Happy Thanksgiving to all! We hope you enjoy the long weekend and are able to relax with your families. As the holiday season approaches, we are starting to work on our next project, the Giving Tree.
The PCA’s Giving Tree will be online again this year and all are welcome to contribute. In collaboration with several local foundations, the PCA will post Amazon wishlists, which will enable you to purchase much needed items such as books, craft materials, food, blankets and much more. All items purchased will be delivered directly to the organisations. The organisations we are working with this year are:
Jeevaratchanai Girls’ House - A home for 13 girls who are rescued and given education
Aathamalayam elderly home - A home that takes care of elderly people.
Seva Semajam children's home - A home and school for around 50 orphans and children of single parents
Agua Gifting Smiles appeal - distribution of gifts to children this holiday season
Please come to the PCA Monthly Meeting on Monday 6 December to find out more.
PCA Monthly Meeting - Monday 6 December - 13.30-14.30
Our next PCA Monthly Meeting on Monday 6 December will be held at the new time of 13.30-14.30. This has been moved to enable parents to attend the meeting and still have time to pick up children from Campus. This meeting will have a holiday theme. Be prepared to learn more about how the holidays are celebrated around the world, with our fun and informative Kahoot. We will also share more information about The Giving Tree, so that we can share the season of goodwill to those less fortunate. You can join the meeting here.
MS Winter Show - Thursday 9 December - 17.00
Ah, middle school. The best/worst years of your life! The friends, the memories, the life lessons, and of course the...inevitably haunting embarrassments that will leave emotional scars for years to come! Join a group of real life middle school students as they uncover the wonders/perils of their first dance, the marvels/horrors of field trips, the joy/humiliation of gym class, and many more of the numerous fond traumatizing aspects of life as a middle school student.
Book your tickets here: https://www.aischennai.org/theater/ms/
Note: The premiere will be a livestream performance. A recording will be available after the premiere.
The Portal Project - Parenting Beyond the Pandemic
We are excited to introduce a speaker series for parents starting on November 22 at 7pm IST called Parenting Beyond the Pandemic. These virtual sessions will bring experts and practitioners directly to our parent community to address a variety of relevant topics. The full list of sessions can be found here and the titles above. Registration for the sessions will take place through Eventbrite.
PCA Book Group
Thank you to all those who came to our PCA Book Group. There is still time to join if you missed this week’s meeting. Our book is “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante and is available in over 45 languages. Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday December 8th at 19.30. Please email hfrancescapca@aischennai.org if you would like to join.
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 #7, At What Cost? Defending Adolescent Development in Fiercely Competitive Schools, presented by David Gleason, Tuesday, December 7th 2021, 7:30pm IST.
Anxiety, depression and their dangerous manifestations — substance abuse, eating disorders, self-injury and suicide — are increasing student conditions in competitive high schools around the world. Paradoxically, most of these schools promote themselves as being committed to students' holistic development in academics, athletics and the arts, and in their personal, social and emotional growth. So why are so many students struggling?
In this webinar, Dr. Gleason reviews the various ways in which parents and educators alike are actually contributing to how and why it is that students are struggling. Dr. Gleason then offers realistic ways that adults can work together to create healthier and more balanced schools.
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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