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The Newsletter of the International School at Dundee
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Field Day! 
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3:30-4:00p - 2Mc
Student Led Conferences
2:00-3:00p - Gr.5 Presentations
2:30- 3:00p - 2Y Student Led Conferences
8:00-8:30a - Gr.3 Student Led Conferences
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8:10-8:30a - Gr.1 Student Led Conferences
8:00-8:30a - 2Y Student Led Conferences
(Field Day - Rain Date)
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8:10-8:30a - Gr.1 Student Led Conferences
9:45a - Gr.5 ALP/LA Shakespeare Show; Hamlet, Learning Commons
9-1p - K classes to Stamford Museum
8-8:30a - Gr.3 Student Led Conferences
12-1p Gr. 4 ALP Presentation
Classical Cafe
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8am - PTA Meeting & Volunteer Breakfast
12:15p - Gr.5 to EMS for Orientation
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7p BoE Meeting, Glenville
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1p Gr. 5 Moving Up Ceremony
Learning Commons
(Door open at 12:30pm)
Reception Following Cafe
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LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
EARLY RELEASE
1:15 pm
Have a great summer! See you September 2
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Dear ISD Parents,
Thank you to everyone involved in planning and running the annual ISD beach party. Despite the inclement weather, everyone who attended appeared to have a great time. The wind-swept rain did not dampen (pun intended) everyone's playful spirit. A tremendous amount of work goes into the planning of such an event and I am certain I speak for all who reaped the benefits, that it was very much appreciated. On a related note, as I ran to my car in the pouring rain, I came across a pair of sunglasses on the ground. If you are missing your sunglasses, please let me know.
Teachers and students are in the midst of scheduling and conducting student-led conferences. A requirement of the IB Program, these conferences afford students the opportunity to share and celebrate their academic progress with you. Research demonstrates that if students are more actively involved in reviewing and acknowledging their own progress, the gains in learning and achievement are greater. In addition to classroom conferences, our fifth graders engaged in a similar metacognitive activity this week organized by Sra. Gutierrez where students demonstrated their progress in learning Spanish. Listening to them speak in Spanish was impressive!
Congratulations to our fifth grade ALP Students who presented "Hamlet" at the GPS Shakespeare Festival this week. Our students, under the guidance of Ms. Craig, were eloquent in their portrayal of the characters they took on. The school presentation will take place on Thursday, June 11 at 9:45am in the Learning Commons.
This week, Mrs. Madoff and I conducted a digital learning workshop for parents with a special focus on Nearpod, an app that will be included in each student's "toolbox", when they receive their IPad in the fall. The purpose of the workshop was to demonstrate to parents how teachers will use this app in the classroom, along with providing a lot of information related to internet safety. The session was videotaped and will be posted on our school's website.
Lastly, our fundraising campaign for Nepal came to a close. Thank you for supporting the cause. Our school total reached almost $1,600! The funds will be presented to Save the Children earmarked toward school reconstruction.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Sincerely,
Terry Ricci
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| ISD FIELD DAY - MONDAY, JUNE 8 |
RED, WHITE and BLUE ISD Spirit Wear
will enliven the day on Field Day 2015!
The day promises to be full of fun, physical activity, sportsmanship and good cheer. This year marks a continued emphasis on physical activity, teamwork and sportsmanship. The 3rd, 4th and 5th grades will continue to compete in games as well as our traditional races. Each class will be cheering loudly from the sidelines for their teammates, as well as other grade levels. The enthusiasm, variety and spirit of these sideline cheers will be a strong factor in determining which class earns the coveted Sportsmanship Award, the highest achievement of the day. An exciting addition to this year's Field Day is the colored pinnies to be worn by each class. The ISD PTA has generously provided Red, White and Blue pinnies for every student to wear on Field Day.
The day begins at 9:00 am with an opening ceremony in the front circle to launch the day, as usual lunch is picnic style in the field starting at 11:30 and the closing ceremony will wrap up the day by 2:45. Hope to see you there!
Mr. Boland
Mr. Bragdon
Field Day Schedule |
9:00-9:20 am
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Opening Ceremony - Front Circle
Pledge of Allegiance - Mrs. Ricci
Star Spangled Banner - Dr. Heikel
"We are ISD" - Dr. Heikel
K, 1st, 2nd Parade to the Field
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9:30-10:30 am
| K, 1st, 2nd Game Stations |
| Rotate stations every 20 minutes | |
10:40 am
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K, 1st, 2nd Report to Oval for Races
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10:45 - 11:30 am
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K, 1st, 2nd Relay Races
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11:30 - 12:00
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Picnic Lunch, K - 5 in the Field
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12:00 - 12:10 pm
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Clean up Time
K, 1st, 2nd go inside
3rd, 4th, 5th travel to 1st Game Station
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12:15 - 1:15 pm
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3rd, 4th 5th Game Stations
Rotate Stations every 20 minutes
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1:15 - 2:15 pm
| 3rd, 4th, 5th Relay Races
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2:15 - 2:45 pm
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Closing Ceremony
K - 5th Find Spot in the Field
Ribbon/Trophy Presentation
Popsicles
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| VOLUNTEER BREAKFAST & PTA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING |
Friday, June 12
8:00 in the Cafe
Don't miss out on this wonderful breakfast provided by the teachers and staff to thank all of the parents who participated in making the 2014-2015 school year another great year at ISD.
