Weekly Update March 24 – 31st

HS Varsity Girls City Soccer Champions

HS Varsity Boys City Soccer 2nd Place

Hi Everyone,

Quarter 4 has begun.  The end of the year will come very quickly.  Be sure to check your calendars for important dates and events (important dates calendar).  On Wednesday, we will run an Advisory Day Bell Schedule to allow time for the MRISA Soccer Pep Rally.

Tim

Friday, March 24th
Parent – Teacher Interviews from 8:00am – 1:00pm
WASC and PTC Celebration Event 2:00 – 5:15pm

Saturday, March 25th
Sunday, March 26th

Monday, March 27th
Day 1 – ABCD
Advisory Day
Tuesday, March 28th 
Day 2 – EFGH
HS LT Meeting at 3:15pm in Jodi’s Classroom

Wednesday, March 29th – MRISA Pep Rally (Advisory Bell Schedule)
Day 3- BCDA
IBDP Y2 Core Exhibition 6:00 – 7:00pm

On the Horizon:
Quarter 3 Grades and Comments Entered in PS, March 28 at 3:30
MRISA Assembly, March 29 (Advisory Schedule)- Advisory Schedule M, W, TH this week
Report Card Verification Reports Available and Returned to Huyen, March 29 at 3:30
IBDP Core Year 2 Exhibition, March 29, 6-7:30pm
Quarter 3 Grades Emailed to Students/Parents, March 30
IB/AP Arts Exhibition, April 12
Career Day, April 13 (special schedule)
Sunshine Service and Brewery Tour Event, April 15

Staff Action Needed:

• Sunshine and Service Trips Transportation Questionnaire by March 30.
• Make sure to review Thomas Galvez’s Matrix carefully these week about grading 12th grade students at the end of the year.
• Communicate with parents about students receiving D’s or F’s in preparation for PTC’s

Parent/Teacher Conferences–  PTC’s are held on Thursday, March 23 (5-8pm) and Friday, March 24 (8am-1pm).  We will be doing “Arena” style conferences in the High School Gym.  Since we have a WASC meeting right before our conferences, the HS will be hosting a dinner in the fitness lab in the HS basement.  A large variety of food and drink will be available to eat starting at 4pm.  On Friday morning, there will be some croissants, coffee and tea in the morning.  From 10:30 to 12:30, the caterers will have a sandwich and salad bar set up in the fitness lab for you to grab some lunch at some point during the conferences.

End of Year Important Dates– We have put together an end of the year important dates calendar for you reference.  While it does not have everything, it is a quick reference for you for planning purposes.

What To Do If You Will Miss a Day of School

SSIS Help Desk
Please send your requests directly to the SSIS Help Desk (helpdesk@ssis.edu.vn) if you have a something in your classroom that needs fixing (cc to Huyen Tran, the HS Secretary).

Grade 12 Issues with PowerSchool– Please pay careful attention to Thomas Galvez’s post in the Matrix section of the Dragon’s Lair about significant changes for grade 12 students this week.  Thomas, Tim and Jacob are also available to answer additional questions and/or provide technical support.

June 3rd House Build (save the date)– As I mentioned at our meeting this week, a group of students are going with Bill Fossgreen and William Medina to the Mekong Delta to build a house this summer.  This is a super exciting event for these participants and our school.  Bill and William are organizing a group of teachers to pour the foundation of the house on Saturday, June 3.  It will be an all day trip returning the same evening.  Save the date for this very cool event.  Bill and William will share more specifics later and you can always ask them questions.

Sunshine and Service Trips– Please complete this transportation form, so we can make arrangements to get everyone to the upcoming Service and Sunshine events.  See Bill and William if you have questions about the Ben Tre June 3rd project.  See Bilal, William or Evan for questions about the orphanage trip and brewery tour on April 15.