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Volume 4 // Issue 1 // August 2017
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Dear Parents,
Welcome to a new academic year at AISB. The start to this year has certainly been one with many firsts. On August 22nd, we welcomed 940 students to school – an unprece-dented figure in the school’s 55 years in operation.
Over the past two years, the Board has made a commitment to refurbish, renovate and modernize the school campus, to meet the changing needs of our curriculum and student requirements. This summer was no exception with the com-pletion of the new Early Learning Centre, which opened for the start of this school year. This expansion has afforded the main school additional spaces as the EC2, EC3, EC4 and Kin-dergarten classrooms moved to their new abode.
Over the summer, the former Early Childhood classrooms were converted to new Design and Music spaces for the Secondary and Elementary Schools. Five of these class-rooms will now house the film/media, technology, robotics and materials classes for the Secondary School, whilst two classrooms have been redesigned to accommodate the Ele-mentary Music program. The Secondary Art classroom attic space has been totally remodeled and expanded so that all Art classes will be taught in this space. Likewise, both the Elementary and Secondary Special Educational Needs de-partments have been allocated new spaces. Also, the Ath-letics and PE departments have a new multipurpose out-side court that has been designed for volleyball, basketball and tennis.
It has been a very busy summer in other parts of the school with the addition of a PTO Office, a covered walkway be-tween the cafeteria and the secondary building, a Theatre faculty office, a new Elementary office, as well as installing new teacher and student desks.
Whilst all the projects were completed in time for the first week of school, undoubtedly there will be workers around the school finishing some of the detail work in the weeks to come.
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Dragi Părinți, Bine ați venit în noul an școlar la AISB. Debutul acestui an a fost în mod sigur unul cu multe premiere. Pe 22 August am întâmpinat 940 de elevi – o cifră fără precedent în cei 55 de ani de activitate ai școlii. De-a lungul ultimilor 2 ani, Comitetul de Conducere s-a angajat în recondiționarea, renovarea și modernizarea campusului școlii, pentru a-l adapta nevoilor programei și studenților noștri. Această vară nu a făcut excepție. Am finalizat noul Centru de Educație Timpurie, care a fost inaugurat la debutul anului școlar. Această expan-siune, a permis utilizarea spațiilor ramase vacante în urma relocării claselor de EC2, EC3, EC4 și Grădiniței. În decursul verii, fostele clase de Educație Timpurie au fost transformate în spații noi pentru Muzică și Design pentru Școala Secundară și Elementară. Cinci dintre aceste spații, vor găzdui de acum înainte cursurile de film/media, tehnol-ogie, robotică și design vestimentar ale Școlii Secundare, în timp ce ultimele două clase au fost reconcepute pentru a putea acomoda programul de muzică al Școlii Elementare. Clasa de la mansardă alocată pentru orele de artă ale Școlii Secundare a fost transformată în totalitate și mărită, astfel încât toate cursurile de artă se vor ține în acest spațiu. De asemenea, ambele departamente pentru Nevoi Educațio-nale Speciale au fost relocate în spații noi. Și departamen-tele de Educație Fizică și Activități Sportive și Co-curiculare au un teren exterior conceput pentru volley, basket și tenis. A fost o vară plină cu schimbări și în alte locații din cam-pus, unde am adăugat un nou birou pentru PTO, un pasaj acoperit între cafeteria și clădirea școlii secundare, un birou pentru profesorii de Teatru, un nou birou pentru Elemen-tară, dar am instalat și noi pupitre pentru elevii și profesorii noi. În timp ce alte proiecte erau finalizate în timp util pentru prima săptămână de școală, fără îndoială, vor mai fi lu-crători care vor finaliza și finisa ultimele detalii în săptămâ-nile ce vor veni.
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The traffic problems along Pipera have still not been re-solved, but we continue to work with Voluntari to ensure that our needs are met. However, the city has agreed to install traffic lights on the pedestrian crossing outside the school, which will greatly ease the speed of the traffic as well as making the pedestrian crossing safer. With the new ELC building, we built an additional 100 parking spaces that will take the pressure off the primary parking area outside the main building. Your continued patience at morning and afternoon carpool times are appreciated.
