Dear Middle School Parents,
The semester report card has been issued to students today . Please take the time to go through the report card and read the teachers’ comments. Please remember to praise for the good work being done and also focus on how they can grow in each subject. Should you child need help, there is a big support network here at school; teachers available to help students before school, during lunch and after school. Students only need to communicate and set up appointments with teachers to get the support. Additionally, there is Homework Club every Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays where students can get help each week.
Don’t forget to join us at the “Jan Jamboree” on Saturday, January 18, 2013 from 2 – 5 pm on the AISCH Soccer Field. This event is for AISCH families and guests.
There will be a Rs 200 Entry Fee for ES and MS Students. NO entry fee for Adults and HS age students!
Come and enjoy the food and drinks on sale, get the chance of winning exciting prizes in the Raffle, see the kids have a great time and spend a fun afternoon with family and friends.
Middle School Coffee
Tuesday, 21st January at 8:45 in Hall of Light
The next coffee will be held on Tuesday, 21st January. To start off the new semester, Mr. Brian present to parents different ways for parents to help their children to be more efficient, organized and successful when studying at home. It will be a presentation with lots of handouts and he will also review ways to positively reinforce students for their effort, persistence and self-monitoring.
Hey Middle School students and parents!
The High School Bands will give their Winter Concert on Friday, 24 January 2014 at 4:00pm. The show will include the Concert Band and the Symphonic Band performing works by guru band composers Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Percy Grainger, Leroy Anderson and more! And it gets better: this will be the band's last performance in Chennai before eighteen of our young musicians go on tour to Dhaka, Bangladesh for the SAISA Music Festival. You can hear the festival repertoire before the festival!
The High School Bands would like to extend a special VIP invitation to Middle School students and parents. Wouldn't you like to hear what high school is all about? Come check it out! Admission is free, and the concert is appropriate for students in grades 5-12, or grades 1-4 with parent supervision. Parents of all ages are welcome!
Cary Stewart
Band Director
Academic Corner
For this portion of the Principal’s Notes, we will focus on a curricular area that students are studying in school. Because we cannot include everything, we will include an area of focus each week as we would like to keep parents in the loop of learning that takes place in school. This coming week, we will focus on Language Arts (English) in collaboration with our Visiting Author Week.
The visiting author, Mr. John Coy, will be here all of next week working with students on their writing. In the Middle School, he will work with Grade 8 students about the art of “Writing a Young Adult Novel” and how they can incorporate that into their Fantasy Writing Unit. In Grade 6 and 7, students will learn the power of “Revision: Seeing Your Story Again.” The 7th graders will use the new skills in their Historical Argumentative Writing Unit and the 6th graders in their Narrative Journals (Non-Fiction) of Ancient Egypt Unit. Please take the time to talk to your child about their experience with visiting author.
Have a good weekend.
Alan Phan
Middle School Principal