Musicians from Grades 3 to 8 performed at Qingdao's 1st International Christmas Market on Wednesday evening at the InterContinental Hotel.

Announcements

• QISS is please to announce the appointment of Dr. Jay Teston as the new School Director. Dr. Teston will assume the position as of August 1, 2012 and lead the school through the next phase of its development. Welcome aboard Dr. Teston!
• The QISS Winter Program takes place tomorrow afternoon. All students should be at school by 1:30 and ready to begin the show at 2:00. Reminder: The admission fee for the performance is the donation of a non-perishable food item or a baby item (formula, diapers, toys) for the Qingdao Children Welfare Institution.
• QISS Upper School Principals and Counsellor would like to thank all of the parents who attended the Upper School Coffee Morning last Tuesday.
• Next week all 10th and 11th grade students who took the PSAT will be receiving their results.  The information included will give parents an idea of how well their child will do on the SAT as well as providing information about specific skill strengths and how to improve weaknesses.
• Payment in full is now due for students traveling to the BEIMUN conference in March.
• QISS is looking for substitute teachers among our QISS community. If you are interested in being on our substitute list, please contact Alberto Gutierrez (agutierrez@qiss.org.cn), Peter Thorpe (pthorpe@qiss.org.cn) or Bill Corey (wcorey@qiss.org.cn).
• QISS teachers are always available to discuss academic or social issues concerning your child. For a list of all QISS staff and their email addresses, click here.
• The QISS Lower School News Team has published another edition of Lower School News By Kids.
• The new QISS Upper School News website is updated on a regular basis. Click here for the latest news!
• Middle and High School boys and girls lunch time intramurals continue next week. This includes basketball,soccer, table tennis and badminton. See the schedule below for details. See Mr. Adie for late sign-ups.

The Shark's Tale

• Congratulation to the QISS Varsity Girls Basketball team for their well played victory against ISQ last Friday. Great job Lady Sharks!
• The QISS Boys Table Tennis Team will compete today and tomorrow at the ACAMIS tournament at ISQ. Good luck boys!
  
• The QISS Varsity Boys Basketball team plays today against NSWE in the Shark Tank. Good luck Sharks!

DJ LaToison shoots a free throw duirng last Friday's game against ISQ.

DJ led the Sharks with 16 points!

Next Week at QISS (and around Qingdao)

Monday, December 12

• Upper School Intramural Badminton (12:00 - 12:20 in the Gym)
• Varsity Girls Basketball practice (3:30 - 5:30)

Tuesday, December 13

• Grade 1 Field Trip to the fire station. Afterwards, we are taking a walk through one of the villages to look at how the local indigenous people live. We are looking for similarities in the materials indigenous people use to make houses.
• Upper School Intramural Table Tennis (12:00 - 12:20 in the Table Tennis room)
• Varsity Boys Basketball practice (3:30 - 5:30)

Wednesday, December 14

• Upper School Intramural Basketball (12:00 - 12:20 in the Gym)
• Varsity Girls Basketball practice (3:30 - 5:30)

Thursday, December 15

• High School Intramural Soccer (12:00 - 12:00 on the soccer pitch)
• Varsity Boys Basketball practice (3:30 - 5:30)

Friday, December 16

• Grade 1F Key Assignment demonstrating dances as a cultural aspect of a couple of indigenous tribes from Asia followed by a museum walk showing some arts and crafts. All the members of the community are invited to the performance.  We will have a Christmas party in class after that.
• Last day ofschool before Winter Vacation!
  

Upcoming Events

• December 2 - 11 - Qingdao's 1st International Christmas Market (InterContinental Hotel)
• December 17 to January 8 - Winter Vacation
  
• January 9 - School resumes
• January 11, 12, 13 & 16 - High School Semester Exams
• January 13 - Lower School End of Unit 3
• January 13 - Upper School End of Quarter 2
• January 18 - China Day January 20 - Upper School Report Cards sent home
• January 23 to February 3 - Spring Festival - no classes
• February 6 - Classes resume

Links

• QISS Website
• QISS 2011-2012 Calendar
• Lower School Principal's Letter
• Lower School News by Kids!
• Upper School QISS News
• Qingdao Expat Group
• Western Association of School and Colleges (WASC)
• Association of China and Mongolia International Schools (ACAMIS)
• AP (Advanced Placement) Central