Dear Middle School Parents,
We had a very high percentage of parents signed up for the parent teacher conferences in the last two days. It shows how much parents are involved in their children’s education at our school. Thank you. Please remember to continue this support throughout their school years and meet with teachers should any issue arise.
I came across another great article about parenting and children which I think you will find very interesting. On Forbes.com, leadership expert, Dr. Tim Elmore talks about the 7 damaging parenting behaviors that keep children from becoming leaders – of their own lives and of the world’s enterprises:
- We don’t let our children experience risk.
- We rescue too quickly.
- We rave too easily.
- We let guilt get in the way of leading well.
- We don’t share our past mistakes.
- We mistake intelligence, giftedness and influence for maturity.
- We don’t practice what we preach.
To read the whole article, please click on the link below:
Week Without Walls
Grade 7 and 8 students will be leaving on Monday for their respective trips in India. Please remember to bring your children to school on time. The arrival time is an estimated arrival time as of now. Should there be any delays, we will be in touch:
Departure
Monday, 17 November
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Arrival
Friday, 21 November
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Grade 7
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Come to school as normal at 8:30AM
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Friday, 1:00PM
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Grade 8
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Monday, 5:45AM at AISC
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Friday, 4:50PM
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Middle School Coffee
The next Middle School Coffee will be on Tuesday, 25 November. We will be discussing and introduction you to standards-based grading and reporting in the Middle School. This will be one of many meetings we will have regarding this topic. Please save the date.
Middle School Production
Thank you to Ms. Diane Reid and Ms. Deborah Lee putting on a great Middle School production, Once on this Island. In case you missed the production, there is video posted on our website and some beautiful pictures in the following link:
What’s on the AISC Preschool Horizon?
If you are interested in the future planning and programming of our Preschools, we invite you to join us on Monday, November 17, 2014 for a World Cafe conversation. We are seeking input and ideas as we move ahead in revisioning our Early Childhood programs. There are two sessions planned, so pick the time that works best for you:
Timings: Monday, 17 November: 8:45 - 10:15 or 1:45 - 3:15
Location: Hall of Light
The Collaboration and Inquiry Center (CIC)'s New Saturday Hours are a Huge Success!
Our new hours have seen a great turnout of students, parents, and staff coming through the CIC's doors on Saturdays! Since September 6th, when Saturday hours first began, the CIC has received 63 visitors on average each Saturday for the last six weeks. During that time visitors have been able to come in and use the CIC for projects, reading, Internet, and book checkout (over 350 books on Saturdays so far). Our new hours are part of AISC's continued commitment to literacy and learning, and is a great way for students, staff, and parents to utilize our print and digital resources even more. This is a space open to all students in grades preschool to twelve, so come on in and enjoy the CIC!
As a reminder, please note that we will be closed on student 3-day weekends and during school breaks (this includes closing the CIC on Saturday, October 18 and October 25 of Diwali break). We look forward to welcoming back to on Saturdays beginning November 1st.
Here are a few CIC Saturday Reminders:
- We are open 8:30-12:30.
- Please sign-in on clipboards when coming to the CIC on Saturdays. This will help us with supervision as well as collecting data on Saturday usage.
- Please enjoy food and drink outside the CIC.
- ES students must be accompanied by a parent on campus during non-school hours (ES school policy). ES students should come to the CIC on Saturdays with a parent.
- MS and HS students should only be on campus during non-school hours when they are part of a school-organized activity or sport. Saturdays in the CIC counts as a school-organized activity. If students leave the CIC, but are not taking part in another school activity or sport, they should leave the AISC campus.
Have a great weekend.
Alan Phan
Middle School Principal