AIS Friday Flash
Friday, December 13, 2019
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from the Head of School
¡Felices Fiestas and Bonne Année 2020! What a fantastic way to end 2019 – right here with our AIS Family! It has been such a pleasure to work with our young global citizens as they learn and grow – quite literally – each day in our global microcosm. As I watch our students engaged in deep learning, deep conversations, and deep engagement, I am reminded of my own experience growing up in such a caring multilingual and multicultural environment. Thank you for giving this gift to your child – one that will last a lifetime! As we head into the Winter Break, I along with our AIS Team would like to wish you a fun, relaxing, and happy holiday season. We look forward to welcoming you all back to our campus in 2020!
2020-2021 School Calendar
The AIS Board of Directors has approved the 2020-2021 school calendar, which you will find published on the AIS website. In close alignment with AIS and RRISD school calendars, the first day of school will be Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 and the last day of school will be Wednesday, June 9th, 2020. We look forward to having you join us for learning, leading, and fun during our 20th year of global education!
Spring Afterschool Activity Registration Open
Registration is open for next semester's Afterschool Classes and will be open until January 9th. Check out the schedule of awesome activities like Little Vet School's "All About Cats!", Preschool Cooking Club, Soccer, Building with Circuits/Physics in Motion, Yoga, Chess, Theatre, Cooking & Coding, Engineering, Physics, and Roller Coaster Design, an Italian Experience, and much more. Classes are for a variety of ages and are offered in French, Spanish, and English. The last day for cancellations or class changes will be Friday, January 10th. To register:
- Access your family portal
- Click on Student
- Click on Course Request
- Use the drop downs to find your desired classes
Sign up soon, as some classes fill up quickly. You may reach out to Jhino with any questions.
Save the Date-9th Annual Art Gala
Tickets and sponsorship packages are officially on sale for our upcoming 9th Annual Art Gala. This year's event will be held at the beautiful downtown public library on February 22, 2020 from 6:30 - 11:00 pm. We hope you can join us for this celebratory event. Our gala includes silent auction items, a live student art-work auction, a dance party, and a wonderful chance to support your school and mingle with other AISers for a fun, festive night. We look forward to seeing you there!
Google Field Trip
Our CM2 through 4è students had a fantastic field trip this week visiting Google's downtown this week. Thanks for Carolina Hernandez for coordinating the trip and to our awesome team of educators.
December Spirit Night
Thank you to all the families who went to Newk's yesterday for our Spirit Night to dine or pick up to go. Newk's will donate 15% of all guest sales from 4 - 9 pm. Thanks, Newk's!
Winter Choir Performance
We were so impressed with the students today at our Winter Choir performance. Ms. Noémie has done a fantastic job working with our owls and everyone's hard work certainly showed. Thanks to all the families for joining us in celebrating their talent.
Winter Break/No School-Dec. 23 thru Jan. 6
We hope all our AIS families and partners have a wonderful holiday break. The school will be closed during the holidays. Monday, January 6th is a staff in-service day and we will see everyone back on Tuesday, January 7th.
Volunteer Artist
We would love to hear from you if you know an artist who will be interested in working with Ms. Virginie, our Art teacher, and come to our school to explain their work and show a few techniques. Please contact Audrey Talarico, Lower School Principal, at audrey.talarico@austinis.org. Thank you!
Let's Go All In!
Thanks so much to those of you who have made contributions to our Annual Fund! So far, we have raised $5,348.00! Our goal is to raise $12,000 this school year and to receive a gift of ANY size from each of you to reach 100% participation from our community which fosters giving from outside AIS. So far 36% of our families have contributed. So, thank you for helping to fund our initiatives to Educate, Equip, and Enrich! There are many ways and payment plans available: you may give one time, make a pledge in your One-Stop Giving envelope to split up various giving in lower monthly installments, quarterly installments, or to be billed at a later date. As always, we thank you for your continued support and partnership in fostering an amazing school and community!
Save the Dates
Please save the date for these upcoming events. More details to come.
- 12/23 - 1/6 Winter Break
- 1/6 Staff In-Service Day-No School
- 1/7 Welcome Back to School
- 1/9 Head of School Coffee
- 1/16 AIS Spirit Night-Schlotsky's McNeil Rd.
- 1/20 MLK Day-No School
Austin International School
Email: info@austinis.org
Website: www.austininternationalschool.org
Location: 4001 Adelphi Lane, Austin, TX, United States
Phone: 512-331-7806
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AustinInternationalSchool
Twitter: @austinintschool