Dear Community Members,
Welcome back from the Diwali break! This week, my weekly update is a little shorter than normal.
After School Activities
Parents seated in the ES Cafeteria who meet their children at the end of the school day are requested to sit at the tables opposite the food counter. The tables with the placards are reserved for students and ASA instructors. Parents are also requested to pick up their children after ASA at 4:45 pm in the ES Cafeteria.
Design Saturday Nov 21st, 9-12 am - no sign-up necessary
The origin of the Maker movement is found in something quite personal: what we might call experimental play. Makers are enthusiasts who play with technology to learn about it. A new technology presents an invitation to play, and makers regard this kind of play as highly satisfying. Makers give it a try; they take things apart; and they try to do things that even the manufacturer didn’t think of doing. Making is a source of innovation.
The follow-up to our wildly successful first-ever Design Saturday will feature a blend of techie and not-so-techie. At the one end we will unleash our Bee Bots (easily programmable floor robots) and challenge our participants to send them through courses of varying difficulty. At the other end we will make things with cardboard and MakeDos that allow you to make a great many things and solve problems in creative ways. We will be designing, making and playing in the ES Discover Studio this time
Design Saturday Nov 21st, 9-12 am - no sign-up necessary
The origin of the Maker movement is found in something quite personal: what we might call experimental play. Makers are enthusiasts who play with technology to learn about it. A new technology presents an invitation to play, and makers regard this kind of play as highly satisfying. Makers give it a try; they take things apart; and they try to do things that even the manufacturer didn’t think of doing. Making is a source of innovation.
The follow-up to our wildly successful first-ever Design Saturday will feature a blend of techie and not-so-techie. At the one end we will unleash our Bee Bots (easily programmable floor robots) and challenge our participants to send them through courses of varying difficulty. At the other end we will make things with cardboard and MakeDos that allow you to make a great many things and solve problems in creative ways. We will be designing, making and playing in the ES Discover Studio this time
Cancer-Lap- A-Thon
Global Issue Networks will be organizing the Cancer-Lap- A-Thon again this year on November 27th. This year we have decided that the proceeds will be donated to the 30/30 project, an organization that is working to bring healthcare and health checkups to various communities around the world. Recently they have started to build a clinic in India, which we would like to sponsor. Our overall theme for the project is "Healthcare is a Human Right," - which is a key issue that GIN aims to tackle.
To participate, each person must get sponsors to pay them for the number of laps that they will run around the field. Participants can walk, run, jog, crawl, anything they like around the field, as long as they complete as many laps as they please to raise money for 30/30 Project. PE teachers will distribute pledge forms to interested students. Parents and community members can pick up forms in the Elementary School Principal’s Office. This event is open to all community members. Elementary school students who choose to participate must be accompanied by a parent for the entire event.
Upper Elementary Basketball Clinic
AISC students in Grades 3-5 are invited to sign up for a Basketball Clinic run by varsity basketball players from the U.S. boarding school, Phillips Academy Andover and AISC. This camp is free for participants and will take place on Saturday, November 28th, from 9:00am–12:00 noon. Please sign up for the Basketball Clinic here. If you have any questions, please contact Kirsten Welbes, the Director of Advancement, at wkirsten@aisch.org.
Upper Elementary Basketball Clinic
AISC students in Grades 3-5 are invited to sign up for a Basketball Clinic run by varsity basketball players from the U.S. boarding school, Phillips Academy Andover and AISC. This camp is free for participants and will take place on Saturday, November 28th, from 9:00am–12:00 noon. Please sign up for the Basketball Clinic here. If you have any questions, please contact Kirsten Welbes, the Director of Advancement, at wkirsten@aisch.org.
Have a great weekend,
Kevin Hall
Elementary School Principal