Year: 2024

Facility Notice

  • Author By amyyang
  • Publication date March 22, 2024
  • Categories: Staff

Dear all,

Monthly Equipment Testing of Fire-fighting & Lockdown System on this coming Sunday (Mar 24th)  8:00am~4:00pm. Please ignore the broadcasting, the alarming bell and the flickering blue lights during the period.

Thanks for your understanding.

Facility Team

New York Times subscriptions

All students and teachers at NIS have access to the New York Times, which has great articles for research and learning. You MUST use your school email when logging in. Let me know if you have any questions!

Congrats! As a student or faculty member at NIS, you have access to 

The New York Times. Get started by following these easy steps:

1. Visit nytimes.com/passes to activate your New York Times digital pass. 

2.  On nytimes.com/passes, click on “Create Account” and create a free account using your school email address. ​​​ If you already have registered a free NYTimes.com account associated with your school email address, log in with those credentials.

3. Validate your email address. Check your email inbox for a confirmation message from The NewYork Times. Click on the link in your confirmation message to validate your email address and claim your New York Times Academic Pass. This will bring you back to the academic pass page, where you will select whether you are a student or faculty member and select your graduation year if relevant. 

Note:​ ​​If the confirmation email doesn’t arrive, check your spam folder. If it isn’t there, send an email to schools@nytimes.com from your school email address to request confirmation.

4. Success! You have successfully claimed a Digital Pass when you see the “Start Your Access” screen. 

5. Explore NYTimes.com and The New York Times News App from any location, on or off campus, by simply logging into your NYTimes.com account directly on NYTimes.com! We strongly suggest you download the New York Times mobile app at nytimes.com/mobile. NYT Cooking and NYT Games are not included in your digital access.

To claim a new Pass after expiration, simply visit nytimes.com/passes and log in with your NYTimes.com account associated with your school email address.

Happy Faculty Appreciation Day!

Good morning all,

Happy faculty appreciation day! Don’t forget that there are treats in the staff lounge today at break time. Parent volunteers will do all the duties at break so that you can all enjoy the the celebration.

Have a great day!

Sara, Jacqui and Bo

Panda voting – repeat post from Wednesday

Teachers and students, it’s time for the first round of Panda picture book voting! There are only 7 questions. Each person should complete the survey one time. Survey closes at 15:00 on Friday, March 22. I will update the Panda bracket in the hallway at 15:05! Please email me with any questions.

Teachers, you can copy the link and/or QR code to share with your classes as needed.

Round 1 Panda Voting

(https://forms.office.com/r/RPvU49W00f)

Lunch Bytes: MagicStudent!

  • Author By Dr.D
  • Publication date March 21, 2024
  • Categories: Staff

As an innovator school we have been given early access to MagicSchool’s new student platform MagicStudent!  To ensure that we are thoroughly prepared to use it with our students we will be offering Lunch Byte Session on the following days and times.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 11:30- 12:00 in room D220

Thursday, March 21, 2024 12:30-1:00 in room D220

Come learn more about how to launch a room for your students to use generative AI to assist them in their learning.

Hope to see you there!

Last few days of the DP Art Exhibition — Don’t miss it!

The DP Art Exhibition is still on display this week till Friday noon – if you haven’t had the chance to see the amazing artworks on display created by G12s Romana, Alvina, and Amber (and G11s Ella, Jen, Gabin) @ the Centre Cafe, 2F, please make haste!

The QR code has now been fixed (no email login necessary), kindly leave an encouraging comment for our talented artists! (the QR code is also posted everywhere in the exhibition).

Panda voting link & QR code – Round 1

Teachers and students, it’s time for the first round of Panda picture book voting! There are only 7 questions. Each person should complete the survey one time. Survey closes at 15:00 on Friday, March 22. I will update the Panda bracket in the hallway at 15:05! Please email me with any questions.

Teachers, you can copy the link and/or QR code to share with your classes as needed. You can begin voting Wednesday if that works better for you.

Round 1 Panda Voting

(https://forms.office.com/r/RPvU49W00f)

Secondary Tuesday Meeting

Good morning all,

As a reminder, during today’s secondary meeting, you have the choice of three workshops that you may not have been able to attend during the February PLDs. These workshops also nicely align with Neurodiversity Celebration Week! Please select and attend one of the following:

Executive Functioning with Tanya and Kim in Curt’s room.
Supporting students with ADHD with Stephen and Ruben in Andrew’s room.
Making Assessments Accessible with Kelly, Diane and Sarah in Sarah’s room.

Thank you to the presenters for offering their workshops again!

Spicy Bites – Neurodiversity Celebration Week

This is the first year that NIS will take part in Neurodiversity Celebration Week, March 18th-24th, 2024.

When it comes to inclusion, neurodiversity refers to a world where neurological differences are recognised and respected as all other human variations. This week, we will run some lunchtime sessions to raise awareness about SOME of the expressions of Neurodiversity in our community. 

Spicy Bites, (inspired by the Lunch Byte concept), will run on Wednesday and Friday this week.

Sensory Processing : Wednesday, 12.30, D246, Stephen: How to recognize and accommodate sensory processing differences

Neurodiverse Inclusion, Best Practice: Wednesday, 12.30, LSS, Seth: How to enculture inclusion in our classrooms

ADHD in Women and Girls: Friday, 12.30, D246, Tanya & Tríona: How to recognize, accommodate and include intricacies of ADHD in girls in our learning environments

 

See you there!

 

Grade 10 EXHIBITION!

Dear All,

Please find the schedule for the Grade 10 Personal Project Exhibition below – this Wednesday March 20th.

If you have a class when a particular grade is scheduled, please take your class to the PAC so they can visit the booths and ask questions of the students. However, if you already have something important to complete like an exam, then the class work should take priority. Similarly, you can give your students as much or as little time to visit within the time slot, but please ensure that you are also present in the PAC.

Thanks for your support, and see you all on Wednesday in the PAC!

PP Exhibition time on Wednesday in the PAC – 5.45pm – 7.30pm.

PERSONAL PROJECT EXHIBITION is FINALLY HERE!

Wednesday evening in the PAC – 5.45pm to 7.30pm. This is the culminating event for students to showcase their learning. Please come along to learn something new, like how black holes are made or how particular make-up colors can enhance your look! All welcome!