Dear Middle School Parents,
Don’t miss out on our first Swim Meet at AISC this school year. Please come and support our athletes this Friday afternoon and tomorrow all day.
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BIG BAD BLUE SWIM MEET
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY!!!
If you have lots of spirit, come and cheer our hard-working swim team on!
September 13, 2013
4:00-6:00 PM
September 14, 2013
8:30 AM-5:00 PM
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Freedom from Chemical Dependency (FCD)
We had a wonderful speaker from FCD this week talking to our students about drugs and alcohol and the effects on young people’s health. If your children haven’t talked to you about it, please ask them about what they have learned. Visit their website for more information: www.fcd.org.
Here are some recommendations for parents:
- Have an open conversations about drugs and alcohol with your child. Give them the facts rather than the false perceptions may have.
- If they make mistakes, don’t let your anger push them away. Have a conversation with them when you are no longer angry.
- Get to know the parents of your child’s friends.
- Accompany your child to where they are going.
- Have a code word which means to come and get them.
Parent Coffee: Tuesday 17 September at 8:45 in Hall of Light
Please join us on Tuesday when Ms. Kim Bane, our Director of Teaching and Learning, and I will talk about the Co-teaching Model: What is co-teaching? Why we co-teach? What does the research say about it? We will also provide examples of what it looks like in practice at our school. Please come and bring a friend.
Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) Testing
MAP testing continues this coming week. Please remind your children to charge the laptops each night, especially during testing week. There is no preparation required for MAP testing. We do, however, recommend that students get adequate sleep and a good breakfast before they come to school for the MAP test.
Middle School Model United Nations (MUN)
MUN is a simulation of the real United Nations with students serving as delegates from a variety of different countries. They come together in a formal setting to solve global issues and, in the process, come to understand their role as future leaders. MUN conferences are formal public speaking events. Students participate in lobbying and formal debate while negotiating, collaborating, and solving global problems.
We have extended our long tradition of MUN excellence in the High School to the Middle School by establishing a club and the possibility of conference attendance. We look forward to bringing this rewarding experience to the middle school.
In order to accommodate all students who are interested, MS MUN will meet on Tuesday and Thursday after school, starting 17 September. Students must attend one meeting per week to be a member of MS MUN.
Pepper McFarland
Rema Vishwanath
Brooke Johnson
MS MUN Coordinators
Health Alerts from the School Nurse
Associated with the rain, dengue and malaria are rampant now. Please use mosquito nets, close all doors and windows after 5pm, avoid storing open bodies of water inside the house, wear covered clothing as much as possible and use repellents and pest control services to drive the mosquitoes away.
Water and food related problems like typhoid and hepatitis and gastroenteritis are very prevalent so drink clean bottled and boiled water. Avoid eating in roadside joints especially uncooked food like paneer, cream, chat items, salads, chutneys and uncooked eggs, which all can harbour harmful bacteria.
Get yourself (young and old) vaccinated against these illnesses.
Walking in puddles can cause rat urine fever (leptospirosis). Please wash your feet after stepping out in puddles. Some warning signs are any high fever with rash, fever beyond 2 days, fever with a poor general condition and shivering, escalating fevers need to be checked-up with your paediatrician this season as soon as possible.
Colds, cough, flu are also common. Avoid child sending to school and let them recover at home. Avoid usage of antibiotics as these infections are predominantly viral. Please see the nurse if you have any other questions.
Bollywood Dance Club
The Bollywood Dance Club has existed for the past 5 years. The teacher of this club will be Arya Giri, a freshman who has extreme passion and experience for dance. Any member of the PTA is welcome to join. Our first performance will be for the CHEMUN inauguration. We will hold practices Friday of every week in Mr. Shawn’s room. These practices will be held from 3:45 to 4:15 PM.
TO JOIN CONTACT:
Arya Giri: garya@aisch.org
Vasanthi T: tvasanthi@aisch.org
Have a great weekend!
Alan Phan
Middle School Principal