From the Desk of your PCA Team .....
The second week has started and we have begun the marathon. The first meeting of the PCA occurred this last Tuesday. Many, many things were covered. Some of the more important points that were covered was discounts in Chennai and Outside of Chennai. The School has worked with many hotels to procure discounts from 10% up to 25% when you dine or stay at those hotels (some restrictions may apply). This works out wonderfully when we have guest come in out of town, or we ourselves are travelling for business or pleasure. Do look on the side links for the discounts for you. My personal favorite, is setting up lunch for a group and availing the local lunch; I get to go to my favorite places, and pay less! What fun!The second main items that is a take away from the Tuesday meeting, there are activities on Campus that Adults can take a part of. If you are interested in classes on Campus, please see the side tab for Activities for Adults. Also, we will be partnering with multiple hotels and restaurants to have multiple different types of cooking demonstrations and possible family weekends away. Look for information upcoming information.
UN is the first major event that we have sponsored as a joint effort from the School and the PCA community. The first event that occurs is the Parade of Nations on that Day. This is done by the School. Each of the 900 some kids parade across the auditorium under the country they wish to represent. They all stand and salute their flag as well as their national anthem. A very fun and visual manner to celebrate the diverse community of AISC. Then, the parents take over to have pavilions set up to represent each country. Each pavilion has possibly an activity, possibly a small snack and a hopeful take away that the child has learned about the country through the activity. It is a wonderful way for our kids to celebrate multiple activities and food of different countries (a small snack) all in one location.
As last year, we are going to have it on International Peace Day. This week our Country Coordinators began the planning and work for UN Day. Our meeting was right after the general meeting on Tuesday. One had to be in the room to hear the wonderful creative ideas our parents are planning for our kids! This is one of the reasons we love this school. As we plan, there is multiple ideas and lots of things to be done. If you are interested, please take a look on the side bar for the tab for UN day to see the minutes from the meeting. Give an email to pca@aisch.org to let us know your interest, or your country of citizenship.
The Executive Team, ended the week with a meeting with our Administration team to discuss the take aways from our Tuesday meeting. We had multiple questions and hopes for this year. Do take on the side link for the UN Meeting by Monday (updates from today's meeting will be posted by then).
As we look back at the week, it was busy, yet fulfilling. We see the pace of activity beginning to increase as school is getting into full swing. A wonderful feeling on our part, when we see all that we, the parents are doing for our kids.
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Open Positions
There are still open positions on the PCA. We are looking for energetic persons whose goal is to enrich the lives of their kids through parent sponsored activities. If you are interested, please do give us an email at pca@aisch.org. To see all open positions, please see the side bar link of PCA Volunteers.
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Date to Remember
Do not forget the PCA City Tour this week on Wednesday the 19th Emails will be going out this weekend for sign up.
Also, we have PCA Technology Training on Thursday the 20th and the New Parent Coffee on Friday the 21st. For those who are returning parents, I would urge you to come for the New Parent Coffee. Be there as a support for our new parents. I look forward to seeing you all there on Friday.
