Dear Parents,
Please note
that yearbook photos for new students that joined AISC after September will be
taken on Monday, January 21, in the afternoon (after lunch) in BBT.
AMIS
International MS Mixed Choir Festival: Next week six of our choir students will be
travelling to Beijing to participate in the AMIS Choir festival. This workshop involves
middle school singers from various international schools around the world.
Students will practice and perform music that is challenging, musically
educative, diverse in style, and satisfies the flair for singing. Congratulations
to Mathilde Vial, Adrienne Hoover, Yasmin Pascall
Varma, Hitomi Sonada, Daniel Bacheschi, and Aathaven Tharamarajah for being
selected to attend.
The following week we will be sending three middle
school band students to the AMIS
International MS Honor Band in Myanmar. Congratulations to Theo Beaumont,
Hana Suzuki, and DongSeob Lee for being selected to attend this prestigious event.
Jan Jamboree this Saturday, January
19, 2013 from 2 – 5 pm on the AISC Soccer Field. This event is open to AISCH
families and guests. There will be an Entry Fee of Rs 200, for ES and MS
students as they will have unlimited access to the 21 games and activities
organized by the HS students. Adults will be able to enjoy the food and drinks
on sale, shop at the NGO counters, get the chance of winning exciting prizes in
the Raffle and spend a fun afternoon with family and friends. We hope to see
you there.
Sporting opportunities: we have three
sports currently on the go this season. Middle school students can try-out for
SAISA Track & Field, ASIAC Volleyball, or ASIAC Tennis. For details on
practice schedules and tournament dates, please check out the details on the
Athletics blog page by clicking on the Athletics tab at the top of this page.
Please see notes from our Middle School Counselor,
Ms. Trish by either clicking on the tab at the top of the page or by clicking
on this link MS Counselor blog
As our
school continues to move towards creating an inclusive school culture and to continue our professional
development approach in supporting all learners, we are currently running
several co-teaching pilots in the middle school. Co-teaching is two (or more)
teachers teaching together and sharing the responsibility for meeting the
learning needs of students, and at the same time, learning from each other. We are investigating a number of different approaches to support and promote an inclusive school setting.
A friendly reminder to parents regarding afterschool supervision of MS children.
Teacher supervision occurs from 8:00 am until 3:45 pm. Parents are requested to
pick up their child promptly after school hours. Middle School students may not
be at school outside of supervised times unless they are in a school organized
activity and under the direct supervision of the instructor, or under the
direct supervision of their parent. Thank you for your co-operation.
After-school
Activities: There are a number of different ASA activities for
our middle school students on offer for the upcoming semester which starts on
Monday January 28. We encourage students to get involved in extra-curricular
activities to add to their school experience and as an opportunity to make new
friends and explore other interests.
Our MS Student Activities Club is currently
organizing an upcoming Spirit Week
(Jan.21-25). The spirit
‘dress-up’ days will be Jan. 21 is Pyjama Day; Jan. 22 is Twin/Multiples Day;
Jan. 23 is Hat or Crazy Hair Day; Jan. 24 is Mismatch Day; and Jan. 25 is One
Color Day. Please note that the school dress code still applies.
From the Fine Arts department: JAYA - Mythic tales from the Mahabharata. A vast war
overtakes the world... all of life is threatened with destruction. A
family is divided: the kings and armies of the world arise— as cousins and uncles turn to slay one another. The
survival of the earth depends on 5 brothers. To restore balance to the
world first they must struggle to transcend their very lives through
innumerable trials.
AISC's
Performing Arts Department proudly announces an Open Call for:
Actors, Costume Makers, Dancers, Graphic Designers, Kings, Magical Creatures,
Prop Designers, Publicity Hounds, Set Builders, Singers, Sound Mixers, Stage
Managers, and the like…we need performers, technical crew, designers,
publicists, etc. We will be creating an original interpretation of India's
great epic story, the Mahabharata. Our version will borrow freely from the
traditions of circus, dance theatre, acrobatics, Bollywood, Balinese
shadow puppetry, Bunraku, and Greek tragedy. Audition Information January
21st & 22nd from 3:45-5:50PM
- Auditions can be held in solo or in duo.
- Auditions will be held on the main stage in the PAC theater.
- Everyone should come prepared with one minute of material or more that highlights their talents.
- Rehearsals will be from 3:45-6:45pm 4 days a week. Not all cast members will be required at each rehearsal.
- Come with 1 minute prepared of dialog and movement for voice & acting, and 1 minute prepared for singing.
- Singing can be whatever your fancy is, eg. happy birthday, twinkle twinkle- anything you would like.
- Come in clothes you can move in- no skirts, short shorts, or tight jeans, please.
- See Mr. Shawn O’Docharty for the script for dialogue.
- This is an ensemble production. No one will be turned away. Everyone will be included in the show in some fashion.
Looking forward to seeing you there - Mr.
Shawn O'Docharty, Theatre Manager/Theatre Arts Instructor
Our grade 6 Week Without Walls trip to Yelagiri is approaching (February
18-21st). The grade 6 teaching team has arranged a meeting for
Parents of Grade 6 students to share information about their upcoming Week
Without Walls trip. The meeting will be on January 24th from 2:40-3:20 in the
Hall of Light.
Our Middle School Math/Science department has been very busy
planning our STEM (Science Technology
Engineering Mathematics) Festival that will take place on the morning of Monday,
January 28. Students will be arranged into multi-grade level groups and will
work together on two STEM activities. This is a wonderful whole middle school
activity that has students working on their collaborative, critical thinking
and problem solving skills.
MS Student
Activities club would like to announce that the Friendship dance scheduled
on the community activity calendar for February 8th will be cancelled
and in lieu of this event we have scheduled a pool party for March 15th
from 4:30-6:30 pm. Please make the change on your AISC community calendar.
Looking forward to seeing you at the Cabaret and/or the Jan
Jamboree.
Ms. Michele