Friday, April 19, Friday

Dear Parents,

Today we celebrated the swimming growth and success of all our EY5 to Grade 2 students. Seeing these children enjoy being in the water and demonstrate a wide variety of skills was very impressive! Thank you to Coach Gio, Coach Velin and all our elementary PE teachers, Jack, Sobha and Lawrence.

Monday April 22 - Nothing New Day - Clothing Swap

Don’t forget that you can bring up to 20 items to the Clothing Swap on Monday. Thank you for bringing items in excellent quality without holes or stains to swap.  Please sign up here.

Early Release next Wednesday 24th April

Next Wednesday is an early release day and school finishes at 2 pm. As usual, we thank you for your support in leaving campus promptly before 2:30 p.m.

Class Placements for 2018-19

Every year, together with counsellors, we review class groupings and re-create new class lists as elementary children move from one grade level to the next. As outlined in our handbook, we prioritise the following criteria when creating new homeroom groups: 

• Social groups
• Gender
• Learning needs
• Nationality
• English Language Proficiency

For the past few years we have also sought parental input. While we do not consider direct requests to have a particular teacher, we do welcome input for anything you feel would be important for us to consider when placing your child.  

Our form will close next Thursday 2 May as we begin drafting class lists. Please do not approach a teacher or counsellor directly; complete this form for any special considerations you may have.

From our Roots and Shoots team

Thank you for supporting our Roots & Shoots and 1st-grade Fundraiser to help the turtles at the Tree Foundation. It was a huge success! We are really proud of all the first graders and Roots & Shoots kids that worked so hard to organize, plan and implement this fundraiser.

We will announce the final amount of money that we raised for the turtles next week. Here is a link to the photos.

Thank you for helping to make a difference for these amazing turtles!

Roots and Shoots students, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Briggs

May Lunch Menu & Order Links   

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

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

Have a wonderful weekend!
Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly

Friday, April 12, 2019

Dear Parents,

It has been an exciting week in the elementary as we have been cheering on our Raptors and visiting teams for SAISA track. Congratulations to our fourth and fifth participants, Summer and Minato, who have contributed to the Raptors’ success.  

Good job also to all of the ES students who have participated in Running Club and the first part of the track and field season. Finally, a great big thank you to the families who have hosted an athlete. If you have not had a chance yet, hosting a SAISA student is a great deal of fun and a wonderful opportunity for connection between your child and some new friends.

Earth Week is Coming!

We would like our community to join us in the Earth Day Spirit Week by participating in the daily experiences. Show us your Earth Day spirit using #AISCearthday. Please read more about each day on the Head of School Blog.

Hot Weather Advisory

As the weather remains hot, we will continue to encourage students to drink water, wear sunscreen and hats, and take a break in the shade if they are too hot. Please know that as the weather starts to heat up, we keep an eye on the temperature daily. If at any point it hits 40C we will call to have indoor recess.

Election Day

Thursday, April 18 is a Poll Day for General and Assembly bi-elections in Tamil Nadu and has been declared a public holiday. There will be no classes (or virtual learning), student activities, or scheduled meetings. Campus will remain closed.

Roots & Shoots and Grade 1 Fundraiser -  April 15th -18th              

Tree Foundation rescues turtles along the Chennai coast. They bring them to their center where they feed and care for them. The turtles need your help!

The Tree Foundation will use your money for many things.
* Feed the turtles
* Buy more turtle containers where they keep the injured turtles they rescue.
* Install an electric water pump to help get the sea water more efficiently into the tanks.
* Build turtle pond for their fresh water turtles at the elephant sanctuary.

What can you buy at the fundraiser?

Baked goods, cloth bags, clay turtles, bookmarks, notebooks and much more. Prices vary from Rs 50 to 500.

EY5 - Grade 2 Swim Gala - Friday, April 19th, 2019

Friday 19th April from 9:05-11:35 a.m we will be hosting our annual lower elementary swim gala. The purpose of this is to educate parents about our ARC Learn-to-Swim program, showcase student progress with parent audience, give students a goal to strive for, and end the unit with a fun activity. We hope you to see you there to support our lower elementary students.

