MYP/DP teachers: If you have not done so, please take a few minutes to help sort the Jin Bu Jiang award winners (see email from 28/5) The link is here and the criteria can be found below.
Nokia phone found
A Nokia telephone has been turned in. It looks like it may belong to a teacher. Please stop by and see me if you have lost your phone. Thanks,
Arden
Are you overdue?
6A-Eric Wang, Evan Wu
6B-Sunny Bae, Eva Mary Clarke, Anselma Ellingwood, Lucy Hammond, Levi Witzel
6C-Jackie Du, Hyelyn Hwangbo, Emily Yang, Henry Yu
7A- Daehyun Kim, Maria Psaila Cardenas, Tillmann Siering, Iris van Bremen
7B-Joy Chang, Anthony Chen, Felicity Crook, Kyeongmin Lee, Erik Vunsh, Cade Wilburn
7C-Montserrat Alvarado Gonzalez, Donghwan Kim, Chuan Qin, Wonkyu Shin, Ati Underwood, Marvin Wehrle
8A-Alexander Gerke, Tina Wu, Nancy Yan
8B-Sophia Liu, Minna Sonevang, Luke Yu
8C-Alexia Avila, Rokiah Berry, Irving Garza, Runzhi Gu, Sally Kim
9A-Youjeong Shin
9B-Isobel Ciccocioppo, Jorge Psaila Cardenas, Sofia Saavedra Adams, Kostya Tyoschin, Zeju Zhang
9C-Ilwoo Chae, Leon Karches, Dong Young Seo
10B-Ellie Chang, Hajin Cho, Poppy Mathias-ball, Jungyoon Shin, Bruce Zihua
10C-Seungjun Jeong, Jun Pyo Lee, Sonja Metzmeiier
10D-Lauren Childers, Chanho Jung, Tae Gun Lee
But seriously guys, return your books please.
Free Cake!
The cake is a lie, but now that I have your attention, just a reminder to sign up to have your computer re-imaged before the end of the school year. http://share.nanjing-school.com/ict/wiki/macbook-upgrade-data-transfer-reservation/
Summer Classics! Book Reviews by John Hammond
Impress your friends this summer, (or the person on the next sun lounger), with some…
SUMMER CLASSICS!!!
Easy to read, easy to fall asleep over, easy to wake up to and start all over again having realised you dozed through the previous three chapters…
John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps
The grandaddy of all thrillers; nail-biting action from beginning to end in this exciting manhunt, action man Richard Hannay racing from the gaslit streets of London to the wild Scottish moors under threat of his life as he tries to uncover the mysterious secret that his enemies will kill for.
G.K.Chesterton, Father Brown and The Man Who Was Thursday
Father Brown is Sherlock Holmes with a sense of humour – try these short stories out and you’ll be hooked. Then try the ‘The Man Who Was Thursday’, another early detective thriller and one of the best – will the hero beat the sinister cult who (probably, being a sinister cult) want to take over the world?
G. & W.Grossmith, Diary of a Nobody
Gentle English comedy – the diary of a little man, Mr.Pooter, who feels neglected and somehow pointless, thinks about doing something about it, and fails in his inimitable, shy and half-hearted way.
H.Rider (don’t call me Merle) Haggard, King Solomon’s Mines
Featuring Allan Quartermain, the original Indiana Jones, big game hunter and ladies’ man; high adventure in the wilds of 19th Century Africa. Another book featuring Allan Quartermain, entitled – in a brief loss of imagination – ‘Allan Quartermain’, is also available! And, once you’re a Quartermain fan…
H.Rider (yes, again)Haggard, She
One of the best-selling books of all time, and the original ‘lost world’ novel, set in Africa among a tribe of warrior women led by – yes – ‘SHE’ (aka ‘she-who-must-be-obeyed’). How will alpha-male Quartermain fare when up against this attractively sinister, sinisterly attractive new foe?
Samuel Butler, Erewhon
A utopia? A dystopia? Where is the mysterious land of ‘Erewhon’? And why?
Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
Half-ruined castles? Check. Mysterious black-clad strangers? Check. Ghostly sounds at dead of night? Check. Innocent young ladies in desperate need of rescue? Check. This is the original horror fantasy, that put the ‘G’ in Gothic. Without this there would be no Frankenstein’s monster and no Dracula either.
all available now in the NIS library!!!
Used Book Sale in the Library
Stop by the library Wednesday June 10 to Friday June 12 to pick up some used books for the summer break! Be sure to browse the tables for Mr. Hammond’s rejected classics (now deleted from the library and ready for a new home!)
Library- White tubs and trolleys
Hi Teachers-
The library and resource room are missing many of their white storage tubs- thanks for sending any back that you might have in your rooms.
