Thursday 30th November, 2017 THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PORT OF SPAIN VOLUME 25, ISSUE 13 ISPS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER CONFIDENCE EXCELLENCE INTEGRITY 1 ISPS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MISSION ISPS is a vibrant learning community dedicated to developing passionate learners who strive for excellence and pursue their unique potenal. We encourage resilience, innovaon and collaboraon, preparing students to act with con- fidence and integrity as caring global cizens. VISION Inspiring thinkers and doers to shape a beer world. MOTTO Difference Makers, Future Shapers ISPS Contact #: 633-4777 WHAT’S INSIDE Dates for your Diary December 1 11:30 am Dismissal for ES Students 1 ES Term 1 Parent/ Teacher Conference 2 NHS Christmas Bingo Fundraiser 4 MS Parent Discussion Group 7:30am-8:30am, Green Room 6 Open Forum; 7-9 pm, Cafeteria 7 PTO Faculty Appreciaon Day 8-9 MS Grade 6 Lock-In 11 MS Parent Discussion Group 7:30am-8:30am, Green Room 12-14 HS Exams 13 ES School Producon: Holidays Around The World: The Search for Santa; 6:00-7:30 pm, Theatre FROM THE DIRECTOR Elementary News 2-6 ISPS Briefs 3-5 Science Corner 6-7 Kindness Tree 8 Athlecs 9-10 December Calendar 11 Community Noces 12 Cafeteria 13 Good aſternoon parents, Several reminders for you: ES Parent conferences are tomorrow. Students will be dismissed at 11:30 am. The conferences begin 12:00. I know that Ms. Julien has sent all of the details to all ES parents and we are looking forward to seeing all of you. The NHS organized Bingo is this Saturday from 4:00pm-9:00pm.Please consider bringing the family to have some fun and support this student-led event. I will be holding an Open Forum on December 6 from 7:00-9:00pm. Topics that I will be presenng are the 2018-2019 school calendar, the Administrave structure of the school, and the launch of the compeve sports program at ISPS. Following those presentaons, I will open the floor to quesons. I would like to thank the PTO for hosng a very successful garage sale last Saturday. The event was very well aended. Thanks as well for hosng a teachers brunch earlier this week. It was a very welcome surprise. This morning, we had a group of students aend and Energy Efficiency Workshop hosted by the Caribbean Industrial Research Instute. The focus of the workshop was praccal applicaons of Solar and Wind energy. The students who aended will become part of a commiee to develop short, medium, and long term projects here at ISPS. This was a wonderful opportunity to integrate our goals for the year of sustainable producon and consumpon with some ideas that are being implemented here in the Caribbean. I wish you all a very nice weekend. J Barney Latham Director H CHECK THE ADMISSION DEPARTMENT FOR MERCHANDISE.
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Thursday 30th November, 2017 THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PORT OF SPAIN VOLUME 25, ISSUE 13
MISSION ISPS is a vibrant learning community dedicated to developing passionate learners who strive for excellence and pursue their unique potential. We encourage resilience, innovation and collaboration, preparing students to act with con-fidence and integrity as caring global citizens.
VISION Inspiring thinkers and doers to shape a better world.
MOTTO Difference Makers,
Future Shapers
ISPS Contact #: 633-4777
WHAT’S INSIDE
Dates for your Diary
December
1 11:30 am Dismissal for ES Students
1 ES Term 1 Parent/ Teacher Conference
2 NHS Christmas Bingo Fundraiser
4 MS Parent Discussion Group 7:30am-8:30am, Green Room
6 Open Forum; 7-9 pm, Cafeteria
7 PTO Faculty Appreciation Day
8-9 MS Grade 6 Lock-In
11 MS Parent Discussion Group 7:30am-8:30am, Green Room
12-14 HS Exams
13 ES School Production: Holidays Around The World: The Search for Santa; 6:00-7:30 pm, Theatre
FROM THE DIRECTOR
Elementary News 2-6
ISPS Briefs 3-5
Science Corner 6-7
Kindness Tree 8
Athletics 9-10
December Calendar 11
Community Notices 12
Cafeteria 13
Good afternoon parents,
Several reminders for you: ES Parent conferences are tomorrow.
