Friday, April 22, 2022

Dear Parents,

We hope you were able to make it to the ES Art Exhibition this week to view artwork from students in grades

EY-5. We would like to thank Ms. Priya, Ms. Christine and Ms. Anitha for organizing and hosting the

successful Art Exhibition this week. We are so proud of the students and the beautiful artwork they

completed. 

We would also like to thank the  library team for promoting literacy at AISC and organizing the book swap. We hope the many, many books that were out on display have found good homes and will be enjoyed this weekend. 

Our facilities team was instrumental in getting the Art Exhibition and the book swap set up and taken down. Thank you facilities team!

Important Dates:

Date	Event		Details
Sunday, April 24	If your child is ordering school lunch, please complete the form by 12:00 p.m.  EY- Grade 3 Order form Grades 4 & 5 Order form		Since students in EY-Grade 3 and Grades 4 & 5 eat in different cafeterias, there are two order forms. If you have children in both EY-Grade 3 and Grade 4 or 5 then you will need to submit a form for each child.
Monday, April 25	*Complete the ParentLocker questions every morning
Wednesday, April 27	Vision Day Grades 3-5 Wednesday Early Release - school finishes at 2:30 p.m. (please arrive promptly for pick up)
Thursday, April 28	Vision Day Grades 3-5
Friday, May 6	5th grade sleepover		Student only event
Tuesday, May 17	ES to MS parent Coffee		More details to come
Friday, June 3	Grade 5 Celebration		9:00 a.m.  More details to come

 

Vision Days 

We are excited for our second semester Vision Project Days for students in grades 3-5 on Wednesday and Thursday.

 

Class Placement for 2022-2023 

It is time to begin the class placement process for the 2022-2023 school year. A significant amount of time and energy is invested into the class placement process. This process is collaborative and involves the following stakeholders:

• Elementary School leadership team

• Counselors

• Current grade level teachers

• English as an Additional Language (EAL) teachers and learning support teachers

 

When placing students, the Early Years and Elementary School faculty thoughtfully consider a variety of factors. The list below summarizes the main factors that we consider in the placement process:

• Cultures within each class

• Gender balance

• English proficiency levels

• Students who need extra support with their learning and students who benefit from having their learning extended 

• Students who need additional behavioral or emotional support

• Constructive interpersonal dynamics

• Instructional groupings for students who need support from the EAL or learning support teachers

 

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list. It simply summarizes the factors that are most frequently applied in order to create balanced classes.Our goal is to create classroom groupings that enable the teacher to meet the needs of the students as well as create a constructive and productive classroom community.

The school recognizes that the class placement process is highly complex, and therefore we allocate a significant amount of time to it. The placement process for the 2022-2023 school year will begin in early May and run through the end of July. Please note that due to the complexity of the process and the large number of variables that are considered in placement decisions, we do not honor specific teacher requests.

If there is information about your child that you believe we do not already know and may impact placement, please complete this form by Friday, April 29th. Please do not contact a counselor or teacher directly. 

 

ES Parent Coffee Recording

Thank you to those parents who attended our parent coffee this week. If you were not able to attend, here is the recording. 

  

Enjoy your weekend. 

 

Regards,

Lynn Schneider and Dave Allen

Elementary School Leadership Team