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Thursday 28th September, 2017 THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PORT OF SPAIN VOLUME 25, ISSUE 6

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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 con-fidence 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

September

29 PTO Welcome Back

Barbecue: 5-8 pm

October

2-6 ES Health Week

2 Vision Screening

2-4 Yearbook Photos

3 MYP Parent Sessions (Assessment): 7:30-8:30 am, Green Room

4 PTO Special Meeting: 6-7 pm, Cafeteria

FROM THE DIRECTOR

Late Start News 2

Elementary Notes 3

Grade 4 4

Kindness Tree 5

Individuals & Societies 6-8

Social Studies 9

Middle Matters 10

Nurse’s Notes/ Health 11

PTO 12

Community Notices 13

October Calendar 14

Willingness to Serve Letters 15-19

Cafeteria 20

Dear Parents, Another full week at ISPS and we are looking forward to Friday. As you know, the PTO and ISPS Dads are hosting a Welcome Back BBQ, starting tomorrow at 5:00pm. This is a very enjoyable community event and we encourage all families to attend. There will be great food and games for the kids. Last Saturday, there was a group of inter-ested students, parents and staff that spent a good part of the day looking at Robotics and the feasibility of including Robotics into the design tech curriculum. The plan for this year will be to have a robotics club that meets after school, and the longer term plan is to incorporate the skills into the curriculum. The group also discussed the possibility of getting involved in competitions held here in T&T. This is very exciting and I look forward to further development of Robotics at ISPS. This Saturday we have 10 staff members signed up to receive or to renew their

First Aid training. First Aid courses are offered to staff at ISPS as part of our child protection policy and all PE staff and security guards are first aid trained. I spoke to nurse and she tells me that we have never offered a course for parents and students, but those can be easily arranged. If you are interested in setting up a class for students and parents, please contact out nurse, Ms Vanda Gomes. As we get closer to the mid-term break, students in the PYP and MYP are nearing the completion of their first Unit. This tends to be a very busy time for students as deadlines approach and summative assessments are given. This is a good time to have conversation with your child(ren) about time management, planning, pacing and staying on top of their studies. I look forward to seeing you all the the BBQ and I hope you have a nice weekend.

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Elementary Notes September 28, 2017 Volume 15, Issue 2

Dear Parents, Measurement of Academic Progress (MAP) testing and make-ups have been completed. Now that the testing is completed, the teachers will analyze the data for instruction. All student scores will be sent out on mid-October. If you received a form for the early morning programs for math and reading, please note that the programs begin on October 2, 2017. Students must plan to arrive at school by 7:10 a.m. Homework pod begins on October 2, and it is held in the art room on the ground floor (Room111). Students can attend homework pod on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 2:30 pm. to 3:00 pm. The teacher on duty is not available to do tutoring, but may assist with any difficulties the student is having with the homework. All students who are not attending after school activities must be picked up at dismissal. Students are not allowed on the Green Court at dismissal unless they are supervised by a parent. Parents who wish to receive more information on their child's progress may schedule an appointment via e-mail. Teachers will respond to your email within 24 hrs. Many of our parents have volunteered to help us in the cafeteria as well as on the playground, and we are very thankful for the extra assistance. If you have not volunteered and would like to do so, please contact Ms. Hyndman. We continue to look for ideas to build our cultural programs. If you have an idea on ways to promote and bring awareness to our diverse culture, please contact Ms. Julien. Spanish club for students in grades 2-5 require at least 10 students to be enrolled. These classes will start next month once we have the students enrolled. Please contact Ms. Neva in room 235 or email [email protected]. These clubs are important for students to maintain their mother tongue. Additionally, I invite parents to share information about their culture at our town meetings. Please let me know if you are interested. Suzette Julien, ES Principal

After our PYP evaluation visit last academic year, we received the final report that required our teachers to change several units to include all science and social studies standards and benchmarks taught within the curriculum. Our aim is to ensure that the units are as transdisciplinary as possible to eliminate the need for stand-alone teaching of a topic. On a weekly basis teachers are spending time writing and tweaking units. It is a work in progress that we will continue to refine each year. Words of the month: caring, enthusiasm and open-minded. Your children should be able to tell you how they are practicing these words.