Students will be dismissed at 11:30 am. The conferences begin 12:00. I know that Ms. Julien has sent all of the details to all ES parents and we are looking forward to seeing all of you.
The NHS organized Bingo is this Saturday from 4:00pm-9:00pm.Please consider bringing the family to have some fun and support this student-led event.
I will be holding an Open Forum on December 6 from 7:00-9:00pm. Topics that I will be presenting are the 2018-2019 school calendar, the Administrative structure of the school, and the launch of the competitive sports program at ISPS. Following those presentations, I will open the floor to questions.
I would like to thank the PTO for hosting a very successful garage sale last Saturday. The event was very well attended. Thanks as well for hosting a teachers brunch earlier this week. It was a very welcome surprise.
This morning, we had a group of students attend and Energy Efficiency Workshop hosted by the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute. The focus of the workshop was practical applications of Solar and Wind energy. The students who attended will become part of a committee to develop short, medium, and long term projects here at ISPS. This was a wonderful opportunity to integrate our goals for the year of sustainable production and consumption with some ideas that are being implemented here in the Caribbean.
I wish you all a very nice weekend. J Barney Latham Director
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Elementary Notes November 30, 2017 Volume 15, Issue 6
Grades PK—5 students have started their third unit which will continue after the Christmas break.
Classroom teachers met with the social studies head of department on late-start Wednesday to discuss the vertical alignment of content and skills in each grade level. Following this discussion, we will review our social studies scope and sequence to ensure that the students are being taught the knowledge and skills required to prepare students for Middle school and subsequently High School.
Words this month: Empathy and Risk-Taker
Angela Shahien
PYP Coordinator
Primary Years Program (PYP)
UPCOMING DATES
November 29 Reports were posted on Skyward
December 1
Early dismissal for ES 11:30 a.m.
Parent Conferences 12– 3:30 p.m.
December 13 ES Holiday Production, 6:00—7:30pm
December 14 ES Holiday Production, 1:00—2:30pm
Ms. Sultan-Khan, Ms. Stephanie, Ms. Katherine and the P3 students enjoyed a period of being fully engaged and attending to what’s happening, to what they were doing and how they were using their space. Also, the students listened to and did actions to songs.
Grade 4 rehearsing
“Christmas Around the World”
PK3s engage in Mindfulness...
Dear Parents,
Term One reports were posted on November 29th., and I encourage you to celebrate your child’s progress this term. Parent conferences will be held tomorrow starting at 12 noon, please check your scheduled appointment. All students are dismissed at 11:30 a.m. Please ensure that all students are collected on time. Classroom teachers will meet in their classes while specialists will be meeting in the music room. Please make every effort to see the specialist teachers (music, art, p.e., media, etc.)
Thank you to the PTO for treating our teachers to a delicious breakfast on Tuesday.
The upcoming holiday concert carded for December 13 and 14 is in its full swing of rehearsals. Our after-school drama club students (main cast), Mr. Low Chew Tung, and Ms. Trim have been working feverishly on the play: Christmas Around the World. Additionally, all classes have been polishing their part for the full rehearsals that will occur during the last week of school. Many thanks to the teachers for working with them. There are limited seats in the theater, and teachers will be sending you tickets to accommodate your family for the event. Special mention to all the parents who have been working behind the scenes organizing the costumes, and working out the details with teachers.
Congratulations to all the students who participated in the first challenge of the WordMasters (20 words). The analogy test pushes the students to think about the relationship with words. Students are challenged to make connections with words. The word study helps students to think analytically and metaphorically.
Next week is the last week for the early morning program. The program will begin when we return from the holiday break.
Congratulations to the following students who achieved a score of 15 and above:
Top Scorers: Stephanie (Gr.4), Avery ( Gr.4), Lucius (Gr.5), Nicholas (Gr.3), *Keabetswe (Gr.3), and *Scott (Gr.5) (*highest scorers)
Grade 5: Tomas, Ali, Jaden, Zachery, Hays, Matthew & Audrey
PYP Unit: Communities Central Idea: The development of a community depends on the cooperation of citizens and organizations. Ashley Bednarek ES Grade 1
ISPS Briefs
QUICK READS
We had fun! Too bad we weren’t allowed to take pictures of the factory!
