Thank you parents and students for attending conferences this past Wednesday - we had an 87% participation rate across grade levels in the Middle School. With our students, parents and teachers directly involved in these discussions, this excellent turnout further supports the partnership between home and school. Sincere thanks to those parents for providing additional feedback via our online survey. We are reflecting on the overall structure and approach in hopes of improving on the experience for our Spring session of conferences.
If you were unable to attend or see all teachers on conference day, please feel free to contact teachers directly to arrange for an appointment at another time.
MS PSA Update:
The next PSA meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 17th at 9:00 a.m. in the faculty dining room. Dr. Kinga is coming and will talk about childhood and adolescent depression: how to differentiate it from normal surliness, when to refer to a mental health professional, how to prevent the devastation of suicide.
Giving Tree: AISB has supported the Miklos, Bolyai and Brezno Children’s Homes for several years. This year, once again, we are organizing "The Giving Tree". The children of these homes have made a wish list of items they would like to receive for Christmas. Also, the caregivers have made lists of the homes’ basic needs. Our MS students may visit The Giving Tree throughout the school day. However if they want to buy a personal gift for the children they can come and pick a wish during lunchtime on Thursday November 19th and Friday November 20th.
Student Life Update:
This week in Student Life we have been focusing on signing-up for the winter after school activities. I am pleased to report that the interest from the student body is at an all-time high. Seven out of ten proposed activities are already full, and the remaining three are quickly filling-up. The final activity lists will be posted on the activities board on Monday as well as on the Middle School parent and student portals. Please note that many of the activities have a limited number of spots available and if you don't see your child's name on a list it is because there were no places left when they signed-up. The activities currently being offered are:
- Digital Photography
- CEESA Band
- CEESA Choir
- CEESA Model United Nations
- CEESA Knowledge Bowl
- Table-Tennis
- Floorball
- Makers Club
- Minecraft Club
- Dungeons & Dragons
Our 8th Grade Girl Power Hosted Activity also began this week with a full contingent of 14 very excited young ladies. They will be involved in a very demanding but empowering program that will last ten sessions.
Lastly, please note that the Fall Co-Curricular Celebrations will take place on Thursday, November 19th and will begin in the cafeteria at 3:45. Here is the schedule for the event:
Fall Co-Curricular Celebration Schedule
3:45 All teams and coaches meet in cafeteria for pizza. Tables will be labeled with team names.
4:00 Opening ceremony: Fleming & Lavoie + Slide show.
4:10 Teams break out to following rooms until 5:00 pm :
B210 (Fubler): Boys tennis
B211 (Henderson): Girls tennis
B220 (Kill): Boys Soccer B
B234 (Rudnicki): Boys Soccer A
B233 (Van Den Hiel): Girls Soccer
B235 (Robinson): Cross-country
B112 (Farren): Robotics
5:00 Teams return to cafeteria for some cake.
5:15 Students leave for late buses.
Parents are of course welcomed and encouraged to attend.
Kind Regards,
Marc Lavoie
MS Athletics Update:
Sports Fans!
Hats off to all the MS Boys A & B soccer teams who participated in various events both at home and abroad this past weekend! The DVAC MS Boys Soccer Tournament was a a lot of fun and it was great to see so many fans out there supporting our student-athletes. Special thanks to parents who volunteered their time to help the Booster Club sell concessions for all the players, coaches, and spectators. Congrats to the 7th grade team for taking 4th place. The gr. 6 team won the sportsmanship award. The A-team was in Bratislava for the DVAC Tournament and claimed second place!
Upcoming Athletic Events:
MS Co-Curricular Celebration: All MS students who participated in a Fall Sport are welcome to attend the MS Co-Curricular Celebration on November 19 from 16:00-17:30
Basketball Skills Camp with Miss Pal: This will be a free skill camp open to all MS & HS Students who want to improve their basketball prowess. No sign-up required, simply show up to the gym. Skill Camp will be offered in the main gym from 15:45-17:15 on the following days: November 12 & 16
Basketball Open Gym: Supervised Open Gym basketball will be available over the next two weeks for MS & HS students. Students are welcome to come to the gym to shoot around, and/or play pick-up games from 15:45-17:15 on the following days: November 13, 17, 18.
Basketball Try-outs: MS students are invited to try-out for the AISB MS Basketball boys & girls teams on November 23 & 25. No sign up for tryouts is required. After these tryout days, selections will be announced for A & B teams in each gender. Regular practices in deisgnated teams will begin on November 30 and permission slips for these.teams will be sent home accordingly.
MS Swim Team: The first day of practice for the MS Swim Team will be November 23. Students are not required to tryout for the swim team.
GO BLAZERS!
Mr. FlemingAll Upcoming Events:
Monday, Nov 16: MS Winter activities season begins
MS Tech Crew 12:30 in Curriculum room
Homework Club 15:30 - 16:30
CEESA MUN - Dr.Vas’s classroom 15:30
Makers Club - 15:40 - 17:30
Coach Pal’s MS/HS Basketball Skill Camp - boys & girls
Open swim 16:30 - 17:30
Tuesday, Nov 17: MS Winter and activities season begins
Blazer voices 12:15 - 13:00
Drama Club- Mulan Jr 15:30 - 17:30
Set Design 15:40 - 17:20
CEESA Band 15:40 - 17:30
Girl Power Workshop 15:40 - 17:30
Open gym 15:30 - 17:30
Coach Bernadette’s Swim Skill Camp - boys & girls
Wednesday, Nov 18: MS Winter activities season begins
PSA Board mtg 9:00 - 11:00
MS assembly/Advisory 11:15 - 12:05
Minecraft 15:40 - 17:30
Dungeons & Dragons 15:40 - 17:30
Open gym 15:30 - 17:30
Open Swim 16:30-17:30
Thursday, Nov 19: MS ISTA Istanbul
Blazer Barkers @ 12:20
CEESA Choir at lunch in ES music room
Homework Club 15:30 - 16:30
Fall Co-Curricular Celebration 15:45-17:30
*(There will be no MS after school activities or sports on this day)
Coach Bernadette’s Swim Skill Camp - boys & girls
Friday, Nov 20: MS ISTA Istanbul
MS Winter Sports and activities season begins
MS Floorball 15:30 - 16:30
Coach Bernadette’s Swim Skill Camp - boys & girlsHave a great weekend Middle School!
Warm regards,
Andrew Ball
Middle School Principal