Angela Shahien PYP Coordinator

Primary Years Program (PYP)

UPCOMING DATES

October 2 Early Morning Programs / Home-work Pod begins

October 2-6 Health Week

October 5 Parent Meeting on Bullying at

7:30 a.m.

October 10 MAP Orientation for Parents

Mr. Lopez discusses lines and shapes with Pre-K students.

Ms. Hyndman conducted a guidance session with Grade 4 students about getting to know each other. Students talked about similarities.

Grade 3 students discussing their field trip to the museum. Mr. Dijksterhuis discussed varied cultures with students.

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EXPLORE WITH GRADE 4 EXPLORE WITH GRADE 4

Fourth Grade has been using their 21st Century technology skills to create their PYP projects. Through the use of iPads, a green screen, and an app called, DoInk, the students created news broadcast about how a community can positively or negatively rebuild their community after a disaster. The students research various locations, created scripts, and filmed themselves. Once filming was completed they used DoInk to edit their videos into a final project.

EXPRESSIONS IN GREEN: GREEN SCREEN IN GRADE 4 Janita Sullivan



SEPTEMBER 18-29

Edward KKh Without any adult prompting, he replaced his friend's bag which had fallen off the KG shelf

Edward KKh Willingly helped others by bringing them to Nursey’s office when they got hurt on the playground.

Pernek PK4 Saw one of the Pre-K 3 students struggling to get on the swing and he ran over and helped her on and then showed her how to swing.

Amalie 4G Stayed back to help with the packing of boxes for the relief fund drive.

Avery 4G stayed back to help with the packing of boxes for the relief fund drive.

Julian 4G Made cookies for his whole class

Alexander 3K When he saw a teacher’s hands full, he left what he was doing and ran ahead of the teacher to open the library door. She was very touched by his kind action!

Addy 3P Was concerned about the art work on the wall not being straight and helped a teacher to straight-en them so that everyone using the corridor could enjoy hem.

Nicole 4S Willingly helped tidy lunch trays in the cafeteria without being asked

Anjali 3P For helping another student understand his Spanish homework and for guiding him on what to do.



INDIVIDUALS & SOCIETIES INDIVIDUALS & SOCIETIES

CELEBRATING CULTURAL HERITAGE Roxanne Veck (Grade 8)

In Grade 8 Individuals and Societies students have been studying the link between culture and identity. Our statement of Enquiry this unit being: Culture forms part of our shared identity, which should be preserved over time, place and space. To this end students were given the task of researching an aspect of intangible cultural heritage from a location of their choice. Intangible meaning the values or forms of expression belonging to a particular culture of which there may not necessarily be physical evidence. This might be a festival, a ritual or ceremony, even oral traditions where stories or songs are passed from generation to generation.

Their aim was to show, not tell us about their chosen aspect of culture by letting us experience it, rather than just be told about it. Most chose food! We realised very quickly that food forms a very important link to culture and therefore identity, the challenge was to teach us and involve us and not just feed us! Students came up with a plethora of cultural experiences as documented in the photographs below. One group focused on Greek mythology by presenting us each with a box we

were not allowed to touch, they then led students through Theseus’ time in the Labyrinth and ended by unleashing the evils of the world on students who had opened their box (push-ups, sit ups and jumping jacks were their version of evil!). Another group presented Trinidadian Carnival, taking us on a musical journey starting with traditional pan right up to the 2017 Road March winners. They brought in and wore costumes for us to try and ended with us each making our own carnival mask.

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National Sushi day in Japan was celebrated by one group where we had the opportunity to make our own rice balls and eat some delicious Sushi for breakfast! Chinese New Year was the focus of another group, exploring the use of colour and symbols including a traditional game, a bit like capture the

flag, involving dragon formations. Once again we ate delicious offerings of sweet and sour chicken and fried rice. A Croatian courting and wedding ritual involving the making and decorating of gingerbread was celebrated by another group. We learned that gingerbread is often associated with festivals and celebrations throughout Europe and

students were able to decorate their own cookies whilst listening to traditional folk music. Divali was celebrated by another group where we were invited to paint diyas and we enjoyed a range of lovely food from doubles, pholourie balls and traditional sweet treats too.

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The Chinese Gesar Festival was recreated with origami workshops and… you guessed it, food! We had a banquet of wantons, pow and spring rolls to mention but a few. We were encouraged to learn Brazilian Samba, with the promise of authentic Brazilian chocolate. Our expert tutor had everyone's feet

moving and impressed us all with her amazingly fast footwork! Here we learned the regional differences and significance of the dance, not just at carnival time, but year round. Finally we had our very own Indian wedding ceremony. We learned that unlike many weddings this was a three day event, with many months of celebrations leading up to the actual

ceremony. Students were formally invited and participated in the ceremonies, playing key family roles. And of course we were treated to a reception buffet of poppadoms, samosas, naan bread and other delicious delicacies. It was a week full of new experiences and a real celebration of cultural diversity!



The Social Studies department is pleased to announce that The International School of Port of Spain will be competing in the first annual National Secondary School Entrepreneurship Competition (NSSEC).

The competition is the first of its kind in the Caribbean and is managed by Stone Brothers Limited.

This is a consulting, educational and research firm led by Dr. Christian P. Stone and supported by The Ministry of Education, The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, The Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Commerce, Innovative Learning Solutions and Shell Trinidad.

Through the generosity of corporate sponsorship, one teacher (Ms. Fyfe) and five students with an additional two supporting members from our High

School. These students are: Ashleigh Garcia, Amanda Conyers, Nicholas George, Jordan Mukerji and Anthony Rahael with supporting team members Remy Brewer and Phillip Pollonias of Business Studies will participate in the competition, which runs from September – November 2017.

NSSEC represents a valuable opportunity for our students to participate in a world-class, technologically advanced, entrepreneurship simulation.

The simulation has been used by hundreds of top companies, universities and schools around the world with overwhelming success.

Participation in the competition will train students in all areas of a business,

providing a realistic and authentic environment where students can practice strategic planning and develop their entrepreneurial skills.

Students gain hands on experiences in the creation and operation of a simulated business without any risk or cost to the students or school.

Students are introduced to the concepts of creating a new company, including decision making responsibility and accountability in the areas of Marketing, HR, Finance, Accounting, Manufacturing, while functioning a dynamic competitive environment. That is, our school will operate their simulated business in an environment populated with other businesses, which are controlled and influenced by the other schools in the competition.

ABOVE: Picture of students brainstorming ideas for company’s name and organizational structure .

L-R : Phillip, A.J., Nicholas, Ashleigh (front row), Amanda, Remy and Jordan.

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT

ISPS STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN NATIONAL COMPETITION Avril Fyfe



Dear Middle School Parents, I am excited to bring you an opportunity to get together and discuss your children with me! I will be offering a parent discussion group once a week on Monday mornings that will focus adolescent development based on the book, “Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to The Adolescent Brain For You and Your Teen”. The discussion group meets once a week on Monday mornings. It will focus on adolescent development based on the book, “Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to The Adolescent Brain For You and Your Teen”. The group will be a forum for parents to discuss what you read, reflect on your own experiences with respect to what we have learned about the adolescent brain development, and ask questions, and share ideas in a safe and structured environment. About the book: “Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen” by David Walsh, is an easy read, where the

author blends humor, warmth, scientific substance and practical advice for parents. He thoroughly explains the growth and functioning of the adolescent brain, and how the changes of their developing brain, affect teenager’s behaviors. Every chapter tackles different issues commonly faced by teenagers and their parents, and gives examples of such issues in vignettes written by the author’s first-hand experience of more than 30 years as a teacher, school counselor, and therapist. In the end of each chapter, the author includes a ‘Parent Survival Kit’ which contains the knowledge, attitudes, and skills parents need for raising teenagers. The book is to help parents build a “well stocked kit” in order to help them maintain perspective,

balance, and peace of mind which better enables parents to help their adolescent sons and daughters survive the many conflicts and contradictions he or she will face. In addition, at the end of each chapter, he asks a set of questions to help parents assess how well prepared they are in that category with a comprehensive list of ‘Dos and Don’ts for parents to follow. The focus on the brain’s development and functioning during adolescents, help parents understand the structure of the brain and how all the parts and systems work together to perform complex functions at lightning speed, which for example, help parents understand why adolescents are so impulsive. Attaining the book: 1. The school library has a limited number of Kindle versions of the book that can be borrowed. 2. The ISPS MS Counseling Department also has some hard copies for lending. 3. Parents can order a copy online for their personal reference libraries. The group will meet on Monday mornings from

7:30-8:30 am in the green room beginning October 9 and runs weekly for 9 sessions until December 11. If you are a parent of an ISPS Middle School student, and are interested in joining this discussion group, please email me, Ms. Virginia, at [email protected] to express your intent. Thank you very much and I look forward to seeing you!

FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR, MS. VIRGINIA:

Parent Group Objectives:

To help you see more clearly what your adolescents are going through.

To learn the “Brain Basics” in order to understand, from a phys-iological stand point, the stages and changes of adolescent brain devel-opment.

To help you help your children navigate the common dangers and challenges in his or her life.

To help you gain confidence in knowing that you can keep your sanity and composure in the face of teenage emo-tional and behavioral upheavals.

Virginia Eggleston Middle School Counselor




Hello Everyone, Some students are still complaining of stomach ache, sore

throat, runny nose and generally feeling ill. Following my request to check your child/children's heads

this is to prevent or treat head lice in school. Lice like clean heads and since this is not a life threatening condition the procedure is to treat the head and return to school. Please see our handbook.

We follow the guidelines of the National Association of School Nurses in the U.S. Check this video made by a school nurse to allay the fears of school children: It’s All About Our Heads.

Reminder that vision screening takes place on Monday 2nd October at school. Please complete and return the attached form so that your child can be screened. There is no cost attached and the screening is conducted by Optometrists Today.

Remember, the Blood Bank will be at school on Tuesday 10th October, 2017. If you would like to donate blood give me a call and I will put your name on the list at a time convenient to you.

Flu shots will be available soon for all our families. The cost is $85.00 each. Please pay in the business office for the amount you want and I will call you when they arrive, and we can schedule times for you to get it. Have a safe weekend.

Please return the completed form by Friday, 29 September, 2017

I want my child/children to have vision screening done Name/s __________________________ Grade_______ Name/s __________________________ Grade_______ Name/s __________________________ Grade_______

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VISION SCREENING: Bringing Your World Into Focus

The Objective The focus and aim of health week is to continue to build upon our on-going unit of fitness and nutrition. Also to improve the overall and lifelong attitudes and habits of our students. Throughout the term students will continue to engage in various activities and discussions in regards to health and nutrition components.

Targeting our Goal These components include cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, health and nutrition, sports and recreational activities. These components are crucial in staying healthy and key to reducing the risk of many diseases such as diabetes, certain types of cancers and heart diseases which in recent times have become common among children and young adults.

Highlight The health focus will conclude with a health fair week, dedicated to healthy eating, games, activities, presentations, workshops, etc. Throughout this week we will have guest speakers and professional athletes visiting our PE classes to share with the students.

General Support In order for this event to be a success, the involvement and support from parents and community members will be appreciated. If you are interested in being a part of this event and rendering your service in any area, please contact Ms. Joseph the Elementary School Physical Education Teacher at your earliest convenience.

Thanking you in advance for your time and I look forward to your support throughout the year.

Venue: ISPS Contact:

Ms. Joseph @ 633-4777 ext. 134

OR [email protected]

OCT 2-6 2017

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Dear Parents, There are 3 vacancies on the ISPS School Board for the 2017-2018 school year. These positions are:

Parent Director — 2 Year Term Alternate Parent Director — 2 Year Term Alternate Parent Director — 1 Year Term

According to the *PTO By-laws, interested candidates are asked to submit a “Willingness to Serve” letter to the Nominating Committee. This letter should include a synopsis of their credentials and activities highlighting their relevant experience. “Willingness to Serve” letters that were submitted to the Nominating Committee by Wednesday 20th September at 2:30 pm are published in this ISPS

Newsletter for community review. Elections for Parent Director and Alternate will be held at the PTO Special Meeting carded for October 4th at 6:00 pm in the cafeteria. An agenda for this meeting will be published in a subsequent newsletter. Regards, Rosie Ramsingh-Ramroop [email protected]

*PTO By-laws can be found on the ISPS website.

