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WEEK AHEAD @ AISK March 3-7



Important Reminders to Calendar:

 

Monday, March 3 - Open Day at AISK, Please tell your friends and family about the wonderful things happening at AISK

 

 

  

 

Tuesday, March 4 - 7:30am onwards, After-School Activities Fair; come and see what's being offered and speak to vendors directly; sign up that day

Tuesday March 4 - Take Home Pizza for Dinner

Tuesday, March 4 - Parent coffee meeting to discuss AISK Rubicon Atlas Curriculum Mapping, 8am in the Media Center

Monday, March 10 - MSHS Green Dress Down Day

Monday, March 10 - Reusable Shopping Bags for Sale 

March 10-17 - Grade 12 IB Mock Exams

Thursday, May 29 - Grade 12 Graduation at Pegasus Hotel

Saturday, May 31 - Prom

 

Activities Reminders

  • Tony Wilson is looking for interested students to start a 'Hip Hop' dance class on Fridays - More info will be at the activity fair. 
NO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 7 - ASH WEDNESDAY HOLIDAY

 

Dear AISK Families,


Celebrations

 

Congratulations to Claire Schwapp who represented Jamaica at the Caribbean Equestrian Federation Tournament recently.

 

 

 

 

Math Olympiad

 

The Jamaican Math Olympiad team continues and students who have made it thus far are:

 

Grade 8                                                      Grade 9

Simran Mayani,                                          Amanda Taylor

Abigail Haley                                              Zara Harding

Rhianna Hanworth                                      Aliyah Chandiram

Diallo Richardson

 

Grade 10                                                    Grade 11

Kristina Harris-Brown                                Anushree Gopal

                                                                    Shalini Mohan

 

Special mention to Anushree Gopal, who also participated in SoccaFeva attended the semifinal round qualifiers (between football matches) then returned in time to support her team afterwards. 

Mock Exams

 

Grade 12 students will be sitting their Mock IB Exams on the dates March 10 - 17.  This is an important part of the process of preparing for their final IB Exams in May.  It gives students an opportunity to truly test their learning and knowledge and gaining an awareness for strengths and weaknesses prior to the May Exams.  The learning that comes brings a focused approach during the months of March and April.  

 

Please click here for the Mock Exam schedule.  Students in Grade 12 are only required to be at school if they are sitting an exam.

 

GIN (Global Issues Network)

 

A group of Grade 8 students are representing AISK and the work of the Grade 8 Social Studies class at the Tri-Association of American Schools GIN Conference in the Dominican Republic on March 13 -15.  Their project focuses on educating our community on the use of plastic shopping bags and this impact these bags have on the environment.

 

They have developed pamphlets and a strategy to reduce (replace) plastic bags with environmentally friendly reusable bags.  These bags will be available for purchase at AISK on Monday, March 10.  You may also see them reaching out to the Kingston community as they set up their educational awareness campaign at General Foods in Liguanea.  They will also arrange some fund raisers for their project - please watch out for:

Take Home Pizza for Dinner - Tuesday March 4
MS/HS Green Dress Down Day - March 10
Reusable Shopping Bags for Sale - March 10

 

Blue Mountain Hike

Forty eight (48) Grade 8-12 students left this morning at 10:30am for the annual AISK Bluemountain Hike.  Here is a picture of the excited faces just before departure.  
Please look our for more pictures and stories next week.  

 

Sincerely,

Susan Canobie
MS/HS Principal

 

 

Dear Parents,

 

The elementary school is humming along.  We surely are busy with International Studies being a huge part of our general focus!  Please read on to hear more about some things that have been happening with some of our students:

Student-led Conferences

The Student / Parent / Teacher Conference were this week Wednesday, 26th February.  Thank you to all who were able to come and hope it was beneficial to you. Feedback on this process is welcomed.

K-Kids / Elementary School Government

This Friday, 28th February was celebrated as Jamaica Day - "Celebrating Jamaica; Sporting Greatness in My Community". The Ministry of Education has advised schools island-wide to recognize this day.  Please come and see AISK Wall of Fame with our Sports Stars on the Elementary School Notice Board. 

The Brownies hosted a bake sale and there was also a lunch time concert. 

Book Fair

This week AISK hosted it's annual book fair in the Elementary School building for two days. 

 

 

 

 

Students, parents, and teachers were able to purchase books and other literary resources from Scholastic and Novelty Trading Company.  

 

   

Room 2106 had its quiet moments, but lit up and was buzzing with excitement particularly on day 2. 



The school benefits from sales in the form of books from the organizers for our Library.

  

  

 

We are thankful for your support of this venture, and look forward to hosting another book fair next year.  We thank Ms. McKay for having made this possible.

 

Brownies

For Valentine's Day, the Brownies worked hard to make very cute pencil toppers (and a sweet) for the teaching and administrative staff in the Elementary School.  They brought their smiles and really did help to spread the love. 

On Sunday, 23rdFebruary, four (4) girls represented AISK at one of the National Girl Guide Association church services.  Last week was Guide Week and church service events joined to celebrate it.  Our girls were responsible for one section of the programme; the renewal of the Brownie promise, and it was reported that they did very well.

Our partnership with the environmental group continues to go well.  The girls are still managing the used paper-recycling programme well, for which the teachers are most grateful.  Our commitment continues to the Forever Green project, which is an international project, and all is going well. 

The Brownie Pack continues to grow but we are always open to new members, ages 7 - 10 years.

A Brownie thinks of others before herself and does a good turn everyday.

 

Brownie Pack meets every Monday at 2:45pm - 3:45pm in the Elementary activity room.

Garden

 

The garden continues to provide wonderful fruit and vegetables.  Our Elementary School students helped to harvest tomatoes, cabbage, eggplants and watermelon last week. Our garden is producing lovely vegetables and fruits and continues to teach the children how to eat what they grow.

 

 

 

 

Anna Thwaites-Wallace,

Elementary School Principal

 
 
 
Dear Parents,
 
There will be a parent coffee morning focusing on the AISK curriculum which will take place at 8am in the Media Center on Tuesday, March 4th.  
 
Please come and find out more about Rubicon Atlas, our curriculum mapping web application, and how it impacts student learning.  
 
Looking forward to seeing you.
 
Sylvia Browne
Curriculum Coordinator 
   
 

Dear Parents, Students & Staff, 

 

Reminders

  • Activity Fair - Tuesday March 4th, 07:30-07:50am
  • No Activities until March 17th
I cannot make announcements for the Week Ahead without mentioning the amazing week that just passed. Thank you so much for all those who supported SportsFeva. Many people went above and beyond to ensure our flagship event ran so well. 

Blue Mountain Hike

This weekend, please spare a thought for our Blue Mountain hikers, who will be toughing it out in a variety of conditions to 'hopefully' see the sunrise on Saturday morning. Thanks to all the staff and parents, who are giving up their time to make this possible.

Upcoming Activities

I will hopefully be securing the services of qualified track, netball, baseball, film and elementary ballet instructors. Activities are self supporting and may only run if enough interest is shown at the fair. This means that the activities will only run if at least 6 students participates. 

Brad Ransom
Athletic Director
bransom@aisk.com