Academic Bulletin / 29 January 2015 NEW YEAR, NEW FORMAT
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avigating through a sea of information, no matter how interesting it might be, is not always easy. Sometimes, one loses sight of what’s really important. Therefore, we present you the Academic Bulletin. The Bulletin is a “short and sweet” version of the KISC Newsletter encompassing the most important and relevant information on the academic side of things. Its aim is to keep you informed and up-to-date on school happenings twice a term, listing exam schedules, announcements, parent-teacher interviews, important dates, upcoming school events, etc. For the ones who prefer an extensive and detailed report on what goes on at KISC and EQUIP, the Newsletter, in its usual format, will be coming out once a term. We hope you find the Academic Bulletin useful and interesting! Communications Department
WELCOME Kelsi McGillivray is coming back to KISC after a 6-month break in Canada to teach Year 3. Welcome back! Naomi Nagorcka comes from Australia and will be teaching Year 5 in the mornings during Term 3. Later, Naomi will be working in EQUIP as a Teacher Trainer. Chris Lampart moved to Nepal from Switzerland with his wife and son to work as a Teacher Trainer for EQUIP. Yaelle Reidinger came to Nepal from France for 5 months to work as Communications Intern. Nathan Voyle, Miriam Lee and Charlotte Spear, all gap year students from the UK, will be helping out in Student Support for the remainder of the Academic year.
FEBRUARY 4-6 (Wed-Fri) Primary Parent Teacher
Interviews 7 (Sat)
Interschool Arts Festival
25 (Wed)
Whole School Athletic Event
26-3 (Th-Tue) MIDTERM BREAK
DATES CHANGE FOR 2105-16 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
A couple of changes to the dates of Dashain holiday and Christmas holiday for 2015/16 have been made to the originally published dates. This is for the following reasons: • The original date we had for Dashain was not correct so we have changed the holiday dates for Dashain to reflect our normal holiday length. Term 2 will start Wed 28 Oct 2015. • Having compared our number of school days with other local international schools and our holidays from 5 or 6 years ago we have noticed that there has been a noticeable reduction in the number of school days per year. Therefore we have increased the number of school days by reducing the length of the Christmas holiday. Term 3 will start 12 January 2016. • The start and end dates of the academic year remain the same (August 4, 2015 - June 29, 2016)
On February 2, KISC is celebrating its 28th anniversary. On this occassion we would like to invite you to pray with us for all our students, staff, KISC and EQUIP projects and needs. People will be praying for KISC all over the world, around the clock, for 24 hours. Be a part of it and visit this link to sign up for your payer slot: http://vols.pt/Djs6er. Also, consider joining us for prayer during a Whole School Assembly on Monday February 2, starting at 8:10 AM.
Primary Parent-Teacher Interviews
are scheduled for next week on the following days: • • •
Wednesday 4 February 3:15 - 4:45 PM Thursday 5 February 3:15 - 4:45 PM Friday 6 February 12:45 - 3:30 PM
Visit the link below to schedule your appointment: https://kisc.acuityscheduling.com/
Help Us Communicate Better We are seeking parents input on how we develop our communication with parents regarding student performance and progress. A short questionnaire is available via Survey Monkey and should take about 5 minutes to complete. We’d like as many parents as possible to complete it by following this link: http://ow.ly/I0qy3. Thank you for your valuable input!
CHARACTER FIRST
Character First is a program used at KISC to develop positive character traits in our students, such as diligence, self control, creativity and tolerance. So far this year the different grades have worked or are working on the following characteristics: Year K - Patience. Year 1 - Kindness. Year 2 - Kindness. Year 3 - Generosity. Year 4 - Truthfulness. Year 5 - Responsibility (earlier: Sincerity). Year 6 - Initiative (earlier: Integrity). Year 7 - Orderliness. Year 8 - Diligence. Year 9 - Compassion (earlier: Gratefulness and Determination). Year 10 - Self-control. Year 11 - Boldness. Year 12 - Initiative. Year 13 - Wisdom, Discernment.
KISC IS HIRING Immediate Openings: • PT Student Support • PT Spanish Teacher • Music Teacher • English Teacher • PT Library Assistant • Temporary File Clerk • Head of Communications 2015-2016 Staffing Needs: • Primary Teacher • Chemistry Teacher • English Teacher • Psychology Teacher • Art Teacher • ESL Teacher • Special Needs Teacher • Head Librarian • ICT Teacher Tuition discounts are available to those who recruit teaching staff!
UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS Kathmandu Interschool Art Day (KISA 2015) Saturday, February 7 and Sunday, February 8 Valentine’s Day Dinner for Parents organized by Year 12 - Saturday, February 14. (free babysitting available!) Whole School Athletic Event - Wednesday, February 25.
Announcements PE Kit - there will be a PE kit available for all (primary and secondary) to purchase in the very near future. The kit won’t be compulsory yet, but will be compulsory for the Secondary students in the future. The PE department is working on the last details and we hope to start taking orders beginning of next week. Scholarships - Application deadline is March 15th 2015. Mark your calendars to make sure you apply on time. Forms are available in Reception.
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