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VOices shares stories of ICS from all of our perspectives, from all of our community - students, teachers, staff, parents, and alumni.
![<img src="Black live matter stickers.png" alt="Grade 8 student image for Black Lives Matter poem">]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1608229652/icsaddiseduet/dms9q3jb5v0gtbwbi0zp/pexels-vlada-karpovich-4668360.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1608229652/icsaddiseduet/dms9q3jb5v0gtbwbi0zp/pexels-vlada-karpovich-4668360.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1608229652/icsaddiseduet/dms9q3jb5v0gtbwbi0zp/pexels-vlada-karpovich-4668360.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1608229652/icsaddiseduet/dms9q3jb5v0gtbwbi0zp/pexels-vlada-karpovich-4668360.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1608229652/icsaddiseduet/dms9q3jb5v0gtbwbi0zp/pexels-vlada-karpovich-4668360.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1608229652/icsaddiseduet/dms9q3jb5v0gtbwbi0zp/pexels-vlada-karpovich-4668360.jpg","width":2200}])
- Grade 8 Poetry Blog Series
![<img src="Headshot of male HS teacher.png" alt="Headshot of ICS High School teacher Joshua Smalley ">]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1609231602/icsaddiseduet/gkqyzfq128hztd3bquhj/PNGSelfShot.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1609231602/icsaddiseduet/gkqyzfq128hztd3bquhj/PNGSelfShot.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1609231602/icsaddiseduet/gkqyzfq128hztd3bquhj/PNGSelfShot.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1609231602/icsaddiseduet/gkqyzfq128hztd3bquhj/PNGSelfShot.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1609231602/icsaddiseduet/gkqyzfq128hztd3bquhj/PNGSelfShot.png","width":1362}])
![<img src="Photo of pink flamingo.png" alt="HS teacher Joshua Smalley takes photo of pink flamingo in Ethiopia">]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1608191661/icsaddiseduet/gyolw3yxhvkkos1f6u0l/JoshuaQuarantinePhoto.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1608191661/icsaddiseduet/gyolw3yxhvkkos1f6u0l/JoshuaQuarantinePhoto.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1608191661/icsaddiseduet/gyolw3yxhvkkos1f6u0l/JoshuaQuarantinePhoto.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1608191661/icsaddiseduet/gyolw3yxhvkkos1f6u0l/JoshuaQuarantinePhoto.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1608191661/icsaddiseduet/gyolw3yxhvkkos1f6u0l/JoshuaQuarantinePhoto.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1608191661/icsaddiseduet/gyolw3yxhvkkos1f6u0l/JoshuaQuarantinePhoto.jpg","width":1958}])
- Quarantine Chronicles
![<img src="Man with lost suitcases.png" alt="ICS Teacher Lucy Venkova's husband with their lost suitcases">]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1608192172/icsaddiseduet/hfrrzkitipdz5fg1nhmf/IMG_20200623_132447_BURST001_COVER.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1608192172/icsaddiseduet/hfrrzkitipdz5fg1nhmf/IMG_20200623_132447_BURST001_COVER.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1608192172/icsaddiseduet/hfrrzkitipdz5fg1nhmf/IMG_20200623_132447_BURST001_COVER.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1608192172/icsaddiseduet/hfrrzkitipdz5fg1nhmf/IMG_20200623_132447_BURST001_COVER.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1608192172/icsaddiseduet/hfrrzkitipdz5fg1nhmf/IMG_20200623_132447_BURST001_COVER.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1608192172/icsaddiseduet/hfrrzkitipdz5fg1nhmf/IMG_20200623_132447_BURST001_COVER.jpg","width":2200}])
- Quarantine Chronicles
![<img src="ES Deputy Principal.png" alt="ICS ES Deputy Principal leadership team photo">]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1608663995/icsaddiseduet/nyswwtugolpwasi7et3u/Leadership2020-Caly.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1608663995/icsaddiseduet/nyswwtugolpwasi7et3u/Leadership2020-Caly.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1608663995/icsaddiseduet/nyswwtugolpwasi7et3u/Leadership2020-Caly.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1608663995/icsaddiseduet/nyswwtugolpwasi7et3u/Leadership2020-Caly.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1608663995/icsaddiseduet/nyswwtugolpwasi7et3u/Leadership2020-Caly.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1608663995/icsaddiseduet/nyswwtugolpwasi7et3u/Leadership2020-Caly.jpg","width":2200}])
