We are so glad to be back! Although the weather has been challenging, we’ve had a great start to the new school year, thanks to our wonderful faculty and staff, and, of course, the efforts our students and families made to be ready for the new school year.
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
As the quote above reminds us, we need to keep our eyes on the goals we set for the year ahead while keeping ourselves grounded in the reality of daily life. It’s important to have clear, achievable goals, and to hold ourselves accountable to reaching them, while recognizing that life presents its fair share of surprises and natural setbacks along the way. As a school, we’re eager to help everyone in our community reach their goals and achieve success, and together we can help each other make that happen.
In order to offer appropriate support, it is important that you make us aware of any challenges you might be facing. Please keep the lines of communication open and reach out whenever you need help. Students, talk to your divisional counselor, homeroom teacher, or any adult you feel comfortable connecting with. Parents, contact your student’s homeroom teacher, the appropriate grade or subject area teacher, and your divisional principal or assistant principal. Don’t wait until small challenges become big ones. We’re here to help.
First Day of School
E-the-Eagle made our first day last Friday, 15 August incredibly special, and he brought a lot of joy and so many smiles with him. We are especially grateful to Dr. Baumgartner or, as he is affectionately known, “Dr. B”, for welcoming in the new school year in the best possible way
PTA Wine & Cheese & Elementary Parent Orientation
My sincere thanks to all families who attended yesterday’s event in the 125 Hall. We appreciate you making the time to learn more about your student’s teachers, schedule, and program. It was wonderful to see so many families again and to welcome new families to our school community.
AIS Belonging Cards
We are proud of a new, bespoke resource created by AIS faculty called, AIS Belonging Cards. These cards were developed by our wonderful teachers and designed to foster a sense of belonging for students. In this lesson, students established classroom norms and collaboratively selected activities from each category. Here are some images from Mrs. Henry’s Grade 8 class today. It is easy to see the engagement!
As always, I hope the weekend is relaxing and you find time to do things that energize and inspire you so you are ready for the week ahead.
My best,
Anita Simpson
Head of School
