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International School Moshi Moshi Campus News - 25th October 2009 |
Dear Parents, We are just coming to the end of our weekend of 40th Anniversary celebrations. The sports weekend was enjoyed by students from both campuses with a huge range of different sports and a secondary disco on Saturday night. Both campuses also held 40th Anniversary assemblies on Friday. The draw for the raffle was made on Saturday and prize-winning tickets are listed below. Thanks to all who contributed and helped to make the weekend a success. The slideshow of the 40th Anniversary assembly is available from www.ismoshi.org/ISM40.pdf. 40th Anniversary Raffle Prizes
 The Raffle held for the 40th Anniversary raised just under TSh 4 million towards the ISM Scholarship Fund. Many thanks to all who bought tickets.The winners were as follows:
Parent Meetings
As a follow up to the information meetings held just prior to our break, we would like to have another meeting which will allow for more discussion. The focus of the meeting will be designing the school's finances for the coming school year. This is an opportunity for parent input. The days and times for the meetings at the various campuses are listed below.
We encourage you to attend and bring your ideas. Robert Woods Director M2 Field Study in Pangani
The M2 students will be travelling to Pangani on Monday, 26th October with their Arusha counterparts for a week's field study on the coast and in Pangani town. They will return on Friday 30th October.PYP News and Views
This week's edition of PYP News and Views is attached to this newsletter [parents of primary children only]. You can also access this at www.ismoshi.org/pyp091025.pdf.Outdoor Pursuits - Mandara
During the month of November the National Parks Authority allows school groups to undertake trips on Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro and we have a trip planned over every single weekend in November. The first of these is a trip to Mandara Hut - the first hut on Kilimanjaro at 2800m. This trip is designed for M1 students and older who wish to take part in their first walking trip on the mountains. It is an overnight trip leaving on Sunday, 1st November and returning on Monday afternoon 2nd November. The group has 10 students from each campus ranging from M1 to D1 as well as three teachers.Other upcoming Outdoor Pursuits trips are as follows:
MYP Information Evening
We will be holding an MYP Information Evening on Thursday, 29th October at 6:30pm. If your child has recently joined M1, or if your child joined one of the other M1 to M5 classes this school year, or if you simply would like more information on the MYP, please do join us on Thursday evening. We will also make some printed information available for those parents who are unable to attend the meeting.Lynn University, Florida
Lynn University will be doing a presentation to interested students on Tuesday, 27th October at 3pm.Blood Bank
ISM, in conjunction with KCMC and Duke Women's Health Collaboration, will be holding a Blood Bank in Karibu Hall, ISM on Saturday 7th November from 11am to 4pm. KCMS needs to provide emergency blood supplies to Kilimanjaro, Tanga, Manyara, Arusha and Singida regions and urgently needs more blood. Please see the attached flier with information on how you could help.SAT and TOEFL tests
SAT tests take place in school on Saturday, 7th November. Students have already completed registration for these tests, but some standby testing may be possible (for an additional fee) if additional test papers are available. The next SAT tests will be in May 2010.TOEFL tests take place in school on Saturday, 14th November - it is now too late to register for these tests and standby testing is not permitted. Students participating MUST bring their original passport (or driving licence for Tanzanian students only) with them to the test. Without a passport, they will not be admitted and could lose their full registration fee. The next TOEFL test in Moshi will be in May 2010. Parent Association
The Parent Association will be holding their regular monthly committee meeting this week and will also start planning for the Annual General Meeting which will be held on ISM Website
The ISM Website at www.ismoshi.org has experienced a number of problems with Google recently blocking access to the site. Google have reviewed the site twice and confirmed that it is "clean" and "without malware" but that it will take many days to remove site blocking. We are trying to work through these problems and hope that all will be working well soon. Meanwhile, please be assured that the site is not distributing malware! An alternative website is also available at www.ismoshi.com. | Available on the web...
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