November 30

Diwali Mela

Thank you is a simple word, which means a lot. It’s thank you time. Here’s to the AISC community: Thanks for coming to the Diwali Mela 2012 with family and friends and making it a huge success.

Behind this success there are a few people I would like to thank with recognition. Without the support of these people this evening would not have been possible.

THANK YOU!

HOS Andrew for the laser show

Shawn and Nethaji for the Theatre support

Kevin and Pradeep I.T Department

Umasekar, Rajendran, and the rest of the security

Ilangovan, Desmond and the facility team

The sales of tickets, the lights, Rangoli and decorations, which gave the festive mood and added glamour and grandeur to this evening is because of Raji Raju, Indu Giri, Usha Kannan, Suba, Mugdha, Radha Raja, Sharmilee, Jayashree Shrinivasan, Margaret, Susan, Monica, Genie Kim, Yun Jung Lee, Kris, Nathalie and Srimathi.

A big thank you to the elementary Korean kids and the other elementary team the middle school dancers the Bollywood dancers and the Boly+Koly dancers for taking time and putting up a glamorous entertainment.

Once again thank you all for making the Diwali Mela 2012 a grand and successful evening .

Lakshmi Adithyan, Diwali Mela 2012 co-ordinator 

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Need something to do?

Open House, a Theatre and Performance Company, presents:

Goeing 747, A Fright to Bethlehem

This is a family friendly show, so gather the kids and have a great night of entertainment!
Tickets are 300 and 500 Rs each

For tickets, please contact Rachel Griffiths at rtgriffiths@btinternet.com

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Movie Actor Opportunity

Wanted: a boy, 4 to 5 years of age for a Telegu Film.  The location of shooting will be Hyderabad and a village in Andhra Pradesh.  The shooting of the film will commence around 15^th January 2013 for around 25 days.  All expenses of child with accompanying parent will be borne by the Film Company.

Please contact movie director, Mr. Singeetam Srinivasa Rao – 98410 59517, if interested.

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House Available

My family is exiting India December 14 2012. I have a brand new house near the beach in Uthandi. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the house. 4 bed, 5 bath, huge conservatory with skylight. Inground pool, 4ft. with small garden. All windows have screens, great water pressure and it is very quiet. My neighbor is Janet Houghton and on the other side is a family who are Janet's and my gardener.

The house is available 3 days after we leave. The landlord wants to do a thorough cleaning and a bit of paint touch up.

I would appreciate it if you could inform any new families or anyone looking to move house. I have a 60 day clause. I will be paying rent here and at my new place so I am looking for renters asap.

Brand new appliancesfrig
convection oven
washer
dryer
chest freezer
These will stay with the house
The a/c and generator fees are waived by landlord as they are still under warranty. I have the best gardener and cleaning lady also.

Celeste McVey
89399464662/299Bay Area
Raguwaran Street
Uthandi, Chennai

November 9

Middle School Parents

An email went out this morning to the middle school parents concerning the upcoming candidates' visits. We feel that having strong  parent participation will help recruit the best Middle School Principal.   The candidates’ applications are accessible at the Middle School Parent Moodle Page under the calendar. We suggest reading these applications and taking a little time to speak with your child about their hopes for their middle school to prepare for these sessions.  A group of parents has created a list with questions that the candidates will answer and there is free time at the end for open questions. After that the parents can fill out a 2 minutes survey their feedback about the candidates. All meetings will be held in the MS/HS cafeteria at 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. The dates are as follows:

Tuesday, November 20 - Rob

Wednesday, November 21, Alan

Tuesday, November 27, Paul

Friday, November 30, Mike

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Elementary School Parents

The Elementary School students assemble in the ES Cafeteria from 3.15-3.45pm every day to go to their after school activity. Therefore we request that parents wait outside the ES cafeteria during that time.

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This information was in last week's HOS notes, but because of its importance, we wanted to include it in our blog as well. Please take the time to look at both of these issues. 

Consideration of Changing AISC School Hours

from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

If AISC, started school at 8:00 a.m. (as most local schools do), we would be open for student arrival at 7:30 a.m. and the school day would end at 3:00 p.m.  We have assessed that by starting school at 8:00 a.m., the school community would avoid approximately 50% of the local traffic, which starts between 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. (We have made a preliminary decision that starting school before 8:00 a.m. would be too early and too disruptive to family routines and make before school activities too inconvenient.) No matter when we start school, we have to be aware that 500-600 AISC community vehicles will pass through our gates daily.

This consideration is coming from many community concerns about the density of traffic in the area of the school between 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. We recognize that this change would require changes to family routines. These changes would also lead to some changes in the timings of before and after school activities and athletics, and language schools – these details would take account of student needs and get worked out once a decision has been reached to change school timings.

We are seeking your input as we consider this change. Please click here for a quick input survey.

AISC Calendar, 2013-2014

Please take a look at a draft of the 2013-2014 school calendar at Information and Reminders. This calendar has returned the week-long fall break and ends school earlier at the end of the hot season in May by shortening spring break to one week. 

Please email Josephine Ronald (Directorpersonnel@aisch.org) or HOS with any feedback.

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PTA Diwali Mela

Buy your tickets before or after school outside the main reception or 

in the main reception during school hours. 

Join the AISC community as we celebrate India's 

Festival of Lights

Saturday, 17 November 2012, 5:30 pm

Tickets 400 Rs

Events:  Bollywood Dance Teams, Fashion Show, Laser Light Show,

Dinner, Open Dance Floor with live DJ

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UN Day, 2012

The PTA wants to thank all of the volunteers who participated in this year's UN Day County Fair. It was a great success! Check out the page on the right side to view photos of the Country Fair. Use the link below to view the video.

http://hosnewsletter.blogspot.in/

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Please mark your calendars now for the November 27th Parent Tech Connections where we will discuss how learning with iPads is different in many ways than learning with a laptop or desktop. The morning session (8:45-9:45) will be dedicated to iPads in Early Childhood and Elementary, while the afternoon session (2:15-3:15) will focus on iPads with Middle and High School students from the perspective of our 8th grade iPad pilot program.  

November 2

PTA Diwali Mela

Buy your tickets before or after school outside the main reception or in the main reception during school hours. 

Join the AISC community as we celebrate India's 

Festival of Lights

Saturday, 17 November 2012, 5:30 pm

Tickets 400 Rs

Events:  Bollywood Dance Teams, Fashion Show, Laser Light Show,

Dinner, Open Dance Floor with live DJ