NEW STUDENT AND FAMILY ORIENTATION 2014-15

We warmly welcome NEW students and families for Orientation on TUESDAY AUGUST 12

It is essential that all new students attend their sessions and that all parents attend the afternoon session

If you have any questions before Orientation Day, please do not hesitate to contact: admissions@unishanoi.org

Grades 7-12 Students ONLY (Please note Grade 6 students join the programme at 12.15 after lunch)

10.45 – 11.40

Middle School High School

Grade 8: Orientation with Middle School Counselor, Mr Lin Turley

(Library: Building 8)

Grade 7: Tablet pick-up and introduction with MSHS Tech Facilitator, Mr Paul Swanson

(Building 6: Room 115)

Grade 9: Orientation with High School Counselors, Mr Scott Loeffler and Ms Tanya Arnold

(MSHS Common Room)

Grades 10, 11 & 12:Tablet pick-up and introduction with Tech Director, Mr Ed Gilbreath

(Building 6: Room 120)

11.40 - 12.10 LUNCH provided in the Canteen

Grades 6 – 12 Students ONLY

12.15 – 13.10

Middle School High School

Grade 8: Tablet pick-up and introduction with MSHS Tech Facilitator, Mr Paul Swanson

(Building 6: Room 115)

Grades 6 & 7: Orientation with Middle School Counselor, Mr Lin Turley

(Library : Building 8)

Grade 9: Tablet pick-up and introduction with Tech Director, Mr Ed Gilbreath

(Building 6: 120)

Grades 10, 11 & 12: Orientation with High School Counselors, Mr Scott Loeffler and Ms Tanya Arnold

(MSHS Common Room)

ALL NEW STUDENTS & ALL PARENTS

13.15 – 13.50

FAMILY ORIENTATION – SPORTS CENTRE

13.15 - REGISTRATION: All Families arrive at the Sports Centre, register and receive welcome pack. There will be important information tables set up in the Sports Centre and we encourage all parents to visit the tables (open until 17.00) – see map (p.4) for reference. Light refreshments will be available.

13.45 – WELCOME SPEECH: Head of School, Dr Chip Barder welcomes families in the Sports Centre

From 13.50 – Students leave Sports Centre at staggered times to start their Division Level Programmes

13.50 – 16.00

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

ALL PARENTS Please take this time to complete your checklist

Elementary School PROGRAMMES (p.2)

Middle School PROGRAMME (p. 3)

High School PROGRAMME (p. 3)

Visit School Information Exhibition

Tables (open until 17.00)

Purchase PE kit at the School Store

Attend a Technology Training workshop (register for a timeslot at the Tech Table)

Attend School Tours/Meetings as per the detailed schedule

16.00 – 18.30 WELCOME BBQ IN THE CANTEEN For NEW and RETURNING Families

DIVISION LEVEL ORIENTATION PROGRAMME DETAIL

14.00 – 16.00

ELEMENTARY STUDENTS Grades 1 to 5

13.50

Gather at the Elementary School Table/Meeting Point in the Sports Centre with their parents. At 13.50 ES Principal Carole Denny will lead the group (students and parents) to the Centre for the Arts. Ms Denny will welcome families in the Centre for the Arts before students start their Orientation Games

STUDENT ORIENTATION GAMES (Centre for the Arts)

GRADES 1-5 PARENTS

14.00 – 14.50

Students will take part in Orientation Games with ES Counselors, Mr Tom Cole and Ms Anissa Zotos.

Parents are encouraged to utilise this time to return to the Sports Centre and visit the information tables and attend a UNIS Technology Training Session to complete their registration checklist.

14.50

Parents meet children in the Centre for the Arts Foyer (downstairs) and find their ‘Tour Groups’

15.00-15.30

FAMILY TOUR OF THE SCHOOL ES Faculty Members will take ES Families on a tour of the school in Grade Level Groups starting from the Centre for the Arts. Please look for your Grade Level Sign. The tours will end at the Grade Level Leaders’ homerooms where students will be collected by their homeroom teachers.

15.30-16.00

FAMILY HOME ROOM VISITS Students and Parents will be met at the Grade Level Leaders’ Rooms by their homeroom teacher and will have the chance to visit their classroom and spend some time with their homeroom teacher who will explain what will happen on the first day and week of school.

16.00 – 18.30 WELCOME BBQ IN THE CANTEEN

ELEMENTARY STUDENTS Grades Discovery, Kindergarten 1 & Kindergarten 2

14:00

Students and Parents meet at the Elementary School Table/Meeting Point in the Sports Centre. They will be met by Deputy Principal, Ms Jan Humpleby, who will take them to the Early Childhood Centre (ECC) Gym to be collected by their homeroom teachers.

