Dear Parents,
Vanakkam, Namaste, and welcome to India Month! We hosted our Opening Assembly this morning for Grades 3-5, and will be doing the same next Friday for Early Years - Grade 2 students. This morning our students sang, acted in skits and performed spectacular dances for our large audience. We thank all the parents for joining us too!
Big Bad Blue Swim Meet
Congratulations to the following swimmers who are swimming in the Big Bad Blue this weekend - Angelo Choi, Eishun Watanabe, Jeonghyun Kim, Summer Dowling and Thomas Bardoux Valla. Go Raptors!
Grade 5 Classroom Without Walls
Our Grade 5 children head off to Pondicherry next week for their first Classroom without walls trip. They will experience pottery, musical instrument making, a farm visit and horse riding! We wish them a wonderful trip, and thank the teacher chaperones for making this possible.
Elementary Coffee - Tuesday 10th October
Hosted by our Elementary Learning Coaches, come along to learn about all our learning programmes! This will be held in the Madras Hall from 8:45am - 9:45am.
Screening of the Documentary “Screenagers”
On Wednesday we screened Screenagers to our 5th grade students, with a follow up discussion in class on Thursday, 5th October. Please discuss with your child at home major ideas discussed in this powerful documentary.
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.
Here’s a great article about popularity and how it consumes teenagers and affects adults. Along with Screenagers, it is something to keep in mind and they provide parents with great conversation starters with your middle school children.
Meet AISC - Lakshmi Jayakumar - Early Years Teaching Assistant
Lakshmi grew up in Kodaikanal where she completed her schooling and bachelor degree. A life long learner, Lakshmi is currently completing her Phd., in English on the topic "Denial of Self: A study with special reference to the work of selected diasporic women writers". Impressive! Lakshmi has worked as a middle school teacher for 5 years before becoming a teacher assistant at AISC. She has also worked in two International schools in Dubai. Lakshmi is very proud to say " I am an Indian". If Lakshmi had a superpower it would be to make people have the smile on their lips because smile speaks powerful language out without having to convey using words. Lakshmi believes that this is language which everyone can understand!
After school Activity - Swim Programs for Trimester - 2:
Registration for ARC Swim lessons will be done separately and in person only for trimester 2 on the following dates: November 6 & 7
Venue: Room no. 1304 - Athletics & Activities office
Timing: 8.30 am – 9.00 am
If you are uncertain about the level of your child, request you to meet Ms. Donna in the Aquatics office. New students can be tested to ascertain their levels on the following dates - November 2 & 3 after school from 3.30 – 4.30 pm.
Facilities Usage - from the Handbook!
A reminder regarding facilities use, that parents are welcome to use our campus facilities before and after school. During the school day, facilities are reserved for instructional purposes. Community members, including faculty and staff, may not use facilities for recreational purposes during the instructional day. Thank you for your understanding and attention to this.
A reminder regarding facilities use, that parents are welcome to use our campus facilities before and after school. During the school day, facilities are reserved for instructional purposes. Community members, including faculty and staff, may not use facilities for recreational purposes during the instructional day. Thank you for your understanding and attention to this.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Warmly,
Keryn Dowling and Lori Newman