In the event of heavy rain at 4:30 pm today, the ISK talent show will be moved to next week on the 24 May. If there is no rain, the talent show will proceed as scheduled. Thank you for your understanding.
Director Recruitment Announcement
May 17, 2012 By
Dear Members of the ISK Community:
The Board of Directors would like to inform you that the school’s Director, Dr. Anna Karola, has notified us that she will not be seeking to renew her contract when it expires at the end of the next school year (July 2013). We would like to thank Dr. Anna for her leadership, passion and commitment to the school. She has led ISK through significant growth and expansion over the past two years. Dr. Anna will continue to spearheaded ISK’s accreditation and is committed to ensuring ISK’s full accreditation next year.
The Board has initiated the recruitment process for a new Director, who is expected to head the school after the conclusion of the 2012-2013 school year. We plan on consulting with you during the recruitment process and will update you with progress regularly. The recruitment of a new Director will not interfere with the running of the school, the children’s’ experiences at the school or with meeting our financial and organizational goals.
Sincerely,
ISK Board of Directors
News and Announcements – 15 May
May 16, 2012 By
Dates to Remember
17 May – Talent Show, 5 pm at ISK
18 May – Early Release
19 May – Football Game (See announcement below)
25 May – Early Release
Announcements
Football Game on Saturday May 19 at around 11 am against Butare street kids on Utexrwa sport field. Please come in big numbers to support this event
Talent Show Fundraiser at ISK
May 10, 2012 By
The 7th and 8th grade students would like to invite everyone to a fundraiser for their upcoming trip to Kenya.
17 May, 5 pm at ISK
2,000 rwf per person or 5,000 rwf per family
This June a group of 7th and 8th graders at ISK are attending a field
trip to Tsavo National Park in Kenya with an organization called CAMPS
International. The students will participate in a number of ongoing
projects CAMPS runs pertaining to community development and wildlife
conservation. In order for the students to have a sense of ownership
over their trip, they will be conducting a series of fundraisers over
the next month to help earn their way to Kenya. The money they earn
is applied directly to the trip’s overall cost. We believe these
fundraisers will not only benefit the students attending the trip and
the communities they will work with in Kenya; but also, the ISK
community as many of their fundraisers are centered around creating
more social events for the school’s families. Thank you for your
participation and support in these activities.
News and Announcements – 8 May 2012
May 8, 2012 By
Dates to Remember
10 May – Meeting at Mark Spetzler’s home for Pre-K and KG
Some and join us for an open discussion about the school and the future of ISK
7 pm bring a treat to share
11 May - Parent-Teacher Conferences
Dismissal normal Friday time
Sign -up for conferences now
Letter from Dr. Anna
Dear Parents
This is to let you know the school is experiencing an outbreak of chickenpox. If you notice the following symptoms in your child we request you take her/him to a doctor immediately. Please DO NOT send your child to school if you suspect they are sick. Chickenpox is highly contagious and we would like to keep the contagion to a minimum.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
According to the Mayo Clinic the signs and symptoms of chickenpox are:
- A red, itchy rash, initially resembling insect bites, on your face, scalp, chest and back
- Small, liquid-filled blisters that break open and crust over
- Fever
- Abdominal pain or loss of appetite
- Mild headache
- General feeling of unease and discomfort (malaise) or irritability
- A dry cough
- Headache
The chickenpox rash goes through these three phases:
- Raised pink or red bumps (papules), which break out in different spots over several days
- Fluid-filled blisters (vesicles), forming from the raised bumps over about one day before breaking and leaking
- Crusts and scabs, which cover the broken blisters and take several more days to heal
New bumps continue to appear for several days. As a result, you may have all three stages of the rash — bumps, blisters, and scabbed lesions — at the same time on the second day of the rash. Once infected, you can spread the virus for up to 48 hours before the rash appears, and you remain contagious until all spots crust over.
The disease is generally mild in healthy children. In severe cases, the rash can spread to cover the entire body, and lesions may form in the throat, eyes and mucous membranes of the urethra, anus and vagina. New spots continue to appear for several days.
When to see a doctor If you suspect that you or your child has chickenpox, consult your doctor. He or she usually can easily diagnose chickenpox by examining the rash and by noting the presence of accompanying symptoms. Your doctor can also prescribe medications to lessen the severity of chickenpox and treat complications, if necessary. Be sure to call ahead for an appointment, to avoid waiting and possibly infecting others in a crowded waiting room.
Also, be sure to let your doctor know if any of these complications occur:
The rash spreads to one or both eyes.
The rash gets very red, warm or tender, indicating a possible secondary bacterial skin infection.
The rash is accompanied by dizziness, disorientation, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, tremors, loss of muscle coordination, worsening cough, vomiting, stiff neck or a fever higher than 103 F (39.4 C).
Anyone in the household is immune deficient or younger than 6 months old.
Copies of Student Visas Needed
May 4, 2012 By
Dear Parents
It has recently come to our attention that the Rwandan Government requires copies of students Rwanda Visas in their files. We have not asked for these previously but it is essential these be supplied.
