Dear Middle School Parents,
It was great to see so many of you at Thursday's Parent-Student-Teacher Conference Day. We had over 80% of our parents come on this day to meet with teachers. The face to face conversations are a critical portion in the home to school line of communication. It is important that we have open and frequent communication between home and school to ensure we are supporting one another so that every student is successful at AISB.
If you were present at the conferences, please be sure to give us feedback by clicking on this link. We will share the results from the survey next week in the blog. If you were not able to attend the conferences, please contact us to schedule an appointment to meet with your child's teacher(s) to ensure a smooth transition into the end of the school year.
Please enjoy these photos from the day, taken by Mr. Savic.
Partially-Sighted Students Visit AISB
The 8th Grade hosted their service learning partners on campus Wednesday, April 16, 2015. Our students have been preparing for this visit for some time and organized a spectacular day. The events included a Welcome Assembly where our AISB students recited poetry and sang songs (solo and duet) and a variety of engaging activities. Our AISB students led and directed much of the day under the guidance of our Grade 8 teachers and Mr. Lavoie.
This is a day that the Partially-Sighted students look forward to for the whole school year with excitement and anticipation. Our AISB students prepared and delivered an amazing day of group activities, computer interactions, kickball and the creation of a blog. The blog serves a double purpose as it is also a place where the Partially-Sighted and AISB students can return to be reminded of the activities, events and friends they connected with on this day. Well done!
It was great to see so many of you at Thursday's Parent-Student-Teacher Conference Day. We had over 80% of our parents come on this day to meet with teachers. The face to face conversations are a critical portion in the home to school line of communication. It is important that we have open and frequent communication between home and school to ensure we are supporting one another so that every student is successful at AISB.
If you were present at the conferences, please be sure to give us feedback by clicking on this link. We will share the results from the survey next week in the blog. If you were not able to attend the conferences, please contact us to schedule an appointment to meet with your child's teacher(s) to ensure a smooth transition into the end of the school year.
Please enjoy these photos from the day, taken by Mr. Savic.
Partially-Sighted Students Visit AISB
The 8th Grade hosted their service learning partners on campus Wednesday, April 16, 2015. Our students have been preparing for this visit for some time and organized a spectacular day. The events included a Welcome Assembly where our AISB students recited poetry and sang songs (solo and duet) and a variety of engaging activities. Our AISB students led and directed much of the day under the guidance of our Grade 8 teachers and Mr. Lavoie.
This is a day that the Partially-Sighted students look forward to for the whole school year with excitement and anticipation. Our AISB students prepared and delivered an amazing day of group activities, computer interactions, kickball and the creation of a blog. The blog serves a double purpose as it is also a place where the Partially-Sighted and AISB students can return to be reminded of the activities, events and friends they connected with on this day. Well done!
Photos by Mr. Savic
MAP Testing
This spring the NWEA MAP assessment for MS students will take place within our regular classrooms instead of the computer labs as in the past. Students will use their own laptops to complete the assessment. The NWEA MAP Testing will take place during the week of May 5th and May 11th for MS students.
We will start preparing the student laptops for the MAP assessment next week. In order to do this, students will be assisted in school to install a "Lock Down Browser". This browser prevents any student from leaving the MAP assessment accidentally during the assessment period.
If you have questions, please let me know. We will send out the exact testing days and times next week.
This is one our biggest weekends of the school year with the International Fair happening on Sunday. We hope to see you all there, taking part in the fun activities that will be on hand for kids and adults of all ages. Many thanks to the vast number of people who have contributed to this event. Over 30 Middle School students are volunteering on Sunday!
The biggest round of applause and thanks goes to the PSA for sponsoring the event and the time they have put into making this happen. We also want to thank this year's IF coordinator, Jean Relou, for a job well done!
MS PSA Meeting
We held a MS PSA meeting on Friday, April 17th from 9:00-11:00 in the Curriculum room. If you would like to see the presentations that were part of this meeting, please click on this link.
During this meeting we had presentations from the MS/HS Librarian (Sarah Ducharme) about accessing e-books on OverDrive (sign up for your summer reading!), from Mr. Murray (Health and Wellness Course Update), Mr. Farren (Attention and Technology Use) and the MS Counselor (Nancy Sibel).
Counselor's Corner
GRADE 8 CAREER DAYS!
On Wednesday, April 22, all eighth graders will participate in a TED TALK focussed on career planning decisions. Three AISB parents will describe their journey through career preparation, decision making and the many turns in the road to career fulfillment. Pizza lunch will break up the event, followed by questions and answers from the speakers. Promising to be thought provoking!
On Thursday, May 28, all eighth graders will participate in a full day Job Shadowing Program. Our school vans will transport groups of 8-10 students to the many job sites that have volunteered to host our students (from banking to fashion design to hotel management and beyond!). Students will see first hand the daily workings of a particular career that they may be interested in pursuing. Please let me know if you would like to host students at your job site for this important day!
Book Club:
RAISING GLOBAL NOMADS: Parenting Abroad in an On-Demand World
Discussion dates for this poignant book will happen on:
Dates: April 23, 30, May 7, 14 (All Thursdays)
Time: 2:15pm - 3:15pm
Location: MS Counseling Office
Please come to share your thoughts, experiences and ideas, and to hear how others are managing their global family life!
Departing Students and Families
Departing student lunch groups (with friends) will start the first week in May and run for four weeks. The theme of these groups will be based on THIRD CULTURE KID ideas of building a "RAFT" to help move to the next destination. With the help of the MS PSA leadership, I will also be offering a time for Mom's/Dad's to meet about departing family issues.
Looking forward to seeing you at the International Fair!
Best regards,
Nancy Seibel
MS CounselorUpcoming Dates:
April 30: MS Arts Day (would you like to help? Contact Ms.Chilla Tamas)
May 5: MS Boys & Girls Softball / 4th Quarter Mid Point / MS Golf Event
May 5-11: MS MAP Testing ( Specific time/Day Schedule TBA)
May 14: MS Volleyball Weekend (Moscow)
May 21: 6th Grade Special Olympics Event AISB
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