Month: November 2016

USA Election Results – Live

For those teachers and students that would like to follow the US election results live, have a look at this link from the New York Times. It is an interactive map that allows you to see the results as they come in. Hovering over States allows you to see how many votes have been counted (i.e. reported), number of electoral votes per state, and clicking on a state will zoom in on the counties in each state. A great tool for teaching about electoral politics from a different country!

For Your Information – from IT Dept.

Good morning,

This notice is for staff/faculty only.

On Thursday morning China Telecom will be doing some work on the fiber-optic cable outside the school which means that they will have to shut down our connection on that line, temporarily. We have negotiated with them for this outage to occur before working hours from 6-7am. Knowing that the work could go longer, we have taken steps to try and ensure that there will be no disruption to educational technology during this work by making some adjustments to our other line. You do not need to do anything, as our IT team will be handling it all behind the scenes. And while this is purely FYI, nothing is ever certain so we would like you to know if something does go awry. The main things that will be affected during this 6-7am window are the following:

  • Phone lines
  • Local China Telecom lines

Thank you for your patience and understanding while these upgrades take place.

Joe and the IT Team

 

First Aid Training on Saturday

Dear All,

A space has become available for the First Aid training course on Saturday (12th November). If you would like this opportunity please let me know today. The course is internationally recognised and is run by ISOS.  Please note that the course will last all day. More information will be shared when the place is confirmed. A reminder that to coach next year you will need to be first aid trained.

Early Years Visitors

This morning you may see 15 visitors observing in the PreK, K1 and K2 classes. The are colleagues of our former TA, Lucia Jin. They are here to see how we embed PYP into the Early Years. Please welcome them when you see them in the halls. I am sure they’d love to chat with you if you have the time. Offer them a cup of tea and a tête-à-tête!

NIC Benefit Concert

  • Author By amykeus
  • Publication date November 8, 2016
  • Categories: Student

We are currently seeking a vocal soloist to sing the first verse of “Silent Night.” Community & Service points will be available. This performer must be available on the following dates:

  • Friday, November 18th from 15:15 – 17:15 for the tech rehearsal (most likely shorter)
  • Saturday, November 19th from 18:30 onwards for the performance

For more information, please come see Ms. Heidi or Miss Keus in M250 or M251.

 

Grade 9 Biology investigation

Dear grade 9 students,

Bob W. is working is investigating the effect of time of day on reflex time in grade 9 students. He has asked kindly that all grade 9 students take a super quick, super fun reflex time test during advisory today and at 3pm. (click here).

You can screenshot the result or send him the number at the end of the 5 trials. Please, no practice, as it changes the results of the test. His email is muyuanwu@nanjing-school.com.

Thanks much!

Mr Mello

The Library Fish is Edgar!

  • Author By
  • Publication date November 8, 2016
  • Categories: Staff, Student

edgarThanks to those of you who contributed a suggested name for the new library fish! We will be going with Maxi Bauerschmidt’s idea of “Edgar” (Edgar Allen Poe).

However, there is some speculation that Edgar is in fact, a SHE in which case we may have to switch to Dr. Juan’s suggestion of “Ursula” from Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Thanks to the staff and students who sent in names. Come visit Edgar any time-

The Library Staff

Tuesday meeting

Good morning,

Please remember to complete yesterday’s survey on international mindedness by morning break today.  See everyone in the PAC at 2:45!

Arden

Life 101 Today!

Hello Grade 7-12 Students,

A reminder that the final class of this (first) session of Life 101 will be held TODAY at the usual time. See below for details:

Grade 7-Organization with Mr. Fischl and Mr. Orteza in the cafeteria mezzanine.

Grade 8-Relationships with Ms. Bezzerides and Mr. Dutton in the Design Centre.

Grade 9-Digital Citizenship with Mr. Barder and Ms. Cindy in the Drama Classroom

Grade 10-Surprise session of Naviance in the MYP LGR with Mrs. Galaty (bring your laptops!)

Grade 11-EE with Mrs. Clarke in the large Music Classroom,

Grade 12-With Dr. Saavedra in the DP lounge.

Thanks again!