IP SUN 3/29: IP T-Shirt Last Call!

Parent/Family Update, March 25, 2026

• Tomorrow night! Jose Antonio Vargas gives a timely discussion (in person and virtual options to join). Register HERE. Thanks Tita Rosemarie Flores for letting us know!
• M-Z Families host Merienda - SIGNUP
• Last week to order your free IP50 tshirt!
• Notice: We will be rescheduling the 7/11 SAT Lowell Workshop, likely for the next day. CHURCH IS UNAVAILABLE.

Ouick Links

• Absence Form
• IP Schedule January to July 2026, includes 5/31 Anniversary Showcase info
• Stay Connected via WhatsApp - parents sharing photos, timely updates by grade
• IP Production Info Page (Find Weekly Rehearsal Calls ++)

The Greek Church has an afternoon event, so we will be entering quietly and heading downstairs upon arrival. We expect the coast to be clear on the main floor sometime during Block 3.

• PARENT ESCORTS NEEDED to Lower School (Ilang & Sampa) music class for Block 3 (3:40-4:20) after merienda, and for any student trips to the main floor/restrooms.
• Welcome Table & Tambayan will be downstairs in the classroom common area, AKA the IP Cafe.
• Merienda will be in the Lower Hall - No kitchen access! Finger foods theme! Let's keep all food garbage
• Extra hands needed for Set Up and Break Down Throwback to Bedford Merienda. It will be like the old days in the Bedford Cafeteria, when we put up tables and took them down for merienda.

Before School Extracurriculars

• 12:15 to 1:15
• IP Rondalla Beginner 1, 2 & Intermediate Lessons (Lower Floor Classrooms)
• Dance Team - Advanced Rehearsal (Lower Hall)

School-Age Children's Program (SCP)

Parents - Join us downstairs in the classroom common area! (Righellis and Metaxas are off limits)

• 1:15 Family Check-In Begins - nametags required (see note below)
• 1:30 Community Assembly (Downstairs Hall)
• Classes Begin (Classrooms): Binhi, Dance for Ilang, Sampa, Boni and Rizal
• 3:10 Merienda (Lower Hall) - need to set up and break down tables.
• MERIENDA M-Z Families set up, serve, clean up. No kitchen access!
• Classes Resume: IP Lab (Classroom 4), Music (Atrium)
• 5:05 - 5:15 Clean-Up & Dismissal (Binhi dismissed after Merienda)

• 1:40-3:10 Kalipay Pit Musicians (Atrium)

After School Extracurriculars

• IP Dance Team: Beginner and Intermediate (Lower Hall)
• 5:05 - 7:00 IP Tour Full Company Rehearsal - Mixtape & Kalipay (Atrium)
• 5:05 - 7:00 IP Board Meeting

Dive into the Theme: Family Favorite Finger Foods - bring dishes that spark joy in your household and don't need to be reheated!

See merienda points under "Sharing Space" above.

*This week, we do not have access to a kitchen for warming or cleaning up.

PLEASE RESERVE BY FRIDAY, 5/27!

January

NOTE: Rondalla Ensemble rehearsals are every Sunday for both the IP Anniversary and the Summer Concert Tour, except where noted. January Rehearsal Days prioritize Rondalla Ensemble.

1/3* SAT Rehearsal Day: IP Rondalla Ensemble

1/4 SUN Balik IP - Retreat for Upper School Students & Alumni
Rehearsal: Intermediate Dance Team Cast for 1/5

1/5* MON IP Dance Team Performance, City of Lynn

1/11 SUN Teachers Meeting
Rehearsal: Rondalla Ensemble

1/18 SUN No Rondalla Rehearsal (Holiday weekend)

1/19 MON Rehearsal Day: Rondalla Choreography

1/25 POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW IP Sunday 6 (All Students)/Meet the Board
Rehearsal: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble

1/31 SAT Rehearsal Day: Rondalla Choreo, Dance Team

February

NOTE: Rehearsal Days will prioritize Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, and Summer Concert Tour shows, Kalipay & Gamay and Rondalla Mixtape.

2/1 IP Sunday/Meet the Board/Board Meeting (Snow Make Up Day)
Rehearsal: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble

A-G Families Host Merienda
Rehearsal: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay (Hold)

2/8 IP Sunday 7 Early Release
Rehearsal: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay (TBA)

2/14 SAT IP Family Valentine Dreams Dance
Rehearsal: Dance Team (Confirmed), Kalipay (TBA)

2/15 SUN Rehearsal Day: Rondalla Ensemble, Rondalla Pit Musicians, Kalipay
NOTE: Holiday weekend & public school vacation week

2/22 IP Sunday 8
Rehearsal: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay (TBA)

2/28 SAT Caroling Party (tentative)

March

NOTE: IP has the Church booked every weekend, except for holy days. Rehearsal Days will prioritize choreography, Dance Team and Rondalla Ensemble. Anniversary show and NEFFA performers will rehearse primarily on IP Sundays, though some performers may be called for small group rehearsals on Rehearsal Days.

