Month: November 2016

EARCOS Tri-Annual Journal

Kind reminder that the submissions for the tri-annual journal is this Thursday (December 1st, 2016).

Please take note of the guidelines set from EARCOS below. You can send me your article, and I can send it on your behalf.

Thank you!

What can be Contributed?

Here are some of the features in the Winter issue:

Welcome New Member Schools, New School Heads, Principals and Associate members. (Spring Issue)
Faces of EARCOS – Promotions, retirements, honors, etc.
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

Reading Corner

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.

Grades 7 & 8: Superquick Math Clinic – 7 skills in 7 days.

Grades 7 & 8: Superquick Math Clinic – 7 skills in 7 days.

10 minutes of Math a day each lunch time starting today. Be prepared to work hard & fast.

Friday 1:00 – 1:10 – order of operations, indices, roots

Monday 1:00 – 1:10 – directed number (positives & negatives)

Tuesday 12:40 – 12:50– factors, multiples, fractions

Wednesday 1:00 – 1:10 – ratios

Thursday 1:00 – 1:10 – percentages

Friday 1:10 – 1:20 – decimals

Monday 1:00 – 1:10 – algebra

Come for 1, some or all…

Room 241 with Mrs Merrylees

Extra help available at a more relaxed pace if wanted.

Staffroom fridge

Dear all,

The fridge, with the note on, will be used this weekend for the Basketball tournament.  Please remove all items by 3pm on Friday 25th November.

Also if you have an hour free on Saturday between 8:30am and 1:20pm I would appreciate help with the Ray of Light Cambodia food stall.  We will be selling food to the basketball players to raise money for the orphanage in Phnom Penh.

 

Thanks,

Paul

EE in the Library today

Dear Grade 12, Ms Rinker and I will be in the Library ready and eager to help you with all your EE questions. Referencing? Formatting? Criteria? We can help.

See you there. 3 – 4pm.

Summer Program/Volunteer/Internship Ideas

If you are looking for ideas for summer programs and internships, now is the time to research ideas and apply:

http://globalscholars.yale.edu/

Home

https://www.discoveryinternships.com/

https://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/high-school-volunteer-abroad

 

Middle and Upper School Awards

Hello Middle and Upper School Rockstars,

Need a little extra incentive to motivate you over the coming weeks? Interested in what it takes to grace the stage at the Semester 1 awards assembly? New to NIS and want to know how awards work? Click this link and all shall be revealed!  awards-at-nis

HKBU University Visit Today

Grade 10, 11, 12 students HKBU will be visiting today, Tuesday November 22 to talk about academics and campus life.  Come to the MYP/LGR at 12:30 to learn about university life in Hong Kong.