Dear Parents,
This week our Early Years and Grade 1 team have signed off on our new project/building spaces that will be completed over the summer. We are thrilled that our youngest learners will have a purpose build outdoor learning space to support their play-based learning. Please see below for images of our mud kitchen which is an integral part of this. We are collecting any pots, pans, wooden utensils and other real kitchen items for our outdoor kitchen. If you are moving on, or have surplus, please drop any kitchen items off to our ES Office. Thank you!
Raptors Swim Meet in Bangalore - Friday 19th May
Next week we have 50 Elementary Students who will be traveling to Bangalore with their families to participate in the Stonehill Super Splash Swim Meet which will take place on May 19-20. Thank you for your support of this event. We are all so excited for our young swimmers and wish them all well. Go Raptors!
We wish all our swimmers the best:
Carolina Serravalle, Clara Clausen, Elizabeth Choi, Felina Lange, Fuuka Kawano, Hanae Mori, Hannah Dalby, Imogene Monk, Julia Domingo, Lee Ann Ha, Lucienne Crough, Maddy Cozart, Magdalena Bustamante Runeckles, Maya Martin, Nanami Goda, Ritika Sheeju, Ronja Wohltmann, Summer Dowling, Tess Welbes, Adam Martins, Ahmed Deriner, Angelo Coi, Antonio Mira, Bunshiro Fujiwara, Chihiro Bamba, Eishun Watanabe, Harris Cozart, Henry Larsen, Hyeongjun Kwon, Jacob McFarland, JunHyeok Yoon, Koshiro Fujiwara, Milo Sion, Morgan Simian, Noa Ravon, Oliver Hawkridge, Raheel Thakore, Reda Oumina, Riley Gaffney, Ryo Watanabe, Sam DeTogroff Coatallio, Seunghyun Seong, Sungwoo Kang, Tanuj Siripurapu, Thomas Bardoux Valla, William Hawkridge, Yoonwoo Kang, Youngje Park, Yungwon Jin and Ziad Oumina.
Girl Scouts
There is still time for your daughter to experience what it means to be a Girl Scout.
We are looking for girls entering grades 1-3 in the fall to form a Daisy/Brownie Troop. Our troop is affiliated with Girl Scouts Overseas and girls will register and be a part of this organization, which is recognized all across the world. If your daughter is interested, please email Erin Weller at peweller@gmail.com for more information.
For girls in grades 4 and 5, we will need a leader to coordinate with the Daisy/Brownie leader. The Junior troop will be a part of the larger Troop 18702, but the activities will be separate. Please email Erin Weller at the address above if you are interested in leading these girls.
It is important that we have a firm number of committed girls this spring, so that uniforms and materials can be ordered over the summer. Come be a part of this organization that has been changing girls' lives for over 100 years.
Screening of the documentary “Screenagers” - Repeat announcement
On Tuesday the 16th of May from 3:45pm to 5:30pm we will be hosting a screening and brief discussion on the documentary film Screenagers. The film explores how screen time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance. Parents who have seen the film have said they now feel more confident and better equipped to establish balance around screen time.
We are inviting parents and their children (recommended age 10 and up) to attend this event which we are providing for free in the FAC Theater. The film will be viewed with Korean subtitles.
For Grade 5 parents - Moving to Middle School, Tuesday, May 16th - repeat announcement
As the move to Middle School gets nearer, we have two transition activities scheduled in May that we want to let you know about. On Thursday May 18th, grade 5 students will attend a presentation with Mr. Phan, the MS Principal, and Ms. Gold, the MS Counselor, that will orient them to Middle School. Following that, our MS Student Ambassadors will take the grade 5 students to visit grade 6 classrooms where they will participate in an activity to learn even more about Middle School and then take a tour of select MS locations.
In addition to helping our students understand more about Middle School, Mr. Phan and Ms. Gold will be hosting a Parent Coffee on Tuesday, May 16th at 8:45 in the Hall of Light so that we can introduce ourselves and explain the middle school experience to parents as well. We will also discuss some changes that you might encounter along the way with your child. We hope to see you there!
TREE Foundation Towel Collection - repeat announcement
First graders are collecting towels for the TREE Foundation as part of their service learning project. Please donate gently used towels by placing them in the designated boxes found around the school campus. Thank you!
Have a fabulous weekend!
Keryn Dowling