Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome to a three day weekend! As we begin April, we will begin sharing information for events and procedures to ensure we end the school year smoothly. We also have many school-wide and section events taking place throughout the month. Please check the AISC calendar frequently and refer to our blogs to stay informed!
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.
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.
MS Vision for a Learner Day
Our
annual Week Without Walls grade level trips focus on developing the attributes
in our Vision for a Learner profile. As grade level trips were not possible
this year, we are introducing a Vision for a Learner day in the middle school.
On April 30, all MS students will be able to participate in an activity from
the selections in this menu. This week, students have
had the opportunity to review the menu and make their selections. You can see
in the menu that each activity is designed to develop a VfL trait. We are
looking forward to having fun, exploring this opportunities, and taking time
out to focus on the Vision for a Learner.
2020-21 Yearbook Updates
Thank you to all of
our families for your submission of student photos for our yearbook. We have
worked with Konica photography to edit backgrounds to ensure a uniform
presentation of student photos. A few notes about what to expect in this year's
yearbook, as we are creating it under unusual circumstances:
· The photo you/your child/student submitted will appear in the
yearbook.
· The name you/your child/student submitted will appear in the
yearbook.
If you did not provide
a photo of your child/student, a photo has been pulled from our student
information systems. This has been done so that each student enrolled by March
26, 2021 could be included in the yearbook. If you did not submit a photo of
your child/student, and his/her photo was pulled from our student information
systems, we have used the first and last name in the system.
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.
Thank
you to Mr. Luna and our eighth grade theatre students for sharing their
Verbatim Theatre Project. You can access the recordings of the performances on
this Padlet.
AMIS Solo Music Festival
Congratulations to Nandini, Keshav, and Melchi for their
participation in the AMIS (Association for Music in International Schools)
solo music festival. They represented AISC's music department with courage and
commitment to go beyond the standard music experience
with positive intention and effort. You are an inspiration for others to follow!
AISC Theatre Spring
Production; So We Can Flourish
So We Can Flourish (25th
Anniversary Production)
Written by Seoyoung Ryu
Thursday April 8th @ 7pm
Note that this is a virtual
event that will be livestreamed. Tickets are free but you will have to register
for the event to watch the livestream. More information on the website.
A group of explorers sit on a beach, staring at
the world in front of them. A city spread across the coast; a collage of
futuristic IT parks, rubbled buildings and ancient temples. In the middle of it
all; an oasis of learning. Over the course of 25 years, the explorers, who are
resilient, empathetic, thinkers, and innovators, try to uncover what it means
to truly flourish.
This original production is based on real life interviews of AISC community members, conducted and composed by senior year student Seoyoung Ryu ('21), retelling their stories of the school's impact and growth with Chennai over the past 25 years. The production features original costume designs by Anjali Seshadri ('24), Erin Sullivan ('24), Hera Kwak ('21), Kavya Krishnan ('24) and Yejin Choi ('23) and a proposed set design by SJ Lee ('22).
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