Thank you for attending the PCA Monthly Meeting this week. It was great to see so many friendly faces, and we hope you enjoyed learning more about Indian festivals through our Kahoot quiz. A big thank you to Ms Babs who gave us an insight into the book for our new PCA Book Group - read on for more details…
PCA Book Group
Our new PCA Book Group will launch on Wednesday 27 October at 19.30-20.30. Our book for this semester will be “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante. This book, originally written in Italian, is available in many languages including English, French, Korean, Japanese plus many more. So you should be able to read the book in your mother tongue. For more details on the book, please refer to the slide show which Ms Babs presented at this week’s PCA Monthly Meeting.
If you would like to join the book group please complete the form below, and we will add you to a dedicated Book Group whatsapp group. Note that even if you cannot attend the first meeting you will still be able to join the Book Group, as we will be having another meeting in December once everyone has had a chance to read the book.
Diwali Mela
The Diwali Mela is coming up soon and we want to celebrate with you! Now is your opportunity to get creative and share your Indian talent or skill with the community. Students, parents and faculty/staff are all welcome to participate. Please come to the PCA Monthly Meeting on 11 October for further information.
Some ideas for you to consider are:
- dance
- singing and music
- story telling
- poetry reading
- cooking demonstrations
- mehendi or kolam designs with instructions
- painting, embroidery, arts and crafts
- any other Indian themed video - get creative!
Technical details
o Find a space with good lighting, preferably natural light, not sunny but well-lit.
o Please record with limited background noise,
o Please keep the video in LANDSCAPE position.
o The video should be 2-3 minutes, although we can allow up to 5 minutes for cooking videos
o The format should be Mp4.
If you have any questions (technical or otherwise) please let us know and we will try to assist you.
Please upload your completed video in the Diwali Mela video folder . Any problems uploading, please contact hfrancescapca@aischennai.org
Deadline for submitting your video is Monday November 1st, 2021 - 4:00pm (IST).
Save the Date! Portal Project AISC Dialogue - What is Learning?
This month the Portal Project is focussed on "What is Learning?" and we invite all parents, faculty and students to help us craft a definition of learning and identify conditions that support it. The session will take place on Thursday, October 28th from 4:30 - 5:15 pm. Portal Project dialogues are not only engaging but generate data that is shared with the Community Planning Team and Leadership Councils to help guide our Futures Planning process. As such, participants have a voice in helping to shape the AISC of tomorrow. Interested? Please click here to add the event directly to a google calendar or here for the direct meeting link.
Please register for the 2021-2022 NESA Webinar Series: Parents as Partners—an engaging collection of webinars for parents addressing child development within the context of family and school. Twice each month, for one hour, you can join parents from across the NESA region to listen to distinguished specialists and learn new strategies in support of your child as a learner. Please note, if you are unable to attend at the scheduled time you will be sent a video of the webinar to watch at your convenience.
The webinar series is FREE to all AISC parents; register in advance with the following link:
https://nesacenter-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_twD9UwmCRQOyV75Zej1FjQ
NOTE: On the registration form, please type the FULL NAME of our school: American International School Chennai (do NOT use the acronym, AISC).
Upcoming: Webinar #4, Getting the Most from the Marshall Memo -- Presented by Kim Marshall, on Tuesday, October 19th, 2021, 6:30pm IST
Every week, Kim Marshall reads and skims about 150 articles from a wide range of publications and chooses 8-10 that are most relevant for K-12 educators and families. He then writes a short summary of each and sends the Marshall Memo to subscribers around the world. In this webinar, Kim will describe how the Memo got started 18 years ago, how it's evolved, and how you can put it to best use.
Our annual PCA publication, AISConnect, is now live!
Relive key moments from the last academic year with articles from parents, students, and faculty. From RaptorSafe to CHEMUN and our 25th Anniversary Celebrations, AISConnect is a PCA-driven publication that tells our stories from the year gone by.
Thank you for your support! Please write to media@aischennai.org if you have any questions.
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