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February 24, 2017
Principal’s Message
The ECE would like to thank all who attended the K/G1 Valentine's Day dance. And, a big thank you to PAFA, Austin Wellman and the Lower School Student Council; Fiona Sherwood and the MS Dance Group; and DJ Herman Thalen for all their hard work in making it a great event.
Chinese Culture
Our Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and Grade 1 students explored the popular Chinese stories, The Monkey King and The Magic Brush in their Chinese culture lessons this past week. Kindergarten students explored ways to make their own Money Trees from the “Magic Brush” using a variety of art styles.
Message from the PAFA
Teacher Appreciation Week Desserts and Baked Goods Needed! Please deliver items by 7:45 am on Friday, March 10 to the Staff Room.
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Important Dates
February 28: March conference sign-ups live on classroom websites
February 28: Passport Club (K &1)
March 14 &15: Conferences -11:30am Student Dismissal (no lunch)
March 17: Author Visit
Important Contacts
ECE Principal: [email protected]
ECE Vice Principal: [email protected]
PYP Coordinator: [email protected]
ECE Coordinator: [email protected]
ECE Secretary: [email protected]
ECE Nurse: [email protected]
ECE PAFA Rep: Katie Kinsella
ECE Transportation: hq-ece- [email protected]
ECE DRAGON BULLETIN SCIS Mission: To develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring learners who contribute positively to their communities.
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Important Links
2017-2018 Academic Calendar
2nd Sem 8 day schedule
Weekly Lunch Menu
Let’s Talk: Providing “Just Right” Literacy Opportunities
Parents of Nursery, Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten students are invited to join us Thursday, March 23rd at 9 am in the Building B Conference Room. Vice Principal and Reading Specialist, Heather Knight, will be offering a Parent Workshop offering research based strategies for supporting our youngest learners’ literacy development. Please RSVP to Maggie Yang at [email protected]
Donate some time to ECE?
Come join us from 9-10am
• Monday, Mar 20th
Email Heather Knight at ECE Vice Principal:
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Message from the PYP Coordinator
The knowledge content in the PYP is organized under six transdisciplinary themes: Who We Are, Where We Are in Place and Time, Sharing the Planet, How We Express Ourselves, How We Organize Ourselves and How the World Works. Our teachers have worked hard over the past two years to create a Programme of Inquiry for our school with engaging, relevant, challenging and significant units under each theme.
Currently, our students are inquiring into the following Central Ideas:
• Nursery – Journeys take us places we want to go• Preschool – Things move the way they do for many reasons• Pre-Kindergarten – Plants are a resource for us and other
living things• Kindergarten – Farm systems support people• Grade 1 – Humans express their imaginations through art
Message from the ECE School Counselor
Join Dr. Cathy Drew for the series, Parenting the Love & Logic Way, offered this spring for SCIS families. Fees (650 rmb) include 7, two-hour sessions, small class sizes and both the Parenting with Love & Logic book and Parenting the Love & Logic Way workbook. Email Maggie Yang at [email protected]. Spaces are limited. More information please click here.
Message from Josh Balli, ECE Librarian
On March 17 we will have a guest author, Antoinette Portis visiting our school! Ms. Portis is the author of books such as Not a Box, Not a Stick and Best Frints in the Universe. In preparation for Ms. Portis' visit, parents will be able to order her books from the company Obido. For additional informational contact Mr. Balli at [email protected].