Category: Weekly News

Happy Birthday SSIS! SSIS is turning 25 and the celebration started on Saturday night at the gala. It was wonderful seeing so many Dragons at the event. It was a memorable evening and a great way to start off the celebrations. Celebration activities continue this week. Be on the look out for more information. Chris and Sophie really helped continue the celebrations by welcoming our newest Dragoon, Arthur Malcolm, to the world. Mom, baby and dad are all doing great! The pre-party started off at school with performances on Friday and Saturday of “The Pirates of the Curry Bean.” Well...

Congratulations Gr.5 for a fantastic week without walls experience. I forgot how much can be accomplished in such a short amount of time. Being able to go on the trip with G5 was a good reminder about why our powerful learning experiences are so important to the work we do. There were so many examples but the two that stuck out the most to me were the follwing. A student told Ms. Mary that if we just all listened to nature and the sounds in nature we would have a lot more peace in the world. Another student exclaimed “Where...

One of the beauty’s of our school is that so many activities can happen at the same time and there is no disruption to the teaching and learning. This past week we had; classes on field trips, colleagues in adaptive schools training for 3 days, colleagues traveling to conferences, colleagues traveling for athletic events colleagues planning field trips colleagues planning VTC presentations Colleagues presenting at VTC colleagues covering for colleagues colleagues screening KG children colleagues supporting each other Purple Day Valentines Day Tripod reflection meetings AND MANY MANY other things…. And children had no idea, because we continued to provide...

This week promises to be as busy as the weekend was. First of all congratulations to all of our ES people who ran in the inaugural HCMC midnight marathon. Beyond that, our HS students competed in the U19 basketball and badminton SISAC championships and we had a VEX robotics competition on campus. So many examples of our CORE values were demonstrated this weekend. If you competed in, watched, or helped in any of these events, please take time to share your story with our students. It is so important that they hear these stories from us. It may feel uncomfortable...

What a fantastic start to the second semester. The foundation you laid in the first semester is the reason for this stellar start and is what will allow us to stretch our students. As more new students join our community this week please remember the importance of nurturing our relationships with trust and love. February is set to be incredibly busy and fast paced. Remember to take time to slow down and keep the foundation of our success strong when you need to. Most of all remember to have and enjoy the ride. February is sure to fly by. Weekly...

Welcome back! We hope you all had the break you wished for, filled with rest, relaxation, joy, happiness and fond memories. Next month (Feb.) promises to be a very busy month, but January will end reconnecting with each other and our students. We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow morning at 7:30. Weekly Focus: Our focus this week will be Connections. PURPLE MOMENTS Please take a moment to share one this week. SUNSHINE COMMITTEE The ES Sunshine Committee  works to the fullest for the ES community and we would like to continue acknowledging important milestones for you and our...

No quote this week. Just a simple thank you for all the hard work you have all put into making this first semester such an amazing success. We hope you have a restful and relaxing break. Please take time to disconnect and reconnect. And let’s make this last academic week of 2022 something to remember. With Gratitude, Melanie and Edward Weekly Focus: Our focus this week will be CELEBRATIONS!!!! PURPLE MOMENTS Please take a moment to share one this week. SUNSHINE COMMITTEE The ES Sunshine Committee  works to the fullest for the ES community and we would like to continue...

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”  Benjamin Franklin This week we congratulate 1st grade for a fantastic music concert. Congratulations to Ranya and the entire music department as well as the entire first grade team. This weekend I was fortunate to attend a conference on the collaborative cycle with 10 SSIS colleagues. We deepened our understanding of what it means and how to do it effectively. We reflected on our practice and we are all excited to share our learning with all of you. Please be sure ask us about what we learned. Weekly Focus: Our focus this...

“That’s the thing about December: it goes by you in a flash. If you just close your eyes, it’s gone. And it’s like you were never there.” — Donal Ryan This week we congratulate 2nd grade for a fantastic music concert. As Melanie shared at the concert; they danced, sang, played instruments and created the production. Congratulations to Leon and the entire music department as well as the entire second grade team. It’s hard to believe that it is already December. In a flash it was here and in a flash it will be gone. It is three short weeks until...

“The master schedule is to a school what grading policies are to teachers andclassrooms. It reveals the true beliefs, attitudes, values, and priorities of the school. Theschool’s master schedule is like looking at an MRI of the inner workings of a school. It is the window to the soul of the school” “The Master Schedule: A Culture Indicator,” Before getting into this weeks message, we want to send a huge congratulations to the 5th grader students and everyone who worked with them to pull off what is undoubtedly the best 5th grade concert ever. The collaboration, work, flexibility and value...