Lynx MS News
AIS West - November 2020
Dear students and parents,
We hope this newsletter finds you well. Welcome to Term 2. We have slowly gotten into our rhythm with hybrid learning and we are at a point where true, in depth learning is taking place. We are excited to share many successes on Thursday at Parent Teacher Conferences.
Please carefully read the Important Dates listed below. You will notice that we will have our second independent learning day on Sunday, November 8. This will give students an opportunity to catch up on their studies from home. They will also be able to join Zoom office hours throughout the day to get individual support from teachers.
This month the middle school is proud to sponsor our AIS West Gives Back project. Our students are eager to collect gently used winter items to keep our less fortunate neighbors warm this season. Please bring donations to the front gate or Middle School office. Let's see which grade is the most generous.
Your partners in education,
Mark Tennant
Secondary School Principal
Chelsea Armstrong
Middle School Vice Principal
Reham Sherif
Middle School Administrative Assistant
Important Dates
November 1 - 4 - Cohort B on Campus
Cohort A at home independent learning
November 5 - Parent Teacher Conferences
8:00 - 3:00 on Zoom
November 8 - Independent Online Learning Day - No Students on Campus
Mandatory Student Assembly on Zoom
November 9 - 12 - Cohort A on Campus (Spirit Week)
Cohort B at home independent learning
November 12- Middle School Parent Workshop
10:00am on Zoom
November 15 - 19 - Cohort B on Campus (Spirit Week)
Cohort A at home independent learning
November 22 - 25 Cohort A on Campus
Cohort B at home independent learning
November 26 - Thanksgiving Day - No School
December 3 - Professional Development Day - No School for Students
Counselor's Corner
Angela Fushtey - Middle School Counselor afushtey@aiswest.com
Student of the Month
One teacher wrote: Amina demonstrates honesty and takes pride in everything she does. She respects herself, her peers and teachers. She is fair and is very well-aware of her actions. Although she's so young, she weighs out options in a mature way and acts responsibly.
Teacher of the Month
One teacher wrote: Mohamed embodies what it means to be principled because of his strong views about fairness, honesty and his sympathy for and interest in groups and communities.
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
Dance 6 - Lina Rodriguez - lrodriguez@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
Students should be practicing daily for at least 10 minutes. All students should be streaming my classes when working on line. We are now on p.7 and 8, learning new notes and rhythms.
MS Band - We are working towards our first performance which will be held during lunch in a few weeks.
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
We will work with directed numbers in fractions, decimals and percentages in the coming weeks.
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
Students should be practicing daily at least 10 minutes. All students should be streaming my classes when working online. We are now on p.7 and 8, learning new notes and rhythms.
MS Band - We are working towards our first performance which will be held during lunch in a few weeks.
Dance 7 - Lina Rodriguez - lrodriguez@aiswest.com
Arabic Social Studies 7 - Mohamed Ahmed - mahmed@aiswest.com
درس تعاقب الليل والنهار ـ درس عصر الدولة القديمةـ درس تعاقب الفصول الأربعة
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
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
Arabic 8 - Salah Moaty & Aly Mansour - smoaty@aiswest.com, amansour@aiswest.com
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
Students should be practicing daily at least 10 minutes. All students should be streaming my classes when working online. We are now on p.7 and 8, learning new notes and rhythms.
MS Band - We are working towards our first performance which will be held during lunch in a few weeks.
AIS West Middle School
Email: carmstrong@aiswest.com
Website: aiswest.com
Location: Al Shabab Road, Al Sheikh Zayed, Giza Governorate, Egypt