We would love to learn more about your perspectives on our Arts, Sports and Activities (ASA) program. If your child(ren) participated in any ASA programs during the 2019-20 school year, please fill out the ASA Parent Feedback Survey and let us know if you have any questions.
Thursday, 30 April 2020
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Week 34
Virtual ASAs
A Virtual Arts, Sports & Activities program is being offered to the AISC MS & ES students for the last four full weeks of school. These programs will be free. Registration will be closed Friday, May 1st and activities will begin Monday, May 4th. There will not be an ASA Showcase week for the Virtual ASA Program. Classes may require specific materials and/or parental supervision. You will find this information on the descriptions within the Registration Form. After registration is complete, we will send a confirmation email and will send out the links for the Google Meet. Please reach out to bjack@aischennai.org or dmonicka@aischennai.org with any questions.
Online Learning
No, not the online learning that our children are doing, but online learning for adults. We have researched online courses for coach and instructor development, and along the way found some great resources for parents too. These are all free online sessions to help you as a parent of students involved in activities.
Water Safety for Parents and Caregivers by American Red Cross focuses on developing an awareness of the risks of drowning and how to minimize those risks, especially for young children. This course teaches parents and caregivers about the concepts of the circle of drowning prevention, water competency and the chain of drowning survival. It also provides guidance for applying water safety to common environments and situations where children are most at risk for drowning.
Positive Sport Parenting by NFHS provides information and resources to help educate you on the importance of proper behavior by parents in school sports and the role you must play to ensure your child has a positive sport experience.
Mental Health First Aid for COVID-19 by American Red Cross will help you to build resilience and support yourself and others through this crisis by reviewing basic principles of providing psychological first aid, including how to recognize and manage stress in yourself and in others and how to lend support to family members, friends and coworkers during and following the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mental Health First Aid for COVID-19 by American Red Cross will help you to build resilience and support yourself and others through this crisis by reviewing basic principles of providing psychological first aid, including how to recognize and manage stress in yourself and in others and how to lend support to family members, friends and coworkers during and following the COVID-19 outbreak.
Sportsmanship by NFHS is designed to give you a better understanding of sportsmanship, how it impacts the educational process and identifies your specific role in modeling it at all interscholastic athletic events. Insight is shared throughout the course from fans, players, parents, teacher-coaches and officials.
Covid-19 and Service Opportunities
During this lockdown, we have many students who are looking for opportunities to help the community. For example, we have students who are stitching masks at home and students who are collecting masks on behalf of NGOs. Different students may have similar plans to help the community, so in order to avoid duplication of efforts, we are encouraging our service clubs to coordinate such activities. Here's the process.
If the student is from a service club and wants to plan an activity, their club leadership will help plan the activity.
If a student is NOT a member of a service club and wants to plan an activity, then we encourage them to get in touch with a service club of their choice (or take the help of service learning coordinator.) While we want to encourage all students in their noble efforts, there are some points to consider while planning community service activities.
1. Stay away from fund-raising as an activity. We have created a list of NGOs looking for donations here. You can simply add your NGOs to this list. If anyone in AISC wishes to donate money, they have access to this document. They can choose whom to donate. Remember: Donating funds directly to the NGO is the fastest way to help them. So let us avoid playing the intermediary.
2. Students can think of activities that they can do to help the community. For e.g. can they engage online with the kids of a local school or orphanage? What can they be taught? Can they make DIY videos? What else can our students do for our partner NGO using the resources they have?
3. Students can think of what they can do with the local schools and NGOs once we are back in school next year. Contact the service learning coordinator if you need resources in planning for next year.
4. Keep the service learning coordinator and the school informed of all service activities so that the students get credit and recognition for their work.
If you any questions or thoughts, contact the service learning coordinator Balajee Ginjapalle - gbalajee@aischennai.org
Friday, 17 April 2020
Week 33
GYFT
In case you missed it and are interested, the GYFT Challenge is a way to get your family together and offline for activities to promote togetherness and wellbeing. Last week's post has information on it. You can do this any time!
HS Production - Wendy & Peter Pan
This year, the HS were working on the production; Wendy & Peter Pan. Wendy & Peter Pan was written and adapted by Ella Hickson from J.M. Barrie’s classic play Peter and Wendy. She was commissioned to write it as a Christmas family show for the Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK. The play shifts the focus on Wendy as the protagonist and makes the story contemporary without losing meaning.
The production featured moments of music, dance and movement to tell this incredible story of Wendy, John, and Michael Darling flying off to Neverland with Peter Pan and his spunky fairy Tink to search for their missing brother; Tom Darling. There, with the help of the Lost Boys and the fearsome Tiger Lily, they battle Captain Hook and his band of pirates of the Jolly Roger. Meanwhile, Mrs. Darling looks for meaning in her life in the midst of the suffragette movement, putting her at odds with her husband, Mr. Darling.
We hope you all will watch the video, help celebrate the actors who worked hard over the semester to prepare this piece. The video showcases candid rehearsal moments, moments from the show as well interviews with some of the actors.
Model United Nations
This year our students involved in Model United Nations were only able to participate in the CHEMUN conference which was here. All of the spring conferences were cancelled. But that hasn't stopped the MUN leadership from continuing to meet and plan for next year's conference. They even have tried out having a virtual conference.
Masks
Masks are a necessity for those in the medical field, but also for all people in Chennai now. Two HS students have been taking the lead in helping fill the need for masks. Sitara writes:COVID-19 has forced all of us to stay indoors. This period has made us realize how fortunate we are compared to many others in our country. My sister Tulasi and I have therefore decided to see how we could help the underprivileged. About a week ago we started making preventive masks using household materials. We have so far made and distributed 1000 masks to the Cancer Institute, The Hope foundation, etc. Our goal is to help spread awareness on the usage of preventive masks while continuing to supply masks to individuals and organizations who need them. Additionally, we have shared our mask-making process with an institution that employs orthopedically challenged women at the JRehab center. May we request you to help us spread awareness amongst our community?If you're able to help produce masks, reach out to Mr. Balajee so he can help coordinate to those that may be most in need. gbalajee@aischennai.org
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Week 32
GYFT
Starting on Monday the 13th, the Athletics and Activities office is challenging families to participate in a game that you can do from your home. Called the GYFT (Get Your Family Together) Challenge, there are 15 different activities that you can earn points doing. Most are mainly offline and intended for you to spend intentional time together. If you're interested, read about the GYFT Challenge here. We'll run it from Monday morning through Sunday night - the 13th through the 19th. Complete this form with your team or family name and be sure to make a copy of this sheet or write down the points that will be earned for each activity. If you want to share your progress on social media, just use the hashtags #GYFTchallenge and #AISCwellbeing.Below are the activities.
And you rank them using this scale.
Student Activities
Just like the rest of the school year, students value activities that are not directly associated with their classwork. During the lockdown this has just become more difficult. But some groups are finding ways.
Model United Nations had planned to do a Chennai conference this spring to make up for the trips that were cancelled. With a normal return to campus unlikely, the leaders of MUN tried conducting a committee through video conference. While not ideal, the students are embracing the opportunity to try something new.
Friday, 3 April 2020
Week 31
Next week we will put a spotlight on Wellbeing with Well Week at AISC. The intention of the week is to bring attention to our wellbeing and share our experiences. Students will receive instructions on how to engage in Well Week activities. We encourage parents to join in as well. Please see the focus of each day below:
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