Events, Programs & Groups Seasonal Camps
Student Council, News Team and Forensics ICS Student Council hosted two school dances which were scheduled to improve student attendance after Winter and Spring Breaks. A special visit from MarJon Beauchamp of the Milwaukee Bucks was scheduled as a surprise for our students, to encourage attendance and reinforce that every day counts. The ICS Exclusive News Team recorded three seasonal broadcasts. They also coached younger students on how to pronounce language words, as they recorded Words of the Week. Eagle 7 News Summer Broadcast l Words of the Week Come in The Forensics Team had a stellar season! They were State-qualifying with some students bringing home First Place awards and multiple ribbons of merit, at these Forensics events: • MLFA State Forensics Tournament • ICS Hosted Forensics Meet • The Brown Deer Cup • Oak Creek East Middle School Meet Student Performances Music Performances: Six music performances were held this past school year including: K5-2nd grades, 3rd-5th grades, K4, and three for 7th-8th grade (percussion, flute, and choir). Poetry Slam: 50 ICS Middle School students wrote and presented their own poems, or read/presented the work of published poets, including a juried performance, on May 2nd. Art Shows: Two exhibits featuring student artwork took place including Gallery Night on May 2nd, and the Milwaukee Art Museum Family Sunday event on May 19th (also included ICS Alumni’s artwork). First Nations Fashion Show: 12 students and 14 staff members modeled ribbon skirts, necklaces, and moccasins they designed and created on May 17th. Teyukhilihwakhwá·sehe > Singers: 32 ICS students performed for 12 VIP groups. See Language and Culture on page 4 for more information. We Do This for the Water: Conducted Smudging, Tobacco Ceremony and Water Ceremony for VIP groups visiting ICS, including Native Educators, the USDA, and the ICS Support Organization. They taught ICS 1st- graders how to do a Water Walk, and conducted Tobacco/Water Ceremonies plus led the Sturgeon Water Walk in Milwaukee on April 20th. Eagle Singers: 9 students sat on the drum. Please see Language and Culture on page 4 for more information. Graduation and I Can Soar Scholarship® We graduated 35 8th-graders on May 31st and each gave their introductions in their respective languages. See the back cover of this report for the graduating Class of 2023! In the 2023-2024 school year, there were 26 ICS Alumni who qualified for the I Can Soar Scholarship.® We approved 37 scholarship students, including 11 new scholarship recipients for the 2024-2025 school year. The 37 scholarship students will continue their education at the high school of their choice. See page 10 for more information about the I Can Soar Scholarship® recipients.
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Following the ICS Cultural Calendar, our students, staff and community benefited from stories and hands-on experiences that taught and reinforced traditional practices. Manoomin (Wild Rice) Camp and Maple Sugar Camp taught gathering, processing, cooking, tasting and preserving methods. The Deer Camp taught skinning, butchering, cooking and tasting, plus, identifying the different parts of the deer and how they are used for tools, decoration and medicine. These camps were hosted by Our Ways, and Bizhiki Culture and Dance Company provided the teachings.
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Orange Shirt Day, Indigenous Peoples Day and Rock Your Mocs
ICS students and staff celebrated Orange Shirt Day on September 30th with orange t-shirts and cultural guests from Bizhiki Culture and Dance Company, who shared teachings at the Spirit Pole. We celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day on October 9th with red t-shirts depicting a Potawatomi design, and enjoyed lacrosse with cultural guests from Oneida. Rock Your Mocs was commemorated across the school, culminating in a t-shirt art contest, 7th and 8th grade students learning how to make moccasins as an elective throughout the school year, and a culture celebration to dance our mocs and student-designed t-shirts.
Culture Celebrations, Cultural Guests, Round Dance and Pow Wows
Monthly Culture Celebrations included cultural guests who shared teachings, stories, dances and songs. Students, staff and families enjoyed Mini Pow Wows with the Eagle Drum Singers student drum and Little Priest Drum. Our students who comprised the Teyukhilihwakhwá·sehe > Singers led our social dances. Our Round Dance on November 16th had 250 guests, and attendance for the Bear Moon Pow Wow on January 20th was over 500. These events were hosted by Our Ways. FRC Events: Trunk or Treat, Breakfast with Santa, Holiday Craft Fair, Family Movie Nights and Hoyt Pool Party Over 432 ICS students, staff and families enjoyed a free and safe trick-or-treating experience in the school’s parking lot at our Trunk-or-Treat event on October 27th. In December, over 567 students, families and guests enjoyed Breakfast with Santa and the Holiday Craft Fair. A series of 3 Movie Nights offered 131 ICS families (321 children and adults) free and fun evenings featuring family-friendly movies. FRC also hosted the first Pool Party at Hoyt Park for 109 families (500 children and adults).
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FRC Programs: FAST, Play and Learn, Craft Circles, Family Camp, Parent Cafés and Families in Need
The FAST Program was offered to three different groups of students and families including K4/K5 (48 graduated), 4th/5th (36 graduated), and Early Childhood (28 graduated). Our Play and Learn Program served 15 families with children from birth to age four. FRC hosted 7 Monthly Craft Circles for parents/guardians to teach ribbon skirt making, moccasin making, beadwork, and basket weaving, with a total of 86 adult participants. Parent Cafés continued to be popular; 3 were scheduled for families (including a Dad’s Café), and one was scheduled for ICS Staff, with total participation being 129. Our Families in Need Program provided support to 68 ICS families.
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