Upcoming Week at a Glance:
From the OTL - Wednesday afternoon
Our September 22nd faculty meeting time is dedicated to curriculum development and documentation in support of the recommendations received from MSA. The OTL will facilitate targeted conversations for discipline groups. Please find relevant details here. Calendar invitations will be sent by group facilitators. Please reach out to Mary Kelly if you have any questions.
New Arrivals in the ES/MS Library
A portion of our new print books have arrived, so please feel free to browse the titles and check out those that interest you! Families/students can check out books with this form and staff can use this one. Let Ms. Babs know if you have any questions.
New Nonfiction (Informational and Poetry)
NESA Online Educators Learning Event - Call for Interest
NESA is offering an online event for educators this November (12/13) and the line up is exciting! You can read about what is on offer here.
AISC will be sponsoring a limited number of faculty members to attend the ELE as a team and will support them as soon as registration opens. The team will strategize session attendance to maximize exposure and learning, coming together once or twice to debrief and share with each other. Team members may also be called upon during the year to share their new knowledge with others.
To that end, should you wish to express interest in attending the ELE sponsored by the school, please indicate interest here no later than October 4th. Principals will meet to review the list of those interested and will confirm participation by October 11th.
What is Sacred? - a Portal Project Conversation - Thursday, September 23rd
The first Portal Project dialogue will take place on Thursday, September 23rd at 4:30 pm on Zoom. Students, parents and faculty are invited to attend and explore "What is sacred" at AISC now and into the future! Not only will the dialogue be enjoyable in its own right, but participants will help generate data used in our ongoing futures planning process!
Click here to add the link directly to your google calendar or here for the Zoom link if you use a different calendar service.
From the Counselors
Class activity idea:
Seeing the best in ourselves makes us strong and confident. When we are our best selves, it is easier to adjust to change. Here is a craft that students can make to see their best selves and help them overcome difficulties.
“Be my best self hat”.
Questions to help students see their best selves: When you are at your best, how do you feel? Show how you …(sit, greet the class, etc.) when you are at your best. Show how you are on Zoom when you are at your best. When you are at your best, what do you do when you…( take a break, play with your sister, have Internet problems, have work to do, etc)? What do others at home notice when you are at your best? What might your teachers notice? A best self hat can have words or pictures that describe a student's best self.
Teacher self care idea:
Try the free Heart In Tune app by the Heartfulness institute of India. It offers 15, 30, and 45 minute guided meditations, meditations for reducing stress, sleeping well and much more. Also helps develop the habit of meditating. Good stuff!
(Made me think of some of you trying to decipher Seesaw photos:)
Enjoy your weekend.
Lynn and Dave
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