Dear Parents,
Elementary Christmas Carols
Today our elementary choir, the Singing
Raptors, sang a delightful selection of Christmas and holiday classics in our
courtyard. Thank you to all of those who attended or support this annual
community event. Thank you also to the PCA for providing delicious cookie
snacks also!
Winter Performances
Students have been busy preparing for
their upcoming winter performances. This year these will feature holiday themed
items from our performing arts department - both music and dance. These will be
in the FAC theatre on the dates listed below and we want to remind you to
please leave any strollers outside and that toddlers must remain on laps for
the duration of the performances. Should they need a break, you are welcome to
use the foyer outside of the theater.
- Monday 17 December - Early Years Winter
Performance 2:30 - 3:15 p.m
- Tuesday 18 December - Grade 1 and 2 Winter
Performance 2:30 - 3:15 p.m
- Thursday 20 December - Grade 3-5 Winter Performance 2:30 - 3:15 p.m
Holiday Class Celebrations
In addition to the above performances,
each class or grade will be hosting a party or celebration. These
celebrations are inclusive to all celebrations happening at this time of year,
including Christmas, Hanukkah Seollal and Japanese new year, New Year’s Eve and
Pongal, to name a few. Parents are welcome to contribute to these celebrations
by either attending or contributing towards food or decorations for the
event. Please see more information
specific to your class from your room parent.
Community
Summit: Exploring the Horizons of Wellbeing
Watch some of our community members as they talk about what Wellbeing means to them. This video was part of
our kickoff to the Community Summit: Exploring the Horizons of Wellbeing that
began last week.
Please
join us next Wednesday for the second of three sessions, beginning at 2:30pm in
the Gym. If you were not able to attend the first session, you are absolutely
more than welcome for the second and/or third. Sign up here ASAP (See the Head’s Notes this week for further information). We hope to
see you there!
Early
Release next Wednesday
The next
early release will be on Wednesday 12 December. Please be on time to collect
your child at 2 p.m. A reminder that we will also close the playgrounds and
football fields at this time too. We ask all children and parents leave campus
promptly so that faculty can begin their professional learning to enhance
teaching and learning.
Report
cards and MAP reports
On Tuesday
18 December, all students from EY3 to Grade 5 will be receiving the semester
one report card. This year, this formal report card will be printed and sent
home in an envelope addressed to parents. Please make sure to check your
child’s backpack for this important document, and read it together with your
child. Should you have any questions, please check in with your child’s
teachers.
In
addition, during this time frame, students in Grade 2-5 who took the fall MAP
tests will receive their scores electronically along with a letter of how to
read and understand these.
Meet
AISC – Hemamalini Hariharan
Ms Hema is our Elementary Food Service
Coordinator and you can find her every day in the Elementary Cafeteria. If your
son or daughter has a negative balance on their ID card or were provided a
school lunch she will be the person contacting, you.
Hema is from Chennai and loves reading
and listening to music. She appreciates all the elementary students, especially
when they tell her they enjoy the food. Her job allows her to interact daily
with students, teachers and parents. Hema has one son who is attending college
and encouraging students at AISC making healthy choices with food makes her the
happiest. Hema also has a passion for mathematics, and if she could trade her
life with anyone, it would be CP Ramanujam, a phenomenal Indian mathematician
who worked wonders with numbers!
The ES Student Council is having a Holiday Toy Drive!
Gently used toys, books, or games will
be collected and donated to a local orphanage who could use some cheer.
So, if your child has a few toys or
even one toy that is gently used, please ask him or her to bring it to the
donation box located in their homeroom.
The toy drive will Begin Dec 10 and end
on December 21, so please look at home for some toys, games, or books that you
don’t use anymore and make a child happy!
Thank you!
Happy Holidays,
The ES Student Council
STEM Holiday Family Challenge (repeat
announcement)
Can you design and create an object to represent something related to
your family holidays or traditions using only recycled materials?
Design Constraints (Rules)
- Size - no more than 25 cm tall and no more
than 30 cm wide (for display purposes)
- Use only materials you find around your house
- Do not buy anything for the challenge!
- No food or candy!
- Please mark with your name and homeroom on the
bottom.
- Bring completed projects to the Discovery
& Design Studio anytime before December 5.
Some examples:
Have a wonderful weekend!
Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen and Calley Connelly