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2016-2017VIENTIANE

INTERNATIONALSCHOOL

AnnualReportVientianeInternationalSchool

BanSaphanthongTaiVientiane,LaoPDR

AnnualReport2016-2017

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TableofContents

Introduction 2 StudentDemographics 2 MotherTongueProgram LanguageAcquisition LearningSupportandEAL

StudentPerformance 4 IBDPResults UniversityAdmissions ISA MAP

ServiceintheMYPandDP 5 ActivitiesandEvents 6 FinancialOutcomes 7 FacilitiesandInfrastructure 9 StaffInformation 10 StrategicPlan 10 CommunityPartnerships 11


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INTRODUCTIONThe2016–2017schoolyearmarked the25thAnniversary ofVIS and another year inwhichourcommunityoflearnerscontinuedtoaspireto the VIS Mission Statement - to challenge,inspireandpreparelearnersforlife.Student results on a range of assessmentsindicatethatourstudentsarewellpreparedtotransition from VIS to their next academicenvironment. In Primary a new reportingstructure and system was implementedproviding more consistent and transparentfeedbacktoparentsregardingstudentlearning,while the Secondary division continued toutilize an online reporting platform providingtimelyfeedbacktostudentsandparentsonanongoingbasis.Furthermore,theMAP(Measureof Academic Progress) tests and the ISA(International School Assessments) wereadministered to students throughout theschool. The data from these tests are used bythe school to benchmark the achievement ofour students with similarly aged studentsaroundtheworldandtodeterminethegrowthof individual and cohorts of students at VISoverthecourseofanacademicyear.This year, following a comprehensiveself study process, the school hostedaccreditation teams from the InternationalBaccalaureate Organization, WASC (WesternAssociation of Schools and Colleges), CIS(Council of International Schools) and MOES(Ministry of Education and Sport in Lao).Preliminary reports were very positive andhighlighted the strong connection to thecommunity, positive relationships within theschool and purposeful inquiry to supportstudent learning and engagement.Furthermore, following the visit by theMOES,theschoolcontinuestobefullylicensedinLao.

Programscontinuedtogrowandthrive,guidedby the recommendations of the strategic planwith a continued focus on languagedevelopment, including Mother Tongue andEnglish language acquisition; and theco-curricularprogram.Thisyear,enrolmentshiftedonceagainandwereturned to numbers that were aligned with2014 – 2015, after seeing a decline last year.Throughout the year, the school reachedcapacity in three grade levels in the Primarydivision. This has put the school on solidfinancialgroundandallowedforthesuccessfulimplementationofthereservefundpolicy.During the past year, the Board of Trustees’work focused on a review of the By-Laws,ongoing facilities improvementand thesearchfor a new Head of School. The review of theBy-Laws resulted in a change to the timing ofthe Annual General Meeting and Board ofTrusteeselectionprocess.Throughout the 2016 – 2017 school year, VIScontinued on the path of its 2020 VISionStrategic Plan to prepare for the future andsimultaneously supported the growth of ourstudents in all aspects of their learning. Thereport below highlights a number of factorsthat indicate the success of the past schoolyear.STUDENTDEMOGRAPHICS–FASTFACTS

• The2016–2017schoolyearbeganwith

489studentsafteratypicalwithdrawalrateofapproximately18%attheendofthepreviousyear.

• 98newstudentswereenrolledforthefirstdayoftheschoolyear.Thiswasanincreaseof22%fromtheyearprior.

• Atotalof144newstudentsenteredVISduringtheschoolyear.


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• Approximately114studentswillleaveVISduringtheyear,including26attheendofDecemberand79inJune(includinggraduates).

• Staffandstudentsrepresentedatotalofover46differentnationalities.

MotherTongueProgramThe Mother Tongue Program continues tothrive and represents the diversity of ourstudentbody.Thenumberoflanguagesstudiedand participation of students across the threeIB Programs has remained relativelyconsistent.Thedropinnumberofstudentsforthe Diploma program this year can beattributed to small class sizes overall in thosegradelevels.

