Dear Parents and Students,
Thank you for connecting with us this week at our parent coffee and for our Student Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday and Friday. At this week’s parent coffee, I shared the details of what reorienting MS students to campus will look like WHEN we have a reopening date. The slides from the coffee are here and a video of the coffee is here. WHEN we have a date to re-open, further details and information will follow.
Mid-Semester
Progress Reports
Note
that mid-semester progress reports were uploaded Wednesday to PowerSchool and
are available for you to view. Here are text and video
instructions to access the report:
TEXT instructions to view your child's MS Report
VIDEO instructions to view your
child's MS Report
The
AISC Times
We,
the Student Staff of The AISC Times, are pleased to share
the March 2021 MS Newspaper. This
is the first all-student-led newspaper, and we hope you enjoy it! Thank you to
Ms. O and all of our student writers and contributors!
Course
Selection Process for 2021-22
Students
currently in grades six and seven will select their electives courses for the
next school year on April 5. Please take some time this next week to review the courses with your child. This
elective course form will be available in the student daily bulletin starting
on Monday, March 29. Students will choose four electives courses they are
interested in during their advisory period on April 5. Efforts will be made for
students to get one of their top two choices in their schedule. However, please
be aware that all course combinations are not available for all students.
Please understand that any of the four courses chosen may appear in your
child’s schedule for next school year.
RISE
Recap
On
Wednesday we gathered to hear our RISE speaker, Paul Chappell speak about peace
literacy. Thank you to our middle school student voices forum for suggesting
Mr. Chappell as a speaker for this middle/high school event. A special thank
you to Melchi for starting off the event by introducing Mr. Chappell to the
audience. His view of peace as peace literacy, introduced a new paradigm for
looking at peace to the audience, “Peace is not the absence of war…peace is the
presence of justice….” Mr. Chapelle likens peace literacy to a skillset, just
like mathematics or any other subject area: it is a skill that can be learned
and developed. For more about Mr. Chappelle and his work, visit: https://www.peaceliteracy.org.
Calendar
Update: Polling Day --
Tuesday, April 6th – No School
Tuesday, April 6th has
been declared a Polling Day for elections in Tamil Nadu. AISC will be closed
virtually and on-campus for all classes, activities and meetings.
Family Use of the AISC Libraries
AISC families are able to request books every week from our
libraries using this Google
form. Books can be ordered through the form from Friday until Monday at
10:00am and can be picked up curbside at the ES entrance on Wednesdays between
8:30am - 3:30pm. Bags with the child's name clearly marked on the front will be
located inside the white cubbies. Patrons are invited to take the bag that
belongs to them without touching any other materials.
In addition, a book drop is positioned curbside at the ES entrance, as well as the main entrance, for returned books. We encourage families to return the books after two weeks, although if a specific title is needed for a longer period, please contact Babs to implement an extension.
Library staff will practice all health and safety protocols while gathering your books. Upon return, books and the canvas bags that are distributed will be sanitized.
We encourage families to check the library catalog before
requesting specific titles to ensure that they are available. Please
let Babs know on bbarbara@aischennai.org know if
you have any questions.
Have
a great weekend!
Jessica Pechhold
Middle
School Principal