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AIS West - September 2020
Welcome to Semester 1!
Thank you for your patience, flexibility and support during this uncertain time. We are excited and ready to begin welcoming back students next week. Please see the important dates below for details on our staggered return to school.
If you have not done so already, please review our Re-Opening Guide, which has details on our health and safety guidelines, the bell schedule, dismissal times and other important pieces of information.
Student Cohorts will be finalized in PowerSchool on the morning of Monday, September 14. This information is only visible through a web browser; not the mobile phone application.
Do not hesitate to reach out to us, or your child's teachers, with any questions or concerns. Together, we can make this a fantastic school year!
Your partners in education,
Mark Tennant
Secondary School Principal
Chelsea Armstrong
Middle School Vice Principal
Reham Sherif
Middle School Administrative Assistant
Important Dates
September 6-14 - 100% Online Learning
September 15 - Independent Online Learning
Health and Safety Presentation during Advisory at 8:00am
No Zoom classes.
September 16 - Grade 6 Cohort A on Campus
All other middle school students will independently work at home.
September 17 - Grade 6 Cohort B on Campus
All other middle school students will work independently at home.
September 20 - 24 - Cohort A on Campus
Cohort B at home independent learning
September 27 - October 1 - Cohort B on Campus
Cohort A at home independent learning
How do I know which Cohort I'm in? **Check for the final assignment on Monday morning.
Counselor's Corner
Angela Fushtey - Middle School Counselor afushtey@aiswest.com
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
اللغة العربية: درس "مفتاح النجاح " قراءة. / درس "نصائح أب" قرآن كريم. / درس "أنواع الخبر" نحو. / الفصل الأول "عائلة المشايخ" - قصة علي مبارك.
التربية الدينية الإسلامية: سورة القلم الآيات من (1- 16). / درس "الله واحد لا شريك له“. / نشيد" إله العالمين“
AFL 6 - Mohamed Hassan - mhassan@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
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 - Hussien Fawzy - hfawzy@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
قراءة ( بائعة الكبريت) نحو ( الجملة الاسمية والجملة الفعلية ) (تحدث واستماع ) قصص عربية مثل الغراب وقطعة الطعام املاء ( التاء المربوطة والتاء المفتوحة )
Technology 7 - Alejandro Corredor - acorredor@aiswest.com
Art 7 - Hannah Wilson - hwilson@aiswest.com
Beginning 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
This week, we will start our Algebra course with a review on the most important concepts students learned in grade 7. This will be followed with a recap on the Algebra topics we covered last year, in order to smoothly engage grade 8 students with their algebra course this year.
History 8 - Daniel MacCarville - dmaccarville@aiswest.com - Hadear Hassan - hhassan@aiswest.com
During the next few weeks, students will learn about primary and secondary sources, and the differences between them, culminating in an activity where they are asked to be primary sources for the COVID-19 experience. This will be followed up by introducing students to the 5 themes of geography, which helps us to study History. They will then work on a group project, and also an individual project about 5 Themes of geography, which will be a summative assessment. Then we will enter into the TCI textbook, beginning with the Introduction, which is titled "Rome:From Republic to Empire". By starting at this point in the book, we will seamlessly connect to the end of the learning sequence from 7th grade History and reinforce key points which will allow us to move into the first chapter of the textbook "The Legacy of the Roman Empire".
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
Intermediate 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