The Crane The newsletter of Hiroshima International School 26th February 2010 Dates to note Please make a note of the forthcoming events. Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th February – Model United Nations (MUN) at Marist International School Saturday 27th February to Sunday 7th March – Spring break Monday 15th March – Grade 5 PYP Exhibition Information Evening Grade 5 PYP Exhibition from Matt Sides, PYP Coordinator What: PYP Exhibition Parent's Information Evening Who: Parents of grade 4 and 5 students When: Monday March 15, 7.30pm – 8.30pm Where: Mr Sides' classroom at H.I.S. Why: To provide information on what the Exhibition is and how the parents can actively become involved in their child(ren)'s journey through the PYP Exhibition. More detailed information about the Information Evening will be in the next issue of The Crane. Programming Club from Nigel Barker I am planning to run an after school Python programming club again this year, between Spring Break and Golden Week. It will cover programming fundamentals, and no previous knowledge is required. It will include creating interfaces with buttons and boxes for your programs. However, it will mostly involve typing code precisely into a little window, then trying to figure out why it doesn't work! Anyone in Grade 6 or above can attend, but you should probably be interested in mathematics and computers. Python is a modern and relatively easy language for beginners, but it also has advanced uses. NASA and Google are among the organisations which use Python for some of their projects. All the software you need is free and open source. I also have some free online guides for you. However, I am recommending a book* which is very easy to follow and in my opinion worth buying. I want to choose a day which suits the most people, so I created a poll for the purpose. Please visit the following link to indicate your availability. Select all the days that you are able to attend and then I will let you know at the end of Spring Break. Availability : http://www.doodle.com/gvp65rnmsy45sqyk Book : http://www.manning.com/sande/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switchlanguage/product/1933988495/ref=dp_change_lang?ie=UTF8&language=en_JP PTA News from Jackie Ikegami On behalf of the PTA I would like to thank Adrienne Jensen for her hard work for our school and our kids, and wish her all the best of luck on her new adventure. PTA Notice Board If you haven’t yet noticed, we have made a new PTA notice board in front of the school, to the left of the genkan. Please check it out occasionally. If you wish to post a message on the notice board, please contact one of the PTA officers. Use of PTA Funds It seems this has not been obvious, so apologies for not making it clear before, but any member of the PTA (parents, teachers, or even students!) can feel free to nominate an idea for the use of PTA funds at any time. I cannot promise it will be carried out, as we have to follow the PTA rules on how and when the money is used, but I can promise it will be put up for discussion. Nothing ventured, nothing gained! As a basic rule, funds should be used for things which will benefit the school in general, cultural events, or that most students will have the opportunity to use. Basically however, anything may be discussed. If you have an idea which you feel will be of benefit to the school, please do not hesitate to suggest it at any time. International Festival As you know, we are having weekly meetings on Fridays at 2pm at school in the Pink Room, to decide the fine details of the International Festival. Thanks to everyone who has contributed time and ideas so far. Please feel free to come along whenever you can. We are now also looking for volunteers to help on the day of the festival! We have lots of fun ideas for shops and activities, but we can only make them all happen if we get enough people to keep them running. Please sign up in the office if you can help on April 17th. ¥100 Shop Thanks to everyone who has already donated goods to the ¥100 Shop. We have collected some good stuff over the past two weeks. To those who have not donated anything yet, we hope you will be able to find some time during the spring break to have a look through your cupboards and find all those treasures you no longer use, and donate them for a good cause! We appreciate all donations, large and small, but if you have larger items (furniture, electrical appliances etc) to donate, could you please contact one of the ¥100 team (see below) before bringing them to school. Recycling charges now apply for disposing of larger items, so we need to agree on what will happen if we are unable to sell them. Apologies for any inconvenience. Rails and Hangers If anyone has a clothing rail or extra clothes hangers at home which we could borrow, we would be very grateful. Also any carrier bags for packaging will be gratefully accepted. Thanks for your support. Joani Yamanoi Noriko Nogami （[email protected] / 080-5620-4027） （[email protected] / 090-4109-1806） Advertising The deadline for applications for advertising on the Festival flyer has now passed, but we will still happily accept donations of prizes for the raffle and requests for advertising on the day of the festival. 