ICNS Yearbook

Dear Fellow I.C.N.S. Families,

Hello everyone! :-) Angie Serrano and I (yearbook committee) are writing to you with an important message about our new school yearbook!

We want to inform you of a last minute decision to raise the price to $10.00.

We advertised a price of $5.00 but really, truly underestimated the cost of producing it. We talked about it a lot and went back and forth, wanting to honor the advertised price and are hoping for your understanding. We know you all signed up for a $5.00 yearbook but we are certain you'll be very pleased with the quality product you are purchasing. A printed copy is now available at the preschool if you'd like to see it before making your decision.

We are including a description of the yearbook and hopefully that will help you make your decision. We want to thank all the parents who shared their pictures with us. We truly appreciate your kindness. Due to some FABULOUS last minute additions..production is slightly behind schedule but we'll be ready to start selling starting Wednesday. We'll be at the school between 12:00 and 1:00 and again at 4:00 starting Wednesday and going until Monday. If you miss us, that's ok....we'll get you your copy! On Wednesday there may be a limited supply but we'll be fully stocked by Thursday. Read all about the yearbook:

2007-2008 I.C.N.S. Yearbook
1. It's a Power Point presentation that you can view on your computer very easily.
2. It's also a DVD. You can see the pictures on your TV with a DVD player....(you'll see all the pages but not as a Power Point).
3. The yearbook has over 50 pages with an average of at least 6 pictures per page...sometimes up to 12 pictures. The pictures begin in Summer of 2007 and go up to the Mother's Day celebration this very last week!
4. EVERY current student and most former students have their picture in the yearbook with their name underneath their picture. This is great because we didn't receive a class composite picture of all the kids at school with our school pictures this year.
5. There are pictures from all the potluck dinners we had this year.
6. There are very beautiful pages with things like the Fall Festival (beautiful costumes), the day the firetruck came, field trips, etc.
7. The yearbook can easily be printed to paper with your own computer or at a print shop like Kinko's.
8. There are indoor and outdoor candid shots showing just how engaged our kids are at preschool. You see how much they are learning and doing!
9. The yearbook pages are in chronological order so that you can see how our kids have grown throughout the year.
10. The beautiful pictures showing all the diverse personalities are saved in jpeg format.

We hope you'll understand our very last minute decision. We are really excited for you to see your yearbooks! Contact us with questions, we'd be very glad to answer them.

Yours truly,
Laura Fisher Semerad (Kaden's mom) and Angie Serrano (Hugo Hidalgo-Serrano's mom)

May Date Night

Dear ICNS Families:

Sign-up for DATE NIGHT this SATURDAY from 3-7pm!!! Look for the sign-up sheet on Wednesday morning. The kids will get to play, make a craft, eat dinner, and watch a movie with popcorn! Children 18 mo. and up are welcome! Sign-up soon LIMITED SPACE...ONLY 10 spots available...See you Saturday!

Cost: $25.00 One Child
$40.00 Two Children

Thanks for you participation!!!
Isa Sabey
ICNS Vice President

Additional Spring Fling Thank Yous

Hello All,
I realized yesterday that in my last e-mail I forgot to thank a few very important people. SO, on behalf of Isa and myself, thank you to the following individuals for donating hand-made items and services to our auction!

Emma Johnson- For the wonderful parent/child and child/child aprons.
Andy Estep- for the homemade "Three Billy Goats Gruff" set.
Chris Augsburger- for the adorable homemade shirts with matching handbags.
Autumn Nelson- for offering a Behind the Scenes Tour of "Lion Camp" at the Wild Animal Park.
Isa Sabey (who insisted I not list her but I can't help it!) - for the beautiful handmade quilt.

Thank You to everyone for helping to make the Spring Fling a success!

Susie Yount

Mandatory Parent Meeting Reminder

This is a reminder of the Mandatory Annual Parent meeting at ICNS on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 5:30 p.m.

• There will be a s a $50.00 fine assessed for any family not represented at the meeting, so please make every effort to attend.
• Remember that only 1 parent in the family needs to attend the meeting. We prefer to have your presence and voice instead of your money.
• Even if you will not be here next school year, you are vital and very necessary to our continued operation.
• We must approve next years budget and vote on the Board of Directors for next school year and address any other necessary school business.
• Child Care will be available, but we will also need some help form the parents depending upon how many children attend.

Spring Fling Thank You!!!

On behalf of Isa and myself, I would like to send a huge thank you to all of the volunteers who so graciously helped to make a very fun and very successful Spring Fling! Together, we raised money for the school and had a great time doing it!

The Fundraising Committee (who worked for months to get us those great donations!):

Fiona Chatwin
Christine Odegaard
Edwardo Fricovsky
Jacques Verstraete
And although this thank you is on behalf of Isa, I cannot help but thank her personally here, as she so graciously worked for months to compile donation after donation, THANK YOU Isa!

The Social Committee (who planned for months and devoted their entire Saturday to the Spring Fling with smiles on their faces!)

Therese Oppedall
Maureen Feeley
Nina Florholmen


The Babysitters

Miss Sherry
Michelle, Nikki, and Melanie from the Preuss School
Keya Bandyopadhyaya
Ben Sabey

Music

Jude Weirmeir- Thank You to Jude Weirmeir for the very beautiful and very wonderful music!

Others

Billy and Autumn Nelson - A huge thank you for setting up the catering, it was delicious! As well as for all of the help you provided before, during, and after the event.

Eri and Hiro Kato- Thank you for being an extra set of hands before, during, and after the event!

Geir Florholmen- Thank you for so graciously picking up the children's pizza!

Kerstey (Christine Odegaard's friend) for helping at the wrap party!

Again, on behalf of Isa and myself, thank you so very much for helping to make the Spring Fling a successful and enjoyable fundraiser!

Susie (Ella and Maya's mom)

ICNS Gets Some Little Visitors

Brisa's mom, who works at the Wild Animal Park, brought an armadillo and a tarantula into school on Thursday. Here's are some pictures of the big event.