Thursday, December 21, 2017

Dear Parents,

Happy Holidays! What a spectacular end to 2017 with all our wonderful winter performances this week.  Please be sure to go to our website smugmug gallery here - password is raptors17.

If you are travelling this vacation please have a great time, travel safe, and be sure to send us a postcard!

 

The Elementary Postcard Challenge (repeat announcement)

Ms Keryn and Ms Lori LOVE receiving mail - if you are travelling, or even staying put here in India, we would love to hear from you this vacation!  Send us a postcard care of:

The American International School Chennai

100 Feet Road

Taramani

Chennai 600113

INDIA

We will display these in the ES Office area to celebrate all the great adventures our ES students had this vacation.

Calling for Kitchen Supplies! (repeat announcement)

We are looking to for donations for the ES kitchen and/or Mud Kitchen - if you are departing Chennai, we will gladly accept any kitchen items, particularly bowls, large kitchen utensils, wooden spoons etc!  Please feel free to bring these to the ES Reception.  Thank you in advance!

After school activity information (repeat announcement)

All Trimester 2 ES activities are in session right through to our winter break - Thursday, December 21, 2017. Trimester 2 will continue after we come from the winter break until March 2nd, 2018.

January Lunch Menu & Order links 

To order a school lunch for your child, please use this Payonline link. 

January Elementary Lunch Menus: Grades EY- 3 Pre-order (Pre-order) and Grades (4 & 5 No Preorder).

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,

Keryn Dowling & Lori Newman

Friday, December 15, 2017

Dear Parents,

Next week is our last week together for 2017! What a wonderful half year it has been in the Elementary school. Next week, as you are aware, we celebrate the holiday season together with a series of winter performances. We look forward to seeing all of you there - please see below regarding bringing babies or toddlers.

Winter Concerts next week!

Next week we have our end of 2017 Winter Performances. These will all be in the FAC Theatre and will begin at 2pm. We are so looking forward to welcoming parents and family there. For the upcoming winter performances, children should wear holiday inspired clothing; nice clothes in holiday colors-red, green, blue, gold, white.

Should you be bringing a toddler or baby with you, please remember to use the upstairs space outside the theatre doors should your young child be restless or need a break. Our Elementary students have worked very hard to prepare for these performances and appreciate a thoughtful audience.

Calling for Kitchen Supplies!

We are looking for donations for the ES kitchen and/or Mud Kitchen - if you are departing Chennai, we will gladly accept any kitchen items, particularly bowls, large kitchen utensils, wooden spoons etc! Please feel free to bring these to the ES Reception. Thank you in advance!

The Elementary Postcard Challenge (repeat announcement)

Ms Keryn and Ms Lori LOVE receiving mail - if you are travelling, or even staying put here in India, we would love to hear from you this vacation! Send us a postcard care of:

The American International School Chennai
100 Feet Road
Taramani
Chennai 600113
INDIA

We will display these in the ES Office area to celebrate all the great adventures our ES students had this vacation.

Meet AISC - Bindu Krishnamurthy - Indian Studies Teacher

Born and raised in Chennai, Bindu teaches Indian Studies in the Elementary School. Dancing and music are her primary interests, and she learned Bharatnatyam for eight years. Interest in music kindled her love for languages, and she speaks English, Tamil and Hindi fluently as well as a little bit of French. Bindu is also very passionate about inner transformation. She been practicing Heartfulness meditation for over 12 years and is a certified trainer. She volunteers at universities, corporates, villages, government offices and in several other communities to teach Heartfulness.

After school activity information

All Trimester 2 activities are in session right through to our winter break - Thursday, December 21, 2017. Trimester 2 will continue after we come from the winter break until March 2nd, 2018.

January Lunch Menu & Order links
To order a school lunch for your child, please use this Payonline link. 
January Elementary Lunch Menus: Grades EY- 3 Pre-order (Pre-order) and Grades (4 & 5 No Preorder)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,

Keryn Dowling & Lori Newman

Friday, December 15, 2017

Dear Parents,

Next week is our last week together for 2017! What a wonderful half year it has been in the Elementary school. Next week, as you are aware, we celebrate the holiday season together with a series of winter performances. We look forward to seeing all of you there - please see below regarding bringing babies or toddlers.

Winter Concerts next week!

