Principal’s Notes
9 November
Dear Parents,
I hope you had a festive Diwali weekend! This week as students return to classes, they and their teachers are preparing for the final weeks of the first trimester. Please see below about information on report card distribution later this month. Today and through this weekend, many of our middle school students are participating in AISC’s Model United Nationals conference, CHEMUN, along with delegates from 28 other schools. Students work through international issues as representatives of UN countries. The theme of this year’s conference is Stagnation and Innovation. You can learn more about this year’s CHEMUN conference here. We are proud of our Middle School students who have taken on this challenging activity to develop their sense of international-mindedness as collaborators!
Early Release Wednesday
On Wednesday 14 November we will have an Early Release day. Students are expected to depart campus in a timely and organized fashion upon dismissal at 2:00 pm. We appreciate your patience with traffic on these days as all three sections are picking up students at the same time. In preparation, please plan on allowing longer time for entry and exit to the school at release time. Lunch will be served as usual in the cafeteria. Please note that the iHub will be open to provide an air conditioned waiting space until 2:40 pm in case drivers are delayed. Food services in the iHub will close at 1:50 pm.
Parent Coffee Tuesday 13 November
Tuesday November 13 will be our next MS Parent Coffee. The coffee will be in the Hall of Light from 8:45-9:45. The topic will be standards based assessment and reporting. The purpose of the presentation is to develop an understanding of how we assess and report student achievement related to our content standards.
Trimester Reports and MAP Scores
Trimester reports will be distributed on Thursday 29 November. This is a change of date from the published date on the community calendar. Please see last week’s blog post for an explanation for the change in date. This year, we will be sending home paper copies of the trimester report. After the distribution of the paper copy, you will receive an email with directions on how to access your child’s trimester report electronically through PowerSchool. The email will also include directions for accessing your child’s MAP scores on PowerSchool.
Have a great weekend!
Jessica Pechhold Andrew Ranson
Middle School Principal Middle School Associate Principal