NumberofLanguagesStudied PYP MYP DP Total2012-13 7 9 10 152013-14 7 12 5 142014-15 10 10 9 132015-16 10 9 9 152016-17 11 11 6 13

StudentsStudyingaMotherTongueLanguage

PYP MYP DP Total2012-13 49 64 25 1382013-14 57 81 35 1732014-15 60 82 35 1772015-16 59 69 35 1632016-17 60 67 24 151LanguageAcquisitionProgramDuetothepopularityofMotherTongueinthehigher-grade levels, numbers remain small inthelanguageacquisitionprogram.However,inthe primary, the two programs are wellbalanced.

Grade Chinese FrenchPrep 9 101 10 162 11 153 11 94 12 95 8 106 6 107 4 138 5 99 3 810 3 511 3* 612 3* 3

*NooptionforLanguageBLearningSupportandEALProgramsVIS admits students with mild learningdifficulties and follows a non-selectiveacademic admissions policy. Furthermore, weadmit students whose first language is alanguage other than English. The schoolemploystwofull-timeSEN(SpecialEducationalNeeds) teachersand threeandahalf full-timeEAL (English as an Additional Language)teacherstoprovidesupportforthesestudentsto access the curriculum. The following tablesshow the number of students in receipt ofservices from our student support servicesteam.

LearningSupportServicesAreaofService Primary SecondarySENServices 18 12Monitoring(SEN) 33 41Extensions 0 2Monitoring(Ext.) 11 25In-SchoolTherapy

3 0

ExternalTherapy 0 1OtherSupport 4 0

EALServicesSupport Primary SecondaryHighLevel 46 11LowLevel 10 31


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STUDENTPERFORMANCEIBDPResults(2015–2016)Allstudentsenteringgrade11areencouragedto attempt the IBDP and graduate with anInternationalBaccalaureateDiplomaaswellasthe VIS High School Diploma. For somestudents, the IBDP is not necessary to gainadmission to their preferred university,howeveritisaprestigiouscertificatethathelpstosupportanyapplication.Therewere22VISDP candidates who attempted the full IBdiploma in 2015 - 16. Of these, 86% weresuccessful in gaining a full diploma. Thiscompareswithaglobalrateof80%.The diversity of the VIS community, and thesupport forMother Tongue at VISwas shownin 68% of successful candidates receiving abilingualdiploma.Thisrequiresthestudenttocomplete a literature course in their mothertongue language. The global average forbilingualdiplomasislessthan30%,sotheVISresultsareoutstanding.The following table shows the comparison fortheVISIBDiplomaresults(totalpoints)forthepastfouryears.Eachsubjectisscoredoutofapossible7points.WithExtendedEssay,Theoryof Knowledge, and Creativity, Action andService component contributing to the overallgraduation, the best possible score for astudentis45points.

IBDPResultsYear Highest

ScoreAverageTotalPoints

GlobalAverageTotal

2011-12 40 31.5 29.62012-13 40 31 29.82013-14 36 31 29.82014-15 37 31 29.82015-16 35 31 30

UniversityAdmissions(2015–2016)Thirty-one students met the graduationrequirements for VIS last year and wereoffered places at the colleges and universitieslisted below. Colleges and universities thatstudentshavechosentoattendarestarred(*).

Australia SingaporeMacquarieUniversity*MonashUniversity*

NationalUniversitySingapore

RMITUniversityof

NanyanUniversitySingapore

Melbourne UniversityofNewSouthWales*

TaiwanNationalTaiwan

UniversityofTechnologySydney

University*

ThailandCanada StamfordUniversity

BrockUniversity CarletonUniversity UnitedKingdomDalhousieUniversity* BrunelUniversityMemorialUniversity CityUniversityLondonOntarioCollegeofArt CoventryUniversity

&Design* EssexUniversity*McGillUniversity ExeterUniversity*QuestUniversity LoughbouroughThompsonRivers

UniversityUniversity

GlasgowCaledonianUniversityofBritish

Columbia*University

NorthEastScotlandUniversityofFraser

ValleyCollege*

NapierUniversityUniversityofToronto NorwichUniversity*

RobertGordonEurope University,Scotland*

IEUniversitySpain* TeesideUniversityAmsterdamUniversity UniversityofAberdeen*LeidenUniversity Universityof

