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AIS West - December 2021
Hello AIS West Middle School Community,
Welcome to December! It's hard to believe that we are almost ready for the winter break and the end of Semester 1. Please note that there is no school tomorrow for teacher professional development.
I want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for your partnership with us throughout this challenging first semester. I am happy to share with you that negative behaviors seem to be taking a turn for the better. From October to November we had a 22% decrease in unexpected behaviors. We attribute this to our restorative conversations, swift and consistent consequences and your partnership at home. By backing up our policies we are uniting together as we transition out of the pandemic and back to normalcy. Please accept our deepest gratitude. Let's keep this up in December and beyond.
We are wrapping up the term strong with culminating activities (see details for all classes below) and our Arts Week the week of December 12. We will have student performances daily, a Middle School Variety Show and an art exhibition. We will be sharing photos on our Instagram and videos through our YouTube page. See links below.
As you may have heard in the news, the Ministry of Health is now vaccinating children age 12 and up. You can register at the MOH website and get an appointment at Zayed Specialized Hospital very quickly.
We hope to connect with you through our Virtual Parent Coffee Talk next Wednesday morning. If we don't see you in the coming weeks we wish you a safe, relaxing Winter Break.
Your partners in education,
Chelsea Armstrong
Principal
Mathias Sanders
Assistant Principal
Reham Sherif
Administrative Assistant
Important Dates
December 2
Teacher Professional Development Day - No School for Students
December 9
Virtual Parent Coffee Meeting
December 12 - 16
Arts Week!
December 21
Last Day of Term 2/Semester 1
December 22 - January 8
Winter Break
January 9
Term 3/Semester 2 Begins
*Student and Teacher of the Month* Balanced
Student of the Month - Taya Khafagi
Teacher of the Month --- Sophie Sewailem
Secondary School Library News!
What's Happening in Grade 6?
English 6 - Michaela Lucey - mlucey@aiswest.com - Sara Affify - saffify@aiswest.com
Geography 6 - John Lawrence - jlawrence@aiswest.com - Abdelkader Chabi - achabi@aiswest.com
Math 6 - Vince Yung - vyung@aiswest.com - Michael Heard - mheard@aiswest.com
Science 6 - Amanda Bailey - abailey@aiswest.com - Amanda Kerschen- akerschen@aiswest.com
Arabic 6 - Ahmed Khattab - akhattab@aiswest.com - Mohamed Hassan - mhassan@aiswest.com
اللغة العربية: التعبير الوظيفي – التعبير الإبداعي / درس "إن و أخواتها " نحو – درس أنواع خبر إن - نحو / مراجعة على ما سبق دراسته .
AFL 6 - Mohamed Hassan - mhassan@aiswest.com
القراءة (الترويح عن النفس ) النحو ( ضمائر الغائب) تحدث واستماع ( دبدوب وفلفول). الإملاء ( التنوين بالفتح)
French 6 - Edwina Nordquist - enordquist@aiswest.com
Spanish 6 - Dolores Rodriguez - drodriguez@aiswest.com
Drama 6 - Ilonka Meier - imeier@aiswest.com
Robotics 6 - Alejandro Corredor - acorredor@aiswest.com
Physical Education 6 - Anders Nordquist, Marty Perry, Katrina Wards anordquist@aiswest.com, mperry@aiswest.com kwards@aiswest.com
Art 6 - Mai Hedieb - mhedieb@aiswest.com
Dance 6 - Lina Rodriguez - lrodriguez@aiswest.com
What's Happening in Grade 7?
English 7 - Sara Affify and Amira Nabhan - saffify@aiswest.com, anabhan@aiswest.com
Math 7 - Michael Heard - mheard@aiswest.com
Science 7 - Amanda Kerschen & Holly Holst akerschen@aiswest.com, hholst@aiswest.com
History 7 - Abdelkader Chabi and Daniel McCarville - achabi@aiswest.com, dmccarville@aiswest.com
Spanish 7 - Dolores Rodriguez - drodriguez@aiswest.com
Arabic 7 - Sahar Mahmoud and Ahmed Khattab - smahmoud@aiswest.com, akhattab@aiswest.com
Drama 7 - Ilonka Meier - imeier@aiswest.com
French 7 -Edwina Nordquist- enordquist@aiswest.com
AFL 7 - Mohamed Hassan - mhassan@aiswest.com
Art 7 - Mai Hedieb - mhedieb@aiswest.com
Dance 7 - Lina Rodriguez - lrodriguez@aiswest.com
Arabic Social Studies 7 - Mohamed Ahmed - mahmed@aiswest.com
Physical Education 7 - Anders Nordquist - anordquist@aiswest.com
What's Happening in Grade 8?
English 8 - Amira Nabhan and Stacy Pape - spape@aiswest.com
Math 8 - Amira Elsherif & Sophie Sewailem -aelsherif@aiswest.com, ssewailem@aiswest.com
History 8 - Daniel MacCarville - dmaccarville@aiswest.com - Stacy Pape - spape@aiswest.com
Science 8 - Holly Holst and Kimberly Walker -hholst@aiswest.com, kwalker@aiswest.com
Spanish 8 - Dolores Rodriguez - drodriguez@aiswest.com
French 8 - Edwina Nordquist and Iman Elarfaaoui- enordquist@aiswest.com, ielarfaaoui@aiswest.com
Coding 8 - Alejandro Corredor - acorredor@aiswest.com
AFL 8 - Mohamed Hassan - mhassan@aiswest.com
Arabic 8 -Ali Mansour - amansour@aiswest.com
Art 8 - Mai Hedieb - mhedieb@aiswest.com
Dance 8 - Lina Rodriguez - lrodriguez@aiswest.com
Drama 8 - Ilonka Meier - imeier@aiswest.com
Physical Education 8 - Marty Perry, Katrina Wards, and Anders Nordquist mperry@aiswest.com, kwards@aiswest.com, and anordquist@aiswest.com
AIS West Middle School
Email: carmstrong@aiswest.com
Website: aiswest.com
Location: Al Shabab Road, Al Sheikh Zayed, Giza Governorate, Egypt