Month: March 2023

DP Art Exhibition Opening Night – Friday, March 17th (6-8PM)

SAVE THE DATE!

You are cordially invited to the DP Visual Arts Exhibition opening night on Friday, March 17th, from 6-8PM at NIS’ Centre 3F

Please join us in celebrating their hard-earned success and witness their artistic growth throughout their 2-year DP journey. Do not miss this one-time opportunity as the artists will be present and available for guided tours of their exhibition!

(The art exhibition will also be open from March 20-24th during school hours.)

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Sandy Kuan
DP Visual Arts Teacher

WiFi Security Certificate

The IT Team will update the Security Certificate for our Teacher and MYP DP Student WiFi Networks.  This will take place today Friday, March 10th, 2023 in the afternoon.

After this update when you connect to either the “Teacher” or “MYP DP Student” WiFi, you need to manually trust the new certificate.

Click “Continue”

            

Enter the password for your computer, then click “Update Settings” to trust the new certificate.

You will now be able to connect to the WiFi.

If you have any problems please come and see us in the IT Office.

Yours in Support

The NIS Tech Support Team

Spring Sports are here – sign up now!

Dont miss out on the sports opportunities coming up this Spring:

As we come to the end of the winter seasons over the next couple of weeks, we start a fantastic range of oppportunities for the spring season to take us to the end of May. All of these activities will have an end of season trip and some in-season competition

Track & Field: Gr6 – 12 Mondays and Wednesdays. 3.15pm – 5pm – meet at the track on Monday 13th March.

Track & Field Gr4 and 5 Mondays and Wednesdays 3.15 – 4.25pm (start on Mon 20th Mar after badminton finishes) – meet at the track on Mon 20th March

Softball Gr4 – 8: Fridays 3.15 – 4.25pm (starting Fri 17th Mar – next week) – meet at the field on Fri 17th Mar

Basketball Gr7-9: Tue and Thu 4.20 – 6pm (starting Tue 14th Mar – next week) – meet in blue gym on Tue 14th Mar

Basketball Gr 4 – 6: Mon & Thu 3.15 – 4.15pm (starting Mon 27th Mar, after Vball finishes) – meet in blue gym on Mon 27th Mar

As always if there is a clash, it is ok to do just one day of one activity and one day of the other. (eg if you are doing BBall, then it is ok just to do Track on a Wednesday and miss the Monday)

All sign ups are open (except Gr4-6 BBall not open yet) on Schools Buddy – sign up now and meet the coaches at the location mentioned above

Precious Plastic – TODAY!

Today between 12 and 1pm, G9 students will stage a Pop Up shop for Precious Plastic. The aim of the shop is to sell products made from recycled plastic AND to gather consumer data to inform our making. Please come and shop and, whether you purchase or not, please fill in our survey on the day. See you there!

March 11 Digital SAT

Final reminders for the March 11th SAT test taker from the SAT coordinator

  • Students are expected to bring their own devices with downloaded Bluebook. ( Take Practice tests in advance)
  • Students are to bring admission ticket: e-version/printed ticket/emails
  • Test center access: Arrive the test center by 7.45 AM. No test room entry later than 8.00 am.
  • Students should come with College Board login credentials/device sign-in credential. (College Board account and password)
  • The laptop should be fully charged before being used for two hours.
  • Follow Proctor’s instructions carefully.
  • Please check what you have to bring and what is expected here:  https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/what-to-bring-do/what-to-expect

Invitation to In-person Mini University Fair on March 23

Dear Upper Secondary Students and parents,
The NIS University Counselling team is thrilled to invite you to our upcoming mini university fair session. We will be hosting representatives from HKUST, University of Warwick, and University of Glasgow on our campus: LGR, at 3.15 to 4.15 on March 23. We welcome all grade 9 to 12 students and parents to join us! Please mark the date on your calendar and do not miss this chance.
  1. Please click here if you want to attend : https://forms.office.com/r/MsfPW4uVZF
  2. Or scan the QR code. (The sign-up deadline is the day before the session at 4:00 PM.)

  3. Do you want to find more information about the universities? Please click here : HKUST, Glasgow, Warwick Inforamtion (NIS University Counselling Edublog passcode : NIS2023)

Personal Project Exhibition

Grade 10s will not be in class during Block 2 on March 14 and the entire morning of March 15.

Please refer to the schedule for PP visits for other grades. If you teach the grade at the time, please bring them to the PAC on March 15.

Rules, rules, rules

In Secondary School we have a few rules that keep us safe and help us to respect each others’ space in school. Here is a reminder of a few:

  • Bags in lockers at lunchtimes (not the Design Centre, the gym changing rooms, the lost and found cupboard or the elevator!)
  • No bags in the Cafeteria at lunchtime
  • G6-10 Students should not be in the upstairs corridor at lunchtime

Please remember that after school you should go home unless you are staying for an organised activity:

  • Only Grade 10-12 students may be in the Cafe after school unless you are with your parents
  • The Library and Cafeteria are open for students waiting for an activity to start at 4:15pm

And finally.. please respect our rules about not bringing food from outside on to the campus.

Yours in rules that stop us from being unruly, Mrs Clarke

G9 Design: Precious Plastic Pop Up Shop

On Friday, 10th March between 12 and 1pm, G9 students will stage a Pop Up shop for Precious Plastic. The aim of the shop is to sell products made from recycled plastic AND to gather consumer data to inform our making. Please come and shop and, wether you purchase or not, please fill in our survey on the day. See you there!