Year: 2017

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Tickets!

Tickets went on sale yesterday and already a quarter have gone! Buy your tickets for this show while you still can!!

Available from the Centre Foyer before/after school and the cashier during opening hours.

OneNote 101

My students and I have found OneNote to be a very useful learning and collaboration platform. It can do so much more than reduce your paper usage!

OneNote for Teachers

If you’d like to know more about what OneNote can do for your classroom, or how to set up and manage a Class Notebook, I’d be more than happy to run a workshop with interested colleagues.

Please fill out this very short survey to help me tailor a workshop and I’ll get back to you.

Here’s a link to the survey, incase the embeded version below does not work.

PTA Shop Special Hours – November 21. 12:30-2:00

Once a month the PTA Shop will be open during lunch break for staff. And as usual, we’ll be open every Tuesday from 2:00-3:00.
Our Shop is stocked with NIS apparel including new items for the cold weather such as a scarf and beanie.  In addition, we have bookmarks, water bottles, and Nanjing magnets that make great gifts to bring home to family for the holidays. Come visit us.
Upcoming Lunch Break Schedule:
November 21      12:30-2:00
December 12      12:30-2:00
If you cannot visit the Shop during our open hours and you would like an item, please directly email Chanley Webber – chanley428@gmail.com.
Warm regards,
The PTA Shop

Positive Parenting Workshop Wednesday at 8:15

Dear Parents,

Feeling overwhelmed by the daily needs of parenting or just want  to hear about a parenting program that may help you improve your parenting? Parent Planet is an organization based in Nanjing and has trained Triple P – Positive Parenting Program educators ready to help with your parenting needs.

We are fortunate to have them coming to school this Wednesday morning from 8:15 – 9:15 in the Large Meeting Room on the second floor to discuss their services and the Triple P approach to parenting.

Parents of children ages 2 – 16 welcome.

The Counseling Department

 

亲爱的家长，

您是否会因为日常的育儿需求而感到不知所措，您是否想听取一些可以帮助您改善育儿方法的育儿计划？家长星球是一家位于南京的组织，拥有经验丰富的积极育儿计划的教育者，可以满足您的各种育儿需求。

我们很幸运可以邀请到他们来我们学校来开展讲座，时间是这周三上午8:15-9:15，地点在二楼的大教室，让我们一起探讨他们可提供的服务以及积极育儿计划中的育儿方法。

欢迎2-16岁的孩子家长参加。

顾问办公室

MS/US Semester One Awards Criteria

Hello MS/US Learners,

Interested in how Semester One Awards work at NIS?

Check this out…

What to do: Work hard, try your best, prioritize your studies

What not to do: Beg your teachers for that “one more point.” (Spoiler alert: Teachers don’t give grades… you achieve them).

Get to work!

Student Council Surveys

Good morning,

The Student Council strives to connect you, the administration, Chartwells and the PTA. We are YOUR voice so let us know what you want by responding to 2 surveys.

 

A lunch survey is online. Please respond today if you can. The results will be shared at the Lunch Club meeting on Thursday23.  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B6F85S9

Questions about X-Block and Life 101 will be asked by your advisory liaison this week. If s/he is absent, tell your advisor who will email your opinions and suggestions to Paul M. (Grades 6-9) or Hibah (Grades 10-12)

Please don’t hesitate to make suggestions and tell us what you need or want to change.

The Student Council

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Tickets out now!!!

You’ve read the book…you’ve seen the movie…now SEE THE PLAY!

This year’s Middle and Upper School production of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ will performed 30th November and 1st November.

Get your tickets from the Centre Foyer before and after school or anytime from the school cashier. 20RMB – all proceeds go to Amy Yang Fund!

Mac OS High Sierra – STOP!!!

Good Morning,

If you are thinking of trying to upgrade to the latest Apple Operating System – High Sierra – stop. Like Sierra before this, we are currently still running tests of this OS on various types of Macs to find the bugs in the system. If you have already done so, keep in mind that the NIS IT Department can not guarantee its stability, and any issues that arise will mean that we will have to re-image your computer (which means wiping the file system and installing the previous version of Sierra OS). There have already been 3 instances of students losing files because of a bug during the installation process. Remember to always back up your files to the cloud or an external memory device (like USB/Thumb Drive or HardDrive).

Thank you,

The NIS IT Department

Recycling used glass bottles/jars for an x-block project

Dear NIS community,
For my X-block project I’m researching how to make scented and different themed candles I was wondering if instead of buying new jars to recycle and ask this amazing community if anyone is willing to recycle their glass bottles/jars.

The bottles/jars can be different sizes (preferably not taller than 20 cm and not to wide, different shapes and colors)

There will be a box in front of the library beginning week 15. Please you can drop off your bottles/jars there.

I will finish collecting the jars on Friday the 24 at 4: 15.
Thank you,
Sara Paruta