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International School Moshi Letter from the CEO - 8th August 2007 Dear Parents: Welcome back to the 2007-2008 school year at ISM. I hope all our families had a good break with their children and that the students are excited to get back to school to meet their friends and teachers. I want to welcome our new teachers who are joining us on both campuses: In Moshi: Andrew MacKenzie - Ecosystems & Societies and Science and Boarding Anne-Carole Laborde - French Rosi Uluiviti - KG and PYP Coordinator Narelle Norman - P1/2 Ray Sasman - P3/4 David Holt - P5/6 Jane Barnett - Art Jolenta Nkya - Kiswahili Carol Dawson - Drama Chris Dawson - History Todd Richert - Math Intern In Arusha John Iglar - Head of Secondary/Maths Helen Iglar - P5/6 Andrena Gorman - Music Charles Schofield - PE/OP Abd-el Rashid Alli - French Ishbel Brydon - P1/2 (covering Samantha Mongardi’s maternity leave) Christine de Dobbelare - Library I am sure you will join me in welcoming all our new teachers who have chosen to join the ISM community in Moshi and Arusha. I am also very proud to announce that ISM has received full authorization for the IB Middle Years Programme from the IBO. As with the PYP authorization reports, these MYP reports will provide a good road map for the development of MYP at ISM this year. All of the IBO reports are posted on our website. I want to thank all of our teachers who worked so hard last year on the pre-authorization and authorization visits and all the documentation that was required. They have achieved an important first in ISM’s history. Bringing in MYP now aligns our curriculum with the school’s philosophy and objectives and helps clearly define who we are. I especially want to thank our MYP Co-ordinators, Jeff Holcomb and Steve Brown, for their inspiration and work ethic during the process. Of course, ISM will be offering the IGCSE to our S5 students this year and they will be the final class to participate in that programme. Fee payments are now past due, but the accounts office can see several unidentified deposits into the school’s account. It would be a great help if you could send the details of your fees transfer – date, issuing bank details, student name etc… as soon as possible. Please send to . Otherwise, we will ask your indulgence if you receive a payment reminder and a surcharge invoice. As we mentioned last term, students who have not paid at least the first term’s fees will not be allowed to join on the first day of classes. Last week Moshi Campus hosted an ISM reunion with more than 250 participants. Alumni reconnected with old classmates and made new friends during a week of activities. In addition, $25,000 was pledged at the event for the ISM Scholarship fund enabling us to admit one additional female student into D1 this year! We expect a very good year ahead at ISM and I look forward to meeting you in the coming weeks. Best Regards, Barry Sutherland Chief Executive Officer International School Moshi, Moshi Campus Newsletter - 8th August 2007 Term One, 2007/08We look forward to welcoming all returning students back to school and to giving a warm welcome to those students who are new to Moshi Campus. Parents of boarders will already have received an email from Richard Eaton, the Head of Boarding, regarding arrangements for boarders' return on Sunday, 12th August. Day students should be in school before 7:30am on Monday, 13th August and will first go to their primary classrooms or secondary tutor rooms. Lists will be posted.Class NamesYou are reminded that we will be using new class names in secondary from this school year. The classes that were previously denoted as S1 to S4 are now called M1 to M4. The IB Diploma classes (formerly IB1 and IB2) are now D1 and D2.D1 OrientationThe D1 students will spend the first two days of this year undergoing a programme of orientation to the IB Diploma programme. This will include some community service work as well as meetings with teachers to assist with subject choice and also other advisory meetings. It is very important that all D1 students are in school to attend this orientation programme. Regular classes for D1 students will start on Wednesday, 15th August.Start of Regular ClassesOther classes will start on Monday, 13th August after an initial extended tutor period in which students will have their timetables explained and will discuss other expectations of the year.CAS and Sports ActivitiesSecondary CAS and sports activities will start on Wednesday afternoon, 15th August. The various options available to students will be explained on Monday.The Primary DayI would like to remind you that primary classes this year will be from 7:30am to 1:05pm on Mondays to Thursdays, but only till 12:35pm on Fridays. (Secondary students will take lunch from 12:35 to 1:20pm as last year). Parents of primary children will receive details of the afternoon primary clubs next week and those activities will start on Monday, 20th August.Fees for 2007/08The first instalment of fees for the school year 2007/08 was due to have been received by us by 1st July 2007. However there are quite a number of school fees for the year which have not yet been paid. I need to remind you that students whose first instalment of fees for 07/08 have not been paid, will not be able to start school next week. Please contact our accounts office on if you have a question about fees. If there is any difficulty, please contact me on .Staff ChangesUnfortunately, Nainkwa Mvungi will be unable to teach Kiswahili this term. Primary Swahili classes will be taught by Joyce Semiono with assistance from Sia Mrema. Many children know Mrs Semiono as she taught the primary Swahili last term. In sceondary, Mrs Jolenta Nkya will be teaching in M1 to M4 and also teaching the D1 diploma students for Swahili ab initio. Mrs Jolenta Nkya will additionally be jointly teaching the D1 Swahili B class with Mrs Anna Malya.Todd Richert will be joining the Mathematics department this term as a student teacher. He will be working with the M1 to M3 classes and with the D1 Mathematical Studies class under the direct supervision of Sandra Riches and Ben Moyale. Parent MeetingsIn the first week of term we are holding a number of parent meetings to inform parents about the programmes in various classes. These are scheduled as follows:
