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Weekly Update: March 18-22

| March 14, 2019 | Weekly Update | No Comments

Lots of amazing activities led by our students over the next few weeks.  From International Day spearheaded by the National Honor Society to SSIS Idol (Heartbeat Vietnam), Night at the Oscars (Dragon Broadcasting) and Get Out (StuCo) over the next 3 Fridays.  Enjoy and come out to support our students and their advisors if you are able.

Have a great weekend,

Jacob

Friday,  March 15th. International Day (International Dress)
Sunshine Breakfast Hosted by the Science Department, 7:30 in the HS Faculty Room (Bring your reusable utensils)
Day 5 – CDAB
Turn in 8-day Schedule Ballots by 3:15pm to Huyen
Exchange Comments with a Colleague for Review
SSIS Idol, 7pm (Auditorium)

BLOCK C          8:00 – 8:55am
BLOCK D          9:00 – 9:55am
BREAK              9:55 – 10:15am
BLOCK 3          10:20 – 11:15am
BLOCK 4          11:20 – 12:15pm
Lunch               12:15pm – 12:50pm
International Day Celebration 1:00pm – 2:15pm Auditorium
International Day Fashion Show 2:25pm – 3:00pm MS Gym

Monday, March 18
Day 6- GHEF
Advisory Day

Tuesday, March 19
Day 7- DABC
Finalized Quarter 3 grades & comments due, March 19 by 3pm
HSLT Meeting, 3:15-4:45 (HS Conference Room) Agenda Here

Wednesday, March 20
Day 8- HEFG
Review and return verification report to Ms. Huyen by the end of lunch
Full Faculty Meeting: Project X, 3:15-4:30 (Auditorium)
Quarter 3 Report Cards sent to parents

Thursday, March 21
Day 9- ABCD
Advisory Day
Pre PTC Dinner, 3-4pm (HS Faculty Room)
Parent Teacher Conferences, 4-8pm (HS Rooms)
IB Core Student Presentations, Plaza 5-7pm

Friday, March 22
Non-student day
Parent Teacher Conferences, 8am-1pm (HS Rooms)
Lunch in HS Faculty Room by Department (See individual schedule)
Free to leave SSIS after 1:30pm
Night at the Oscars, 6:30pm (Auditorium)

On the Horizon

  • Project X Teacher Support, March 25-28th
  • Pink My High School Day, April 12th (dress in pink)
  • Spring Break, March 30-April 7
  • AP Mock Exams, April 9-25
  • AP Exam Student Registration, 2:30pm April 18.  All AP students released from classes early.

Staff Action Needed

  • Finalize comments and grades for quarter 3 by Tuesday March 19 at 3pm
  • Review and return verification report to Ms. Huyen by the end of lunch on March 20
  • Read the IB/AP and Matrix sections of the Dragon’s Lair
  • Send at least 5 emails to different families that you would like to attend PTC’s.  Use email template here.
  • Nominate a colleague for great work via Kudos
Parent-Teacher Conferences Update– PTC’s are almost upon us.  Here are some key updates below.
  • Thai food dinner will be available starting at 3pm on Thursday afternoon in the HS Faculty room
  • A sandwich bar will be available during your assigned departmental lunch on Friday
  • If you have any issues with confrontational parents please call the office, Tim or Jacob and we will come to support you in the classroom
Parent-Teacher Conferences School Bookings Website Directions for Teachers– Go to www.schoolbookings.net. Click the “Admin login” button at the top right corner. In the next window, enter the username “ssishs” and the password “ssisteacher“. Everyone uses the same username and password. Find and click your name in the alphabetical list of teachers that appears after login. You will see your bookings in the next window. These live update as soon as a new booking is made. There is an option to print your appointments scheduled at the top if you wish. If you accept any walk-in bookings during a free 10-minute block, please click and do the “Book for a parent” option above your schedule. Please check the room in which you will do your conferences, as well, especially if you share rooms with others. Signs will be printed and placed on doors for parent reference. If you have any questions about the booking system, please see Thomas Galvez.

Special Parent Invitations to PTC’s– Below are the directions to send these on Friday, March 1.

  • Pick a total of at least 5 students from ALL of your classes that are struggling academically and send them an email on Friday, March 1 personally inviting them to book time with you for conferences.
    • Here is the link to the email for you to copy and paste.
    • You can get parent email addresses and languages from PowerSchool.  Please copy and paste the English portion,  as the first portion of the email then copy the secondary language afterwards.  i.e English first then Vietnamese second for a Vietnamese speaking parent.
    • For each email, make sure to input the parent’s name, name of the course and your name in the appropriate sections of the email in BOTH English and secondary language.

International Day Activities– HS students have been trying to find ways to meaningfully engage in International Week since I arrived at SSIS 4 years ago.  The National Honor Society has taken the lead this year in the creation of HS focused activities that will take place the afternoon of Friday, March 15.  Classes will be 55 minutes in length on this day (schedule here).  Lunch will end at 12:50 and an international day assembly will take place from 1-2:15 pm in the auditorium.  After a brief break an international day fashion show will take place in the MS Gym from 2:30-3pm.

 

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Jacob Hendrickson

Jacob's 20 plus years in education have taken him from California to Seattle, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam as an educational leader. He is currently the high school principal at Saigon South International School.

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