SAS Gala – An Evening of Celebration
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The 2010 Shanghai Student Film Festival is a now accepting submissions for students in grades 3-12. This year, the event will be held on APRIL 23RD at Shanghai Community International School’s Hongqaio Campus, from 6:30 PM until 9:00 PM. Deadline for entry for digital copies into the festival is April 12th! Trophies will be awarded to the best Narrative / Documentary / Public Service Announcement / Video Art / Music Video. You can find information on the submission process at our website: http://shanghaifilmfest.org/blog
Thanks,
David Gran
Art Educator
Shanghai American School, Puxi Campus
The SAS 201 Summer Program registration and program selection starts today! Summer Programs are offered:
Session 1 (Week 1) – Exploratory Programs
June 21 – 25 (8:30 – 3:00)
Weeks 1 – 4 Four-Week Programs
June 21 – July 16 (8:30 – 3:00)
(Four Week Programs are only offered for Geometry and Intensive Chinese)
Session 2 (Weeks 2-4) – Education Programs
July 28 – July 16 (8:30 – 3:00)
Session 3 (Week 5) – Special Programs
July 19 – 23 (8:30 – 1:00)
The 2010 SAS Summer Program online registration and program selection portal may be accessed at:www.saschina.org/summerprogram . Here you can also learn about the SAS Summer Programs, and access all the information about the SAS Summer Program including bus transportation, cancelation and refunds, changing programs after registration and payment methods and deadlines).
SAS faculty and staff receive a 20% discount on all programs offered for each child registered. SAS faculty and staff working in the Summer Program receive a 50% discount on all programs offered for each child registered. The non-refundable $50 fee is not discounted. Enrollment in all programs cannot be guaranteed.
Register your child(ren) today! We look forward to offering a fun-filled summer full of learning.
Wade Rand
Summer Program Director
Shanghai American School
6221-1445 x 2254
SAS Board of Directors
SCHOOL-WIDE COMMUNICATIONS TASK FORCE
PARENT TOWN MEETINGS / BOARD FORUMS
Dear SAS Parents:
Please help us improve the SAS Parent Town Meetings and Board Forums to be held again this spring.
In October and November 2009, SAS conducted two Parent Town Meetings and two Board Forums, located on or near each campus, to provide a way for parents to communicate directly with members of the Board of Directors and with school administrators.
The Town Meetings began with the Superintendent answering questions submitted in advance by e-mail. Then questions were entertained from the floor. Finally, the audience divided by school division for further discussions with the school principals.
The Board Forums addressed a topic selected by the Board: school finances. Following presentations by the Board Chair and the school&rsquos Chief Financial Officer, questions were received from the floor, to which Board members responded.
By clicking the link below, you will be taken to a two-minute, multiple-choice online survey. Your responses will help us plan the Town Meetings and Board Forums to be held in April.
Thank you for helping to strengthen parent-school communications at SAS!
Sincerely,
Stephanie Kao
Board Member and Chair, School-wide Communications Task Force
Click here to take the survey
DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE IS 5:00 P.M., FRIDAY, MARCH 19.
Pudong elementary school will host a House Sports Winter Walk About from March 15-19. During lunch recess, students will be encouraged to participate in a lunch recess walk-a-thon and earn points for their House. Students will need to wear clothing that is comfortable each day to participate and remember that this is also love of reading week so please check our love of reading week activities for clothing suggestions!
Parents:
March 12th-March 19th is Love of Reading Week!
Friday, March 12thPoetry in Your Pocket-Carry a poem in your pocket to share at the Poetry Slam.
PARENTS ARE INVITED
PRE-K-1ST GRADE STUDENTS are invited to these events
2nd Grade Poetry Slam9:50-10:30 ES Library
3rd Grade Poetry Slam10:50-11:35 ES Library
5th Grade Poetry Slam12:45-1:25 ES Library
4th Grade Poetry Slam1:45-2:30 ES Library
Monday, March 15th Snuggle up with a good book – wear pajamas
Tuesday, March 16th Exercise your mind day – wear exercise clothes
Wednesday, March 17th Go Green, Recycle your mind and read – wear green (This is also St. Patty Day)
Thursday, March 18th Cast of Characters – Dress as your favorite story book character
Friday, March 19th Hats off to reading day – wear crazy hat
Spring Break-Wahooooo!
“Winter Eyes” CONCERT DVD’s for grades K-4 are now for sale in the EAGLE store. The cost is 50 RMB each, all proceeds will go to the “Hands On Shanghai” charity. This is a volunteer organization that has recently started teaching art and music classes in migrant schools. We have made a limited number of DVD’s, but will make more if needed.
Here is the web site.
http://www.handsonshanghai.org/
Dear SAS Families,
As you may know, M on the Bund hosts an annual literary festival. Writers of all genres from around the world are in Shanghai and schduled for presentations throughout the month of March. Each session costs 65rmb, includes a drink and a beautiful view of the bund. For more details please check: www.m-restaurantgroup.com and order tickets through: www.mypiao.com. Some highlights for your family might include a Writing Workshop for Kids, Sunday March 7 at 10am and Creating Teenage Fiction at 11am.
Hope to see you at some of the events!
