Thursday, November 22, 2018

Thursday, November 22, 2018


Dear all,

Happy Thanksgiving to all those celebrating and Happy Long Weekend (and rain day) to everyone! May you enjoy this extra-long weekend to get on top of all the to-do lists we have personally and professionally, rest, reserve energy for our final 4 weeks before the winter break.

Thank yous
  • "Thank you" to Joseph, Priya K, and Clinton for helping me with my 2019-20 Art Supply Orders - Anita.
  • Thank you to everyone for getting budget request in so timely
  • To EY5 teachers for hosting an rewarding Family Math Morning
  • Martina & Sarah Sahr for helping out with the EY5 family math morning
  • To everyone who has supported the growing families of Palmquist/Holdsworth and Filters 
Secret Santa/Festive Friend
Sign up for Secret Santa!  Over 40 people took part last year - a fun way to celebrate the end of 2018 together and recognise the amazing things our faculty does every day :) Details on the link!

Vision of a Learner
Thank you to all the teachers who nominated children for the Vision of a Learner awards this round. The following children were selected for the following traits:

1
Yair
Fijman
1MW
EXPLORER
2
Joonyeob
Kim
2DJ
REFLECTIVE
3
Clara
Jouin
3JM
RESILIENT
4
Daisuke
Kurabayashi
3TG
RESILIENT
5
Ha Young
Yang
4JN
RESILIENT
6
Teagan
Weller
3MR
EMPATHETIC
7
Mathurin
Le Beaudour
5JD
LEADER
8
Victor
Pechhold
3TG
VERSATILE
9
Yeonwoo
Lee
1KC
THINKER
10
Fumiya
Nakamura
5VL
INNOVATIVE
11
Margaux
Verany
5BT
COLLABORATIVE
12
Daphne
Guerin
4JN
ETHICAL

Rehearsal Schedule for the Upcoming Winter Concert
  • There are NO regularly scheduled music classes for the weeks of 10 - 14 December and 17 - 21 December.
  • Rehearsals Listed below REPLACE music classes. (Children all still receive 2 x music blocks during these weeks)
  • We understand this may be disruptive to your schedules and/or planning, so we want be sure you have this information early, and you can plan accordingly. 
Teacher assistants are required to BOTH walk classes over to the FAC theater and remain present for the duration of the rehearsal to support the music team when they are working with whole grades. 
Blue - Music
Yellow - Dance 
TIME
MON   10
TUES    11
WED   12
THURS   13
FRI      14
9:05-9:45
EY - 3
G - 5
EY - 4
G - 5
9:50-10-30
G - 2
EY - 4
G - 2
EY - 3
G - 4
10:55-11:35
EY - 5
G - 1
G - 1
11:40-12:20
G - 3
G - 4
EY - 5
G - 3
(D)
EY - 5  
All
1:15-1:55
(D)
G - 3
3SS/3MR
(D)
G - 2
2BW/2DJ
(D)
EY - 5 All
(D)
G - 1
All
(D)
G - 1
All
2:00-2:40
(D)
G - 4
4MG/4JN
(D)
G - 5
5EF/5VL
(D)
G - 2
2BW/2DJ
(D)
G - 3
3SS/3MR
(D)
G - 4
4MG/4JN
2:45-3:25
(D)
G - 5
5EF/5VL

FULL CONCERT REHEARSAL:
TIME
MON    17
TUES   18
WED  19
THURS  20
FRI   21
9:05-9:50
EY Run Through
G1&2 Run Through
G3-5 Run Through
2.30-3.15
EY Performance
G1&2 Performance
G3-5 Performance

Wednesday Community Summit: Exploring the Horizons of Wellbeing
As you may have read in the Raptor Way blog, over the course of three early release days, we will be holding a Community Summit to explore the horizons of wellbeing and Wednesday, November 28th is the first of those days. Parents and students are being invited to join all Faculty, TAs and Administrative staff to envision the future of wellbeing at AISC. During the three sessions, we will collectively:
·  Discover what we are doing best to nurture wellbeing at AISC - November 28
·  Envision bold new possibilities for the future - December 12
·  Design for excellence and construct the future of wellbeing at AISC - January 23

Please proceed to the Gym for coffee/tea/snacks from 2:15-2:25 p.m. With close to 300 people to seat* by 2:30, your punctuality will be appreciated. No devices needed *seating assignments will be shared by email.

Report Card Timeline - repeat announcement
It is time to start thinking about the upcoming semester report cards!
Pay close attention to character count: as these report cards are being printed, we cannot exceed character count in any area!
Wednesday         21 November
Faculty meeting focusing on data evidence for report cards
Calibrating report card data and narrative comments  in own grade level teams; a facilitator will join you to work through a protocol and answer any questions you may have
Teams should meet in the GTL’s room
Done
Wednesday           5 December
ES faculty meeting time dedicated to finalise writing and proofreading of colleagues report cards
By Friday                7 December  4pm
Comments  (Google doc) due to admin for final proofing (can be shared with admin proofer earlier if ready)
Tuesday    
11 December        by 4pm
Edited comments returned to teachers, can begin entering narratives into PowerSchool
By Thursday        13 December 8am
All narrative comments and ratings on standards  entered into PowerSchool - printing will begin at 9 a.m.
Monday                17 December
Reports given to HR teachers with named envelopes.  Please double check name, do a final glance of doc, and place into matching name envelope.
Tuesday                18 December
Please double check name, do a final glance of doc, and place into matching name envelope. Give to children to take home.


Hour of Code 2018 - repeat announcement
Get ready. . . Variety of optional choices for you and your students to participate!

* EY3 - Grade 2 is already planned/organized.  Sign up is for Grades 3-5 teachers.

Coming the week of 26th November to 30th of November
RECESS - Grades 3-5
10:30 - 10:50 and 12:20-12:50
Students can spend recess time in the CIC exploring different games and coding experiences on Code.org

+Discovery & Design Studio
Grades 3 - 5 Teachers can sign up for a session in the Discovery & Design Studio and choose ONE of the following options for their class. You can also use the Code.org and Scratch websites as additional resources/choices in your classroom.

Robotics
WeDo for 3&4

Mindstorms for 5 (already coding robots so would do a fun challenge with them)

Students can spend the time learning about coding on an activity of their choice on the Hour of Code website.

Students can learn about coding through Scratch (we have task cards that guide them through different tasks like animating their name or making characters race!)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,
Keryn, Dave, and Calley

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