As we mentioned last June, we have upgraded campus security with additional, controlled access at all our entry points and have eliminated the old Early Childhood and El-ementary School entrances. You will have received commu-nications from Catalina Gardescu outlining the new badge protocols and the entry restrictions for those who are not parents at the school.
As a school, we are committed to improving the life and ed-ucation of the students in our care to make the experience at AISB happy, safe, and educationally demanding to en-able us to fulfil our mission while preparing, engaging and inspiring your sons and daughters.
We will have a great year.
Regards,
Robert Brindley
Problemele legate de traficul de pe bulevardul Pipera încă nu au fost rezolvate, dar continuăm să colaborăm cu Primăria Voluntari pentru a asigura satisfacerea nevoilor noastre. Totuși, primăria a fost de acord cu instalarea de semafoare la trecerile de pietoni din fața școlii, care vor încetini traficul și vor face traversarea bulevardului mai sigură. Odată cu construcția noului Centru de Educație Timpurie, am construit și o parcare suplimentară de 100 de locuri care va ușura accesul spre parcarea principală aflată în fața campusului. Apreciem răbdarea Dvs când accesați parcarea în decursul dimineților și după amiezelor.
După cum am menționat în luna Iunie, am sporit secu-ritatea campusului prin puncte suplimentare de acces controlat, la toate intrările și am eliminat intrările de la vechiul sediu al Școlii Elementare și de Educație Timpurie. Ați primit deja comunicările trimise de Cătălina Gărdescu ce subliniază noul protocol de obținere a ecusoanelor de acces, precum și restricțiile de acces pentru cei ce nu sunt părinți în cadrul AISB.Ca instituție de învățământ, dorim sa îmbunătățim viața și educația elevilor aflați în grija noastră să devină o expe-riență fericită și sigură în cadrul AISB, exigenta din punct de vedere educațional, pentru a ne permite să ne îndeplinim misiunea în timp ce pregătim, implicăm și inspirăm fiii și fiicele Dvs. Vom avea un an bun. Toate cele bune,
Robert Brindley
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The Terry Fox Run
On September the 2nd at 10:00 the 17th annual Terry Fox Run will be held at the school, followed by the PTO welcome back BBQ.
This is a fantastic family event where the whole school com-munity comes together in order to raise funds and support the research for a cure for cancer.
The Terry Fox Run is a non-com-petitive event (run, jog, or walk) to raise funds to support the re-search towards a cure for cancer.
It is the world’s largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research, with runs occurring in over 60 countries.
For more information please watch this short video about Terry on YouTube. To date, AISB has raised over 165,000 Euros. The funds raised will be donated to The Oncology Institute in Cluj (http://www.iocn.ro); as we have done in the previous years.
The children the the Elementary School have all been given pledge sheets, to raise funds. Please ensure that the pledge sheets and the funds raised are either given back to the classroom teacher or given to the Info desk on Saturday Sept. 2.
We will also have some fantastic T-shirts for sale on the day itself and the week before.
Following the run (which is approximately 5km through the forest across from the school), the PTO will host a BBQ. We do hope that our entire AISB community will participate and support this great cause.
For any further information or questions, please contact either Mr. Alex Sota, Elem. School Activities Coordinator, Mr. David Hughes, Sec. School Activities Director or Ms. Margritha Hofman, whole school Ser-vice Learning Coordinator.
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Books for Apostolache
As one of their projects this year, the Boy Scouts have decided to help fill a library for a school in the town of Apostolache in Romania. We are going to build them bookshelves and desks, as well as get them a desktop computer for the students to use. The project will take several weeks to complete and we hope to be finished close to the start of the Romanian school year. The school has provided us with a new room for the library and as any good library does, it needs books. We are currently looking for books that will suit kids from grades K-12. Books in Roma-nian are preferable, however, English books are also welcome. If you have any books that you no longer read why not donate them to the school of Apostolache and let its students enjoy them. There will be a box in the atrium and collection will take place from August 25th – September 8th. Thank you!
