Dear Parents,
Our congratulations to the
SAISA track and field team for their successful meet in Colombo last
weekend. All of our athletes represented AISC proudly. Nineteen AISC records
were broken. We will have the middle school results in next week’s blog post. Thank
you to our coaches: Ms. Tucky Fussell, Ms. Cindy Nutter, and Mr. Ryan Sager.
Regretfully, we had an omission on the reporting of the results of our middle school
students from the Track and Field tournament from February 22-23 for setting
school records. Congratulations to:
Kaitlyn for
breaking the AISC record in shotput (it
was her birthday too)
Student activities club is hosting a pool
party this
afternoon March 15 from 4:30-6:30pm. Parents please ensure that your child is picked up
promptly at 6:30 pm.
On March 20th, the 6th grade will celebrate reading with a range of activities. The celebration will
start with a couple of read aloud sessions. Students will sign up for two read
aloud sessions of their choice. Afterwards, there will be two rounds of
activity sessions that students can enjoy such as: An Artistic Illustrators
Corner; Critic Corner - record and publish on YouTube your own book
recommendation; Book Talk Recommendation & Discussion; Active Reading Session
- sit back, relax, and read; Writers Corner - write a poem or book review; and
other student generated ideas.
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
Near East South Asia (NESA) Virtual Science Fair: Our grade 8 students will be presenting
their Science Fair projects for the first round of judging, the school-level,
on March 21 and 22 in the Black Box Theatre. Parents are most welcome to drop
by on the Thursday from 8:45-10:30 am and 1:45-3:30 pm. The students will be
engaged with the judges on the Friday.
Parents of grade 5
students
please note: On March 20th, from 2:30-3:30 pm in the PAC Auditorium our
Fine Arts department will be giving a presentation to grade 5 parents and
students on the different fine arts disciplines. At the end of the meeting,
parents will be given a form to discuss with their child on which two fine arts
courses they will select as their specialist courses for next year. The form
will be due April 10th to the grade 5 Homeroom Teachers. Following
the spring break, grade 5 students that selected band will then be scheduled
during their grade 5 music for instrument mouthpiece fittings. Students will be placed
in the World Language course that they are currently studying.
Students currently in grade 6 will need
to state their Fine Arts choices for
the 2013-2014 school year. Current grade
6 students will have the option of choosing 2 Fine Arts courses from the 3 Fine
arts areas of Visual Art, Music (Band or Choir), and Theatre. A Fine Arts
course selection form will be sent out to grade 6 students on April 8 and will
need to be returned to the MS office by April 12.
Student-led Portfolio Presentations will be occurring during the afternoon of April
25th.
Portfolio presentations provide a
wonderful, more vivid picture of what students know and are able to do than
just a progress report. By providing students an active and meaningful role in
interpreting their own learning, we provide an authentic context for self-evaluation
and the honest appraisal of both successes and challenges. Preparation and
successful implementation of student-led portfolio presentations requires
active participation from students and parents.
An invitation will be coming home for
you in the mail next week giving the exact time of your child’s portfolio
presentation. Parents please keep the afternoon of April 25 available to
participate in your child’s student-led portfolio presentation. This is an
event not to be missed!
Xsports Camps is running a multi-age sports camp at AISC
the week of April 8th to 14th. Students can register for one of the following
camps: tennis, basketball or football. Camps will run from 3:45 pm to 5:45 pm
Monday through Friday (this is a change from what is written on the application
form) and on Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. Click here to learn more
about XSports, and to obtain an application form. Alternatively, please visit
the Xsports website for further information.
Important information
about ASA: ASAs will be not be held from April 8-14, 2013 due to the Xsport camp and
will be extended in the last week of school from June 3-7, 2013
Have a joyous weekend,
Ms. Michele