Dear Parents,
Field Day was a success! We want to thank our PE teachers, Sobha, Balaji, and Jack, for planning and organizing such a fun and meaningful Field Day for the students.The fifth graders were also a big contributor to the Field Day activities. So kudos to them for creating games and activities for the younger grades. We hope your child enjoyed the Wednesday afternoon event.
Important Dates
Reading Aloud to Your Child
There are benefits to reading aloud to your child even if they are independent readers themselves. Remember you can order books from our school library for pick up (Google form). Ms. Babs and Ms. Teena are more than happy to recommend a great family read aloud.
@woodward_julie
Invitation to Get to Know the Incoming Middle School Principal in 2021-2022 (for Grade 5 Parents)
Dear Grade 5/Middle School AISC Parents,
I am excited about the possibility of getting to know you and the AISC community over the next few months. My family and I are looking forward to moving from Bangladesh to Chennai and learning all about a new culture. We’ve enjoyed our time in Dhaka and my children have even visited AISC as part of the SAISA Sports League. It is wonderful to have these connections already with Track & Field and Volleyball. I feel very fortunate to have visited AISC back in February 2016 as part of the Middle School NESA Conference. There have been many changes made to the AISC campus since then, but I was struck by the lovely green and tropical feel of the campus. I was also inspired by the keynote presentation of Mr. Sugata Mitra and his hopeful vision for education as he described it in the “Hole in the Wall experiment.” I came away from the visit to Chennai recharged, and thankful to be working with such a talented group of people both in Dhaka and in the NESA region.
Throughout my five years in Dhaka, I have remained connected to both the SAISA organization through my children’s and students’ activities, and also the NESA network. It is through this organization that I was able to meet Jessica Pechhold and learn about the Middle School at AISC further. I am impressed by the Middle School initiatives like those in the areas of STEAM and Service Learning and it will be wonderful to experience these firsthand. In our time together in the upcoming weeks, we will have a chance to meet and get to know each other over Zoom. I am very interested in hearing about your perspective on the AISC community and what impresses you and makes AISC special. I am eager to learn about what you and your children value and how that relates to the school community. By sharing our ideas, we can begin to envisage what our partnership and time together will entail.
I look forward to embarking on this journey with you.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Bertram
The two sessions will be identical giving Middle School parents the opportunity to choose either one that works best for their schedule.
Thursday, March 4 at 5:30 p.m.
Meeting ID: 885 5937 6233
Passcode: AISCMS
Friday, March 5 at 12:00 p.m.
Meeting ID: 848 4706 7541
Passcode: AISCMS
From the Counselors
5 Strategies for Managing Tech in the Home
by Renee Hobbs (recently presented at NESA parents as partners program)
Talk about your love-hate relationship with media and technology. Which type of media do you like/hate? Use these fun love/hate cards to discover which type of media/content you as grown ups value most.
Do as I do, not as I say.
What tech activities do you want your child to do more or less of…. You also do more or less of these things.
Activate critical thinking with your children. When talking about something do to with media, video games, etc. use some of these questions:
Who is the author and what is the purpose?
What techniques are used to get your attention?
What lifestyles and values are represented?
How might different people interpret this message?
Who is left out?
Celebrate your child’s independent learning and pleasures in learning media.
Ask what they are watching and what they like about it.
Ask them to show you how they are interacting with the media.
Develop family rules that are just right for your family.
Regards,
Lynn Schneider, Dave Allen, and Elliot FijmanElementary School Leadership Team