Boys and Girls CISSA/SCISAC Volleyball start practices next week. This is open to all Gr7 – 9 boys and Gr 6 – 9 girls. Practices are Tuesdays and Thursdays 4.20 – 5.30pm. Sign up on Veracross.
Raffles Medical Shanghai HS Package for NIS
Dear overseas staff,
Please find here attached the latest health screening package specially customized for NIS.
Best wishes,
Clara Xi
HR Assistant
claraxi@staff.nanjing-school.com
Nanjing International School
Tel: +86 25 85899111*3060 / Fax: +86 25 85899222
Teacher Internet Interruption AM – FYI
This is purely an FYI about what happened this morning and our process of solving it so that you, as a user is better informed. Feel free to ask any of us “IT” folk about it for clarification.
There was a brief break in our VPN connection on the Teacher wifi network this morning from about 0750 – 0950. York Zha, our Network “guy,” leapt into action and did some behind the scenes work to shift that connection to the student line to try and minimize the interruption while our provider (GOIP) worked on fixing the issue. Since we have 2 lines – Unicom (for students) and Telecom (for teachers) – dedicated to our VPN provider (GOIP), and only the GOIP Telecom line was down, York worked his magic and switched the Teacher network (network = WiFi) onto the same Unicom line (internet) as the students.
When something like this occurs (or you suspect something like this is occurring) the best thing to do is to turn off then on your wifi. What this does is allow the WiFi card in your computer to reset the settings for connecting to the internet, essentially giving it time to figure out that old addresses it was connected to were not working and find the ones that do. A good example would be when you and a friend are trying to meet up somewhere and figure out how far apart you are: you call each other initially to say that you are just heading out the door; then when you get to the place ahead of your friend, you call to check in and find out where they are/how close they are and find out that they’re running late because of traffic.
If you’ve read this far, congratulations! You can claim to be a level 1 network ninja. If you’re still puzzled, feel free to ask York or any of the rest of IT to clarify. We’re always happy to educate and geek out! Enjoy your weekend and Happy Friday!
RFG Christmas Market
On Saturday, August 26th, NIS will be providing some musicians to play background music at a Christmas bazaar. The PYP / MYP choir will be performing, and we hope to have some soloists and small ensembles as well. If you are interested, please let Ms. Heidi or Miss Keus know, so that we can add you to our documentation and get your equipment needs setup, etc. Please let us know by Tuesday, November 22nd.
Speak Easy@BWYA Nov 25-26 List of G6-10 Students
Attached is the list of the 16 G6-10 students attending the Speak Easy at BWYA on Nov 25-26. The students will leave school after Block one on Friday Nov 25.speakeasybwyanov-25-26
Life 101 Friday, Nov 18
Round 2 of Life 101 starts Today, Friday, November 18, 2018. Day 8 Block 2. Enjoy your new set of lessons.
Grade 7: Digi Citi: Upstairs cafeteria: Mrs. Barder and Mrs. Kong
Grade 8: Organization: Upstairs Design Center: Mrs. Bezzerides
Grade 9: Sex Ed: Drama Classroom: Mr. Bratton
Grade 10: Wellness: MYP/LGR: 1st lesson focus: PPP Mrs. Snyder
Grade 11: College Counseling: Music Room: (Mrs. Galaty)
Grade 12: Life After HS: DP Lounge: First lesson is EE Ruth
Grade 12 Life 101 Friday – room change
Hi Grade 12, we will have a final Extended Essay session tomorrow (Friday) during Life 101 in the Music Room (m251). Please bring your computers and be ready to work!
See you there.
Giving Tree
Feeling gloomy about the state of the world? Cheer yourself up by giving. The Giving Tree gift bags for Pfrang students are on sale in the library foyer today, at the NIC benefit concert tomorrow, in the Centre foyer morning and afternoon from Monday plus the Student Council will be going round to homerooms next week. So plenty of opportunity to buy a gift (or three) for a Pfrang Student. 100RMB for a rucksack full of goodies. Prizes for the PYP homeroom and MYP/DP advisory that buy the most. A chance to win in a raffle for everyone.
Life 101 Session Two Begins Today!
Hello Middle and Upper School Students of Life,
Our second session of this year’s Life 101 begins today during Block Two. Please see below for locations:
Grade 7 Digital Citizenship: Upstairs in the cafeteria (with Ms. Cindy and Mr. Barder)
Grade 8 Organization: Upstairs in the DC (with Ms. Bezzerides)
Grade 9 Relationships: Drama classroom (with Mr. Bratton)
Grade 10 PPP: MYP LGR (with Mrs. Snyder)
Grade 11 Expression and Confession in the Black Box Theatre (with ZZK)
Grade 12 EE in the Music Room (with Ms. Clarke)
Enjoy!
ZZK Day Three
Hello All Middle and Upper School Students,
Today we all get to join together an enjoy an assembly led by our visiting poet Zohab Zee Khan! This will take place during our regular Extended Advisory time in the PAC and will go into Block One. Also, please find the attached schedule for the breakout sessions with Grades 11 and 7. Dig it!
MYP/DP Open Mic @ Lunch
We are hoping to hear some more of that inspired poetry that was written at the workshops with Zohab this week. Just show up in the library at the start of lunch and take the stage-
Hope to see you in the library-
PYP Open Mic – Final Day
Our final Open Mic performances are on today.
Can teachers please remind the following students to come to the library after eating lunch for their Open Mic performance.
Please also encourage students to come as audience members.
Khai – 3C
Kira and Kai Jia 2A
and some possible ring-ins
- the library will be available ONLY to the Open Mic audience from 1:20- 1:40 tomorrow during the performances
- students need to either choose to be a part of the audience or play outside
- after the performance they may come back in to read
Peter Pan Dress Rehearsal
Attached is a list of students who will be out of class Blocks 1-4 Monday 28th November for the dress rehearsal of Peter Pan.
Lost earphones
Has anyone seen a set of earphones like these? If so please come and see me. they were lost by a student possibly in the Diploma Lounge. Thanks!
STAFF CHRISTMAS PARTY
YOUR SOCIAL COMMITTEE would like to draw your attention to the sign-up sheets in the faculty Lounge!
Regarding the Gift Exchange Activity…… Here’s how it works!
You bring a wrapped gift worth between 50 and 100RMB. You may write a clue on your gift if you like…
Place your gift by the tree any time on Friday AND write your name on a slip and put it in the box beside the tree. We will start at 4:15!
We draw one name from the box. (person ONE)
Person ONE selects a gift from the tree and opens it in front of everyone.
We draw the next name out of the box. (person TWO)
Person TWO can “steal” person ONE’s opened gift and person ONE has to select again from the tree… OR person TWO can select a gift from the tree and open it.
We draw person THREE’s name. Person THREE can “steal” person ONE’s gift or person TWO’s gift and that person chooses again from the tree…. OR person THREE can choose a gift from under the tree.
If someone takes your gift, you can’t take someone else’s, you always need to choose from the tree! A gift may be “stolen” multiple times……
And so on until all names are called and then person ONE gets the last go – person ONE can take a gift from ANYONE – if they choose to! That person chooses from under the tree and the game is over!
FUN, FUN, FUN!!