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Community Choir
Dear community,Love singing? Want to be part of something awesome? Read on.Please come and join Mr Peter and Ms Courtney for our community choir on Tuesdays at 4:15 in the PYP music room. All are welcome; parents, teachers, grandpar-ents, admin, even pupils! So far we have 20 people signed up- I’m sure there are more people in the community who like to sing! The first rehearsal will be on Tuesday the 5th of September. No experience necessary. Hope to see you all there! Stavely yours ; )
The PYP music department
Dear parents/guardians,
The AISB Counseling Department, would like to wish you a warm welcome into our community.
Franny Stewart EC2 - Gr 1 Counselor [email protected]
Amanda Quigley Gr 2 - 5 [email protected]
Stephanie Finnell Gr 6-8 Counselor [email protected]
Tim Battersby Gr 9-12 Counselor and University Advisor [email protected]
Oddny Bakke Gr 9-12 Counselor and University Advisor [email protected]
Some of our key functions include: • supporting student wellbeing• collaborate with teachers to deliver counselling curriculum• individual and group counseling services as required • referrals to wider community counseling services • providing parent workshops on topics related to the social/emotional/behavioral/academic wellbeing of children• providing a careers and university advising program
We encourage you to visit the Counseling blog and browse the many useful articles on living a prosperous international life, health and wellbeing, and parenting.
Roots & Wings: Making the Most of our International Community - An initiative for this year is to put together a team of parents, teachers, administrators and students which will act to address the challenges of international mobility and high turnover that our community experiences. If you are enthusiastic about contributing to this project, please attend our first meeting at 3:15pm on Thursday September 7th in Community Room 13. We will brainstorm what systems and activities we could and should put in place, then allocate people to the different sub-teams. Bring your creativity and commitment to making AISB an even better haven for growing internationally minded citizens
We look forward to meeting you at some stage throughout the year. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of assistance.
AISB Counseling Department
School Bus Transport from Corbeanca & Otopeni
Dear AISB parents,If you are interested in school bus transport from Cor-beanca or Otopeni, please contact Mr. Anghel Olaru, the Director of the Twins Tours Bus Company. In an effort to serve the community, he can arrange to offer transport for your children if you reside in this area. Please contact him at [email protected] or by phone at 0788294719 for more details.
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Medical Office Schedules
Early Learning Center
Day Time Doctor
Monday 07.15 to 13.15 Anita Pop
Tuesday 07.15 to 13.15 Anita Pop
Wednesday 07.15 to 13.15 Anita Pop
Thursday 07.15 to 13.15 Anita Pop
Friday 07.15 to 13.15 Anita Pop
Main Building
Day Time Doctor
Monday 8:00am – 2:30pm2:00pm – 5:00 pm
Family ClinicRegina Maria/Family Clinic
Tuesday 8:00am – 2:30pm2:00pm – 5:00 pm
Family ClinicRegina Maria/Family Clinic
Wednesday 8:00am – 2:30pm2:00pm – 5:00 pm
Family ClinicRegina Maria/Family Clinic
Thursday 8:00am – 2:30pm2:00pm – 5:00 pm
Family ClinicRegina Maria/Family Clinic
Friday 8:00am – 2:30pm2:00pm – 5:00 pm
Family ClinicRegina Maria/Family Clinic
Parking Stickers & Back Gate
If you have not done so already please request the 2017-2018 park-ing sticker (green) at Reception today. As of tomorrow you will not be allowed to park on campus if your parking permit is not updated. All parents and guardians will have received the form electronically via email today. Permits can be issued on the spot. Furthermore, the school gate by the Green Vista block is closed from 19:00 each day. If you are in school that late and live in the Ibiza Compounds or Green Vista please note that you will have to go around the school and exit in front.
AISB Early Learn-ing Center Footwear Guidelines
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome to our new, pur-pose-built facility for AISB’s youngest learners! We are ex-cited and proud to share this space with you.
