Every Friday at lunch the counseling office will have university application bootcamp. Stop on by and work on your applications, essays, personal statements, Family Connection, and other items looming over your head in regards to the application process.
Dear Teachers,
We will be offering 2 further MAP training sessions to all teachers that will be proctoring the MAP tests. You will be a proctor if you are a Grade 3, 4 or 5 Homeroom teacher or if you teach Grades 6 – 10 Maths or English. Training sessions are available on the following days:
Monday 11th September
Wednesday 13th September
All training will be during lunch (1pm start- get your lunch and come along) in the Strategy Room with Cindy and Joe. Please let me know which day you plan to come along or just turn up.
Dear seniors,
Please fill out this survey before Wednesday September 14th. It asks for your roommate choices for the Discover China trip and some personal information (for logistics/WeChat).
The survey also asks for the activity you’d like to be involved with for the Group IV project. The link below has a description of the activities and it will help you decide which one you’d like to be involved with.
Group IV Project — Activity Descriptions
If you have any questions, contact Mr Mello (room D204).
p.s.: the survey had to be done in GoogleForms. Completing the survey on the school wifi is recommended.
Orchestra is cancelled on Monday, September 12th due to lack of supervision. If any teachers, TAs, or DP students are happy to help in the future, please contact Miss Keus in M252. (PYP teachers, please have your students contact their parents. Thank you.)
The 2017 EARCOS Teacher Conference (ETC) is on March 30 – April 01, 2017, in KOTA KINABALU, SABAH, MALAYSIA. The strands in this year’s conference are Science, Math, S.T.E. M., Technology, Social Studies/Humanities, Global Issues/Global Citizenship, Middle School, Service Learning, Counseling, and General Education Topics. As a medium school, EARCOS will accept up to 2 workshops from our school. If you are interested in presenting, proposals and all the necessary forms will need to be submitted to me by October 25th. Then, I will arrange for the trial-run and submit all the necessary information to EARCOS by November 7, 2016. Please let me know if you are interested to present at the ETC.
If you are interested in attending the conference, the deadline for registration is January 22, 2017. You will need to fill out our school’s PD forms and go through the PD committee. You can find more information on http://www.earcos.org/etc2017. EARCOS will continue to update the site so please check often.
There are also weekend workshops and presentations. Please check out their website for the most updated list of weekend workshops. (http://www.earcos.org/ww_approved_1617.php)
The 2016 SENIA Conference hosted by Yokohama International School is on Feb 9-11, 2017. YIS is now accepting teacher/practitioner presenter proposals. Proposals need to be submitted by October 3rd, 2016 to SENIA. Please note that there is no monetary compensation paid to the chosen teacher presenters by either YIS or SENIA. Please let me know if you are interested in presenting at the SENIA Conference. The school deadline for your proposals is September 23rd. You will need to meet with me and do a trial run before sending the proposals.
TheSENIA Student and Advocacy Awards which are presented during the SENIA 2017 Conference will be open for nominations on September 9, 2016. Please look on the SENIA website (http://senia.asia/) for more information.
SENIA has partnered with 21 Century Learning. Their annual conference, where one of the themes is ‘Special Learning Needs’ will take place on March 10-11, 2017 Want more information? Go to their website: http://www.21clhk.org/item/senia/
Practices are on Wednesdays & Fridays 3.15 – 4.15. Sign up on Veracross.
The collection of lost valuables in my office is growing steadily. I am constantly amazed by the quality and value of items that never get collected. Today I am showcasing a range of essential items that have not been claimed; glasses and keys. Recognise them? Come on down and get reunited!!
The Fun Badminton Friday is expanding to include grade 6 to 12. It is an activity for students who already know how to play badminton. No need to sign in. Just show up at 16:15 on Fridays. it is in the Blue Gym. Ends at 17:45. Bring your racquet if you have one! Do not miss other activities. Staff welcome as well!
A message from Coach Morin and coach Watson.
Reminder at 8:15 today we will meet on the field for a all-school photo organized by the yearbook committee. Primary classes – go with your homerooms. Secondary – meet in the PAC as usual at 8:00 and you will go from there.
We are seeking a DP Music student or an adult supervisor who can help support the music department sometimes on Mondays during orchestra. This might mean staying in the room and supervising while the kids run sectionals in practice rooms. It may mean working with our Gr10 rehearsal assistant to run the practices. It depends on your comfort level. If you are happy to help, please contact Miss Keus in M252. Thanks.
For those students in Grades 6-8 interested in learning more about ACAMIS Kids Read, we will have a brief meeting in the library TODAY at 1:00pm. No commitment is necessary at this point- just come along and find out more about this fun reading competition. Hope to see you there.
Please have another word with your students about looking at, but not man-handling, the frogs in our grounds. It is not acceptable to catch them by hand or in plastic bottles; too many are dying.
Please also remind students they are responsible for putting their litter IN THE BIN.
Thank you.
I am planning a weekend trip to Jingdezhen the ceramic capital of the world on 4/5/6th November.
These are the rough details so far – if you are interested please email me as soon as possible
suenorthcott@nanjing-school.com or drop by and see me for more details
I do not have precise costings – you will need to trust me to get you a good deal depending on whether you are going to share a room in the hotel, and the group price we can negotiate
The lists for the G10/11 Xiamen, Chengdu, Yangshuo and Guizhou lists are on the Activities notice outside the Activities Office. Please have a look at these to make sure you are on the correct list. At this stage we can only allow changes if we have made a mistake in assigning you to your trip. If you believe we have made a mistake please see me before the end of lunch on Monday.