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Friday 9th December, 2016 THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PORT OF SPAIN VOLUME 24, ISSUE 16

ISPS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER CONFIDENCE EXCELLENCE INTEGRITY 1

ISPS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

MISSION ISPS is a vibrant learning community dedicated to developing passionate learners who strive for excellence and pursue their unique potential. We encourage resilience, innovation and collaboration, preparing students to act with confidence and integrity as caring global citizens.

VISION Inspiring thinkers and doers to shape a better world.

MOTTO Difference Makers,

Future Shapers

ISPS Contact #: 633-4777

WHAT’S INSIDE

Dates for your Diary December

10 ACTs

13 The Magical Christmas Jigsaw

16 Last Day Of School

17 Start of Christmas Break

25 Christmas Day (National Holiday)

26 Boxing Day (National Holiday)

January

1 New Year’s Day

2 National Holiday

3 School Resumes

6 HS S1 Music Recital, 8:00 a.m.,

Theatre

9 ASA Session 2 Begins

13 End of Q2 (MS/HS)

17 Yearbook Photos

(New & Absent students)

FROM THE DIRECTOR

Inflection 2

Just Because Donation 3

Grade 7 at St. Finbar’s Home 3

ES Counselor’s Corner/ Tech Tips 4

Community Notices 5-7

December Calendar 8

Cafeteria 9

Happy Friday to you all. A very busy week this week with the ES production, and MS and HS students deco-rating the school. Congratulations to the ES for a great set of performances. Our thea-tre was full of proud parents and they were very complimentary as they left the thea-tre. I would like to thank all of the Room Representatives and Parents who did a fab-ulous job with costumes and makeup. Spe-cial thanks go to Ms. Trim, Ms. Bally, Ms. Sylvester, and Mr. Low Chew Tung for the time and effort they put into the produc-tion. HS students have been using homeroom time to make recycled Christmas decora-tions for the upcoming home room compe-tition. The HS common area has been deco-rated and it looks very festive. Soft Christ-mas music plays in the background and adds to the holiday atmosphere. MS homerooms have just finished "Decorating the Halls" and there was a lot of energy around this event. Each home-room came up with a plan and then de-signed a plan to decorate several hallways in and around the MS.

The PTO held its special meeting and con-firmed the nomination of Mr .Robert Hadad as a Parent Board Representative. The PTO will now inform the Board and the Board must accept Mr. Hadad before he becomes a parent rep on the Board. Congratulations to Mr Hadad and I am sure he will soon become a very active member of the Board. Following the PTO meeting, the consultant group Inflection, presented the findings of the research they have been doing at the school for the last 8 weeks. These same results will be shared with all parents in a series of meeting that will be held in Janu-ary. This took the place of the Open Forum and therefore there will be no minutes go-ing to the community. The next Open Forum will be held on Wednesday, February 1st. Please remember that our last day is December 16th and students will be dis-missed at 11:30. Have a very nice weekend.

ES Students participate in their annual Christmas production, Tut Tut.

Happy Holidays from the Elementary School



The key diagnostic findings that were presented to ISPS Staff and Parents were:

End of the Diagnostic Phase Presentation of Diagnostic Findings to ISPS Staff and Parents

Newsletter Issue #9, Friday 9th December, 2016

Figure 1: “Curtains” of Diagnostic Findings for Board Presentation

Results Achievement

(Academic and

Non-Academic)

Student Experience

Parent Satisfaction

Board Challenges

Employee Satisfaction

Teacher Life Cycle

Process

Management Systems

(Management Control

and Reporting

Systems)

Situational Leadership

of all Leaders

Contact- Inflection [email protected]

1-868-335-4381

On Tuesday 6th December, 2016 at the Staff Open Forum, our hard working Liaison Team alongside the Inflection Team presented the diagnostic findings to ISPS staff at 2:30 p.m. The presentation also included shared key areas of focus to improve ISPS’ operations and key stakeholders’ satisfaction ratings.

