Dear ICA Families, Together with our teachers, and staff, I want to welcome our students and school community back to Independence Charter Academy. I hope all of our families had a fun summer where great experiences were had and lasting memories made. ICA is ready
to welcome our students back to engage in meaningful learning experiences and continue to move toward reaching our goal of becoming a high school graduate.
Our enthusiastic and committed teachers have been working during the summer in planning sessions, attending professional development, and getting classes ready.
I am confident that together we will have a productive and enriching 2023 – 2024 school year! It is evident to us that the culture of the school is centered around our students’
well-being and we value that. Our work will continue to focus on the development
of Professional Development opportunities for our teachers, strengthening of our structure, and ensuring that all of our students learn our essential standards. Certainly, a safe and supportive school environment, as well as providing social-emotional support, is at the core of our work. Our school will be stronger with the support of its community. We invite you to take advantage of the opportunities to support our students’ learning and experiences.
I look forward to meeting you and working with you this academic year. Please contact our office if you have any questions or need additional information
760-952-1760. Sincerely,
Dr. Esposito
Mesposito@helendalesd.com
760-952-1760
Tech Helpline number is:
760-221-7144
DAILY ICA STUDENT CHECKLISTRemember 1st semester classes close on DECEMBER 17, 2023
Check your Helendale email account
Check your Edmentum messages
Mon. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Tues. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Wed. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Thurs. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Fri. Fill out PE log for the week, complete one activity in your Exact Path Learning
Path (ELA/READING/ELA).
*****DO NOT SKIP ANY part of your current lessons or units***** ** STUDENT ATHLETES COMPETING IN ATHLETICS MUST
LOG ON TO THEIR CLASSES BEFORE 2:00 DAILY LOG INTO EACH CLASS EVERY DAY AND COMPLETE ONE ACTIVITY DO NOT SKIP TUTORIALS or your instructors will fail you for that lesson; DO NOT SKIP Unit Activities they are worth 10% of your final grade, try your best and talk to your teacher if you need help. Be sure to check and see if your ICONS are Green, if they are in red you are behind and are in danger of failing the class and will not be able to compete in activities.
LEARNING SYSTEMS FOR ICA
2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR
US SCOUT HOW TO:Student, create an account with your information. DO NOT create an account with your parent or guardian's information! 1. If you already have a UC Scout account, click here to log in
2. If you do not have a UC Scout account, click here to create one
3. Save your login ID, password, secret question and answer in a safe location.
You will need this to log in and if needed, reset your password.
4. Select the "Enrollment" tab then "Invitation Code"
5. Copy and paste the invitation code provided by your school and click "Look Up"
6. Click "Register Me" and follow the checkout steps
7. Once you register, it will take one hour before you can access the online classroom.
If you attempt to log in before one hour, your attempt will be denied.
From the desk of Mrs. Woolley
Happy Birthday to the following students in August & September!Dean Wickramasinghe August 1
Jeremiah Nevarez August 7
Abigail Acosta August 8
Dillon Hughes August 10
Daniel Villegas August 15
Justin Balmer & Tyler Mart-Allen August 27
Michael Beckley August 28
Kendra Ramos August 29
Ramon Alcantara August 30
Ember Abbott September 3
Samantha Mendenhall September 4
Hero Vietson September 11
Cashous Cortina September 13
Hannah Hamm September 18
Alaynah Mayberry September 25
Emma De Rose September 30
OUR ICA APPFollow the instruction below to download - parents and staff can also download this app as well! Scan the QR Code for onespot APP
Click on the QR code for the iOS instruction video
Click the one-spot picture for Chromebook directions.
ATTENTION SENIORS!If you have not yet had your Cap and Gown Senior Photo taken please do so as soon as possible. You can have your photo taken in the Helendale office OR you can take your own picture and email it to hsaifi@helendalesd.com. Your ICA Staff is
working hard to put together a yearbook for the 2022-2023 school year. If you haven’t already, please be sure to stop by the ICA office to take your yearbook picture. Seniors please submit a baby picture as well. Email them to Hsaifi@helendalesd.com - We would also love to include any pictures of vacations, sports, and/or extracurricular activities you would like to share. Please send your pictures to hsaifi@helendalesd.com.
