Middle School Principal’s Letter

Thank you for taking the time to read this week’s version of the News and Views. We had another fun week of exploring and learning.

Thank you to all parents who were able to make it out this week for our afternoon and full-day parent-teacher conference, on Tuesday and Wednesday. It was great to see so many parents in attendance. We hope that having the opportunity to meet with teachers and hear about your child’s academic progress, will lead to a productive conversation at home. We required students to be at the conference because it is vital for students to hear what their teachers have to say about them as learners.

The WHO has shared tips to help children cope with stress during the 2019-nCoV outbreak.
Children may respond to stress in different ways such as being more clingy, anxious, withdrawing, angry or agitated.

• If possible, make opportunities for the child to play and relax.
• Talking to people you trust can help. Contact your friends and family.
• It is best to respond to your child’s reactions in a supportive way.
• Listen to their concerns and give them extra love and attention.
• Keep routines schedule as much as possible.
• Provide facts about what has happened.
• Limit worry and agitation by lessening time spent watching or listening to media coverage.
• Give them clear information about how to reduce their risk of being infected by the disease in words they can understand depending on age.

We will continue to emphasize the importance of learning, as well as playing and relaxing at school. Please keep your child home if they have a cold or the flu.

Due to the lack of time to prepare for Spirit Week, we will postpone it until April 5th.

Thank you for your continuous support of the middle school.

In Partnership,
Courtney Bailey
Middle School Principal

 

Announcements

Re-purposed Sports Wear and Gear Drive – Extended
Athletic Wear & Equipment Drive will be extended to the morning of Sunday, March 15
The Egyptian Clothing Bank will pick up the donations on Sunday at 11:00 am.

 

Age Group Swimming Season 3 (Spring)
Age group swimming is a competitive swimming program that training in the four competitive strokes for a season End competition. This is a PAID activities and all swimmers wanting to sign up MUST have their Parents fill out this MS/HS AGE GROUP SWIM SIGN UP form.

All students who have participated in the age group or JV/Varsity swim program before are eligible. Any new swimmer interested in joining needs to contact Ms. Coles for a swim test before they join.

The MS/ HS age group program will run from Sunday, March 29th to Saturday, May 16th.
Cost for the season is $110 USD per swimmer. Practices are from 4:15- 5:15 Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Full details are on the form link above.

 

Three Cheers

Three Cheers to all parents who came out for the parent-teacher conferences.

Three Cheers to all teachers for their efforts during the conferences.

Three Cheers to Ms. Fahmy and Ms. Abdel Hady for their efforts with the organization of the conferences.

Three Cheers to Mr. Kumar, Ms. Harouny, and Ms. Soha for their efforts with the training of teachers to prepare for our e-learning day.