE – FIELD DAY MAY 25TH

We are excited to announce that your Innocademy and iCademy PE teachers are joining forces this year and have been working hard to plan a ONE-DAY Field Day Event! This year, our Y5 – 5th-grade students will be participating, and MS/HS students will volunteer to run a station.

The goal of Field Day this year is to: synergize two of our IES schools, align with our global mindset initiative, to get our students out into their community, and give our oldest students a stewardship opportunity.

Date: Thursday, May 25, 2023

Time: 12pm-3:25pm (with pick-up at Helder Park, encourage parents to attend to help with this!)

Location: Helder Park, Zeeland

OLD INFORMATION

FREE LITTLE LIBRARY

We had a local Eagle Scout named Gabby approach us last spring about making and installing a Free Little Library as her final project. This seemed like a great idea for our property! It is now up and ready to use! Please feel free to stop by, anytime to drop, exchange or borrow a book!

APRIL FOOD PANTRY

FAMILY REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR ’23 – ’24 SCHOOL YEAR – IT’S BACK!!!

Enrollment for new families s NOW OPEN for the ’23 – ’24 School Year! Thank you for the amazing stories you share with family and friends – this is how so many awesome families end up enrolling with us! Please keep sending folks our way – we’d love to talk with them about our family of great schools!

REMINDER – NEED TECHNOLOGY HELP? PLEASE FOLLOW THE STEPS, BELOW

Please note…if you work through the problem with Vector Tech Group and they request that you return your computer to campus for a technology exchange, please connect with Robyn.parks@icademyglobal.org, directly, to make an appointment or to work with her regarding shipping.

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REMINDER: HOMESTEAD CAMPUS IS NUT FREE

We have students on campus who have severe allergies to nuts of any kind. Please use extra caution when packing snacks, bringing treats to school, and enjoying lunches so that we can keep all of our students safe.

ARE YOU FOLLOWING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA?

We’ve enjoyed celebrating our K5 students this month and coming up next we have Middle and High school students spotlights 🙂 Don’t miss out, check us out on Facebook or Instagram!

https://www.facebook.com/icademyvirtual

https://www.instagram.com/icademyvirtual/

And don’t forget to join us in our iCademy Parents group on Facebook!

https://icademyglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/HC_Inno_Oct_2022_menu_FNL.pdf

This is the first Fall Open House in several years, and there is no better way than to attend the Open House to get a feel for if CTC is a good fit for you!

ARRIVAL/DISMISSAL IF YOU VISIT CAMPUS

Just a reminder that, if you are visiting campus for Re:FUEL or Blended Learning, please adhere to the “ONE WAY” traffic moving to the right immediately upon entering the East (Taco Bell =) parking lot. Need a refresher? Here’s a short VIDEO to help!

NEED TO CONNECT WITH YOUR TEACHER/MENTOR?

Please remember that teachers and mentors are excited to help answer questions each school day. Please, please, please always use zoom to reach out to them instead of email. They do not want to miss your message!

HAND 2 HAND – SIGN-UP OPEN – IF YOU LIVE LOCALLY AND CAN PICK UP FROM CAMPUS EACH THURSDAY

OK, Hand2Hand is firing up again for the year, and attached is the sign-up form. A few things to know:

https://icademyglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/iCademy-H2H.pdf

Hand2Hand is a weekly food bag distribution, provided by Vertical Church (yay to them for this partnership!!). Read the attachment for more info.
There are no qualifications, other than just signing and returning the form. Families can continue to sign up throughout the year.
Bags are distributed on Thursday mornings and we attempt to put in lockers/cubbies during the lunch hour.