Friday, March 22, 2019

Friday, March 22, 2019

Dear Parents,

Have a wonderful and relaxing Spring Break whether you are travelling or staying here in Chennai. Enjoy the time to touch base with your child on all they have learned so far this year, and don’t forget the elementary spring break postcard challenge! 5BT won last time - which class will win the pool party this time?

Towards the end of this semester, we had a wonderful festival of the arts with our Art Exhibitions in the FAC atrium, and our first ever Spring Concert yesterday.  A huge round of applause for all our arts teachers; Ms Anita, Mr Joseph, Ms Priya, Ms Jane, Ms Sarah, Mr Finny and Mr Vasanth.  In addition, we would like to  give special thanks to Yeri Kang, an extraordinary accompanist and parent volunteer for her willingness to step in at the last minute to give her time and talent to The Singing Raptors.
 

Finally, thank you to the amazing and talented community choir; Caroline Vang Kristensen, Yeri Kang, Boksil, Choi(Cecile), Junko Sakamoto, Chigusa Goda, Bénédicte Couto, Aydan Oncul,  Hanne B. Nørgaard, Fumiko Ashihara, Uttara Bharath Kumar, Virginie d'Yvoire, Cathy Tanaka, Lisa Payne and Myla Bodary.

Playground Supervision
Unfortunately, towards the end of this quarter we had several serious accidents occurring after 4:00 pm on our playgrounds. It is absolutely imperative parents supervise their children closely after school as we have no teachers on duty during this time. If you are choosing to remain at school, and your child is playing on the playground you must be within sight and hearing range. Sitting in the cafeteria is not an option if your child is playing outside.

Early Release - Wednesday April 3
Our first Wednesday back after Spring Break is an Early release Wednesday. Please be prompt at collecting your child at 2:00 pm.

Spring Break Postcard Challenge
Building on the success of the Winter Holiday postcard challenge, we would like to encourage students to send a postcard (or two or more) from your Spring Break travels. To encourage writing over the Spring Break, all Grade 1 - 5 children are encouraged to send a postcard from their spring break destination. Postcards should include a written message of where you are and what fun you have been having! This can be from Chennai, from other parts of India or from wherever you are travelling to!
  
Postcards must include a message and be posted in the mail. You can send as many postcards as you like - and the class who sends the most postcards wins a pool party. Postcards must arrive at AISC by the end of April to be counted. Challenge starts from next Friday 22 March, and we will do the final count on Monday 22 April.  5BT won the first challenge - who will win the next?

 
Early Years Coffee - Tuesday 9 April
After the break, our next parent coffee will continue our communication and education on our multi-age classroom approach to the early years programme.  While this is specifically for EY3 parents, any parent is welcome to learn more.

Viewing progress reports online
This is a reminder of how to view your child's report cards online.  Please click on the link and it will show you how to view your child's recent progress report cards on Powerschool.

April Lunch Menu & Order Links   
To order a school lunch for your child, please use this Payonline link.  
Elementary Lunch Menus: (Grades EY- 3 Pre-order) and (Grades 4 & 5 - No Preorder)

Have a wonderful break!
Keryn Dowling, Dave Allen, and Calley Connelly