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
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.
SAT Schedule 2019-2020
Find attached the Scholastic Aptitude Test schedule, registration dates and info for the College Board website:
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
Julia Zhang will be the MOD on this Saturday
Dear all,
Julia will be the MOD on Saturday, 17 August 2019.
Thanks
B.rgds/Myra
Little Shop of Horrors – AUDITIONS!
Auditions for this year’s MS/US musical production of Little Shop of Horrors will be held next week Wednesday lunch and Thursday after school, with call-backs on Saturday 24th August from 9:00-12:00.
Auditions are open to any G6-12 student!
If you want to be part of a fun-filled, HORROR-ific, musical extravaganza involving man-eating plants, evil dentists and songs to DIE for…then speak with any Music or Drama teacher for an audition extract TODAY!!
Learning 2 PreCon
Dear Colleagues,
We have an opportunity for a small number of our teachers and teaching assistants to attend select Learning2 Pre-Conference sessions that run all day on Thursday 16th October.
The available Pre-Con sessions are:
Team Teaching: Shared Spaces, Shared Students, Shared Practices (Whole School)
Linda Eide and Ed Hagen
Shifting Student Paradigms Through Immersion Programs
Mike Gregory (Head of Caufield School in Nanjing)
*This is an interactive full day experience in which Mike shares how Caufield uses Nanjing as the classroom
It’s Not Rocket Science! Exploring Computer Science Experiences in the Early Years and Elementary School
Cheryl Terry
If you and/or your TA are interested in attending one of these sessions, please email Kasson with the following information by the end of business Tuesday, August 20th:
Name: Your name here
Grade: Grade level
Pre-Con Session: Name of Session
A line or two about why you’d like to attend
Applications will be reviewed by the PD committee and you will be notified as soon as possible of your acceptance.
There are also a few additional places for teachers to attend the amazing Learning2 Conference as a full participant on Fri/Sat. Please let Sonya know if you would like one of these spots!
Thanks,
Sonya
NIS L2Asia Conference Coordinator
We temporarily have 2 libraries!
Our (new) secondary library is upstairs in the cafeteria, and holds books for 6-12 grades and adults, including foreign language books. Checkout is available during the school day and after school, but the upstairs library is closed during break and lunch.
Our primary library is in it’s regular location, and holds books for our younger students in English and various foreign languages, as well as our parenting books, travel guides, DVDs for parent and teacher checkout, and professional collection for teachers.
Summer library books are now due!
Students, teachers, and parents: don’t forget to return your library books that you checked out in June! They are now due, and overdue emails will be sent out Thursday morning to remind you. Avoid my emails by returning your books!
Photos.
Dear All,
If you would like to access the photos I take, please check out: smb://192.168.30.22/LargeStorage/Teacher_1Yr_Temp_Large/2019-20 Anna’s School Pics
These are slightly reduced in size/resolution to allow for quicker up/download.
If you need a photo taken, text me, I’m happy to shoot.
Anna
PD Committee Opportunity
The esteemed NIS Professional Development Committee is in need of one new member for the 2019/20 school year. Please have a look at our updated PD Handbook for information about the committee’s purpose and function. This group meets at lunch once per cycle to consider applications. Current members are Angel, Angela R., Joe, Sonya, Steven, and Kasson (as the non-voting Chair) if you’d like to hear more directly from committee members about this commitment.
If you would like to be considered for this role, please email Kasson by the end of business on Monday the 19th. Thanks!
Wednesday Music Clubs
Advanced Orchestra & Chinese Drumming clubs start Wednesday, August 14, 2014.
Advanced Orchestra has two gigs in semester 1 – Learning2 conference in October and Awards Assembly in January. All members must be auditioned. Rehearsals are Wednesdays after school. Please see Miss Keus (M252) for more information.
Chinese Drumming will be performing at a wide variety of events throughout the year, including the winter concert, NEAMC, assemblies, Earth Hour, Music Evening, etc. No auditions required, but space is limited to the number of drums available. Rehearsals are Wednesdays during lunch. Please see Sunny Cho (M252 advisory) for more information.