2 Haiti Donation There has been a suggestion that the PTA donate part of the profits of the International Festival to the relief effort for victims of the Haiti earthquake. I want to take everyone’s opinion into account on this matter so please check your e-mail and participate in the vote. The deadline is today, Friday 26th February, but we will of course consider all opinions received by the time we have to decide about this. If there is anything you think you can contribute to making the festival better, we would love to ear from at any time. [email protected] より お別れ PTA を代表して、 Adrienne Jensen 先生にこれまでお世話になった感謝の気持ちをお送りしたく思 います。これからも、ご活躍をお祈りしています。 PTA 掲示板 皆さんもうすでにご存じのように、学校の正面玄関横に、PTA 掲示板を作りました。みんな、チ ェックして下さいね！PTA 掲示板に掲載したいものがある方、PTA までご連絡を。 PTA 予算 これまで PTA 予算の使い方、使い道について、はっきり明言していなくて、ごめんなさい。でも、 PTA メンバー (保護者、教師、生徒さんも!) であれば、PTA 予算を使って、何かすることに関し て、どなたからの案も大歓迎です。 PTA 予算の使途については、PTA 規約に従わなければいけないので、すべての案が承認されると は限りませんが、出された案は、必ず協議します。トライしてみなければ、どうなるかはわかり ませんよ！ PTA 基本的な規則としては、PTA 予算は、学校全体に有益なもの、カルチャー・イベント、または、 ほとんどの生徒が使用できるチャンスがあるもの、となっています。でも、基本的には、出され た案は、協議します 学校全体に有益なものだと思える案をお持ちの方、いつでも提案して下さい。 インターナショナル・フェスティバル 毎週、金曜日 2pm から、ピンク・ルームでインターナショナル・フェスティバルのミーティング をしています。これまで参加して下さっている方、ありがとう。来れる方、いつでも来て下さい ね。 International Festival フェスティバル当日のボランティアの方を、募集しています。フェスティバルのショップやアク ティビティなど、楽しい案が出ていますが、ボランティアの方々の参加があってこそ、実現可能 なことばかりです。4 月 17 日、フェスティバルに参加できる方、オフィスで申し込んで下さい。 ¥100 Shop 担当： （ （ ） ） Joani Yamanoi [email protected] / 080-5620-4027 Noriko Nogami [email protected] / 090-4109-1806 3 寄付を募り始めてから２週間が経ちましたが、すでに寄付していただいた方、ありがとうございます。 まだこれから寄付していただく予定の方、ぜひ、休暇中に、クローゼットに眠っている物を探すお時間を割 いていただけたら幸いです！ もし、大きい物（家具や電化製品など）の寄付を考えられている場合、お手数ですが、お持ちいただく前に 担当者までご連絡ください。 売れ残ってしまった場合に、簡単に廃棄できない問題があるため、物の確認 等、事前にさせていただきたいと思います。 また、どなたか、洋服ラックをお持ちで、フェスティバル当日の販売時にお貸しいただける方がいらっしゃい ましたら、ご連絡いただけますと助かります。不要なハンガーや買い物袋も、ぜひご寄付ください。 引き続き、みなさまのご協力をよろしくお願いいたします。 広告 フェスティバルのチラシに出す広告の申込みは終わりましたが、ラッフルの景品の寄付と、フェ スティバル当日の広告の申し込みは、まだ受け付けています。 震災被害ハイチへの寄付 インターナショナル・フェスティバルの売上金の一部を、PTA が、ハイ チ地震の被害者の救援活動に寄付をしてはどうかという案が出ています。皆さんの意見を伺いた く思います。メールをチェックして、賛否を投票してください。2 月 26February が締め切りです が、それ以降に寄せられたご意見も考慮します。 フェスティバルをより楽しく盛り上げるため、アイディアがある方、ご意見を聞かせてください ね！ ジャッキー [email protected] Scholastic from Teresa Kuo The last Scholastic Book order for the school year was delivered to students and teachers this past Wednesday. Over 300 books were ordered! Parents, if a book is out of stock, it is circled and noted on the original order and a refund will be issued to you shortly. The Scholastic Book service would not be possible without the help of parent volunteers. Therefore, I would like to thank the following people for their time and help with this semester's orders: Takako Bartelink, Nicky Biwaki, Eriko Hird, Noriko Nogami, Debbie Randle, Hisako Shiji, Joanie Yamanoi, and Yasuko Yamashiro. Also, special thanks to Makkie-san and Tsuyama-san in the office for their help with the logistics and accounting. Happy reading! この水曜日に、今学年度最後のスコラスティック・ブックを、生徒さん、先生方にお配りしました。300 冊以 上の本の注文がありました！注文書に丸で印がつけてある本は、在庫切れになっていますので、近日返 金します。スコラスティック・ブックを、ボランティアでお手伝い下さる皆さん、ありがとうございます。ボラン ティアの皆さんの力があってこそ、スコラスティック・ブッ ク・オーダーが、実現できます。今回は、Takako Bartelink, Nicky Biwaki, Eriko Hird, Noriko Nogami, Debbie Randle, Hisako Shiji, Joanie Yamanoi, Yasuko Yamashiro の皆さんに、お手伝いいただきました。それから、オフィスの Makkie-san と Tsuyama-san にも、 本の保管や会計の面で、大変お世話になりました。Happy reading! Model United Nations Later today the team of students who have been representing the school at the Model United Nations meeting in Kobe and their teacher, Lisa Quattlebaum, will be returning to Hiroshima. This is the second year when we have participated in this annual event and I am delighted to see it become a fixture on our calendar. It gives our students a unique opportunity to engage with real-life issues in prolonged discus4 sion and debate with students from many other international schools throughout Asia. Those who went last year greatly enjoyed the experience and I am certain that this year’s team will have had the same experience. Same time next year! Temple University and HIS Temple University was founded in Philadelphia more than 100 years ago and is now one of the largest colleges in the USA. In 1982 it became the first foreign university to open a campus in Japan and it now operates two – in Tokyo and Osaka. I was therefore very happy today to welcome a representative from Temple University to HIS and to discuss with him what his university can offer our IB graduates. Temple looks very favourably on the IB Diploma and our visitor was enthusiastic about the possibility of enrolling HIS graduates. I am pleased to be able to add Japan’s oldest and largest English-language university to a growing list in Japan and overseas with whom we are building relationships. Enrolment Drive for EC For families who enrol their children in our EC class (“Early Childhood”) in April, May or June we are offering a special deal. If you have a child you are thinking of enrolling in EC or if you have friends and neighbours who do, please contact the school for further details. Spring Break The rain may have been falling for almost 24 hours but it’s warm rain (!) so we are taking the hint and heading off for a week of well-earned rest. Wherever you are going and whatever you are doing, enjoy it! Back to normal on Monday 8th March. With best wishes Peter MacKenzie Principal Hiroshima International School 3-49-1, Kurakake, Asakita-ku Hiroshima 739-1743 tel. (082) 843 4111 fax. (082) 843 6399 www.hiroshima-is.ac.jp 5
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