Middle School
Principal Appointment Announced!
(taken
from ParentTalk)
Currently the high school assistant principal at
“Through the interview and reference process, Maloney emerged as well prepared
for her leadership positions and well-versed in transformational leadership qualities.
“She is clearly committed to collaborative planning, to the essential components of interdisciplinary
teaming in middle level education, and to a well-rounded extra- curricular
program. She
is fully committed to the components of exemplary middle school programming”. Before
moving to
Maloney holds a Masters degree in educational
administration from
5th Grade Blog!
You might want to head over to our 5th grade blogs.
Check out Mrs. Power’s blog and read some of the 5th grade blogs she has listed
under her Blogroll. Tomorrow another class of 5th graders will upload their first
podcasts to their blogs: Some poems they’ve remixed..so be looking for those as
well.
Guest Author Week
Ahead!
This next week at Pudong the classrooms and
our auditorium are going to be well used! In the elementary Kathryn Lasky, Minfong Ho and Eric
Kimmel will both be visiting our students, with opportunities for our kids to
learn and interact with established, professional and successful children’s
authors. My experience with programs
like this are always positive as the students are motivated to write and to
read more as they personalize the reading/writing process.
I want to offer special thanks to Peggy
Knudson and Colleen Williams, our intrepid and amazing library/media
specialists. Both ladies in
collaboration with their colleagues on the Puxi campus have made these
classroom visits possible. Not only is
this an example of the opportunities that our one school, two campuses program
brings (2 authors at each divisional level), but also the creativity and
curricular diversity that each of our library media specialists at SAS brings
to the table. Congratulations in advance
to all of the educational specialists involved!
As always you can contact the librarian, Peggy.Knudson@saschina.org, tel: 6221-1445 ext 3650 for further information.
Three Authors to Visit SAS Pudong March 8 & 9
Preparations are under way for visits from American
authors Eric Kimmel, Kathryn Lasky, and Minfong Ho.
Eric
Kimmel trained to be an elementary
school teacher, but became a storyteller instead. He credits his Ukrainian
grandmother for instilling in him a love for story telling. His more than 50
books in print are primarily based on folk tales from around the world.
Including
Kathryn Lasky is the author of the current best selling series, Guardians of Ga’Hoole. She has also written several books for the Dear America and Royal Diaries series. In 1984 Ms. Lasky received the Newbery Honor award for Sugaring Time. Christopher Knight, Ms. Lasky’s husband, is a photographer for several of her nonficiton books. Christopher will join her presentations at SAS. You can learn more about Kathryn Lasky at http://www.kathrynlasky.com. Ms. Lasky will give a presentation to grade 6 and will visit grades PreK – 5.
Minfong Ho is an award-winning Chinese American writer. Her works frequently deal with the lives of people living in poverty in Southeast Asian countries. The 6th grade Language Arts classes read The Clay Marble, which is about a 12 year-old girl in a refugee camp in war-torn Cambodia. Minfong Ho will present to the entire middle school and will then work with all MS students in smaller groups.
Don’t
forget our Podcasts!
I did something a little
different for the elementary podcast and we are getting some great press on the
web! Wow!! Check it out here!
As usual, the middle school kids put together a great podcast! Check it out here!
On the Pudong Campus
...
March 5, Korean Liaison Coffee Morning will start
12 noon on Monday at Puxiang, 1600 Century Ave.
March 8, PTSA Meeting is scheduled from
8:30 to 10
am in the Lecture Hall L101.
March 8-9, Visiting Authors will be on the Pudong
March 9, Korean Parents’ Workshop will be held
Mandarin
City clubhouse 2F from
1 to
4 pm.
March 9, European Coffee Talk is set for
10 am at
Cordula Krusemann’s house, Tomson Villas S35 (near the big
playground). RSVP needed: Tel. 5833-2922, mobile: 1381-
7811-822 for email:
kruesmann_gilch@hotmail.com
March 17, Shamrockin’ Vegas Style, a PTSA
6:30 pm to
12:30 am in the
Vizcaya Club.
April 6-7, Annie Junior, this
Pudong Middle School
Musical will be performed at
5 pm on Friday afternoon
and Saturday 6 pm. Tickets will be on sale soon. Watch
for information in the upcoming issues of ParentTalk.