Dear Parents and Students,
We are back into the swing of things after a rejuvenating Spring Break, and looking forward to Progress Reports next week, Student-Parent-Teacher conferences on April 4th, and our Celebration of Learning, also on April 4th.
Raptor Safe updates
Please make sure to review Mr. Ryan McFarland’s Raptor Safe update in the Head of School’s newsletter to review “Project Get Back” changes. Recent changes are summarized here:
Panbio/Rapid Antigen are not required at this time.
In-person club/activities meetings are in-person, on campus.
The gym and Raptor’s Den are open during lunch and before and after school when supervision is available.
Organized team sports are available before and after school. Look for opportunities in the HS Daily Bulletin. Open to all HS students.
Parent conferences (April 4) will be in person, with a virtual option.
We look forward to getting back more opportunities, including in-person NHS induction (April 1), Celebration of Learning (April 4), the IB Art Exhibition opening (April 5th) and Cabaret (April 8, all parents welcome to reserve a ticket) As always, thank you for being RaptorSafe! And parents - remember to upload your proof of vaccination via the link in the next section.
Visiting Campus – Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences
As you know, we are looking forward to having a greater parent presence on campus in the coming weeks. We continue to develop our systems to streamline entry to campus for staff, students, and parents.
Please understand that by external directive, vaccinations are required of adults on campus – faculty, staff, and visitors. We also recognize that vaccination is an extremely effective tool in protecting the health of community members and preventing spread to those unable to vaccinate or at increased risk.
If you are planning to attend Parent Conferences on campus, take a few minutes to complete this form with parent vaccination information and a copy of the certificate. Virtual Conferences will also be an option for parents who cannot attend in-person.
Prior to your conferences, expect to receive a health screening form, which will be submitted at the entrance of the school at the time of your conferences.
Based on parent feedback, if you are not vaccinated and wish to attend Parent Conferences, please contact Mr. Ryan McFarland (mryan@aischennai.org) for exemption information, and be prepared to present a recent negative RT-PCR test to enter campus.
Events At-A-Glance
Schedule for the next four weeks
Lunch Order form March 28 - April 1
Here is the lunch order form for HS students for March 28 - April 1. It needs to be completed by Sunday at noon.
Updated Announcement: Course Request and Registration for 2022-2023
Course Verification Forms due March 29
Course request verification forms, where students are asked to confirm their course requests, were shared on March 22. When students received this printout of their course requests for 2022-23, they:
Noted all requests are correct, sign the form, return it to their Crew leader immediately.
Noted that there is an error, correct it, sign the form and return it to their Crew leader immediately.
If there were changes to be made, students took the form home, discussed changes with you and their counselor, and when any changes are completed, students need to have the form signed by you, sign the form themselves and return it to their counselor. Please make sure your child has returned their course request verification form.
Progress Reports available Wednesday, March 30 at 2:30 pm
Semester 2 Progress reports will be emailed to you on Wednesday afternoon, March 30. Progress Reports are a snapshot of student learning habits and academic achievement as of spring break, the mid-point of Semester 2. Students receive comments from teachers in each subject. We invite you to use progress reports to have a conversation with your child about their progress, and to avail of the opportunity to meet with your child’s teachers at the upcoming Student-Parent- Teacher Conferences.
Note: Schoology Mastery grade view and Powerschool grade view are not accessible from Sunday, March 20 until Wednesday, March 30 at 2:30, to allow teachers to assign achievement strands and an overall mark, give learning habit feedback and write and finalize comments.
Updated Announcement: Student-Parent-Teacher Conferences April 4 - sign up link
You can now sign up for conference appointments with your student’s teachers here. Instructions on how to sign up are here. Conference slots are 10 minutes in length on Monday, April 4th from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Conferences will be available in-person–parents need proof of vaccination and must wear a mask at all times). A virtual option is available if your family cannot attend. If a parent would like to join virtual, while the other parent and student attend in-person, they are welcome to join via your mobile device.
Students are expected to attend SPT conferences with their parent(s) and lead the conversation.
AISC Celebrates Well Week Next Week!
We are very excited about celebrating our communities' wellbeing in person at school. Some of the initiatives included a whole school walkathon, to mindfulness and wearing our favorite cultural or nationality outfit. We encourage you to have a conversation at home about how your family might celebrate wellbeing next week as well, maybe having a tech free dinner together or going for a walk. Please help us by reminding your child to wear athletic shoes on Monday and dress in their cultural attire on Wednesday- so they can get their photo taken at one of the fun photo booths. Thank you--the AISC Wellbeing Council
Repeat Announcement: NHS Induction 2022
NHS Induction for the school year 2021-22 will be - Friday, April 1st at 4:00 pm in the Madras Hall. Parents and AISC siblings of inductees will be invited to attend in person. The event will be live-streamed as well.
Repeat Announcement: Celebration of Learning, IN-PERSON/Virtual Monday, April 4th
We are excited to announce that our Spring Celebration of Learning will be on-campus and in-person on Monday, April 4. We are planning student presentations that will showcase their learning from a variety of courses. Come stop by Madras Hall on April 4 from 9:00-10:00 in the morning and 1:00-2:00 in the afternoon to listen to students share about their learning and to ask questions about what they have accomplished. In addition, a virtual option will be available. More information to come soon, we look forward to seeing you there.
Repeat Announcement: 2022 National Merit Scholar Finalist
We are proud to share that AISC 12th grader Vihan Saharia has been named a National Merit Scholar Finalist. Vihaan is one of 15,000 American high school seniors world-wide to be recognized with this prestigious honor. National Merit Scholarship finalists are recognized for their high achievement on the SAT and their outstanding academic achievement, integrity, leadership and service. Congratulations, Vihaan!
Repeat Announcement: HS/MS Cabaret, Friday, April 8th
Cabaret, our student body’s annual showcase of their jaw-dropping talent is back this year! This year’s theme is “AISC’s still got Talent!” and the array of fantastic acts that we got to see at the auditions served to underscore that in more ways than one.
This has been a long time coming, but it will be great for us to get together and celebrate our resilient community.
We look forward to seeing you at the FAC Theater at 7pm on Friday, April 8th.
We will have limited seats for parents of performers available for reservation at the event. More information on this to come soon!
Mike Malone
High School Principal
