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A very impressive launch to our AISL DP Visual Art Exhibition, 2017... If you have not seen it yet, please make a point to visit our DP Visual Arts Exhibition by Friday, March 31. This exhibition showcases the work of our Diploma Program Visual Arts students. Their work is truly incredible. The exhibition is housed in both the PAC Gallery and the upstairs of the gym. Here are a few photos - visit the Exhibition to view -and appreciate - more!
What I am excited about this week…
1. IB DP Visual Arts Exhibition! If you have not seen it yet, please make a point to visit our DP Visual Arts Exhibition by Friday, March 31. This exhibition showcases the work of our Diploma Program Visual Arts students. Their work is truly incredible. The exhibition is housed in both the PAC Gallery and the upstairs of the gym. 2. Parent-Teacher Conferences! Please plan to visit with your child’s teachers during our Parent-Teacher Conference days next Wednesday and Thursday, April 5th and 6th from 13:00-17:00. Classes will end at noon on each day and there will be no ASA’s. Please see the Primary School and Secondary School sections for more information. 3. ISAZ Soccer! Congratulations to our U10 Boys Soccer team who won the ISAZ championship last week. Congratulations also to our U16 Boys for taking 2nd and U16 Girls for taking 3rd in last week’s championships. Go Leopards! 4. MYP Play – Agatha Rex! Don’t miss this year’s MYP Play: Agatha Rex. It is a new take on Sophocles’ Antigone set in a modern high school! Show times are at 19:00 on March 30 and 31 and 15:00 on April 1. Tickets are K50 and are available at the door. Please come celebrate our talented scholar-actors and all the hard work they have put into this production. 5. New Leopard’s Tale Format! This is the second week we will be piloting our new Leopard’s Tale format. The new format is based on a significant amount of feedback we have received over the last year, including the results of our survey about the Leopard’s Tale. The new format will open directly into your email and should be easily readable on any device. This is the last week we will be sending the Leopard’s Tale in its original format. After this week, we will only use the new format. We hope you enjoy the Leopard’s Tale’s new look. Primary News: This morning, our preschool and pre-kindergarten students shared a fabulous performance of storytelling, dance, music and singing in their performing arts assembly. Preschool shared their interpretation of 'Gunny Wolf' by Katherine Yanez-Arellano through drumming, acting, and singing. Pre-kindergarten performed the story of 'Pretty Salma' by Niki Daly, an African version of Little Red Riding Hood. Well done to our youngest risk-takers, many of whom were performing on stage today for the first time. A big thank-you to our ELC teaching team and Ms. Natalie, our Performing Arts Teacher, for making the performance possible.
Congratulations to our Primary and Middle School Math Olympiads who showed commitment and perseverance as they applied their thinking and reasoning skills to solve rigorous math problems. In 2016, approximately 170,000 students and 6,000 teams worldwide participated in the competition. This year at AISL a couple dozen Grade 4 and Grade 5 students voluntarily joined the Primary Math Competition as well as a number of students in Grades 6, 7 and 8 in the Middle School Math Competition as an enrichment experience, complementing their learning in the classroom. Dr. George Lenchner created the international competition in 1977 (2017-1977= 40 years!). Highlights for our students were the five monthly contests, administered from November through March, and strengthening relationships with friends through the study of mathematics. Results from this year’s competition will be shared with students in late April or early June in an assembly. I would like to share with you two more interesting articles before moving on from the topic of the importance of sleep. The first article comes from the New York Times unveils a study that demonstrated a correlation between lack of sleep and behavioral issues in students. The second article from The Guardian is a much more technical article that highlights the science of how the brain consolidates memories (improves learning) during sleep through “cleaning” and how sleeping on one’s side can maximize the effect.
On March 30th, the Secondary School will open the MYP production for this year, Agatha Rex by Lindsay Price. This is the second production of the year and highlights the talents of nearly 40 students grade 6-10. Since auditions in January, the students have been spending their time after school memorizing, making costumes, planning light cues, and creating their characters. Agatha Rex is a classic tale of loyalty, duty, honor and standing up for what you believe in and is based off the classic play Antigone written by Sophocles in 441 BCE. It is surprising how the themes of antiquity still resonate today. These pictures show secondary student theatre makers in action! Check out Agatha Rex, Thursday and Friday at 7:00 and Saturday at 3:00. Tickets are 50 kwacha at the door. |
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