Friday, March 08, 2019

Dear all,

Thank you for many things this week - your attention to detail during our lock down drill, your support of numerous student events on and off campus, and your meeting deadlines so efficiently with progress reports. Much appreciated!

• Thank you to the whole ES team, especially those on duty for ensuring a smooth and calm lockdown drill on Thursday.  
• The Grade 5 team would like to thank the facilities department for all the help that was given during the Grade 5 Passion Project Sharing.
• The ES Art Team would like to thank Hilary for her expert help in helping us update the ES Art Curriculum for next year.
• Thank you to Salome and Jen for preparing our 5th graders so well for the NESA virtual science fair.
• Thank you to Hilary for supporting the field trips this week.
• Thank you to the ES Math CALs who have used vertical teams time curated a bunch of extension resources to support their colleagues. You can find their contributions here.  

Upcoming Week at a Glance

Monday 11th March	G3-5 Art Exhibition continues (all week)
Tuesday  12th March	-
Wednesday 13th March	3:45 p.m faculty meeting - EY - Gr 2 in the ES Cafeteria / Vision Projects - Design Studio   ES speakers (Koshiro, Wonyoung, Bianca and Johanna) speaking at the Board meeting
Thursday 14th March	ES Student-Led Conferences and Progress Report 8:30 - 3:30 p.m Supervision schedule for student led conferences Staff Lunch served in the ES cafeteria 11:30 - 1:00
Friday 15th March	Cabaret 6:30 p.m
Saturday 16th March	Maker Saturday Blue and White Swim Meet Coaches celebration dinner

Grade 3-5 Spring Concert - Thursday 21

Please notice on your community calendars there will be a concert on March 21, in the FAC at 2:30-3:15 p.m. ALL Grade 3, 4, and 5 students will be participating. Rehearsal times are shared below.  Please note that some homeroom and specialist classes will be impacted. Classes will not be made up.  Thank you for understanding.

DATE	GRADE	TIME	CLASSES IMPACTED
March Monday 18	3	2-2:40	TG - reg music JM - Homeroom MR - PE - Jack SS - ART - Anita
Tuesday 19	5	2:00-2:40 2 classes only BT-VL	BT/VL - reg music
Wednesday 20	5	9:05-9:45 2 classes only JD-EF	JD/EF - reg music
Thursday 21 (DAY OF)	4	9:50-10:30	MG/JH - reg music RC - ART JN - Homeroom
DANCE TROUPE	4,5 [7 students]	12:20-1:15  Lunchtime practices	None

Upcoming faculty meeting:  Wednesday 13 March

EY - G2:  Focusing on English language strategies with Sarah Sahr and Dave (ES cafeteria)

Grade 3 - 5 - Vision Inspiration Project Worktie - Meet your Vision Project Collaborators! (Design studio)

We are looking forward to sharing these exciting placements on our upcoming November 2019 Vision Projects. Please see below your assignments for Grade 3-5 Teachers. On Wednesday, you’ll have some time to brainstorm ideas and questions, and start the process of planning.  

Project Lead(s)	Title	Collaborator(s)
Keeley & Dee	A - Cooking up cultural harmony!	Amritha
Jet (Barbara)	B - Re-Storying: Telling a Story YOUR Way!	Salome
Jack	C - Surfing our way to Wellbeing	Marcus
Alex	D - Race to the Finish	Ula
Anita	E - Big Ideas. Big Art.	Becky
Sarah H.	F - Story Alive	Tara
Mary Kelly	G - Reimagine the plaza & courtyard	Ross Preetika
Preethi	H - Lights, Camera, Action!	Fletch Mona
Jen Cypra	I - Robots in our World	Janna Elliot
Jane	J - Super Hero or Villain?	Vanessa
Hilary	K - Behind the Scenes	Priya V
Calley	L - Animal Habitats at AISC	John
Julia	M - See the news, Make the news, Be the news	Scott
Missoula Crew	N - Missoula Children’s Theater Support	Usha Linda

​From Sarah Sahr: TC Reading & Writing Project, ELL Edition

 As you may remember, I attended a wonderful TCRWP workshop this past January in NYC. I'd love to share some of the things I learned and that might fit into your instructional planning. For information in advance, here are my abridged notes. 

If you are also interested, join me on Tuesday, 19 March, 3:45-4:30 pm in the SHED for a quick share (RSVP by 17 March). 

Staff Recognition Event - Friday, 22 March at 2:30 to 3:15 p.m.

Elementary School

Our second annual staff recognition event is scheduled on Friday, March 22nd. This is the event when all students and faculty get together to celebrate our staff by forming a gauntlet from the FAC cafeteria, across the field, through level 1 corridors ending at the Unity Fountain Courtyard, for staff to parade through. Keeley and Priya will make a short presentation on this at the Section Meeting on Wednesday, 13th March. Below are the schedule and maps.

Schedule

• 2:30pm - All ES student council members to be wearing SC t-shirt; head to the FAC cafeteria with Dee and Fer
• 2:40pm - Rest of ES start to move; head to form gauntlet walkway
• EY3/4 - meet Dave in covered area to join end of HS line on field (Dave will direct)

• Grade 5 - head to covered area (where gauntlet will split) - form the line that crosses covered area, into the plaza towards amphitheatre (Keryn and Sherriden will direct)

• Grade 2 - join end of Grade 5 line; continuing from amphitheatre towards outside Grade 1 classrooms   

• Grade 1 join end of Grade 2 line, outside 1MW/1KG and past health centre towards unity courtyard

• Grade 4 - head to covered area (where gauntlet will split) - form the line that goes from covered area down ES cafeteria side (Keryn and Sherriden will direct)  

• Grade 3 - join end Grade 4 line, outside ES cafeteria passing EY5 classes

• EY5 - join where Grade 3 ends; outside of CIC and towards unity courtyard

• Parade should start at 2:50pm sharp.
• Once staff parade passes by, students may return to classes

Map

 

Operation Appreciation Treat Day: Reminder & Request for Volunteers

On the morning of Friday, March 22nd, Operation Appreciation is organizing a Treat Day to show our appreciation to all of the staff here at AISC. If you are interested in volunteering by bringing in some treats to share, please sign up on this Google Form or email Keeley or Priya with any questions (tkeeley@aischennai.org or vpriya@aischennai.org). Thank you for your consideration of helping out by baking or bringing some yummy treats!

From the Coaches Corner

Looking for ways to Amplify Inquiry and Honor Agency during literacy?

Then consider using this Amplifying Inquiry and Honoring Agency graphic organizer to reflect on the inquiry and agency in your classroom.  How might this resource push your thinking on leveraging inquiry and agency?

Have a great weekend!

Keryn, Dave and Calley