Dear Middle School Parents,
It has been great to see all the students and parents back on campus this week. Getting back to school and feeling a sense of normality has been the highlight for many of us.
With a high attendance rate of over 95% of students in school, we will move to normal in-class instructions for all students. Students who are absent due to illness or will be away will need to contact their teachers regarding assignments for next week. We appreciate your patience and support throughout this week.
A big thank you goes out to our music directors: Mr. Cary Stewart, Ms. Deborah Lee and Mr. William Kumar, our accompanist, Mr. Edwin, and parent volunteer, Ms. Laurinda Porter for putting on an amazing Band, Choir and Strings Concert today. Even without a proper rehearsal schedule and many missing musicians due to the Soccer Tournament in Mumbai, they sounded great!
Grade 6 WWW Parent Meeting
Grade 6 will be traveling on their week without walls trip to Yelagiri February 2-5, 2016. We will be having an informational meeting on Tuesday, December 15 from 2:45-3:30 in the Hall of Light. If there are any questions that you may have, we can answer them for you at that time.
Robotics Competition Results
Congratulations to our students who placed first and third in the Robotics Competition. The competition was very well attended by our students and a local school and our students fared very well.
Winners: 1st Place
Karthik Narayan - Grade 8
Harish Srinivasan - Grade 8
Arjun Sherwal - Grade 8
Winners: 3rd Place
Efflam Joseph Rol - Grade 6
Cyril Drexler - Grade 6
Middle School Coffee
Please mark your calendar for the next parent coffee on 19 January at 8:45 in the HOL. More details will come out after the winter break.
After School Activities (ASA)
Semester 2: January 25 - May 27, 2016. (16-week program)
Information regarding Pay Online & In Person registrations
We will open online registrations on January 14th (am) and end on January 17th (pm), 2016.
Please go to (https://payonline.aisch.org/), login and register. We encourage Parents to register through Pay online. Kindly note that payments made through credit card will carry service charges. This is charged by the Bank and not the School or ASA department.
IN-PERSON REGISTRATIONS: If you have missed registering online, then in-person registrations can be done on January 18 and 19 at the Elementary Cafeteria from 8.00 am – 9.30 am.
Please find the list of after school activities including swim programs planned for Semester 2.
MIDDLE SCHOOL ASA
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ASA Name
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Instructor
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Grade
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Day
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Basketball
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Sukavaneshwar D
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6 - 8
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Tuesday
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Tennis
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Gowthaman V
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6 - 8
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Thursday
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Soccer
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Sebastian Francis
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6 - 8
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Thursday
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Ping Pong
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Rajesh R
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6 - 8
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Monday
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Advanced Taekwondo
(Blue - Black belt)
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Yang YoungGeun
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6
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Tuesday
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Acoustic & Rock Guitar
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Shiney Justin
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6 - 7
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Tuesday
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Yoga
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Widi Sumaryano
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6 - 8
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Thursday
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Lego Mindstorms
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Ryan Sager
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6 - 8
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Monday
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Raptor’s Swim Club
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Donna Fava
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6 - 8
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Tuesday & Thursday
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Flippa Ball
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Velin Prabhu
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6 - 8
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Friday
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Middle School Lego Mindstorms (Robotics) ASA
Start Date: Mondays, Starting 25 January
Location: ES Discovery Lab
Design thinking and engineering principles will be used to solve a student created problem using Lego Mindstorms EV3 robotic kits. Students will first learn how to identify and define a problem which can be solved using robotics. This includes setting the criteria which determines how well the student-made robots solved the problem. Next, they will use the prototyping cycle to iterate and refine their Lego robots. This cycle of trial and error is critical to the design thinking process. Their solutions will be shared with the community at the celebration near the end of the semester.
AISC Chennai Flood Relief 2015 Fund
South India’s monsoon season has been particularly severe this year, with Tamil Nadu and Chennai seeing the worst of the flooding. It is estimated that during this monsoon season, almost 600 people have died and over 1.8 million people were displaced. The unofficial total damage and loss is expected to exceed $15 billion USD. The American International School Chennai appreciates your offer to help with the recovery and relief efforts from these recent devastating floods. We have three ways your school can contribute:
In-Kind Donations - Relief Efforts
Your in-kind donation of the following items will be distributed by our student organizations to the NGOs listed below.
Monetary Contributions
We have established two accounts to accept monetary contributions. These donations must be made in INR and can be given in cash, check or wire transfer.
AISC Chennai Flood Relief 2015 Fund
AISC has committed to providing support for several NGOs in the area. Any cash donations to the AISC Chennai Flood Relief 2015 Fund will be given to one or more of those organizations. If you would like to make a donation (in INRs) directly to the school to support the NGOs, please make a donation at the Cashier’s Window. You can also donate funds directly online to the NGOs providing relief support.
AISC Staff Relief Fund - Helping Those Who Help Us
To provide support for our AISC staff who have experienced significant loss or damage during the floods, we have established an AISC Staff Relief Fund. Contributions to this fund will go directly to supporting our staff members who have been most seriously affected by the floods. If you wish to donate to this fund, you may do so at the Cashier’s Window. Please be sure you state that the donation is for the AISC Staff Relief Fund.
Have a nice and dry weekend.
Alan Phan
Middle School Principal