Dear
Students and Parents,
A reminder that Monday, October 28th, is a school holiday. All school activities are cancelled.
Many thanks to all who supported India Week and Happy Diwali!
Congratulations to the students who earned "Commended Student" recognition by the National Merit Scholarship Competition due to their performance on last year's PSAT! Of the 1.5 million students who took the test, 34,000 were selected for commendation including:
Manav Chakravarthy
Abhi Desai
Niraj Devadoss
Aafia Sait
Advika Srinivasan
Vinay Sriram
Isha Suresh
Many thanks to all who supported India Week and Happy Diwali!
Congratulations to the students who earned "Commended Student" recognition by the National Merit Scholarship Competition due to their performance on last year's PSAT! Of the 1.5 million students who took the test, 34,000 were selected for commendation including:
Manav Chakravarthy
Abhi Desai
Niraj Devadoss
Aafia Sait
Advika Srinivasan
Vinay Sriram
Isha Suresh
High School Parent Coffee - Save the Date
Our next
parent coffee will be on Tuesday, October 29th at 8:45 am in the BBT. The
counselors will guide participants through a mock university admissions
panel.
PSAT - Wednesday, August 30th
As has
been shared in our daily bulletin, the PSAT will be administered the morning of
Wednesday, October 30th. Interested students have already signed up for the test
and will be excused from morning classes. If anyone still wishes to sign up and
has not, please see Ms. Priya immediately.
The PSAT
- or Pre-SAT - is a practice test for students who may go on to take the
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) as part of their university application process.
It is also the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, a scholarship only
open to US Citizens.
Next Early Release Wednesday
The next
Early Release Wednesday will be on November 6th. Students are expected to
depart campus in a timely and organized fashion upon dismissal at 2:00 pm. For
our Middle and High School students, a hot lunch will be served. Food services
in the iHub will close at 1:50 pm. Please note that the iHub will be open to
provide an air-conditioned waiting area until 2:40 pm in case drivers are
delayed. We appreciate your patience with traffic these days as all three
sections are picking up students at the same time.
Progress Reports and Student Parent Teacher
Conferences
The
mid-semester progress reports will be sent home with students on Friday,
November 1st. They will be available online early the following week. Please do
wait to access any online information This report represents a snapshot in
time.
Parents
with questions about their child’s performance should first speak to his/her
child and, then, if further clarification is needed, conferences will take
place on Thursday, November 7th. No classes will be in session on this
day.
Parents
can avail of two different types of conferences: drop-in and by
appointment.
Drop-in
appointments are scheduled from 8:00 until 10:00 am and will take place in the
gym. Parents will find all teachers available in the same place are ten-minute
check-in conferences will be completed on a first-come-first-served basis. As
all of the teachers are present, parents can strategize the order in which they
meet with teachers based on availability.
By
appointment conferences are scheduled from 10:30 am until 5:00 pm and will take
place in teacher’s classrooms. These conferences are also ten minutes in length
but their location allow for a more private atmosphere. The link to sign up for
by-appointment conferences will be emailed home on Wednesday, October 30th and
linked to the Principal’s Notes on Friday, November 1st.
Counseling Newsletter - October - Repeat
Announcement
Sincerely,
Joelle
Basnight
High
School Principal
