Dear Parents,
Congratulations
to all middle school students on a wonderful performance in Cabaret -
2013! The talent, courage and confidence of our students is so impressive.
Pictures from the event are included in a photo album in the right-hand margin
of this page.
AMIS International MS Mixed Choir Festival: We have heard from our group in Beijing and there is beautiful music emanating from the corridors there! There are 200 students participating from 20 schools from all over... from London to Saudi Arabia, to India, through Asia. The students are all engaged and having fun. They are all in good spirits and all is well. The picture below is the joint rehearsal with the orchestra in preparation for the big finale.
AMIS International MS Mixed Choir Festival: We have heard from our group in Beijing and there is beautiful music emanating from the corridors there! There are 200 students participating from 20 schools from all over... from London to Saudi Arabia, to India, through Asia. The students are all engaged and having fun. They are all in good spirits and all is well. The picture below is the joint rehearsal with the orchestra in preparation for the big finale.
Today, Friday January 25th, the Athletics department will host a SAISA sports awards ceremony
at 6:30pm in the Auditorium to recognize our first semester SAISA sports teams.
During this ceremony, coaches will talk about the highlights of the
season and take a moment to recognize the athletes for their performance
throughout the season. As we have continued to grow our ability to host
the end of year SAISA sports banquet has been more and more difficult.
Therefore; we've created first & second semester SAISA sports ceremony for these sports teams.
Middle School ASIAC sports teams will be recognized for both semester 1 and 2 seasons at our annual MS Sports Tea in the late spring.
Middle School ASIAC sports teams will be recognized for both semester 1 and 2 seasons at our annual MS Sports Tea in the late spring.
Our Middle School Math/Science department
has been very busy planning our STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics)
Festival happening this 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.
A reminder of the MS Parent Coffee on February 4th from 8:45-9:45 am in the Hall of
Light. On the agenda we have: Advisory program -
general overview as well as a sample activity from our current theme of honesty. This will be a presentation from the MS Advisory committee (8:45-9:15).
Followed by Study Skills: part 2. This is a follow-up from the session that was
done in the fall and requested by parents (9:15-9:45). We hope that you can
make it.
The international teaching recruitment season continues, and as such I am currently schedule to attend the recruitment fair in Boston the week of February 4th for the recruitment of the remaining middle school teacher vacancies for the 2013-2014 school year.
Grade 8 transition information session on High School credits and classes: Ms. Kendra Callaway, the High School Counselor, will do an information session for parents of 8th grade students to talk
about high school,
credits, classes, etc. on Feb. 8 at 8:45
a.m. in the Hall of Light. Ms. Kendra will also be meeting with grade 8
students the previous day, Feb. 7.
Ms. Kendra
Callaway, High School Counselor (http://aischguidance.blogspot.com/)
A friendly reminder regarding the school dress code of
MS children: The following are some of our dress standards to be reminded of:
All clothing should be clean and in good repair. Cut-off shorts or torn
clothing are not permitted. Skirts and shorts must reach below the middle
finger length when the arm is extended straight down. Underwear is not to be
revealed. Bras and boxer shorts are considered underwear. Girls’ tops should be
modest. Cleavage should not be visible. Halter tops or low V-necks are not
appropriate. Tops with spaghetti straps should not be worn/ Shoulder straps
should be at least 2 fingers wide and cover bra straps. Shoes or sandals must
be worn.
Our middle school choir students will be joining the high school choir students for their HS Choir Winter Concert. This event is a SAISA preview for the high school students. Our middle school choir students will perform a few numbers at this event. We encourage you to come out and enjoy the music on Feb. 14 in the Auditorium from 7 pm.
Our middle school choir students will be joining the high school choir students for their HS Choir Winter Concert. This event is a SAISA preview for the high school students. Our middle school choir students will perform a few numbers at this event. We encourage you to come out and enjoy the music on Feb. 14 in the Auditorium from 7 pm.
Math Counts Tournament Hosting: Next month AISC will be hosting the
Middle School Math Counts Tournament. We need 25 families to host the
participants from the various schools, from February 14 – 17. One of the
highlights of the Math Counts experience for the students is the home stay with
the hosting school family. This gives the visiting students a warm home while
they are participating in the tournament, just the way our students are looked
after when they travel to other schools. We have middle school students from
Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Delhi, Nepal and Mumbai participating in the tournament. If
you are interested in hosting please collect a form from Ms. Aziz in the middle
school office, fill in the details and return it to the middle school office by
Tuesday, January 29, 2013.
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.
We are sometimes asked by parents for information on summer programs for
students. The following is some information that was recently sent to us
regarding a summer program for current grade 8 students. Throughout the
remainder of the year as we receive this type of information we will share it
with you. Please note that we are only sharing the information and not
endorsing a particular program over others that may exist.
Young
Scholars Discovery welcomes academically talented middle school students
to an extraordinary learning opportunity at the University of Maryland. http://www.oes.umd.edu
Young Scholars Discovery is open to: Rising
eighth and ninth grade middle school students.
Discovery highlights:
Intensive learning through high standards
and expectations
Engaging courses and innovative instructors
encourage creative problem solving
Field trips and guest speakers emphasize
real-world challenges
Interactive seminars encourage
collaboration with equally talented peers
Evening and weekend social activities with
other Discovery Scholars
Complete Confirmation of Admission
Program starts July 14, 2013: Orientation Day
Program ends July 26, 2013: Program Final Day
Program admission is competitive and
contingent upon space availability.
Have a joyous weekend,
Ms. Michele