Dear Parents,
Happy thanksgiving! Wishing you and your family a wonderful four day weekend. A time to be thankful for all the wonderful things in our lives.
Thank you to all the families who were able to send in a pair of shoes for our shoe collection drive. We collected over 100 pairs of shoes to donate to the girls.
NESA Virtual Science and Engineering Fair Announcement
The NESA Virtual Science and Engineering Fair is a unique opportunity for students in 5th grade to conduct scientific investigations or design models to solve real-world problems.
The NESA Virtual Science and Engineering Fair is a unique opportunity for students in 5th grade to conduct scientific investigations or design models to solve real-world problems.
We invite parents of all interested 5th graders to a meeting in the BBT on Monday, December 2, 2019, from 2:15-3: 15. The purpose of this meeting is to share information about the NESA Virtual Science and Engineering Fair and enroll participants.
Craft Bazaar at AISC
Vision Project Feedback Summary
Thank you to the sixteen parents who responded to our request for feedback about Vision Week. We were glad to hear that your children seemed excited by their experiences. Overall, 94% of parent respondents said their children seemed excited, comfortable, and proud.
The children who participated in Vision Week had a great learning adventure, and fun too! 90% of students rated their week “very fun” or “super fun”, and while there is room to improve, we are glad to know that so many students enjoyed themselves while learning a lot.
Your children’s teachers had a great week of learning, connection, and fun too. Our teachers highlighted the following three points as notable strengths of the Vision Week experience.
- Living the Mission and the Vision of the AISC Learner.
- Collaborating with New Students and New Teachers.
- Becoming practitioners of Project Based Learning (PBL).
We will be looking forward to Vision Week 2.0, processing parent, teacher, and student feedback, and engaging our faculty in making decisions about how to move this successful initiative forward. As always, we welcome other forms of parent engagement, so if you have a compliment or a concern about Vision Week, please reach out to us! This survey link is still open for parent feedback.
STEAM Holiday Family Challenge
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 13th.
Some examples:
Repeat Announcements
Important Calendar Change – Make-up School Day, March 23, 2020
To make-up for the additional Diwali Holiday we observed on Monday, October 28, the Board of Directors approved Monday, March 23, 2020 calendared as a Staff Professional Day as a full school day. We will continue to remind our community of this change in future Head’s Notes!
Upcoming Elementary Christmas Carols
Next Friday, 6 December, from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m, our Elementary Choir will be performing in the unity courtyard. Please come along to join in the sing-a-long fun and hear our wonderful choir.
December Lunch Menu & Order Links
Have a wonderful long weekend!
Calley Connelly, Dave Allen and Keryn Dowling
Calley Connelly, Dave Allen and Keryn Dowling