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Nowruz Event Cancellation
Cancellation of ICEC Nowruz Program, March 7th, 2020
The impact of the coronavirus outbreak worldwide and especially in Iran is evident.
It’s difficult to predict the wider impact the coronavirus will have in the weeks to come. Nonetheless, we must take into consideration the recommendations of the WHO (World Health Organization) and CDC (U.S. Center for Disease Control). In addition, we consider the recommendations of these organizations in light of the likelihood that members of our community may have recently traveled to places of higher risk for the virus.
Consequently, it is with great regret and the utmost regard for safety of our Children and community members, that ICEC has an obligation to cancel the upcoming Nowruz Program scheduled for March 7, 2020.
We wish to thank all Organizers, Parents, extracurricular activities leaders,
Volunteers, Teachers, Students, and Vendors for their outstanding efforts and collaboration in preparation of our Nowruz Program.
Happy and healthy Nowruz to all,
Nowruz Meeting and Volunteers Sign Up
Nowruz Committee of Iran Cultural and Educational Center (ICEC) would like to invite you to attend the first ICEC Nowruz Committee meeting in 2020 on Saturday January 11, 2020 from 9:45 AM to 11:00 AM.
Meeting agenda:
1- Nowruz activities update by various groups.
2- Volunteer tasks/assignments
3- Class Liaison update
4- PDT, YIM and YIP update
5- Other tasks
6- Q/A
Nowruz Volunteers:
Please use the following link to volunteer for different tasks. Your participation and support of Nowruz Committee will be critical to make this celebration another successful event.
Please notice that some of the tasks are required to be performed prior to and some of them are for after the event on March 7th.
Nowruz Volunteers sign up Link
If you have any question please send an email to :
Nowruz coordinator : Nowruz@iraneducationalcenter.org
or
CSA President: CSA@iraneducationalcenter.org
Donations
Dear Friends of Iran Cultural and Educational Center,
In the spirit of this giving season, if you plan to donate to some cause, you may wish to consider donations that benefit a Persian cultural or educational activity. There are a number of such organizations that are active and registered as non-profit organization in the Washington Metropolitan area.
As you are aware, one such organization is the Iran Cultural and Educational Center (ICEC), registered as a non-profit organization in the State of Maryland. ICEC is non-commercial, non-partisan and non-sectarian and with no political or religious affiliation to any group, party or government. Since its inception in 1990, ICEC’s sole mission has been “to create a nurturing environment that strengthens the sense of connection, pride and appreciation of Iranian culture, heritage and history.”
ICEC is a registered member of the United Way of the National Capital Area (UWNCA) and Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). If you wish to make a contribution to ICEC through United Way campaigns, please visit https://unitedwaynca.org/nonprofit-partner-search and enter designation number 8643 for ICEC as a non-profit partner. To contribute to ICEC through CFCNCA, please enter designation number 24136 on your CFCNCA form. All contributions to ICEC, according to Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code are tax deductible (consult your tax advisor).
ICEC Board of Trustees, Officers and Teachers
2019-2020 Scholarship Recipients
Iran Arbabi Scholarship Awardees
For 2019-2020 Academic Year
Iran Cultural and Educational Center (ICEC) is pleased to announce that, with a donation received from National University of Iran Alumni, it was able to increase the number of Iran Arbabi Scholarship recipients for the 2019-20 academic year.
A panel of independent experts, appointed by the ICEC Board of Trustees, reviewed all applications and supporting documents and recommended 3 applicants who received the highest scores to receive scholarship. The following three top applicants are awarded an adjusted amount of $1,500, each:
Miss Tara Manzari
Miss Mana Mostofi-Tehrani
Miss Elica Semnani
ICEC would like to congratulate the awardees and wish them a very successful academic year.
ICEC Alumni-Yosmin Badie
Yosi Badie graduated cum laude from The University of Maryland with a major in Economics and Government & Politics, and a minor in Mathematics. As a daughter of Iranian immigrants, she served as the President of the Iranian Students’ Foundation, where she focused on building community amongst fellow Iranian-American students and connecting to the greater Iranian community.
Upon graduation, Yosi worked as a business development associate at Bloomberg. With the refugee crisis reaching its peak during this time, she decided to leave the corporate world to actively support communities fleeing their homes in search of safety. She moved to Thessaloniki, Greece to volunteer for Emergency Response Centre International, a Greek NGO.
There, she managed Elpida Refugee Camp, working alongside Syrian and Iraqi residents to improve the conditions of the camp and to transform it into a dignified community space.
After 7 months in Greece, Yosi returned stateside to run the Washington D.C. branch of The Petey Greene Program, where she supported the academic achievement of incarcerated people in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia by bringing university students to tutor GED students inside prisons and jails. Yosi worked to expand access to education on the inside and worked
alongside those incarcerated to establish the program at the Washington, D.C. Jail.
