1. Principal’s Message
Dear HIS Families
I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weather over Golden Week. I wanted to remind everyone that next Monday is Student Led Conferences and next Friday evening is Spring Concert, so we have a week and for this reason, quite a lot of information below. On Monday, for the Student Led Conferences (SLC), we do not have a regular school day, rather students come to school with their families at the scheduled SLC time. On Friday, for the Spring Concert, primary students come home early – buses leave HIS at 1:00pm and the exact arrival times at each bus stop will be sent home on Monday.
Enjoy your weekend and we hope to see you at school next week.
Regards
Damian
2. The Crane Video
3. HIS Idol
Timeline
The sign up deadline for HIS Idol was today (Friday May 12th).
HEATS: will run between 15th to 26th MAY during lunchtimes.
FINALE: Friday June 2nd 6:30pm to 8:45pm at International House (留学生会館).
4. Student Led Conferences on Monday
Please find attached a letter from Ms. Pechhold and Miss B that was sent earlier by email, inviting you to the Student -Led Conferences on Monday, 15th May, and explaining how the conferences will proceed. The appointment time slip was also distributed earlier in the week. If, for some reason, the time slip did not make it to you, please call us on Monday morning and we can confirm your time.
SLC on 15 May 2017 Parents Letter
5. Information Sessions during Student Led Conferences
This workshop is for any parent who is interested in learning how HIS supports reading development for all students in the primary and secondary grades. The information session will address:
- how target reading skills are identified for individual students
- what direct reading instruction will look like at HIS next school year
- suggestions for reinforcing reading skills at home.
After the information session, a selection of reading strategies will be presented through a carousel activity. Strategies will include:
- support through online programs (secondary)
- book clubs & reading is thinking
- stamina reading & reading journals.
6. Spring Concert/Arts Gala on Friday
1) Friday May 19th Arts Gala: Spring Concert , Visual Art Exhibition, DP Exhibition
The HIS Annual Spring Concert will be featuring all students in Early Childhood Class through Grade 11 in various performance groups. The program is presented as a way to celebrate student’s music coursework for the school year. Students are making their final effort in preparing for the special evening. Please join us and support, inspire the performers to sing and to play their best!
- Primary Students: Early dismissal at 1:00pm for PYP students after eating early lunch.
- Secondary Students: All G6-11 students will have normal classes until 15:20 and students will be staying on school campus in preparation for the evening. Please pack supper for the evening for G6-12 students.
Please click here for more details: SpringConcert2017newsletterinfo.May12.docx-2
2) HIS Pale Blue Polo Shirt Donation HIS ポロシャツリユースご協力のお願い
If you have an HIS Pale Blue Polo Shirt that are no longer needed, please donate to the HIS Choir Wardrobe.
HISPoloShirtChoirWardrobe.docx-5
7. 平和発信コンサートSaturday, May 27th Peace Concert
G2-5 students if you still wish to take part, please notify Takako sensei. Other grade level students are welcomed to come and see the event.
8. Peace Ride Bake Sale, Thursday 18 May
Hello, this is Ryo and Lisa from the Peace Ride Team.
On May 18th, Thursday during lunch time, we will be holding a Bake Sale selling cookies, muffins, and sweets which will all cost ¥100 – ¥150. We are also accepting donations of baked goods for the bake sale. If you would like to bake something for the sale, please bring it to school on May 17th or 18th. The money collected will be used for the Peace Ride and profits donated to organisations that work for the recovery of the Kumamoto Earthquake. The Peace Ride team is comprised of 9 students and 2 teachers. Our mission is to promote peace through a physically demanding activity with symbolic significance. The last two years, the Peace Ride Team has cycled to Nagasaki, and around the Chugoku and Shikoku region, riding a total of 450 kilometres for each trip. This year, the Peace Ride Team will be going to Kumamoto and Nagasaki. We will hold a workshop in a school around Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefecture to spread the message of Peace and donate money to help the earthquake recovery efforts.