We are asking all parents to submit to the school a copy of the Rwandan Visa for each child enrolled with us by Friday, 10 May 2012.
Thank you for your cooperation with this matter.
Sincerely
Anna M Karola, PhD
Director
Nii Ayikwei Parkes at Shokola Lite this Saturday
May 4, 2012 By
This weekend British Council, Material Books and Spoken Word Rwanda are hosting award-winning Ghanaian writer Nii Ayikwei Parkes in Kigali for a public reading and discussion of his work, as well as workshops with secondary school teachers of English and aspiring writers.
Nii Ayikwei Parkes will be reading from and discussing his work at Shokola Lite at 4pm on Saturday 5th May.
This event is free and you can see more details at:
and in the attached flyer.
You can also read more about Nii Ayikwei Parkes at:
News and Announcements – 25 April
April 25, 2012 By
Dates to Remember
27 April – Early Release
1 May – No School. Labor Day
4 May – Early Release
Letter from Dr. Anna
Dear Parents,
For all of us to get to know each other better, I would like to propose a series of meetings to be held in October and May of each year. I would like to begin this May. It would be best if we could divide the school as follows:
Pr-K 1, 2 and KG //1s, through 5th grades //6th through 8th grades//high school
In order to make communication easier I would like to propose we hold the meetings at the home of a parent who is willing to volunteer to host. We can make it a time to bring a treat to share. If you are willing to do this please sign the note below in the appropriate space.
10 May at 6:30 Pre K1, Pre-K2 and KG
Name of Parent and email address where I can reach you
17 May at 6:30 Grades 1 to 5
Name of Parent and email address where I can reach you
24 May at 6:30 Grades 6 to 8
Name of Parent and email address where I can reach you
31 May at 6:30 Grades 9 to 12
Name of Parent and email address where I can reach you
ISK is a great place to be because of what we all bring to share. We want to keep it this way.
News and Announcements – 17 April 2012
April 18, 2012 By
Dates to Remember
17 April – PTO Meeting
20 April – Early Release
27 April – Early Release
1 May – No School. Labor Day
Announcements
Minutes from the 26 March General Meeting can be found here
The new ISK Tuition scale can be found on the web page.
Addition to the News and Announcements
March 28, 2012 By
Table of Contents
-Basketball game 30th March
-ISK recognized on the AISA GISS website
-Coffeehouse night open performance call
ISK Basketball team has to play a friendly Basketball game for High School Vs KICS on Friday 30th March 2012 at Christian ministries in KIBAGABAGA.
The game will be held at the Basketball field of Christian ministries, between 3.45p.m and 4.45p.m.
The School will be providing transport to the field at Christian ministries in KIBAGABAGA and Parents are expected to pick up the child at 4.50p.m at Christian ministries in KIBAGABAGA.
Location: From ISK go through Nyarutarama towards Gaculiro Estates. Turn right past NCM (New Christian Ministries). Turn right into KIBAGABAGA road. As you pass the hospital on the right, Youth for Christ is on the left just after passing the hospital.
TEL: 0788778261 (Mr Sam) / Mr. Jean de Dieu 0783012170
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ISK’s participation in the recent AISA GISS conference was noted on the front page of the conference website! – http://www.aisa-giss.co.za/
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Hello Everyone,
I hope you are all having a great week so far. I am sorry for the lack of emails about the Elementary’s arts and culture month. I am glad that many of you have been able to participate even without weekly reminders of what is going on under the big white tent! Thank you for your attendance and for your support. It is greatly appreciated!
I wanted to invite you all and ask if anyone, student or teacher, would like to participate in our upcoming Coffeehouse event next Wednesday, April 4,2012. The Coffeehouse will be a time to showcase the different types of art that the students have been studying over the past few weeks. The hope is that a variety of staff, students, and parents will perform. If you would like to participate or any of your students would like to participate please contact me through email or phone (0782537237) as soon as possible. The event will be held at ISK under the white tent from 6:00-7:30 next Wednesday night.
Some ideas for performances would be:
- reading a poem that you have written or someone else has written
- reciting a poem by heart
- reader’s theater skit or a theatrical performance of some kind
- song
- dance (traditional or non)
- playing a song on a musical instrument (violin, guitar, flute, etc.)
- Storytelling (traditional or non)
- bringing in a painting or a craft that you are proud of to display
Those are just some ideas but if you have any questions or something you would like to present that’s not on the list then let me know!
At the Coffeehouse night we are also going to be having an art exhibit in the cafeteria to display the art that the kids have been doing over the past month. We will also be serving refreshments and having a silent auction to sell the paintings that the Ivuka Artists painted when they did the live painting at school two weeks ago.
Please spread the word to your students. If they would like to participate you can give them my email Rachel.Thies@gmail.com and they can send me an email with their name, grade, and what they would like to perform. I would like to start putting the line up together by next Tuesday morning.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I know this is a busy time for everyone, but I appreciate the encouragement and the support the Elementary has received over these past few weeks while putting this event together.
Sincerely,
Rachel Thies