Dear Middle School Parents,
The Middle School welcomes students to the first social event, the Pool Party, today from 4:30 to 6:00pm. If they have not bought their tickets yet, they can get one at the door. Encourage them to come and enjoy some fun in the pool with their friends on this Friday afternoon. For parents, please remember to pick up your children promptly at 6:00pm.
Freedom from Chemical Dependency (FCD)
On Monday, 15 September, as part of our health education program, we have invited Prevention Specialists from Freedom from Chemical Dependency (FCD) Educational Services to visit our school. FCD is a non-profit organization that provides substance abuse prevention education for schools.
FCD Prevention Specialists are highly trained professionals who have achieved long-term recovery from alcohol or other drug addictions. This unique perspective enhances the credibility of their message and provides students with role models for happy, healthy, drug-free living. The FCD Prevention Specialist will present a parent workshop on Tuesday, 16 September at 9:30 and again on Thursday, 18 September at 10:15 in the BBT to offer support and guidance in helping your children enjoy a drug-free adolescence. Some of the topics to be addressed include:
- Effective ways to communicate with your child about drugs and drug use
- Up-to-date facts about current drug use and trends
- What to say about your own experiences with alcohol and/or drug experimentation
- How to spot early warning signs of trouble and effective ways to respond.
This program presents a perfect opportunity for discussing alcohol and other drug-related issues with your children. Parental involvement is crucial to our efforts to reduce the risks teenagers face. We want our students to hear from both school and home that we are concerned about alcohol, tobacco and other drug use by adolescents, and that we are committed to keeping our children safe.
Communication
If and when issues or concerns arise about school, it is always most effectively done when they are brought to the immediate attention of the appropriate faculty member or administrator. At AISC, we ask students and parents to use the following procedure:
- Discuss the matter first with the classroom teacher if it relates to grades, curriculum, homework, class behavior, etc.
- If the matter cannot be resolved with the teacher, then discuss it with the Counselor, Associate Principal or Principal, as appropriate.
- If the matter cannot be resolved with the Counselor, Associate Principal or Principal, then discuss it with Head of School.
Absence Procedures
Parents are required to call MS Office before 8:30 am to inform about any absences for the day. Teachers report attendance to the office each day using the school’s electronic database and attendance is taken first thing in the morning. Should your child arrive late to school, please remind your child to report to the Middle School Office and get a late pass from Ms. Aziz.
Update from the Office of Teaching and Learning
The spirit of international-mindedness at AISC is something that our students live each and every day, all year long. This year, we have decided to "connect the dots" between International Dot Day and the UN International Day of Peace to create a week long celebration of our commitment to being internationally-minded. We will be focusing on three themes this year:
- identity
- international-mindedness
- the rights of peoples to peace
We would like to invite all of you to join us for some of the celebrations during the week of September 15th. A few of those events are:
- Wear White For Peace - Thursday, September 18th - please make sure your child(ren) wear a white shirt on this day. We would love to have 100% participation.
- Candlelight Vigil - Thursday, September 18th from 3:45 - 4:15 in the FAC Foyer:
We invite teachers, students, and families to take part in a candlelight vigil focused on peace and justice. This will be a time to reflect on what peace and justice means to us. We ask all participants to wear white to show their support of peace.
Important Note: ES students must be accompanied by parents.
- R.I.S.E. FAC Auditorium, Friday, September 19th beginning at 5:00 p.m.
AISC will host its first R.I.S.E. (Resilience, Innovation, Service, Entertainment) event which will bring inspirational speakers, thought leaders, and entertainers to AISC to infuse new vision and dialogue relative to our mission, core values and student learning objectives.
Interact Club 2014 – 2015
Here is a message that has been sent to the student daily bulletin. We want to keep you informed to encourage your children to get involved:
Come and join the almost 40 high school students who signed up at last week's Club Mela. We will be having our first meeting for the Inteact Club next week on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th, from 3:45 to 4:30 pm in the HALL OF LIGHT after school. For those of you want to know more about the club, please send an email to Ms. Geetha Venugopal (vgeetha@aisch.org), Mr. Robert Martin (mrobert@aisch.org), or Sanjana Kolisetty (ksanjana@aisch.org), or come to our first meeting to sign up on the spot. You can also visit our blog (www.aiscinteract.org) for further information. We hope to see you at the first meeting!
Thank you,
Sanjana Kolisetty
Interact Club President
Have a good weekend.
Alan Phan
Middle School Principal