Outline
- HIS Partnerships – Letter from the Director General
- MYP Assessment Coffee Mornings
- Spring Holiday Care
- PTA News
1. Principal’s Message
Dear HIS
A word of thanks to our volunteers in the HIS community. Volunteers, working silently in the background and generally without receiving much in the way of recognition are a cornerstone of any vibrant school community for it is through such work that the school comes alive. The ski day organized for next week, the valentines beautifully crafted chocolate flowers and the ongoing work surrounding the HIS playground are just a few examples.
This week, I also wanted to highlight our academic honesty policy. Do you know what sort of information would be contained within a policy like this? Now is your chance to find out. What skills do you need to acquire in order to demonstrate academic honesty? Here is a link to the Academic Honesty policy 2017 and next week, I will post a challenge question or two for you.
Enjoy your weekend.
Kind regards
Damian Rentoule (Principal)
2. Crane Video
3. HIS Partnerships
Letter from the Director General of the Board of Directors
Dear HIS Community
As detailed in the HIS Annual Report (2016/2017) the HIS Board of Directors has been looking into potential partnerships with other institutions or foundations that could potentially benefit HIS. One of the major responsibilities of the Board of Directors is to ensure the long-term sustainability of HIS. One way in which a school with a relatively small population can ensure stability over time is to form partnerships with other institutions.
When we talk about partnerships with another institution, these could potentially be in many forms. For example, implementing a joint program, sharing of facilities, students accessing courses in another institution, expanded access to sports/club activities or mergers/affiliations could all be potential options. Even though we are exploring these possibilities, we would never compromise on our mission, and vision statements utilizing the IB program as the backbone of our educational standards.
Over the years, some of these options have been discussed within the HIS community and recently, the Board of Directors has formed a working group to more formally explore potential partnerships. Initially, a small group of volunteers from the Board of Directors will be examining possibilities and report their findings to the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees. We are in the early stages of the process and will keep you updated if we identify any potential partnerships that could be of benefit to our HIS school community.
Kind regards
Dr Susan Meiki
Director General, HIS Board of Directors
MYP Assessment Coffee Morning
Spring Holiday Care
Due to low numbers of interested families, we will not be running the Spring Holiday Care during the upcoming holiday. We will still be running the summer program.
PTA News
(日本語は以下に）
Val-O-Gram
Thank you for all that contributed and participated in both the Val-O-Gram and Valentine Bake Sale on Wednesday. All of the children seemed to really enjoy the festivities and it was a very successful fundraiser that will benefit the playground and garden project. There will be more discussion at the PTA Meeting on Wednesday, February 21st regarding the plans for the project. Please join us to be a part of the discussion!
21 Feb HIS BOOK SWAP – All grades
Deadline Tuesday, February 20th. Many students have already begun bringing in their books for the Book Swap and they are FANTASTIC! Your student won’t want to miss out on this opportunity to get great free, new reading material. For all of the details click on this link.
14 Apr Festival
*We need more volunteers!
If you have lost the sign-up sheet, please email us at pta@hiroshima-is.ac.jp or you can copy from attached sheet.
Even if you are busy, volunteer work can be done in a short time (only one or two hours is all you need).Thank you very much for people who have already signed up.
2018volunteer signup sheet .xlsx
*PTA bazaar
Many donation goods have started to come to school. Please don’t forget to send in anything you have at home which you don’t need anymore(in good condition).
And please bring unnecessary paper shopping bags and some buffer materials for wrapping.
*Please email us any businesses who are interested in food and product sales at the Festival by February 22.10%of their product sales and 15% of their food sales will be paid to PTA. pta@hiroshima-is.ac.jp
Thank you!
Read It, Review It, Recommend It
Emma Fuller, G2
“Little Legends: The Great Troll Rescue”
by Tom Percival
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Little Legends is about a witch who steals all of these magical creatures. The friends, who are characters are from Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, etc., live in a town they call Tale Town. They go on an epic adventure to save all of the magical creatures and get the witch’s necklace that gives her magical powers! It’s an adventure book…
Read it & find out what happens!…
The series is on Amazon! All of the books are great.
It’s for G1-3.
Upcoming events and deadlines
*21 Feb Book swap – 20 Feb
*14 Apr Festival – Dead line for volunteers and advertisement for the flyer : 22 Feb
***Please feel free to ask any questions to PTA committee by email
Next PTA Meeting
21 Feb at conference room
9-11
PTAニュース
Val-O-Gram
水曜日に行われたVal-O-Gram、ベイクセールにたくさん参加いただきありがとうございました。生徒の皆さんはとても楽しんだ様子で、売上も上がり、大成功に終わりました。集まった資金は校庭のリノベーションプロジェクトに使用させていただきます。来週水曜日（21日）の全体ミーティングではプロジェクトの進捗状況をお知らせいたします。みなさまのご参加をお待ちします。
HIS本の交換会 （２月２１日）– 全ての学年
たくさんの生徒が本の交換会のために自分の本をもってきています。新しい本を無料でもらえるこの機会をぜひお見逃しなく！！
持ち込み期限は2月20日です。
イベントの詳細はこちらへ
Festival（４月１４日）
＊ボランティアがまだまだ足りません！
もしサインナップシートを紛失されてる方、PTAにメールをくださいませ。 pta@hiroshima-is.ac.jp または添付書類を印刷してください。
既にサインナップしていただいている方、ありがとうございます。
短時間（1－2時間）でも構いません。グループ内で調整します。皆さんのご協力が必要です。
よろしくお願いいたします。
2018volunteer signup sheet .xlsx
＊ＰＴＡバザー（100円ショップ）
バザーに出す品物が集まり始めています。まだまだたくさん受付中です！
ご家庭にある不要品（状態のよいもの）をぜひ学校に持って来てください。
また、不要な紙袋、緩衝材などご家庭にあれば （当日レジで使用するため）学校にお持ちくださいませ。
フェスティバルのフードコーナー、販売コーナーで出店されたい方、ＰＴＡへ2月22日までにご連絡ください。物販売り上げの10C%,飲食売り上げの15％をＰＴＡへいただくようになります。
今年のフェスティバルのチラシはA4で両面印刷をし事前配布（2000枚程度）をする予定です。そのチラシに載せる広告を募集します。スペースが小さいので名刺サイズの半分くらいです。金額はひと枠1000円です。ご商売されている方、いかがですか？
みなさんのご協力をお願いいたします。
データはPDFでもワードでもOKです。
受付締め切りは２月２2日。PTAアドレスにデータを送ってください。
おすすめ本レビュー募集中
新しくレビューが届きました！
Emma Fuller, G2
“Little Legends: The Great Troll Rescue”
by Tom Percival
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
リトルレジェンズは魔法の生き物全てを盗む魔女の物語です。
キャラクターとなる友達は赤ずきんや, ラプンツェルなどTale Town と呼ばれる街に住んでいます。
彼らはすべての魔法の生き物を救い、魔女に力を与えるネックレスを奪うため壮大な冒険に向かいます。
冒険の本です。何が起こるかは読んでのお楽しみです！
各イベントの締切など
*21 Feb Book swap – 2月20日 詳細はＰＤＦが添付されています。
*14 Apr Festival – ボランティアとチラシの広告受付締切 ２月２２日
＊＊＊どんな小さな質問でも構いませんのでご不明な点等ございましたらどうぞお気軽にＰＴＡへメールをください pta@hiroshima-is.ac.jp （日本語は渡辺か山城がお答えします）
次回のＰＴＡミーティング
2月21日水曜 9時から11時 カンファレンスルームにて
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