Dear Students and Parents,
Happy Thanksgiving! I am grateful for our vibrant, resilient students, families, faculty and staff - our community is flourishing together.
Upcoming Events At-A-Glance
AISC HS Vision for a Learner: Explorers
Congratulations to the five students recognized by HS faculty for being Explorers:
Explorers are those students who investigate new interests with curiosity, inquire with purpose and seek deeper understanding and fulfillment through their ground-breaking pursuits. Explorers ask probing, extending and open-ended questions, contribute their new ideas to discussion, and investigate and attempt new ways of extending their learning opportunities and sharing their findings.
Grade 9: Maya Raghuraman (on Zoom in photo below)
Grade 10: Anjali Seshadri
Grade 11: Manya Velu
Grade 12: Achilles Daniels-Condon and Yoonsoo Kang
Schedule for the next two weeks in full cohort in-person hybrid:
Raptor Safe Orientation for students returning to campus
Next Raptor Safe Orientations and requirements
If you have not had Orientation this school year, or if you have returned to virtual after being in-person, you must attend a RaptorSafe orientation.
The next Raptor Safe Orientations are: (mandatory for all returning students)
Monday, November 29; December 6, 13 @ 8:00 am
Upcoming Parent Survey, Monday, November 29
On this coming Monday, November 29 you will receive an email with a link to a survey to gather feedback on your experience with the AISC Learning Models so far this year. We welcome your thoughtful participation in this survey so we can understand key areas for celebration and growth.
Weekly Covid testing reminder and Lunch Order form Nov 29-Dec 3
It's the end of the week, so here is your weekly reminder to conduct the COVID-19 home antigen test. Here is the form to upload the results which should be submitted Friday, November 26. Please remember to bring the completed test strip on Monday in a bag.
Here is the lunch order form for HS students for November 29-December 3. It needs to be completed by Sunday at noon.
Rain and Disaster Relief Effort November 29 - Dec 4.
AISC is launching a relief effort in response to recent flooding. We would like to create 50 hampers with several essential items for displaced families. See full description of the school-wide effort here.
For HS students, please bring in one item (or more, if you wish), as listed below, depending on your grade level. We have HS boxes set up in the HS Commons which will be collected daily. Let’s get 50 of every item!
Repeat Announcement Attendance: If your child is unwell/has symptoms and is staying home
As we work through this season of weather changes and seasonal illnesses, and continue to manage through the pandemic, please review our expectations about attendance when your child is unexpectedly unwell or has symptoms that require them to stay at home. Your child should be able to attend fully from home, or should take the full day to rest and recover.
Parent Locker: By 8am, indicate on Parent Locker “Yes” to Question 3:
“My child has felt sick in the past 24 hours.”
Email Ms. Sunita: By 8am, communicate your child’s absence to Ms. Sunita in the HS office via email. Ms. Sunita will share your child’s absence with all teachers and with the Health office. The Health office will contact you to determine next steps, including how and when your child can safely return to in-person.
Attend all classes fully from home: If your child is home due to mild symptoms, and is able to attend all synch classes - your child must attend all synch classes.
Rest and recover from home: If your child is unwell and not able to attend all synch classes - your child should not attend any synch classes that day - they should take the full day to rest and recover.
Virtual for the day and Summatives: If your child is attending school in-person, and is unwell/virtual for the day and your child has a summative assessment - your child cannot take the summative virtually. They must take the summative as a makeup in person, either with their teacher, or in SMMS later that week.
Repeat Announcement: Portal Project - Parent Sessions
We are excited to introduce a speaker series for parents starting in November called Parenting Beyond the Pandemic. These virtual sessions will bring experts and practitioners directly to our parent community to address a variety of relevant topics. The full list of sessions can be found here and the titles below. Registration for the sessions will take place through Eventbrite.
Repeat Announcement: Final Exams in December: In-Person
Please find here the Semester 1 final exam schedule for December 13-17. As you make your travel plans, I want to make sure you know that Final Exams will be in-person during final exam week. The exception is for students who have been and will remain virtual. If your travel plans include the need to be out of Chennai Dec 13-17, your child will need to sit for in-person final exam makeups starting January 10, 2022, when we return for Semester 2.
Sincerely,
Mike Malone
High School Principal
