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The Informer August 26, 2005 High School/Middle School New s Some dates for your Middle School calendar Friday, August 26th: Middle School Back to School BBQ, at ISS from 5pm -7pm (students only). Please pick up your son or daughter at 7pm. 6th and 7th grade parents – please remember the Leirskole information meeting starting at 7pm in the theatre. Tuesday, August 30th: Parent Association Activity/Leisure Fair, at ISS from 17:30-19:30. An opportunity to obtain information regarding all the activities available in our community. Wednesday, August 31st: Middle School Open House, at 7pm. An information evening for parents. A great opportunity to meet the teachers!! September 5th -9th: School photographs. We d n e s d ay, September 7th: 6th grade Field Trip (all day). We d n e s d ay, September 14th:Mid-point of Q1 September 15th and 16th: No school for students (in-service days) Saturday, September 17th: Beach Clean Up at Sola beach from 10am until 11:30. Sunday, October 2nd- Friday, October 7th – 6th and 7th grade Leirskole 8th October until 16th October - October week holiday. Friday, October 21st - End of Q1. Tuesday, 8th November: Middle School Recognition Ceremony (Q1) 13:50-15:15 Thursday, November 10th: MS Parent/Teacher conferences - 1pm until 6pm Friday, November 11th: MS Parent/Teacher conferences - 8am until 12pm. Saturday, November 12th: Parent Association Bingo Night We d n e s d ay, November 23rd:Mid point of Q2. Friday, December 2nd: Middle School Dance at ISS - 7pm Thursday, December 8th: MS/HS Concert. Once again, welcome to a new school year! Hopefully, you will find this advance information helpful when planning your busy family lives! Carol Wallace MS Coordinator cwallace@isstavanger.no Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions/suggestions or concerns. 12
August 26, 2005 Primary School News The Informer Overview Primary School Open House Pre-School and Pre-K 18:00-18:30, Room 15 September 6 General Session 18:30-19:30 in the Theater Homeroom Visits 19:30-20:00 or 20:00-20:30 School Photographs September 5-9 See page 15 for specific dates Volunteering at ISS Contact Mrs.Cheryl Hogarth: chogarth@yahoo.com It is such a privilege to walk through the halls and visit classrooms. Your children have their days dedicated to learning. Please give them credit for the fine job they are doing, focusing on their tasks and working well together. The teachers have worked to create safe and secure learning environments. Within hours, a group of children becomes a class, a group dedicated to learning and working together. Transition from the crowded feeling of parents and children separating on the first day of classes to engaging in an effective learning group is an important part of every school year. Credit for this transition lies in teaching skills that make most of us marvel— How do they do that? Credit also goes to a culture of interest in learning from home, from parents and children. This culture of learning seeps into the foundation for motivation. Similar to researchers such as Collins (1991) have found about workers, I’ve noticed that children interested in learning don’t really need motivation to learn. They need to stay around people that let them go about the tasks of learning. Their only real distraction is anyone uninterested in learning. Thanks for being part of building this culture of learning at ISS. To give you an understanding of the way things work and the basics of the curriculum at ISS, an Open House for parents is schedule starting at 18:30 in the L ovelace Theater at ISS. At 18:30, teachers of specialist areas that all children see will give short presentations. At 19:30, class teachers, or homeroom teachers, will offer information sessions particular to children within each grade level. Teachers will give you information that helps tie up loose ends and makes learning more effective for your children. To help ensure you have an opportunity to visit the class of each of your children, the sessions are repeated at 20:00. Parents of students in Grade 5 will get additional information about band at 19:55 or 20:00 in one of the fifth grade homerooms. Open House for parents of students in Pre-School and Pre-K will be from 18:00 to 18:30 in the Pre- School Room, 15. Because we realize that sometimes it has been complicated to find childcare so parents can attend Open House, I would 13
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