Please note that Free Badminton and Table Tennis CISSA are cancelled for this Friday due to the Autumn festival!
Grades 6-12 Friday Wear House Shirts
Get out your red, green and blues and wear your house shirt for this Friday morning assembly. At assembly, sit in your house so we can see a sea of blue, green and red.
PYP LGR Fridges
On Friday, October 28 the PYP LGR fridges will be used to store the hotdogs for the Autumn Festival. Please find another spot for your lunches that day. On behalf of the PTA, thank you.
When the weather outside is frightful…
Hello Middle School Students,
When it’s too wet to go outside, where can you go during the first 1/2 of lunch?
A. Hanging out upstairs in the cafeteria.
B. Shooting hoops in the Green Gym
C. Playing table tennis table outside of Design
D. Reading in the Library
E. Gaming in the Gaming Room
F. All of the above!
Life 101 Today
Just a reminder: G 7 – 12 Life 101 Today
Grade 7- With FCD in the top of the cafeteria
Grade 8-With Ms. Bezzerides upstairs in the Design Center
Grade 9-With Mrs. Galaty in the PAC
Grade 10-With Ms. Snyder in the Black Box
Grade 11-Study Hall in the DP Lounge
Grade 12-With FCD in the MYP LGR
See Mrs. Galaty or Ms. Bezzerides with any questions.
Invitation
Dear Teachers,
There will be a field-test for the ETC teacher presentation, Hip-hop in the Classroom: Leveraging rhyme-writing for comprehension, on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 (1st Lunch- 12:55 in C109). This presentation will be run as a quick interactive workshop. You will explore the links between rhyme-writing/-reciting and meaning-making in Science, Language Arts (i.e. not just English), Maths, Social Studies and many other subject areas. You will walk away with concrete lesson plans and tools that will help y trial this in the classroom right away. This session is applicable to all G2-G12 teachers. Please come and support your colleague fulfill his requirements to apply for ETC. (If you can make it, please send me a quick RSVP.)
See you next Wednesday!
ACAMIS Touch Rugby trip on November 2nd-4th
The attached list of students will be out of school on Wednesday November 2nd to Friday November 4th for ACAMIS Touch Rugby competition in Hongkong. acamis-touch-rugby-name-list-2
Learning Alchemists Environment – Oct 27
DUE TO TRIP WEEK
The Learning Alchemists Environment next meeting will be
Thursday, October 27
in the Strategy Room at Lunch
We will read the attached article.
Please remember, you can drop in and leave any time. 🙂
Contact Tom Johnson for more details
Article for Oct 27
Past Articles
- is-direct-instruction-an-answer-to-the-right-question
- why-minimal-guidance-during-instruction-does-not-work-an-analysis-of-the-failure-of-constructivist-discovery-problem-based-experimental-and-inquiry-based-teaching
- problem-based-learning-is-compatible-wtih-human-cognitive-architecture-commentary-on-kirschner-sweller-and-clark
Middle School Parent Coffee Slides
Hello All,
A reminder of our Middle School parent coffee on Monday of next week from 8:10 in the MYP LGR. Please find the attached slides to guide our presentation.
Thanks and see you then!
Kasson
EARCOS
Dear All,
Just a friendly reminder that the ETC deadline is the end of today (Wednesday, October 26th, 2016).
Also, we are always looking for writers or teachers who would like to share about their learning or teaching by submitting an article for the EARCOS Tri-Annual Journal. The winter issue submissions are due at the end of November. Below is information about what you can submit and some guidelines. If you are interested, please let me know. You can send the submissions to me, and I can proof-read it before submitting to EARCOS.
Thanks!
Grace
Possible article submission topics:
Community Service Projects
Campus Development – New building plans, under construction, just completed.
Curriculum Initiatives – New and exciting adoption efforts, and creative teacher ideas.
Green and Sustainable – Related to campus development and/or curriculum.
Student Art – We will highlight ES art in Fall issue, MS art in Winter issue, and HS art in Spring issue.
Student Literary Work – Short stories, poetry, scholarly writing.
Service Learning
Action Research
Here are the requirements in submitting your article:
1. Submit in MS Word format or PDF format
2. 500 Words
3. Photo in JPEG format with caption
4. Photo resolution atleast 300dpi
4. Font style Gills Sans
5. Font size 9
Article Integrity
We want to make sure submitted articles are not in violation of copyright laws. We highly encourage original articles. When you send an articles to ourET Journal, we will make sure you get the proper credit by displaying your name, title, school, and email in the article.
Homework Club!
Today (Wednesday) after school.
From 3:15-4:15 anyone grade 6-12 is welcome.
Get support if you need it.
Get all of your work finished.
Have fun.
Enjoy this joke:
Why did the boy eat his homework?
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Because his teacher said it was a piece of cake.
Learning Alchemists Environment – Oct 27
DUE TO TRIP WEEK
The Learning Alchemists Environment next meeting will be
Thursday, October 27
in the Strategy Room at Lunch
We will read the attached article.
Please remember, you can drop in and leave any time. 🙂
Contact Tom Johnson for more details
Article for Oct 27
Past Articles
- is-direct-instruction-an-answer-to-the-right-question
- why-minimal-guidance-during-instruction-does-not-work-an-analysis-of-the-failure-of-constructivist-discovery-problem-based-experimental-and-inquiry-based-teaching
- problem-based-learning-is-compatible-wtih-human-cognitive-architecture-commentary-on-kirschner-sweller-and-clark
It is almost that time of the year again
For What?
It is almost that time of the year when men become much, much more handsome by growing (or attempting to grow) bro-mos, cookie dusters, bristel batons, crumb catchers, facial fur, flavor savers, lip foliage, snot catchers, or whiskers (aka a Mustache).
Where?
At NIS and around the world
When?
Starting November 1st (or should I say Movember 1st?) and continuing until December 1st
Who can participate?
All students, teachers, and parents can help support the great cause by either growing a mustache, donating or joining the Move movement where you exercise every day during the month of November. (https://ex.movember.com/get-involved/move)
Why?
To help men live happier, healthier, longer lives
How?
Visit http://mobro.co/richardfischl and sign up to join the movement or donate to the cause.