Dear Middle School Parents,
Week Without Walls Appreciations
We would like to recognize and thank all the chaperones for the Grade 7 and 8 WWW trips.
Grade 7: Bill Hoffman, Pepper McFarland, Aneesh Kalode Rajan, Lakshmi Saravanan, Gareth Huxtable, Kanthi Sundaram, Michelle May, Vinitha Rajkumar, Lucy Palmquist and Tommy Bohorquez
While the trip did not take place, the teachers have put a lot of time and effort into planning the trip. We would like to thank them for the service learning opportunity of the beach clean up with last minute planning.
Grade 8: Ross Connelly, Cristian Luca, Laura Klecker, Andrew Ranson, Heidi Sager, Ryan Sager, Michelle Roy and Justin Carlson
Counselors’ Corner
Please visit the counselors' blogspot. Should you want information regarding social emotional needs, please visit: http://aischscounselor.blogspot.in/. Here is an article about How to cope with traumatic news: Many of us feel distressed by the rolling media coverage of frightening events, such as the attacks that have occurred in France. Unfortunately these traumatic news stories can also leave children feeling particularly stressed and anxious. The article linked below considers how it can affect people, especially children, and suggests some strategies for coping.
Follow up to MS Parent Coffee on November 17
Thank you to the parents that attended our November Coffee. Many parents asked about having access to the slides on Six Essential Life Skills presented by Jennifer Gold, our Middle School Counselor and the link to that presentation can be found here.
Design Saturday Nov 21st, 9-12 am - no sign-up necessary
The origin of the Maker movement is found in something quite personal: what we might call experimental play. Makers are enthusiasts who play with technology to learn about it. A new technology presents an invitation to play, and makers regard this kind of play as highly satisfying. Makers give it a try; they take things apart; and they try to do things that even the manufacturer didn’t think of doing. Making is a source of innovation.
The follow-up to our wildly successful first-ever Design Saturday will feature a blend of techie and not-so-techie. At the one end we will unleash our Bee Bots (easily programmable floor robots) and challenge our participants to send them through courses of varying difficulty. At the other end we will make things with cardboard and MakeDos that allow you to make a great many things and solve problems in creative ways. We will be designing, making and playing in the ES Discover Studio this time.
Photographing Varanasi Exhibit
The High School would like to invite you to visit our Photographing Varanasi Exhibit in the FAC Foyer from November 23rd to the 30th. As you may know, each year High School students travel in small groups all over the country as part of our Discover India program. This year a group traveled to Varanasi with a professional photographer to learn more about the art form and explore the amazing city. Each student has chosen three images out of the hundreds of photographs taken to share with the community. We hope you enjoy the exhibit.
Cancer-Lap- A-Thon
Global Issue Networks will be organizing the Cancer-Lap- A-Thon again this year on November 27th. This year we have decided that the proceeds will be donated to the 30/30 project, an organization that is working to bring healthcare and health checkups to various communities around the world. Recently they have started to build a clinic in India, which we would like to sponsor. Our overall theme for the project is "Healthcare is a Human Right," - which is a key issue that GIN aims to tackle.
To participate, each person must get sponsors to pay them for the number of laps that they will run around the field. Participants can walk, run, jog, crawl, anything they like around the field, as long as they complete as many laps as they please to raise money for 30/30 Project. Everyone would need to pick up a form from the High School, Middle School, and Elementary School office to start getting sponsors. This event is open to all community members.
Have a nice weekend.
Alan Phan
Middle School Principal