Next week we have our end of 2017 Winter Performances. These will all be in the FAC Theatre and will begin at 2pm. We are so looking forward to welcoming parents and family there. For the upcoming winter performances, children should wear holiday inspired clothing; nice clothes in holiday colors-red, green, blue, gold, white.

Should you be bringing a toddler or baby with you, please remember to use the upstairs space outside the theatre doors should your young child be restless or need a break. Our Elementary students have worked very hard to prepare for these performances and appreciate a thoughtful audience.

Calling for Kitchen Supplies!

We are looking for donations for the ES kitchen and/or Mud Kitchen - if you are departing Chennai, we will gladly accept any kitchen items, particularly bowls, large kitchen utensils, wooden spoons etc! Please feel free to bring these to the ES Reception. Thank you in advance!

The Elementary Postcard Challenge (repeat announcement)

Ms Keryn and Ms Lori LOVE receiving mail - if you are travelling, or even staying put here in India, we would love to hear from you this vacation! Send us a postcard care of:

The American International School Chennai
100 Feet Road
Taramani
Chennai 600113
INDIA

We will display these in the ES Office area to celebrate all the great adventures our ES students had this vacation.

Meet AISC - Bindu Krishnamurthy - Indian Studies Teacher

Born and raised in Chennai, Bindu teaches Indian Studies in the Elementary School. Dancing and music are her primary interests, and she learned Bharatnatyam for eight years. Interest in music kindled her love for languages, and she speaks English, Tamil and Hindi fluently as well as a little bit of French. Bindu is also very passionate about inner transformation. She been practicing Heartfulness meditation for over 12 years and is a certified trainer. She volunteers at universities, corporates, villages, government offices and in several other communities to teach Heartfulness.

After school activity information

All Trimester 2 activities are in session right through to our winter break - Thursday, December 21, 2017. Trimester 2 will continue after we come from the winter break until March 2nd, 2018.

January Lunch Menu & Order links
To order a school lunch for your child, please use this Payonline link. 
January Elementary Lunch Menus: Grades EY- 3 Pre-order (Pre-order) and Grades (4 & 5 No Preorder)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,

Keryn Dowling & Lori Newman

Friday, December 15, 2017

Dear Parents,

Next week is our last week together for 2017! What a wonderful half year it has been in the Elementary school. Next week, as you are aware, we celebrate the holiday season together with a series of winter performances. We look forward to seeing all of you there - please see below regarding bringing babies or toddlers.

Winter Concerts next week!

Next week we have our end of 2017 Winter Performances. These will all be in the FAC Theatre and will begin at 2pm. We are so looking forward to welcoming parents and family there. For the upcoming winter performances, children should wear holiday inspired clothing; nice clothes in holiday colors-red, green, blue, gold, white.

Should you be bringing a toddler or baby with you, please remember to use the upstairs space outside the theatre doors should your young child be restless or need a break. Our Elementary students have worked very hard to prepare for these performances and appreciate a thoughtful audience.

Calling for Kitchen Supplies!

We are looking for donations for the ES kitchen and/or Mud Kitchen - if you are departing Chennai, we will gladly accept any kitchen items, particularly bowls, large kitchen utensils, wooden spoons etc! Please feel free to bring these to the ES Reception. Thank you in advance!

The Elementary Postcard Challenge (repeat announcement)

Ms Keryn and Ms Lori LOVE receiving mail - if you are travelling, or even staying put here in India, we would love to hear from you this vacation! Send us a postcard care of:

The American International School Chennai
100 Feet Road
Taramani
Chennai 600113
INDIA

We will display these in the ES Office area to celebrate all the great adventures our ES students had this vacation.

Meet AISC - Bindu Krishnamurthy - Indian Studies Teacher

Born and raised in Chennai, Bindu teaches Indian Studies in the Elementary School. Dancing and music are her primary interests, and she learned Bharatnatyam for eight years. Interest in music kindled her love for languages, and she speaks English, Tamil and Hindi fluently as well as a little bit of French. Bindu is also very passionate about inner transformation. She been practising Heartfulness meditation for over 12 years and is a certified trainer. She volunteers at universities, corporates, villages, government offices and in several other communities to teach Heartfulness.

After school activity information
All Trimester 2 activities are in session right through to our winter break - Thursday, December 21, 2017. Trimester 2 will continue after we come from the winter break until March 2nd, 2018.

