Dear Middle School Parents,
FRIDAYS@5 Presents --BLOOD BROTHER--
Today, Friday, April 11th, AISC’s Fridays@5 series will present a screening of the documentary, Blood Brother.
Please remember that this documentary deals with mature subject matter, and while each family must decide what is suitable for their children, we feel this film is most appropriate for students in and above 8th grade. Middle school students will not be admitted alone without express consent of parents given to MS Principal, Alan Phan.
MS Portfolio Presentation and Three-Way Conferences
Today, students were given an invitation for you to come and participate in the portfolio presentation. Please mark your calendar for this time on Thursday, 24 April.
With guidance from their teachers, students have been given time in class to create their e-portfolios. It is completely student-driven and student-created. In the next couple of weeks, they will be finalizing their e-portfolios, selecting the work they will share with you and reflecting on why they have chosen these pieces to share.
During this time, it will be a process where students engage in a meaningful dialogue with their family about goals, accomplishments, and learning. The aim of the conference is to encourage students to take responsibility for their learning and share their academic progress with their families. This format gives students the opportunity to:
o Reflect on their academic performance,
o Take accountability for their own work,
o Improve organizational and communication skills,
o Include their parents in their learning experiences,
o Learn to set and achieve realistic goals,
o Take pride in their achievements.
The Three-Way Conference (student, parent and teacher) will take place on 24 (4:00 pm to 7:00 pm) and 25 April. We will be sending directions to sign up for the conferences in a separate email.
NESA Science Fair
Congratulations to all our 8th grade students for a successful local science fair competition. Our top 5 projects will move on to Round 2, the NESA international competition. Good luck to our finalist!
Place
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Project
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Students
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First
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Vacuum's Effect on the Freshness of Guava
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Vishnu Sriram and
Adam Galametz
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Second
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Water Air Filter
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Maria-Luisa Luedecke and
Kadambari Balasubramanian
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Three
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Algae Uptake
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Hana Suzuki and Marguerite Franchot
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Fourth
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LED Water Purification
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Valerio Dussizza and Jeseo Pyun
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Fifth
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Plant Water Extraction through Transpiration
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Sejin Park and
Uday Saharia
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Special thanks to: Mr. Thompson, Mr. Sager, Mr. Ross, Ms. Kanthi and Mr. Ramesh for all the hard work and long hours helping all our students be successful.
MS Coffee
The last Middle School Coffee will take place on Tuesday, 22 April at 8:45 in the BBT. Mr. Phan will be discussing the changes for next year: Schedule, Math Progression, World Language and Fine Arts contact time and Peer Mediation.
Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) Testing: 21 - 30 April
MAP testing will begin on Monday, 21 April. 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. Please also remember to schedule any appointments outside of these dates.
Service Learning World Cafe
Creating a culture of service learning at the American International School-Chennai is a community effort! Voices of students, parents and faculty are key as we strive to envision service learning at our school. Bring your creativity and confidence to our World Cafe session and join a conversation that will help shape the future of learning at AISC. Together we will explore the possibilities of creating collaborative relationships with NGO's and corporations. We will also begin thinking about service learning opportunities within our own community. Please join us, on April 16th or April 29th from 3:45-4:45 in the FAC cafeteria for this exciting work. We value our community's ideas about making service learning a meaningful part of our lives and look forward to seeing you there.
MS Choir Concert
There will be a special concert on Wednesday, 23 April at 5:00 pm in the FAC Auditorium. Our choir students will perform and we will also have guests from Crotchets and Quavers, a local children’s choir in Chennai as guests who will perform as well. Please mark your calendar to listen to some wonderful music.
MUN Trip
Our Middle School MUN group will be going on their first MUN trip in the history of AISC. They are very excited to be joining students from 13 other international schools in the region at the Taipei American School in Taiwan. The students representing AISC are:
Grade 6
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Grade 7
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Grade 8
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Arya Deepak Raval
Karthik Narayanan
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Medhya Dwaraknath
Yoon Jung Kim
Tarun B Krishna
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Hye Rin An
Moeka Murata
SeoHui Park
Sigapi Muthiah
Sanghyeok Lee
Sehun Lee
Uday Saharia
Vishnu K Sriram
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Have a great weekend.
Alan Phan
Middle School Principal