Upcoming Events & Happenings
May 1 Mid-Terms Go Home Grades 5-8
Hearing & Vision Re-Checks
May 5-7 Camp Daggett for Grades 6 & 7
May 14 Track-n-Field
May 11-15th EdVision Testing Grades 3-8
May 19 4th Gold Star Day Lugnut Game
May 21 Spring Concert Rehearsal 2:00 p.m.
Home of the “Dragons”
Concert @ 6:00 p.m.
ISLAND CITY ACADEMY Binder Park Zoo Assembly
Teaching tomorrow’s leaders! May 22 & 25 No School Memorial Day Weekend
April 24, 2009 May 29 Awards Ceremony
(517) 663-0111 Last Day: School Dismissed @ 11:30
www.islandcity.org
Saturday, April 25th—Spartan Football
Spring Day. Michigan State University Island City Academy is selling Some Gave
welcomes you to a great day with friends All Bracelets to help in the Memorial Day
and family for a youth clinic and the Parade in Eaton Rapids. Bracelets are
annual Green & White spring game at $2.00 each. Students who purchase the
Spartan Stadium. Come and enjoy a day bracelet will be allowed to wear jeans on
of Spartan Football. This event is free.
Friday, May 15th. Bracelets are available
The youth clinic will run from 10-11:30 a.
m. and is open to students ages 8 to 12. in the office.
The clinic will be directed and coached
by the 2009 Spartan players. The event
will take place at the Duffy Daugherty
Practice Fields, enter through gate on
Shaw Lane. Autograph session will follow
the clinic. Spring game will begin at 1:30
p.m. at Spartan Stadium. There will also I.C.A. Tip of The week:
be a Men’s Basketball Tribute that will
take place before the game. Coach Izzo
and his assistant coaches, along with PATIENCE
MSU’s four seniors on the 2008-09 team, Patience is the art of hoping!
will serve as honorary coaches during the
spring game.
Children’s Creations still has a few parts available for children and adults for
the Little House on the Prairie play that will take place June 12th & 13th.
Simply contact Vickie Verstraete at 663-2510 or at vickie@childrenscreatiosn.
CORRECTION CORRECTION Island City Academy Board of Directors will
Island City Academy students can have a board position opening. If you are
earn Free Tickets to The Magic interested in being a member of the Island
Show at the Eaton Rapids High City Academy Board of Directors please
School Auditorium on Saturday, contact Heidi in the office at 663-0111.
May 9th @ 3:00 p.m. Students
can EARN UP TO 4 free tickets
to the show from CPCU. Each
$4.00 deposit you make will get
you one free ticket to the show.
Let’s see how many students can The 8th grade class will be holding two
get tickets for this event. Thank bake sales next week. Thursday, May
30th and Friday, May 1st during lunch. Be
you to CPCU for hosting this sure to send your child with some loose
event. We hope all of our stu- change. All proceeds will be going to their
dents take advantage of this fun year end trip to New York City.
event.
TIPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD BECOME A
BETTER READER (AND LOVE BOOKS!)
1. Set aside a special time for home reading
Spring picture every day. Try to avoid scheduling a time
money is due when you would rather be doing something
else.
on Friday, 2. Make reading time as pleasurable and
comfortable as possible so that your child
May 1st! develops warm feelings for books and
reading.
WATCH FOR MORE IN THE NEXT DD!
CORRECTION: The kindergarteners will have a 1/2 day on Tuesday,
May 26th for Kindergarten round up. This 1/2 day of school is only for
the kindergarten class.
ISLAND CITY ACADEMY WANTS TO HELP PUT AN END TO ASTHMA!
We are still collecting pennies for the walk to Help Put An End To Asthma.
There is a box located just outside the office doors for all of your penny
donations. Lets see if we can fill the box full of pennies.