Day Rotation:

Feb. 23 - Day 2Feb. 24 - Day 3Feb. 25 - Day 4Feb. 26 - Day 5Feb. 27 - Day 6

Mar. 2 - Day 1Mar. 3 - Day 2Mar. 4 - Day 3Mar. 5 - Day 4Mar. 6 - Day 5

Important Dates:

Feb. 16-20: Carnavales Vacation

Feb. 19-20: Teacher In-Service Days

Feb. 23-27: MAP TESTING (Secondary)

Feb. 24: Parent Director Coffee 9am

Mar. 3: Everyday Math Presentation with Ms. Ivanka Crespo’s Class

Mar. 18: EARLY RELEASE for PAIS Professional Development for Teachers

After School ActivitiesSub 16/18 Soccer

Practices will resume after Carnival Break. Games will begin the second week of April. Make sure to bring water bottles and sun screen to practice.

Sub 10 SoccerPractice will be Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Feb. 24th. A sign up email will be sent home to all students 10 years old and under. Please sign up using the website below. Games will begin the second week of April.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044dafac28abf85-adecop1Passcode: KSIP

Wednesday, March 18: Change to 12:15 Release

On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 all KSI Panama teachers will be participating in the Panama Association of International Schools (PAIS)

conference as part of the professional development that KSI provides for its faculty. Due to this

opportunity, on March 18 students will be released at 12:15 p.m. Regular bus service will be provided

at 12:15 p.m. and parents should plan to pick up their children at 12:15 p.m. as well. The school will close promptly at 12:45 p.m. so teachers can attend

their professional development session in the afternoon. Please mark this date on your calendars.

Uniform Update

Due to a delay from the manufacturer, our new uniform will not be ready for sale until March. We apologize for the further delay

and we will inform you the moment we have the uniform ready for purchase.

Thank you for your understanding.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Meetings

Dear Parents,

On behalf of KSI Panama, I would like to thank students, teachers and parents for their time, energy and dedication to ensuring that our Diploma Programme (DP) Verification Visit was a success! Many parents attended the DP meeting and the Parent Advisory Board had every member present. As a result, our parent community left a strong and positive impression on our visitors! The students and teachers were also praised for their hard work in preparing and of course, Ms. Robyn Ahlsten, our DP Coordinator did an outstanding job getting all of us ready! Thanks to the entire community for your participation and commitment to ensuring KSI Panama's success. It can take from one to three months before we will receive official word from the International Baccalaureate Organisation regarding our official status. We will inform the community as soon as we have received official word.

Wendy

Everyday Math Presentation

On Tuesday, March 3, Miss Ivanka Crespo and her students will be doing a

presentation and workshop on Everyday Math for primary parents.

The purpose of this meeting is to show parents how Everyday Math is

implemented in the classroom. You will have a chance to learn, as the children

do, in different ways and play math games with Miss Ivanka's students.

Volunteers Needed!

We are looking for volunteers to read and record text for students who have difficulty

reading. Recorded text is helpful for students who have reading difficulties to following along with the text and to better comprehend. If you are willing to donate some time, we would love

to have you help us with this project. The recording can be done at home!

Please email Wendy McArthur if you are interested. w.mcarthur@ksi-panama.com

Thank you for your help!