Weekly Update: August 28 – Sep. 4th

Friday, August 28th
Day 2 – EFGH

Saturday, August 29th
SAT 7:00am – 1:00pm

Sunday, August 30th

Monday, August 31st
Day 3 – BCD Adv A
Advisory Calendar 2020 – 21

Tuesday, September 1st – Early Dismissal
Day 4 – FGHE

September 1, 2020

8:00am – ­9:00am	Block 1  (60 min)
9:10am -10:05am	Block 2 (55 min)
10:15am -­ 11:05am	Block 3 (55 min)
11:15am – ­12:15pm	Block 4 (60 min)

Wednesday, September 2 – No School
Vietnamese National Holiday

Thursday, September 3rd
Day 5 – CDA Adv B
Advisory Calendar 2020 – 21
Curriculum Night

Friday, September 4th
Day 6 – GHEF

On the Horizon
SAT Exam on Saturday, August 29th 7:00am – 1:00pm
Early Dismissal, Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Vietnamese National Day, September 2 (Holiday)
HS Virtual Curriculum Night, September 3rd
AP / HL Hours Start on Wednesday, September 9th
– Please note that we will not be having AP/HL Hours on Wednesdays due to the Vietnamese classes and Faculty PD / Divisional Meetings
Full PD Day, September 18th (No classes for students)

HS Parking Lot Questions – August 20 2020 – Please add your questions here.

Staff Action Needed:
Please enforce the social distancing rules with our students both in your classroom and everywhere on campus:
1. Staying 1m+ apart
2. Hand washing / hand sanitizing
3. Face masks in all “Face Mask Zones”
4. Keeping to the right side of the hallways and stairwells when moving between classrooms.

Review Important Start of Year Documents

HS Faculty Supervision Schedule for 2020 – 21

Recognize a colleague with a kudos

HS COVID-19 Parking Lot Questions

SSIS Phone Instructions

SSIS Phone Extension List

SSIS Faculty Forms (Field Trip Forms, PD Request Forms, etc.

What to do if you will miss School | HR Portal user-guide

HS Portal Guide

Friday Dress Options:

1. Wear your normal professional dress
2. Wear your SSIS shirt with pants/skirt 
3. Wear your university polo with pants/skirt

 three options for you on Friday.

Sunshine Committee Dues– The Sunshine committee organizes a number of great events and celebrates and supports those staff members in need over the course of the year.   In addition to monthly birthday celebrations and organization of departmental breakfasts, Sunshine shows random acts of kindness, flowers and other items to celebrate milestone events in our lives.  Sunshine will organize a whole staff event each quarter.   Sunshine Committee members this year are: Amy and Evan.  Looking for more members too. We will be asking for a 500,000 VND contribution to be paid to Evan or Huyen.

Take-Away Food
Students are ​not allowed​ to order any ​take-away food​ to be delivered to SSIS during the school day (7:30am – 3:30pm).

HS Student Dress Code

To promote a respectful and neat environment focused on study, all SSIS students are required to wear the official SSIS uniform. All uniform items must be purchased at the school store unless noted. The school uniform consists of the following:

Approved Tops:Light and dark blue polo shirt with SSIS logo

●  Long sleeved white button down shirt with SSIS logo (white shirt needs to be buttoned up)Approved Sweater/Hoodies/Jackets

• Only SSIS sweaters and sweatshirts can be worn in the HS
• Senior students are allowed to wear a university/college sweater.
• SSIS shirts must be worn under an approved sweater/hoodie/jacket.

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Approved Bottoms:

• SSIS dark blue, black shorts and skorts, and long pants
• All shorts and skorts must extend past student fingertips when standing with shoulders relaxed at their sides.
• Long pants: students are permitted to purchase and wear their own as long as the fabric andcolor conforms to the SSIS uniform pieces.Approved Shoes:

• Students must wear closed-toed shoes when at SSIS
• No flip-flops, slides, Crocs, Birkenstocks and similar varieties are to be worn.In Addition:
• Items such as jewellery need to be safe for the various activities engaged in throughout the school day.
• Hats and headscarves must be removed inside the school building unless worn for religious reasons and approved by the HS administrative team.
• Students are not permitted to wear their PE clothes/uniform on floors 2, 3, and 4 in the HSbuilding or any other SSIS buildings.Non Uniform Days:

• No sleeveless tops or dresses
• No shirts that expose the belly or chest
• All shorts, skirts, dresses, skorts must extend past student fingertips when standing with shoulders relaxed at their sides.
•  No jeans with tears or holes

Dress Code Violation
First incident:
Teacher will speak with the s​tudent and ​will complete a PowerSchool Referral Entry if a student is not wearing proper uniform.

Second and third incident:

• After-school 1 hour detention (1 day)
• Administrator contacts parents

Fourth incident:  In-​school suspension (1 day) /  Parent Meeting