3/1 SUN Production Day: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay

3/8 IP Sunday 9/Lowell Meeting (Daylight Saving Begins)
Rehearsal: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay

3/14* SAT Performance: Rondalla Ensemble, Boston College

3/15 SUN Rehearsal Day: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay

3/22 IP Sunday 10
Rehearsal: NEFFA, Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay

3/29 IP Sunday 11/March Board Meeting
Rehearsal: NEFFA, Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay

April

NOTE: No Dance Team and Rondalla Performance bookings this month. Production Sundays and some Saturdays will emphasize dance, NEFFA, and rondalla. Anniversary show performers will rehearse primarily on IP Sundays, though some performers may be called for small group rehearsals on Production Sundays.and other scenes from the Anniversary Showcase.

4/4* SAT Production Day: Show Cast, Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay, NEFFA

4/5 Easter Sunday, No Rehearsal

4/11* SAT Production Day: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay

4/12* IP Sunday 12 Tea Musicale/Lowell Sign Ups
Rehearsal: NEFFA, Rondalla, Kalipay

4/18* SAT Prep/Rehearsal Day: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay

4/19 SUN Prep/Rehearsal Day: NEFFA Cast, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay
NOTE: Holiday weekend & public school vacation week

4/20* MON Prep/Rehearsal Day: NEFFA Cast (Alt), Rondalla Ensemble (Alt), Kalipay (Hold, Alt)

4/25* SAT NEFFA/IP Dance Recital

4/26 IP Sunday 13 Palaro Olympiks/Full Cast Rehearsal
Rehearsal: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay

May/Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

NOTE: Expect full cast rehearsals for every Sunday in May and time spent putting the finishing touches on costumes, sets, and audience engagement projects.

5/3 IP Sunday 14:Prep/Rehearsal/Board Meeting

Rehearsal: Dance Team, Rondalla Ensemble, Kalipay (Hold)

5/10 IP Sunday 15/Mother’s Day/Prep/Rehearsal

5/17 IP Sunday 16: Prep/Rehearsal

5/24 SUN FULL CAST Dress Rehearsal (Alt)
Performance: Dance Team at Mayfair Harvard Square AAHM Event. (Tentative)

5/25 MON FULL CAST Dress Rehearsal (Memorial Day)

5/29 FRI Prep Day: Crew Load In

5/30 SAT FULL CAST Tech & Dress Rehearsal

5/31 IP Sunday: Anniversary Showcase (FULL CAST)/Strike & Load Out

June

To be scheduled:

Spring Teacher Meeting

Spring Cleaning

Teacher Appreciation

NOTE: No church access in June

6/1 MON Strike & Load Out (Alt)

6/7* Rondalla/Kalipay Show Rehearsal

6/14* Rondalla/Kalipay Show Rehearsal

6/19* FRI Rondalla/Kalipay Show Rehearsal

6/20* SAT Rondalla/Kalipay Show Rehearsal

6/21* SUN Rondalla/Kalipay Show Rehearsal

6/27* SAT Rondalla/Kalipay Tech Rehearsal & Dress Rehearsal

6/28* SUN Rondalla/Kalipay Tour Send-Off Show, Strike, Load Out

6/30* TUE Rondalla Tour Begins

July

7/11 SAT Lowell Workshop - THIS WORKSHOP WILL BE RESCHEDULED. CHURCH IS UNAVAILABLE.

7/14* TUE Rondalla Tour Ends

7/22 WED Lowell Workshop

7/24* FRI Lowell Festival

7/25* SAT Lowell Festival

7/26* SUN Lowell Festival

7/31-8/2* FRI-SAT OGIP Reunion Weekend Begins - CONFIRMED

August (Proposed)

8/2* SAT OGIP Reunion/Family Day - CONFIRMED

8/3 or 8/9 SUN Lowell Appreciation

8/16 SUN Board Retreat/Training (Tentative)

8/30 SUN Teachers Kickoff Meeting (Tentative)

September to December (Proposed)

9/13 or 9/20 SUN Opening Day

9/20 or 9/27 Lesson 1

11/21 SAT or 12/5 SAT Tiangge/Holiday Bazaar

12/13 IP Sunday Pasko Celebration

12/20 IP Sunday Pasko Celebration (snow day)