Operation Smile - Yard Sale

Operation Smile will be holding a Yard Sale to raise money for cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries. The Yard Sale will take place on Friday, April 26th, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Unity Courtyard.

Please put your donations in bins marked 'Operation Smile Yard Sale', which may be found in the HS Office, MS Office, ES Office, ES/MS Library, ES Cafeteria, ES gate, and main gate until April 23rd.

Please donate items in good condition that you no longer use, and that other families would like to buy. These could include books, toys, sports equipment, household items, games, etc. Operation Smile volunteers will then sell these items, with all profits going to the organization.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly

Friday, April 05, 2019

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to our final quarter! It is getting very hot so please make sure your child is coming to school every day with a named/labelled water bottle, and with sunscreen already on. If you need to send extra sunscreen in your child’s bag so they can reapply throughout the day, please also make sure this is named/labelled.

Inspiration Conversation

On Thursday this week, three of our Grade 4 students, Mihika, Sahana, and Jeongyeon presented their thinking around environmental responsibility. Some very innovative and thought provoking ideas were shared with the audience, including seed pencils! This is a pencil with a small seed inside; when the pencil is finished, you plant the seed which then grows a tree. 

 

  

Last Athletic Parade of the Year!

Next Wednesday, April 10th at 8:30 AM the SAISA Track & Field parade will begin. Please come out to cheer on our athletes for our final home hosted event! We would love to see you lining our hallways to cheer on all the athletes. This will finish in the unity courtyard with the opening ceremony concluding at 8:50 a.m. Please note that we'll have 200 athletes, and almost 60 coaches and officials so keep the inner courtyard open for them.

Field and Covered Area Closed

From the afternoon of Tuesday 9th April, the field and the covered area will be roped off. This includes after school Tuesday through Friday, and before and after school on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Grades 2 and 4 will be in the plaza (instead of the covered area) for drop off and pick up meeting spots Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of that week.

Early Years Parent Coffee

Please join us for an Early Years Parent Coffee on Tuesday, April 9 from 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. in the BBT. During the first half hour, we will be talking about developmental expectations and the stages of play that you might expect to see with three and four year olds. During the second part of the parent coffee, our school counselors will present some strategies and catch phrases to help your children make and keep friends.

Election Day

Thursday, April 18 is a Poll Day for General and Assembly bi-elections in Tamil Nadu and has been declared a public holiday. There will be no classes (or virtual learning), student activities, or scheduled meetings. Campus will remain closed.

Operation Smile - Yard Sale

Operation Smile will be holding a Yard Sale to raise money for cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries. The Yard Sale will take place on Friday, April 26th, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Unity Courtyard.

Please put your donations in bins marked 'Operation Smile Yard Sale', which may be found in the HS Office, MS Office, ES Office, ES/MS Library, ES Cafeteria, ES gate, and main gate from April 1st to April 15th.

Please donate items in good condition that you no longer use, and that other families would like to buy. These could include books, toys, sports equipment, household items, games, etc. Operation Smile volunteers will then sell these items, with all profits going to the organization.

Earth Week is Coming!

We would like our community to join us in the Earth Day Spirit Week by participating in the daily experiences. Show us your Earth Day spirit using #AISCearthday. Please read more about each day on the Head of School Blog.

Meatless Monday, April 15	Carpool Tuesday, April 16	No Waste Wednesday, April 17	Buy-A-Plant Friday, April 19	Beach Clean Up Weekend, April 20-21	Buy Nothing Monday, April 22
Energy	Transportation	Waste	Human Experience	Waste	Water

EY5 - Grade 5 Learning Celebration next Friday at 2:45 PM

Parents are invited to join as the elementary celebrates their learning together on April 12. This learning celebration features students from grades 3 - 5, as well as some of their work with specialists and some clubs. We will learn from the Grade 3 French and Spanish FLEX students, Grade 4JN and 4JH US Revolutionary War debates, Grade 5 rock climbers, and more!  Look for details in your child’s Edmodo to find out if he or she is presenting. 

April Lunch Menu & Order Links   

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

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

Have a wonderful weekend!
Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly