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An IB World School since 2000Issue #21 20/02/2015
Important Dates Feb, 21 and Feb, 28-no Super Saturday Sports.Mon, 23 Feb - 27 Fri-February Holiday.Mon, 2 Mar - Come back to school. Tue, Mar, 3 @9- PTA Steering Committee Meeting (Home Cafe)Fri, Mar,6@08:35-09:10-Primary Assembly (Gr. 3-5, Cafeteria)Fri, Mar, 6 @09:15-09:45- Primary Assembly (Gr. K-2, Cafeteria)Sat, Mar, 6- Primary Reading Month AssemblyWed, Mar, 10- PTA meeting, followed by coffee with Ms. Tatz, primary principal.Fri, 20 Mar – Professional Development day.
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Director’s MessageDear Students, Parents and Community Members,
We wish all families a very happy holiday period. PSI breaks for holidays today. Please have an enjoyable and safe trip if you are travelling. We look forward to seeing all the students back at school on Monday, March 2nd.ASAs - There are no ASAs on Friday, February 20th as we break for holidays. All students will depart school at 3:00 pm. Saturday Sports - There is no Super Saturday Sports on February 21st due to the holiday period. Thank you to the staff, parents and students that attended our Action Plan Interest & Review Team Meeting 2 on Tuesday. It was wonderful to have 40 staff, parents and students involved and new faces too. As a community we reviewed and planned important development projects for the school. The project all come from the following 2014 / 2015 school priority areas (below) and annual Strategic Action Plan.
1. Successful Learners 5. Finance2. Education 6. Marketing and Development3. Community 7. Information Technology
4. Environment
This is all aimed to continue to improve the school, our services and programmes and to achieve our ‘mission’. Thank you to all those that participated. John Burns, Director Pechersk School International Kiev, Ukraine
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PSI Weekly Issue #21 20/02/2015A Place Where We Belong
From the Secondary Principal
Activities include Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) each day, PSI Young Authors Award contest for poetry and prose, 2nd annual PSI book award, Reading in Mother Tongue, Literacy Afternoon in the Library and a visit from John Farrell, singer/songwriter author and founder of Bridges of Peace and Hope and much, much more. Please look here for more detailed information in the coming weeks as well as the weekly communications on Veracross. PYP Coordinator, Mr. Michael Palmer
I would like to thank the large group of parents who came to this week’s Open House. I know many of them walked away impressed with the hard work our teachers are doing. Here are some upcoming events:1. There are no After school activities on Friday after school and the Saturday Sports program during vacation (Feb
21 and 28)2. When we return it will already be March, which means Literacy Month at PSI. Among the many wonderful activities is a writing contest, the opportunity for you to read to students in your mother tongue, a Literacy afternoon in the library and a visiting author. Check your child’s teacher’s Monday communication for more details.3. I have developed a fun Literacy Month calendar for families to work on at home. A paper will be sent home with children today.4. On March 20th we will have out next Professional Development day. This is one of the two days the Board puts aside during the school year for teachers to develop their profession. In November, Primary teachers participated in a PYP Action workshop. This day we will work on the ideas developed during our Action workshop. Homeroom teachers will also be the Language curriculum and developing ways to integrate maths with other subjects. Single subject teachers will work on assessment and PYP Planner development. Teaching Assistants will work on supporting students to resolve conflicts and improve how they read with students.5. Last, but certainly not least, in honor of Literacy Month, please take photographs of you and your children reading while on vacation. Posters will be placed around school to honor reading!
By Tatiana Lopukhin, Primary Principal
Dear Parents:In this last week before the break, students and teachers have been diligently working on a number of projects. These include:-The Student Council ‘Hrivna Wars’ to raise money for charity. (So far, Kyi House is in the lead, but stay tuned for final announcements after the break!).-Teachers are working across both
Primary and Secondary Divisions to prepare for Literacy Month in March, with a variety of activities to encourage students to read for both enjoyment and academics.-Teachers and Grade 12 students are following up on the Mock Exams and working hard to prepare well for the ‘real deal’ exams in May.-Teachers, students, administrators and parents met this week for the quarterly check in on our Strategic Plan. At the Secondary level, that’s included work on creating new curriculum aligned to changes in the MYP, developing a Student Ambassador Programme to support new students, continuing to refine the House System, and developing standards for non-DP classes in Grades 11 and 12.In short, we’re all looking forward to the holiday week ahead. Please travel safely and enjoy your time with your families. I look forward to seeing everyone again in March – which must mean that spring is on the way!
Regards, Patricia Puia
March is Literacy Month at PSI
From the Primary Principal
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PSI Weekly Issue #21 20/02/2015A Place Where We Belong
A New Video Featuring Pam York, Primary Librarian.Dear Students, Parents and Community Members:We are excited to share our latest video Pam York, Primary School Librarian and Literacy Coordinator. For more information about PSI news and events, please check our Upcoming Events section on the PSI website (www.psi.kiev.ua).
