The Discover China week surveys will close today (Tuesday) at 2.45pm. Can you please make sure you complete this. It will help us improve the trips next year. Thank you.
Grade 11 Extended Essay launch lunch Today
Grade 11…
The time has come to launch you into the process of Extended Essay. You have heard about it, read about it, thought about it, talked about it and now you have to make some decisions about it.
The launch lunch will be Today Monday 26th October in the MYP LGR at 12.50.
This is a compulsory event for ALL GRADE 11 STUDENTS.
As it is lunchtime (launchtime?) there will be pizza…. Thanks Dr Saavedra!
ACAMIS Basketball starts today
ACAMIS Basketball starts today at 4.20pm for Gr9 – 12. Sign up on veracross if you have not signed up. See you on the court.
Today’s ETC Field Test
Happy Monday! Today, there is a field test for the upcoming EARCOS conference.
Making Things Better: Design Thinking in the Classroom will be held in C131 (3C, aka Jesse’s classroom) during 2nd lunch (1:20pm). It will be great to see you all there supporting your fellow colleague!
Visit from Warwick Mann
Dear all,
Brain Donn from Warwick Mann (www.warwickmann.com) will be at school on Monday and Tuesday October 26 & 27 to offer financial advice to any teacher or staff member who would like to speak to him. A list of the services offered are on the staff room notice board. The school does not promote any one company but does encourage teachers to plan for the future.
Lucy
Yearbook Individual Mugshot Photos on Wed., Oct. 28 (Day 8)
Students: Please look at the scheduled for your appointed time. Photos are taken in grade level A, B, C groups (fire evacuation groups) and you need to be in the PYP LGR at least 3 minutes before your scheduled time.
Yearbook mugshots schedule for Oct. 28
Yearbook Individual Mugshots on Wednesday, Oct. 28
Teachers: Please look at the attached schedule for information concerning photo day. PYP classes should be lined up according to the ID number list (in your pigeon hole) and MYP/DP students should come directly to the PYP LGR where Stine will put them in the correct order. PYP teachers need to bring the list with them to the photo session to give to Stine. Advisory teachers should make sure that their students know when to go for photos. MYP/DP students will be photographed in grade level groups according to A,B,C (“fire evacuation groups”) and need to be in the PYP LGR at least 3 minutes prior to their photo time. Thank you.Yearbook mugshot Oct 2015 Schedule 1
Language Acquisition
Make sure that ELL/English B students are seated where they can see and hear well. Provide them with maximum access to the instructional and linguistic input that you are providing. Involve them in some manner in all classroom activities.
MYP/DP Week 11 Assembly
The Week 11 assembly is filling up and looking to be a diverse offering! Be sure to let me know if you have any items for the assembly by Wednesday. Any digital file must be with me before 12:55 Thursday. Otherwise it will not be played.
Any questions – contact me!
Sam Brown
Grade 6 Life 101 Room Change
Hi Grade 6 Students,
Starting this week we will meet for Life 101 in room D340.
Ms. Bezzerides
Chess next Wednesday
Time is running out for you to show your strategic brilliance. See your captains/leaders asap about joining your house chess team. Matches will be played on Wednesday lunchtime. All players need to download a chess clock app to their smartphones.
Two boys and two girls needed for each section (G6-8 & G9-12).
Field Test
Dear All,
Just a reminder about the upcoming field test presentations for next week. Please come and support your colleagues who are applying to present for ETC 2016. One of the presenters originally scheduled for Wednesday has decided not to present this year. Therefore, we will just have two presentations on Monday and Friday.
Please let me know if you can come to the sessions. I need to know the numbers so I can prepare necessary materials.
Thanks so much!
Grace
| Monday (10/26) | Friday (10/30) |
| Making Things Better: Design Thinking in the Classroom | Cultivating Empathy in the Drama classroom |
| Location: TBD | Location: Drama Classroom |
| Time: 2nd Lunch (1:20pm) | Time: 2nd Lunch (1:20pm) |
Visit from Warwick Mann
Dear all,
Brain Donn from Warwick Mann (www.warwickmann.com) will be at school on Monday and Tuesday October 26 & 27 to offer financial advice to any teacher or staff member who would like to speak to him. A list of the services offered are on the staff room notice board. The school does not promote any one company but does encourage teachers to plan for the future.
Lucy
Many thanks
The Accreditation Visitors had their last day in school yesterday. They wanted to extend thanks to everyone for such a warm welcome and for interesting and enriching conversations.
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to making this visit such a success.
Language Acquisition
How to help students understand what they read in textbooks
Remind students of the importance of looking at headings, diagrams, and illustrations and their captions.