Nov 1st, 2024 / ISSUE #10
WHOLE SCHOOL
Open Board Meeting
Dear IICS Community,
The IICS Board of Trustees extends a warm invitation to our upcoming Open Board Meeting, which will be held at the Hisar Campus. We are pleased to inform you that this meeting will also be livestreamed for your convenience.
Should you have any questions for the Board of Trustees or the Leadership Team, we encourage you to submit them via the sign up form prior to the meeting. This will ensure that your inquiries can be addressed during the meeting.
Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Hisar Campus
Your presence and input are highly valued as we work towards enhancing the educational experience for our students. Please sign up here if you wish to join us and confirm your attendance by November 5, 2024.
We look forward to your participation.
Warm regards,
Figen Underdown, Board Secretary
Monday, November 4: Primary CCA Season 2 Starts
Nov 6-10: CEESA HS Boys Football @ Sofia
Nov 7-10: CEESA HS Girls Football @ Belgrade
Nov 7-10: CEESA HS/MS Cross Country @ Tashkent
Friday, Nov 8: Primary Sports - Basketball & Secondary Fall Season Ends
Tuesday, Nov 12: Open Board Meeting @ 19:00 - 20:30 @ Hisar Campus
Thursday, Nov 14: Primary Goal Setting Conferences @ Hisar
Friday, Nov 15: Primary Goal Setting Conferences @ Marmara
Nov 25-29: Staff Appreciation Week
Wednesday, Nov 27: Secondary Drama Production
Thursday, Nov 28: Secondary Fall Season Awards Assembly
Friday, Nov 29: Professional Development Day for Teachers (No School for Students)
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
One of the outcomes from the recent Friday Flash survey indicated a need for improved communication with the Board. For any questions or concerns you may have, please feel free to reach out to Ms. Figen Underdown, our Board Secretary, at boardsecretary@iics.k12.tr. She will be happy to assist you with any inquiries.
CELEBRATIONS
🎭✨ "From the pages of Poe to the stage! Our Grade 10 Performing Arts students have taken 'The Tell-Tale Heart' to new heights. So proud of their growth and creativity! 💖
PRIMARY SCHOOL
For more up-to-date Calendar information, please see the IICS Google Community Calendar
Thank you for signing up on Schools Buddy for your Goal Setting conference. Sign up ends tomorrow morning and then we will assign missing appointments. Next week your appointment slots will be shared on Toddle as a final confirmation.
Please read more about Primary Goal Setting Conferences here: Goal Setting Conferences
SECONDARY SCHOOL
CEESA Weekends Coming Up
We would like to remind you that IICS is hosting CEESA MS Boys Football this week, Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2! Teams are coming from Baku, Belgrade, Zagreb, Bucharest, Tirana, Skopje and Sofia. You can find all the details on the TOURNAMENT WEBSITE and you can see the schedule attached.
We will also livestream the events and the links are below:
Friday Link: https://vimeo.com/event/4690864
Saturday Link: https://vimeo.com/event/4690873
Our MS girls football team is on their way to Tirana to participate in their tournament hosted by the Tirana International School.
Next week our HS teams will travel to their CEESA tournaments. HS Boys football team will travel on Wednesday, November 6 to Sofia, Bulgaria, HS Girls will travel to Belgrade, Serbia and HS Cross Country to Krakow, Poland.
Wish our teams safe travels and best of luck!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
PTA
PTA TOUR #1: Belgrade Forest Walk
The PTA is very excited to invite you to a morning walk in Belgrad Forest. Come and join us in this leisure walk / run / coffee / breakfast in nature!
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024
Meeting Point: Belgrad Forest Walking & Running Trail
Meeting Time: 09:30 or
If you just want to join for coffee / breakfast
Meeting Time: 11:00
Meeting Point: Yeni Derya Café, Belgrad Forest
Please sign up using this link.
PTA Contact Emails
Ebru Dorman, President: ptapresident@iics.k12.tr
Ozge Araya Goncalves, VP Hisar Campus: ptavphisar@iics.k12.tr
Natalia Puscasu- Eftodi, VP Marmara Campus and PTA Parents Relations Rep:
ptavpmarmara@iics.k12.tr ; ptapr@iics.k12.tr
Darima Dimchikova, Secretary: ptasecretary@iics.k12.tr
Lubna Taher, Primary Representative Hisar: ptaprimaryrephisar@iics.k12.tr
Stephanie Pigino, Secondary Rep. Marmara Campus: ptasecondaryrep@iics.k12.tr
Olena Guteneva, Treasurer: ptatreasurer@iics.k12.tr
Jua Michelle Kim, Welcome Committee Rep: ptawelcome@iics.k12.tr
Senem Tanberk Haznedaroglu, International Day Rep: ptaintlday@iics.k12.tr
Raisa Bejtovic, Food Committee Rep: ptafoodcommittee@iics.k12.tr
Ayse El Suudi, Tours and Cooking Coordinator: ptatours@iics.k12.tr
Vani Munian, Booster Club Coordinator: ptabooster@iics.k12.tr
Patty Liddle, Book Swap Coordinator: ptabookswap@iics.k12.tr
Jessica Carmikli, Charities and Golf Tournament Coordinator: ptacharities@ iics.k12.tr
Aghigh Karamzadeh, Digital Content Coordinator: ptadigitalcontent@iics.k12.tr
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