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2015-2016

WELCOME BACK!It is with great pleasure that I extend a warm IICS welcome to all our new and returning students and their families. We open our new school year celebrating the excellent results achieved by our IB Diploma students, the highest achieved so far, as well as our rapidly increasing enrollment.

Having spent the last weeks working with the outstanding leadership team and staff, I am excited to meet the students and parents who complete the vibrant and dynamic community which is IICS.

I look forward to sharing a fantastic year of discovery, challenge, hard work and inspiration which is exceptional learning for all.

Warm Regards,

Jane ThompsonHead of School

HISAR CAM PUS:Mon, Wed,Thur, Fri08:30-15:30

Tuesday 08:30-13:30 (early release day)

Position Name Phone Ext. Email AddressHead of School Jane Thompson Ext. 101 headofschool@iics.k12.trSecondary Principal Joe Lumsden Ext. 210 jlumsden@iics.k12.trSecondary Vice Principal Tracy Arnold Ext. 206 tarnold@iics.k12.trPrimary Principal Angela Steinmann Ext. 118 asteinmann@iics.k12.trPrimary Vice Principal Judith Kingsbury Ext. 114 jkingsbury@iics.k12.trAthletics & Activities Coordinator Paul Perron Ext. 203 pperron@iics.k12.trDirector of Admissions Suzy Gürkan Ext. 215 sgurkan@iics.k12.trOperational Services Manager Pınar Demirkan Ext. 129 pdemirkan@iics.k12.trDirector of Finance & Operations İçten Küçükyumuk Ext. 102 ikucukyumuk@iics.k12.trReceptionist Hande Ay Ext. 155 hay@iics.k12.trExecutive Secretary Figen Underdown Ext. 113 iicssecretary@iics.k12.tr Hisar Office Manager Ayşe Özdemir 287 2772 aozdemir@iics.k12.tr

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We are here to help, so please contact us if you need something or if you have any questions about school.

SCHOOL HOURS

MARMARA CAMPUS:Mon, Wed,Thur, Fri08:30-15:00

Tuesday 08:30-14:30(early release day)

Marmara Campus +90 (212) 857 8264

Hisar Campus +90 212 287 2770

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2015-2016 SCHOOL CALENDAR

TRANSPORT

For questions about school bus transport, please contact:

Ozlem Nebioğlu at MiturMobile: 0532 404 8220mitur.com@iics.k12.tr

School events are listed and updated on our IICS Google Calendar. Please go to this link to view IICS events:

www.iics-k12.net/about-iics/iics-calendars

A printed calendar will also be distributed at the start of school to each family.

CONTACTS

It is vital that the school always has your correct, current contact details. Please make sure you update your family contacts automatically on our FAMILY ACCESS MODULE database. FAM train-ing will take place at Back To School Days on Sept 3, 4, 9. Please see page 3 of this �yer for more information.

SCHOOL NURSE

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

All basic stationery school supplies are provided by IICS, so there is no need for you to shop for school supplies. Second-ary math classes which require a special calculator will be informed if students need to purchase it.

Does the school nurse have your com-pleted Student Health Form and up-to-date immunization record? If not, please contact IICS Nurse:

Bilge Coşar at Marmara Campus. Phone extension 112, clinic@iics.k12.tr

LUNCHMENU

The IICS Lunch Menu is located here:

www.lunch.iics-k12.net

COMING EVENTSBACK TO SCHOOL

DAYS

Back to School Day is a time for parents to get a more in depth look at what their children do at school. There will be informa-tion sessions and workshops on a variety of topics. There will also be training in some of the programs and websites that parents need to use regularly throughout the year.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS’COCKTAIL PARTY

All parents and sta� are invited to the annual IICS Board of Directors’ Cocktail Party to be held on Sunday, 4 October at 17:00.

This event is to welcome everyone back to the new school year. Please RSVP to the invitation that will be sent by email in the coming weeks.

We look forward to seeing you there!

8 September for Marmara - Secondary9 September for Hisar 10 September for Marmara - Primary

4 October @ venue TBA 17:00

TECH TRAINING FOR PARENTS!