Yours sincerely,
Ryo and Lisa
(Translated)
9. PTA News
News from the PTA (12 May 2017) (日本語は以下にあります)
- Report on 2017 HIS Festival
The Report of the 2017 HIS Festival is now available. The yellow section is still to be filled, and will change after all of the receipts are collected. We would like to think about how to use the profits from the Festival.
The Report of the 2017 HIS Festival.pdf
・ Big thanks to Mr.Li(from Philippine food) for donations.
・ Once again, there is a thanks letter from Deli team.
From the International Deli
Many thanks to everyone who gave of their time, baking skills, packaging skills, sticker sticking skills and decorating skills at the Festival to help us prepare such a varied colourful selection of treats. Parents did most of the baking and packing, but we had the generous help of students and teachers as tasters during the week to make sure everything was fit for consumption! Thanks guys!
Further thanks to all those worked so hard all day to sell our wares on the day, and lastly to those who baked at home and donated their treats on the day, and lastly of course to everyone who bought them!
Thanks to you all, we were able to completely sell out all home baked goods before the end of the day, and hopefully we were able to contribute a little to the PTA’s efforts to support our school for our kids! It was a pleasure working with you all.
- Reflections of Secondary Students on their Games and Activities during the Booths by Secondary Students
We have consolidated the comments from secondary students on the various activities they did for the HIS Festival. These comments will be useful for preparing the next Festival.
Reflections of Secondary Students .pdf
- PTA Committee for 2017-18
It is time to invite new members to form next year’s PTA Committee! A separate email will be sent to parents and guardians about the role of the PTA Committee. If you are interested, please send your name and child’s name/grade by email to pta@hiroshima-is.ac.jp by Wednesday May 31. If there are more than 7 people, an election will be held.
Upcoming PTA Meeting (Wednesday 31 May, HIS Pinkroom, 9 – 11)
The agenda of the meeting is:
- Formal report of the HIS Festival
- New PTA Committee for 2017-18
We look forward to your participation. If you have any questions, please send an email to pta@hiroshima-is.ac.jp.
①フェスティバルの収支報告書ができました。
・黄色の箇所は未入力なので、領収書が出ましたら金額は変わります。
・どのように利益還元をするか考えていこうと思います。
The Report of the 2017 HIS Festival.pdf
・フィリピンフードブースさん（Mr. Li)の経費は寄付となりましたことにお礼申し上げます。
・デリチームよりあらためてみなさんへの感謝の気持ちです。
インターナショナルフェスティバルでは多くの方々にお菓子作り、お菓子の包装、名前やシール貼り、デコレーション等にお手伝いしていただいたお陰で、当日色とりどりなデリブースを作り上げる事ができました。皆様、ありがとうございました！準備には保護者の方々が主にボランティアをしてくださいましたが、製作の週には先生方や生徒の皆さんにも重要な味見役として、ご協力をいただきました
当日、多忙な販売に関わってくださった皆様、家からのベイク品を提供してくださった皆様、そしてそれを買ってくださった皆々様、どうもありがとうございました！
おかげさまでデリチームで用意した手作り品は、完売することができました。。デリで得た利益が少しでもPTAの助成金として学校を通し生徒の皆さんのお役に立てることを願っています。皆さんとご一緒できてとても嬉しかったです。
②セカンダリークラスアクティビティの感想をまとめました。
・セカンダリーの意見をたくさん聞くことができました。
今後のフェスティバルの参考になると思います。
③2017-2018のPTA役員を募集します！
ＰＴＡの役割などを記載したものを後日メールで送らせていただきます。役員に興味のある方はお名前、お子さんの名前と学年も添えて
ＰＴＡまでメールをお願いします。
次回のミーティング（５月３１日）までに申し出ください。
定員（７名）以上の方の申し出があれば選挙になります。
次回ミーティング
５月３１日 水曜日 9：00 HIS ピンクルームにて
議題 ： フェスティバルの具体的収支報告
2017-2018 PTA役員について
10. Japanese Outline Video