Mr. Kaisar Dopaishi
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows- Sydney Harris
Season’s greetings to you! Hope this Diwali break has been rejuvenating
& also, a time of togetherness and joy. This is the first issue of our online newsletter
2012 – 2013 & it covers events from August to October end.
The Growth in Student and Staff Body:
The SIS family has grown in number while keeping the overall size of the school
and class small and manageable. We now have two sections of Grade 6 and three
sections of Grade 8 and Grade 9 and 11 have all time high numbers (55 and 70
respectively). Given this reality we have correspondingly increased the
classrooms and the staff.
The
School Status
·
Secured
reaccreditation after completing successfully IBDP 5 Year Review
·
Completed
successfully The International School Award - An accreditation scheme of
British Council.
·
PYP
Candidate School from May 2012
·
PSAT
Center and can also conduct the USA - Advanced Placement (AP) Examination.
·
Initiated
the process of International Studies Programme and exchange partnership with
Minnetonka High School US
·
Secured
the license for being a part of IB
Virtual World Community – e-pal platform
·
Member
of the Round Square
Academic
Updates
Academically speaking, we
are now also IB PYP Candidate School and have enthusiastically marched ahead adopting
constructivism and the inquiry mode of learning.
This year Grade 10 IGCSE students
will for the first time be sitting for Literature examination too and we have
students taking Art & Design and Coordinated Science as a subject. Furthermore,
in Sciences we have opted for the lab component paper so that it ties in well
with the IBDP requirements.
At the IBDP level we have started offering still
more new subjects - Geography, Visual Arts, and Music. This is ensuring that we
have at the IBDP level good scope to develop liberal and fine arts students.
The
International Mindedness and Grooming Programme is going from KG to Grade 9.
PSAT
classes:
This year we have began the PSAT classes in the school
campus and held the PSAT Exam. This has been a pioneering effort by SIS and we
hope build upon preparing students for standardized testing which would pave
way for good college placements.
Parental Interactions:
The
year began with having parents coming class wise to interact with teachers and
coordinators & finally culminated into having PTM on Saturday, 6th October
2012. It was good to find an overwhelming LPD parental response to joining
their child for lunch at SIS. We hope to see more parents come to encourage
their children in the various inter house / inter school activities which SIS
holds periodically. The feedback from the online survey indicates that SIS has
been responding well to needs of its community.
University
Visits:
·
Visiting
faculty from Trinity College, London.
·
Canadian
University Fair.: Certain Universities
like British Columbia, Waterloo, University of Toronto, York University, and
University of Alberta participated in the fair.
·
US Universities Fair: 13 US
Universities participated - Indiana University, Rochester Institute of
Technology, University of California, Miami University, Baldwin and Wallace
College were some of them.
·
Les Roches (Hotel Management) and
Ecole Hoteliere Lousenne (Switzerland)
·
Kings College (London) University of
Toronto (Canada)
·
Mount Alison (Canada)
·
S.P.Jain Institute of Management (Singapore)
·
School of Material Science &
Engineering, Queen Mary, (UK)
·
I E University (Spain), Bentley
University (US)
·
University of Edinburgh (UK)
·
University of East Angelia (UK)
Sports and Games:
We
started with inter house drill and the SIS fitness programme, all of which led
to inter house football culminating to SIS Conquest – IB Interschool Football
Tournament. We are now into the season of Athletics. Alongside swimming has become a yearlong activity
together with badminton and table tennis as indoor activities. The school has
participated in inter school soccer tournaments organized by Hiranandani
Foundation School, Powai, Cathedral Vidya Mandir, Lonavala and Jamnabai Narsee
School.
Co Curricular Activities:
Till
the end of October we completed inter house quiz, Hindi & English elocution
and debates & Art Competition. Students also sat for the National Cyber
Olympiad 2012. The crowning glory was
our interschool event – CONFLUENCE conducted on 14th September 2012 in which 24
schools from all over India participated.
Field Trips:
- IAYP trips in the month of September
& October 2012
- LPD field trips - Field trip of KG1
and PD1 to West Palm Beach Resort and K2 Visit to the Supermarket.
- Term Boarders Adventure and Service filedtrip to Magic Bus Campus near Karjat
Festivals:
The
festive mood at SIS is generally set by our LPD Students – Janmashtmi
celebrations, Independence Day, Rain Dance, Dandiya Raas, Grandparents’ Day,
Teachers Day, International Day,
Achievements:
·
Hindustan Times Top Schools Mumbai
2012 Award
·
Indian International Model United
Nations – Best Delegation Award
· SIS Conquest
2012 – 2013 – Interschool Football Tournament – Champion Trophy – Under
18 Boys
·
G. D. Birla Memorial Interschool
Debate Rolling Trophy Winners
·
H.F.S Powai – Football LIGA - Runner Up Trophy
This
sums up “the happenings” at SIS. Do also check out our online Arts Gallery, Awards Gallery and e- school magazine section I do hope you enjoy reading about the little
joys, achievements & challenges of the SIS community.
