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REMINDER: ATTENDANCE MATTERS

Please make sure your child is at school, ready to begin by 8:45 a.m. every day.  Should your child be absent, please email attendance@innocademy.com and let your child’s teacher know the reason for their absence so they can share any missing work.  Thank you for your support in ensuring your child learns and grows with us this year.  Every day counts for their academic success!

NEW INFORMATION

INNOCADEMY SCHOOL PICTURES – October 3rd & 5th

We are SO grateful to Christy Pacanowski, of Embolden Studios, who will again be providing school pictures to our Innocademy and Precademy students. If you have a sibling that does not attend Innocademy, but you would also like to be photgraphed, please plan to bring them to school at 12pm on October 3rd.

Please, even if you choose not to order photos for your child, fill out the form, below (your child should have brought home a hard copy this week) as every student will have their photo taken for our yearbook and needs to bring the form with them to their picture time/day. Any additional siblings that will be photographed on the 3rd @ 12pm, will also need to bring with them an order form from below.

INNOCADEMY PICTURE SCHEDULE

FALL STUDENT LED CONFERENCE SIGN UPS

Please watch your email for those to be sent out on Monday. As in past years, we thank you in advance for adhering to the guidelines for choosing a conference time. We start with our largest families having access so that they can schedule all of their kiddos at times that are back to back. We will then, gradually move to those families with smaller numbers of children.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PITCH IN TO HELP PROVIDE A MEAL FOR OUR TEACHERS DURING CONFERENCES?

If you would like to help feed teachers for upcoming student-led conferences on October 12 & 13, we would be ever so grateful!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4EAFAD23A2F94-salad1

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR – VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED, PLEASE!

The Fall Scholastic Book Fair will be held Tuesday, October 11th through Thursday, October 13th-the same week as conferences.

The job is fun & easy! Tidy books, help the students shop and operate an easy-to-use cash register. The book fair serves as one of our largest opportunities to fundraise for books and other items through Scholastic for the school. 

Please sign up for as many 2-hour slots as you’re able. All the help is GREATLY appreciated!!! If you have not yet filled out the volunteer background check, please stop by the front desk prior to the week of the book fair to complete this.

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080e4ca5af2fa1f85-fall

OCTOBER LUNCH MENU

OLD INFORMATION

LUNCH INFORMATION FROM HOLLAND CHRISTIAN

Food service is in full swing, thanks to YOU for being patient and persistent with our Family Portal.  Please continue to use the family portal to deposit funds into your lunch account.  We are a Pre Pay system, and appreciate families  having funds in your child’s account when they choose to take hot lunch.  Plus NO FEE TO MAKE A DEPOSIT ONLINE.  Familyportal.cloud is where you can deposit funds or apply for lunch benefits.  If you do not know your student account number, reach out to heidi.wolters@innocademy.com 

For those families that are receiving lunch benefits and only want milk, the national school lunch program does not give benefits for milk only.  If you want free or reduced price milk, you may take a fruit, or vegetable, and the milk will be under your benefits. 

BITTERSWEET SKI INFORMATION & PASSES

We are again offering Bittersweet Ski Passes for students (7 + years) and their families (extended families and friends, too! Open to anyone!) through Innocademy and iCademy Global.

Ski passes are a great opportunity for folks to purchase a pass ($29) that acts as a coupon throughout the season, reducing the prices on lift tickets, helmets, and rentals. The pass can be used, repeatedly, at any time throughout the ski season (please read the restrictions on timeframe and days as well as black-out holidays), by the pass holder! ANYONE can be part of the ski club…student, parent, family friend. 
​If you are interested, please… 

1. Read through the attached information
2. Fill out the attached form for student and/or adult
3. Secure in an envelope with payment (checks payable to BITTERSWEET SKI RESORT) 
4. Label envelope: BITTERSWEET SKI PASSES – LEISA LOBBEZOO 
5. Return to campus. If you would like to mail the forms and payment via US mail, that is great, too! Please use the information, below:

Attn: Leisa Lobbezoo – Ski Club, iCademy Global, 8485 Homestead Drive, Zeeland, MI 49464

Once we receive the application and payment, there is usually about a 14 school day turnaround for your information to be processed at Bittersweet and passes to be issued so please plan ahead. =)

https://innocademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/22-23-Bittersweet-Ski-Club-Info-PREFILLED-1.pdf

Just in case you were wondering, “Hmmm…what does Bittersweet usually charge for lift tickets and rentals?”

WITH SKI CLUB PASSES ($29 each pass – every skier must have one to receive the discounts.)

Adult (anyone not still in high school)

• $33 lift ticket
• $33 Rentals
• $15 helmet

Student (7 years old and older)

• $29 lift ticket
• $29 rentals
• $15 helmet rental 
• + 2 FREE Lessons 

WITHOUT SKI CLUB PASSES

IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATION

If you have someone new to pick up at dismissal time, please always feel free to share THIS VIDEO that includes the map.

TITLE 1 AND INTERVENTION

Title I is a federal aid program for elementary, middle, and high schools.  Title I money is given to school districts based on the number of low-income families in each district.  Each district uses its Title I money for extra educational services for children most in need of educational help.  The focus of the Title I program is on helping all students meet the same high standards expected of all children, building capacity for parent involvement, and providing professional development for building staff. We use the Title funding to provide academic intervention services. (Please CLICK HERE to learn more about our Title and Intervention Program.)

STILL TIME TO APPLY! – – HAND 2 HAND – SIGN-UP OPEN FOR THIS YEAR

OK, Hand2Hand is firing up again for the year, and attached is the sign-up form.  A few things to know:

https://innocademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Permission-Slip-Backpack-Inno.pdf

• Hand2Hand is a weekly food bag distribution, provided by Vertical Church (yay to them for this partnership!!). Read the attachment for more info.
  
• There are no qualifications, other than just signing and returning the form.
  
• Bags are distributed on Thursday mornings and we attempt to put in lockers/cubbies during the lunch hour. The first delivery will be September 15.
  
• In order to receive the first delivery, forms must be returned to the front desk before the Labor Day break. However, families can continue to sign up throughout the year.
  

2022-2023 School Calendar