Following the Staff Open Forum, the Inflection Team presented the diagnostic findings to ISPS parents at 6:30 p.m., at their Parent Teacher Organization Meeting.

Figure 1: Staff viewing the Diagnostic Findings “Curtains” at the Staff Open Forum

Figure 2: Staff listening attentively at Staff Open Forum

Figure 3: Liaison Team Members from L-R (Danielle Harford, Michelle Clarke, Luanne Chin, Gabrielle Wiltshire, Chimene Moonsammy and Alicia Solozano) proudly displaying their hampers of appreciation

See you all at the next phase of this programme. “Creativity is intelligence having fun” –Albert Einstein

Figure 4: ISPS Parents at the PTO Meeting

mailto:[email protected]



ISPS STUDENT RAISES FUNDS FOR CANCER FOUNDATION CHEVAUGHN JOSEPH, president of Just Because Foundation, receives a cheque for $15,000 from J. BARNEY LATHAM, Interim Director, International School of Port of Spain. The funds raised were from an initiative started by Grade 11 student SHIVAA PERSAD-COOSAL, at right. Looking on are (from left): JACKIE FUNG-KEE-FUNG, Director of Admission, Communication & Marketing, and NOEL JOSEPH (JBF Co-Founder). Photo courtesy: Arvind Alphan-Ali

Unforgettable ISPS Christmas at St. Finbar’s Grade 7 students treat St. Finbar’s Ryan Geriatric residents to an evening of food and entertainment.



…ES Counselor’s Corner…

KINDNESS TREE

Dejon 4G When Dejon realized that PreK-5 would be on the playground for lunch last Friday, he said to his classmates, "you guys, we have to be really careful of the little kids today while we are out here! "

Valentina 5J For going beyond in helping the backstage crew to follow the script and get the timing of cues “just right!”

Lowenna 2J When she noticed a teacher rubbing her head, asked if she had a headache. The teacher said yes and Lowenna gave her a hug to feel better.

Jack 4G Quickly and gladly helped another student backstage when part of his costume became loose at the last moment.

Ethan 3P Comforted a classmate who was very sad.and crying after a disagreement with his best friend.

Camille 3P Comforted a classmate who was very sad.and crying after a disagreement with his best friend.

Tech Tips by Adrienne DeBoucher, Ed. Tech. Coordinator

How Do Parents Honor the Benefits of Digital Devices

While Limiting Kids’ Use? What's the best way to navigate this digital world safely and effectively with children? Research summary and a discussion among parents. LINK

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/12/06/how-do-parents-honor-the-benefits-of-digital-devices-while-limiting-kids-use/



Sponsor A Dorm

It’s all about

the kids...

SCHOOL PHOTO ORDERS

will be delivered to ISPS on Monday 12th December.

Dear colleagues, Thank you to all who contributed decorations for the dorms of the St. Mary’s orphanage. We will start our decorating tonight. A gentle reminder that if you are donating other items like toiletries I will collect those up to the last day of school (16th December). Please indicate your interest so I may be in contact with you as this will be my last message. Regards, Celeste Johnson



“Playground Parents”

wanted to help supervise during lunch…

Program will include: >Training session for volunteers (guidelines, scheduling etc)

> Monthly collaborations with teachers to share ideas on safe vs unsafe and helpful vs hurtful

playground practices.

The training session date will be announced soon. Stay tuned for further details.

If interested, please email [email protected]

We will accommodate your schedule so come join us in strengthening our home-school connection.

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+ = If interested, please contact Ms. Calbio at [email protected] to get the full set of competition rules.

THE COMPETITION The Institution of Structural Engineers is having their annual design and build competition on the 28th January 2017. Teams of students will compete to design, build and test to failure a bridge formed with spaghetti and marshmallows. As such, we will be having our internal competition to decide on the delegation to represent ISPS.

GUIDELINES The bridge must span a minimum length of 300mm and have a minimum width of 100mm. Teams will be asked to test their bridge by hanging weights from the center of the span. The team that builds the bridge that can support the greatest weight using the least amount of materials is the winner.

