Week 20 in the Middle . . .

Students have adjusted seamlessly to the second half of the school year and it's been a busy time for us in hosting visiting schools last weekend for our MS Jamboree with great competition on the basketball court and in the swimming pool. Congratulations to all participants for representing our school so well!

Our girls in action at the Jamboree:














We have students out this weekend for CEESA Band in Bucharest, Romania, CEESA Choir in Sofia, Bulgaria and CEESA Math Counts in Vilnius, Lithuania . . . the initial feedback is that our students are very much enjoying these varied experiences. 

Our Choir group in Sofia:

PSA News:

Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration
All MS parents are welcome to a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration on Monday February 8th at 9:45 a.m. in the lobby. All students will be presented with a Chinese knot, meant to bring good luck and prosperity for the upcoming year. Children are asked to wear red or yellow on this day. After the celebration parents are invited to stay for coffee.
We thank the Chinese parents for preparing and wanting to share this very special celebration with us.
HS Musical - Into the Woods
The HS Musical "Into the Woods" will be performed on Wednesday February 10th at 6 p.m.. Prior to the Show there will be a PSA-sponsored pre-show dinner (Tickets required) at 5 p.m..
Next PSA Meeting
Please note that our next February meeting will take place on Tuesday February 23rd at 9:30 a.m. in the Faculty Dining Room. Our guest for this meeting will be our own health and wellness teacher, Mr. Martin Murray.
Meeting dates for the rest of the school year 
March 16
April 22 (evening during social)
May 10
June 6
Donuts @ Drop Off
All parents are welcome to the Donuts @ Drop off on the first day after Ski Break on Monday February 22nd at 8:30 a.m. next to the MS/HS cafe. We hope to see you there!

Grade 7 Advisory Challenge:

Catch It If You Can-Grade 7 Advisory Challenge: Perseverance, Collaboration, Creativity, Reflection, Responsibility

Last week, Grade 7 students were challenged to build a device that will launch ping-pong balls and to build a structure that will catch them. With their advisory peers, students were given a specific set of materials to use and strict time limits to finish construction of the launcher, the catcher and have time to practice.  Strategies were devised, building commenced and final structures are currently hidden away from the eyes of opposing advisories. 

Students and staff enjoyed the finale of the 7th grade advisory challenge this past Wednesday morning . . .

The winning advisory created a unique catapult device using a balloon and the force of friction to keep the ping pong ball in a pocket before launch.  The catching device used tin foil and an envelope like a basketball backboard and hoop.  Congratulations to the team of Dries Pollers, Marcell Farkas, Fernando Farras, Katie Farthing, Natali Chkhitunidze, Isabella Franco, Leyi Li, and Ru Wajima and Mr. Weingarten.    

Winning Advisory!

Special Mention goes out to the Middle School Administration Team-Mr. Ball, Ms. Szundi, Mr. George, and Mr. Savic for their creative building of a shovel and for being risk-takers in competing against 74 seventh graders!  

Student Life Update:

This week has been one of the busiest times of the year in Middle School! 

Students have been actively preparing for the Prizma Fun Day which will take place on Saturday,February 6th. Seventy-three Blazers will be playing and having fun with fifty children from the Prizma School.The Middle School Student Life Dept. would like to thank the PSA and all parents for your generous donations in support of the Prizma School! On Friday, Blazers who are participants in the Prizma Fun Day got together at lunch to create the gift bags for the Prizma children, and they are full to the brim!  

Blazers have also been gearing up to get ready for the All School Book Drive which will take place next week. They set-up a drop-off point in the Middle School Lobby by the Tech Deck, they created posters and a banner to advertise the week and they made several Jings for the morning announcements. If that wasn't enough, students are also getting ready for our celebration of Chinese New Year which will take place on Monday, February 7. We are hoping that all Blazers will help us celebrate this event by wearing yellow or red on Monday!

Next week, please don't forget to drop-off any donations of books, games, DVD's or video games in the Middle School lobby by the Tech Deck. We appreciate any support you can give us.

Finally, we are happy to report that our three groups of students who are traveling for CEESA Band, Choir and Math Counts are having a great time and are safe and sound.

Kind Regards,

Marc Lavoie

Middle School Student Life Coordinator / M.S French

Update from the Athletic Dep't:

BASKETBALL TEAMS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 at AISB:

MS Boys Basketball A-team: AISB vs. British School  16:15 start.

SWIM TEAM

SCIS Swim Meet - FEBRUARY 11-14 at Warsaw:

Good luck to the MS Swim team members traveling to Warsaw, Poland for the annual Sports Council of International Schools swim meet!  We look forward to hearing about new personal bests or perhaps a new school record or two!

Upcoming Events:

Monday, Feb 8:    All school book collection week for AGH Telek Dog Shelter

Chinese New Year Celebration @ 9:45

MS Boys & Girls Basketball Teams practice 15:40 - 17:30

Homework Club 15:30 - 16:30

CEESA MUN 15:40 - 17:30

Makers Club 15:40 - 17:30

MS Swim Team Practice 15:40 - 17:30

Tuesday, Feb 9:   All school book collection week for AGH Telek Dog Shelter

Gr.6 and Gr.7 to attend HS production performance 13:30 - 15:00

Blazer voices 12:15 - 13:00

MS Tech Crew mtg. at 15:30 in Mr. Savic’s room

CEESA Band 15:40 - 17:30

Girl Power 15:45 - 17:30

Wednesday, Feb 10: All school book collection week for AGH Telek Dog Shelter

Gr.8 to attend HS production performance 14:00 - 15:30

MS Assembly 11:15 - 12:05

MS Boys & Girls Basketball Team Practice 15:40 - 17:30

MS Swim Team Practice 15:40 - 17:30

Minecraft 15:40 - 17:30

Dungeons & Dragons 15:40 - 17:30

Thursday, Feb 11: All school book collection week for AGH Telek Dog Shelter

Grade 6 service learning field trip

Grade 7 Space exhibition field trip

CEESA Choir at 16:30 in ES music room

Digital Photography 15:45 - 17:30

Homework Club 15:30 - 16:30

Parent Book Club 14:00 - 15:15

Girl Power 15:45 - 17:30

Friday, Feb 12: All school book collection week for AGH Telek Dog Shelter

MS Floorball 15:30 - 16:30

Have a great weekend Middle School community!

Warm regards,

Andrew Ball

Middle School Principal