Volume 1 Newsletter of International School Suva
Principal’s Report
20th February 2018 Inside this issue
Welcome to the new 2018 school year! We have much to appreciate and enjoy this year as we are off to a great start. The most obvious gain over last year are our new facilities, including a new arts building for Primary, a new grass field, an improved walkway between Primary and the bus drop-off, and less traffic congestion in front of the school due to added staff parking. In addition, we have greatly improved internet access due to our bandwidth being more than doubled!
Principals Report
We plan to celebrate our ongoing growth and improvement as a school with a parent mixer next week on Tuesday evening, February 27, at 6 p.m. This will be a celebration of ISS’s 45th birthday. We were founded by parents shortly after Fiji became an independent nation and we have grown and matured since then. We will look back upon past achievements and then look forward to the next few decades of continued improvement. Please join us in the area in front of the Primary office that evening for a chance to mingle with staff and other parents, to hear some students perform, to get the latest school updates, to meet our Council and parent organisations, and, of course, to celebrate our birthday, cake and all!
Global Issues Network
But more important than the infrastructure changes mentioned above, I believe our staff is pulling together more than ever to focus on our students’ learning and well-being. Of course, as a school, that is always our main concern. However, we can never relax and take that for granted; making our students the top priority takes concentrated effort and professional attention. We promise to expend that effort to help our students achieve great things this year and in the years to come. One key part of our continued improvement as a school is that we are reviewing our curriculum to make it consistent and cohesive. In coming weeks, we will be asking for parent input about that issue to help us make important decisions about our program of study. Please be willing to help with that process through a survey you will receive and through the parent meetings coming up in April. Another essential process we are undertaking this semester is to renew our strategic plan and direction. Our Council and school leadership desires parent input to help us determine our priorities and direction for the coming years, and your participation is both invited and urgently needed! Please watch for coming opportunities to reflect upon practices and policy and to help shape our school’s future.
Primary ISA Results The High School CISS IX Model UN
Shanghai Asia
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Caledonie
Year 5B MS Chinese Studies Year 2 Activities Teaching For Artistic
Behavior in PYP
Cooking Up Primary Nuts, Nuts, Nuts.. Year 1V Library Fun Sports
Finally, there are a couple of minor issues for which we need parent help: First, please make sure your child is following the uniform policy. That includes appropriate footwear, which consist of either black or blue sandals (with a back strap) or shoes. Beach flip-flops or bare feet are not allowed and can result in injuries. Second, please refrain from driving into the back part of the school by the rugby oval to drop off or pick up your children; that entrance is reserved for our buses and staff parking. Parent and other unauthorized vehicles have caused a few traffic jams, lately! Thank you for your assistance with these things!
Swimming Carnival
Best wishes,
ISS Community
Stephen Cathers Head of School
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