In order to enable the children to explore and uti-lize this environment to its fullest potential, we would like to remain mindful of its ongoing pres-ervation and cleanliness. As such, please note that the ELC will be a no outdoor shoe zone. We will be requesting that shoes be changed or removed upon entering the building. You are most welcome to remain barefoot, with socks, bring a change of footwear (no high heels, please), or alternatively to help yourself to one of our indoor slippers.
We hope that this space will become a true hub for our community and contribute to the ev-er-strengthening bonds between us.
Do come in. Stay a spell. And watch your children grow.
Instrucțiuni cu privire la încălțăminte în cad-rul Centrului de Educație Timpurie AISB
Dragi părinți și tutori,
Bine ați venit în noua clădire, dedicată celor mai tineri stu-denți AISB. Suntem încântați și mândri să împărțim acest spațiu cu dumneavoastră.
Pentru a le permite copiilor să exploreze și să folosească acest mediu la potențialul său maxim, am dori să vă adu-cem la cunoștință nevoia de a proteja și menține curățenia acestuia. Având în vedere cele menționate anterior, Cen-trul de Educație Timpurie va fi un spațiu în care încălță-mintea de exterior este interzisă. La intrarea în clădire vă rugăm să vă schimbați încălțămintea sau să o lăsați în locurile special amenajate. Sunteți bine veniți să mergeți desculți, în șosete, ori să vă aduceți o pereche de schimb (excepție fac pantofii cu toc) sau alternativ, pe durata vizitei dumneavoastră, să folosiți o pereche de papuci de casă, care va fi disponibilă la intrare.
Sperăm că acest spațiu va deveni un adevărat nucleu pen-tru comunitatea noastră și va contribui la consolidarea legăturii dintre noi.
Vă invităm să intrați. Petreceți un timp aici și priviți cum copiii dumneavoastră cresc.
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Dear AISB community,
The first two weeks of school are now behind us and I hope you and your children are getting settled in. The start of the year is always exciting as we reconnect with old friends and see all the new faces. We were very happy that so many of you were able to attend the PTO newcomer coffees to hear about what we hope to accomplish this year and to sign up to be involved. We can’t be successful without your help.
Back to School Nights were also wonderful opportunities for all of the parents to meet the teach-ers and other parents that will be on this educational journey with us.
This is only the start! We have many fun and informative seminars and events planned for the year; I hope you will join us often.
Coming soon:
1. Terry Fox Run and PTO Welcome Back BBQ: We have hosted the Terry Fox run at our school for many years in support of cancer research. Please join us on Saturday, September 2nd at 10:00 for the run/walk and then stay afterwards to enjoy food and drinks from many local vendors.2. Our first General PTO meeting of the year is on Thursday, September 7th at 13:00 in the The-atre. Come and meet returning and new friends and hear about PTO life! We will introduce the PTO Executive Team and hear the results of the last parent survey, as well as take your questions.
The PTO Executive Team encourages you to be engaged and involved as much as possible with the school and to that end we will to provide you with opportunities to attend many worthwhile activities, coffees and meetings.
Finally, please mark your calendars now for these community events; you won’t want to miss them:
• ELC and Elementary Halloween parties – Tuesday, October 31, 2017• Harvest Festival – Tuesday, November 21, 2017• Festival of Lights – Tuesday and Wednesday, December 12 & 13, 2017• Annual Auction Gala – Saturday, March 24, 2018• International Day – Saturday, May 19, 2018
Details and volunteer requests will be sent in the weeks leading up to each event.
Don’t forget to like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/aisbpto) and visit us on the school website.
With warm regards,Sian AshendenPTO President
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PTO Executive Team
Sian AshendenPresident
Neeta AgnaniVice President:Early Learning Representative
Dawn KovacsVice President: Elementary Representative
Jema RahatVice President: Middle School Representative
Fabiana PapastefaniVice President: High School Representative
Justine ChristianopoulosSecretary
Despina SzavujTreasurer
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After the 1st of September opening you can visit the ex-hibition any day you like between 2nd of September and 4th of September 2017 by appointment at Oana Visoiu 0722381325 ([email protected] ). The art-works will remain in the Gallery after 4th of September and you can see them either at the Gallery or on its website www.renaissance-artgallery.com, where you will find more infor-mation about the 2 artists, Vali Irina Ciobanu, Romanian art-ist specialized in painting on vellum (leather) and Jane Tagg , British artist, who since 2008 teaches art at AISB and starting 2013 si is the Director of Visual Arts.