Article Title: Laptop News for 2011-2012
Laptops for Grade 6 Students- A transitional approach to student and family ownership
In surveying the schools around the world who have transitioned young middle school students and older elementary students into laptop ownership, many have noted that an “educational year” of 1:1 laptop use is appropriate and recommended.
As we are experiencing this year with our 7th grade students, we know that when younger children are handed a computer an certain amount of experimentation and game playing is normal and the supervision requirements for these laptops requires additional efforts.
Thus beginning in 2010-11 grade 6 students at SAS will begin our laptop program in a transitional year program.
This approach will look like this:
All Grade 6 classrooms would be fully 1:1
All computers will be school owned, and no tech fee will be required from the parents and children.
All students will be assigned a computer installed with a bag, lock and school software.
These machines will then remain in the ownership of SAS and be checked out to individual students for use at school for the first few weeks of the school year and then to be taken to and from school and home.
This will make laptop ownership only in grade 7-12 after full implementation of the 1:1 program in 2012.
6th grade students will not be allowed to bring their own computers to school next year.
Laptop Program Continues to Develop
Students enrolling in 7th grade and any new students in grades 8,9,10 and 11 will be levied the laptop fee which remains at 11500 RMB. The fee will provide for onsite services, manufacturing defect and software warranty, a bag, a lock and a variety school owned software installed on the machine.
Non-School Macs Next Year?
We will only be allowing new students who have attended Macintosh 1:1 schools to bring their own computers to school next year in grade 7-11. It should be noted that this is only after their machine is certified to have met our instructional requirements. Any current student who is enrolled at SAS grade 6 or any new students who are not currently enrolled at a Macintosh 1:1 school will pay the required SAS technology fee and receive the computer, software, services and benefits of the laptop program.
Teacher Training Continues
Through this academic year, teachers have received training in the implementation of the laptops in their classroom programs, and software and network services have been increased to meet the demands of the students and the teachers. As is with all implementations, the longer and more sustained the professional development efforts are continued, the more successful the program will be in the long haul. Next year, we will be shifting our focus from “outside” consultancies to more use of our internal trainers. Last year we had four Apple Distinguished Educators recognized: David Gran (HS art), Thomas Banaszewski (technology specialist), Jonathan Chambers (MS ESOL) and Amanda DeCardy (technology specialist) were selected and trained in high level implementation of the laptops in our classrooms. Next year we will have two more teachers who will join these teachers and our five other technology specialists in building our internal capacity for teacher trainers. Congratulations to Simon Power, elementary technology specialist in Pudong and newly appointed technology specialist Daniel Motta.
These six people, along with two other Apple Distinguished Educators whom we hired for 2010-11 (now a total of over 14) highly trained, talented individuals will provide support, training and embedded professional development to our teachers in our classrooms K-12.
Questions? Please do not hesitate to contact Deputy Superintendent Andrew Torris at the school.
February 25, 2010
Dear SAS Parent Community Members:
Thank you to the parents who have submitted over 2200 teachers surveys thus far!
I am writing to reminder you that the annual teacher performance evaluation parent survey for the 2009-2010 school year is currently being conducted.
The survey will be open to all community members through the entire month of February.
The survey can be accessed through the SAS Community Portal athttp://powerschool.saschina.org.
Translations for the survey can be found at the following links:
For Chinese click here
For Korean click here
Once you log in using your parent ID and password, click the link at the top that is labeled “Teacher Performance Survey”.
If you have forgotten your Powerschool ID, contact the secretary at your child’s school division.
As has been done in the past two years, the teachers at SAS are seeking feedback from the parents of their children about their performance in areas in which they would have direct involvement. The results and comments from the survey go directly to the teachers who then include the survey information as part of their professional portfolio, and the survey content is discussed with their supervisor.
I would urge you to provide specific and professional feedback to the teachers at SAS. Consider carefully not only addressing suggestions, but also providing teachers feedback on what you feel is going well in the classroom programs at SAS.
The feedback you provide is important and it will be part of the professional reflection process as all of our teachers have a vested interest in ways to improve the programs at Shanghai American School.
Below you will find a list of a few frequently asked questions.
Sincerely,
Andrew Torris
Deputy Superintendent
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Is the survey multi-lingual?
A: You can leave answers to the open ended questions in other languages and they will be interpreted later. The advancement office has also provided access to translations of the surveys at these web addresses. Either click the link or copy and paste the link into your web browser.
For Chinese click here http://gallery.mailchimp.com/1e2c001e7323bba58b5fbf241/files/SurveyinfoChinese.pdf
For Korean click herehttp://gallery.mailchimp.com/1e2c001e7323bba58b5fbf241/files/SurveyinfoKorean.pdf
Q: Is the survey anonymous?
A: Yes. Completely. In fact it is so anonymous that technical staff supporting the independent website only has access to the data as it comes from survey input.
Q: Do I have to do all the surveys at the same time, or can I come back to the website again and again?
A: You can return the website several times, and you can revise your survey through the month of February.
Please join us for a very special presentation…
Michael Salinger (http://www.michaelsalinger.com/), spouse of Sara Holbrook will be the guest speaker for the ES PTSA. This is going to a “not-to-be-missed” event! We look forward to seeing YOU there.
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