Dear Parents and Students,
This week we pioneered remote testing for the MAP Growth Test. Students tested in Reading and Math. Thanks to our students for doing a super job following instructions throughout the testing sessions and to our IT department for their support in the preparation for these sessions and addressing individual tech issues during the session. Students who did not complete a test from one of the sessions will be contacted with a time to finish the test. We will have one more testing session on Wednesday, April 28 for the Science and Language Usage tests. We will follow the same communication and testing procedures from this past week. Details for this week’s test are below.
MAP Growth Testing Schedule
This week, all students will test on Wednesday, April 28. Students
have received calendar invites for the testing sessions with the zoom link.
Please see last week’s blog for more details about the MAP test and test preparation.
Vision for a Learner Day Supplies
April
30 is our Vision for a Learner Day. Students have selected day long activities
to participate in. Some of these activities require supplies. Students should
have received an email from the activity advisor with the supplies needed.
Please check with your child that they have the supplies they need on hand for
April 30! Next week, we will be sharing links to student artifacts/products
from the day in this space!
Earth Week Celebration
Thank
you to our librarians, Ms. Marion (HS Librarian) and Ms. Babs (MS/ES Librarian)
for creating opportunities for our students to participate and lead activities
throughout the week. Special acknowledgements go out to the following students
for their leadership through the week:
Melchi - MS Event
Coordinator
Mihika - MS Event Team
Maya - MS Event Team
Jisu - Researcher
Wonhee - Researcher
Jasim - MUN Impact Climate
Action
Seungwon - MUN Impact
Climate Action
Check out the Earth Week website here!
MS MUN Dedication Awards
AISC LitWeek
The AISC Libraries are excited to announce that LitWeek 2021
begins Monday! All students will be invited to participate in a variety of
literary themed events to celebrate reading! Please
have a look at our LitWeek website to find out
what is happening each day and let Ms. Babs know if you have
any questions. Happy reading!
Parents are invited to attend our MS virtual author visit with the author of The Bridge Home, Padma Venktraman, on Thursday, April 29th at 8:30 am. Please use the Zoom link provided below and let Ms. Babs know if you have any questions. We hope to see you there!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/9776089545pwd=ME1aV2Rya2RkTFFRb3M2SDB0d0FTdz09
Meeting ID: 977 608 9545
Passcode: library
Craft Mela
https://www.aischennai.org/art-sustain/
MS/HS Virtual Concert
Please join us in supporting our AISC music students for our
Spring Virtual Concert. Students in both MS and HS have collaborated to perform
the song "See You Again" which has been arranged for both choir and
bands by our very own Mr. Krebs! We will also have individual guitar and choir
performances, plus a few special interviews from students. We welcome our
school community to join our concert on Thursday, April 29th, 4:30 - 5:00
pm IST via our updated Zoom link:
https://zoom.us/j/9382115079?pwd=LzcwenVVd1BOU0ZzOHFsWVN2bmhLZz09
Meeting ID: 938 211 5079
Passcode: AISCMUSIC
End of Year Withdrawals
If you child will not be continuing at AISC next year,
please complete the “Request to Issue Transfer Certificate/Past Records” form
linked in the Quick Links section of the blog in the sidebar. Please complete
this form and submit it to the MS office msoffice@aicschennai.org.
To initiate the withdrawal process, the Request to Issue Transfer Certificate/Reports form must be submitted. The certificate is available on the Principal’s Notes blog and from the MS Office. Once the Request to Issue Transfer Certificates/Reports form is submitted to the MS office with a confirmed date of withdrawal, it may take up to five school days to process your request. This is standard operating procedure for each withdrawal.
- Documents
will be issued only on the last day the student is enrolled.
- We
provide only these documents: cover letter, transfer certificate and past
school reports
- We
provide only ONE copy of the documents. Copies are the responsibility of
the family.
- Documents
cannot be issued till the student has returned all the school property
i.e. library books, musical instruments.
- The
student needs to be cleared by the finance department in terms of fees and
other payments.
Please note that emailing the MS office to inform us of your withdrawal date does not initiate the process. The process begins when the completed Request to Issue Transfer Certificates/Reports form is submitted to the MS office.
Please allow 24 hours for documents needing official school stamps to be processed by the middle school office. As noted above, we will make one copy of official school documents. Additional copies are made by the family and stamped upon request by the MS office. Documents are sanitized upon receipt and before returning them to families. Please plan accordingly for your timelines if you need documents stamped.
Returning/Departing Chennai
If
your family is departing Chennai before the end of the school year, please
contact the middle school office msoffice@aischennai.org for changes in your time
zone.
Have a great weekend,
Jessica Pechhold