Dear
all,
Thank
you for all the wonderful birthday wishes, I feel very fortunate to be here
with all of you! Many things coming up in the next few weeks; happy
reading!
Lockdown
Drill
As
you look ahead on the calendar, our next emergency drill is Thursday March 8,
at 10:45am. This will be a lockdown drill. Our expectations for this are very
simple; lock the doors, turn off the lights, and gather quietly in a place
where you are at least visible. Next week Lori and Keryn will come around and
check in with what your designated space is.
In
light of the recent events in Florida, if children need reassurance of why we
carry out this drill in India, please know it is a very real difference to why
lockdown drills are carried out in the US. The likelihood of us going into
lockdown would be because of an intruder, not an armed intruder. These two articles
here
may help you frame conversations with your students.
Track
and Soccer field Construction Project
Alankrit
sent an email announcing this week regarding the upcoming track and soccer
field construction project. This will begin on April 1, and therefore the field
will be unable to be used from then through the end of the year. We are
developing alternate plan for recess play and PE spaces, and will share some
ideas at our Faculty Meeting next Wednesday.
Faculty
Meeting next Wednesday
We
will be talking about Operation Appreciation and Inquiry. The structure of the
meeting will be different than usual, with us spending time in the CIC, the
Design Studio and doing an Inquiry Walk. Early next week, we will update the
calendar invitation indicating which space everyone should begin in. As there
will be movement and hands-on activities involved, you do not need to bring
anything to the meeting.
ES
Vision of a Learner
Since
report cards highlighted so many of our students vision of a learner
attributes, here is your chance to nominate some students for a second round of
vision posters.
Click here to add names. Anyone can add to this, specialist or
homeroom teachers.
Student
- Teacher Feedback
Next
week Grade 3-5 students will be completing their student teacher feedback
survey. This survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete. Homeroom
and EAL teachers will work together in triads to cover each other so these
surveys can be completed without the teacher receiving feedback in the room.
Students
should carry their device to specialist lessons next week. (Once surveys are
done, no devices are needed to go to these classes.)
TAs
please plan to spend 5-10 minutes in one Art, Music, PE and IS lesson for each
of your two classes. Ideally, this should be at the beginning or end of
each class.
WL
feedback will only be given from Grade 4 & 5 students who spend all year
with one WL teacher. This will happen on Monday, and also only be in
Spanish and French; Lori or Keryn will be present for 5-10 minutes of these
classes on Monday.
Links
will be emailed directly to each student next Monday morning.
Thank
you’s…
- From Megha and
Tiffany - To Ron & Lori: Thank you for your consistent support in
dealing with behaviour and discipline issues, especially during the height
of report card season! It means a lot to us that we could lean on you and
feel so supported.
- Morgen, Bindu, Jet
and Nicole for representing the ES at our planning summit this week.
Meet
AISC - Linda Gerberich - Elementary Counselor
Like
a number of the AISC teachers, Linda started her career as a Peace Corps
Volunteer. She served in the Philippines and worked with teens who could
not afford to go to school. Linda has been a school counselor for 25 plus years
in both international and US public schools. This is her first year at
AISC and she came from working at an international school in Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki and Chennai are very different! Linda is originally from Ohio in
the US. She loves that she gets to work with and know so many students and
parents and teachers, because she enjoys the opportunity to turn a student's
day around and help make it better. If Linda had a secret power, she
would be able to speak any language!
April
6 - let’s hope it’s not a full moon - very early advance notice
Friday
April 6 is going to be an all hands on deck day! On this day we have a
clash between Adaptive Schools (approx 10 teacher's out), Erma (6 teachers
out), Keryn/Linda out in Korea for training and a few other teacher booked for
personal leave.
Friday
9 March - TGIF
Save the
date - more information and details to follow!
Sunday, March 4, 7AM-10AM
Sunday, March 4, 7AM-10AM
The
Fifth Annual AISC RAPTORTHON!!!!
Looking
for an fairly easy event to motivate you to get into shape? How about a great
reason to do something fun with your child? Have you participated in the
Raptorthon in prior years and want to try for a faster time?
Raptorthon
5 is a FUN
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY EVENT for anyone in grade 4 or older.
This
biathlon event combines swimming and running. Participants will be required to swim
150m, run 1600m then jump back in the pool and swim another 150m.
·
Enter
as an individual or as a team of two (one person swims and
the other runs).
·
Entry fee is 350 rupees per individual and 700 rupees per
team. Late sign-up fee is 500 rupees per individual.
·
The proceeds will be used to cover the cost of the event and
any remaining money will benefit a local charity.
·
Please bring a dish to share at Potluck Breakfast after the
event
·
All
participants will receive a certificate with their official time either at the
breakfast or it can be collected from my office the following week.
If
you have any questions, please contact Donna Fava, Aquatics Director.
Are you interested in exploring some of the best creations in the city? Are you interested in showing off your creativity? We have two opportunities for you as a participant or as a maker.
Participants will be able to engage
in hands-on experiences at “Maker Carnival Chennai” -
a free to attend, community-run event right here at AISC. This ticketed
event will be held on Saturday, March 10th, 2018 (walk in and walk out
anytime during 10am to 4pm) and is a family friendly showcase of invention,
creativity and resourcefulness. A celebration of the maker movement! Don’t
forget to sign up for your free ticket through
here.
Makers interested in setting
up their own booths are welcome to attend this event as well. Sign up as a
maker to be able to showcase your creations and engage with the participants.
Please be aware that this will be a registration event. Please register via the
Maker Carnival website. You will need the ticket (printed or on a mobile
device) in order to attend the event as a participant. Also, for more
information regarding the event, including how to sign up as a Maker, please
visit: http://www.aischennai.org/makercarnivalby clicking the maker section and filling out the initial interest form.
Have
a wonderful weekend everyone!
Keryn
and Lori
