Week Ahead: Feb 11-15

| February 8, 2019 | Week Updates | No Comments

Happy New Year!  We are lucky to have 2 starts to the new year.  As we begin the Year of the Pig, I hope that you all had a great Tet break and are refreshed and ready for the continuation of 2nd semester.

Here is what’s up next week:

Monday, Feb. 11
Day 1, ABCD (Adv)
1:30-3 Sr Admin Mtg (Molly attends)
3:15-4:30 MS Leadership Team Mtg

Tuesday, Feb. 12
Day 2, EFGH (DEAR)
8:15-9:15 HOS Parent Coffee: Vision 2030 (Korean language)
1:15-1:35 (During DEAR) Gr 6 Course Selection for 19-20
1:30-2:45 HOS Parent Coffee: Vision 2030 (English language)

Wednesday, Feb. 13
Day 3, BCDA (DEAR)
1:15-1:35 Gr 8 HS Pathways mtg (auditorium)
3:15-4:30 Divisional PD: Common divisional practices (library)
6:30-7:30 HOS Parent Coffee: Vision 2030 (English language)

Thursday, Feb. 14
Day 4, FGHE (Adv)
8:00-8:15 Cheer HS MRISA teams as they enter Opening Ceremony (along walkway)
8:15-9:15 MS Principal Coffee: Tech Courses and Experiences in MS
9:30-11 Admin Mtg (Molly attends)

Friday, Feb. 15
Day 5, CDAB (DEAR)
9:45-10:30 SST
1:15-1:35 (During DEAR) Gr 7 Course Selection for 19-20

Upcoming (on the radar)

  • Feb 18  MS Pep Rally
  • Feb 19  Rising Gr 9 Parent Meeting: Transition to HS
  • Feb 20 Gr 6 Registration Session #2 (during DEAR+15 min from last block)
  • Feb 21 Gr 7 Registration Session #2 (during DEAR+15 min from last block)
  • Feb 23 Faculty Follies
  • Feb 24-March 1 Molly away at NAIS Conference and school visits
  • Feb 25 Author Visit and Assembly
  • March 2, Saigon International Teacher’s Social 3-8pm (location TBD)
  • Mar 12  PSAT for Gr 8 (will run 8-11 ish; no special schedule just miss the morning blocks)

 

HS MRISA Tournament:  We are still looking for classes to come out and support our DRAGONS and our visitors on Thursday, Feb 14 and Friday, Feb 15 as they play. Please use this document to Adopt a Team.

Tournament website and game schedule – CLICK HERE
MRISA OPENING CEREMONY – Thursday, Feb 14 @ 8:10am in Auditorium

Like we did for the SEASAC Volleyball tournament, we will support the opening ceremony by cheering on the athletes as they walk into the auditorium from the plaza.  We need to line up along the walkway by 8:00.  So please grab your first block students and come out ASAP1

Registration for Gr 6 and 7:  For planning purposes, here are the dates for when we will do Gr 6 and 7 registration.  The date are in DEAR time and may run a few minutes into last block.

  • Gr 6 – Feb 12 Intro; Feb 20 Digital Course Entry
  • Gr 7 – Feb 15 Intro; Feb 21 Digital Course Entry

Presenting / Growing professionally while helping others grow: David Chadwell sent an email with three options for presenting in the near future.  Please consider:

SHARE WITH SSIS COLLEAGUES: On Saturday, April 20, SSIS will have its PD day as an In House Institute starting with a wellness hour and then multiple 60 minute sessions of teachers presenting to each other.
PRESENT A SESSION TO HCMC TEACHERS IN FALL 2019:
An additional opportunity to extend your audience will take place on November 15, 2019during the BE Together Saigon City-Wide PD Day.  We all participated in this event this year at Renaissance and AIS.  In 2019, SSIS will host the MS/HS group (ES location is pending.).  This was a very positive experience for most participants.   It is a great venue for stepping up and sharing ideas, insights, and practices to a larger audience.
LEAD A TWO-DAY EARCOS WEEKEND WORKSHOP DURING 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR (you must do option one and ideally option two if you are interested in option three or have presented at other recent conferences):  Each year, EARCOS supports numerous two day “weekend workshops.” (See the workshops from this year)  These workshops can include external consultants, but also support in-house teacher experts leading a two day workshop experience available to those from across the region.   Those considering this option should have several previous presentation experiences, theory and practice around their topic, and multiple activities to engage participants.  This would be an opportunity to build a cohort in your area of interest.  An honorarium is paid for weekend workshops.
For all options, use the link below for submissions (deadline is Friday, February 15 after Tet.)

Submission for Presentations

Project X Days: Be sure to add Project X days to your planning calendars.  We will be on 1/2 day schedules on Monday and Tuesday, March 18 and 19 (we will use early release schedule and have Project X in the afternoon); Wednesday, March 20 we will have a special schedule that will be the same one used for author assemblies (1 hr first thing for Project X, classes the rest of the day); all Project X for week of March 25-29.

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