Dear Students and Parents,
Many thanks to everyone who attended this week’s Back to School Night! The teachers, Jason and I appreciate your support and enthusiasm!
A Big Saturday on Campus!
This Saturday will be a busy one on the AISC campus! From 8:00 am to 1:00 pm all student council and National Honor Society members will be participating in their annual leadership retreat in the HS CIC. From 11:30 am until 1:00 pm our IB Coordinator, Angelia Crouch, will be hosting an IB Boot Camp for the parents of IB students (attendance by students optional). MUN will also be auditioning students for the upcoming CHEMUN conference throughout the morning and all of these activities will come to a close just in time for everyone to enjoy our annual Welcome Back Picnic (1:00 - 4:00 pm). See you Saturday!
Student Handbook Acknowledgement Forms
At present over 50 High School Students have not submitted their handbook acknowledgement form. Ms. Sunita has sent email reminders to parents of these students on Wednesday of this week. If you received this email, kindly help us by reminding your son/daughter to share the handbook with you and, then, take some time to review it as a family. The final page of the handbook should be removed, signed and returned to the High School Office. Signing this form signals to us that you, as a family, are familiar with our policies and procedures.
Early Release Wednesdays - A Message from the Director of Teaching and Learning
This year we have seven Early Release Wednesdays. The first one is coming up on Wednesday, September 2nd. On Early Release Wednesdays, we will run a special schedule and school will end at 1:30 (this schedule will include lunch). Please note that on Early Release Wednesdays, there are no after school activities, clubs or sports and students are expected to be off campus immediately following dismissal. On these Wednesdays, teachers will be collaborating and learning together in order to support the work they do with your children.
As a reminder, the Early Release Wednesdays are:
- September 2nd
- October 7th
- November 4th
- December 2nd
- January 20th
- February 10th
- March 9th
Save the Date - Teaching and Learning Parent Coffee
Please mark your calendar to join us for the first Teaching and Learning Parent Coffee of the year (August 27th at 8:45 am in the BBT). At the coffee you will meet many of the people who work with teachers and students to plan our programming for EAL, SEVAI (service learning), Mathematics, Literacy, and Science. You will also have an opportunity to meet our new School Psychologist and hear more about the teacher professional development and learning we have planned for the year.
World Language Book Day - Tuesday, September 1st
Come enjoy the first ever PK-12 world language book day in the ES/MS and HS CICs on Tuesday, September 1st from 10:00 am until 4:30 pm!! Browse what new language books your CICs have purchased (pleasure reading and content support), discover the books available in your language and discuss ways to increase the collection in your language. From 4:00-4:30 we will have a special presentation upstairs in the ES/MS CIC to learn more about how your language community can become involved to strengthen your language book collection.
Food Service Update
AISC continues to work with the Taj Madras Flight Kitchen and improve the food quality and food service on campus. In order to meet the nutritional standards adopted by the school last year, all non-veg meals, veg meals and soups now include protein, vegetable, fruit and dairy. The dairy portion takes the form of milk, flavored milk or flavored yogurt. Students who do not, or cannot, eat dairy will have the option of a juice box instead.
Each day, in both the elementary and secondary cafeterias, students will have a choice of either veg/non-veg meals and veg/non-veg soups. In addition, the secondary cafeteria will continue to feature a salad bar and the Indian veg/non-veg meal. A graphic of different meal options can be found here. The secondary cafeteria will also feature a live counter with daily specials. Those rotating specials include: poori (chicken gravy or channa masala), tacos (chicken or veg), stuffed paratha with yogurt and pickle (chicken, and cauliflower or potato or dal), wraps (chicken or veg), and dosas (chicken masala, masala or plain).
The live sandwich bar in the I-HUB, offers chicken, tuna, egg and vegetable options on different days of the week. live juice bar serves freshly squeezed fruit juices, smoothies, freezes, milk shakes and hot and cold beverages. Breakfast options include toast and eggs (boiled egg and omelette) in addition to several freshly baked items and fresh cut fruits.
Food services at AISC are always in continual improvement. Should you have questions, suggestions or concerns, please contact Food Service Manager Prakash Shanmugam (sprakash@aisch.org), Elementary Associate Principal Lori Newman (nlori@aisch.org) or Secondary Associate Principal Jason Hicks (hjason@aisch.org). If you have not had the chance to have a meal in the iHub or Secondary Cafeteria, please join us. We would love to hear your feedback about the food at AISC.
Yearbook Photos - September 4th - Repeat Announcement
Yearbook photos will be taken on September 4th and 8th for High School students. 9th, 10th and 11th grade students are able to wear whatever outfit they desire within dress code. 12th grade boys are asked to wear a white shirt, tie and black trousers. 12th grade girls are asked to wear dresses or slacks/skirt with a blouse in either all black or a white top and black bottom.
Sincerely,
Joelle Basnight
High School Principal