Happy Thanksgiving!

The PA provided turkey for both the HS and MS student potluck lunches - there was food aplenty and it was so nice to see the school community enjoying this time together. Please join our upcoming prayer group meeting (info also on Schoology).

Happy Thanksgiving! "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations."  Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ! The Evening parents’ prayer group would like to invite you to join our Worship & Prayer - it is a wonderful opportunity for us to give thanks to the Lord and lift up our school, families, children, teachers, and leadership in one accord!  Please feel free to pray in the language of your own choice.  Where? 5/F ICS Chapel When? Monday, Nov. 26th, 7:30pm-9:30 pm  Hope to see you there!

The school held its' annual Walkathon and Fall Festival on October 20th. It was a beautiful day - the school community gathered under the covered stage at Sha Tin Park - it was lovely to hear everyone singing praise and worship songs before the walk (a bit over 4km) back to the school along the Shing Mun River.

The school was awash with activity - from the seniors dancing to a popular Korean pop song, carnival games, food for sale and various other sales booths as well as informational tables from various companies as well as your very own  Parents Association! PA reps manned a "meet and greet" table and accepted sign-ups for events needing parent support and donations for second-hand uniforms. The PA also sponsored a bouncy house for the Fall Festival - a fun, but tiring day!

Prayer Group calendar 2012-13

We very much appreciate your support of the parents' prayer groups and have kicked off the new school year! Please mark your calendar for the dates of our meetings and we encourage you to join us in this special time as we lift up our school, families, children, teachers, and leadership.

Quote from an administrator, "There are a group of dedicated parents who come to school to specifically  pray for you, students, and various needs of the school.  Please pass on any prayer requests to these ICS prayer warriors!  We are blessed to have such a dedicated and humble group lifting all of us up."

ICS Kindergarten hosted opening ceremonies for both AM and PM sessions and "New Beginnings" in the evening, a more formal dedication ceremony for the new ICS Kindergarten location with members of the community present in addition to key donors, HM, Board of Trustee, School Supervisor, Parent Rep, Student Rep, Teachers, and Principals


Welcome - Headmaster John Nelson


Principal Karen Whenuaroa - "Walk Down Memory Lane"


Principal Gillian Wu - "New Beginnings"


Amy Leung, from Advancement gives special thanks and acknowledges important people in attendance - district council member, police dept rep, neighboring school principal and head teacher, donors, etc


Teachers cut the cake


Some of these current seniors started ICS in Kindergarten!

Tony Ma - Board member, Becky Su - PA ExCo member

It was nice to see part of the playground the PA helped fund in honor of
Beverly Van Hoy's service was relocated to the new Kindergarten - the part that didn't fit is currently at Shek Mun campus on the 2/F podium playground

New Die-cut machine for the Kindergarten

When parents join the Parents Association, membership fees go toward supporting school events and helping in other ways. This beautiful new die cut machine at the Kindergarten was made possible with your support. It saves the Kindergarten teachers from traveling to the Shek Mun campus to use the machine there. Thank you parents!

"Donated with blessings from the ICS Parents Association in honor of Mr. Tim Wong's service to ICS in 2001-2012"

From ICS Kindergarten dedication

ICS PA has been busy serving the ICS community

The Prayer groups from SS and ES of the ICS community prayed on Friday, Aug 24th at a joint SS & ES prayer meeting for all the ICS teachers, administrators, staff, children and parents.

"Praying Parents" (by campus) gather on a monthly basis at the campus prayer meeting to pray for the community. We welcome any parents who share in the same faith and with a burden to pray for the school to join us at the SS, ES prayer meetings (usually held during the day) or the evening prayer meetings (for working SS & ES parents).

The ICS PA ExCo made their first meeting on Saturday, Aug 25^th a quick one to meet new ExCo and discuss a few agenda items before hosting a welcome lunch for "Newcomers in the ICS community" at the Chinese Restaurant of the Royal Park Hotel. The new headmaster Mr. John Nelson, new members of the Board of Trustees, and many new teachers and their families enjoyed dim sum for lunch.

On Sunday, Aug 26th, the ICS PA sponsored a live streaming broadcast of “The Story behind Linsanity” at Asia World-Expo at the Lu Kao Hwa Theatre. Jeremy Lin, the sensational Asian American NBA player, shared with us his walk with Christ, how “Linsanity“ came about with the grace of God and the “13 miracles” that needed to happen to him to become who he is today.

Mr. John Nelson opened the event with a word of prayer for the adults, youth and children who packed the theatre in anticipation of hearing Lin's message. At the invitation of Jeremy Lin and Pastor Fai, Chairman of the ICS PA, many accepted Jesus or re-dedicated their lives to Jesus. (For more information about Jeremy Lin, visit http://jeremylin.hchannel.tv or http://goodtvhk.tv)

If you have children in Elementary, and want to be more involved in the PA, please join us by serving as an ES PA Rep. Campus Reps meet once a month with the principals to discuss issues pertaining to the school, students and how we can work together to serve God in various capacities.

If you would like to join one of the prayer group meetings (dates are on the school calendar), we want to hear from you, too!

Please write to us at ICSPAExCo@gmail.com

The Story Behind Linsanity on August 26th will the first big PA event!

Basketball Star Jeremy Lin will be at Asia-World Expo, Hong Kong on August 26th to speak on the phenomenon known as "Linsanity."

A live feed of the broadcast will be presented at ICS in the Lu Kao Hwa Theatre sponsored by the ICS Parents Association and hosted by ICS.

This event is free for all ICS families and their friends. Doors open at 3pm - broadcast starts at 3:30pm. It will be inspiring - see you there!