Friday, May 8, 2015

Dear Parents,

Please join us for our final parent coffee of the year on Monday, May 11 (please note that this session is not printed in the Community Calendar). Mr. Kevin Crouch, Director of Information and Communication Technology, will share parent survey results from our March Virtual Learning Day and he will also talk about Edmodo. This part of the presentation will be specific to parents of students in grades PK to 4.  We will soon be connecting all students and parents to virtual classrooms in Edmodo, which is a tool we are adopting to continue to improve school-home communication by making it more consistent, accessible, streamlined, and child-friendly. Edmodo is easy to use and can also help us build important digital citizenship and communication skills for our young learners.  

This will be an informative question and answer session about Edmodo, including how you sign up and what to expect from your teacher. We will meet in the Elementary School Cafeteria from 8:45 to 9:45.

Grades 2-5 Swimming Gala

The ES PE team and the Aquatics Department held their Swim Gala this week. The Swim Gala was a short event where students demonstrated what they have learned during their swim classes in PE. Thank you to the parents who came to watch!

Lower Elementary School Swim Classes

We are very excited to finish the year with Lower Elementary in the pool. The Lower Elementary swim unit will last from May 11th, to May 29th. The week of June 1st to June 5th is reserved for pool parties. Please remember to bring your goggles, swimming caps, suits, towels and sunscreen!

Community Service Project

The Elementary School Student Council has planned a community service project that will happen over the next three weeks. We are collecting clean newspapers to donate to The Cheshire Home India-Madras, Creating Opportunities for People With Disabilities.  We are planning to collect newspaper up to May 22. 

Collection boxes will be located in the following areas:

ES/Main Reception

ES/HS Library

ES/MS/HS Cafeteria

When you are finished reading your newspaper, drop it off in one of the collection boxes so it can be turned into something useful!

Muffins, Math and Literacy

This is Hyejin reporting from 4B, Ms. T’s class. Earlier this week, we baked muffins using our skills for reading comprehension and fractions and measuring. I think it was really fun to bake using fractions. Everyone was finding a right sized cups or spoons. For example, ¼ teaspoon for salt. When we were stuck, teachers and moms helped us. We weren’t fighting, instead we were collaborating. The muffins were healthy because even though we could have used chocolates, we used raisins, mashed banana, and carrots! Reading fractions wasn’t hard either. I think everyone were happy and having fun and it was the first time to make muffins for some people. 

When the muffins arrived, everyone was excited. We spread some butter on our muffins and ate them together to celebrate. “This is so good!!!!” everyone was shouting and it was good! 

We want to thank Ms. Janet, Ms. Aurore, Ms. Marie-Pierre, Mr. Mukesh, Ms. Sarah, and Ms. Aiko for helping us this in the class, and the Taj Kitchen for baking our muffins.

End of School Year Notice

As we are approaching the end of the school year, there are a few things parents need to keep in mind. Students will need to return all textbooks, library books, musical instruments and any other items issued by the school. All payables, such as lunch fees, must be cleared before we can release report cards. Report cards will be available in Skyward on June 5th. 

For students who are leaving AISC, report cards and school leaving documents will be given to parents on June 5th at the Admissions Office. Please inform the elementary office if your child is not returning for the next school year.

ASA - FUNSHINE CAMP 2015

Summer camp registrations are in full swing. Those who are yet to register, kindly do so at the earliest.

Please see details of the Camp below:

• Grade level: Pre-K - 5   

• Camp Dates: June 8 - 19 (Monday – Friday)     

• Camp Timing: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm                                                                  

• Activities designed for the Camp: Theatre / Dance / Swimming pool games / Origami / Painting / Cooking / Story-telling / Art & Craft / Reading / Indoor & Outdoor Sports

• Fees: Rs. 18000

You may register at the ASA office (MC-1B) any time from 8.30 am - 3.00 pm. We are extending registrations up to May 20, 2015. 

*Limited seats only.

Have a great weekend,

Kevin Hall
Elementary School Principal