Head of School Search Process Update
The PCA Executive Committee will lead the parent session interviews of the Head of School Search process. We are aiming to have a good number of parents present for all these sessions. In order for us to ensure we have sufficient parent turnout, we are requesting you to register for these zoom sessions ahead of time. Please take a moment to review the schedule and register for the sessions you can attend. Parents are encouraged to come to both the sessions to ensure an objective feedback process.
Monday, February 28th at 10:30-11:30 a.m.- Leigh Fitzgerald
To register click the link below
https://aischennai-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrdOyorjgrGddU7EmftjUFKRn5fRKwcWQ2
Wednesday, March 2nd at 10:00-11:00 a.m.- Vladimir Kuskovski
To register click the link below
https://aischennai-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUocuGrrDooGNxNhxdK_MpHEqQmwxnsncz-
The sessions will end with a quick feedback survey. We thank you for your engagement and participation.
PCA Monthly Meeting - Monday March 7 - 13.30 - 14.30
Come one, come all to the PCA March monthly meeting! This month we will be meeting a panel of PCA reps, including the PCA Executive Team, who will talk about their roles in advance of the PCA Elections taking place in April. If you are interested in a role on the PCA next year please come along to learn more!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://aischennai-org.zoom.us/j/94528312597?pwd=WGY0Q1lhNXFhMWZDN1c4U0RoY1M3QT09
Meeting ID: 945 2831 2597
Passcode: 619915
AISConnect - we need your stories
We are in the process of collecting articles and stories for the 2021-22 edition of AISConnect. We already have some great contributions - but we need more! You can get involved by:
Recipes
Please share your favourite recipe with the community. This can be in any language and will be published in the original as well as the English translation. You can submit your recipe using the google link AISConnect recipes
Poetry
Many of you will have noticed that our Head of School loves to share poems as part of his weekly Head's Notes. Now it is your turn. Please share your favourite poem for publication in AISConnect. Poems can be submitted in any language, and will be published in the original (along with a summary in English). You can submit your poem using the google link AISConnect poems
Virtual and in-person experiences
We would love to hear from students, parents and faculty about what went well in virtual and as we returned to campus. Specifically we would like to hear about:
- first day back on campus
- virtual ASAs
- specials (music, drama, art, PE) thriving despite Covid restrictions
You can tell us about your experiences using the google link First Day on Campus, ASAs, Specials
Faculty Appreciation Day - Wednesday, March 30th 2022
We would like to take the time to show our appreciation to all teachers, assistants and office administrators at the annual Faculty Appreciation Day. We will be asking the parent community to sign up to provide “finger-food” of 10-20 servings, which can be served without the need for refrigeration or reheating, and can be eaten with the fingers (eg no serving spoons or forks required).
We will be providing the google form sign up sheets via whatsapp shortly before Spring Break. However this year we are asking that each section of school signs up for a particular snack. This is to ensure that we have a good range of snacks for the faculty and staff.
KG - Gr 2 - cookies / biscuits
Gr3 - Gr 5 - savoury snacks
MS - cakes / brownies
HS - Indian snacks
We will provide full details of how to label food and containers when the google forms are sent via whatsapp.
Join us for the Parents as Partners Webinar Series: Semester 2 with new webinars! To participate you may use the same link you used previously, or you may register again to receive a new email/link.
Webinar #5, — Building a Parent Pandemic Partnership: Strengthening Your Wellness, Self-Care and Self-Compassion, Presented by Fran Polman on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
This pandemic has triggered a world-wide mental health crisis. We have paid an emotional toll in response to being isolated for far too long, sitting with fear and loneliness; along with too many disorienting events and the changes required of us. As parents, you were asked and will continue to be asked to embrace new roles as you build a "Pandemic Partnership" with your child's school. Exhaustion seems to be the great equalizer.
Webinar #6 , International School Parents: Champions of DEI(B)J - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Justice, Presented by Jennifer Beckwith on Tuesday, March 22, 7.30pm - 8.30pm
This webinar is an introduction for parents to DEI(B)J. Its objective is to help parents acknowledge the complex realities of DEI(B)J and the importance that schools play in recognizing that differences exist and that differences are positive in the learning environment.
NOTE: If you are unable to attend, or you want to listen to the session again, the webinar recordings and slides from the previous sessions are posted on the Parents as Partners Info Hub a day or so after each session.
PCA Book Group
Our book for this semester is “The War of The Worlds” by HG Wells. Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday March 2nd at 19.30. Please email hfrancescapca@aischennai.org if you would like to join.
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