ASB NEWSWelcome Back ICA! If you are interested in joining ASB this school year, please email Ms. Gjerde at mgjerde@helendalesd.com JROTC Mr. Maldonado
SIGN-UP TODAY Rmaldonado@helendalesd.com
JROTC
Events UpdateJROTC is now open to grades 6 through 12 and to all the schools within the Helendale School District.
Elementary News Mrs. LagergrenGRADES TK-5:
Check in with your Teacher everyday, try to attend at least one Zoom meeting a week.
Log into Stride K12 learning every day to work on your classwork.
Log into each of your Learning Paths each week. Use Reading eggs & Mathseeds for extra help.
I am so excited to use Stride k12 learning as our Elementary curriculum this year. Please bear with use while we work out the bugs and figure out all of the new features. As always please reach out if you need anything. Have an amazing year!
Happy Learning!- Mrs.L
DAILY ICA STUDENT CHECKLISTRemember 1st semester classes close on DECEMBER 17, 2023
Check your Helendale email account
Check your Edmentum messages
Mon. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Tues. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Wed. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Thurs. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Fri. Fill out PE log for the week, complete one activity in your Exact Path Learning
Path (ELA/READING/ELA).
*****DO NOT SKIP ANY part of your current lessons or units*****
DAILY ICA STUDENT CHECKLISTRemember 1st semester classes close on DECEMBER 17, 2023
Check your Helendale email account
Check your Edmentum messages
Mon. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Tues. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Wed. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Thurs. Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Fri. Fill out PE log for the week, complete one activity in your Exact Path Learning
Path (ELA/READING/ELA).
*****DO NOT SKIP ANY part of your current lessons or units*****
Graduation is WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 2023 at Adelanto Stadium in Adelanto, California.
Senior Class Corner by Mr. MaldonadoAs ICA Seniors progress through our newly created Seniors Seminar course, which was put together by our staff to better prepare them for their transition to the adult and working worlds, we are seeing our Seniors step up to the challenge of making decisions about their immediate future “after graduation.” The class, “Senior Seminar,” is made up of a combination of Life and Financial Awareness Skills that we want our graduates to know prior to them graduating and leaving our school. The primary instructors
for the Senior Seminar class will be Mr. Josh Behnke (JBehnke@helendalesd.com) and Mr. R. Maldonado (rmaldonado@helendalesd.com). Further information will follow in the coming days.
SENIOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
All seniors please make sure you come into ICA and let our staff take your yearbook photo, this will be put into the yearbook. Important! Monthy Senior Meetings Rmaldonado@helendalesd.com
Senior PicturesAny seniors interested in purchasing senior pictures can do so. The photographer we use is A.Parker Photography. Aracely Gonzalez is the owner and her phone number is 760-694-2008. You can contact her to set up an appointment to get your sitting time and senior pictures completed.
A vast majority of any job, including joining the military, requires a high school diploma as a minimum requirement. If you have questions about the status of graduation for your student, please contact me at bcrist@helendalesd.com or call me a 760-952-1760.
Victor Valley College ClassesFall Semester
August 28, 2023 - December 15, 2023 Please make sure you have applied if you are doing concurrent enrollment
This year our ICA campus will act as a satellite-type campus for Victor Valley College, which means students can take college classes online for FREE using the concurrent enrollment program that so many of our students use. Here are the steps you need to take to get in classes:
You MUST HAVE A non Helendale School District Email to apply.
1. FIRST apply to Victor Valley College
2. FOLLOWING THE APPLICATION you will be given a CCC Registry#
3. THEN you will receive a VVC Student ID# - THEN use your Student ID # to set up your “Webadvisor” account this is the communication hub for everything you do so it is
important.
4. When you set up your Webadvisor account you will need to complete the Online
Survey and Online Orientation.
5. Contact Dr. Esposito or Mr. Crist, Mr Maldonado or your teacher and we will work
together to enroll you in any classes you wish to take
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