Also, please note that if you borrow the blue trolleys from the library at the end of the year, please bring them back promptly. They are vital for our end-of-year tasks as well.
Thanks!
The Library Staff
Track & Field Record Holders
If you broke a school record this year, either as part of the Track & Field team or at Athletics Day, you certificate is waiting for you in the Athletics office. Please collect this week.
PTA Birthday Cupcakes June & July
PTA will be giving out Cupcakes to June and July Birthdays, at Morning Break tomorrow, Wednesday June 10th.
Student Council President and Vice-President
Please congratulate Kostya and Cameron on their election to the roles of President and Vice-President of the MYP/DP Student Council for next year.
C+S Award applications being taken now!
Attention MYP Students,
Applications for the prestigious C+S Award are being taken between today and Monday, June 15th at 8am. As long as you meet the criteria and submit to Mr. Hutchison before the deadline, you win! You’ve already done the service, let’s celebrate it (The also looks great on Uni applications :-). See the attached criteria and linked application template. Your HR teachers have this information as well.
Adware
We’re seeing adware on people computers. We are now monitoring the school network for this type of activity and following up with those who are infected. If you see Adware behaviour on your computer please have it fixed. Stop by our Apple store or email help@nanjing-school.com
Where does it come from?
Adware often comes packaged in installers for other software. Most often, this is because something was downloaded illegally from a torrent or piracy site. Sometimes it is because it has been added to a legit piece of software by an unscrupulous download site. (Even well-known download sites, such as Download.com and Softonic, have resorted to this kind of unethical behavior, and should never be used.) Other times it is because a developer has opted to use an adware-riddled installer, provided with incentives from the adware creator, to distribute their software. It could even be installed through deceit, by pretending to be something that it is not in order to trick the user into installing it. (This last type is usually the only type that is detected as malware by anti-virus software.)
What are the symptoms?
The most typical symptom of such adware is the display of advertisements on your Mac where none should exist. Adware also will often change your browser’s home page and search engine settings, and may even cause redirects from legit sites to sites constructed for the financial benefit of the adware developer. It can also cause secondary problems, such as web pages displaying incorrectly (due to insertion of foreign HTML code) or browser crashes.
Fix it by Scanning with AdwareMedic
Download and run AdwareMedic
AdwareMedic will scan your system and help you remove any known adware automatically. Please read the AdwareMedic documentation, which can also be found by clicking the Get Help button in the app. Be sure to pay attention to any prompts, as you may need to decide whether or not to delete certain preference files, or may need to restart the computer and then do another scan. Read the prompts carefully, and be sure you understand and follow all instructions.
If you are unable to download AdwareMedic because the Download button redirects you to other sites (such as the MacKeeper site) or because the AdwareMedic site pops open for a fraction of a second before being replaced with a page that says your browser can’t find the server, you are infected with the Downlite adware. It is actively trying to prevent you from downloading AdwareMedic. See us in the Apple store or email help@nanjing-school.com
Upgrade Your Computer!
Please use the following link to sign up for a time to have your computer upgraded.
http://share.nanjing-school.com/ict/?p=374
We will back up your computer for you, but suggest you complete your own backup as well.
All staff computers must be upgraded to Yosemite and have Microsoft Office installed before the start of the 2015/2016 school year, so we appreciate your help in making this happen.
Thanks to those who have already signed up!
If you have questions, please email help@nanjing-school.com
Afternoon of Rock!
Today @ 3:15 in the Courtyard! Be there and ready to rock!
The Duck Is In Flight
This year’s fantastic edition of the Purple Duck arts and literary magazine was launched into flight last night at a magical party featuring PYP song and Bollywood dance, art installations and literary readings at the open mic, followed by live music from several acts, all taking place on several stages. It was a music and arts festival quite unlike anything NIS has seen before.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this year’s magazine – we couldn’t have done it without your talents. And a very big thank you to those who performed last night – graciously, poetically, and movingly – and those who helped put the evening together, in small ways and large. Special thank yous to Ms.Yuen for her usual professional photographic work, and to Mr.Kay for all his time, his wealth of experience, and for the use of his venerable desktop computer.
And finally, a huge flap of the Purple Duck’s wings goes out in appreciation to the Purple Duck team for their inspired party-organising skills and for all their hard work spent bringing you the best arts and literary magazine in China! This year’s team was: Michelle Lei, Maristella Witt, Emma Sonevang, Brydie Dwyer, Jannik Schwachta, Minna Sonevang, Alicia Liu and Sophia Liu.
Don’t forget, the Purple Duck magazine will be on sale at various outlets over the next two weeks. Make sure you get one before they sell out! A mere 60RMB for one, 100RMB for two!