29 September

Dear Middle School Parents,

Thank you for coming to the conferences with your children. The purpose of the conferences is for parents, students, and teachers to have a conversation about how the learning habits of students are affecting the academic progress of students. We have had great feedback from parents of how helpful and enlightening these conferences are. We have two more in the year, another one at the end of January 31/February 1 and April 13. Please save the dates. We appreciate the ongoing support in working with us to help your children be successful at AISC.

Celebration of Learning

On Thursday afternoon during conferences, students live the mission by volunteering to present their learning to the community. Thank you, students, for embodying the Vision for an AISC Learner by displaying traits of thinkers and reflective in this process.

Student	Essential Question or Title	Description
Sanjeev Naiek & Seongwon Kim	What do 7th Graders Do in LA?	What do 7th Graders Do in LA?
Suin Choi & Aika Mukai	What do we learn in S.S in 7th grade?	What do we learn in S.S in 7th grade?
Palani Rajan	From task to final product: the process	How to organize a speaking project: steps from task to final product
Aidan Pratt	How to clone people in Photoshop	How can you clone people in Photoshop
Gus Love	How to add and subtract integers using different methods	Adding and Subtracting integers using chips, number line and rules.
Shyam	Growing crystals and claim/evidence/reasoning	How can you use household materials to grow crystals? How can you use the science practices to prepare and complete an experiment?
Hera Kwak & Seungyun Shin	Ball Bounce Activity	What is the relationship between a ball's bounce height and bounce number?
Sangjun Lee & Altan Oncul	Inquiring about Bubbles in Detergent	How does the amount of water mixed with detergent affect time it take for a bubble to pop?
Vel Rajan	Spanish speaking country: Chile	Research project about Chile - oral presentation
Urvi Doddamreddy	Linear Functions	Identifying the slope and y-intercept in linear functions from a table, graph and an equation.

Screening of the documentary “Screenagers”

Due to popular demand, we are happy to announce that we will be hosting a second screening for parents of the documentary film Screenagers, at a parent coffee on Thursday the 5th of October from 8:45 to 10:30 am. Middle School will be showing this documentary to our students on Wednesday, 4th October and follow up with a discussion in Advisory on Thursday, 5th October. You will have an opportunity to have this discussion with your child at home.

The film explores how screen time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance. Parents who have seen the film have said they now feel more confident and better equipped to establish balance around screen time.

We are inviting parents to attend this event which we are providing for free in the Madras Hall. Students from Grades 5-9 will also be watching the film and participating in class discussions that week, which may provide an opportunity for rich discussions at home about technology use. The film will be viewed with Korean subtitles.

Here’s a great article about popularity and how it consumes teenagers and affects adults. Along with Screenagers, it’s something to keep in mind and they provide parents with great conversation starters with your middle school children.

Girls 10-12			Boys 10-12
Mori	Hanae	6	Sion	Milo	6
Welbes	Tess	6	Wohltmann	Finn	7
Daniels-Condon	Anais	6	Kwon	Hyeongjun	6
Dowling	Amelie	7	Seong	Seunghyun	6
Jacob	Amy	7	Gautam	Chanak	6
Yoon	Chae Yeon	7	Deriner	Ahmet	6
Kawano	Fuuka	6	Martins	Adam	6
Elizabeth	Choi	6	Fujiwara	Bunshiro	6
Masters	Lily-Anne	6	Jin	Yungwon	6
Martin	Maya	6	Oumina	Ziad	6
Bundhuratana	Sriyada (Bua)	6
Girls 13-14			Boys 13-14
Bridgeland	Chloe (Captain)	8	Kim	Seongwon	7
Segarra-Mira	Clara	8	Daniels-Condon	Achilles	8
Kim	Seojin	7	Chang	Ted (Yejune)	8
			Narendar	Gautham	7
			Kim	Junwon	6

Have a good long weekend!

Sincerely,

Alan Phan & Andrew Ranson

Middle School Administration

22 September

Dear Middle School Parents,

We have had a very successful All School Spirit Week. Here are just a few photos for your enjoyment. For more pictures, go to this link above. Password: raptors17

Middle School Parent Coffee

AISC's Mission Statement begins with "Together we inspire a love of learning, empowering all students." Please join us for MS Coffee Morning on Tuesday, 26 at 8:45 in the Hall of Light, as we explore what it means to provide an Inclusive Education for all students. Through a framework of collaboration among the teachers, all students are supported in acquiring grade level standards.    

Early Release Days

Just a reminder that next Wednesday, 27 September will be another early release day. These are all marked in the community calendar. Please take advantage of these days for doctor check-ups, dental visits or plan an activity with your children. 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.

Robotics Competition Winners

Congratulations to winners and runner-ups of the Robotics Competition.

Winners: Gwenole Urvoy de Portzampac and Anatole Le Beaudour	Runner Ups: Sanjun Lee and Chaeyoung Kim

Conferences and Learning Habits

One of the aspects of moving to a Standards-Based Grading and Reporting system is to separate the behavior from the academic achievement. Therefore, we will be giving feedback on student’s behavior using the four words with its description below to indicate how frequently they display these attributes. In addition to the feedback that students are getting from the assignment, students will use this information to guide their conversations with their parents and teachers during conferences. The guiding question is: How have these attributes impacted your learning in class?

Preparation	Student actively plans for learning activities, displays effective organization and manages their time well.
Engagement	Student actively participates in learning activities and is communicative about their thinking and learning.
Collaboration	Student works with all peers by showing respect and compassion in a diverse classroom environment.
A Growth Mindset	Student can thoughtfully self-asses and strives for continual improvement.

Celebration of Learning

While you are on campus for conferences, please stop by the MS CIC on Thursday, 28 September from 4:00-7:00pm to see some of the presentations by our students.

What is a Celebration of Learning? It is a fair in which middle school students will host different booths highlighting their learning from in different classes. Each booth will display an essential question addressed in class and students will be on hand to guide you through their displayed work.

• What do the selected artifacts show about what you learned and how you learned?
• Describe the Learner traits that you think your artifact(s) connect to.
• How is this experience connected to the trait?

ASIAC Soccer

Congratulations to all the boys and girls who will be traveling to AES in New Delhi to represent AISC in a friendly tournament.

Boys Soccer Coaches: Bill Hoffmann and Gareth Huxtable		Girls Soccer Coaches: K. Suresh and Monicka Davi
RAPTORS Abhim Mall Axel Moreira Martins Hanut Sengar Jan Benz Juhwan Hwang Masataka Hayashi Noor Cuvilliers Rune Lind Kristensen Sungho Kim Vihaan Saharia	AISC Dillon Zachariya Eunsong Choi JoonHo Seo Junwoo Kim Martin Couto Naveed Rahman Chowdhury Sam De Trogoff Shinnasuke Asano Suman Krishna Taiyo Taniguchi	Ava Tikekar Thea Vang Kristensen Shandaneh Penker Sophie J Charpentier Paula Stallkamp Clara Marie Abildgaard Vedha Natrajan Nashiha Rahman Chowdhury DaEun Choi JaeHui Kim Anya Reddy Kavya Krishnan Yumin Park Doyeon Kim

Have a nice weekend.

Sincerely,

Alan Phan & Andrew Ranson

Middle School Administration