Friday, May 29, 2015

Friday, May 29, 2015

Dear Parents,

At the beginning of every year we ask you to update your child’s health information that we have on record. The summer break may be an ideal time for families to see their family doctor, update medications, review immunizations and complete TB screening. We will need the following details:

• Health details
• Contact information
• Immunization record
• Evidence of TB screening
• Authorization for medication
• Grant emergency permission
• Physical examination form

Link: Health Form

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5yFRhU1WhzYMXBzaVZiaHJPb0U&authuser=0

Link: Physical Exam Form

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5yFRhU1WhzYYlY1am9pVnJCMzA&authuser=0

We manage the health of your child based on the information given. Therefore, it is important that the forms be filled out completely and handed in on the first day of school together with any medications required.  For significant conditions such as severe asthma, allergy, diabetes, or seizures, you should inform the nurse immediately upon the first day of school and supply the health office with any recommended Action Plans and the emergency medicine indicated.

The information sheet “Immunizations and TB Screening” is provided to assist you in fulfilling immunization and screening requirements and recommendations.  Please check with your physician regarding the immunization schedule recommended for your child.  If you are not sure what is recorded on your child’s records, please call in and we can go through the requirements with you.

Please note that an annual sports physical examination is required and is attached.  This will provide baseline information regarding a student’s fitness for sports.

Remember to take the Health Form, your child’s immunization records and the Physical Examination Form with you when you visit the doctor.

The Health Office has a list of doctors in Chennai. Please call the School Nurse’s office, should you require any further information or help.

Lost and Found

Lost and Found items are stored near the MC rooms. Sonia David in the main reception holds the valuable items. Kindly visit these areas if your child has lost something.

The items that have been found will be displayed on tables in the main entrance from Wednesday, June 3rd through Friday, June 5th. Please stop by to see if any of these belong to your family. Those items not claimed by Friday, June 5th will be donated to local orphanages.


Math Summer Fun

Below are links to "summer fun" calendars with activities for all levels of kids to review what they learned this past year.

Grade 1  |  Grade 2  |  Grade 3  |  Grade 4  |  Grade 5

Summer Reading

The summer is a wonderful time to explore the world, enjoy time with family, and relax.  It is also a wonderful time for students to read and write!  Did you know that if students do not engage in reading on a regular basis, they can regress 2-3 reading levels over the summer vacation?  This is called the "summer slide."  

The CIC would like to thank all of the students, parents, and staff for a great school year! To those of you who will be leaving us, it was great having you here at AISC and we hope you will come back and visit! To those of you who will be returning, we look forward to seeing you in 2015-2016! Whatever your plans are for next fall, we hope that you will keep on reading! We also hope that you will continue reading and learning during the summer holiday and would love to remind everyone about our fantastic collection of eBooks here at AISC! We have thousands of them...over 10,000 in fact!

There are several different platforms we use for our eBooks. Please find all the information you need below.  If you need any help logging in or want more assistance in using the eBooks, please stop into the CIC and ask us. 

FollettShelf

Website: wbb10056.follettshelf.com
Free App: Brytewave
Username: Your school email address without the @aisch.org part (example: sjohn)
Password: chennai
Other information:
1) These can be downloaded and read offline if you use the app.
2) There are many different genres available, fiction and nonfiction.

TumbleBooks

Website: tumblebooks.com
Username: aisc
Password: chennai
Other information:
1) You will need an Internet connection to read these (cannot be read offline).
2) Many French and Spanish books are available on this site.
3) Many popular titles are found here, including some classics.
4) Many books will also read out loud to you.
5) This site also has games and educational videos.

InfoBase Learning

Website: ebooks.infobaselearning.com
Username: aisc
Password: chennai
Other information:
1) You will need an Internet connection to read these (cannot be read offline).
2) There are also many books on here for older students.

Grade 5 Students Visit a Grade 8 Science Class

Mr. Ben’s Grade 5 students visited Mr. Thomson’s Grade 8 science class this week where they learned about the different experiments the middle school students did. Below are some pictures:






Have a great weekend,

Kevin Hall
Elementary School Principal