MaastrichtUniversityULCTheHagueUniversityCollege

BirminghamUniversityofBristolUniversityofDundee

Utrecht* UniversityofEdinburgh UniversityofLiverpool

India UniversityoftheSymbiosisLawSchool,

Pune*CreativeArts

UniversityofStAndrew UniversityofSterling

Korea UniversityofWestUniversityCollege

Seoul*Scotland

UniversityofUniversityofMaryland*

Westminster


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MalaysiaMonashUniversity*

USAEmmersonCollege

FullSailUniversity* UCLA

UniversityofIllinois Urbana-Champaign Universityof

WashingtonInternationalSchools’Assessment(ISA)TheInternationalSchools’Assessment(ISA) iscompleted in February of each year forstudents in grades 3–10. This assessmentcompares the overall results of students in agrade levelwith theirpeers inmore than300schools across the world. More than 70,000studentsareassessedbyISAannually.The results for the 2016 – 2017 school yearhavenotbeenreleasedatthistime.MeasureofAcademicProgress(MAP)TheMeasureofAcademicProgress(MAP)testsareacomputer-basedassessmentforLanguageUsage, Mathematics and Reading. Thestandardsused in theMAP tests arebasedonUS standards including theCommonCore andAmericanEducationReachesOut(AERO).Thesethreetestsarecompletedbystudentsingrades2–9onceperyearandareusedbytheteaching staff to identify specific goals forindividual students and groupswithin a class.Theassessmentsactasadiagnostictoolatthebeginning of the year, identifying areas ofstrengthandareasofgrowthforstudents.Theresultsarealsoanalyzedtomeasuretheannualgrowthofindividualandcohortsofstudents.Overall the results this year indicate that theperformanceofVISstudentsisstatisticallythesame as the average for students around theworld.

Thisinformationisoneofthemanydatapiecesweconsiderinplanningourgoalsforteachingandlearningonanannualbasis.MAPResults(Grades2–9)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Math = = = + = + + +Reading = – + = = = + +

Lang.Usage + = + = = = + +“+”indicateswhereweareabovetheworldaverage(statisticallysignificant);“=”indicateswhereweareattheworldaverage;“–“indicateswherewearebelowtheworldaverage.

SERVICE(MYPANDDP)

Community service in the secondary sectioncontinues to be a vibrant and essential aspectoftheeducationalexperienceatVIS. AttheIBDiplomalevel,each11thand12thgradestudentisrequiredtomaintainabalanceofcommunityservice in their lives as an aspect of theirCreativity, Activity, Service (CAS) programs.This past year, students have initiated andcontributed to a broad range of serviceactivities, engaging with both the VIScommunity and with the world outside ourschoolwalls.Below is a sampling of the service projectsfromourIBDPstudents:

• OngoingSaturdaysoccertrainingsessionsforVISstudentsofvariousages.

• Numerousserviceprojectsandactivities,includingthepinkribboncampaigntopromoteawarenessofbreastcancer.

• VolunteeringatdogsheltersandwithveterinariansinLaosandThailand.

• AdministrationandfacilitationoftheYouthEducatingYouth(YEYS)Saturdayschoolprogramforchildreninoursisterschool.

• Performing,promotingandteachingdanceforboththeVientianeandVIScommunities.

• Collaboratingwithgradelevelteacherteamstoplan,coordinateandleadtheOneWorldDayprogramforthedifferent


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secondaryclasses.• Providingsexualeducationworkshopsfor

studentsintheVISsecondaryschool.• ServingasLao/Englishmedicaltranslators

foragroupofSingaporeanandMalaysiandoctorswhoprovidedmobilemedicalservicesforpeopleinruralLaos.

• Creationofapostermakingclub,offeringthecreative,designandtechnologicalexpertiseofitsmemberstotheVIScommunityandplayingalargeroleincreatingthe2016/2017yearbook.

At theMYP level, studentswere also involvedin a broad range of community serviceactivities, ranging from their activeparticipationinserviceclubssuchastheGreenTeam,Global IssuesNetwork,StudentCouncil,Cultural Activities Committee and the veryactive Youth Educating Youth Service group.Many students volunteered their time insupport of school events such as One WorldDay, MRISA sport tournaments, shows andtheatre performances. Other studentsvolunteered their time to teach or tutoryounger students in the school for academics,sports, and the arts. Beyond the numerousstudent-selected service opportunities, theeighthgrade “DesignaCarnivalGame”projectfor the Parents and Friends Spring Fun Fair,along with a number of our IDU week gradelevel projects demonstrate how our MYPteachers are striving to create greater MYPcurricular links to service projects andexperientiallearning.

