Dear Students and Parents,
Cabaret last weekend was, as always, such a highlight! Students up on stage sharing their passions and living our mission - courage, confidence and creativity!
Many thanks to Anand Suresh for sharing these photos.
Please join me in congratulating the Inspire assembly speakers this semester: Yoora An, HyeJin Kim, Vishal Sriram and Pranav Unni.
Yearbook Photo Orders - A Message from Ms. Sunita
Your child's individual and class yearbook pictures from the August 2016 & January 2017 photo sessions may be purchased using this form. To view photos please visit the all school Moodle page (password: raptors17) and go to the folder called “Yearbook photos 2016-17.” If your child joined school after September 4th, or missed the first session, the photo can be found in the folder labelled "SESSION 2 ". Please complete the form, make payment at the cash counter and submit the form at the respective section office. Last day for orders is 7 March. Prints will be ready for pick up after 21 March. If you have any questions about the ordering process, please contact the HS / MS office.
You are Invited - A Message from HS Science
The IB class of 2017 cordially invites you to their Group 4 Project poster presentations, which will take place on Monday, February 27th, from 3:45-4:45pm in the BBT.
The Group 4 project is a collaborative, interdisciplinary activity that involves all IB science students. Students explore a common topic or theme, and come up with their own research questions and methodologies for exploring these. Throughout, the emphasis is on the process rather than the product. This year, the Group 4 project focused on the Kovalam beach area, where the ocean meets a saltwater lake. This is also one of the egresses of the Buckingham canal.
Students conducted a preliminary visit, followed by a data collection trip a few days later, and are looking forward to sharing their journey and findings during the poster presentations on Monday afternoon! All are welcome!
Beach Clean Up - A Message from NHS
On Sunday, 19th February, AISC's NHS hosted the annual beach clean up in collaboration with Namma Beach Namma Chennai. This event marked the fourth annual Operation Ice-Cream, an incentive program in which each bag of trash collected earns the participant an ice cream.
AISC students, community members, and students from the local Christian Advent School participated. Many of the students from the local school had also participated in previous years and were eager to return.
After arriving to the beach, everyone was briefed on safety precautions, as well as the importance of the work at hand! One student mentioned that he "never thought he had to reason to think about all this, that it either takes care of itself or it doesn't," and, thus, he appreciated the opportunity to tackle the issue in a more hands-on and immediate way. We also distributed the shoes collected through our “Shoe Drive” to the local school students.
By the end of the clean up, we had collected over fifty bags of trash, learned a little more about the Chennai beach ecosystem, and discussed with the local students what could be done to extend this work.
We are considering the possibility of hosting two clean ups next year. Due to the rapid rate at which trash collects, this might be helpful in making the project more sustainable.
Save the Date - High School Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences - Repeat Announcement
Believe it or not, March 3rd marks the middle of this semester! Mid-semester progress reports will be available on that date after 3:30 pm (both electronically and on paper sent home with students).
Drop in arena style student/parent/teacher conferences will be available on Tuesday, March 7th from 3:45 - 5:30 pm. This style of conference is most appropriate for non-confidential quick check ins.
By appointment student/parent/teacher conferences will be scheduled for Thursday, March 9th between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. The link to sign up for conferences will go live on March 3rd at the same time mid-semester progress reports are available. The link will go home in the notes that same Friday.
Sincerely,
Joelle Basnight
High School Principal
