Weekly Overview: 5/20/13 – 5/26/13

It’s Monday! Take a look at what’s happening this week at SLLIS:

Wednesday 5/22: TSS new and current families are invited to the TSS New Families Building Community Event & SAC Meeting. From 6 – 8 pm. Please bring a finger food dish to share and your own drink. Please confirm your attendance directly to arlene@sllis.org

Thursday 5/23: All families are invited to the Papin After-School Activities Showcase from 4:30 – 5:30 pm in the Papin gym.

From 6 – 8 pm, Rhonda will hold the State of SLLIS Talk to present:

• the results of our 2012-13 Campus Climate Survey
• IB Authorization visits for The French School and The Spanish School
• The International School (grades 6-12, opening Fall 2014)
• immersion language assessments and student achievement expectations
• proposed charter renewal highlights
• facilities updates

Friday 5/24: Book Club ends.

Saturday 5/25: From 9:30 am – noon, Trailnet hosts an Adult Bicycle Class at our Papin location. This class is for adults (16+) only.

Have a maravillosa week!

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Here’s a clever multiplication trick for your math learners! Check out more math fun on our pinboard!

Get involved: TFS Troop Leaders needed!

TFS Girl Scout troops for the 2013-2014 school year will be forming soon and we need some new leaders! Troop leaders are needed for next year’s kindergarten, 2nd grade, and 4th/5th graders. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Aryn Rehbein at arynchae@yahoo.com.

Volunteer opportunity: Green Space Work Day at Papin

We will be working on the outdoor science classroom/green space on Saturday (tomorrow) May 18th, starting at 9 am. Get in your volunteer hours! We need all the help we can get!

Bring work gloves and any of the following if you have them – chop saw or circular saw, cordless drill with bits, shovels, wheel barrow, hand tools, broom & dustpan

We will be building “see thru” planters, spreading new wood chips, and setting up a spring seasonal installation

AmerenUE volunteers will be joining us and have provided the wood chips, thank you AmerenUE!!

Questions?  Contact:  Susan Herzberg Susanh@theswitch.us

TCS Student Performance at Missouri Botanical Garden – Tomorrow!

MOBot is dedicating an entire weekend to celebrate Chinese culture, and TCS is part of the fun!

Our TCS kids will perform on Saturday, May 18th starting at 2 pm at the Nanjing Friendship Garden. Performances will include poetry readings, dances, choir, and martial arts.

See you there!

Papin After-School Activities Showcase – May 23, 2013

All families are formally invited to our Papin After School Activities Showcase on Thursday, May 23rd at 4:30 pm to celebrate the end of the After School Activities Spring Session. This is an opportunity for your students to show off all the awesome skills they’ve been learning over the past 10 weeks.

The performance will be in the gym and the following clubs will perform 10 minute presentations:

• Salsa Dance
• Chinese Dance
• Kung Fu
• Theater and
• Art Club

Decorations from MOSAIC international month and Exploring Japan club will also be on display. 3rd and 4th grade students will also be selling popcorn and drinks for a small fee. See the event flier here.

For any questions specific to the performance, please contact your student’s instructor.

Note about after-school activities: They end today, May 16th, except Sport Stacking, Magic and Beginners Chess, which end next week.

TFS & TSS Community Planning Meetings

TFS

Help make the French School better!

On this Saturday, May 18th from 9 am to 12 pm, we will be holding a community retreat. All families are welcome and encouraged to attend! The mission of this retreat is to plan events and activities for the upcoming 2013-2014 school year.  **PLEASE COME.** We need all of your voices. Childcare will be provided.

TSS

The Building Community meeting scheduled on May 23ed has been re-scheduled on Wednesday, May 22nd at 6pm

• Please bring a finger food dish to share and your own drink
• Mix and mingle with new families from 6 – 6:30 pm, ice breaker activity Abbreviated SAC meeting from 6:30 – 7:15 pm
• There will be an activity for children while parents are meeting
• One on One Q&A for new families with School Advisory Council (SAC) parent/teacher representatives and administration 7:15 – 8pm

Please confirm your attendance directly to Arlene at arlene@sllis.org

St. Louis’ First Brazilian Folk Fest

In Brazil the Festa Junina (Folk Fest) parties are to celebrate the saints Anthony, John and Peter with lots of Brazilian traditional foods, drink. Just like Carnival, these festivities involve extravagant costumes, but in this case, it is always peasant costumes. The men dress up as farm boys with large straw hats and the women wear checked dresses with pigtails, freckles and a gap painted between their front teeth. During the festivities, a wedding is celebrated followed by Quadrilha a type of square dance.

If you are interested in learning about the Brazilian culture, the Festa Junina is a good opportunity!

Enjoy the cultural festivities on June 1st from 6-10pm at St. Cecilia Church – 5418 Louisiana Ave. St Louis, MO 63111