ACTIVITIESANDEVENTSVientianeInternationalSchoolisproudtobeafounding member of the Mekong RiverInternational Schools Association (MRISA).This association of schools meets for regularsporting,artisticand leadershipactivities.Thesporting tournaments include volleyball,basketball and football (soccer) for girls and

boys at junior and senior secondary levels. In2016–17, VIS was represented in alltournaments with results shown in the tablebelow.

Tournament Girls BoysSeniorFootball 3rd 8thJuniorFootball 8th 5thSeniorBasketball 4th 7thJuniorBasketball 4th 1stSeniorVolleyball 6th 8thJuniorVolleyball TBD TBDThis year, participation by our students inMRISA sports teams continued to grow. Thenumber of female athletes this year wasespecially strong and resulted in a morecompetitiveteamselectionprocessthaninthepast. To support program alignment andcontinuity for students, the athleticsdepartmenthas focusedonencouraginggradesix students to play in the U12 league as analternativeoption.

Sporting competitions for football, volleyballand basketballfor U12’s, junior and seniorsquads were also held within the VientianeSchoolsSportsAssociation(VSSA),agroupthathas been strongly supported byVIS. VSSAcontinuestomatureasanorganizationandthisyear,theintroductionandimplementationofaGoogledocssystemhashelpedimmensely.VISiscurrentlychairoftheleague.

Students also participated in Model UnitedNationsinHanoi,GlobalIssuesNetworkinHo Chi Minh and the MRISA Arts Exchange.Thisyear,theMRISAArtsExchangewashostedby VIS and was a phenomenal communityevent. The event involved a large number ofourstudents–participatingorsupporting,ourfamilies – hosting over 90 students, and thesupport staff – facilitating and supporting allaspects of the event. Feedback was very


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positive from the community and visitingschools and there was strong communityattendance at the final showcase. Studentsreported an atmosphere of collaboration,findingitdifferentthansportscompetitions.

The school swim team, the Mekong Dolphinsmaintainedamembershipofover80studentsthroughouttheyear.VIShostedswimmeetsinOctober and March with invited guests fromlocal schools. A representative teamparticipated in swimmeets inPhnomPenh inNovember and Phuket in May. Having 3coacheshasbeenagreatadditiontotheteam.

During the 2016 – 2017 school year, theCo-curricular Program has continued to behighly successful. Online signups havecontinued and evolved based on communityfeedback. Participation in the primary CCA’shas been very high this year across allactivities, although numbers in the Secondaryare linked to specific activities. Sports teamsand theatre draw the most studentsthroughouttheschool.Othersignificanteventsarrangedbytheschoolduring the year that parents and studentssupportedstronglyincluded:

• Secondaryperformingartsmusicalandtheatreshows

• Grade12ArtExhibition• Grade10PersonalProjectExhibition• PiMaiLaoAssembly• VIS’GotTalent• FrancophoneDay• CelebrateMotherTongueDay• AthleticsandSwimmingcarnivals

FINANCIALOUTCOMESAfinancialforecastforthe2016–2017schoolyear will be provided at the AGM. Moredetailed documents can be reviewed throughan appointment with the Operation andFinanceManager.Belowaretheauditedresultsfor2015–2016.The2015–2016yearresultedinaUS$71,431deficit.Theschoolexperienceda3%reductioninstudentgrowthcomparedtolastschoolyearand fell 6% below the enrollment budget fortheyear.Simultaneously,weexperiencedwaitlistsinEarlyYearsandGrade1.Total Tuition Income for the year wasUS $7,098,886. For the past few years, theschool has experienced an average of 11%growthinincome;however,withthereductionin students, the average has been reduced to9%.

The school continues to invest in programexpansion and the educational materials andfacilitiesrequiredtosupporttheseprograms.

IncomeReceived

Tutionfee Totalincome

86420

USDmillions


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TotalOperationalExpenditure fortheyearwasUS$7,439,277.Operationalexpensecategoriesaredescribedbelow:InstructionalExpensesThis includes teacher salaries and benefits,teachingmaterials,programresourcesandanyother student activities such as MRISA andSALSAtrips.

ApproximatelyUS$5,569,288in2015-2016AdministrativeExpensesThis includes administration staff salaries andbenefits, accreditation memberships,accounting and auditing, printing, softwarelicensesandotheradministrativecosts.

