September+28,+2009+(vol+1;+issue+7)



=**Pearl of the Week**= History is a race between education and catastrophe. -H.G. Wells 

=Humour Me=

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Mark Your Calendars
 **September 28:** LODAT Meeting 2:00
 * September 30:** Team Meeting
 * October 1**: Secondary School Parent Group 7:30 AM
 * October 1:** Library Lecture Series: African Sculpture 7:00 PM
 * October 2:** Friday Briefing (Library/Tech)
 * October 5:** Whole School Meeting 2:00
 * October 5-9**: Gr. 12 Kiswahili B Mock Written Papers
 * October 6-7**: International Schools Assessments for Grades 7 and 9 7:15
 * October 6:** Term one grades (achievement and effort) are due
 * October 7:** Term one comments for Gr 12 students are due 7:00 AM
 * October 7**: Collaborative Planning Time
 * October 8:** Secondary School Principals' Coffee
 * October 9**: Friday Briefing

Have a Look...
Teachers at IB schools around the world share their views about professional growth and development in an article that appears in the most recent edition of //IB World// entitled Learning is for Life. Click [|here] to review.

Twiga Talk

 * Liz sent out some very helpful and important reporting guidelines the week before last. These guidelines, including the IST Achievement and Effort Scales, are posted here. (or you may click on Assessment and Reporting in the navigation bar on the wiki.) Please be reminded that all Effort and Achievement marks are due (entered into FA Web) at the end of the day on **Tuesday, October 6th**. Student-specific comments for Grade 12 students are due on **Wednesday, October 7th by 7:00 AM**. Thank you for your attention to the reporting process.
 * Claudia has posted MYP results and subject-specific moderation reports on the network. Please use the next Collaborative Planning Time and/or Department meeting time to review this very important data and begin to have conversations as a Dept about how this data and feedback can inform your programme delivery and instruction.
 * Over the next two weeks, we will be making decisions about ESP staffing. If you are a homeroom teacher for Grades 6-8, the expectation is that you will accompany that grade level on the trip. Peter will begin the process of staffing the "option trips" for students in Grades 9-10 by identifying possible trips and acquiring preferences, and we will clarify the staffing and purpose of the Grade 11 Trip. If you have children (single or with partner), please begin to think about the implications of childcare during this week and let Peter and I know what you would like to do. Thank you for your thoughts about this.



**Kudos To...**

 * Cody for presenting some important information on behalf of the TA to the Board.
 * Steve M. for producing a substantive IBDP report and delivering a quality presentation to the Board.
 * Joe for delivering a quality presentation to the Board outlining IST's IT/ET vision and providing a framework to develop a plan that will help us move forward.
 * Brenda, Glen, and Daryl for hosting a "Meet the Parents" morning in an effort to involve parents in counseling workshops and book groups.