Hello everyone,

we are heading into March!

first some school-wide updates and reminders:

(1) Our  SPRING BOOK FAIR begins NEXT WEEK. 
Family Shopping hours:    Monday, March 2, Tuesday, March 3, and Friday, March 6, 2019, from 3:00-4:30 pm, and Wednesday, March 4 from 2:00-4:00 pm, and Thursday, March 5 from 3:00-6:30 pm
Family Event:    Join us for a Reading-is-Fun Afternoon on Thursday, March 5th, 2020, extended shopping hours: 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Please note:     Each class will be assigned a designated day and time to preview and purchase items.
Please consider volunteering to help at our book fair:    Book Fair Volunteer Sign-Up  If you would like more information about volunteering at our book fair please contact Lisa Breitbarth at  lisa.breitbarth@icsatlanta.org.

(2) The Wolves’ Den is open! 
Stop by the Wolves’ Den on  Thursday mornings between 7:30 am and 9:30 AM at the Upper Campus for Spirit and Uniform Items! Come on in and pick up one of the new ICSAtlanta Wolves water bottles or a “Member of the Wolf Pack” plush backpack tag!

(3) Spring Pictures are coming in March!  Spring pictures will be taken on March 19th at the lower campus and March 20th at the upper campus. Students are allowed to be out-of-uniform for spring pictures (out-of-uniform rules apply). Class pictures will also be taken. Don’t miss out!

Reminder:   Uniform Update

ICSAtlanta will be changing our uniform requirements, officially beginning in the 2021-2022 school year.  In order to provide an adequate phase-out period, we wanted to announce this change as soon as possible. Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, khaki pants, shorts, and scooters will no longer be allowed as part of ICSAtlanta’s school uniform. The only color option for pants, shorts, and jumpers   will be navy. The only color options for scooters  will be navy and ICSAtlanta plaid.   Please note:   this does not begin next school year (2020-2021); it begins the following year (2021-2022).

This week in class, we started our PYP unit 5. This unit is all about economics. We are learning about needs and wants. We are also talking about producers and consumers as well as goods and services. We are talking about different occupations and are seeing which provide goods and which provide services. In Math, we will learn about coins and focus mainly on the place value aspect of coins by trading ten pennies for a dime and two nickels for a dime etc.

We talked about the letter B,b in German Language Arts this week. The vocabulary words for this week are: das Brot (bread), der Bauarbeiter (construction worker), braun (brown), die Biene (bee), der Baum (tree), das Baumhaus (tree house), der Bauch (stomach), der Brunnen (well), die Banane (banana), die Butter (butter), der Bär (bear).

Frau McCoy

Hello everyone,

we will have Winter Break next week, February 17-21. Below some information about the 4th annual ICSAtlanta Race Weekend:

It is time for our 4th annual Race Weekend on March 28th-29th, presented by our Lead Sponsor ER Roofing Specialist! This is a big fundraising event for the entire school, featuring a pasta dinner and silent auction on Saturday night and the Run the World with ICSAtlanta 5K & Fun Run on Sunday morning. This year’s run will be held at the beautiful Webb Bridge Park in Alpharetta, which has ample parking, wide, well-maintained trails, and a large playground.  Follow the guide below to make the most of this fun weekend! All information will be posted on the website at www.icsatlanta.org/run.

Friday, March 27th, 3:00-6:00 p.m., PNC Bank at Avalon

– Packet Pickup
Saturday, March 28th, 5:00-8:00 p.m., Upper Campus – Pasta Dinner provided by Ippolito’s and Silent Auction (online bidding will be open early); Packet Pickup available
Sunday, March 29th, 9:00 a.m., Webb Bridge Park – Run the World with ICSAtlanta 5K followed by the Fun Run (approx. 1 mile, start time around 10:00 a.m.)

1. Become a sponsor! Sponsorship opportunities are still available, and this is a great way to show your ICSAtlanta pride! Your name or logo will appear on the shirt and race website. www.icsatlanta.org/store
2. Offer products, services, vacation rentals, tickets, and other prizes for our silent auction! Email giving@icsatlanta.org with your auction donation information! (Each language track will also have baskets for auction, so look out for emails for donations for these baskets, which are always very popular!)
3. Register for the 5K or Fun Run by March 16th! Your $25 registration includes chip timing and medals by age category for the 5K, an exclusive shirt (can be worn on Fridays), swag bag, and participation medal for every runner age 10 and under.  Registration price increases on March 17th.  NEW: text alerts and camera technology to track laps for the 5K
4. Create your own fundraising page on the Run the World with ICSAtlanta race site (option is available after you register)! Collect donations as an individual or a team and help each campus earn rewards while raising more money for our school!
5. Buy your tickets for the pasta dinner, and create an account for the auction! Tickets are limited, but this year, all bids will be accepted online so that everyone can participate.  Tickets will be on sale and auction details will be coming soon!

Thank you for your support of Race Weekend and ICSAtlanta! We look forward to enjoying this community-building weekend with you. Please send any questions to giving@icsatlanta.org and check the website at www.icsatlanta.org/run for updates!

This week in class, we are finishing up the final unit 4 assessment which is a shadow puppet show in groups of 2. The students are coming up with their own story and are making their own props. They have to use sound effects that make sense in their story line and present it in front of the class. They have to use elements of time and we will also assess measurement.

Next week, we will start or new PYP unit and it will be all about economics. We will talk about needs and wants and move on to producers and consumers, We will learn about money and how to save and spend. We will continue with place value in Math as well.

Have a great weekend,

Frau McCoy

Hi everyone,

another week full of learning comes to a close in 1G.

We will finish our 4th PYP unit next week. For the summative assessment, the students will make their own puppet show with shadow puppets and sound effects. We will finish up with measurement as well as telling time by the full and half hour. Our PYP unit 5 will focus on needs and wants, money as well as economic choices.

Here are some general updates and reminders: