March 15 – 19

by Melanie Sylvester · March 12, 2021

It’s been another big week of learning. Our students are so fortunate to be experiencing field trips (both virtual and physical), swimming in the pool, building landform models and movies, and learning how to butter toast in KG! Seeing everything going on continues to amaze me!

Learning Life Skills in KG: How to Make Toast!

Evacuation Drill Thursday @ 9:45am: This week’s evacuation drill has two goals: 1 – sound check; 2 – improve on our performance in evacuation. Additional alarms have been added around campus. We will be ensuring we have all areas monitored so that we can check sound. You will be asked to report the sound level in your area. For the actual evacuation, we need to improve in these areas:

silence in the evacuation
single file line all through the entire exit
location on the field (we need to be back farther – in line with the stairway up to the gym

TA Evaluations: Please remember to book your Vietnamese teaching observations before March 25. For EC and Specialist TAs, you can begin to book co-teaching and small group observations too!

TAs Support Communication: On occasion, grade level TAs may be asked to support LS and EAL teachers to communicate with Vietnamese parents in their grade level. Thanks to the TAs for providing this support!

Travel Questionnaire: If you travel outside of HCMC (even on a weekend trip), you must fill this in before you travel. Thanks!

Caterer’s Portal: The new Caterers Web Portal is accessible via the eNews main menu, under “The Caterers” or via this link: To begin using the portal for the first time, follow these simple steps:

Enter your user name: Your school ID
Enter the password: TCtest@123. Please note that this is a temporary password. The first time you log in, you will be asked to change your password. You will only need to do this once.
Change your password, following the instructions in the portal

Ordering Lunch: Please follow this link to order salads and hummus plates during Virtual school. It can be delivered to your room! Way to go Brian!