Lynx MS News
AIS West - May 2021
Hello AIS West Middle School Community,
We hope this email finds you well in the final weeks of the holy month of Ramadan. We would also like to wish a Happy Coptic Easter to everyone who celebrates.
We appreciate your patience and flexibility as we have been instructed to move students back online for the remainder of Ramadan due to increasing COVID19 cases in the community. Students will attend classes these next two weeks over Zoom (see schedule below).
As of today, we plan on returning to the hybrid schedule follow Eid. Please continue to check your email as changes will be determined based on COVID19 numbers and directives from the Ministry of Education.
Do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns at any time. We are here for each other during this difficult time. Please take a moment to read the May teaching and learning summaries below. It is quite remarkable what our teachers and students are accomplishing despite the challenges we have been presented with this year.
Your partners in education,
Mark Tennant
Secondary School Principal
Chelsea Armstrong
Middle School Assistant Principal
Reham Sherif
Middle School Administrative Assistant
Ramadan Schedule
Important Dates
May 3 - Sham El Nessim - No School (subject to change)
May 4 - Independent Work Day
May 5 - May 6 - All Students Attend Classes Online
May 9 - 10 - All Students Attend Classes Online
May 11 - Independent Work Day
May 12 - 13 Eid El Fitr - No School
May 16 - 20 - Cohort A On Campus (Tentative)
Cohort B At Home Learning
May 23 - 27 - Cohort B On Campus (Tentative)
Cohort A At Home Learning
May 30 - June 3 - Cohort A On Campus (Tentative)
Cohort B At Home Learning
June 3 - Cohort A Grade 8 Promotion Ceremony (subject to change)
June 6 - June 10 Cohort B On Campus (Tentative)
Cohort A At Home Learning
June 10 - Cohort B Grade 8 Promotion Ceremony (subject to change)
*Student and Teacher of the Month* Thinker
Student of the Month - Rokaya Noaman
Teacher of the Month --- Gail Heard
Counselor's Corner
Secondary School Library News!
What's Happening in Grade 6?
English 6 - Michaela Lucey - mlucey@aiswest.com - Gail Heard - gheard@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 - Andrea Clark - aclark@aiswest.com
Arabic 6 - Ahmed Khattab - akhattab@aiswest.com - Ali Mansour - amansour@aiswest.com
AFL 6 - Mohamed Hassan - mhassan@aiswest.com
Arabic SS 6 - Asmaa Mahmoud- amahmoud@aiswest.com
French 6 - Edwina Nordquist - enordquist@aiswest.com
Spanish 6 - Dolores Rodriguez - drodriguez@aiswest.com
Drama 6 - Ilonka Meier - imeier@aiswest.com
Technology 6 - Alejandro Corredor - acorredor@aiswest.com
Physical Education 6 - Marty Perry, Katrina Wards, and Ron Thomson mperry@aiswest.com kwards@aiswest.com, and rthomson@aiswest.com
Art 6 - Hannah Wilson - hwilson@aiswest.com
Band 6 - Patricia Granter - pgranter@aiswest.com
What's Happening in Grade 7?
English 7 - Gail heard and Amira Nabhan - gheard@aiswest.com, anabhan@aiswest.com
Math 7 - Michael Heard and Amira Elsherif mheard@aiswest.com, aelsherif@aiswest.com
Science 7 - Andrea Clark & Yara Elshorafa aclark@aiswest.com, yelshorafa@aiswest.com
History 7 - Abdelkader Chabi and Daniel McCarville - achabi@aiswest.com, dmccarville@aiswest.com
Arabic 7 - Sahar Mahmoud - smahmoud@aiswest.com
Drama 7 - Ilonka Meier - imeier@aiswest.com
French 7 -Edwina Nordquist- enordquist@aiswest.com
Spanish 7 - Dolores Rodriguez - drodriguez@aiswest.com
AFL 7 - Mohamed Hassan - mhassan@aiswest.com
Technology 7 - Alejandro Corredor - acorredor@aiswest.com
Art 7 - Hannah Wilson - hwilson@aiswest.com
Band - Patricia Granter - pgranter@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 - Hadear Hassan & Amira Nabhan - hhassan@aiswest.com, anabhan@aiswest.com
Math 8 - Amira Elsherif & Laila Elfakharany -aelsherif@aiswest.com, lelfakharany@aiswest.com
History 8 - Daniel MacCarville - dmaccarville@aiswest.com - Hadear Hassan - hhassan@aiswest.com
8th grade history students are learning about the start and rise of the Byzantine Empire. Additionally, they are learning about the religious differences between the Western and Eastern halves of the Roman empire and the eventual decision to split into two churches in 1054 - Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox.
Science 8 - Yara Elshorafa & Dina Sonbol - yelshorafa@aiswest.com, dsonbol@aiswest.com
Spanish 8 - Dolores Rodriguez - drodriguez@aiswest.com
French 8 - Edwina Nordquist - enordquist@aiswest.com
Technology 8 - Alejandro Corredor - acorredor@aiswest.com
AFL 8 - Mohamed Hassan - mhassan@aiswest.com
القراءة ( الكنز قبل ان يضيع الجزء الثاني ). النحو ( الآسماء الموصولة ) التحدث والاستماع ( قصة الام ) الاملاء ( مراجعة علي ما سبق دراسته ) .
Arabic 8 - Salah Moaty & Aly Mansour - smoaty@aiswest.com, amansour@aiswest.com
Arabic Social Studies 8 - Mahmoud Sharkawy- msharkawy@aiswest.com
الجغرافيا : الصناعة والتجارة - السياحة في وطننا العربي / التاريخ : روائع الحضارة الاسلامية في الحكم والاداره - روائع الحضارة الاسلامية في العلوم والاداب
Art 8 - Hannah Wilson - hwilson@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
Band - Patricia Granter - pgranter@aiswest.com
AIS West Middle School
Email: carmstrong@aiswest.com
Website: aiswest.com
Location: Al Shabab Road, Al Sheikh Zayed, Giza Governorate, Egypt