Dear Community Members,
1. List any insights you may have about your child’s learning style.
2. Describe the type of learning environment in which your child may experience the most success.
3. Describe any thoughts you have about your child’s school experience.
4. Add any other important information that you wish to share.
World Language Choices and Selection Process
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Book Week, April 28- May 2, 2014: Mission imPossible! Celebrating AISC’s Readers, Writers, & Mission
To recap, below are the special events and online read alouds for each day.
Online read alouds:
Younger students - The Little Engine that Could
Older students: The Empty Pot
Tuesday - CREATIVITY - Children and their parents were invited to a special after school session on the ground floor of the ES/MS CIC Library to meet Ms. Anitha Bennett, author of over 60 titles, including many creativity books!
Online read alouds:
Not a Box
Where the Wild Things Are (Read by Maurice Sendak)
Wednesday - COMPASSION - We invited families to donate quality books to local children. Children and parents brought in books for home or purchased books at the Scholastic Book Fair.
Online read alouds:
Younger students - A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Older students - The Three Questions
Friday - CONFIDENCE - Today we celebrated our student readers and writers at an EXPO for them to share their reading and work from the year with other classes. We encourage you to talk with your child about what he/she shared.
Online read alouds:
Oh, the Places You’ll Go
Chrysanthemum
Summer Camp 2014 – Funshine Camp: Registration Date Extended to May 9, 2014
Registration Details:
• Grade Levels: K-5 (Includes current year Pre-K 3+, 4+ and Gr. 5 students)
• Registration Venue: ASA office (MC-1B)
• Fees: Rs.15000 (Only cash payment and there will be no refunds).
• Further inquiries: please reach us in MC 1 B or call +91 22549000 (EXTN-1)
Finally, our website has a new look. Please visit: http://www.aisch.org/
Have a great weekend,
Kevin Hall
Elementary School Principal
We will soon begin the process of creating class placements for the upcoming school year. Our aim is always to create the optimal learning community for each student. In doing so, we consider the following factors in creating balanced groups: gender, nationality, English language proficiency, academic achievement, social skills, special needs, and a blend of returning and new students.
If you have specific information regarding your child’s placement that needs to be considered as part of the process, I invite you to email Ms. Geetha for preschool to Grade 2 placements and Mr. George for grades 3 to 5 placements. Please send this information by May 9th. To help us help you, in your email please:
1. List any insights you may have about your child’s learning style.
2. Describe the type of learning environment in which your child may experience the most success.
3. Describe any thoughts you have about your child’s school experience.
4. Add any other important information that you wish to share.
Examples of comments that everyone agrees upon are: “We want a warm, nurturing, caring classroom environment for our child,” or “We want our child to be challenged.” We take these comments as a given; our teachers provide a nurturing, challenging and safe environment for every student. Sorry, but given the complexities of placing students, we cannot take requests for friends to be placed together.
Since we will continue to enrol children up to the first day of school, class lists will only be ready for distribution on Friday, August 1st. Your child’s placement will be sent to you by email.
World Language Choices and Selection Process
World Languages in the elementary school begins in Grade 3. Students have a choice between Spanish or French, the exception being if one of these languages is a student’s mother tongue. If this is the case, the student must opt for the other language.
Grade 3 students meet twice a week while students in grades 4 and 5 meet 3 times a week for 45 minutes. The curriculum is based on the AERO (American Education Reaches Out) World Language Standards. By the end of Grade 5, students are not expected to be proficient in the target language. However, if they have been in our program since grade 3, they will have acquired a strong foundation to continue developing their language skills in middle and high school.
Soon, we will begin to assign students to a World Language class. Below is an overview of the World Language class selection process. Please note that all communication from the school will be sent afternoon of May 9th. Parents have until 2 pm on May 16 to make their choice(s).
1. In the spring, we will begin World Language selection for grade 2 students who will be entering grade 3 the following year. Parents will receive an email from the ES Administration regarding the process, which follows.
2. Native Spanish and French speakers will be automatically assigned to the opposite language because we do not offer a native speaker’s option. Elementary section secretaries will consult enrolment information or solicit this information via target email to grade 2 parents.
