Category: Staff

Dear All,

Please find the attached SLT meeting minutes of week 3 for your information.

SLT – Aug 28

Dear all,

Monthly Equipment Testing of Fire-fighting & Lockdown System on this coming Sunday (Sep 1st)  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

Can all classes be seated in the PAC, ready for our assembly to begin at 8.10am.

Please send all performers and MCs to the PAC at 8am.

At the end of the assembly we will announce a PAC evacuation. The alarm will sound and all classes and parents should move quietly through the nearest exit door and line up on the track (in the same lines as the emergency evacuation) and wait until asked to return to class.  Teachers do not need to take attendance during this evacuation.

It’s that time of year for staff to select which G10 Personal Project they wish to supervise.

Can the following staff members please open the following spreadsheet and add their name beside ONE project that they wish to supervise.

2024-25 Personal Project Supervisor Selection

NOTE: It is better for both you and the student if you chose a project in which you have a personal interest in the learning goal and/or product.

• Adam Harold
• Daniel Jones
• Corey Zochi
• Matt Burton
• Scott Corbett
• Iryna Klyuk
• Cheryl Moen
• Anthony Lee
• Jean Yang
• Angel Chen
• Olin Morrow
• Tanya Farrol
• Sam Brown
• Natalia Merino
• Jose Ibanez
• Shiqi Burton
• Alexia Lastschenko
• Mike McHugh
• Phil Farrol
• Danny Griffith
• Sandra Chow
• Mandy Bueschlen

Dear Grade 6 – 10 Advisors

Please use the time in Advisory today to check that all students have successfully downloaded the NWEA App.

Instructions on how to do this can be found here.

Have a great day
Scott

Grade 12 parents and Pearl prepared a small Appreciation Tea Party at Pearl’s office during snack time on Friday

for the recommenders who wrote letters to support senior students’ college applications.

A homemade cupcake and tea will be waiting for you to enjoy. Please come and join us.

If you are not available, please let Mandy know. We will deliver them to your room.

Parents and students, including myself, appreciate your work.

Kindly

Pearl

Dear all,

Shirley Liu will be the MOD on Aug 31, 2024.

Best wishes,

Clara

Dear Colleagues

A professional learning opportunity has opened up for two staff to assist with hosting a Peer Sphere conference that will be held here at NIS in October.

NIS is hosting this professional learning community event which is participant-driven, focusing on gathering to connect in-person, share practices, and explore common professional inquiries.

The opportunity is to take on the role of ‘facilitator’ and help direct the discussion in one of the breakout spaces. The event is focusing on Student Agency, and we are seeking facilitators for the break-out room topics of ‘Standards meets Student Agency’ and ‘Technology for Choice’. We can though, be very flexible and change the topic to anything related to Student Agency that you are interested in.

Your role is simply to guide the conversation in the room for the one-hour breakout session. You do not need to prepare a presentation or be an expert on the topic. You are there to get people talking and delve into the learning yourself.

The event is on October 19 from 12 until 4:30pm. For my information, please see the event website.

Andrew and I will be there to lead the event, along with the Peer Sphere staff, so you will be well supported throughout. If you are interested in this opportunity, please send me an email or come and have a chat.

Teachers can find a PDF of their conference times here

We will contact any parent who has not signed up today to encourage them to do so. If you have already, or would prefer to do this yourself, please let me know

Jacqui