Friday, February 14, 2020

Dear Faculty,

Enjoy your weekend! Lots happening next week with SAISA track and field, an author visit, and an all school music concert. As you will remember from last year, the covered area will be roped off and out of action on Thursday and Friday. Please be mindful in ensuring our ES children stay out of this area. If you want to bring your class out to watch (we have 4 ES Raptors competing this year; Gaspard, Victor, Gio and Minato), please be sure to be in the correct spectator zones.

Upcoming Week at a Glance

Day	Events
Monday 17 February	ES ASA Showcases Start
Tuesday 18 February	All School Music Concert 4:30 p.m
Wednesday 19 February	Field Trip - Grade 2 - 1:00 - 3:20 p.m All Faculty Meeting 3:45 p.m FAC theatre SAISA track athletes arrive
Thursday 20 February	SAISA track opening ceremony SAISA track and field begins Field Trip - 3SS & 3JM  9:00 a.m - 12:30 p.m
Friday 21 February	SAISA track and field - day 2 Field Trip - 3TG, 3RF, 3RS  9:00 a.m - 12:30 p.m  ASA Season 2 ends KG - Gr2 Learning Celebration 2:45 p.m

Join SAISA Opening Ceremony

At 8:30 on Thursday February 20th, Friday, February 28th and Thursday, March 5th we'll have drummers and a short parade for SAISA Track & Field, ASIAC Tennis & Volleyball, and then SAISA Tennis. The parade will be followed by a brief opening ceremony that anyone is welcome to watch. Please cheer on the visiting athletes as well as the Raptors for these events. The parade next week for track will start in the Rec Gym, go past the locker rooms and up the stairs to the middle floor. Then we'll go up a flight at the stairwell by the MS and HS offices, head down the MS language arts hallway and then spiral down to the ground floor and head back to the Unity Courtyard. The parade route and a full event schedule will be shared for the second two events later.  

Writing with Muscle Workshop

Don't forget about Marc Tyler Nobleman's workshop for teachers, Writing with Muscle! Hope to see lots of you there on Tuesday, February 18th from 3:35 in the Madras Hall.

Field Day Feedback 

Have thoughts about what Field Day should look like next year? Please fill out this Feedback Form to help guide our thinking and organization for next year. - ESPE Team

Volunteers Needed for Maker Saturday

We need your help!! Maker Carnival is coming soon on Saturday, March 7th from 10-3. We are in need of volunteers to help in any way you can. (Bring your whole family and they can help too!) Take a look at this document to see some ideas. You can choose one off the list or add your own. Please include what time you would like to volunteer (minimum 1 hour) as well as any supplies you need. Remember, you can also explore the other booths and get some lunch while you are here! If you could let us know by Monday, February 17th, we would appreciate it.

Note about Kitchen Usage

The ES kitchen provides wonderful opportunities for cooking or baking. Please ensure that you (your students!) have thoroughly cleaned up the space and put things back where they belong, before your group leaves so that it is ready for the next group. 

All School Spirit Week 

24th - 28th February

We want you, the students, staff & community of AISC to show your school spirit by making some small acts of random kindness throughout the week.

• Do you have the courage to try something new?
• Do you have the compassion to tell someone you care?
• Do you have the confidence to speak with someone you don’t know?
• Do you have the creativity to show kindness in a new way?

Monday 24th - Random acts of kindness
Examples include:

• Open the door for someone
• Buy someone their favorite snack
• Help carry something for your friend or teacher

Tuesday 25th - wear an AISC shirt with Raptor pride!

Wednesday 26th - Be kind to the environment

• Don’t buy one time use plastic items
• Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
• Throw your trash in bins
• See litter on the floor? Pick it up!

Thursday 27th - Compliment cards

• Write a nice message on the paper provided for a friend or teacher
• Remind someone of why they are important to you
• Tell someone that you appreciate their work

Friday 28th - Air 5 Friday! 

• Give an Air 5 to new people who you haven’t talked to before
• Give an Air 5 to your friends, classmates and teachers

S2 Progress Reports (G3-5 teachers note new expectations for student comment)

S2 Progress Reports will go home with the students after their Student Led Conference. We will continue with the proofreading process as we are hoping that many undetected errors will be avoided this way.

Friday 14 - Wednesday 26 February	Begin writing PSE narrative progress report comments if you have not already started. Please review the style guide and proofreading process Double-check your Grammarly is installed and working G3-5 children begin drafting PSE comment for Seesaw post
Wednesday, 26 February	Progress report comments signed off by proofreader and given to admin proofreader - 5pm Should numerous errors be detected, admin will return to proofreader to correct over the weekend (deadline will be given)
Friday 28 February	Report comments returned to teacher by 8 am - begin entering in Powerschool
Monday, 2 March	All comments entered into Powerschool by 8:30 am Sherriden and team will run reports and printing will begin at 8:30 a.m. G3-5 children finalize their PSE comment for Seesaw
Tuesday, 3 March	Admin will do final check of printed reports, and begin delivering to homerooms G3-5 Teachers approve student PSE Seesaw Posts
Tuesday & Wednesday	Teachers prepare students to use progress reports as part of their growth and progress data in SLC
Thursday 5 March	Student Led Conferences Students will share their report cards with their parents, explaining strength and growth areas (as developmentally appropriate)

And the twitter award goes to …. @BeckyChandy!

Have a great weekend! 

Keryn, Dave, and Calley