Enjoy breakfast prepared by the staff, mingle with friends, and reflect on all of the positive work accomplished throughout the year. Following the breakfast, the end of year PTA General Membership Meeting will take place. The 2015-2016 executive slate and budget will be voted on at this meeting.
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SCHOOL SUPPLY ORDERS 2015-2016
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The ISD PTA is again providing the opportunity to pre-order school supplies for the upcoming school year.
Avoid shopping hassles, crowds, and guesswork. The supplies will be waiting for your child in his/her classroom on the first day of school. This service is provided as a convenience and is not a fundraiser.
Easy ordering (2 options):
Order Form
1. Use the form sent home in your child's folder
(or use this link to print an order form)
2. Return your order form to school by Wednesday, June 17 .
3. Please make check payable to: ISD PTA.
OR
Order Securely Online
1. Go to www.educationalproducts.com/shoppacks
2. Enter the school ID, INT038 (3 letters/3 numbers)
3. Follow the directions to complete your order.
4. Keep your online confirmation as your receipt.
5. Online orders may be placed until July 13.
Questions? Contact Patricia Carey. If you choose not to use this service, you may purchase your own supplies.
2015-16 ISD School Supply List
NOTE: The Greenwich Public Schools provides all of the materials students need to participate in classroom learning activities. Supply lists are frequently requested by parents for back-to-school preparation. They are not mandatory.
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ISD AROUND THE WORLD 5K RUN/WALK
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 New ISD Event!
ISD Around the World 5K Run/Walk
& Kids Obstacle Course
Saturday, September 26, 2015
This 3.1 mile, family-friendly course through Havemeyer Park begins and ends at ISD. All pre-registered participants receive a race day t-shirt.
5K Run/Walk @ 9 am - $17.50 by June 30; $25 after 7/1
Kids Obstacle Course @ 10 am - $10 by June 30; $15 after 7/1
We hope you will join us!!!
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| SCHOOL START TIMES SURVEY DEADLINE IS TODAY |
The Greenwich Public Schools invited you to complete an important online survey regarding School Start Times. The email invitation was sent to you from William McKersie with the subject School Start Time Survey. Only one Parent Survey was emailed per household. The deadline for submitting it is today, June 5, 2015. If you have any questions or problems regarding this survey please contact janice_gunnip@greenwich.k12.ct.us.
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| SUMMER SKILLS REVIEW BOOKS - 0RDER ONLINE |
Below is a link to order Summer Skill Review Books for math, language arts, keyboarding, Spanish, and French language skills. These are by no means required: however, you might wish to use them to maintain your child's skill in these areas over the summer.
Since they are review material, you will want to order the book for the grade level your child is leaving as of June 2015. If you have any questions about the appropriate level please ask your child's classroom teacher.
http://www.summerskills.com/index.html
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| VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT ISD |
- Dragon Tales (Help design and edit the Dragon Tales weekly e-newsletter. Each team member takes 1-2 month long shifts as the editor)
- Book Fair Team (Help plan and organize the ISD Book Fair in late November/early December. 1-2 Treasurers needed, as well as general help on the committee)
- Green Schools Committee (Spearhead environmental initiatives at ISD and attend PTAC Green Schools Committee meetings to learn about other schools programs)
- Hospitality (Share your talent for cooking/provisioning and entertaining with ISD. This committee provides the refreshments for the monthly Faculty Meetings, as well as a few PTA events during the year)
Please contact isdpta.volunteers@gmail.com to pitch-in and offer your help, or speak with a member of our Nominating Committee:
Carisa Sykes, Patricia Carey, Marie-Jose Desnoyers, Mallika Singh, or Stephanie Woodward.
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2015-16 ISD PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD SLATE
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The Nominating Committee is pleased to present the following candidates for the 2015-2016 ISD PTA Executive Board. The final slate will be voted on at the June 12, 2015 PTA General Membership Meeting.
Co-President Returning - Kristin Lisjak
Co-President Incoming - Kaori Higgins*
Treasurer - Ann Park *
Secretary - Ana Laborde *
VP Afters - Jackie Moy*
VP Communications - C. Jean Dana
VP Education & Outreach - Stephanie Woodward *
VP Enrichment - Mallika Singh *
Co-VP Events - Jill Townsend
Co-VP Events - Suzanne Aysseh *
Co-VP Fundraising - Rosaura Artola Balaguer
Co-VP Fundraising - Maria Jose Gowland VP Nominating - MJ Desnoyers *
*Indicates the candidate is new to this office. Executive offices are recommended to be held for two, one-year terms. Other candidates are returning for their second year of office.
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FROM THE ART ROOM
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Don't forget Father's Day is June 21, and the best place to find that perfect gift featuring your child's art is on artsonia.com.