ISPS PTO NEWSLETTER

The ISPS Board of directors has suggested an amendment to the PTO by laws for the purpose of electing a Parent Director at the next PTO Meeting.

Section 3 of the PTO bye laws under the heading Special elections states : "Special elections may be conducted to fill the mid term vacancies. The term for such appointments will end accord-ing to the original timeline for that position." The ISPS Board has requested that the term for the newly appointed Parent director run for two years so that it can run concurrently with the alternate. This would mean that the term would not run according to the original timeline. The PTO executive has agreed that this makes sense in this instance. Notice is herby given that at the PTO meeting, carded for Oct. 4th, this motion will be passed as a special resolution prior to the vote for Parent Directors and Alternate parent Directors

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT




YEARBOOK

PHOTOS

Mon 2nd October Elementary School

Tues 3rd Oct.ober Middle School & Seniors

Wed 4th October High School

Monday 2nd October

7.35 – P3 Sultan Khan

7.50 – P4 Agostini

8.05 - Kinder Keir

8.20 – Kinder Khan

8.35 – Grade 1 Bednarek

8.50 – Grade 1 Bellemare

9.05 – Grade 2 Denoon

9.30 - Grade 2 C. Johnson

9.45 - Grade 3 Kelberer

10.00 - Grade 3 Parkes

10.15 – Grade 4 Ghany

10.30 - Grade 4 Sullivan

10.45 - Grade 5 Wiltshire

11.00 - Grade 5 A. Johnson

11-15 – 12.30 - Staff

Tuesday 3rd October

7.35 – Grade 6 Moonsammy

7.55 – Grade 6 Chaffin

8.10 – Grade 7 Dickman

8.30 – Grade 7 Lue Shue

8.50 – Grade 8 Hernandez

9.15 – Grade 8 Abraham

10.00 – Grade 12 Clarke

10.30 – Grade 12 Joseph

11.00 – Grade 12 Leiter

11.30 – 12.30 - Staff

Wednesday 4th October

8.50 – Grade 9 Rodney

9.05 - Grade 9 Sharpe

9.20 - Grade 10 Fortune

9.40 - Grade 10 Quamina

10.00 - Grade 11 Calbio

10.20 - Grade 11 Fyfe

10.40- Grade 11 Gillespie

11 - !2 - Staff

PLEASE remind parents and students that students must be in the formal school uniform (NOT PE uniform)

Location: Theatre



International School of

Port of Spain

2017 - 2018 Events Calendar

SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

MS MAP Testing ES Health Week Vision Screening, 7:30am - 2:30pm Yearbook Photos

ES Health Week Yearbook Photos MYP Parent Session 7:30 - 8:30am

ES Health Week Yearbook Photos Open Forum 7:00 - 9:00pm Cafeteria

ES Health Week ES Bullying Workshop 7:30 - 8:45am, ES Art Room

ES Health Week G6 English Field Trip to La Brea Pitch Lake, 8:00am - 2:30pm

SATs 7:30am - 2:00pm

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

MAP Orientation for Parents, 7:30 - 8:30am Cafeteria Blood Bank 8:00am - 3:00pm Theatre

PSATs, 7:30am - 2:00pm, Gym

Kindergarten Field trip to Radica's Pottery, Freeport 8:00am - 12:00pm

First People's National Holiday No School

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Mid Term Break SCHOOL HOLIDAY



DIVALI NATIONAL HOLIDAY

Mid Term Break Mid Term Break SCHOOL HOLIDAY

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

United Nations Day

ACTs 7:30am - 2:00pm

29 30 31 International

Week

Parade of Nations 1:00pm

International Week MS Halloween Dance 6:00 - 8:00pm

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OCTOBER 2017



Expression of Interest to serve on the School Board of The International School of PoS

ADRIENNE D’ARCY

NOMINEE STATEMENT

Dear Committee I, Adrienne D’Arcy, offer myself to serve as Parent Director on the ISPS School Board of Directors. I am a firm believer that when parents and families get involved in our children’s education, that our schools perform better and our children receive a better educational experience. My family is fairly new to the ISPS Community with this being our son’s second year. We have marvelled over how easily he has adapted and how well he has performed. I am an accountant by education and an auditor by profession. I am a partner in a multinational professional services firm and have also served as local finance head for a multinational life insurance corporation. Through my work experiences I bring a deep understanding of financial performance evaluation and management, corporate governance and compliance, risk management and mitigation as well as business development. For your good consideration, my credentials are as follows: I am a Partner at Ernst and Young in the Assurance Service Line in our Trinidad and Tobago office. I have more

than twenty years of audit and accounting experience, serving large domestic, regional and international clients in the financial services industry. This includes working with companies in the insurance, banking, asset manage-ment and pension funds sectors.