- Quarantine Chronicles
![<img src="Fundy Footpath" alt="ICS teacher Nathan Haine's photo from his trip to the Fundy Coast.">]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1608186894/icsaddiseduet/bqbiswgku4f7b1ak3x1f/IMG_3626.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1608186894/icsaddiseduet/bqbiswgku4f7b1ak3x1f/IMG_3626.jpg","width":480}])
- Quarantine Chronicles
![<img src="Photo of grade 8 student.png" alt="ICS grade 8 student Lulit">]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1608184402/icsaddiseduet/tq0kptpjbtoytqt0p16b/_0010_Tamerou-Grade7-KefeyLulit-ID1332-JPG88521.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1608184402/icsaddiseduet/tq0kptpjbtoytqt0p16b/_0010_Tamerou-Grade7-KefeyLulit-ID1332-JPG88521.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1608184402/icsaddiseduet/tq0kptpjbtoytqt0p16b/_0010_Tamerou-Grade7-KefeyLulit-ID1332-JPG88521.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1608184402/icsaddiseduet/tq0kptpjbtoytqt0p16b/_0010_Tamerou-Grade7-KefeyLulit-ID1332-JPG88521.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1608184402/icsaddiseduet/tq0kptpjbtoytqt0p16b/_0010_Tamerou-Grade7-KefeyLulit-ID1332-JPG88521.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1608184402/icsaddiseduet/tq0kptpjbtoytqt0p16b/_0010_Tamerou-Grade7-KefeyLulit-ID1332-JPG88521.jpg","width":2200}])
- Grade 8 Poetry Blog Series
![<img src="Ethiopian PM and President.png" alt="The Ethiopian PM and President honoring soldiers from the civil war ">]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1608099623/icsaddiseduet/qkjyifap9osw2rapniug/ScreenShot2020-12-16at91932AM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1608099623/icsaddiseduet/qkjyifap9osw2rapniug/ScreenShot2020-12-16at91932AM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1608099623/icsaddiseduet/qkjyifap9osw2rapniug/ScreenShot2020-12-16at91932AM.png","width":739}])
- Senior Blogs
![<img src="Teacher with students.png" alt="Teacher Joshua Smalley with his high school students in class">]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1607516672/icsaddiseduet/nryvmnvufthsmfsp4uda/6H4A3219.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1607516672/icsaddiseduet/nryvmnvufthsmfsp4uda/6H4A3219.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1607516672/icsaddiseduet/nryvmnvufthsmfsp4uda/6H4A3219.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1607516672/icsaddiseduet/nryvmnvufthsmfsp4uda/6H4A3219.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1607516672/icsaddiseduet/nryvmnvufthsmfsp4uda/6H4A3219.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1607516672/icsaddiseduet/nryvmnvufthsmfsp4uda/6H4A3219.jpg","width":2200}])
![Life After Six Months of Lockdown to Back at School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1605774430/icsaddiseduet/gdm5jywkotioi5wsez5q/3Y0A2659.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1605774430/icsaddiseduet/gdm5jywkotioi5wsez5q/3Y0A2659.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1605774430/icsaddiseduet/gdm5jywkotioi5wsez5q/3Y0A2659.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1605774430/icsaddiseduet/gdm5jywkotioi5wsez5q/3Y0A2659.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1605774430/icsaddiseduet/gdm5jywkotioi5wsez5q/3Y0A2659.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1605774430/icsaddiseduet/gdm5jywkotioi5wsez5q/3Y0A2659.jpg","width":2200}])
