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International School Moshi Arusha Campus News - 2nd October 2009 |
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ISM - 40th Anniversary - from the Director
Join Us for the Celebrations! International School Moshi will celebrate its 40th anniversary this coming month, October. The celebration will take many forms offering multiple opportunities for the school and surrounding community to recognize what we have accomplished over the years.Celebration 1 (Students, Staff, Parents, Alumni) Each campus will organize an opportunity for the campus population to gather to sing Happy Birthday to the school followed by a traditional sharing of birthday cake. This will take place during school hours but all are invited. Please keep an eye out for the details concerning this part of the celebration on your campus. Celebration 2 (Students, Staff, Parents, Alumni) The Physical Education staff is planning a Sports Weekend activity for our secondary students on the Moshi Campus on Saturday/Sunday, October 24/25. Parents are invited to observe, cheer and perhaps participate in a range of events. Details will be forwarded in the coming editions of the newsletter as to the events and times of the Sports Weekend. Celebration 3 (Students, Staff, Parents, Alumni, general public) Buy a Ticket! In fact, buy two! As we celebrate our success of forty years as a provider of education in the Kilimanjaro Region, our anniversary offers us an opportunity to give back to our host country Tanzania. This giving takes the form of supporting our Scholarship Program. It is through this program that two Tanzanian students per year are sponsored so that they can participate in the IB Diploma program. For more details on the program please consult www.ismoshi.org/scholar.htm. The Parent Association has been very busy collecting prizes that will be raffled off. We will be selling tickets for the raffle throughout the broader community of Arusha and Moshi. A list of the fantastic prizes will be published when the tickets go on sale. All proceeds from the raffle will be donated to the Scholarship Fund. Celebration 4 (Staff, Parents, Alumni, invited guests) The fourth and final level of celebration is designed as the setting for the raffle outlined in Celebration 3. The drawing for the prizes will take place at a formal event, a dinner/dance. This event will be held in Arusha on Friday evening, October 23rd. It will provide us an opportunity to do something special for this special occasion. It will also offer an opportunity to raise the level of awareness outside our school community of our commitment to support local students through the Scholarship Program. We invite you to join us for one or all of the formats that are being developed to help us recognize our achievements and celebrate our anniversary. Bob Woods Director Campus NewsSwine Flu
The school is continually monitoring the situation regarding A (H1N1) Swine Flu and will take appropriate measures if and when these are advised by medical authorities and our own medical advisors. To date there have been 99 cases of swine flu in Tanzania reported to the WHO. Most people with the illness have only suffered mildly and have begun to recover within a week. For more information please refer to the school website information at http://www.ismoshi.org/swineflu.htm.Kiswahili Lessons
If there are any parents interested in taking Kiswahili lessons please contact me. If there is sufficient interest we will make arrangements.Spirit Week
To celebrate the last week of the term next week is Spirit Week. For students and teachers the fun begins on Monday with mix and match day. The rest of the week will be:-
End of Term Arrangements
Friday, October 9th is the last day of this quarter. There will be sports activities in the morning involving the entire campus. We will finish at 12 pm. Parents are welcome to attend. Activities begin at 8.30 am.Dates to remember
Adrian Moody Head of Campus Secondary NewsStudent Council
The Secondary Student Council has amalgamated with that in Primary to form a group of 14 students. The group meets every Thursday. They are organizing the Spirit Week next week and further details of the themes on each day can be found in the Primary Section of this newsletter. For the Student Council, the idea behind Spirit Week is to help promote a united and upbeat atmosphere on campus, which would encourage the creative side of all of us to blossom!Visual Arts with Linda Willms
This week M1, M2 & M3 visited the permanent exhibition of rock art at Masai Café. This is an exhibition of silk-screened images from granite outcrops and shelters in the Kolo area of central Tanzania. The exhibition was conceived by archaeologist Dr. John Cavallo and his colleagues to raise awareness of the rock art in Tanzania and the need to conserve it. John gave a talk to each class relating information about the rock art as well as the theories he is developing regarding the meaning and function of the images. Students gained a knowledgeable appreciation for Tanzanian rock art and spent time drawing the images that appealed to them most.Cocurricular Activities with Charles Schofield
Interim Reports - end of Quarter 1
These will be sent on Wednesday 7 October. The interim reports give a preliminary insight into how students are performing. Foe each subject, there is a predicted grade out of 7, a grade based on approaches to learning: excellent (E), good (G), satisfactory (S) or U (unsatisfactory), and a individualized comment.Regards Éanna O'Boyle Head of Secondary Primary NewsPrimary Representation on ISMAC Committee's Student Council
This year ISMAC will have a combined primary & secondary student council. Our primary students will have the opportunity to be mentored by the secondary students as well as play a very special part in providing ideas and views from a primary perspective. An attempt will be made to ensure most initiatives undertaken are school wide and inclusive of a variety of action initiatives.Our primary representatives are: P5/6M: Rufaro Maposa & Jack Matthews - Supported by: Georgie & Gurveer P5/6N: Cindy Keza & David Rechsteiner - Supported by: Simren & Reese Their first whole school celebration will be a funny theme week. House Captains
As in the past there will be 2 secondary and 2 primary house captains for each house. Congratulations to our primary house captains who were elected by their peers:Yellow House - Aida Niskala & Mahdi Dakik Blue House - David Rechsteiner & Nicolette Oosterhuis Green House - Christiaan Bruins & Tania Kabanyana P3/4 Publishing Party! - Wednesday 7th October
The students will be celebrating all their hard work whilst working through the writing process this quarter. Students will read their stories to rotating groups of parents from 1:30pm -2:00pm. Then at 2:00 - 2:30pm we will have a Party with treats. We welcome your assistance in supporting the children to complete an assessment rubric for their portfolio.P3/4 Swahili
Next Thursday our P3/4 students will be travelling to the Recording Studio in Ngaramtoni to cut a CD of music they have written and produced themselves in class. WOW!House Athletics Morning
Friday 9th October - 8.30 - 12.00pm - Wear House Colors and sports shoesRegards Betty Brown Head of Primary and PYP Coordinator PYP - MYP Parent Coffee Morning Workshop
What is assessment? Why do we assess? Who is involved in the assessment process? How do we assess? When do we assess? Wednesday 7 October 8.00 - 9.30am Drama Room KARIBU! | Available on the web...
This newsletter has been sent to you from International School Moshi. Please advise me on if your email address changes or if you would like me to add another email address to this mailing list. Adrian Moody Head of Arusha Campus International School Moshi inspires individuals to be lifelong learners in a global community.
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