PRIZE The 1st place prize is $6000.

INTERNAL COMPETITION Tuesday 13 December, 2016 12:15-2:15 p.m., Cafeteria Open to all students of ISPS. Make sure to register via email with Ms. Calbio by Monday midday.

Trophies in all age categories up for grabs.

MATERIALS Materials include 1 pack of Eve Spaghetti (400g) and 1 pack of KC Candy Marshmallows (255g).

DESIGN / BUILD COMPETITION

JANUARY 28, 2017

OUR GOAL

TO GET 25 SWIMMERS

AND WIN THE NEXT SWIM MEET

GO CAIMANS!

When: EVERY FRIDAY

Where: ST. ANTHONY'S POOL

Time: 2.45 pm- 3.30 pm

JOIN US!!!...

DID YOU KNOW?




International School of Port of Spain DECEMBER 2016 2016 - 2017 Events Calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3

SAT

7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

ISPS PTO

Christmas Lime

6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Parent Access Help Desk ES Production

ACT

Cafeteria - 7:30—8:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. - Theatre

7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

ES Production

6:00 p.m. - Theatre

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Last day of School 11:30 a.m.

Whole School Dismissal

Start of Christmas Break

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Christmas

Eve

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 New

Year's Eve

Christmas day Boxing day

(National Holiday) (National Holiday)

"The Magical Christmas Jigsaw &

Evening Carols"

6:00 p.m. - Theatre



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December

10 ACTs

13 The Magical Christmas Jigsaw, 6:00 p.m.

16 Last Day Of School

17 Start of Christmas Break

25 Christmas Day (National Holiday)

26 Boxing Day (National Holiday)

31 New Year’s Eve

January

1 New Year’s Day

2 National Holiday

3 School Resumes

6 HS S1 Music Recital, 8:00 a.m., Theatre

9 ASA Session 2 Begins

13 End of Q2 (MS/HS)

17 Yearbook Photos

(New & Absent students)

20 All-School Sports Day

Menu: December 12th to December 16th, 2016 Everyday there will be a set menu at a fixed cost (Table d’hôte) and some days may have an À la carte menu where

items are priced individually

Elementary Options: Any Sandwich served with a small salad, milk, water or juice and fruit: $15.00

Prices for Lunch: VAT INCLUSIVE (Table d’hôte)- Fixed Menu:

Elementary Lunch: $23.00 Medium Lunch: $28.00 Large Lunch: $32.00

Prices for (A la Carte Menu):

6 in. Subs (Tuna, Ham and Cheese, Turkey, Ham): $10.00 Chicken Sub: $12.00

Vegan Delight (Cheese, Vegetables): $10.00 Fruit Bowl served Monday and Tuesday: $10.00

Baked French Fries: $10.00 Fresh Juices: $6.00(s) $7.00(m) $8.00(l) Milk (normal/soy): $6.00

Note: Vegetarian meals are available upon request. Students & Staff who suffer from allergies or have dietary requirements, please let

the café know in advance so that they can try to facilitate you.

Monday 12th

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Eggs, Sausages, Waffles, Toast Bread.

Spaghetti & Meat Balls ( Chicken Or Beef), Fresh Salad.

Tuesday 13th

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Sada, Pumpkin, Ochroes, Potato,Eggs.

Pizza Day- (Cheese & Pepperoni), Fruits, Fresh Salad.

Wednesday 14th

Breakfast:

Lunch:

French Toast, Hash Brown, Bacon, Eggs, Sausages.

Christmas Rice, Pigeon Peas, Pastels, Ham, Salad.

Thursday 15th

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Hops, Chow Mein, Cheese Paste, Eggs, Sausages.

Roti ( Buss-Up-Shut Only), Channa & Potato, Curry Chicken Or Fish, Mango, Dasheen Leaves.

Friday 16th

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Pastries, Hot Dogs, Deli Sandwiches.

No Lunch Due To Half Day.

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