All parents need to know how to use FAM (Family Access Module) to:

-See their children’s attendance-See their children’s reports (Primary)-See their children’s class schedules-Update their own contact details-See the school & family contact directory

Let us help you learn how to use these tools. Our Tech Integrators are running workshops just for you. Don’t miss it!

Parent Tech Trainings on:8 September for Marmara @ Secondary9 September for Hisar 10 September for Marmara @ Primary

Do you know what FAM is? Do you know how to use ManageBac? Can you navigate the features of Google Drive?

Have you joined the IICS Facebook Group yet?

www.facebook.com/groups/IICS1/

Join the conversation!

IICS ONLINE: Click on www.iics-k12.net/iics-community to reach these main links to the IICS websites you will visit most often.

You will be receiving a refrigerator magnet with these links and QR codes so that you will always have quick access to the infor-mation you need most often and the sites you will want to be checking regularly.

what’s this thing?This is called a QR code. It is the current version of a UPC code. You can use your smart phone or tablet/iPad to scan squares that look like this and it will automatically open up that web page on your phone or tablet.

How to find the IICS information you need.

What Kind of Communications will be Coming from School? And How?

Any large international school like IICS will have a lot of information that it wants to share with members of its community. We want to share as much information as possible in a way that makes it easy for people to find what they are looking for. Here is a summary of what non-printed communications we regularly send out, when, and in what format.

If you have trouble accessing this information, or if you are not receiving school emails, please contact

MODE OF COMMUNICATION

WHAT KIND OF INFO?

WHEN IS THIS MODE USED?

WHAT DOES THIS MODE LOOK LIKE?

Emergency SMSSystem

IICS Facebook Page Updates

Emails

Managebac

IICS News Site

IICS Main Website

An SMS is sent to inform you of snow days, bus delays/issues, very important reminders, as well as in the event of a school emergency.

As necessary --only in the event of an emer-gency or urgent message.

Various important or time sensitive announcements, individual messages from teachers about students, etc.

As necessary – although we try to limit these to just the necessary to avoid “email fatigue”.

Intranet used by Secondary school students and Secondary families for assignments, assessment reports, peer review, etc.

Daily.

Links to current articles on the school blog, articles of interest, conversation among the commu-nity. Parents are also welcomed to join the conversation on this site and share/discuss news, give links to items of interest, etc.

Frequently.

News of what is coming up, reviews and photo galleries of school events, profiles of our exceptional community, updates and reminders from the Primary and Secondary Principals.

Articles are posted to the school’s main blog every week.

IICS Class Sites Classes from Early Years 3-Grade 6 maintain regular class sites, as do single subjects (languages, art, physical education, library, etc). There are Secondary sites for certain classes as well. For a full list, please see the CLASS SITES link shown on page 4

Articles are posted to the school’s main blog every week.

The school’s website is a primary source of information for families and faculty consider-ing IICS. The content is mostly “evergreen.”

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Friday Flash Weekly bullet list summary of essential upcoming events dates with links to info

Every Friday Email

This is called a QR code. It is the current version of a UPC code. You can use your smart phone or tablet/iPad to scan squares that look like this and it will automatically open up that web page on your phone or tablet.

2015-16 PARKING STICKERNew Parking Stickers are required for all new and returning Marmara campus families. You will need one sticker for every car that comes to campus. This helps our security guards know who is an IICS parent. After the �rst day of school, hey are available at the security gate at Marmara Campus.

VERY IMPORTANT!!

SECURITY: NEW SECURITY CARDS FOR ALL PARENTS & THEIR DRIVERS

TO GET YOUR SECURITY CARDTo increase security, IICS will implement a security card photo identi�cation system. Each parent (and any of your sta� who come to campus, ie drivers, nannies, etc) will be provided with an IICS photo ID card which they will need to have on them when coming to campus.

Apply for your Security Cards at this link or QR code:www.formdesk.com/istanbulinternationalcommuni/SecurityIDCard