Dear Parents and Students,
Enjoy this four-day weekend to connect, celebrate, reflect and renew.
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.
Events At-A-Glance: 2021-2022
Schedule for the next four weeks:
Lunch Order form April 18 - 22
Here is the Lunch order here for HS students for April 18 - April 22. It needs to be completed by Sunday at noon.
Next Week: AISC Earth Week April 18-22
AISC Libraries Earth Week Book Swap
The Earth Week Book Swap is taking place in the Unity Courtyard on April 21st and 22nd and we are excited for our community to be able to swap books! As advertised, for every two books that are donated, one ticket will be issued to swap for a new book. In addition, on Friday only, we will be allowing staff, students, and parents to purchase books for only ten rupees each! All proceeds will benefit the India Literacy Project in support of their ongoing programs.
Parents are welcome to attend the book swap on Friday, April 22nd from 12:00-3:30pm. Please reach out to Ms. Babs if you have any questions.
HS/MS Spring Concert - April 21 at 4:30 pm (FAC Auditorium)
We invite our parent community to our first in-person curricular concert for the secondary school (our last concert was 869 days ago) on Thursday, April 21st @ 4:30 pm in the FAC Theatre. Share in the creative process and see your child perform on the big stage. Help us support our students' resilience and success with your energy and presence. These musicians will have a mandatory dress rehearsal on Tuesday, April 19th from 3:45-5:00 pm, and of course the concert on Thursday, April 21st. If your child attends an ASA, or club, or has a schedule conflict, we appreciate your flexibility to arrange their schedule to allow your child to participate in their rehearsal and concert. Please inform your child's ASA coaches and club advisors that they will be missing the afternoon of Tuesday, April 19th, and Thursday, April 21st, and will take care of any missing work/responsibilities as required.
If you plan on attending the concert please declare your vaccination status and upload vaccine information here. Parents that uploaded information already for conferences do not need to resubmit, we have it on file. Anyone that has not will need to show their record at the door or show an RT-PCR result no older than 72 hours. Please bring your school photo ID card. It would be great if family members sat together and left a gap between them and the next person. Masks will be required inside. The concert will be recorded and live-streamed, and available to watch on the AISC website, so you will not need to use your phone during the concert. We hope to see you there!
AISC WELLBEING UPDATE
Students from grades 3 to 12 will have the opportunity to answer age-appropriate questions relating to the AISC Wellbeing framework to support their own personal reflection and growth. This will take place in High School Crew, Middle School Advisory and Elementary School Wellbeing classes in late April. Once completed, students will receive a personalized report with helpful guidance and resources to explore on their own and those facilitating the process will also be available for additional guidance. To ensure your child's privacy, your child's data from this survey will not be saved and individual responses will be anonymous.
The Wellbeing framework includes four domains: Positive Relationships, Self Awareness, Self Management and Healthy Habits. As such, the questions range from nutrition to sleep patterns and recognizing emotions to appreciating family and cultural ties. These questions are short and accessible to all.
This wonderful initiative is part of the AISC Wellbeing Futures Planning process. All questions and related feedback have been developed by the EY-12 Wellbeing Council and vetted by counselors, Health/PE teachers and other health professionals. If you have any questions please feel free to email the council leads: Shez Billett and Joelle Basnight
Repeat Announcement: AISC National Honors Society 2021-22 Induction
We were thrilled to be able to hold our first fully in-person Induction Ceremony for new members of AISC’s National Honor Society Chapter on Friday, April 1st. Congratulations to the 14 new members:
9th grade: Luke Merletti, Melchi Michael, Nandini Bhaktal
10th grade: Adesh Roberson, Doyeon Kim, Gaia Flavia Anai Mezaib Botti,
Sungmin Lee
11th grade: Arsh Khanna, Lokeswar Gopikrishna, Dhivya Joseph Sasha Vijay,
Jiyo Chang, Kaaviya Raghuraman, Rishi Bharadwaj, Yejon Choi
Membership in the National Honor Society is a high honor at AISC, as our chapter has a strong reputation in our wider community. Our chapter, along with the more than 15,000 chapters in schools across the world, strives to demonstrate in action the meaning of our Society's standards: scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Our new members were selected on the basis of their demonstrated commitment to all of these standards.
Repeat Announcement: Semester 2 Final Exams and Alternative Final Assessments
The schedule for semester final exams and alternative final assessments can be found here. Final exam week is Monday, May 30 - Friday, June 3. Revision week, during which students revise for the final exams or complete alternative final assessments is Tuesday, May 24 - Friday, May 27. If a student has an alternative final assessment, they do not have a final exam in that subject during final exam week.
During exam week, students should enter school at the regular time of 8:30 am. If students have only a morning exam, they can leave campus after finishing the morning exam. Students are expected to take all exams in-person.
To inform travel plans: HS students are not obligated to attend school after their last exam. Teachers will be present and available for any needs through 3:30 pm on Friday, June 3rd.
Semester 2 report cards will be available on Wednesday, June 8.
Have a great weekend,
Mike Malone
High School Principal