January Lunch Menu & Order links
To order a school lunch for your child, please use this Payonline link. 
January Elementary Lunch Menus: Grades EY- 3 Pre-order (Pre-order) and Grades (4 & 5 No Preorder)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,

Keryn Dowling & Lori Newman

Friday, December 15, 2017

Dear Parents,

Next week is our last week together for 2017! What a wonderful half year it has been in the Elementary school. Next week, as you are aware, we celebrate the holiday season together with a series of winter performances. We look forward to seeing all of you there - please see below regarding bringing babies or toddlers.

Winter Concerts next week!

Next week we have our end of 2017 Winter Performances. These will all be in the FAC Theatre and will begin at 2pm. We are so looking forward to welcoming parents and family there. For the upcoming winter performances, children should wear holiday inspired clothing; nice clothes in holiday colors-red, green, blue, gold, white.

Should you be bringing a toddler or baby with you, please remember to use the upstairs space outside the theatre doors should your young child be restless or need a break. Our Elementary students have worked very hard to prepare for these performances and appreciate a thoughtful audience.

Calling for Kitchen Supplies!

We are looking for donations for the ES kitchen and/or Mud Kitchen - if you are departing Chennai, we will gladly accept any kitchen items, particularly bowls, large kitchen utensils, wooden spoons etc! Please feel free to bring these to the ES Reception. Thank you in advance!

The Elementary Postcard Challenge (repeat announcement)

Ms Keryn and Ms Lori LOVE receiving mail - if you are travelling, or even staying put here in India, we would love to hear from you this vacation! Send us a postcard care of:

The American International School Chennai
100 Feet Road
Taramani
Chennai 600113
INDIA

We will display these in the ES Office area to celebrate all the great adventures our ES students had this vacation.

Meet AISC - Bindu Krishnamurthy - Indian Studies Teacher

 

Born and raised in Chennai, Bindu teaches Indian Studies in the Elementary School. Dancing and music are her primary interests, and she learned Bharatnatyam for eight years. Interest in music kindled her love for languages, and she speaks English, Tamil and Hindi fluently as well as a little bit of French. Bindu is also very passionate about inner transformation. She been practising Heartfulness meditation for over 12 years and is a certified trainer. She volunteers at universities, corporates, villages, government offices and in several other communities to teach Heartfulness.

After school activity information
All Trimester 2 activities are in session right through to our winter break - Thursday, December 21,                       2017. Trimester 2 will continue after we come from the winter break until March 2nd, 2018.

January Lunch Menu & Order links
To order a school lunch for your child, please use this Payonline link. 
January Elementary Lunch Menus: Grades EY- 3 Pre-order (Pre-order) and Grades (4 & 5 No Preorder)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,

Keryn Dowling & Lori Newman

Friday, December 08, 2017

Dear Parents,

A spectacular turnout for our Elementary Choir and Community Carols event this evening in the Unity courtyard. A huge thank you to our Elementary Choir, as well as Ms Sarah, Mr Finny, and Mr Vasanth who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to pull this off. A lovely finish to our week!

Hour of Code
We have been celebrating coding in the Elementary school with a whole host of coding experiences for all our learners. Thanks to the IT department for this fabulous opportunity.

Early Release next Wednesday
A reminder that school finishes at 2pm next Wednesday, 13 December. This is our final Early Release for 2017.

Upcoming Winter Concerts - babies and toddlers
Next week we have our end of 2017 Winter Performances. These will all be in the FAC Theatre and will begin at 2pm. We are so looking forward to welcoming parents and family there.

 
Should you be bringing a toddler or baby with you, please remember to use the upstairs space outside the theatre doors should your young child be restless or needs a break. Our Elementary students have worked very hard to prepare for these performances and appreciate a thoughtful audience.

The Elementary Postcard Challenge
Ms Keryn and Ms Lori LOVE receiving mail - if you are travelling, or even staying put here in India, we would love to hear from you this vacation! Send us a postcard care of:

The American International School Chennai
100 Feet Road
Taramani
Chennai 600113
INDIA

We will display these in the Elementary Office area to celebrate all the great adventures our ES students had this vacation.

Upcoming Winter break
Whether you are travelling with family or friends or staying here with your children this upcoming winter break, here is a great blog with a list of fun activities you can do together with your child this holiday!

 
Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,

Keryn Dowling & Lori Newman

Friday, December 01, 2017

Dear Parents,

Grade three hosted a wonderful learning celebration this morning where Mr Andrew Hoover also shared a presentation to the Elementary students about our recent LEED environmental status.