I am a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and practicing member of the Insti-tute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago (ICATT). I sit on ICATT’s Auditing and Accounting Standards Committee (AASC) and also represent the ICATT on the Payment System Council of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago.

I am a Finance Director on the Board of one of Trinidad’s leading private primary schools, a post that I have held for the past seven (7) years. As the Finance Director, I support the school’s financial operations including the setting of the annual budgets, determination of key items such as remuneration and school fees, the preparation of financial statements and the management of the audit process.

This is an important time for our ISPS. We are operating in an environment where there are challenging economic and social conditions. These conditions will continue to have an impact on how we operate first and foremost as an educational institution but also as a business that must perform effectively to ensure that we deliver on the promise of a world class education that creates those thinkers and doers that will shape a better world. I look forward to your consideration. Yours sincerely Adrienne D’Arcy



To the ISPS Community:

I have a Masters in Politics from the University of Edinburgh and am a finance professional with more than fifteen years experience working globally in the oil & gas industry, currently on a career sabbatical to join my husband in Trinidad.

I have extensive experience in strategy, investment and operational decision-making (including within a corporate governance framework) and have a strong reputation for focus on learning and development of the supervisors and the large, diverse teams which I have managed.

I have experience in designing and implementing recruitment and competence based selection processes globally.

I am Scottish and married to a Dutchman. I speak five languages and have lived in five countries as well as travelling extensively to all corners of the world on business.

My Dutch stepson attends ISPS High School and I am keen to leverage my professional experiences in a way which contributes to the school.

I have a particular interest in the arts and enjoy writing and making music as hobbies.

Jennifer Loughridge


JENNIFER LOUGHRIDGE

NOMINEE STATEMENT




ROBERT HADAD

NOMINEE STATEMENT

Dear ISPS Community, I would like to express my willingness to serve as a Parent Director on the ISPS Board of Directors. I presently have my two children at ISPS; my older son in High School in Grade 9 and my younger son in the Elementary School in Grade 5. After graduating from The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus in 1988 with a BSc in Accounting, I began working as an auditor at KPMG Corporate Finance Limited. After a successful three-year tenure, I tendered my resignation, in order to pursue a dream of starting my own business. Together with my two brothers John and Joseph, we formed Hadco Ltd. in 1992 and I hold the position of Group co-Chief Executive Officer. What started off as primarily a food and electrical import and distribution company has evolved into a dynamic and diverse group of companies with specialty in other areas such as lighting, ice cream/ice cream cone manufacturing, bonded warehousing facilities, transport services and retail operations. The following companies fall under the Hadco Group umbrella: Haagen Dazs, Peppercorns, Fresh Organics, Nova Lighting, Eco Impact, The Lighthouse, Apadoca’s, G&M Warehousing, Sampson’s Transport, Creamery Novelties and Happy Time Ice Cream Cones. Three years ago, Hadco Ltd. embarked on a partnership with Phase II Pan Groove Steel Orchestra. I believe in promoting and supporting our local culture and see it as important to form a link between business and society. My goal with this venture is to enable the members of this band to use their resources and talents to be a sustainable entity all throughout the year and not just at Carnival time. I served as a Board member of the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Foundation from 2008 to 2010. I understand that life is about balance, and spending quality time with family is a top priority. I am confident of my leadership skills and my reputation in the business community. I believe in a hands-on approach to solving problems and am committed to excellence. I am eager to make a positive difference wherever I can. Sincerely, Robert Hadad




