January 15, 2018

Dear Parents, 

It is great to have the High School students back from their WWW adventures.  

Reminder, Monday dismissal is at 2:00 PM  - We will have a normal school day but the last period will be short.  Students will go home at 2:00 PM.

Please welcome Toby Young. He is here to help Nyein Chan who is out on medical leave: We are happy to introduce Mr. Toby Young. Mr. Young has been a Physics/Chemistry teacher for the last 40 years. He spent thirteen years at the Karachi American School teaching Physics and Chemistry (AP, Honor, College Prep). Recently he has returned back to the states where we have been able to entice him to assist our students. Mr. Young will begin work on Monday, January 15, 2018. Please make sure to reach out to Toby as he will need all our help getting up and running quickly.

This Week In Secondary School

Monday

• 2:00 Dismissal for students
• Mr. Peter Dalglish visit: Compassion and Service - This week, we have the pleasure to host Peter Dalglish (more information here).

Tuesday

• IBVA Mock Exam
• Mr. Peter Dalglish visit: Compassion and Service - Student workshops throughout the day
• Parent Presentation: Peter Dalglish- Compassion and Service: 5:00 PM in the Cafeteria 
• Parent Forum regarding registration: 6:00 PM in the Cafeteria

Wednesday

• IBVA Mock Exam

Thursday

• HS boys and girls Basketball ILBC @ ISY 3:00-5:30 

Friday 

• Semester 2 ends on January 19, 2018
• SEASAC Arts in Singapore

Saturday

• SEASAC Arts in Singapore
• MS STUCO Sports Night 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM 
• MAP Testing Begins January 23-31 (no testing on Jan. 26.)

MAP Testing 

MAP testing for a new Winter session to track and use student growth data since August will be from Jan. 23-31. Students in grades 6-9 will take the MAP assessments in the areas of math, reading, language, and science. The best preparation for these assessments is plenty of sleep and a well-nourished body. For more information about the MAP assessment and what it measures, please navigate to the ISY website and scroll down the page to the "MAP Growth" drop-down menu: http://www.isyedu.org/learning/assessment

Given the adaptive nature of the MAP Growth assessment, students may be exposed to questions containing concepts or skills they have never seen before or have never received instruction on in order to find out what they can and cannot do. When this happens, students are guided to make an initial effort to answer these questions, but if they do not know the answer within a few minutes, they should make the best guess and move on. The MAP assessment is not intended to measure students spending large chunks of time on questions trying to “teach” themselves. Therefore, ISY will limit MAP assessment sessions to 90 minutes which is beyond the average time students take complete each session as published by NWEA.*

*Students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP) may have extra time to complete assessments.

Reference: NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association)