PowerSchool Update
Thank you for your patience; all glitches are now fixed and PowerSchool Reports are up and running again. If you have not already done so, we encourage you to now view your child’s trimester one report card.

Madras Cafe Update
The Madras Cafe is the primary social space for adults on campus. The I-Hub is a space for students in grades 6-12. The ES Cafeteria is often open and available for parent socializing in the mornings and afternoons once children have finished gathering for ASAs. We ask that parents please not congregate in the I-Hub. Your support and understanding are appreciated.

Meet AISC - Hazel Bangera - Elementary Administrative Assistant

Hazel loves working at AISC as she enjoys the global atmosphere in the school and also loves interacting with the students. Hazel was born in Chennai and went to school and college here. Apart from Chennai, she  has also lived and worked in Dubai for 12 years. This is her 9th year at AISC and she can be found in the Elementary Principal’s office. If she could have any superpowers, she would love to teleport and time travel to any place like Hiro Nakamura in the TV show 'Heroes'!

Maker Week - from the IT department

Maker Week will be an opportunity for Middle School and Elementary School students to take design challenges head on, and make solutions using a wide range of digital and non digital materials.

It is a small group project challenge, involving as many groups as can attend, every day at lunch between 11-15 December.

Please encourage your kids to find out more from Ms Priya, Ms Geetha, the Tech office or thier Art and Design teachers.

We look forward to seeing their creations, and the learning behind them.

December Lunch Menu & Order links  (repeat announcement)

To order a school lunch for your child, please use this Payonline link.  

December Elementary Lunch Menus: (Grades EY- 3 Pre-order) and Grades (4 & 5 No Preorder)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,

Keryn Dowling and Lori Newman

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Dear Parents,

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating this weekend - even it if it not your own cultural tradition, I am sure we can all appreciate all we have and be thankful for this. Enjoy the extended three day weekend and we will see you all back here next Monday.

Missoula Children’s Theatre photographs
A wonderful album of images from our Gulliver’s Travels production can be found here. Password is raptors17.

BFG Movie
Thank you to Jet and the CIC team as well as the PCA for hosting the BFG Movie Screening on Monday - a group of our ES students loved watching the movie and sharing popcorn together.

Late Passes
Children arriving at school after 8:34am in the morning receive a late pass. To avoid disrupting their learning further, these passes will now be issued in the ES Reception, immediately after you pass through the gate. These passes are handed over to the teacher, and this avoids a child being marked absent for the day.

Report Card Technical Glitch - From the IT office
First trimester reports will not be available for viewing until further notice. Due to a technical change in PowerSchool, it is now causing errors within the reporting process.

The PowerSchool office is based out of the United States. Unfortunately, we cannot rectify the situation today due to the Thanksgiving Holiday in the US and everyone is out of the office for this long holiday weekend. They will be back in the office on Monday morning in the US, our Monday evening, which will be the earliest we will be able to work with PowerSchool on this matter.

Once this has been rectified, we will make the reports available to you immediately. We apologise for the inconvenience and we hope to get his resolved by mid-week of next week.

Hour of Code
We live in a world surrounded by technology, and we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly depend on understanding how technology works. Our entire school is joining in on the largest learning event in history: The Hour of Code from November 27 to December 1. To date, more than 100 million students worldwide have already participated in an Hour of Code.

Our Hour of Code is making a statement that American International School Chennai is ready to teach these foundational 21st-century skills. To continue bringing programming activities to our students, we want to make our Hour of Code event huge. This link will take you to the Hour of Code Activities that we encourage you to look at with your children. Watch this video to see the impact coding has in your life.

Meet AISC - Jyotsna Nanda - Grade 4 Homeroom teacher

Ms Jyotsna Nanda is from the state of Himachal Pradesh. She has grown up in different states across India. Jyotsna has lived in West Africa. During her time in Togo, in West Africa, she started her teaching career in the American International School of Lome. She has been at AISC for 17 years where she has grown personally and professionally. One thing that the AISC community might not know about her is her love for desserts!  

December Lunch Menu & Order links  

To order a school lunch for your child, please use this Payonline link.  

December Elementary Lunch Menus: (Grades EY- 3 Pre-order) and Grades (4 & 5 No Preorder)

Have a wonderful long weekend!

Warmly,

Keryn Dowling and Lori Newman