Dear
Parents
Please note that the ASA – Raptors Swim Club will not be in session on Saturday,
November 10 due to
the long weekend break. -ASA
Department
The Association for Music in International
Schools (AMIS) - Asian Middle School Honors' Band Festival auditions has
recently been completed. Three of our students have been selected to
participate in the Festival to be held in
Myanmar in January. Ten of our students
worked hard in recent months preparing for and auditioning for the festival. Congratulations to everyone
who auditioned! Your courage and
dedication in this challenging process is
to be applauded. We thank Mr. William for his time spent with the students.
The selection
committee finished deliberations of almost 700 auditions for the elementary, middle, and high
school honor bands. Unfortunately only
about a third of those who auditioned are able to be selected due to the high
number of auditions.
We congratulate Dongseob Lee (bass clarinet), Theo Beaumont (trombone), and Hana Suzuki (percussion) on their
selection to the prestigious middle school AMIS honor band festival.
We also have two
students selected as alternates. Alternates are
sufficiently skilled to be in the band but due to
size and balance could not be included for their
particular instrument however should one of the musicians in that section be unable to accept then the
alternate would participate. Congratulations to Vishwaarth Vijayakumar and Shail Bhatt.
Reminder Music Concert Uniform: Students participating in the MS music
program must wear special clothing for concerts consisting of a pair of full-length black dress pants and black dress shoes (no sandals). In
no case will black jeans be acceptable onstage attire. A black music shirt purchased
from the school rounds off the concert outfit. To order the AISC
Music shirt, please fill in the form that has been sent home with your child
and return it along with a payment of Rs.350/- to the finance office on /
before 9th November 2012. Late orders could require payment of a
higher price. Students who do not purchase or otherwise obtain an AISC
Music logo polo shirt will not be allowed to perform. Any student
who already possesses an AISC Music logo polo shirt may use it again.
Congratulations
to the boys and girls soccer team on their great win last night. The
game was exciting. They are to be congratulated on their display of
sportsmanship on the soccer pitch. Well done Raptors!
Thanks
to the diligent efforts of our IT Department, we have identified and resolved
the problem that was keeping you from viewing the student photos on the AISC Moodle page. You should now be able to
see your child's photos. As a reminder, the process for ordering photos is as
follows:
*The
Moodle page containing the Yearbook photos can be found Student
Yearbook Photos. You should log in as a Guest with the
password "raptors12".
*Alternatively, log
into Moodle as a guest using the "raptors12" password. Go to the
All School page. Under "Links to Bulletins, Principal's Notes and
Head's Notes, click on "School Photos". Type in
"raptors12" as password for this page
*On the
Student Photos page you will find the order forms and the links to
the on-line photo albums.
-First
download the order form and print it.
-Then
locate your child's photos. The photos are arranged by grade level and class.
-Click
on the folder to open it. You should see three photos of your child.
-Select
the photo(s) you like, record the number(s) (eg.AISC_0000) on the order form.
-Record
the appropriate payment.
-Once
you have completed the order form, bring it to the Finance Office with the
required payment. You will receive a receipt for the payment.
-Save
the receipt. Receipts must be shown when pictures are
picked up.
Please
submit your orders not later than Wednesday, November 21. Photos
will be ready by December 14.
Yearbook photo retakes - A few parents have asked about retaking photos for the
Yearbook. The High School Yearbook staff is well on its way to formatting
the pages and uploading the photos, and have deadlines that are nearing for
submitting these pages to the publisher. Were we to retake student photos, they
would have to be included with the new students on a page at the back of the
Yearbook and not with their classmates' photos. We do not think this is
advisable. As a result, we will not be retaking student photos. Thank you for your understanding.
Reminder: Auditions for Cabaret
will take place on November 15 and 16. The show will be January 18.
Before students sign up, please read the performer audition tips and sign their act up for auditions at
the online performer signup. MC auditions will take
place on November 19. Before students sign up, please read the MC audition tips and sign up for Master of Ceremony auditions at the online MC signup.
For questions about performing in Cabaret, talk to Mr.
Stewart in room 2702. For questions about hosting Cabaret as MC, speak with Ms.
Kapadia in room 2301.
A Middle
School Move Night will be held on Friday, November 16th from 4
– 6 pm. Cost 200 Rs. This is part of a fund raiser from the grade 8
students going towards their community service project on their WWoW trip.
Refreshments will be provided and students can relax in bean-bag chair comfort.
The movie night will be chaperoned by faculty members. Please be sure to collect your son/daughter at 6 pm.
The
movie shown will be Legend of the Guardians (2010) Genre: Action/Adventure/Fantasy. MPAA Rating: PG, for some sequences of scary action. This animated
movie has some scenes of scary action between the owls. The full information on
the movie rating can be found using this link: http://kidstvmovies.about.com/od/legendsofgahoole/fr/Legend-Of-The-Guardians-The-Owls-Of-Ga-Hoole-2010-Movie-Review.htm
Summary
of the movie: Acclaimed filmmaker Zack Snyder makes his animation debut with
the fantasy family adventure "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of
Ga'Hoole" based on the beloved Guardians of Ga'Hoole books by Kathryn
Lasky. The film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father's epic
stories of the Guardians of Ga' Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had
fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones. While
Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older brother, Kludd, scoffs at the notion, and yearns to hunt, fly and steal his
father's favor from his younger sibling. But Kludd's jealousy has terrible
consequences--causing both owlets to fall from their treetop home and right
into the talons of the Pure Ones. Now it is up to Soren to make a daring escape
with the help of other brave young owls. Together they soar across the sea and
through the mist to find the Great Tree, home of the legendary
Guardians--Soren's only hope of defeating the Pure Ones and saving the owl
kingdoms. -- (C) Warner Bros. Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/legend_of_the_guardians/
The next middle school principal coffee is scheduled for Wednesday November
21 from 8:45-9:45 in the Hall of Light. The topics for the coffee will be an
overview of our Advisory program, student goal setting, and a follow-up to the
study skills presentation from the last coffee. We hope to see you there.
The middle school activities club has
started to organize the MS winter party.
The date on the community calendar is December 7th however, given
that this is the time when both our boys and girls soccer teams will be
travelling for their ASIAC tournament, the date of the party has been changed
to November 30 in order to encourage
all students to attend. The winter party will be held from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
in the PAC cafeteria.
Wishing everyone a joyous Diwali holiday,
Ms. Michele