Week Ahead: Feb. 6

| February 3, 2017 | Week Updates | No Comments

I hope that you have had a great Tet break.  After a very relaxing stay-cation here in Saigon, I’m certainly ready to get back into the thick of things.  Here is what’s up next week:

Monday, Feb. 6
Day 6, GHEF (Adv)
1:30-3 Sr Admin Mtg

Tuesday, Feb. 7
Day 7, DABC (DEAR)
8:15-9:00 SRT
10-11 HOS/MS Principal Mtg

Wednesday, Feb. 8
Day 8, HEFG (DEAR)
1:00 MRISA AX Students Depart (gone remainder of week, Molly chaperoning)
3:15-4:30 Divisional Mtg

Thursday, Feb. 9
Day 9, ABCD (Adv)
*Molly Out
8:15-9:15 Principal’s Coffee

Friday, Feb. 10
Day 10, EFGH (DEAR)
*Molly Out
*MRISA HS Basketball Tournament begins
8:05 Depart in E Block groups to form parade route for MRISA Tourney (see below)

ADDED Monday, Feb. 6:  GIN Activities This Week: We are so excited to have the GIN students share the games they have been developing with elementary students this week.  There are a few of them who will need to miss a few minutes of class in order to make this happen.  Please read below:

Tues, Feb 7, 9:25 – 9:45 am (morning recess)
Turtle Puzzle & Scavenger Hunt
2 groups will share their games.  The Turtle Puzzle is designed for younger students and we’ll have several copies of the puzzle ready to play, set up in the atrium.  The Scavenger Hunt group will be targeting 3rd graders.  Multiple groups can play in groups of 3-5 students. They will have the clues set up around the ES playground and atrium and leaders will have a table in the atrium to get kids started.  
Students involved:
Haeree G8
Hanbeom G8
Jihwi G6
San G8
Yoonji G7
Peggy G6
The MS students will need to be dismissed from class at 9:10 to get set up and will likely be 10-15 minutes late to their 2nd block class.  
Thurs, Feb 9, 1:20 – 1:40 pm (afternoon recess)
Obstacle Course & Capture the Flag style game
2 groups will share their games, designed for older ES students.  Location TBD: somewhere on field   
Students involved: 
Lucy G8
Suwon G8
Sally G8
SK G8
Peggy G6
Jihwi G6
MS students will need to be dismissed early from Advisory at 1:00 (or just miss advisory that day) because their games take a little more to set up.  They’ll likely be just a few minutes late to last block since recess ends at 1:40.

Upcoming (on the radar)

  • February 17 – PD Day, no students; 4:15 Faculty Happy Hour
  • February 17-20 Writers’ Conference, American International School Chennai
  • February 17-19 MathCounts in Hong Kong
  • February 18-19 – Vietnam Tech Conference
  • February 27 – Author Visit (for Gr 8 in block B)
  • February 28 – SSIS Innovate (ES and MS)
  • March 2-5 – MRISA MS Soccer in Cambodia
  • March 3 – Dragon’s Apprentice Plaza Sale
  • March 3-5 – MS GIN in Hong Kong
  • March 10-11 21st Century Learning, Hong Kong Conference
  • March 11 – SSIS PTA Family Fun Day

HS MRISA Basketball Tournament:  This is going to be a great week.  We are hosting the HS MRISA basketball tournament which means we will have teams from around the region at our school.  It is tradition to have classes come out in support of these teams (in addition to supporting our SSIS teams).  There are three ways that the middle school will be supporting the tournament.
1) Friday, 8:10 Morning Parade of Athletes:  We’ll be lining the breezeway to cheer on the teams.
2) Friday during day – support visiting teams in their games with signs and cheering for them (min. 15 minutes at the game).  Most of these games are in the MS gym.  I’m hoping we can have at least 1 class at each of the games.
3) Friday during the day – support SSIS teams in their games with signs and cheering for them (min. 15 min. at the game).  These games are all in the HS gym.
Here is the sign up doc for those roles.  Please check through it carefully and sign up for the times you are willing to participate.

Upcoming SISACs:  We are heading to the end of sports season 2.  Be sure you have these on your planning calendar.

  • Feb. 21 – Cross Country (all day)
  • Feb. 25 – Track (Sat., all day)
  • Feb. 27 – A Team Basketball (both away; starts about 12)
  • Mar. 2 – B Team Basketball (both at SSIS; starts about 12)
  • Mar. 7 – C Team Basketball (both away; starts about 12)

2017 Master Order: Thanks for your work on this!  The deadline to have your orders completed is Feb. 10.  Please ask any questions ASAP so that we can keep this order train moving along!  🙂

Pre-Registration for 2017-18:  We will be doing pre-registration for the 17-18 school year a bit earlier than normal this year.  Here are the dates to be aware of:

Gr 8:
Feb. 27 Registration PowerPoint in Advisory (given by Advisors)
Mar. 2 Course selection sheets in Advisory (w/HS counselors)
Mar. 6 Course selection sheets due back with parent signature
Mar. 9 Electronic registration in Advisory (w/HS counselors)

Gr 6 and 7:
Feb. 27 Course selection sheets in Advisory (by grade level)
Mar. 6 Course selection sheets due back with parent signature
Mar. 15 Electronic registration in Advisory groups (during DEAR and maybe a bit of last block)

From HS Blog:  Challenging Anniversary– We are coming up on the anniversary of Mizuki Orime’s passing on Sunday, February 12.  This may bring up emotions for our students and you as staff.  Counseling staff will be working hard to ensure student and faculty needs are met as we come up to this anniversary.  Though many of our students did not know Mizuki, it could certainly bring up difficult feelings and reactions.  Please report any suspected student issues to Bonnie as soon as possible.  Let’s all continue to work together to support each other and our students.

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