MYP AuthorizationWe are very pleased to announce that the International Baccalaureate Organization has now fully authorized ISM as an MYP school following on from our authorization visit last school year. As a result, ISM is now authorized in al three of the IB programmes. Further details of the MYP are given on the school website at www.ismoshi.org/myp.IB Diploma and IGCSE ResultsThe school's IB Diploma results are available on the school website at www.ismoshi.org/dip_result.htm. IGCSE results are due to be available from the afternoon of 9th August and will be posted at www.ismoshi.org/igcseresult.htm.Moshi-Arusha BusStudents who live in Arusha and board in Moshi are welcome to join the bus service which leaves Moshi Campus every Friday afternoon to go to Arusha and returns to Moshi on Sunday afternoons. The bus service is organised by Arusha-based parents and we are grateful to Fini Strebel for her work with this. Please contact Fini Strebel by email at if you wish to make use of this bus service.Secondary Student DetentionsAs indicated in last term's newsletters, we have set up a more formal system of detentions for students who do not fulfil certain classroom or homework expectations. These supervised detentions will take place on Friday afternoons from 13:20 and students will be given appropriate independent work to do at this time. If your child has received a detention, you will be advised (usually by email) at least 24 hours in advance. Students who do receive detentions must attend at the time given, and this may therefore impact on travel plans on Friday afternoons.ISM Alumni ReunionLast week we were very happy to welcome back to ISM about 250 ex-students who joined us from across the world for a series of events and social gatherings. The event was a great success and we would like to thank all who did so much work to organise this.Scholarship StudentsThis term we had again planned to admit two new Tanzanian students to our D1 class as scholarship students. However many pledges of financial help were received from the alumni at the reunion and we are happy that this has raised sufficient funds to allow us to enrol three new scholarshp students this term. All are exceptionally able students who scored 7 points (the best possible score) in their Form 4 national examinations.Welcome to New TeachersWe extend a warm welcome to Rosi Uluiviti (KG and PYP Coordinator), Narelle Norman (P1/2), Ray Sasman (P3/4), David Holt (P5/6), Jane Barnett (Art), Jolenta Nkya (Swahili), Carol Dawson (Theatre and English), Chris Dawson (History), Anne Carole Laborde (French) and Andrew Mackenzie (Science, Ecosystems & Societies and Boarding), who are the new teachers who have joined Moshi Campus this term. More details of the new teachers are given at www.ismoshi.org/newtm07.htm and a list of who will be teaching which classes is given at www.ismoshi.org/teaching0708.htm.Secondary Student Dress CodeI would like to remind parents that we have amended our secondary student's dress code for this school year. The new dress code is as follows:ISM has a dress code to convey a message of respectability to our community and reflect the standards that are a part of ISM. We are a school in Tanzania and should be aware of community and cultural expectations regarding student dress both when attending classes and when going off campus. The following dress code will be expected for students who attend International School Moshi: 1. A smart, collared shirt OR T-shirt (without inappropriate labeling) or sleeved blouse to cover most of the upper torso, i.e. no exposed midriff or chest, no exposed underwear. 2. Trousers, shorts or skirt. Pants/trousers must be worn around the waist without exposed underwear. 3. No rubber/plastic malapas (flip-flops) on feet. Leather shoes or sandals are appropriate. The dress code should be followed: 1. Monday to Thursday: 7:30am to 3pm, Friday: 7:30am to 12:35pm Day students will also be required to follow the dress code when travelling between school and home. Boarding students are expected to follow the dress code for the times stated above. 2. During school field trips or excursions from the school, unless specifically stated otherwise. 3. To various school functions that represent ISM unless other attire is requested. All clothing should be clean, tidy and in good repair. Clothes, jewellery, make-up or hairstyles which may give offence to those in the community should not be worn. In particular clothes or ornaments which advertise alcohol, cigarettes or drugs or which contain offensive language or pictures should not be worn. Suitable footwear should be worn for all classes and activities. For PE you will need a white shirt and plain black shorts and appropriate footwear; a swimming costume or swimming trunks and towel are needed for pool use. Students who are inappropriately dressed may be asked to change, may be given alternative clothing to wear or may be asked to go home to change. Students have been given this dress code in the new Secondary Students Handbook which is also available to download from www.ismoshi.org/Download.htm. Visiting Schools ProgrammeDuring the school holidays a large number of schools from around the world visited ISM. All of them took part in some community service activity in this region and also undertook a safari to one of the national parks. This visits are a productive way of using our school's facilities during the holidays, providing assistance to local schools and of promoting International School Moshi in the wider world. We hope that our visitors from:
I wish all your children a successful and enjoyable year ahead. Yours, Keiron White Head of Campus |
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