Creatively Yours,
Melissa Verdier
  
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THANK YOU BEACH PARTY COMMITTEE & VOLUNTEERS
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The annual ISD Beach Party was a tremendous success thanks to our amazing Beach Party Committee, countless volunteers, generous donors, and supportive school community who attended the event despite the rain. We can't thank you enough for all of your efforts!
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BE A CLASS PARENT
NEXT YEAR!
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MAKING THINKING VISIBLE
AT ISD
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This year, ISD's Strategic Improvement Plan (SIP) motto was "Elevate the Thinking," chosen to reflect
our goal of elevating the rigor and thinking in classroom settings and to build on the inquiry-based learning prescribed by the IB framework.
After reading the book Making Thinking Visible, ISD teachers have been challenged to expand and apply different thinking and questioning routines in the classroom this year. For a closer look, click on this link to the ISDy Channel's segment including interviews with ISD teachers. It's the June 3 news report and this segment starts at about 1:45 into the video.
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ISD PERFORMANCE DVDS
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Relive the moment!
ISD's Media/Technology Department has captured these wonderful school events available for purchase. Funds go back into the enrichment programs supported by parents and teachers of the PTA.
Share memories with friends and family members that could not be there. Wonderful keepsake to cherish for years to come!
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FROM THE LEARNING COMMONS
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All books are now due back to the ISD Learning Commons.
If a book has been lost, you are obligated to replace IT. If you cannot replace the book, you can pay $10 cash. We will send home a receipt.
Please stop by the Learning Commons to see Mrs. Madoff or Mrs. Robbins if you have any questions.
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LOST AND FOUND
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It's clean up time! Stop at the Lost & Found corner across from the music room.
Anything that remains unclaimed will be donated.
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| COMMUNITY EVENTS |
June 6
Hamilton Avenue springapalozza
184 Hamilton Avenue
11AM-6PM
Bouncy houses, euro bungee, boot camp obstacle course, games, crafts, raffle baskets, prizes, entertainment, food, pizza fritta. Help celebrate the school's 100th Anniversary!
June 7
EMSWAY Boating Safety Day
Innis Arden Cottage
Greenwich Point Park
1:30-4:00 PM
Fun family event focusing on youth and parent safe boater education. Click here for more information.
June 13
Open Arts Alliance Audition
In collaboration with the Department of Parks and Recreations and The Boys & Girls Club Theatre Program, Open Arts will be producing a summer musical theater workshop that culminates in a performance of the musical ANNIE, for students ages 6-18. See flyer for more information.
August
Greenwich High School Guidance Department is partnering with the Greenwich Alliance to run a Summer College Workshop for rising seniors the last two weeks in August.
Applications should be turned into the GHS Guidance office. Click here for more information.
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| AMAZON SHOPPING |
Amazon's School Rewards Program contributes up to 10% of every purchase made at Amazon to the ISD PTA. It is very simple: When you buy at Amazon, please do it via the below link, and at no extra cost you will help ISD!
Click Here then bookmark the page and use it every time you shop.
Money raised will help fund PTA-sponsored enrichment programs and special events including author visits, High Touch/High Tech Classroom Enrichment Programs, Math Night, Science Night, Monster Mash, Movie Night, and much more.
Thank you for your support.
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| THANK YOU FROM THE FIRST GRADE |
To the lovely ISD Community -
Thank you so much for your wonderful and generous book donations. The First Grade students bagged and counted well over 1,110 books!
The books were donated to the Children's Clinic at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx and will be the basis for a children's library that will serve young patients spending weeks in the hospital recovering from serious illnesses.
THANK YOU!
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Thank you to our many donors who contributed
to the ISD Beach Party Auction & Raffle!
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ISD PTA
| Terry Ricci | Great Play | | Rosaura Balaguer | Amanda Smith | Creations by Susan | | Sylvia Maclean | Jose Henrique | Lynnette Breier | | Margaret Mullen | Burger Bar & Bistro | Sound Beach Pilates | | Prints of Tides | Wells Noonan | Alvaro Iglesias | | Marta Beltramo | Kate Spade Greenwich | The Cliffs Valhala | | Melissa Verdier | Lilian Ruiz | Connie & Stephen Kurczewski | | Danny Simpson | Schraa Family | Keegan Family | | Originals Store | Dirt Greenwich | ISD 5th Grade Class | | Carey Family | Thomas Family | Jain Family | | Lisjak Family | John & Blakely Stinebaugh | Jennings Family | Los Soneros de Hugo Band
| Tropical Smooth Cafe | United Services of America | |
Beatriz Lattuada
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Little Spanishers
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| | Sonora Restaurant | Tomatillo Restaurant | Ash Meadows Landscaping & Masonry | | Mike Carozza | Pinot's Palette | Jean Tighe Roche
| | Caroline staffer | Nikki Glickman | Grant Prix Mt. Kisco | | Back 40 Merchantile | Dr. Pogoda | La Bella Wines | | My Goddess Wrap | Alireza Namjoo, DDS
| Carvel | | Rosie's Frozen Yogurt |
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Contact Information | | |
The International School at Dundee
55 Florence Road
Riverside, CT 06878
Office: 203-637-3800
OGRCC Child Care: 203-637-3659 |
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DRAGON TALES
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Deadline for Submission: Wednesday by 5pm
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