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Concerts in Cinema
September 13, 2017 September 28, 2017
Grand Cinema & More will broad-cast the most im-portant concerts of the George Enescu Festival in the cin-ema at Baneasa Shopping City. Tick-etscan be booked and purchased at the box office or online. Visit http://g r a n d e n t e r t a i n -ment.ro/grand-cin-ema-more/festival-ul-enescu for more information.
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Cinema and Animation Highlights
Neruda25th of August 2017An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who be-comes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Par-ty.
The Hitman's Bodyguard1st of September 2017 The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the In-ternational Court of Justice. They must put their differ-ences aside and work to-gether to make it to the trial on time.
It8th of September 2017 In Derry, Maine, seven friends come face-toface with a shape shifter, who takes the form of an evil clown who targets children.
American Assassin15th of September 2017A story centered on counter-terrorism agent Mitch Rapp.
Tulip Fever15th of September 2017An artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip ma-nia of 17th century Amster-dam.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle22nd of September 2017When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, the Kings-man's journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US. These two elite secret or-ganizations must band to-gether to defeat a common enemy.
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature25th of August 2017Following the events of the first film, Surly and his friends must stop Oakton City's mayor from destroying their home to make way for a dysfunctional amusement park.
The LEGO Ninjago Movie22nd of September 2017Ninjas, samurais, and sensei fight side-by-side against dragons, armies of snake men, and a once-banished warlord who is now seeking to return to power.
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Terry Fox Run and PTO Welcome Back BBQ // 10:00 - 14:00 // School Campus
Library Event: Henry EvansSEPT
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ManageBac Training // 08:10-08:40 // Room 304
SEPT
4FCD presentation: Delaying and Preventing Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Youth // 18:30-20:00 // CR 13
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26High School Counselors’ Corner: Intro to HS Counseling Services // 8:10-9:10 // Commuity Room 13
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5Yearbook Photos: Secondary School Individual Student Portraits
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ManageBac Training // 13:00-13:30 // Room 304
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6Yearbook Photos: Secondary School Grade Photos
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28PTO General Meeting: Introducing Key People // 13:00-14:30 // Theater
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7PYP Parent-Teacher Conferences // 13:00-17:00 // Early Dismissal for PYP Students
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Secondary School Outdoor Education Trips. No school for Secondary students on September 15th.
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High School Principal Coffee: Feedback on the start of the year // 08:10-09:00 // Community Room 13
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Romanian Classes Students Field Trip// Peasants’ Museum
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Yearbook Photos: Early Learning Center Individual Student Portraits & ELC Faculty Portraits
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18Yearbook Photos: Early Learning Center Class and Grade Photos
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Introducing / Understanding the MYP for Grade 6-8 Parents // 13:45-14:45 // Community Room 13
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Grade 5 Fall Overnight Field Trip
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Elementary School Field DaySEPT
20Yearbook Photos: Elementary School Individual Student Portraits
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20-21Steps to Success in the Diploma Programme for Grade 11 Parents // 18:30-19:30 // Community Room 13
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High School ISTA Trip // Belgrade
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Yearbook Photos: Secondary School Faculty Portraits
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22Looking Ahead to DP & Uni-versity: Choosing DP Classes for Grade 10 Parents // 13:45-14:45 // Community Room 13
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Grade 6 Beginning Band Day // 09:00-15:00 // Theater
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23Yearbook Photos: Elementary School Class and Grade Photos
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Early Learning Center EventsElementary School EventsSecondary School Events
School-Wide Events
Making the Most of our International Community // 15:15-16:15 // Community Room 13
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Introducing / Understanding the MYP for Grade 9-10 Parents // 12:00-13:00 // Community Room 13
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Author Visit: Mircea Cartarescu // 14:05-15:10// Secondary School Library
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Yearbook Photos: Elementary School Faculty Portraits
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