April 27, 2018

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Harry Houlis | harry.houlis@aas.ru Dear all, It has recently come to my attention that we have been having issues with our recent 3rd quarter report cards for students in the Middle School and the High School. Due to a data transfer glitch, the absences and tardies (late to class) present on the quarter 3 report cards were cumulative absences/tardies from the beginning of the year. If you have any questions about these absences, particularly if your child was on a school trip such as a CEESA competition, please send me an email and let me know about this. Please include, to the best of your ability, the dates of the absences and which school trip your child was on. This is easily fixable on our end and we can process these, with new report cards printed for those families affected, within a week. Apologies for any confusion or concern caused.

THE BLUEPRINT Check out our student blog, the Blue Print, here: http://blogs.aas.ru/theblueprint/ MAP TESTING There will be a Spring MAP testing session from May 14-May 25. A more detailed schedule of which classes will be taking these assessments, and when they will be taking them, will be sent out next week. COMMUNITY EVENTS We are planning our annual overnight Community Trip. This year we will visit Novgorod the Great on May 26-27! During the two-day trip we will see and explore the old market place, Novgorod Kremlin, Orthodox churches and cathedrals of the XII-XIII centuries, a craft workshop, an active monastery of the XII century, a museum of traditional Russian wooden architecture with authentic log houses from different parts of Russia. The estimated price of the tour including transportation, hotel accommodation, meals and snacks, guided tours and entrance tickets is 8,500 rub per person. To sign up, send an email to tatiana.kladova@ass.ru or yana.mamonova@aas.ru as soon as possible. TALENT SHOWCASE We will be holding our annual Talent Showcase on Tuesday May 8. Mr. Leon will be holding auditions for the Talent Showcase on Monday April 30 and Tuesday May 1st. For more information, please e-mail Mr. Leon at leon.corpening@aas.ru. FROM THE LIBRARY Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May Mother’s Day in Russia is in November, but in the USA it is in May, so I thought I would feature some of the books we have about moms. Father’s Day is in June, so don’t worry dads! I won’t leave you out. Some of these books are charming, others, well...just look and see. From our Elementary School Collection:

And in our MS/HS collection:

Incidentally, it is also National Strawberry Month! Has everybody been enjoying these tasty gems?

Listen to the LOOK Lunch + Book Podcast #6: Books made into movies The Giver, Paper Towns, Divergent, The Hunger Games with a fair amount of Harry Potter thrown in. We say goodbye to Libby. :( https://anchor.fm/lookbook/episodes/6-Books-made-into-movies-e1bclr

Athletics and Activities Anastasia Isaeva Anastasia.isaeva@aas.ru Aquatics: Karina Leonova CEESA EVENTS We will have a CEESA End-of -Season celebration scheduled for Friday May 11. All students who participated in these events and parents who hosted students from visiting schools are invited to this celebration. AQUATICS Dear Swimmers! It's about time for us to gather up as an AAS SWIM TEAM! Here are the details: What: Swim Meet, Individual events (all fours styles) and Mixed Free Style Relay When: 12-13 May 2018, Registration and warm up 10:00 am, meet starts 11:30 am Where: Palace of Youth Creativity (Saint Petersburg, Fontanka embankment, 37) Who: Participants 7 years old and up

Frank.Becvar@aas.ru LEAVING FAMILIES It is that time of year where I start working with all students who are leaving AAS-SP to ensure they process this transition appropriately. Leaving families are a common part of the international school experience and AAS-SP is no exception. If you know (or reasonably suspect) that you will be moving on from St. Petersburg and withdrawing your children, please be sure to let the school know as soon as possible so that I can begin the Leaving Student Program with your children.

anna.menshchikova@aas.ru ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA Tree and grass pollen in the spring can cause allergic reactions and worsen asthma symptoms. If your child has any chronic health conditions such as allergies or asthma, the nurse might need to provide emergency treatment in school. It is important to complete the emergency action plan for your child’s condition and bring it to the main office or to the nurse’s office (room 143). Please bring any medications or medical supplies (epi-pens, asthma inhalers, etc.) as well. Asthma action plan http://www.aas.ru/file/asthma-action-plan.pdf Allergy action plan http://www.aas.ru/file/allergy-action-plan.pdf For tips and facts about seasonal allergies, please click on this link: http://www.aas.ru/file/Seasonal-allergies.pdf

pto.spb@aas.ru NEWS FROM THE PTO Parent Coffee Presentation Last Wednesday was an active day for our community. In the morning Dr. Sterlnikov from Ameda Clinic St. Petersburg visited us. He presented the “Modern approaches to dieting and eating”.

Smoothie Afternoon

The smoothie afternoon was a great success. We sold 100 fresh smoothies!We are happy to see that our students & teachers are appreciating fresh and nutritional drinks. Another great news, is that almost no plastic straws were used.Unfortunately, an adult slipped on some spilled smoothie. It can happen to everyone. Please, let’s remind ourselves and family members, to clean up our mess we caused or let someone immediately know who can take care of it. For responsibility in action watch this: https://youtu.be/UM3ruWLIpBs

PTO Staff Appreciation Day Never enough to say thank you to our dedicated teachers and faculty staff. Please bring a dish from your country or your signature food for Teacher’s Appreciation Day on May 8, 2018. Parent Teacher Evening For the first time in AAS-SP history, parents and teachers will come together to share their cooking skills and socialize. Sign up till May 2, 2018. The Master Class for 4500, rubles per person and is a special price for the AAS community. The sign-up sheet went out in an email earlier this week and can also be found attached again to this newsletter.

The AAS-SP Annual International Picnic The AAS Annual International Picnic is coming up in June 9, 2018. Now is a good time to team up with comrades from your country.If you are looking for other families, you can contact Ms. Nastia Smirnova from administration New School Hoodies The PTO is organizing new school hoodies and more t-shirts in kids sizes for next school year2018/2019. Delivery should be mid-May. A letter will be sent out soon. You will have the opportunity with your child to try on the hoodies & t-shirts and place your order right away. More information as to when and where this will happen is coming out soon. Next PTO Meeting Monday 7th May we will have our monthly meeting at 2.00pm in the cafeteria (please note the change of time). We encourage existing and new parents to come and contribute to our school community. Have a good weekend! Pauline & Gül Dates to Note: April 30-May 1: Auditions for the Talent Showcase May 3: Rhonda Norris and Ian Forster Visit May 7: PTO Meeting @ 2:00pm May 7-May 18: AP Exams May 8: Talent Showcase May 8: Teacher Appreciation Day May 9: Victory Day No School May 11: CEESA Recognition Ceremony May 11: PTO Community Event May 12-13: Swim Tournament @ Palace of Youth Creativity 10:00am May 14-25: MAP tests May 20-May 25: Grade 9 DW Trip to Sochi region (tentative) May 21: Grade 5 Transition assembly May 24: Elementary School Student-led conferences (new date) May 24: MS Field Trip May 25: HS Rock Band Performance May 26-27: Community Trip to Novogorod the Great May 28-30: Final Exams for HS Seniors May 31: Prek-Grade 2 Spring Concert June 5: Elementary School Field Day June 5-6: High School Play (new date!) June 7: Grades 3-8 Concert June 9: International Picnic @AAS-SP June 11-15: Grade 6 DW trip to Suzdal June 14-15,18: Final Exams for students in grades 9-11

June 18: Ian Forster here June 18: Grade 8 Moving Up Lunch June 19: MS Picnic June 20: Last Day of School. Noon dismissal. Report cards and Yearbooks distributed. Thank you for reading the AAS Weekly Newsletter! Your interest and participation makes our community great!