Friday, February 25, 2011
by admin 
Congratulations to the Boys and Girls Basketball Teams for their outstanding effort, competitive play and 6th place finishes at the ACAMIS Basketball Tournament last weekend in Macau! Next up...soccer.
Announcements
- The QISS MUN class has a delegation attending the MUNiSC conference here in Qingdao this weekend. Another delegation representing QISS will be traveling to Beijing for the BEIMUN conference on March 10-13.
- A draft of the WASC Accreditation Self Study Report can be found on the school’s website at www.qiss.org.cn. The accreditation report is important because it validates the integrity of the school’s program, assures the school community that the school’s purposes are appropriate and assists the school in establishing areas of strengths and areas for improvement. If you have comments on the report would you please address them to: qisscomments@hotmail.com. We look forward to receiving your comments.
- The final preparations are being made for the Upper School China Trips. Students listened to a presentation on their trip today in homeroom class and they recieved an information pacakage including a permission slip for the trip. Please look over the information and return the permission slips by Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Below are the electronic versions of the information packages.
- Grade 7 - 12 China Trip Highlights.pdf
- Grade 11-12 - Guizhou Trip Parent Letter.pdf
- Grade 11 - 12 - Guizhou Overview and Itinerary.pdf
- Grade 11-12 - Guizhou Pre-departure Information.pdf
- Grade 9-10 - Hangzhou Trip Parent Letter.pdf
- Grade 9 - 10 - Hangzhou Trip Overview and Itinerary.pdf
- Grade 9-10 - Hangzhou Pre-departure Information.pdf
- Grade 7 - 8 - Xian Parent Letter.pdf
- Grade 7 - 8 - Xian Trip Overview and Itinerary.pdf
- Grade 7-8 - Xian Pre-departure Information.pdf
- Grade 6 - Tai Shan Trip Parent Letter.pdf
- After School Activities Session 3 begins the week of March 10 and concludes on May 31. Click here for the activities being offered and the days on which they take place. Please note that Swimming has been changed to Mondays.
A Warm Welcome to...
- Xi Xiang Wang who started in Kindergarten this week.
- Grace Zhang who started in Grade 3 this week.
- Hyun-Seo Park started in Grade 4 this week.
- Alex Lim who started in Grade 9 this week.
- Martin Lim who started in Grade 9 this week.
- Tian Ai (Tina) Liu who will start in Kindergarten on February 28.
- Chang Hee Han who will start in Grade 7 on February 28.
- KaXxi (Cathy) Zhang who will start in Kindergarten on March 1.
...we wish you much happiness and success at QISS!
Next Week at QISS
Monday, February 28
- Girls Soccer Practice on the Shark Pitch (3:30 - 5:00).
Tuesday, March 1
- Girls Soccer Practice on the Shark Pitch(3:30 - 5:00).
Wednesday, March 2
- Grade 4 Key Assignment - Grade 4 is sharing their understanding about DNA through, music, dance and science experiements in the QISS Theatre (9:00).
- QISN Chess Tournament at ISQ (1:00 - 5:00).
- Boys Soccer Practice on the Shark Pitch (3:30 - 5:30).
Thursday, March 3
- Girls Soccer Practice on the Shark Pitch(3:30 - 5:00).
Friday, March 4
- Boys Soccer Practice on the Shark Pitch (3:30 - 5:30).
What's Happening in...Pre K!
Pre K students have been exploring the different kinds of transportation systems and how these vehicles are useful to the community. During the inquiry process the students made a lot of meaningful connections to their own personal lives and showed intelligence and vitality in their eagerness to share this with their peers. They engaged in various learning experiences such as making models of these modes of transportation using materials like cardboard, Lego, playdough, paints, etc. Here are some student verbatim reflecting their understanding of how vehicles help us:
- “ School bus comes school. Mummy use taxi to go to school. Aeroplane fly to Hongkong and Qingdao.”
- “When we have lot of blood the ambulance comes. When there’s a fire on a house the fire truck comes.”
- “When we go shopping and then we go back we take the car and the people drive the car. A car help us to go somewhere.”
- “Bus go to Kindergarten.”
- “Boat it sails in the water so you can go somewhere to Texas or China or Taiwan or India."
- "A bus take us to one place to another.”
Upcoming Events
- March 10 to 13 - MUN Conference in Beijing
- March 16 - Half day of school - Students dismissed at 1:00.
- March 17 - QISN Spelling Bee at YCIS
- March 18 - Lower School Report Cards sent home (Units 3 & 4)
- March 19 - QISS Science Fair
- March 28 to April 1 - Upper School Field Trips
- April 4 to 8 - Easter Vacation - Classes resume April 11
- April 12 - QISN Talent Show at KISQ
- April 14 to 17 - ACAMIS Soccer Tournament in Ningbo
- April 15 - Upper School end of Quarter 3
- April 20 and 21 - Parent Conferences - Students dismissed from classes at 1:00.
- April 22 - Upper School Report Cards sent home (Quarter 3)
- April 23 - QISS Talent Show
- April 25 to 28 - WASC Accreditation Visit
- May 2 and 3 - Labour Day Holiday - No Classes
- May 4 to 14 - AP Tests
- May 7 - SAT Testing at QISS
- May 20 and 21 - ACAMIS Middle School Cultural Convention in Suzhou
- May 23 to 27 - Festival of Words
- May 25 - QISN Drama Festival at QISS
- May 31 - After School Activities end
- June 6 - Fragon Boat Festival Holiday - No Classes
- June 9 to 14 - High School Exam Week
- June 11 - Graduation
- June 15 - QISS Field Day
- June 17 - Last day of school - Upper and Lower School Report Cards sent home
Links
- QISS Website
- Lower School Principal's Letter
- QISS Community Newsletter - January 2011: Issue 6
- WASC - Self Study Draft Report
02/24/11 03:53:34 pm,