Dear Middle School Parents,
With the summer fast approaching us, you may want to think about Summer Reading for your children. The link will bring you to the most popular young adult books, with a small description and genre. Additionally, here is a another Levelled Book List, sorted by the reading level of each book.
Middle School SEVAI (Service) Learning Project
Our first MS prototype of a service project ended on a successful note last weekend. MS students collaborated with ten orphans from the Disciple Church Orphanage to repair 10 bicycles. Our students, representatives of all three grades in the MS were selected based on their interest and enthusiasm in the STEM Fest Project and their interest in service learning. Participants learned how to disassemble, assess, and repair and/or replace broken parts to restore bikes to a working condition. Click HERE to see some photos. All bicycles were donated to the children afterward. We would like to recognize and acknowledge Ryan and Heidi Sager who initiated this project with the support of MS SEVAI, Balajee, Scott Larson, and the MS SEVAI committee (Rob Martin, Michelle May, Lindsay Dinsmore, Jaya Shanker, Fer La Torre, and Widi Sumaryono). We look forward to exploring new opportunities to build service learning into our curriculums and middle school next year!
Grade 6: Luis Antonio Zink
Grade 7: Abhi Desai
Grade 8: Anna Seong Nicholas, Bhagya A. Gopikrishna, Hana Aqila, Jin Young Kim, Kyungjae (Peter) Jung, Aya Kamio, Yoon Jung Kim, and Andreas Pattichis
End of the Year
With the end of the school year coming around the corner and if you are leaving the school, please take a look at our photo galleries: AISC Photo Gallery. Password: raptors15. You might want to take some with you for memories of your experience here.
End of year Recognition Assemblies
As we are coming close to the end of the school year, there will be some celebration done for each grade level at the End of year Recognition Assemblies on Thursday, 4 June. Each grade level holds a year-end assembly that celebrates and is tailored to their age level. This approach to end-of-year recognition is in keeping with the middle school philosophy and is a positive and meaningful celebration for all of our students.
The 6th grade will be celebrating the important goal that each student feels that they have accomplished and will be given a certificate stating the attainment of their goal. The 6th grade I-awards will be held in the FAC auditorium. All sixth grade parents are invited at 1:15 to celebrate and recognize the emotional, intellectual, and social achievements that sixth grade students have made.
The 7th grade recognition assembly will be in the BBT. The 7th grade will present certificates recognizing student with the 4 C’s Awards during this formal part of their assembly. All seventh grade parents are invited to this portion of the assembly at 2.30. Afterwards, the ‘fun’ awards will be presented for only grade 7 students.
The 8th grade celebration will be in the Cafeteria. All eighth grade parents are invited to this portion of the assembly at 2:30. The first part will be a slide show and 4 C’s activity with parents. The second thirty minutes will include two different reflection activities for all students.
Grade 1 Service Project
The first grade is working on a service project to help protect the Olive Ridley turtles found in Chennai. Next week, May 25-29, students will have handmade items for sale to raise funds for the TREE Foundation. From 12:20 - 12:45 the students will have a table at the FAC. From 8:00 - 8:30 and 3:30 - 4:00 the students will have their tables in the grade 1 hallway. This will be a donation-only sale, and all proceeds will go to TREE Foundation.
Students are also collecting old towels and bedsheets. These are used by TREE Foundation to transport and clean the rehabilitating turtles. You can drop off these items in the boxes located at both the ES and Main reception areas.
Lost and Found
Lost and Found items are stored near the MC rooms. Sonia David in the main reception holds the valuable items. Kindly visit these areas if your child has lost something.
These items that have been found will be displayed on tables in the main entrance from Wednesday, June 3rd through Friday, June 5th. Please stop by to see if any of these belong to your family. Those items not claimed by Friday, June 5th will be donated to local orphanages.
Have a great weekend.
Alan Phan
Middle School Principal