Year: 2019

Volunteer Opportunities!!!!

Volunteer Opportunities, Please sign up on Veracross on Monday at 10.30 am.

1. Activities Office Volunteer

A volunteer is needed for clerical work such as filing papers or sorting uniforms etc. This position will be for one semester. The work is irregular. We might need you for 2 days next week and then not again for 2 or 3 weeks. The work will be at lunch time.

Requirements:

  • Grade 8 or 9
  • knows the alphabet
  • Can match uniforms by number
  • Can fold uniforms
  • Can work alone

 

2. Volunteer – Book Stamper

One student is needed to stamp books with “Nanjing International School”. We have received some books, 3000 of them. Easy work but long. We only have one stamp. The work will be at lunch time.

Requirements:

  • Grade 6 or 7
  • Can work independently

 

3.  Swim Time Trials Volunteers

 8 students are needed for timing and marshalling at the Swim Time Trials at NIS.

3.10 pm – 5.30 pm

Choice of 2 dates: Thursday, August 22nd and Friday, August 23rd

Requirements:

  • Grades 6-9
  • Have good hand-eye coordination
  • Can focus on the timing and not get distracted
  • Willing to learn
  • Ethical

 

4. Local Swim Meet Volunteers

 16 students are needed for timing, marshalling, announcing, etc

Time/shifts to be confirmed

Saturday, September 21st

Requirements:

  • Grades 6-10
  • Have good hand-eye coordination
  • Can focus on the timing and not get distracted
  • Ability to speak Mandarin an advantage
  • Ability to speak with firm tone is helpful
  • Ethical

MSUS Assembly Today (Friday) 2.30

Dear MSUS Teachers and Students,

Assembly begins in the PAC today at 2.30pm. Please finish up your classes at 2.25pm and make your way over to the PAC. Bags should be left in the classrooms – no bags in the PAC. Phones should be in pockets or left in bags; phone free assembly.

Mr Brown has shared the seating plan and will project it in the PAC for you to find where to sit.

See you this afternoon!

Grades 10 and 11 Life 101

Attention Grade 10 and 11 students.  Life 101 for the 2019-2020 school year will be held on Day 5 Block 5

Locations for these sessions for the year:

Grade 10:  Large Music Room M 251

Grade 11:  Large Group Room D 207

Activities and Clubs – Proofing.

Dear Amazing Activities and Club Leaders/Student-led Club,

Could you please double check your ASA or Club Listing on the attached PDFs. If any changes need to be made, please email Elaine Liu before the end of the day, Thursday 15th. The calendar will be accessible to the community on Friday at 4pm.

Thanks for you help,

Activities Office

Clubs and Performing Arts Activities Catalog – Nanjing International School.pdf

Grade 1~5 Cycle 1 After School Activities Catalog – Nanjing International School.pdf

G11 Student Kognity Training

Epic Learning Face

Dear G11 Students in Geography, Economics, Business Management, and Biology,

You will receive some online training during your ToK block on Friday. Please go straight to the PAC if you are in any of those subject areas and make sure to bring your laptop.

If you are not taking these subjects, please go to the lounge for a CAS session with Ms. Anna.

See you there!

Grade 12 Retreat

FYI Grade 12 Teachers – On Friday, August 23rd grade 12 students will be on campus but off schedule

and not attending classes due to participating in the G 12 Counseling Retreat.

Model United Nations (MUN) Club Starts August 26

Model United Nations Club

MUN Club calls on interested students to sign up as soon as possible. This year NIS will attend CISSMUN, BEIMUN, and QISSMUN. Refer to Calendar 2019-2020 for specific dates. As in the past, we will meet and practice debates on Mondays and Wednesdays at Lunch Breaks. Our first practice is on August 26. Feel free to come and talk to an experienced participant or one of the MUN Advisors (Ms. Sunny Wang, Ms. Lucia Jin, Mr. Anthony Lee) if you have questions.

 

 

Open Gym

Secondary Basketball/Volleyball Open Gym

Grades 6 – 12

Wednesdays from 3:15 – 4:15

Blue Gym

OWC/Cigna Monthly onsite helpdesk

Dear overseas staff,

Please see enclosed schedule for OWC/Cigna team’s regular visits to NIS in this semester.

Date Venue booked
27-Aug H303
15-Oct End of Café corridor
3-Dec End of Café corridor
21-Jan H303
10-Mar H303
28-Apr H303

Thanks

B.rgds/Myra