Huskies in the Know
Week of November 14th-18th
Important Dates to Know!
*SCENTSY FUNDRAISER IS HAPPENING NOW!*
11/14-STAAR Interim Make ups
11/16-Robotics Club 4:15pm-5:00pm
11/17-PTA Skate Jam; Tree Lighting @the PAC 7pm
11/18-MTSS Meetings; ACE Harvest Math Bingo Night
11/21-11/25-Thanksgiving Break
11/25-Deadline for PTA Golden Apple Award
11/21-11/25-Thanksgiving Break
11/30-Toys for Tots 5pm-10:30pm @ the PAC
*Parents-students are not permitted to bring aerosols of any type. This includes Bath and Body Works sprays/AXE/etc. Thank you for your cooperation.
All items must go inside students' lockers. This includes small purses/backpacks, and cell phones.
TOYS FOR TOTS
Safety Reminders
- When visiting, you must present a government issued ID to be run through Raptor.
- If you are here for a conference, eat lunch with your child, volunteering, shadowing, etc, your visitor badge must be visible at all times
- If one parent is admitted into the building, please do not follow behind them ("tailgate) without being verified. Parents, please do not hold the doors for anyone.
- You must go through the pickup/drop off line in the mornings. Please do not drop your students off in the street or in the back parking lot.
- Remember that there is no supervision prior to 8:00am. If your student is arriving prior to that, please remind them of behavior and safety expectations.
Honoring our Veterans
Thank you for your courage, sacrifice, and service!
Choice Schools Information
Current 6th graders
Current 5th Graders
Alma Martinez Fine Arts & STEM Academy
If you were unable to attend our in-person information meeting for the Martinez STEM Academy for the 23-24 school year, please join us for our virtual event. More information can be found here. We look forward to meeting you.
Winter Art Camp
WINTER Art camp is coming Soon -DECEMBER 3, 2022
9am-3pm @ Timberview HS
K-6 grade students - $30 THS/ECHS teachers only for the day - ($35 others)
Use the google form link below to register your camper. You will receive the payment link once registration in confirmed. Feel free to pass this invite to family/friends.
Congratulations to Mrs. O'Donald-October Teacher of the Month
Self-Direction is the ability and learned skill to cast a vision of future goals and then take intentional steps toward who, where, and what we want to be. Instead of focusing on things to control or avoid, we emphasize our responsibility to make positive choices related to our emotions, attitudes, and actions. It helps develop meaningful, positive relationships with others.
Mrs. O'Donald is always thinking ahead, always does what’s best for students, and always self-starts. She is intentional with every interaction with every student. She equips her students with the life skill to take responsibility for their own actions and empowers them to make good choices. Because of this, it is a joy to have her on our campus.
11/7-11/11-Word of the Week: Resourceful
Iditarod: Nicholas Galvan
Kenai: Brent Benavidez
Kodiak: Maurice Ruffin
Klondike: Kennedy Glaze
Anchorage: McKenzie Guerra
Denali: Zoe Mosi
Takotna: Gilly Nguyen
Yukon: Cailyn Gaines
Anouk: Jose Evans
Electives 5th: Paige Stevenson
Electives 6th:An Dinh
"Phreeze" Out Cold Coat Drive
The Nu Pi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (the “Arlington Alphas”) is partnering with our campus to provide coats to students just in time for winter.
The Arlington Alphas have served as a staple in the Arlington, Mansfield, and Grand Prairie areas for more than 40 years. The members of their chapter have contributed hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours providing service and advocacy while also striving to uplift the cause of dignity and humanity in our community.
To request a coat, please click the picture below and submit the information by Sunday, November 13th.
Click the picture to request a coat/coats
5th Grade Puberty Lesson-11/28
Dear Husky Parents,
On November 28th, the puberty lesson will be presented to 5th grade students through P.E. classes. In order for your child to participate in the lesson, you must opt in. P.E. teachers will send home consent letters with students at the beginning of November, and provide the deadline to submit permission slips.
If you wish to review the video that your child will watch, please follow the links below:
Changing and Growing Up - Male
Changing and Growing Up - Female
There will be an alternate assignment provide to students who do not opt in to the lesson.
SEL Parent Hub
Important Information for 5th and 6th Grade Parents and Students
Advisory Arrival Beginning Monday, 10/3 for 5th and 6th Grade
- Students enter building at 8:00 and travel to 1st block (5th grade), WIN time (6th grade) or to breakfast. After eating breakfast, travel to 1st period or WIN class.
