Month: August 2016

Wanted – Xuanwu student captains

A message to all Xuanwu students in grades 6-11

The new school year brings with it many challenges. One of those is the inter-house competition. There are 18 events spread over the coming year, and we need enthusiastic and committed students to help organise the Xuanwu teams. If you think you can help come and see Mr Battye at break today (Room D219).

There are no elections in Xuanwu, we simply want people who are willing to give up some of their time to help our house. If you are interested, come along!

Final Xuanwu logo small

PAC Bookings Information

Find attached the brand new updated PAC Handbook. Please read if you are intending using the PAC this year!

If you wish to use the PAC (Theatre, Black Box, etc) please email or speak with me as soon as possible. Do not wait until the last moment and please do not assume that because an event is in the school calendar it is in the facility booking system! Planning is key to smooth running of events.

Drop me a line if you have any queries about any of the PAC facilities.

PAC Handbook Updated

PD Committee

Dear Colleagues,

I am still looking for a couple of people to join the PD Committee. Please send me a message if you are interested.

Thanks,

Money Found

Dear Students,

Some money was found in school yesterday (Tuesday). If you think it might be yours, please come and see me.

 

MYP/DP New Student Embassy Open Tomorrow at Lunch!

Hello All New MYP/DP Students,

Congratulations on your first week in the Please come to the MYP LGR during the 1st half of lunch tomorrow (Thursday) to check in! This includes ALL Grade 6 students!

We’ll have our amazing Student Ambassadors, IT help, Counsellors, Admissions staff, and more there for any support you may need. We also want your feedback about your first week in the MYP/DP @ NIS!

Did I mention the free cookies? Yum!

See you tomorrow in the MYP LGR during the 1st half of lunch!

Help your house

Wutaishan and Xuanwu are looking for leaders in the PYP. Please contact Michael Chesterman for Wutaishan or Rob Battye for Xuanwu if you are willing to help support you house this year.

Wutaishan are also looking for an assistant to support Michael Chesterman in the MYP. Please contact Michael or me if you are in Wutaishan and willing to help out this year.

Thank you in advance for your support with the house system

Robin Marsh

House captains

Are you a natural leader? Do you want to be? Can you motivate your peers? Do you want to lead your house to victory this year in the house shield competition? If you have answered yes to any of these questions then contact you house leader today for a chance to hold up the house shield at the end of the year.

Wutaishan – Mr Chesterman

Xuanwu – Mr Battye or Mr Hornell

Taiping – Mr Newman or Mr Marsh

Pfrang Association-get involved

  • Author By kathadams
  • Publication date August 16, 2016
  • Categories: Staff

Following up on my announcement in briefing, the first meeting of the Pfrang Association will take place in the staff room today (Wednesday) at 5 pm. Our main focus will be to organise one of our main events,  Pfrang Day on September 24th.

Pfrang is the school’s main charity which supports the education of impoverished children in Jiangsu. For more information, please see the website:  Pfrang Association

A great opportunity to get involved in giving back to the community.

School Bells

At NIS, the school bells are chosen by PYP homerooms and MYP/DP advisory classes. This week’s bell was chosen by Mr. Mello’s advisory from last year.

  • PYP, MYP, and DP homeroom/advisories submit the bells.
  • Bells should be between 15 – 20 seconds long.
  • Bells must be from clean songs, including having clean titles. Please do not pick an instrumental part from an explicit song.
  • Please check your lyrics to ensure they are appropriate for all ages / community members.
  • Please turn off the metronome when exporting from GarageBand.

If you need any help, you can also send the entire song to Miss Keus and explain where you want the bell cut, and she will do it in GarageBand.

Please submit your bells to afp://largestorage.nanjing-school.com/school_bells.

Mr. Mello, Mr. Marsh, and Mrs. Moen have the most enthusiastic advisories when it comes to bell submissions, so you need to submit yours fast before they fill the slots!

The bell schedule can be found at: Bell Schedule 1617  (Web view) using OneNote.

elections of advisory liaisons and student council representatives

Elections of Advisory Liaisons and Student Council Representatives

Are you interested?

Job description

MYP/DP advisory liaison : share your advisory members’ feelings and wishes with the Student Council.

Grade Level representatives :

– attend all Student Council meetings.

– help with great school events such as Talent Show, Art Auction, Pfrang Day and more.

More information?? Contact Angela Lu and Abbie Cadden.

During the extended advisory on Friday, August 19th,

1- votefor ONE advisory representative.

2-vote for TWO Student Council representatives.

Managebac – G6-9 and New G10 -12 Students

Managebac emails were sent to all G6-9 and new G10-12 students yesterday. Please follow the instructions in the email to log into your Managebac account. If you have any questions please ask your Advisory Teacher or me.

First Model United Nations Meeting

Hello grade 9-12 students.  We’ll be having an initial-interest meeting about MUN next week Wednesday, August 24 at the start of lunch in Mr. Galaty’s room, D246.  We spend 10 minutes talking about meetings, conferences and so on.  See you there!

Seniors: ACT US College Test

Hello Seniors who are applying to the US for college/university,

Either you will be taking the SAT or ACT or both this fall.  The ACT will be held on Oct 22, 2016 at NIS.  The NIS school code is 694219.  Please go to www.act.org to register.

Meeting today in PAC

Dear All,

Today’s meeting will be in the PAC beginning at 2.45. The first half will focus on health insurance. If you are not covered by the health insurance you do not need to attend this meeting. At 3.30pm the second meeting will be led by SET and will focus on policies and procedures. All teaching staff and TAs need to attend the second meeting.

Thanks,

 

 

 

Wutaishan Warriors

A new year dawns for Wutaishan, and the Warriors are aiming high. If you wear red, we need your help. The House Captains, as always, play a crucial role during the year, and we are calling for nominations now. Grades 6 to 8 require a boy and girl Captain, and Grades 9 to 12 require a boy and girl Captain. Please see Mr Chesterman in D242 during the day if you wish to be considered for this important position. Who let the dogs out…

Cheers,

Michael Chesterman
michaelchesterman