Year 10
Newsletter 24
March 7, 2008
From our Middle
School Principal, Peter Thorpe:
A new program called “Caught Being Good!”
has begun in the Middle School! Here’s
how it will work. Each staff member at
the FIS Convent Campus (teachers and support staff) will receive 10 “Caught
Being Good!!” cards each week. Staff
members will give Middle School students a card when they have been “caught
being good”. The cards can be given out
at any time - during class, in the hallway, at lunch, outside during
recess…whenever and wherever!
Some positive behaviors that would be
worthy of receiving a card could include:
· Making positive
comments about another student
· Demonstrating a
positive attitude toward learning
· Making good use
of their time and/or materials
· Being prepared
for class
· Showing cultural
sensitivity
· Helping another
classmate or teacher
· Demonstrating
care and attention to school materials
· Showing
initiative
· Team building or
collaboration with classmates
· General good
citizenship
· Respect for
learning, property and others!
The student can then use these cards in
one of two ways.
- Students can put their “Caught Being Good!” cards into a raffle
bowl any day during their lunch time. On Friday of each week there will be
a draw for various prizes (for example: ice cream coupons, Atlantis
passes, other small gadgets yet to be determined). There will be at
least one prize given away per grade per week.
OR
- Students may choose to save up their “Caught Being Good!” cards and
use them as admission to a monthly lunch time pizza party. It will cost 5
“Caught Being Good!” cards to attend the pizza party.
Also, toward the end of the year, the
class that has accumulated the most cards per student will receive a class
swimming party at Atlantis. There will be a bulletin board display to promote
the program and track the tally of cards per class. We look forward to “catching” as many
students as possible!
Welcome: To
Josephine (Grade 1a) and Boris (Grade 2w) Hullin and Sophie Reid (Grade 2w) who
joined us on Monday. We wish these
students and their families a warm welcome to the FIS!
Early Dismissal: As Friday March 14
is the last day prior to the spring vacation, the
Spring Break: The
Elementary School
Parents: When
picking up your child at the end of the school day, please wait for them
outside of the school building. Lately the foyer has become overcrowded with
parents waiting to pick up their children, which makes it difficult for us to
properly organize the students who ride the bus. Please also be sure to
leave room outside of the school building for those students who use the bus
service to be walked to their busses.
Parent Teacher
Conferences: Mark your calendars! The third quarter Parent Teacher
Conferences will be held on Tuesday, April 15 for the Middle and High School,
and Wednesday, April 16 for the Kindergarten and Elementary
School. Further information regarding
the conferences and the sign up forms were emailed home with the newsletter
last week. If you have not already done
so, please complete the appropriate form and return it to the school office as
soon as possible.
The Middle/High School
Due to the
International Food Fair:
The middle school
student’s council is organizing an international food fair at the convent
campus on
Shoeboxes for the
Children in
Re-registration Forms: Many of the re-registration / withdrawal
forms for the upcoming school year are still outstanding. If you have not already returned a
re-registration / withdrawal form, please do so immediately. Please contact
Reading Strategy Workshop for Parents: Thank you to the
parents who attended the reading strategies workshop on Monday. As many parents were interested in but not
able to attend the workshop, we have attached an overview of the presentation
with this newsletter. If you would like
further information regarding this, please contact Miss Dufresne at darcy.dufresne@the-fis.de.
Pre-order your 2007-2008
Yearbooks!! The 2007-2008 Yearbooks will be sold by PRE-ORDER ONLY. If you would like a copy of the
Student Cell Phone and Portable Video Game Use During
School Day: FIS students who are allowed by their
parents to bring a cell phone or portable video game to school should note that
these must be either stored in their lockers (MS/HS) or in their book bags and
should be switched off during the school day. Active cell phones and portable
video games are not allowed in the classroom and will be confiscated by the
class teacher. Active cell phones and portable video games are also
not allowed on the school playground. Parents
who need to leave a message for their children should do so via the school
office.
Time Change:
Don’t forget that we will change our clocks AHEAD one hour at
News from
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**Please see the attached
information regarding the PTO Ski Trip for next school year**
PTO Welcoming committee
Please join us for our upcoming coffee mornings for
parents:
Monday, 10th March from 9 to 10 am at the
Dassler Villa for the Kindergarten/Elementary School.
Tuesday, 11th March from
Come join us for a cup of coffee, meet other parents
and let's chat.
NEXT WEEK AT THE FIS
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Monday Mar 10 |
15:30-16.30 – ASAP at
the DV |
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Tuesday Mar 11 |
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Wednesday Mar 12 |
15:30-16.30 – ASAP at
the DV |
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Thursday Mar 13 |
15:30-16.30 – ASAP at
the DV |
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Friday Mar 14 |
Last
day before Spring Break. Early dismissal: DV at |
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