Enjoying our pizza!
SPOTLIGHT
Cafeteria Feedback Form Do you need to provide feedback about the
service in the school cafeteria? You loved the food? Got great service? Want healthier options for your child? Now you can do this from Family Access.
Log into your account from a browser window and click on District Links.
Now click on the Cafe Feedback. Fill in the form with the required information and click Submit.
You can submit a form as many times as you wish. The form will always be in this location so
you can submit feedback at any time.
Hmmm, what’s in here?
Enjoying our coconuts!
We are ready to go!
Need help logging in to Skyward? Email me at [email protected] and I will get you onboard!
PIZZA = Fractions: Any Way You Slice It! As part of our math unit in 4th grade we decided that we should explore making fractions in the real world. In small groups were given different tasks on how to divide our piz-zas for a different amount of people! We also had to measure our ingredients based on fractions of a cup. Ms. Ghany & Ms. Sullivan Grade 4
MATH UNIT
Grade 4
MR. BARNEY explains to the kindergarten students about the joy of giving at Christmas.
Students learn that the tree in the front office is special because the presents under the tree are for children whose parents can't afford to buy them anything for Christmas.
The kindergartners are all excited now to give a gift that will make other little boys and girls have a Very Merry Christmas. Momeda Khan
ES Kindergarten
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This month grade 3 students started reading Legends of the St Anns Flood. A book that supports the PYP Unit How the World Works looking at Natural disasters. The book is a fictional account of the deadly flood that occurred in Trinidad in 1993.
Students got into groups to analyze the characters and setting of the first three chapters of the book. They built character trait maps and found supporting details from the text for the traits they found. Ijanaya Jacob Librarian
Library Corner
Hello Everyone, This week there were still some
students with flu like symptoms though less than last week. Most of the symptoms were sore throat, headaches, coughs, stomachaches, nausea and some had vomiting.
Please encourage the children to cough and sneeze into their sleeves or shirts or into paper towels then discard.
Do have a wonderful weekend.
SISTERS
INARA CHIN LEE and ABIGAIL CHIN LEE placed 1st and 2nd respectively in the 2017 Judo National Championships in the combined Girls Infantile 1 & 2 (7, 8, 9 and 10 year olds) held on 26/11/2017 at the Woodbrook Youth Facility.
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Brian McDonald, a software engineer at Vital Images, a healthcare imaging company in the United States, visited the AP Physics 2 class to de-scribe his work as a 'devops' engineer and to discuss with students possible educational paths for those interested in engineering. Students were particularly interested in hearing about the different projects of Mr. McDonald's over the years - including his mapping of Alaskan glaciers with a laser while hanging out of an airplane! Mr. McDonald also kept our students enthralled as he described his interest in 3D 'virtual reality' software,
including his own efforts to develop games for the new headsets on the market. He proved to be a versatile presenter, wrapping up his talk by juggling three bags of corn flour! George Leiter AP Physics 2
Grade 8: Modeling the Solar System with Toilet Paper and Clay for their Space Systems unit.
Grade 9: Describing how objects move with the 'Buggy Cars' and determining who had the greatest power by running up the stairs.
Integrated Science Sarah Sue Calbio Science Teacher
&Space Systems
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We just completed our second unit of inquiry where we looked at matter, its properties, the way it changes and how the uses of materials de-pends on their properties.
Students investigated whether air has mass, how dissolution affects the mass of salt and sugar, and how photosynthesis is an
example of a chemical change amongst other things.
Elementary School Science
How The World Works — Matter
Allison Johnson
Grade 5
Astronomy can be a very exciting area for anyone to learn about. Through as-tronomy many areas are covered -- Physics, Geography, History and much more.
This area of study is great for the chil-dren as it enables them to use their im-aginations as they plunge into the uni-verse while discovering stars, nebula and planets.
At ISPS we try to engage our students in active learning and have them apply new concepts and phenomena to what they already know, enabling them to achieve lifelong understanding various concepts.