JOHN MORGAN

NOMINEE STATEMENT

Dear ISPS Community, I would like to express my willingness to serve as a Parent Director on the ISPS Board of Directors. The eldest of my three children (13) attends ISPS with the others (5, 9) are at St. Andrews Primary School. I was born in Trinidad and did my primary and part of my secondary schooling here at St. Mary’s College POS and then at Haileybury College in Britain. I hold a B.A. (Hons) in Philosophy from King's College, University of London and a L.L.B. (Business Law) (Hons) from London Guildhall University. My career is in the Motion Picture film exhibition sector and I am the Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of a Modern Multiplex Cinema facility in Barbados. I assist where I can at my children’s schools and as Head Connector for St Andrew's School Dads Group (SADS) several fundraising and bonding initiatives have already taken place. As Overseas Secretary for Haileybury I represent my alma mater in both Trinidad and Barbados. At ISPS I helped to establish the recent ISPS DADS group and served on ISPS 2017 Career Day and Placement committee. Whether elected or not I hope to bring my local, regional and international experience to the stewardship of our school’s journey and contribute to the enrichment of our ISPS community. Sincerely John Morgan




NICOLAS WALTER

NOMINEE STATEMENT

To the ISPS Parent Teacher Organization

Dear Parents, Swiss citizen, business economist and holder of a Master of Public Administration, I confirm with these words my interest and my willingness to pursue my role within the ISPS School Board as a Parent Director. Having been elected in June 2015, I went trough, with most of you, some difficult times for ISPS. Lots of work has been done since May-June last year and a lot still remains. We, as a board, are working hard on it, and I do really hope I will be given the opportunity to finish the job we started. As a Parent Director, I try to make sure that the interest of each child is put first and that the quality and sustainability of the school is maintained and improved. To ensure a great future for the school, we need to finalize quickly the School Improvement Plan and not only review policies but also implement all of them to be in adequacy with the needs of our stakeholders. On a professional point, I have been General Secretary of numerous associations in the fields of local development and employers associations. I also developed a broad experience in teaching at various levels, mainly to young professionals. Coming to Trinidad, I had to leave my position as a lecturer at the Swiss University for Applied Sciences and my role as member of the scientific council of this institution. As I really enjoy taking part in the development of my local community, I have been involved in politics in Switzerland at the local level and was elected Chairman of the City Council of my hometown Rolle. Having time, passion and loving to deal with a lot of issues, one of these being human relations, I would enjoy to be able to continue to share my various experiences, including working in executive boards, with the ISPS. I thank you in advance for your trust and I’m looking forward to carry on working for the School, its development, the quality of the education and of course its stakeholders, in particular the students. Yours sincerely, N. Walter



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Dates for your Diary

September

29 PTO Welcome Back Barbecue:

5-8 pm

October

2-6 ES Health Week

2 Vision Screening

2-4 Yearbook Photos

3 MYP Parent Sessions (Assessment): 7:30-8:30 am, Green Room

4 PTO Special Meeting: 6-7 pm,

Cafeteria

3 ES Workshop: Responding to School Bullying: 7:30-8:30 am

4 G6 English Field Trip - Pitch

Lake: 8 am - 2 pm

10 Blood Bank: 8 am - 3pm, Theatre

13 First Peoples Day

(National Holiday)

16-20 Mid Term Break (No School)

18 Divali (National Holiday)

23 School Resumes

Elementary Options:

Monday 2nd

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Eggs, Sausages, Waffles, Toasted Bread

PASTA DELIGHT: Chicken Alfredo, Vegetable Pasta , Pasta Delight (Minced Beef or

Minced Chicken), Fresh Salad

Tuesday 3rd

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Coconut Bake, Salt Fish, Eggs, Chow Mein

Coconut Dumplings, Pigeon Peas, Stewed Fish, Stewed Chicken, Garden Salad

Wednesday 4th

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Cheese Croissants, Eggs, Sausages, Waffles

Chicken Lasagna or Vegetable Lasagna, Black Beans, Fresh Salad

Thursday 5th

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Sada, Pumpkin, Tomato Choka, Eggs, Sausages

Vegetable Rice or Macaroni Pie, Callaloo, Baked Chicken, Cucumber Salad

Friday 6th

Breakfast:

Lunch:

Sada, Dasheen Leaves, Bodi, Eggs, Sausage

Fried Rice or Noodles, Chinese Style Chicken or Garlic Fish, Chunky Vegetables

Menu: October 2nd to October 6th, 2017 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

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.

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