AIAN will be a widely respected school providing a model US based educational program with an internationally minded community. November 25, 2011. Dear Community, Week fourteen of the school year ended today. The excitement that is in school today is tangible. The Holiday Bazaar organized by the PTA is in full swing and with over thirty vendors in attendance it is proving to be a great success. Don't forget that the Bazaar is running tomorrow, Saturday 26 November, from 9.00 a.m. Please come along and bring your friends and family. Progress reports for the second quarter also go home today, please watch out for these so that you can keep track of your child's situation. The Elementary School has sent home reports for children with possible concerns. The Middle and High School have sent grades home for every student. As always, if you wish to meet with any teacher please schedule a conference through the school office on 86869999. Other items for you attention are, WEDNESDAY EARLY FINISH DAYS. As you know the faculty uses the time created by the early finish days on selected Wednesday's over the year for WASC preparation. Following the recent visit of WASC we believe we need more time to ensure we are fully prepared for the team visit in April. Thus, the School Board as agreed to provide some additional Wednesday early finishes that help with the WASC process. These additional dates are December 7 January 18 February 15 March 14 These dates will be placed in the schools events calendar. We run a revised schedule on these Wednesdays and each lesson period is shortened by 7 minutes, so a single class does not lose too much time. We appreciate your support in this regard. THE DIGITAL SPOT This has been a very busy and amazing week! In last weeks DIGITAL SPOT I mentioned parental portals and website censors for parents. I have gathered important information related to this topic for you. Parental Control = Internet Safety Parental controls are features which may be included in digital television services, computer and video games, mobile phones and computer software. Parental controls fall into roughly four categories; content filters, which limit access to age appropriate content; usage controls, which constrain the usage of these devices such as placing time-limits on usage or forbidding certain types of usage; computer usage management tools, which allow parents to enforce learning time into child computing time and monitoring, which can track location and activity when using the devices. Whether your child(ren) have a desktop computer, laptop, IPOD, IPHONE or IPAD, you can setup a parental control. Here is a list of useful free software and tutorials for you:
The Technology Term of the Week Filter = Content-control software, also known as censor ware or web filtering software. This is a term for software designed and optimized for controlling what content a reader is permitted to access, especially when it is used to restrict material delivered over the Web I really hope you have found this information useful. I will say goodbye until next week and wish you Happy Thanks g iving for those who celebrate it! Daniela Silva MCP, M.Ed. PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA) The first day of the Holiday Bazaar was a great success, thank you to everyone for coming. Please encourage friends and family members to attend tomorrow. We have over thirty vendors in attendance and we are certain you will all find something to buy and have an enjoyable time. There are several refreshment booths for everyone to enjoy as well. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED BAZAAR FLYER FOR MORE INFORMATION. As always, if you have any comments or inquiries, don't hesitate to contact your PTA board members at: PTA@aian.org.cn FACULTY PD DAY, EARLY FINISH On Wednesday, November 30 the school will close at 2.30 p.m. and students will go home. This time is for faculty professional development. DATES IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER FOR YOUR DIARIES November 25th Progress Report Cards Day for the second quarter. The PTA Bazaar November 26th PTA Bazaar November 30th Short Day, early finish at 2:30pm December 8 th Drama production of Macbeth, evening December 7 th Teachers appreciation breakfast and an early finish at 2.30 p.m. December12th to 16th Activities suspended December 15th Scrooge Production December 16th School closes for the holiday break Thank you. Regards, Mark Bretherton , Head of School. |