Dear Students and Parents,
We hope everyone enjoyed Earth Week!
Lots of congratulations this week:
To all who participated in our Celebration of Learning - what an inspiring event!
To the newly inducted National Honor Society students:
2021 Inductees:
Grade 9: Karan Chakravarty, Kavya Krishnan, Anjali Seshadri
Grade 10: Tulasi Anantharamakrishnan, Shanmugam Ganesan, Daeun Jung, Byeongchan Kang, Seohyun Kang, Sohyun (Eden) Kwon, Seunghyoun Oh, Shandaneh Penker, Ava Tikekar, Manya Velu
Grade 11: Yejune (Ted) Chang,Esperance de Lattre, Arnav Guha,Hera (Yeonwoo) Kwak, Junsu Lee, Louisa Orye, Aditya Rangarajan, Rohan Roberson, Vihaan Saharia, Sam Sankar,Subeen Song
2020 Inductees:
Grade 9: Katherine (Emi) K, Nicole Ahn
Grade 10: Aalia Sait, Sangjun Lee, Sungho Kim, Tejas Narayan
Grade 11: Minji Kim, Nishta Guha, Camille Verany, Alice (Hye Kyo) Lee, Anya Kumar, Anya Mall, Jae Hyeok Kim, Johaan Jai Mittra, Juyang Kim, Srivats Ramaswamy, Yu-Jin Jeung, Yoonjong Kang
To AISC’s Art Sustains club for putting together their annual mela!
To our newly elected Executive Student Council officers:
Treasurer- Yejune (Ted) Chang
Secretary- Arjan Chakravarthy
VP- Byeongchan Kang
President- Sungho Kim
Lit Week Begins! - A Note from Ms. Marion
AISC is celebrating LitWeek next week with a variety of reading-themed activities and events. Check out the LitWeek Website for each day’s contests, links to our virtual Book Fair, and information about our visiting author, Padma Venkatraman.
And, what better way to celebrate LitWeek than by reading a book! The HS CIC is still open for checkouts. Use this Google form to request books. The form will be open from Friday until Tuesday each week and curbside pick up will take place at the ES entrance every Wednesday between 8:30 am - 3:30 pm. We encourage students to check the library catalog before requesting specific titles to ensure that they are available. Please let Marion, wmarion@aischennai.org, know if you have any questions.
High School Band and Choir Performance - An Invitation from Mr. Kennedy
Please join us in supporting our AISC music students for our Spring Virtual Concert. Students in both MS and HS have collaborated to perform the song "See You Again" which has been arranged for both choir and bands by our very own Mr. Krebs! We will also have individual guitar and choir performances, plus a few special interviews from students. We welcome our school community to join our concert on Thursday, April 29th, 4:30 - 5:00 pm IST via our updated Zoom link:
https://zoom.us/j/9382115079?pwd=LzcwenVVd1BOU0ZzOHFsWVN2bmhLZz09
Meeting ID: 938 211 5079
Passcode: AISCMUSIC
AP and IB Reminders
AP exams will now be digital only, that is, we will not offer in-person, paper and pen tests in May 2021. The May/June 2021 AP exam schedule is here, with digital exams taking place May 18-28 and/or June 1-11.
As last year, students will take AP digital exams at home. As last year, digital AP exams take place in the evening/at night IST, with exam start times of 9:30 pm IST and 1:30 am IST.
Dfiferent from last year, the digital AP exams will be full length (3 hours+). Also different is that the AP Exam App is much more robust. Thus, connectivity issues should not interfere with students’ completion and submission of their exams. Students info sessions on the digital exams are being held next week. The APs exam information page is here.
IB Exams have been cancelled for May 2021. The IBO cancelled all IB exams in India. Students in Y2 of their IB classes will be graded on the non-examination route. Information on the non-examination route grading process is here. IB Y2 classes end today, April 23rd.
Prom Update
Students were notified via email earlier this week that we have decided to eliminate hosting Prom in a hotel. We are presently looking at the COVID data in Chennai and consider the recent orders to determine if an on-campus Prom is possible. A final decision will be made early next week. Should an in-person Prom be cancelled, the school will support the planning committee in shifting to a virtual event.
Summer Programs - A Note from Counseling
Summer programs can be a way to experience something new and to enrich your learning. If you are interested in diving deeper into a subject that you are passionate about or want to explore, check out the Summer Programs listed here. Many of the programs will be virtual this summer. Please let your counselor know if you have any questions!
Save the Date - Upcoming Parent Coffee - Repeat Announcement
The final High School Parent Coffee of the year will be held on Tuesday, April 27th at 8:45 am. Parents have two options. First, our counselors will be hosting a conversation for Grade 12 parents about their students “leaving the nest” at the end of the school year. Second, Mr. Malone and incoming Associate Principal, Mr. Galaty, will be hosting a presentation about the upcoming MAP tests for grades 9 (May 11th) and 10 (April 28) and how to interpret the results upon completion. The links to the options are as follows:
‘Leaving the Nest’ Workshop for Grade 12 parents:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88280003448?pwd=QStpV3NpbU9GVHBmbjluMmNEWWRQUT09
Meeting ID: 882 8000 3448
Passcode: rskO32HD0a
MAP tests for 9th and 10th grade parents:
Meeting ID: 9117017931
Passcode: HS
Semester 2 Final Exam and Final Alternative Assessment Schedule - Repeat Announcement
The schedule for final exams May 28 - June 3 and alternative final assessments during revision week May 24 - 27 is here. A reminder that all students are expected to sit for their final exam at the scheduled time May 28th-June 3rd. No early exams are allowed.
Sincerely,
Joelle Basnight
High School Principal