3. Other students’ parents will be sent a Google Form on a predetermined date and time that allows them to select the language of their choice. They will be given one week’s notice that the form will be distributed and that the process of assigning languages will be on a first come, first served basis. The Google Form will contain a time and date stamp for verification.
4. When a language fills to capacity, students will automatically be assigned to the open language, even if it was not their first choice. Students will be allowed to change languages only at the start of the following school year.
Grade 3
1. Grade 3 students who are enrolled to enter grade 4 will continue with the language they started in grade 3. However, in the spring of the grade 3 year, a targeted email will be sent to families allowing the students to change languages if there are open spaces in the requested language. Native Spanish and French speakers will be automatically assigned to the opposite language because we do not offer a native speaker’s option.
2. The process for selecting a new language will be as follows: Parents will be sent a Google Form on a predetermined date and time that allows them to select the language of their choice. They will be given one week’s notice that the form will be distributed and that the process of assigning languages will be on a first come, first served basis. The Google Form will contain a time and date stamp for verification.
3. When a language fills to capacity, students will automatically be assigned to the open language, even if it was not their first choice. Students will be allowed to change languages only at the start of the following school year.
Grade 4
1. Grade 4 students who are enrolled to enter grade 5 will continue with the language they started in grade 4. The World Language teachers will begin to track students depending on grades and language acquisition at this time.
2. The process for selecting a new language will be as follows: Parents will be sent a Google form on a predetermined date and time that allows them to select the language of their choice. They will be given one week’s notice that the form will be distributed and that the process of assigning languages will be on a first come, first served basis. The Google Form will contain a time and date stamp for verification. Students who begin a new language in grade 5 will enter as beginners, and will be tracked moving forward as such. Native Spanish and French speakers will be automatically assigned to the opposite language because we do not offer a native speaker’s option.
3. When a language fills to capacity, students will automatically be assigned to the open language, even if it was not their first choice.
Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions about the process.
Book Week, April 28- May 2, 2014: Mission imPossible! Celebrating AISC’s Readers, Writers, & Mission
Another Book Week has come and gone, but what a great week it was! This year, we called Book Week: “Mission imPossible! Celebrating AISC’s Readers, Writers, & Mission.” Each day, we focused on a different “C” from our school mission statement (courage, confidence, creativity and compassion) and suggested books and activities that aligned to each.
During the week, students heard tales of courage from a popular local storyteller, built self-confidence at a literary expo, and had the opportunity to demonstrate compassion through a book drive for local children.
To recap, below are the special events and online read alouds for each day.
Monday - COURAGE - Our favorite story teller, Auntie Jeeva, delighted students with tales of courage throughout the day.
Online read alouds:
Younger students - The Little Engine that Could
Older students: The Empty Pot
Tuesday - CREATIVITY - Children and their parents were invited to a special after school session on the ground floor of the ES/MS CIC Library to meet Ms. Anitha Bennett, author of over 60 titles, including many creativity books!
Online read alouds:
Not a Box
Where the Wild Things Are (Read by Maurice Sendak)
Wednesday - COMPASSION - We invited families to donate quality books to local children. Children and parents brought in books for home or purchased books at the Scholastic Book Fair.
Online read alouds:
Younger students - A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Older students - The Three Questions
Friday - CONFIDENCE - Today we celebrated our student readers and writers at an EXPO for them to share their reading and work from the year with other classes. We encourage you to talk with your child about what he/she shared.
Online read alouds:
Oh, the Places You’ll Go
Chrysanthemum
Summer Camp 2014 – Funshine Camp: Registration Date Extended to May 9, 2014
Our annual “Funshine” Summer Camp for elementary school students will run from June 2 – 13, 2014 on the school campus. There will be a range of fun activities on offer including, Western dance and Zumba, Chocolate making & Baking, Swimming Pool Games, a Personality Development Workshop, Creative Crafts and Outdoor/Indoor Games.
Registration Details:
• Grade Levels: K-5 (Includes current year Pre-K 3+, 4+ and Gr. 5 students)
• Registration Venue: ASA office (MC-1B)
• Fees: Rs.15000 (Only cash payment and there will be no refunds).
• Further inquiries: please reach us in MC 1 B or call +91 22549000 (EXTN-1)
Finally, our website has a new look. Please visit: http://www.aisch.org/
Have a great weekend,
Kevin Hall
Elementary School Principal