Important Dates • February 13th: Brazilian

Carnival Celebration from 11:00-12:30pm in the cafeteria.

• February 14th: Chinese New Year Assembly starting at 1:00pm in the Theater. Chinese Temple Fair for Lower School from 1:30-2:30pm in the Black Box.

• February 15th – 25th: Chinese New Year Holiday. There will be no school during these days.

• March 15th: Lower School Assembly featuring 3J starting at 8:15am in the Black Box. Principal’s Coffee Morning on Student-Led Conferences at 9:15am in room 210.

• March 16th: Mid-semester progress reports sent via scis-parent email.

• March 22nd: Student-Led Conferences. This will be a half day for students.

LS WEEKLY BULLETIN Weekly Bulletin 22 February 9, 2018

opportunity to participate in a variety of Chinese cultural activities such as, calligraphy, cherry blossom painting, kungfu, the dragon dance and many others. The temple fair, located in and around the Black Box will take place from 1:30-2:30pm. At 2:30pm students will return to their classrooms to prepare for dismissal. All families are invited to attend this fun cultural event. However, if you plan on attending the Temple Fair and decide to take your child home with you afterwards, please be sure to inform Mr. Stu Ren the transportation coordinator as soon as possible. As stated in the caption above, students have enjoyed ample time playing outside this week. Unfortunately, due to the high AQI readings last week, there were several days where students stayed inside and played in the indoor play spaces. Please know that we take the AQI readings very

seriously and in the event the AQI is at 200 or above, students are kept indoors. Multiple times each day Nurse Lynn checks the AQI and immediately informs teachers if students need to be kept indoors. We also encourage parents to be cognizant of the AQI readings and keep your children indoors if the AQI reaches 200 or above. Congratulations to the students in 2M who hosted a successful learning celebration this week where they shared their nonfiction writing focused on How-To and All About books. Please note the Chinese New Year holiday will take place from February 15-25th. School will resume on February 26th I’m looking forward to seeing many families next week. Liz Gale Lower School Principal

Dear SCIS Families, The Mandarin Department has been very busy during the past several weeks preparing for next week’s Chinese New Year celebrations. Similar to past years, there will be a Chinese New Year Assembly for the whole school that will begin at 1:00pm in the Theater. However, unlike past years, the assembly will be followed by a Chinese Temple Fair for Lower School students. The Temple fair will provide students with an

Although the weather was cold, students across grade levels enjoyed playing outside this week during recess. Research shows that providing students with regular time during the school day for unstructured physical activity and play,

results in developmental benefits surrounding a child’s cognitive, social, emotional and physical well-being.

Lower School News and Announcements On Monday, SCIS-Pudong teachers who attended the HKIS Literacy Institute in mid-January presented to faculty on information learned from the various workshops they attended. ECE teachers and Mandarin Assistants also had an opportunity to debrief on recent professional development conferences attended. Three of the ECE Teachers and one Mandarin Assistant recently participated in the ACAMIS Early Years Conference at Hangzhou International School. Monday was a great afternoon of professional learning for all.

Save the Date! Please mark your calendar for

ART AUCTION to be held on April 21. Dinner, drinks, dancing,

and many incredible art pieces being created by your talented children

will highlight the auction! Please see PAFA’s latest bulletin for more

information on this year's theme. If you have questions please contact

Katie Berkaw at katieberkaw@scis-parent.org