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Moshi Parent News: 28 February 08

	International School Moshi Moshi Campus News - 28 February 2008
	Dear Parents, Variety Show Our annual Variety Show takes place on Friday evening, 29th February, from 7pm. This is an evening of fun when students get up on stage and demonstrate any talents that they wish to show off. Entrance is free and we hope that many families will join us to applaud and to have a good evening. Kilimanjaro Marathon & Fun Run On Sunday March 2nd, the Kilimanjaro Marathon will take place from Moshi. Registrations have now closed, and there is a brief meeting for all runners (and walkers) who have registered through the school. This meeting is at 12:35 on Friday, 29th February, in room 31 in school. If you cannot be there, please email Sarah on for more details on the logistics of the day Library The library will be having a second hand book sale next week, March 3 - 7. All books are FICTION, and range in age levels from primary to adult. M1-S5 Scholastic Book Club Students who wish to order books from the Scholastic Book Club can collect an order form from the library. Orders must be in by Wednesday, 5th March. Mother Tongue Assembly The Primary Assembly this week is a mother tongue assembly. All parents are welcome at 07:40 on Friday, 29th February in Room 15. Next week's assembly on 7th March at 07:40 is led by the P3/P4 class. Meeting for Parents of Boarders Richard Eaton, the Head of Boarding, accompanied by some of our boarding parents, will be in Arusha next Friday, 7th March, to meet with any parents who wish to attend and discuss boarding matters. The venue is The Blue Heron at 12:30pm. World Maths Day Wednesday, 5th March is World Maths Day and many of our students both in primary and in secondary will be participating in the 'celebrations' on that day. If you would like further details of the secondary activities, please see www.worldmathsday.com, or see our flier here for primary activities. French volunteer We are seeking a French speaker who could possibly volunteer for some hours per week to assist in some of our secondary French classes. With a recent influx of new students who have not previosuly studied French, a person who could support the teacher in the class could prove of great benefit. If you know of someone who may be able to help, please let us know. Ownership and use of Student Work In order for us to be able to send students' work to assessment bodies such as the IBO for assessment, we are required to ensure that we (ISM) have a legal licence to do so. We also want to be able to use student work for our own in-school teacher training and for display purposes. We are therefore planning to introduce the following policy: "This policy relates to all work created by International School Moshi students as part of a course of study within the school, using any materials provided by the school, or undertaken under the guidance of a teacher in the school. Such work is the copyright of the student who created the work; however the student is deemed to have granted International School Moshi a non-exclusive world-wide licence for the duration of the statutory copyright protection to use the materials for reference, display, training, publicity or other purposes and to retain or reproduce the material as necessary for these purposes. Normally the student may apply to have this work permanently returned to them and to keep this work twelve months after they leave the school. Student work submitted by the School to the IBO or other assessment body is deemed to have been licensed to that assessment body for use as described above." M4 Field Study The M4 class are undertaking field study next week - they will be travelling to Babati and, from there, visiting the sites of the rock paintings at Kolo. The emphasis of the trip will be on the arts. The students will be away from Monday, 3rd to Friday, 7th March. M1 Field Study M1 students from both campuses will be undertaking their own field study the following week from Monday 10th to Thursday, 13th March. All parents of M1s will receive a letter with details shortly. Class Coordinators In the primary school we already have established Class Coordinators amongst the parents who are helping to organise primary events and assist in communicating with different parents. The Parent Association is keen to extend this arrangement into the secondary school and to have a class coordinator for each of the M1 to S5 and D1 to D2 classes. The main function will be to represent the interests of parents of students in that class to the Parent Association and to enhance communication betwen parents, the PA and the school. If you are interested in taking on this role, please contact the Parent Association on . Soccer Sevens The Annual Kilimanjaro Soccer Sevens tournament will take place on the Moshi Campus on Saturday, 8th March. Many teams will be taking part and all are welcome to come and spectate. D2 Art Exhibition Our D2 Visual Arts students will be exhibiting their work to a visiting examiner in just under two week's time and they will receive their final assessments based on their record books and exhibition. You are invited to preview the Art Exhibition on Wednesday, 12th March at 6:30pm in the art room. Parent Association The Parent Association Committee are hosting a tea on the Arusha Campus from 2pm to 3pm on Wednesday, 12th March for all parents who would ike to meet with them. Primary Student Led Conferences On Thursday, 13th March, there will be no classes in the primary school. Instead you are invited to come to school with your child to experience what it is like to be a student at ISM primary. Further information about the times for the day will be available next week. Primary Swimming Gala The Primary school will be having a swimming sports day on Friday, 14th March. Details to follow. Outdoor Pursuits Trips Students have already registered for the first OP trip to Mandara Hut on March 15-16. As the sign-up list was very over-subscribed, only some of those who signed will be able to go, but all is not lost. We have a second trip to Mandara Hut planned for April 12-13. Secondary Reports Although we still have nearly three weeks before the end of term, we are well underway now with preparing some of the secondary reports. This term, both S5 and D2 students will receive full reports on all subjects they have studied in school. The other secondary classes will receive full reports in June. All secondary students will receive grade cards showing their achievement and effort grades for this period. Reports and grade cards will be issued on Monday, 17th March. As usual, there will be meetings in Karibu Hall for secondary teachers and parents on Wednesday, 19th March between 10:30am and 12noon. SAT and TOEFL tests We recommend that all students in D1 who are considering studying in the USA or Canada should take SAT tests in May this year. Also all students in D1 who do not have English as their mother tongue and who wish to study in the USA or in some other countries are expected to take a TOEFL test in May. Registrations for these tests need to be done online and we advise that they are fully completed by 18th March. Payment must be made by credit card. Students or families who do not have access to a credit card can contact me (before 15th March) so that I can arrange payment on the student's behalf. Further details are available at www.ismoshi.org/SAT.htm. Yours, Keiron White Head of Campus
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