Weekly mail 9 6 December 2011

Breaking news

Farewell and welcome back

Today we said goodbye to Josefina. It is quite special for someone to become part of a staff in such an easy and

quiet way. We appreciated your professionalism and hope to see you back in future. You are a born MYP

teacher!

Fortunately we also welcome back Florencia from her maternity leave. We are very happy to have you back and

hope you get settled into your new routine quickly.

Morning assembly on Thursday

We will have no morning assembly. Mentors, please let your classes know.

MYP Authorization visit.

What to say? The reality is that we have to wait for the official report. Both Sabrina and I have a positive feeling

about the exit meeting. There will be matters to be addressed, but I really hope that we can fix it by sending in a

report. We will let you know as soon as we receive news. Again, thank you so much for your hard work and

support in the months leading up to the visit and your positive attitude in getting this done.

Sinterklaas!

I hope you agree that this was a lovely addition to our year calendar. Thanks to the parents and Yvette for

arranging it all during a very hectic week.

“A personal touch in a sustainable environment”

About our Students

New students:

Year 7 (Rob)

Angelina Gamez Philip Pattynama (will join us from Monday 12/12/2011) Year 9 (Florencia)

Samantha Gamez

Hugo Claassen Reza Imamkhan (pending) Celine Imamkhan (pending) Year 10 (Ayesha)

Judith Claassen Mentors, please buddy these students each to one of our own students. Take care in your selection. Yvette has information in the student files. Invite the parents for an introduction meeting in the first two weeks after the Christmas break so you can get information about the new additions to your class. This is the personal touch bit…

Staff matters

Christmas dinner

This year our Staff Christmas dinner will be held on Thursday 15 December starting with pre-dinner drinks at

16:00. Yvette and Natasha are organizing it. Invitations, I believe, are on their way. One thing you may want to

consider is using public transport home, as we will be serving wine at the dinner.

Lars will be back as from tomorrow, joining us for half days until further notice. It is nice to have you back Lars!

Academic work

Now that all the MYP AV excitement is over, we can really focus on getting a lot of work done before the Christmas

break. Report 2 is due on the 13th

of March. Only two months after the Christmas break and we should not leave

tests and assignments for the two weeks before the report is due. This was a very specific request from the

student council.

Staff meeting agenda

1. Welcome 2. MYP AV post mortem 3. Open day preparation – 28 January (please see attached draft concept) 4. PSG activities 5. Other 6. After the staff meeting, we will continue with the iPad training

The coming weeks at the ISAlmere

Date Activity Comment

Tue 6 Dec

18:00

Parent teacher meetings and MYP5 subect

choice information evening.

Thu 8 Dec

13:30

14:45

15:30

Meeting – Gezonde Schlen in the auditorium

Staff meeting (see agenda above)

iPad training

This is for your information only

Room 57

Room 57

Thu 15 Dec Staff Christmas dinner Starts from 16:00

Mon 19 Dec – Fri 23 Dec Community and service week We will collect food for the voedselloket and

students will be reflecting on their own C&S in

this week

Thu 22 Dec Christmas lunch

Fri 23 Dec Christmas break starts No lessons

Rynette