ApproximatelyUS$1,027,335in2015-2016SupportExpensesThisincludesgroundstaffsalariesandbenefits,premises leasehold, loan interest, profit taxes,utilities, transport, ICT and schoolmaintenance.

ApproximatelyUS$842,658in2015-2016Capital income from theAnnual Capital Fee isdirected to the development of the facilitiesandsignificantcapitalinvestments.ThesectiononFacilitiesandInfrastructuregivesdetailsontheprojectswithinthisfinancialarea.TotalCapital IncomefortheyearamountedtoUS$1,080,000.

Themajorcost for individual itemswithin thecapitalexpenditurewere:

• Furniture,air-conditionersandICTforcurriculumuse:US$485,000.

• Finalpaymentforthelanguagebuilding,libraryandsciencelabs:US$102,000.

• Renovationworkonexistingbuildings:US$148,000.

• Principalpaymentofbankloan:US$200,000.

Lao law has no category for international,non-profit organizations and therefore‘ownership’ of VIS is vested in theDirector of

14%Admin.

75%Instruct.

11%Support

DISTRIBUTIONOFEXPENSESSY15-16

52%

11%

16%

21%

CapitalExpenditureSY15-16

FurnitureandITequipmentforcurriculum

NewFaclities-LanguageBuilding

Renovationandairconwholeschool

Bankloan

2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016

OperationalIncomeandExpenditure

Tutionfee

Totalincome

OperationalExpenditure

86420

USD(millions)


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the school, which is registered as a business.Each Director transfers this ownership to theBoard of Trustees as a condition of theiremployment. Parents act as ‘shareholders’during the period that their children areenrolled at VIS through the election ofTrustees.ThisstructureenablesVIStooperatewith a parent-elected Board of Trusteesholding strategic and fiduciary responsibilitywhile the Director holds operationalresponsibility.Registration as a business has a financialimpactontheschoolintermsofprofittaxandvalueaddedtax(VAT).TuitionfeesareexemptfromVATbuteverythingtheschoolpurchasesissubjectto10%VAT.TheAnnualCapitalFeeisnotsubjecttoprofittax.The school undertakes one official Agreementupon Procedures (AUP) annually through LaoAccountingmethodsbyKPMG.Theyhave justcompletedtheir firstAUPfor theLaocalendaryear2015.

FACILITIESANDINFRASTRUCTUREThe focus in 2016 – 2017 has remained onhealth and safety as well as improving thelearning spaces for our students. This alignswell with our international accreditationstandardsandthestrategicplan.The 2016 – 2017 capital funds supportedsignificant renovations throughout the schoolincludingnewcarpetintheSecondarybuilding,new flooringon the frontandbackcourts, carpark repairs (and speed bumps), campusperimeter drainage, new fire escapes in theSecondarybuilding,concretepathwaysinhightraffic areas, and remodelling of the healthoffice, administration front office and staffroom. The changes to the front office have

created an additional meeting room for staffmeetings, parent information sessions andinstructionalneeds.Theupgradestothehealthoffice,includingwheelchairaccessibility,alignswith our strategic plan in the area of“recognizingneedsandtalents”.Furthermore,thewatertreatmentsystemfromthe irrigation tank to themain tank has beenupgraded to ensure we meet internationalhealthstandards.This spring, to create a second access to thecampus, the canalwill be covered. In additiontoactingasanemergencyexitpoint,theaccesswill be used for large vehicles, includingmaintenance,deliveryandgarbagetrucks.Numerous traditional salas for both thePrimary and Secondarywere built and placedon the school’s ground for students to useduring school hours as additional learningspacesandduringbreaksandlunchhours.This year, the one-to-one informationtechnology program has expanded to includeadditionalgrade levelsandalternativedeviceshave been introduced to support studentlearning, allowing for greater student agency,creativity and inquiry. The Primary hasimplemented a one-to-one iPad program ingrade 4 and 5 and a two-to-one program ingrade3.AllgradelevelshaveaccesstoiPadstosupport the learningprocess.With thechangeto iPads, a number of classrooms have beenfittedwithTVscreensandappleTV’s toallowfortheseamlessintegrationoftheuseofiPadsas a tool of learning. The infrastructure tosupport “anywhere” access on campus hasundergone significantupgrades to ensure thatthe system can support additional usersthroughouttheschoolday.Additionally, new lights for the black box,


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additional instruments to support the musicprogram,newworkbenchesforthenewDesignspace and additional furniture for the librarywerepurchased.