Yosi will be starting law school in the Fall at NYU as a Root-Tilden-Kern public interest scholar. At NYU, Yosi hopes to expand her capacity to not only mitigate the experience of oppression faced by refugees, immigrants, incarcerated individuals, and other marginalized communities, but to also leverage her education to dismantle these systems of oppression.
2019-2020 School Year Scholarship
ICEC Iran Arbabi Scholarship
For
2019-20 Academic Year Accepts Applications
ICEC is pleased to announce the award of Two (2) scholarships to eligible applicants for the academic year of 2019-2020 as follows:
- $2,000.00 from Iran Arbabi annual scholarship fund
- $2,000.00 from donated funds by National University of Iran Alumni
For more information and how to apply, please click on the link below:
کمک هزینه آموزشی ایران اربابی
برای سال آموزشی ۲۰۱۹ ـ ۲۰۲۰ درخواست می پذیرد
مرکز فرهنگی وآموزشی ایران با خرسندی به آگاهی می رساند که در سال آموزشی ۲۰۱۹ ـ ۲۰۲۰، دو
در خواست کننده دارای شرایط کمک هزینه آموزشی دریافت خواهند کرد
ا- ۲۰۰۰ دولار از حساب سالانه کمک هزینه آموزشی ایران اربابی
ب- ۲۰۰۰ دولار از حساب اهدایی انجمن دانشجویان پیشین دانشگاه ملی ایران
فرم های درخواست وآگاهی های بیشتر در سامانه مرکزموجود است
2018-2019 Graduation
پایان سال آموزشی
٨ ژوئن ٢٠١٩
،خانواده های گرامی
ِ .پایان سال آموزشی مرکز فرهنگی و آموزشی ایران در روز شنبه ٨ ژوئن ٢٠١٩ خواهد بود
:برنامه ی روز پایانی سا ل آموزشی مرکز به ترتیب زیر خواهد بود
از ساعت ٩:٣٠ تا ١١:٠٠ بامداد ادامه برنامه های آموزشی هفتگی در کلاس های درس
از ساعت ١١:٠٠ بامداد تا ١١:٤٥ بامداد شرکت خانواده ها در کلاس های درس برای تشویق دانش آموزان به هنگام دریافت کارنامه های آموزشی
.شرکت شما در روز پایانی سال آموزشی سبب تشویق فرزندانمان خواهد شد
مرکز فرهنگی و آموزشی ایران
School Graduation, June 8, 2019
Dear Parents,
The end of school year graduation of Iran Cultural and Educational Center will be held on June 8th, 2019.
The program will be as follow:
– Students will attend their regular classes from 9:30 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
– Parents will visit the classes from 11:00 A.M. to 11:45 A.M.
We thank you in advance for joining us
Iran Cultural and Educational Center
ICEC Nowruz Committee Meeting 4
Nowruz Committee of Iran Cultural and Educational Center (ICEC) would like to invite you to attend the fourth (4th) ICEC Nowruz Committee meeting on Saturday January 26, 2019 from 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM in Room 124.
Meeting agenda:
1- Ticket Sales
2- Last Year Video
3- Reception Updates /Volunteers
4-Food Update
5- Classroom Update
6- YIM, YIP, and YIP Updates
7-Questions and Answers
Next meeting date
February 9, 2019
Your participation and support of Nowruz Committee will be critical to make this celebration another successful event.
ICEC Nowruz celebration will be on Saturday March 16, 2019
Yalda
جشن شب یلدا
مادران و پدران گرامی،
برای آشنا کردن دانش آموزان با جشن های ملی، آموزگاران و انجمن خانه و مدرسه مرکز فرهنگی و آموزشی ایران برنامه ای به مناسبت شب یلدا در سالن گرد هم آیی مرکز برگزار خواهند کرد.
از شما خانواده های گرامی در خواست می کنیم با فرزندان خود در این جشن شرکت کنید.
دانش آموزان می توانند در آن روزلباس های محلی بپوشند.
زمان برنامه:
روز شنبه 15 دسامبر2018
ساعت 11:00 تا 11:30
برنامه:
قصه مادر بزرگ و پدر بزرگ
شعر و آواز
رقص و موسیقی
Yalda Celebration
Dear Parents,
Community and School Association of Iran Cultural and Educational Center (ICEC) and the instructional staff invites you to attend annual Yalda Celebration. This program aims to familiarize students with this ancient cultural celebration.
We encourage students to dress in traditional outfits.
When:
Saturday December 15, 2018
11:00 – 11:30 A.M.
Richie Park Elementary School Cafeteria
Program:
Storytelling
Poetry
Dance
Music