Dear
Parents,
This has
been an incredible week of learning, and I don’t mean just for the children! We
have been so fortunate this week to have several well-respected educators on
campus working with elementary, middle and high school teachers. This week we
welcomed:
·
Mr. Tim Rylands, is on campus from Feb. 20th - 26th.
He is working with our Elementary School teachers and students and Middle
School Humanities teachers and students to explore the creative potential that
exists when writing and technology come together. During our Professional
Development Day today, these teachers worked with Mr. Rylands from
8:15 to lunch time. This quote, taken from Tim's website, accurately describes his presentation today: "His use of immersive worlds, in a variety of computer games, form just one part of his many innovative ideas for developing writing, visual literacy, speaking and listening skills, music and much more, in children of all ages and abilities." (http://www.timrylands.com/what-tim-offers/)
·
Dr. Erma Anderson, who has been coming to AISC for the past 18
months, worked with Middle and High School Math and Science teachers as they
evaluate, study, plan and make adjustments to the teaching and learning
for those content areas.
·
Dr. Tamela Canale, from the American International School
Budapest, worked with our World Language Department to conduct a program review
and provide requested professional development for our WL teachers.
· Mr. Tim Walters, worked with the High School teachers and
some Middle School teachers on finding the purposeful connections between
inquiry-based learning and the Theory of Knowledge approaches.
At AISC, our
teachers are committed to ongoing professional development.The best professional development is “ongoing,
experiential, collaborative, and connected to and derived from working with
students and understanding their culture.” (http://www.edutopia.org/teacher-development).
EAL Parent Presentation: This
past Wednesday, Ms. Karen, Ms. Deepa, Mr. Rob and Ms. Ahuja, led an in-service for
parents of English Language Learners in the elementary school. Much of the focus
was on helping parents with strategies to support their child in the area of
reading. Please click on the link below to access documentation that was
distributed during this meeting.
India Week: Last
Friday afternoon, we capped off another India Week with colourful performances
by our Grades 3 to 5 students. I hope you enjoy the video.
Lunch
Orders: Please place your online lunch orders
for the period March 4th - Mar 22nd.
Please
remember:
1) Please place your online order and pay by March 1st.
2)
Enter student's name as per school records (first name, family
name), select the Grade and Section.
2)
Please 'Submit' only once (re-sending will duplicate orders).
3)
You can get your order confirmation printout and receipt when you pay
at the cash counter.
Have
a great weekend,
Kevin Hall
Elementary School Principal