Weekly Update: November 6 – 20th

Tim Chute | November 5, 2020 | Weekly Update | No Comments

Grade 2 Buddies – Part of the Culture of SSIS

It’s been great not needing to wear a mask around the campus. It’s also been great to have our sports teams playing against other schools.

I would like to thank Erica Neal and StuCo, along with all the Advisory teachers, for making last week’s Halloween activities a big success including the Blue Dragon’s Movie night on Friday.

We have several events coming up in the month of November. Please try to attend one of them to show your support.

Nov. 14th MUN Conference
Nov. 18 – 19th. – Theater 2 Drama Performances
Nov. 24th – HS Music Concert 6:00 – 8:00pm
Nov. 27th – HS S Factor
Nov. 28th – SSIS Winter Staff Party at SSIS

Friday, Nov. 6th
Day 3 – BCDA

Saturday, Nov. 7th
SAT Exam 7:00am – 3:00pm

Sunday, Nov. 8th

Monday, Nov. 9th
Day 4 – FGH Adv E
Advisory Calendar 2020 – 21

Tuesday, Nov. 10th
Day 5 – CDAB

Wednesday, Nov. 11th
Day 6 – GHEF
HS Divisional Meeting 3:15 – 4:30pm MPR2

Thursday, Nov. 12th
Day 7 – DABC
Advisory Calendar 2020 – 21

Friday, Nov. 13th Early Dismissal
Day 8 – HEFG
1:00pm – 3:30pm Child Safe Guarding and Strategic Planning

Saturday, Nov. 14th
HS MUN Conference 8:00am – 3:00pm

Sunday, Nov. 15th

Monday, Nov. 16th
NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, Nov. 17th
Day 1 – ABCD

Wednesday, Nov. 18th
Day 2 – EFGH
HS Divisional Meeting 3:15 – 4:30pm MPR2
HS Theater Performance 6:00 – 8:00pm

Thursday, Nov. 19th
Day 3 – BCD Adv A
Advisory Calendar 2020 – 21
HS Theater Performance 6:00 – 8:00pm

Friday, Nov. 20th
Day 4 – FGHE

On the Horizon
November 13th Early Dismissal. PD in afternoon
November 16th – No School (3 day weekend)
November 18 – 19th. – Theater 2 Drama Performances
November 24th – HS Music Concert 6:00 – 8:00pm

Staff Action Needed:
Chaperone Sign-Up HS Teacher Chaperone signups 2020-2o21

Assessment Calendar: Be sure to use the Assessment Calendar for all major assessments and IB due dates. These items should be on the Assessment Calendar two weeks prior to the due date or assessment date.

IB SL Drop Blocks: Please remember that if you have a SL/ HL slip class that on the SL drop block classes the SL students are to work in the Library or in a. Study Hall room. If you have an SL only class (SL English or an ab initio class) then these students remain in your classroom for a Study Hal time.

Assessments during the SL Drop Block classes: SL student cannot do an assessment during their SL drop block class as this would increase their number of hours of instruction. The drop block class is a Study Hall for SL students.

Tripod Surveys
Each day, two blocks are designated for the Tripod surveys. Each teacher will have at least 3 of their blocks take the survey for them. We will be using the short version of the survey that takes about 10 minutes.

Teachers will receive individual survey tickets for your students and a script to read beforehand. Here is the list of HS blocks/courses that will be surveyed.

Please read through the administration guide and script and the Teacher Toolkit for Tripod for more information about the Tripod Survey and the data you will receive. Here is the schedule for the blocks that need to be surveyed:

Nov 9 Block F / Block G
Nov 10 Block C / Block D
Nov 11 Block H / Block E
Nov 12 Block A / Block B
Nov 13 Early Dismissal / PD Afternoon
Nov 16 No School
Nov 17 Make-up Day for Blocks ABCD
Nov 18 Make Up Day for Blocks EFGH

Teachers will receive an envelope of Tripod tickets for each block/classes that you need to survey. The student tickets will be delivered to your mailbox by Friday this week ( 6 November 2020).

Counselors:
University counselors (Kelly and Sam)
School counselors (Julia and Chris P)
caseload is based on the four Houses to balance out the workload.