Dear Middle School Parents,
I am continuously impressed by the caliber of our students. Below are two examples of our students, extending their learning beyond the classroom and school day. The world is their stage and they are fulling taking advantage of it.
Back in September we asked students this prompt from The New York Times: If I Were President … of My Club, My Class, My College, My Country to send — in words, drawings or pictures — what you would do if you were in charge. On the eve of the elections, we want to know your concerns, and hopes, for the future. Would you make college free? Ban drinking? Build a safe space, or a wall around campus? Why, and what would that look like?
You will be pleased to know that we have two middle school submissions that made it into the New York Times. Click on here to see the rest of the article and what other students had to say:
HYEWON CHOI, American International School Chennai (India), sixth grade:
If I were the president of the world, I would first prevent girls from marrying at a young age. One of the reason I want to prevent girls from marrying at a young age is because the girls who are marrying quickly are not able to spend their childhood and they have to stay inside the house. And the second reason is that it is violating the international Declaration of Human Rights article 16, which says that men and women have right to marry. So if I were the president of the world, I would prevent more creation of child brides.
JINWON CHOI, American International School Chennai (India), sixth grade:
By looking at Malala [Yousafzai], I got to learn about lots of women not getting education in Pakistan and also other countries. I want to fix this problem. Human Rights article 26 says that everyone has their rights to have education, just being a woman doesn’t changes that. Some people think that women should stay at their house and do housework while men gets to study and get jobs. Well, it’s WRONG! Men and women are same humans who only has different gender. So if I become the president, I want to fix the discrimination between girls and boys.
AMIS MS Honors Band Festival
AMIS results have come out. Out of many challengers to earn a coveted spot at the festival, Finn Wohltmann has earned a place in this year's Asian MS Honors Band Festival that will be held at the International School of Manila in March 2016. Congratulations to Finn, and all other students who worked hard and learnt the audition music passionately, and have the courage to record and submit it!
First Trimester Report
The First Trimester Report will be open in Skyward next week. When it is available, please take this opportunity to have a conversation with your child(ren) regarding their progress thus far in the first trimester. If you need any support in reading the Trimester Report, please come to the next MS Parent Coffee when we will go over our philosophy of standards-based reporting and walk you through the trimester report.
MS Parent Coffee
The next middle school coffee will take place on Tuesday, 15 November at 8:45 in the Hall of Light. Please come to the session where we will talk to you about how teachers communicate student progress with parents, go through the Skyward gradebook and go over the report card. Please be sure to come to this important session and bring a friend with you.
Early Release
On Wednesday, 23rd November, we will have another Early Release Day. Students are expected to depart campus in a timely and organized fashion. We appreciate your patience with traffic on these days. In preparation, please plan on allowing longer time for entry and exit to the school at release time. For our Middle School students, hot lunch will be served.
Interested in Joining Track and Field Later?
The SAISA season begins on February 13th. To prepare for the season ahead of time, Ms. Holly Younglove is offering an optional Running Club 2x a week starting now. If you are interested in coming out for the team or want to learn more about running, jumping or throwing. Sign up on this Track & Field Interest Form and you will receive an email with more information about the upcoming Track and Field Club pre-season optional practices. Contact Coach Younglove yholly@aischennai.org if you have any questions.
Have a great weekend.
Sincerely,
Alan Phan & Andrew Ranson
Middle School Administration