Mardi Gras/Carnival

Dear ICSAtlanta Parents,
 
Our annual celebration of Carnival is right around the corner!  We will celebrate Carnival on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, in our language classrooms. Please note, if your child is not participating in the outlined dress-up options, your child needs to come to school in his/her school uniform. Additionally, please keep in mind that leggings or form-fitting pants of any material type are not considered pants. In other words, if your child chooses to wear leggings, they must wear appropriately-length shorts or skirts over them. 

Spanish:

As Carnival in Spanish-speaking countries is typically very colorful, students in the Spanish track may dress in jeans with colorful t-shirts. Students will create masks in their classes.


French: 

Students in the French track are encouraged to dress up as knights, queens, and kings.


German: 

Students in the German track may dress as children do for Carnival in the German-speaking countries. Costumes are usually simple and may involve some face paint. Masks are not typically needed (e.g. instead of wearing a lion mask, the face would be painted as a lion face). Please remember that costumes should be funny/happy rather than scary.

Here are some suggestions

Jobs (e.g. baker, police officer, firefighter, etc.)

Animals (e.g. cat, lion, panda, etc.)

Magical (e.g. witch, wizard, fairy, etc.)

Story or Book Characters (e.g. princess, prince, Pippi Longstocking, etc.)

Mandarin:

Choose one of the options above.

Please note:

– Students are not allowed to bring toy weapons (e.g. swords, knives, guns, etc).

– Whole-face masks are also not allowed.

ICSAtlanta