February 24, 2017

Principal’s Message

The ECE would like to thank all who attended the K/G1 Valentine's Day dance. And, a big thank you to PAFA, Austin Wellman and the Lower School Student Council; Fiona Sherwood and the MS Dance Group; and DJ Herman Thalen for all their hard work in making it a great event.

Chinese Culture

Our Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and Grade 1 students explored the popular Chinese stories, The Monkey King and The Magic Brush in their Chinese culture lessons this past week. Kindergarten students explored ways to make their own Money Trees from the “Magic Brush” using a variety of art styles.

Message from the PAFA

Teacher Appreciation Week Desserts and Baked Goods Needed! Please deliver items by 7:45 am on Friday, March 10 to the Staff Room.

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Important Dates

February 28: March conference sign-ups live on classroom websites

February 28: Passport Club (K &1)

March 14 &15: Conferences -11:30am Student Dismissal (no lunch)

March 17: Author Visit

Important Contacts

ECE Principal: mmcclure@scis-china.org

ECE Vice Principal: hknight@scis-china.org

PYP Coordinator: jhaggith@scis-china.org

ECE Coordinator: sponcia@scis-china.org

ECE Secretary: hq-ece-secretary@scis-china.org

ECE Nurse: hq-ece-nurse@scis-china.org

ECE PAFA Rep: Katie Kinsella

PAFA_hq_ecerep1@scis-china.org

ECE Transportation: hq-ece- transportation@scis-china.org

ECE DRAGON BULLETIN SCIS Mission: To develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring learners who contribute positively to their communities.

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Important Links

2017-2018 Academic Calendar

2nd Sem 8 day schedule

Weekly Lunch Menu

Let’s Talk: Providing “Just Right” Literacy Opportunities

Parents of Nursery, Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten students are invited to join us Thursday, March 23rd at 9 am in the Building B Conference Room. Vice Principal and Reading Specialist, Heather Knight, will be offering a Parent Workshop offering research based strategies for supporting our youngest learners’ literacy development. Please RSVP to Maggie Yang at maggie_yang@scis-china.org

Donate some time to ECE?

Come join us from 9-10am

• Monday, Mar 20th

Email Heather Knight at ECE Vice Principal:

hknight@scis-china.org

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Message from the PYP Coordinator

The knowledge content in the PYP is organized under six transdisciplinary themes: Who We Are, Where We Are in Place and Time, Sharing the Planet, How We Express Ourselves, How We Organize Ourselves and How the World Works. Our teachers have worked hard over the past two years to create a Programme of Inquiry for our school with engaging, relevant, challenging and significant units under each theme. 

Currently, our students are inquiring into the following Central Ideas:

• Nursery – Journeys take us places we want to go• Preschool – Things move the way they do for many reasons• Pre-Kindergarten – Plants are a resource for us and other

living things• Kindergarten – Farm systems support people• Grade 1 – Humans express their imaginations through art

Message from the ECE School Counselor

Join Dr. Cathy Drew for the series, Parenting the Love & Logic Way, offered this spring for SCIS families. Fees (650 rmb) include 7, two-hour sessions, small class sizes and both the Parenting with Love & Logic book and Parenting the Love & Logic Way workbook. Email Maggie Yang at maggie_yang@scis-china.org. Spaces are limited. More information please click here.

Message from Josh Balli, ECE Librarian

On March 17 we will have a guest author, Antoinette Portis visiting our school! Ms. Portis is the author of books such as Not a Box, Not a Stick and Best Frints in the Universe. In preparation for Ms. Portis' visit, parents will be able to order her books from the company Obido. For additional informational contact Mr. Balli at jballi@scis-china.org.