14:15 – 15:20

HOMEROOM VISITS Parents and students will spend this time with their classroom teacher and new classmates. At 15.20 parents and students return to the ECC Gym.

15.30 – 16:00

FAMILY TOUR OF SCHOOL Welcome from the ES Principal, Ms Carole Denny. Parents and students will be collected from the ECC Gym by ES faculty members for a short tour of the Campus.

16.00 – 18.30 WELCOME BBQ IN THE CANTEEN

DIVISION LEVEL ORIENTATION PROGRAMME DETAIL (continued)

14:00 to 16.00

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS Grades 6 to 8

MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS

14.05

Students return to the Library to continue their Middle School Orientation Programme Parents should remain in the Sports Centre.

Visit School Information Exhibition Tables

(open until 17.00)

Purchase PE Kit at the School Store

Attend Technology Training Session: Please pick up a time ticket from the Technology Information table in the Sports Centre for ISIS Family and website orientation training

14.50 – Go to MSHS Meeting Point (in Sports Centre) to be accompanied to the Library

15.00 - 15.30 – Information Session for ALL MSHS PARENTS with MSHS Principal, Mr Pete Kennedy and MSHS Deputy Principal, Dr Mike Cyrus (Library)

14:10- 14:30

MS Students meet together with the MS Counselor Mr Lin Turley and Student Ambassadors in the Library.

14.30 – 15.15

SCHOOL TOUR Students tour in Grade Levels with the Student

Ambassadors

15.15 – 15.35 GRADE LEVEL

Students meet with their Grade Level Advisory Team

15.35 – 16.00

ADVISORY

Students transition to their assigned Advisory Class/Homeroom.

16.00 – 18.30 WELCOME BBQ IN THE CANTEEN

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Grades 9 to 11

HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS

14.05

High School students return to the MSHS Common Room to continue their Orientation Programme Parents should remain in the Sports Centre.

Visit School Information Exhibition Tables

(open until 17.00)

Purchase PE Kit at the School Store

Attend Technology Training Session: Please pick up a time ticket from the Tech Information table in the Sports Centre for ISIS Family and website orientation training

14.50 – Go to MSHS Meeting Point (in Sports Centre) to be accompanied to the Library

15.00 - 15.30 – Information Session for ALL MSHS PARENTS with MSHS Principal, Mr Pete Kennedy and MSHS Deputy Principal, Dr Mike Cyrus (Library)

14.10 – 16.00

HS Students meet with the HS Counselors Mr Scott Loeffler and Ms Tanya Arnold.

Information about school life and academic life

Campus Tour

16.00 – 18.30 WELCOME BBQ IN THE CANTEEN

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Operations

Physical Education/Swimming Pool

Sports Centre: Orientation Registration

Middle/High School Campus Grades 6 - 12

Common Room for High School Orientation

Middle/High School Science, Design, Tech &

Language Buildings. Tablet Pick-up Grades 7 - 12

Administration: Head of School’s Office, Business

Office, Admissions, Activities & Advancement

Library (upstairs): Middle School Orientation &

Middle/High Parent Info Session

Canteen (downstairs): Welcome Back BBQ

Elementary School Campus

Centre for the Arts: Elementary School

Orientation Programme Grades 1 - 5

Early Childhood Centre (ECC): Discovery,

Kindergarten 1 & Kindergarten 2 Orientation

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CHECKLIST – HAVE YOU…?

Registered and collected your welcome folder

Visited the information tables of various activities

Bought a House T-shirt (your house information is in your welcome folder)

Found out about school lunches at the Canteen Table

Found out about our school bus service routes

Met our volunteers and found out how you can be involved at the School Community Organisation table

Attended a Tech Training Session for Parents - register for a timeslot at the Technology table

It is essential to sign up for one of the Technology Training Sessions. Our Tech Team will guide you through

key elements of the website, ISIS family and the UNIS Portal. You will need these tools to sign up for

Parent/Teacher/Student conferences and After School Activities, check student reports and update family

contact information. Stop by the Technology Information Table during Orientation to register for one of the

following timeslots (limited space is available for each session):

Aug. 12

14.00

14.30

15.00

15.30

If you discover that you run out of time, please be sure to attend a training session next Tuesday:

Aug. 19

9.00 – 10.00

19.00 – 20.00

For more information about the Technology related issues, contact: techsupport@unishanoi.org