The ISPS Community and friends were invited to the event and a fun time was had by all. We look forward to seeing you at our next ISPS star party.
Astronomy
Sarah Sue Calbio
Science Teacher
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ISPS CAIMANS TRAINING SCHEDULE SEASON 2 (Until December 14)
CAISSA: ISPS will be hosting CAISSA Boys’ Basketball and Girls’ Soccer from January 24th to January 28th 2018. The theme of this CAISSA is “Togetherness”. We are not only bringing together five International Schools to compete in Basketball and Soccer, we are bringing together communities and friends. This is a major whole-school event that promises to be festive, exciting, competitive and will raise our school spirit to new heights. Here is what you can look forward to:
Whole community Pep Rally Boys’ Basketball Round Robin games Girls’ Soccer Round Robin games Rock Out Concert Family Day
The Teams: ISPS Boys’ Basketball Team is the defending Champions. They have won the for three consecutive years. Will this be number four? Come out and See. Our Girls’ Soccer team placed third last year in Ecuador with a very young and inexperienced team. They have matured and are eager to play in front of their Home Crowd. Come out and make your presence felt. Be part of this fantastic event. Support by coming out to games, by hosting visiting student-athletes, wearing our Caimans’ T-Shirts and colours, and by sponsoring. CAISSA T-shirts will be on sale for all supporters. All parents and members of the community who would like to support the event by supply-ing sports drinks, bottled water, fruits and other food items or in any other way can also contact Physical Education Department. Your assistance is vital to hosting a successful event for the entire school community. Please call (620-6866) or email ([email protected]) if you are interested in assisting.
After School Activities: Registration Forms for ASA 2 are
available from the front desk. Please register before 12th
January, 2018 to ensure a place in your favoured activity and to facilitate a smooth start of ASA 2.
Thank you very much for supporting the ASA and Athletic Programs.
SPORTS TEAMS Development Program: We would like introduce to our new Sports Teams Developmental Program: This is for Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball and Rugby. These clubs will range in grades
from 3 to 12. These clubs will run throughout the year in three Seasons- August to December,
January to March and March to June. Students will train two days every week for ninety minutes; or, three times if they
are preparing for a major tournament. Interested students will pay to register ($600 TTD, see form below) for each
club at the beginning of each season. Coaches will be responsible for entering tournaments, organising
tournaments and setting up friendlies. Students will be responsible for purchasing their own training kits and
uniforms. Only students from these clubs will be selected for CAISSA teams, Local League
games, other tournaments and friendlies. This will not interfere with our existing After School Activity program as
students are free to register for the activities of their choice. Rationale for this program: This program will ensure the continuity and quality of our sports teams. This will provide parents and students opportunities for further devel-
opment in the sport of their choice year round. Our teams will be in training throughout the year and not seasonal.
Training Schedule for Developmental Sports Teams
MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT
3:45-5:15 PM Basketball Grades 3 -12
3:45-5:15 PM Basketball Grades 3 -12
3:45-5:15 PM Rugby Grades 3-12
3:45-5:15 PM Volleyball Grades 3 -12
3:45-5:15 PM Basketball Grades 8 -12
7:30-9:00 AM Rugby Grades 3-12
3:45-5:15 PM Soccer Grades 3 -12
3:45-5:15 PM Soccer Grades 3 -12
3:45-5:15 PM Soccer Grades 7 -12
2:00-5:00 PM Volleyball Grades 3 -12
THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WILL RUN FROM JANUARY 8TH TO MARCH 22ND
IT WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY
ISPS Registration Form for Sports Teams Developmental Program Complete this form and return with payment to the Front Desk no later than
Friday 12th January, 2018.
Student Name: ________________________________
Grade: _______________
Tick off Sport that you would like to be involved in:
Dear parents and guardians, You are warmly invited to Grade 8’s museum exhibition - A History of Democracy. We have been studying systems of governance in Individuals and Societies and the exhibition will trace the history of democracy from its origins in ancient Greece all the way to Apartheid just decades ago.
Mrs. Veck Middle School
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