Dear Parents,
This past two weeks have been examples of thriving in the middle school. Congratulations to our MathCounts team for coming in first as a team in the regional competition hosted at AISC last week! Our students involved in ISTA designed and performed artistic interpretations related to the theme of “southbound.” As a bonus, all of our theatre students had the opportunity to spend time with our ISTA visiting performers in their theatre classes. This week, our students were busy taking action with our greater Chennai community through our SEVAI field day. Back on campus, students are getting deeper into their STEAM projects. It is certainly an exiciting and busy time in the middle school!
Event Photo Albums
Password: raptors2019
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Please respect the privacy of our students and keep these photo albums for your own viewing.
Parent Coffee
This Tuesday the topic for our MS parent coffee will be changes to our Math 8 courses. We will be sharing planned changes to the courses to better meet the needs of our students and review the articulation of math courses from middle school to high school. Mr. Ryan Sager, eighth grade math teacher, and Ms. Lakshmi Saravanan, seventh grade math teacher, will be co-presenting and sharing differentiated math activities for everyone to try!
ASA Season 3 Program Descriptions and Registration (February 24 - May 30)
This pre-registration information will be used to fill classes, but submitting the form does not mean a definite spot. We will send an email confirmation during the week of February 17th. Here is the Registration Form. for all ASAs. Payments for activities will be requested at the end of the second week of the ASA. There is a fee for any ASA attended past the second week.
Swimming Levels: Click here to look up swim levels that students should enroll in.
*Please note that outstanding balances from previous seasons may lead to a delay or denial of an ASA registration for Season 3.
Eighth Grade Course Registration Reminder
On March 3, eighth grade students will be receiving their ninth grade course registration forms. Details and steps in the High School Course Registration process can be found here: G8 Course Registration/Transition Overview.
Documentary Screening of Batman and BillOn Monday, February 17 at 3:45 pm, we will be presenting the documentary, "Batman and Bill," which is based on our visiting author's book, "Bill the Boy Wonder." This documentary tells the story of Bill Finger, the uncredited creator of Batman. Following the screening, we will have a Q&A with the author, Marc Tyler Nobleman. Teachers, staff, parents, and students from grade three and up are invited to attend, but please note that all students in ES are required to attend with a parent and that parent will be required to stay with the child for the entire time. While the film doesn't contain any objectionable content, parents should know that the run time is over 90 minutes and the intended audience is not young children.
AISC Libraries Book Swap
The AISC Libraries want to celebrate Earth Week with the community by organizing a way to reuse your previously loved books! If you have any gently used books at home (in any language and/or genre) that you'd like to donate, please bring them to the ES/MS or HS Library. We will accept books for babies, toddlers, children, teens, or adults, as long as they are in good condition. For every two books that are donated, you will receive a ticket for one free book at the Book Swap! Please contact Barbara Bowman at bbarbara@aischennai.org if you have any questions.
Have a great weekend,
Jessica Pechhold
Middle School Principal