Dear all,
Happy weekend! Lots of positivity in the air (along with pollutants) this week. We appreciate it! Keep it coming. This week’s tinyPulse question ‘how much positivity do you put into the system?’ is a good reminder for us all to reach out and share positive words and thoughts.
Thank you’s and Shout Outs
- Clinton - For holding fort at the discovery lab during Jen's absence, assisting grade 2 students with their identity projects, helping trouble-shoot for teachers and generally being a cheerful colleague.
- A big shout out to Grade 3 for putting on an incredible PSA event. Students and parents were highly engaged. Thank you also to Hilary and Priya V for supporting G3 students and teachers to make this event happen!
- Amritha, Melissa & Chaitanya - for going out of their way to assist students with their Identity projects in Grade 2.
- Fer - for being a rockstar team leader! Team Gr 2
- All the Vision Project team members for their hard work prepping for their projects next week - good luck!
- TinyPulse responders and suggestion makers, for sharing your perspectives and thoughts
- Anita for all the beautiful new artwork up and around school
- Congratulations to Grade 2 for an amazingly meaningful Identity Museum
- Dee & Aurelie, You are superstars, thank you both!
Jihyeon from 2FL celebrates her identity artifacts with mom - photo by Leontheen
Next Week’s Schedule at a Glance
TGIF coming at you!
Next Friday the 15th we have a lot to celebrate - particularly the excitement and completion of our first Vision Projects as well as the incredibly hard work of the phonics implementation, planning for winter concerts, and other specialist celebrations - so please join us at Keryn’s house (2 Spring Ave, Akkarai - literally opposite Kipling Cafe) for a whole school TGIF. Please join us from 5pm.
Air Quality Considerations and Practices at AISC
Thank you also for bearing with this week of unusually poor air quality. Unfortunately, at this point, it is not forecasted to look much better next week. Shared below are the guidelines we will be consulting should this air pollution continue.
- We use the air quality data sourced from a variety of sources that are publicly available online. AISC is currently in the process of acquiring our own monitors for use on campus.
- School administrators will communicate to the faculty and students any need for modification of outdoor physical activity, keeping in mind both the AQI (Air Quality Index) and the multiple other factors influencing the health and well-being of students.
- If necessary, the PE and Athletics Departments will modify activities in order to keep heart-rates and respiration-rates low, while still providing instruction and movement opportunities for our students. Any activity will be short in duration and of minimal physical demand.
- Parents always have the right to request that their child(ren) does/do not participate in aerobic activity, or go outside for recess or classes, and under such circumstances, students will never be penalized for non-participation;
- Students exhibiting or complaining of shortness of breath or irritation in the throat are routinely sent into a building with conditioned air until they feel relief.
Reminder of locations for indoor recess
**Should the poor air quality continue beyond next week we will be looking to open up as many spaces as possible for children to play, in addition to their classroom so will be reaching out to all specialists for help and support on this.
Vision Projects Duty Schedule
Next week is the first ever ES Vision Week! Huge congratulations to Mary Kelly, Jack, Calley and all VP leaders and teachers for creating what surely will be fabulous memories for our Grade 3-5 students. To support our Vision Projects, we will be using THIS recess duty schedule so we are asking KG-G2 teachers and TAs to carry out an extra duty. This will release vision project teachers as the week does not have free periods built in. This favour will be repaid at a later time in the year.
Vision Project Important Reminders
Participants and colleagues should be aware of the info below as we go forward into Vision Projects.
Tuesday - Friday: Students go directly to project locations. Project teachers will submit attendance.
Photos: Put your photos into the folder that has been added to your project folder.
Friday afternoon special schedule for Grades 2 - 5:
- 1:15 Cooking Up Cultural Harmony samples before entering the theater (FAC cafeteria/foyer)
- Theater
1:30 Missoula Performance
2:30 Video Projects Movies (Lights, Camera, Action, Behind the Scenes, Be the News, Dance)
2:45 Photo highlights from other projects (Comm. Dept & MK will compile)
3:00-3:30 Return to project locations for closure
Winter Concert Rehearsal Schedule
As per a TinyPulse request to get schedule changes to teachers as early as possible, we appreciate the effort that the Winter Performance team has put into getting this rehearsal and performance schedule ready. Please add these items to your Google calendar and be sure to remember that these rehearsals take the place of the regularly scheduled dance and music lessons. If you have any questions or concerns upon reading the schedule, please reach out to Calley.
ES Vision of a Learner Recognitions
To continue to highlight our Vision of a Learner profile and socialise these attributes further in our section, we will be recognising students who have consistently demonstrated one of the traits from this profile.
If you have recognised a student displaying these attributes, please click here to add names. Anyone can add to this, specialists, homeroom teachers or teacher assistants.
**If you see a student’s name listed and you also support this nomination, please add your name too.
Missoula Schedule Draft
As part of our vision week, Missoula Children’s Theatre is the project that expands to also include Grade 1 & 2 students. Missoula rehearsal blocks can be found here. This will make greater sense to Grade 1 & 2 teachers after the audition on monday and when children are assigned their parts.
Arts, Sports and Activities
Important information for Homeroom Teachers: Here is the list of students in your classes that are enrolled in ASA programs for Season 2:
Throughout the first week of ASA’s, please bring students to the ES Cafeteria. On the list of students and locations sheet provided, a Table Color is provided for student drop-offs. These tables will be located in the ES Cafeteria.
After the first week of ASA’s, please allow grade 3-5 students to travel to their ASA areas more independently. The locations are also listed on the sheet with the list of students. If you have any concerns or questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Sincerely,
Athletics & Activities Office
dmonicka@aischennai.org
mryan@aischennai.org
bjack@aischennai.org
Have a great weekend!
Keryn, Dave, and Calley
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