Dear Parents,
Happy Easter and Ramadan, Mubarak, to you all. May this holy month bring peace, prosperity and joy to every member of the ARIS community. This newsletter updates you on the latest news and activities at Secondary School.
First of all, on behalf of the whole Secondary School, I express my sincere thanks to all parents who took their valuable time to accompany their wards for our Student-led 3-way Conference and a one-on-one meeting with me. Your support and encouragement are very much appreciated. Our Coordinators will share their calendars with you if you want to meet specific subject teachers.
I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to our PSA for helping us to organise a very informative and successful life skill event for our students and teacher, “ Financial Literacy Day”. From now on, this event will be our yearly event.
End Of Year Reflection
As we approach the end of the 2022-23 academic year, it is time for us to reflect upon our work. Kindly provide us with your feedback on this Jamboard. It will take only 5 minutes. Your reflection would help us to serve you better in the next academic year.
Important Announcements
Attendance
As you know, the MYP / DP / CP programs are highly demanding, and every student requires specific contact hours to attend. Hence regular attendance is critical to your child’s success in school and life. When they miss out on important lessons, they cannot be fully replicated or caught up by other means. As a result, it can impact their academic progress. We have addressed this issue with many parents during the 3-way conference. I sincerely urge you to take a more active role in ensuring that your child attends school regularly. Kindly find our follow-up procedure for unexcused absences from school. Kindly find our Attendance Policy attached HERE. Take a critical look at the follow-up process in this policy.
Emergency Pick-Up
Our Front Desk or Nurse will contact you directly to pick up your child from school. If students become ill, they must visit our clinic to see the school nurse. If they require immediate pick-up from home, our nurse or front desk will notify you. We expect your full cooperation in this matter.
I urge you not to send a driver to pick up your child unless you receive a call from the school.
End-of-Year Examinations & Summative Assessments
A: External Examinations:
IBDP Final year Exams: Start on 28th April 2023 and end on 19th May 2023.
IB MYP Final year Exams: Starts on 9th May 2022 and ends on 19th May 2022.
Refer to IBDP and MYP Sections to get access to the examination timetable.
B: School Examinations
MAP GROWTH TEST: The Spring session Map Growth test will be from 19th April to 21st May 2023. The growth Report will be shared with you at the end of the year report Via managebac.
End Of Year Written Examination: Like last academic year, this year, MYP 1 – MYP 4 and IBDP1/ CP1 students will take their written assessment to make sure they are well prepared for On-screen assessments in MYP 5 and final DP examinations. Assessment will start on 17th May 2023. We will share the schedule closer to the date. Asessprep is our assessment tool for the end-of-year written examination and therefore your ward will need a laptop to write the exams. Tablets and iPads are not allowed for writing the end-of-year examination.
Teaching & Learning will continue till the 8th of June 2023. Kindly plan your summer travel dates accordingly.
Academic Writing Workshop For Year 12 Students
The library, in partnership with the university and the career guidance counselling department, will offer workshops to year 12 students during some office hours until the last part of this semester to cover specific topics to better prepare our students with some necessary transferable skills that they will use both in high school and beyond. These sessions will take place during office hours on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm and on Wednesdays from 12:50 pm to 1:20 pm starting Friday the 14th of April.
Email Netiquette
- Use a clear, professional subject line. …
- Proofread every email you send. …
- Write your email before entering the recipient’s email address. …
- Double check you have the correct recipient. …
- Ensure you CC all relevant recipients. …
- You don’t always have to “reply all” …
- Reply to your emails.
- Follow-up emails
CV developing and writing
- What is a CV?
- What do employers look for in a CV?
- How long CVs should they be, and what should they include
Cover Letter to complement the CV
- Give scenarios and role-playing classes on how to develop a CL to complement the CV.
- Post jobs where students apply using their CV and CL (tricks that they have learnt)
- Questions to ask in an interview
- Questions to ask the interviewer
Personal Statement
- To train students to read what the roles and responsibilities are for university and/or the workforce before applying to said positions
- To address the right person and position
- To include award-winning sentences
- How to answer questions to state and establish their writing clearly
- How to respect the word limit
Letter of Intent Letter of Intent and North American College Essay ( US and Canada).
Graduation
IBDP2 / IBCP2 Graduation
It is now time to say goodbye to our Class of 2023 students. Our graduation ceremony will be held on 27th of May 2023 at the Hotel Movenpick. Parents and students in Year 13 will be notified with detail closer to the date.
MYP5 Graduation
We will held a ceremony to recognise our MYP 5 students transitioning into their IBDP or IBCP courses on the 3rd of June 2023 at the school campus.
We will reach out to you again in End of May. Till then, stay tuned.