From the Director

​What I am excited about this week…
 
Personal Project Expo! Congratulations to the Grade 10 students for their excellent work on this year’s personal projects. The Personal Project is a year-long, self-directed project that serves as the culmination of the IB Middle Years Programme. These projects were on display at Wednesday’s Personal Project Expo. See the article later in this newsletter to learn more about the impressive learning that was presented.

PTA Officers! AISL is very lucky to have such a dynamic PTA. Many thanks to everyone who contributes. At its last meeting, the PTA elected a new slate of officers. Congratulations to these new and continuing PTA Officers:

• Simon Cole (new President)
• Fiona Cole (new Community Outreach Coordinator)
• Rhett Harrison (new Secondary Coordinator)
• Manisha Mulmi (new Secondary Coordinator and continuing Classroom Liaison Coordinator)
• Carolina Vilalva (continuing Classroom Liaison Coordinator)
• Linda Maliki (continuing Treasurer)
• Magdalene Gabaraane (continuing Primary Coordinator)
• Fiammetta Bozzani (continuing Community Outreach Coordinator)

 
Also, many thanks to these outgoing officers who dedicated so much of their time and energy!
 

• Audrey Hyland (outgoing President)
• Meredith Jackson-deGraffenreid (outgoing Secondary Coordinator)
• Jane Okafor (outgoing Community Outreach Coordinator)
• Ana Caprile (outgoing Community Outreach Coordinator)

 
Adaptive Schools workshop! Last Wednesday through Saturday, almost twenty AISL staff members participated in a four-day Adaptive Schools workshop. This workshop was focused on building effective teams to support our upcoming CIS/MSA Accreditation Self-Study. We were also joined by three teachers from other regional schools and the head of one ISAZ school. Many thanks to Christine Kelly for coordinating this superb professional development opportunity.