![The “Infamous Six” of the Class of 2020]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602499489/icsaddiseduet/nygxnkrdxt8h5d9trbas/Class2019_2020_BlogPicture_Oct12_01.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1602499489/icsaddiseduet/nygxnkrdxt8h5d9trbas/Class2019_2020_BlogPicture_Oct12_01.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1602499489/icsaddiseduet/nygxnkrdxt8h5d9trbas/Class2019_2020_BlogPicture_Oct12_01.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1602499489/icsaddiseduet/nygxnkrdxt8h5d9trbas/Class2019_2020_BlogPicture_Oct12_01.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1602499489/icsaddiseduet/nygxnkrdxt8h5d9trbas/Class2019_2020_BlogPicture_Oct12_01.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1602499489/icsaddiseduet/nygxnkrdxt8h5d9trbas/Class2019_2020_BlogPicture_Oct12_01.jpg","width":2000}])
![Blended Learning]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1601547702/icsaddiseduet/owdikbeovmovf2oudl6h/3Y0A0289.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1601547702/icsaddiseduet/owdikbeovmovf2oudl6h/3Y0A0289.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1601547702/icsaddiseduet/owdikbeovmovf2oudl6h/3Y0A0289.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1601547702/icsaddiseduet/owdikbeovmovf2oudl6h/3Y0A0289.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1601547702/icsaddiseduet/owdikbeovmovf2oudl6h/3Y0A0289.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1601547702/icsaddiseduet/owdikbeovmovf2oudl6h/3Y0A0289.jpg","width":2000}])
![5 Tactics to Help Prepare Your Child for Preschool]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1601364198/icsaddiseduet/mnkqkf1cz2nqzz8ryuzz/DSC_12512kWeb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1601364198/icsaddiseduet/mnkqkf1cz2nqzz8ryuzz/DSC_12512kWeb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1601364198/icsaddiseduet/mnkqkf1cz2nqzz8ryuzz/DSC_12512kWeb.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1601364198/icsaddiseduet/mnkqkf1cz2nqzz8ryuzz/DSC_12512kWeb.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1601364198/icsaddiseduet/mnkqkf1cz2nqzz8ryuzz/DSC_12512kWeb.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1601364198/icsaddiseduet/mnkqkf1cz2nqzz8ryuzz/DSC_12512kWeb.jpg","width":2000}])
![10 Questions You Should ask Your Child’s Teacher at the Start of the School Year]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1600947038/icsaddiseduet/hqhs8uyask8bh602jn8h/10questions.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1600947038/icsaddiseduet/hqhs8uyask8bh602jn8h/10questions.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1600947038/icsaddiseduet/hqhs8uyask8bh602jn8h/10questions.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1600947038/icsaddiseduet/hqhs8uyask8bh602jn8h/10questions.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1600947038/icsaddiseduet/hqhs8uyask8bh602jn8h/10questions.jpg","width":1600}])
![How to Ease Back into School: Tips from our Chief Medical Officer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1600947378/icsaddiseduet/yb7srajsdexkqwypp4pp/CMO.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1600947378/icsaddiseduet/yb7srajsdexkqwypp4pp/CMO.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1600947378/icsaddiseduet/yb7srajsdexkqwypp4pp/CMO.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1600947378/icsaddiseduet/yb7srajsdexkqwypp4pp/CMO.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1600947378/icsaddiseduet/yb7srajsdexkqwypp4pp/CMO.jpg","width":1600}])
![How We Make Transition to ICS Easier for New Students and Families]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1599719269/icsaddiseduet/qzknt2zhgwmkxm3naquj/DSC_33821.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1599719269/icsaddiseduet/qzknt2zhgwmkxm3naquj/DSC_33821.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1599719269/icsaddiseduet/qzknt2zhgwmkxm3naquj/DSC_33821.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1599719269/icsaddiseduet/qzknt2zhgwmkxm3naquj/DSC_33821.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1599719269/icsaddiseduet/qzknt2zhgwmkxm3naquj/DSC_33821.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1599719269/icsaddiseduet/qzknt2zhgwmkxm3naquj/DSC_33821.jpg","width":2000}])
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