THE WINNERS FOR THE MS COUNSELOR’S TRIVIA are: Sam Clurman, Mr. Corrigan, Margherita Pazzi, Anna Rodriguez, Rayaan Kapoor. Please come for your free ice cream voucher from Ms. Wilson-Odhiambo
Answers to Wednesday trivia were:
Respect, Responsibility, Honesty, Confidence, Excellence, Do your best
Please see at the bottom of announcements for more on the National School Counseling Week
Around the World in 8 Plays
Come support your friends and classmates in Around the World in 8 Plays. The performances will be today, February 6th and Friday, February 7th at 6 pm. Tickets are now on sale. 250 KES for students and teachers and 400 KES for adults tickets are available in the Ticket Room with Sammy Mwangi. See you there!
YEARBOOK COVER DESIGN CONTEST: 2013-2014 has been a year of many changes for ISK. From the opening of the new Commons to the beginning of the ES construction; temporary buildings and new classroom spaces; new courses, new families, new students, new events, new technology; all of these have led the yearbook team to designate this year's theme as "Patch 2.0.14". The "patch" command is used in computer programming to splice new programs or pieces of programs into an existing framework. We are using the technological metaphor to frame all the changes that we have been experiencing as a community. Now we need a cover! If you have a design or design idea, submit it to your divisional yearbook head before Friday, February 21st.
HS: Ms. Lillis Weeks
MS: Mr. Cameron Secret
ES: Ms. Emily Ryan
Clay Works: Ms Alexander's Clay Works activity is full.
Students from Ms Alexander's Qt. 1 and Qt. 2 art classes need to pick up their artwork this week or it will not be available until the end of the year.
New MS Club!
Do you enjoy helping others? Do you like working with young children? Do you still need to fulfill your community service requirement? If you said "Yes" to any of these, then here's an opportunity for you! An 8th Grade student is starting a homework and tutoring club for 2nd and 3rd graders here at ISK. It will be held after school during Quarter 4, and will count for your Community Service! If interested, then put your name, grade, and after school availability on the sign-up sheets with Ms. Vickery (MPR1) or the MS Office.
Student IDs will be distributed on February 28 (By your advisors.?????)
Repeat announcement
French Club: Get immersed in French language and culture: theatre, songs, movies, board games, cooking, … Come every Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:45 to M. Gautier's room and have fun!
Dancers Wanted: The Kibera Dance Group is back for the CAS/L program, every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. 3 sessions per month. Bring a friend, or a group of friends and dare to move! Sign up now in Ms. Redler's office! Ask Leah in grade 8 if you need more info.
PORTRAIT PHOTO RETAKES: The photographer will be back on campus next week on Monday and Tuesday, Feb 10th and 11th, only. This will be the last opportunity for new students and staff to have their portrait photos done professionally. Those who already had their portraits done but would like a re-take are also welcome to come. The photographer will be available all day each day: before and after school, activity block, lunch, and free block. Don't miss it.
OPERATION SMILE MS branch- come and join a worthwhile club!
Meeting time - every other Thursday (HS week 1), 12:20 (MS lunch time)
First Meeting: Feb13th Meeting location: Ms. Jones room
MSMUN participants Attention all MSMUN participants: Please mark your calendar for this Friday, Feb. 7, for a luncheon beginning at 12:20 in Ms. Robert's classroom. Come and celebrate MSMUN 2014!
Ian Billings Books for Sale: Books by visiting author Ian Billings are available for sale in the library and at the assembly on Wednesday. There are 2 paperback novels, each selling for 1000/- : Chocolate Meltdown and Sam Hawkins, Pirate Detective
EMBRACE the AMAZING: HOUSE POINTS available for clothes & shoes contributions. Mark your sack of goodies for Embrace the Amazing with your House Color, or see Ms. Jones for a bag. Boxes by the bulletin board in MS area and outside of Ms. Jones room in the HS, L 1. Handicapped kids can use your things.
Painting club Are you creative? Do you enjoy painting? If you answered yes, then you are welcome to join painting club every Thursday after school. From 3:30 - 4:45 in the art studio. Please sign up with Ms. Taylor.
Annual MS Beginner Band Camp: Friday, February 21, at 4.45:00 pm in the Arts Centre. This year’s theme is Crazy Fun Music! We will be doing I’ve Got A Feeling band arrangement for the popular Black Eyed Peas song and The Dark Night by Hans Zimmer. For more information, please make sure you read and understand the Band camp pamphlet that you already have received. It’s the responsibility of each student to ensure that the hard copy information reaches parents so that all requirements are adhered to in good time.
French Ski Trip 2014 Informational Meeting: All Grade 8 students on this trip, please note the following: Please note this meeting will now take place on Monday Feb 10 at 5 pm in P2 in the High School NOT Monday Feb 3 as previously announced. Please plan to attend with your parents. Thank you. Ms. R. Stenning
Updated housepoints: After a spirited girls softball game, some batting practices, a game of football and Luca Frigyik's amazing effort for bringing in 4 bags of clothing to support Embrace the Amazing; house points stand as follows:-
WHITE 38, YELLOW 43, RED 51, BLUE 51, BLACK 67, GREEN 92
Embrace the Amazing: Your support is needed. Clean out your closet for Embrace Amazing Clothing Drive. Earn 5 housepoints per bag. Send clothes to Ms Paula Jones or see her if you want more details on Embrace the Amazing.
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Thursday
National School Counseling Week Morning Announcement (ask one of your advisees to read this each morning)
Good morning. This is Mrs. Wilson Odhiambo. Today is the fourth day of “National School Counseling Week.” Our message today is about overcoming challenges, even when it is tough.
The inventor Thomas Edison said, “Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. ... There are two types of people: those who fear failure so they never try and those who fear failure so they never quit.”
Don’t let others get you down. As “Winnie the Pooh,” A.A. Milne once wrote, “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
And finally, these words from Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States: “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”
As your school counselor, I’m here to help you overcome the challenges you face in your lives. I want to help you build your own extraordinary future.
CELEBRATE SCHOOL COUSELING WEEK 3 -7 FEBRUARY, 2014
Remember.~ Five winners will be raffled daily for a free ice cream from Mr. William at lunch.
Thursday: How many years has Ms. Wilson been at ISK (including this school year)? Where was her first office located?