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We currently have three vacancies for the 2017-18 school year:
Our Grade 3 students have been exploring how ‘cities rely on interdependent systems that change and grow over time’. As part of their unit of inquiry, they delved deeper into understanding the systems required for a city to function and how cities are planned purposefully. In addition to some wonderful experiences around Lusaka before our April holiday, the students also had an opportunity to create original cities in small groups. Here is a just a sample of some of the projects that emerged.
THIS FRIDAY! On Friday, April 21st, all primary students are invited to a PICNIC and MOVIE hosted by the Primary Student Council. Please bring your lunch, a blanket, and smiles. We will meet in front of the library to eat together, then move into the library to watch the movie, Trolls. Students aged five and under please bring a guardian. Parents of students ages six and above, you are welcome to drop your kids off starting at 12:30. Please be sure and sign your child in with a contact number so we know who is there and how to contact you if necessary. There will be a clipboard available for this. We hope to see a lot of you there!!
As some of you may remember, the filmmaker Tony Pappa from Conceptually Speaking was on campus in January to create two 4-5 minute promotional videos for the school. One was targeted toward prospective students and the second was targeted toward teachers. His work was guided by a committee that suggested some key items to feature. Other than those guidelines, Mr. Pappa's work was unscripted. We gave him free run of the campus and access to people for interviews and then largely left it to him to decide how to tell our story.
During the week he recorded 210 GB of information and conducted 35 totally unscripted interviews resulting in 3.5 hours of audio content. He then winnowed all that material down to 1450 possible clips totalling 91 GB. From there he created his original cuts of each video, which were 31 and 18 minutes long. He then cut them down further until he got to about ten minutes for the teacher video and seven minutes for the student video. He said that there was no way he could do us justice in the 4-5 minute videos we had originally planned so offered the longer cuts at no additional charge. At that point, the committee got involved again and reviewed the original clips to fine tune some of the content and suggest additional edits. I think the end results are excellent. They will be posted on the website and on social media. Please feel free to share them too.
Many thanks to the committee: Mr. Redman, Mr. and Mrs. Cottrell, Ms. Mulazzi do Valle, Ms. Coombs, Ms. Chalikulima, Mr. Louw, Mr. Osorio, and Mr. and Mrs. Potts. Special thanks also to Mr. Louw for sharing much of the wildlife and drone footage and Mr. Muyamwa for lending his stentorian voice to the video.
And finally, thank you to everyone who agreed to be interviewed and who welcomed Mr. Pappa to the campus. After his visit, he wrote: "It was a real pleasure working with you and your team there. If I was a teacher, your school and community would be on my short list...My trip to Zambia will be a tough highlight to follow." As usual, I am so honored and grateful to work with such a warm and welcoming community. I really feel like these videos capture some of that magic. Thank you. ​Russ Menard
We will be holding Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences on April 5th and 6th from 13:00-17:00 in the library and Performing Arts Center gallery. Classes on those days will end at noon. To the extent that it is possible, we ask that parents with surnames that begin with the letters N-Z plan to attend on the 5th and those with surnames that begin with A-M plan to attend on the 6th. You will have a chance to have ten-minute conferences with your son or daughter’s teachers. The conferences are not scheduled and are held on a first-come, first-served basis. We highly recommend that you bring your child with you to the conferences. If possible, I recommend that you plan to arrive earlier in the afternoon since it is likely to get busier as it gets later.
We are over the moon to announce that David B. was selected as one of three students in Southern Africa to receive the AISA Student Service Leader Award. This award is for a student service leader(s) who is able to demonstrate a commitment to his/her community and how he/she has used learning, critical thinking and problem-solving skills to address an expressed community need.The student(s) must be able to demonstrate:
Congratulations to the newly elected officers of the Leopards Chapter of the National Honor Society.
We are OPEN for several days over break! Please include us on your campus rounds:
Saturday April 8th: 9 am to 2 pm Monday April 10th: 9 am to 12 noon Tuesday April 11th: 9 am to 12 noon Wednesday April 12th: 9 am to 12 noon Closed Thursday April 13 through Monday April 17 Reopening Tuesday April 18th for regular hours |
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