- Students who are late (arrival after 8:30am) are required to have a tardy pass
- Classroom: visit lockers and enter classroom (once in classroom, students are not allowed to exit)
- Breakfast: students will be dismissed once they are finished and travel to 1st block
- Restroom access is not available until 8:45am unless there is a medical need.
- Advisory Activities: planner, reading, AR tests, unfinished work, Project Learning/Lift Off, and teacher tutoring will take place in classroom
Health Screenings
Students of the Week
Counselor Corner
Mrs. Cottle, 6th Grade (pictured R)
Parents,
As part of Vision 2030, MISD is helping students become life, college and career ready through our student scorecards. Ask your student to log into Xello and see what they have been working on! You can also get more information about our scorecards at https://www.mansfieldisd.org/departments/curriculum-instruction/student-scorecard
Title I Information
Library Updates
Important Icenhower Information
- Students are not dressing out for P.E., so they will not need to purchase P.E. Uniforms. Students will need sneakers.
- Please be sure to read the District's Dress Code, located in the Student Code of Conduct. Crocs must be placed in "sports mode".
Review all important parent information by clicking the link below:
Join Icenhower's Remind 101
Last Names A-I: Text code @4ac4hb4 to 81010
Last Names J-P: Text code @66hk29 to 81010
Last Names Q-Z: Text code @936bc9 to 81010
Parent Volunteers Needed!
Drop Off/Pick Up Reminders
Please remember that you must go through the drop off and pick up line in the mornings and afternoons. Do not go down the bus lane, do not park in/next to the teacher parking lot in the back, do not park at Jandrucko, and do not park on Collins. This is for the safety of our students. If you are parked here and asked to move, please be polite and adhere to the procedures. Thank you!
Morning Procedures
- Please remember to use the appropriate grade level lane for drop off and pick up
- There is no supervision prior to 8:00am. Doors open at 8:00am. The tardy bell rings at 8:30am. Dismissal is at 4:00pm
- In the morning, students may either eat breakfast in the cafeteria or report to the gym. After this week, the library will be open in the mornings for students from 800am-820am. Students need to be in the cafeteria for breakfast or the library by 8:10am. Late buses are an exception. Breakfast, the library, and gyms are at a Level Zero.
- All students will need to have a book with them to read. The expectation for the mornings no matter where you go is for students to be reading.
ICENHOWER NAMED CKH NATIONAL SHOWCASE CAMPUS FOR THE 4TH TIME IN A ROW!
Capturing Kids' Hearts
Theme for November-Teamwork ("Better Together")
What is Teamwork?
Teamwork is the ability to work in unity with others towards a common goal. For us to learn how to become team players, it is important that we learn to listen, encourage our peers, and allow and invite others to contribute their talents and skills.
Why focus on Teamwork?
- Teamwork improves communication: Teamwork helps us improves our verbal and non-verbal communication skills, conveying that we care and a relevant message.
- Teamwork builds interpersonal awareness: Growing a great team requires us to first build strong relationships through better understanding ourselves and others.
- Teamwork celebrates diversity. Teamwork thrives from diverse ideas that come from a mixture of different genders, cultures, expertise, experience, and problem-solving approaches.
Teamwork in Action:
- Call them a team, not a class or group. A group consists of many different people. A team, however, has a common purpose and a shared responsibility for success.
- Require teams to set expectations for and manage their own behavior. Do not tell teams what type of behavior is expected -- let them decide for themselves with a Social Contract.
- Teach and encourage affirmations. Giving affirmations helps connect the team and builds trust, promotes engagement, and boosts a positive culture.
Student Nutrition
Please be aware that meals in your school cafeteria are not automatically free this year. You must pay for the meals or qualify for free/reduced meal benefits. Student meal pricing, free/reduced meal application, & online payment system are available here: bit.ly/MISDStudentNutrition. Students may also bring cash/check to school to pay for meals.
ATTENDANCE ANNOUNCEMENT
Click the picture below to access the Angel Tree Application
Campus Reading Initiative
Access "Find my Bus" by clicking the picture.
PTA Wants You!
Parents may now deliver food to their students
How to Stay in the Know
- Icenhower' Campus Remind:
Last Names A-I: Text code @4ac4hb4 to 81010
Last Names J-P: Text code @66hk29 to 81010
Last Names Q-Z: Text code @936bc9 to 81010
- Follow Icenhower Intermediate on Twitter @huskyproud
- Like Icenhower Intermediate on Facebook @huskyproud
- Like Icenhower PTA on Facebook @icenhowerpta
- Visit our website at https://icenhower.mansfieldisd.org/
- Weekly Newsletter
- Skyward Email Blasts
- Communication from the teachers
- Messages in Canvas for each subject