STAFFINFORMATIONThequalityofstaffisthenumberonefactorinmaintaining a high quality educationalprogramtosupportthelearningandgrowthofour students. Staffing policies continued tofocusonattractingandretainingstaffwiththeteachingphilosophyandpedagogicalexpertisealigned with our mission, objectives and theInternationalBaccalaureateprograms.Leavingstaffpatternsthisyeararereflectiveofthoseinpastyears.

LeavingStaff2016-2017

AlisonArmstrong SecondaryTeacher

NathanArmstrong PrimaryTeacher

BryndisChapman OperationandFinanceManager

KatjaDöling PrimaryTeacher

TeresaFoard DPCoordinator/SecondaryTeacher

NicholasGarvin PrimaryTeacher

MartinIltis SecondaryTeacher

PhosaiKhamsyvoravong Maintenance

ShanShanLi(Tracy) PrimaryTeacher

MarichelleLister PrimaryTeacher

JoanneLoiterton SecondaryPrincipal

MarkLoiterton SecondaryTeacher

LonMcCollum SecondaryTeacher

TeresaMueller SecondaryTeacher

MarkRadleyWalters SecondaryTeacher

LeahRichards PrimaryTeacher

SouphaluckSithipanya Cashier

JenniferThorncraft MYPCoordinator/SecondaryTeacher

MarketaViding PrimaryTeacher

DavidWilliams ActivityDirector/SecondaryTeacher

ElizabethWilliams SecondaryTeacher

ZhuYe(Juliet) PrimaryTeacher

STRATEGICPLANTheStrategicPlan–2020VISion isreachingaconclusion with the original strategicdirections having gone through a process ofinvestigation, recommendations, feasibilitystudies, actions and evaluation. This year, thework focused on the evaluation of key areasthrough parent forums, feedback surveys andtheaccreditationself–studyprocess.The work that took place in 2016 – 2017 isoutlined below. Recommendations will bemadetotheBoardinMayforthe2017–2018schoolyear.EnrichedCurricularChoices

• Basedoncurrentstudentnumbersandfeedbackfromstudents,currentcurricularchoicesaremeetingtheneedsofourstudentbody.

• Thesecondarywillcontinuetomonitorcurricularchoicesandwherepossibleadjustschedulestomeettheneedsandinterestsofthestudentbody.Thisyear,coursesfornon-IBstudentswereimplementedinmathandscience.

• Thecollegeandcareer-counselingprogramwasevaluatedthroughtheaccreditationprocess.

StrongLanguagePrograms• Numbersinlanguageacquisitioncontinue

tobemonitoredandtherehasbeenaslightincreaseinthenumberofstudentspursuingoptionsoutsideofChineseand


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French.• Languageoptionsforstudentshavebeen

incorporatedintothecourseselectionprocessinsecondarytoensuretimely,consistentcommunicationwithparentsandanunderstandingofpathways.

ComprehensiveCo-CurricularPrograms• Asolidevaluationmodelisinplaceforthe

CCPprogramandtheonlinesignupprocesscontinuestoevolvebasedonuserfeedback.

• AparentforumtookplaceinApriltodiscussparentperceptionsofthestrengthsandareasforgrowthoftheprogram.Thisinformationwillprovideaframeworkforfurtheranalysisoftheprogram.

RecognizingNeedsandTalents• TheLearningSupportHandbookhasbeen

updatedtoreflectnewguidelinesfromtheInternationalBaccalaureateOrganization.

• ThecampuswasrenovatedtoensuretheschoolisabletoaccommodatetheneedsofstudentsinwheelchairsatthePrimarylevel.

COMMUNITYPARTNERSHIPSThe Parents and Friends Association (P&F)continued to be a strong contributor to theculture and enrichment of the school for bothour students and the wider community. TheP&Forganizedanumberofeventsthroughoutthe year. Some of the highlights of the yearincluded:

• OneWorldDay• FunFair• Halloween• On-going support of cultural activities and

events• Garagesale

In Primary, class parents have played animportant liaison role between teachers andparents.

This year, parent volunteers facilitated thecelebration of cultural days throughout theyear. These events were very successful anddevelopedadeeperunderstandingthroughoutour community of the customs and culturesamongstus.

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