Dear Parents,
The students and teachers had such a great time with Spirit Week. Sharing in the fun was a fantastic way for the teachers and students to connect.
We held our first parent coffee of the semester this week. Not many parents were able to join us. We know everyone is busy and it’s difficult to attend the many community events. For our upcoming coffees, we are thinking about ways to enable more parents to be able to attend. Stay tuned.
Important Dates
Parent Survey - Reminder
We appreciate everything that our parents are doing to support students, teachers, and one another through this extraordinary situation.
We continue to listen to and learn from what is going great and what could be done to improve. It is with sincere gratitude and appreciation that we send this feedback form to you, after our first month of the Academic Year 2020-2021. Use this link to go to the survey. Thank you.
Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19th)
Avast ye, landlubbers! The ES Library and Design teams invite you to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day next week by visiting our bilge-sucking website to listen to tales of pirates, seadogs, and poop decks! But, ahoy mateys, there's more! Scallywags can also partake in salty design challenges that will shiver your timbers! Click here or WALK THE PLANK!
From the Elementary School Counselors
Our students are using technology to learn new skills each day, so when the school day is finished, it is important to have fun together PLAYING away from screens/devices.
Playing board games with your child is a GREAT way to spend time together as family, teach new math and reading skills, focus skills, following instructions, teach counting skills, turn-taking, winning graciously, and losing with grace. In addition, if your child is learning English, this can be a great way to learn some new vocabulary in a fun way! Here is a list of developmentally appropriate board games for EY-Grade 5 students. All of these board games are available on Amazon India and are all priced reasonably. Oftentimes, you can find the directions/instructions for these games in many different languages if you do a Google search.
Have a family game night this week! Make your favorite family treat and get together!
Games to try: (All were available for purchase on Amazon India as of September 6, recommended ages are approximates)
AISC x UN75 Discussion on ‘Inequality in the time of COVID-19’
(3:45-4:30pm IST on Monday, September 21)
Students, Parents and Faculty are Welcome to participate
‘In January, the start of the UN’s 75th anniversary, Secretary-General António Guterres launched the world’s biggest conversation on building a better future for all. The vision was to spark conversations (“UN75 dialogues”) in all settings on priorities for the future, obstacles to achieving them, and the role of international cooperation in making progress. Over 330 dialogues in 87 countries were held in the first three months of year – physically and virtually. It is vital that peoples’ voices are heard at this crucial time for the world.’
The UN has created a global survey to help guide them on global priorities. Please take a moment to share your opinion: https://un75.online/
AISC’s MUN Impact Chennai club thoroughly believes in the vision of the UN and the message of the Secretary-General. We believe that international cooperation is pertinent in the times of COVID, and that starts with greater global engagement, through discussions like these. Please join us. Here is the Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88568496425
Meeting ID: 885 6849 6425
Regards,
Lynn Schneider, Dave Allen, and Elliot FijmanElementary School Leadership Team