December 4th to December 8th

TED Talk of the Week

This week’s TED Talk explores how groups make decisions and how they interact to make better decisions.

Thank You!

• Gloria and Jessica for leading the ES Student Council this year.  You are making KISJ and our community a better place!
• Sara, Theresa, Cynthia, and Ryk for covering classes for our sick colleagues. Your extra efforts to ensure students are learning is much appreciated.
• Dan H and John for making this video about the Winter Arts Day student/teacher activity.  I can’t wait to see how amazing the ES Dragon will look!

Report Card Information

Here is all the information you should need as you prepare for Q2 reports.  Pay special attention to slides 4 and 21-25 as they have been changed and contain information specific to writing comments.  Also, here are the complete lists of standards and higher level standards: K 1 2 3 4 5

Holiday Spirit Week

Holiday Spirit Week is December 11 - 15 this year.  The money raised will be used to purchase gifts for the orphanage on Jeju.  Please share this information with your class to ensure we have maximum participation.  

Monday 12/11: Christmas colors & Christmas Character

Tuesday 12/12: Crazy hair day

Wednesday 12/13: Dress like a parent day (teachers dress like students)

Thursday 12/14: Free Dress day

Friday 12/15: Pajama day

Winter Arts Day Information

Here is the schedule, be sure to look at the different tabs.

Here is the parent letter.  It will be sent out next week.

Here is the Winter Arts day uniform reminder letter.

Here is the Winter Arts Day student/teacher activity video.

Mission Statement Comments

Thank you for the 2 levels of input you have already had on our ES Mission Statement. Here are 2 versions of a possible Mission Statement. Please feel free to comment on either or both. We would appreciate your thoughts.

ES Activity Survey Results

Here are the results from the Activity Survey we sent to parents.

Family Weekend Reflection from Parents

Here are your reflections from parents about Family Weekend.  

Upcoming PD in the ES

December 8th - ES Department Meeting

December 15th - Peer Editing in the EAPAC

December 22nd - Teachers Teaching Teachers (1:00 to 3:00)

Other Information

• Kate Seo (yesseo@kis.ac) is our faculty assistant is also available to help with "living in Korea" related need.  Here is the faculty request form.
• Renee (shyehan@kis.ac) is now our ES Textbook Manager. Email her when you need to checkout textbooks.