Dear PSI Community. The PSI Morning Show is a student run news programme. Each week the show runs live at 8:25 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Shows archive on our PSI Ustream page. Check out the Secondary School campus news from today’s broadcast. Thanks to Andrew, Tahee and Nika for bringing us to news!
Thank you to the PTA and community
members for so many delicious baked goods!
Dear Parents,Spring has not quite yet come to Kyiv, but there’s no reason that fun and games should have to wait on the weather. On Sunday, the 15th of March, PSI will be having a Sports Day in the gym for all students and their families. We will be playing team sports such as dodgeball and volleyball.There will be two main sessions for the games: from 15:00 to 16:00 (3 to 4 PM), and from 16:00 to 17:00 (4 to 5). Entry to one session will cost USD $6 (or equivalent). If you would like to stay the whole time, the cost for both sessions is USD $10. All proceeds will go to the Children of the World to the Children of Ukraine CAS project, supporting families whose fathers, brothers, and uncles have been killed or wounded in the ATO.Come and bring a good start to the the spring season at PSI. We hope to see you there!Ivanna and JosephDP students on behalf of Children of the World for Children of Ukraine - a CAS project
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PSI in BriefParent Russian Lessons - We offer Russian language lessons to parents free of charge. Classes will be held from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Please confirm your participation with our ASA Coordinator, Natasha ([email protected]).
• Beginners - Tuesday & Thursday afternoon.
• Intermediate - Wednesday & Friday afternoon (people with some experience).
Gate Security Cards - To issue security cards for your family, we
kindly ask you to fill out this Parental Security Form.
Please send your photographs to this email address: [email protected] . For additional information please contact the PSI Security Office: [email protected].
News and Updates Holiday Arrangements Dear PSI Families,We wish all families a very happy holiday period. Our last day of school is Friday, February 20th. We look forward to seeing all the students back at school on Monday, March 2nd.Please note that there is no Super Saturday Sports on February 21st and 28 due to the holiday period. This is in accordance with our PSI ASA and SSS cancellation policy. To learn more about it please follow ASA and SSS links.
Dear PSI Community,As we start to plan our orders for the 2015/16 school year we would welcome your suggestions for titles
and resources that you think would enhance our library collections. Please include as much information as possible and check the Destiny Library Catalogue to ensure that our library
doesn’t already hold a copy.Please also remember that these resources will eventually be library materials available to everyone. They will be paid for with the library budget but there is no guarantee that we will be able to purchase all of them due to their availability and our budget. They will be available from the winter of next year.Primary School Library SuggestionsSecondary School Library Suggestions We look forward to hearing your suggestions.
Book Amnesty Dear Students and Parents,We have noticed that there are a lot of books missing from the library that are not properly checked out. This causes a lot of frustration for other users when those books are featured as available on the Destiny library catalogue but are not on the library shelves. For this reason we are offering a book amnesty.If you have any books in your lockers or at home that are overdue or belong to the library but are not attributed to you please bring them back to the library. The books can be recognised as belonging to PSI by a PSI stamp, barcode and/or spine label. All books can be put in the return box at the circulation desk without penalty. Please help us to provide the best possible service we can by following the rules of library use and checking books out properly.Best regards, Pam and Polina
Our lost property cupboard in the school reception area is overflowing with winter clothing. Please drop past and look through the numerous item to include; PE clothing, jackets, gloves, hats, lunch boxes etc.
Lost Property
Farewell to: Haoyu Zhao (Gr. 3L) has left PSI
A final call to return any outstanding photo order form by March 6th. Please note that all photo processing and handling of money is done externally by the company involved. Please add the correct money to the envelope provided as no change will be provided. For more information or if you have not received your photo proofs and order form please contact [email protected]
Professional School Photos - Last Call
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House Points Totals
Thank you to all who helped with the bakesale! Whether it was baking, selling or buying, you all contributed! We managed to sell almost all cakes and raise a lot of money for the PTA events this year! Country help needed for Spring Fling Party!The Spring Fling Party will be held on Saturday, 25 April. Besides an evening of drinks, food and dancing, it will also be a fundraising evening for our arts department and the PSI scholarship. There will be a silent auction with great things to bid on, including the famous PSI country baskets, baskets filled with yummy things from your country. All country coordinators have received a letter explaining the idea and asking for a basket from your country. If you would like to team up with another country and make a basket together, please do!Please help us to raise a lot of money for these good causes!
Upcoming PTA events:March 3: PTA Steering Committee Meeting: 9 am Home Cafe. Join us for a warm drink and get an idea of what the PTA does and how events come together.
March 10: PTA meeting, followed by coffee with Ms. Tatz, primary principal
April 2: Easter Bake Sale
April 25: Spring Fling Cocktail party
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