FRIDAY FLASH

Oct 31st, 2025 / ISSUE #9

WHOLE SCHOOL

It's almost here! Tomorrow, we're bringing the ultimate autumn celebration to life with our Fall Festival & Fun Run! Last chance to sign up for yourself and your guest by 8:00 PM. today! Let's make some unforgettable memories together! Who's excited?!

Heads up - food and raffles will be cash only, so make sure to bring some cash along!

To access the school's Google Calendar, please visit Google Calendar.

Saturday, Nov 1: Fall Festival & Fun Run @ IICS, 10:00-15:00

Monday, Nov 3: Primary CCA Season 2 Starts

Nov 6-9: CEESA MS Boys Football @ Sofia

Nov 7-8: CEESA MS Girls Football @ IICS

Friday, Nov 7: Primary Sports - Basketball Ends

TISL MS Badminton at BISI

Monday, Nov 10: Ataturk Commemoration @ 9:05

Tuesday, Nov 11: Primary Goal Setting Conferences @ Marmara

Wednesday, Nov 12: Primary Goal Setting Conferences @ Hisar

Nov 12-16: CEESA HS Boys Football @ IICS

CEESA HS Girls Football @ Skopje

Nov 13-16: CEESA MS Speech and Debate @ Helsinki

Friday, Nov 14: Secondary Fall Season Ends

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

For any questions or concerns, please contact Ms. Figen Underdown, Board Secretary. She will be pleased to assist with your inquiries. Additional information, including Board meeting minutes, is available on the Community Portal .

Those interested in joining a Board Committee are kindly asked to submit their CV and committee preference to Ms. Underdown, Board Secretary.

FINANCE COMMITTEE

FACILITIES COMMITTEE

POLICY COMMITTEE

CELEBRATIONS

Alumni Visit

Proof that once a Dolphin, always a Dolphin and you're always welcome home! 🌍 It was fantastic to see Claire and Wouter Schipper, who started in EY3 and were with us all the way to Grade 11 before moving back to Holland in 2001. Their early IICS stories were simply priceless! ❤️

Turkish Republic Day 🇹🇷

🇹🇷 Happy Republic Day! ❤️🤍

Our amazing school community came together dressed in red and white to celebrated the 29th of October!

29 Ekim Cumhuriyet Bayramimiz Kutlu Olsun!

"The Rising New Generation; the future is yours! We established the Republic, and you yourselves will glorify and maintain it.”

-Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

PRIMARY SCHOOL

PEEK OF THE WEEK

If you have any questions, please reach out to Ms. Beyza Sen (bsen@iics.k12.tr) for Hisar or Ms. Sare Sahin (ssahin@iics.k12.tr) for Marmara.

Late signups will be open until November 7th.

For the most up-to-date Calendar information, please see the IICS Google Community Calendar via the IICS website.

Please read this parent letter for more information. Please check your homeroom teacher’s Toddle for conference appointment confirmation next week.

SECONDARY SCHOOL

DISCOVER THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SLEEP

Click here to read the article.

Dear IICS,

We would like to inform you that we are hosting CEESA MS Girls Football next week, Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8. Teams from Belgrade, Bucharest, Baku, Tirana and Sofia are coming to participate in the tournament. Please stop by the field to support our girls.

At the same time, our boys will travel to Sofia, leaving school on Thursday, November 6, to compete with other teams from the CEESA region in their tournament.

Our MS badminton team will travel to the British International School of Istanbul to participate in the TISL MS badminton tournament on Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8.

Wish our teams safe travels and best of luck!

PTA

🍁 FALL FESTIVAL & FUN RUN🍁

Friday, Nov 1 at the Marmara Campus!

Mark your calendars! The Fall Festival & Fun Run brings contests, a costume parade, Trunk-or-Treat, live music, and great food. Open to all families and grade levels—come celebrate together!

COSTUME PARADE

Strut your stuff at the Fall Festival Costume Parade! Categories include Best Group, Duo, Student, Parent, Staff, Most Creative, Funniest, Scariest, Best Homemade, and even Best Pet. Saturday, Nov 1, 2025 at Marmara Campus. Open to all families — guests welcome!

🎃 TRICK - OR - TREAT BOOTH CONTEST!

Grade-level parents are invited to team up and build the most imaginative Trick-or-Treat booth for our Fall Festival on Saturday, November 1 at the Marmara Campus. Tables and backdrop boards can be provided—bring your creative ideas, props, and decorations.

Festival visitors will vote for their favorite booth, and the winning class earns a pizza party.

Contact your Room Parent to confirm your support for your grade level and join the Trick-or-Treat WhatsApp group to get started. Let’s make this year’s festival frightfully fantastic! 👻

PUMPKIN & JACK-o' - LANTERN CONTEST

Carve or decorate your masterpiece and enter to win (Most Creative, Scariest, Funniest, Most Artistic, Best Overall). Pumpkin drop-off deadline: Thursday, Oct 30, 2025 at your campus. Winners announced at the Fall Festival. Open to all families and grade levels!