ISY Elementary Blog
Elementary School Blog August 30
Sandy Sheppard, Elementary School Principal
August 30, 2019
Dear Parents,
Thank you for the great turn out at the Back to School event this week. We appreciate you taking the time out of your busy schedules to join us. A good home and school connection is so important for student learning. We want to continue to ensure positive relationships and opportunities to connect with all our families.
Ms. Sandy Sheppard
“We have to reinvent the wheel every once in a while, not because we need a lot of wheels; but because we need a lot of inventors”
Bruce Joyce, Educator
The Kelso Choice Wheel
We support our students at recess time by encouraging them to use KELSO Choices.
Reminders
Monday is a holiday, we will see you back at school on Tuesday the 3rd of September.
Office Numbers
The Elementary School office contact numbers are as follows: 512793, 512794, 512795, 539447, 539448. We have two secretaries – Ms Delphine and Ms Esther to assist you.
Lost Property
Lost property has been relocated to shelving in the school basement level. It can be accessed through the middle steps in Block A. Daily lost property is kept in a container outside the ES Office for one day before being moved.
Reporting
This year the Elementary School will report student progress each quarter as follows:
Quarter 1 – progress reports/parent conferences
Quarter 2 – report cards
Quarter 3 – progress reports/parent conferences
Quarter 4 – report cards/student led conferences
We hope you find the frequent communication on student progress informative.
Dates to Remember
2nd September – No School
2nd September – ISY Nay Pyi Taw Open House
20th September – Half day of school (11:30 finish Prek/KG and 11:45 finish Grade 1-5)
Previous Elementary School Posts
Elementary School Blog – April 2, 2021
The final quarter of any school year is important. This is often the quarter that students make the deepest connections and most progress.
Elementary School Blog – March 26, 2021
Further to Dr. Hedger’s Tuesday update on the majority of our faculty departing Yangon the weekend before Thingyan, we would like to update you on how you can expect school to operate after Thingyan.
Elementary School Blog – March 19, 2021
Our children are wonderful models of how effective a beginner’s mindset can be when nothing is certain and every challenge seems new.
Elementary School Blog – March 12, 2021
Sometimes it is difficult to look on the bright side. But research shows that in difficult times, it is important for our mental health to allow ourselves to acknowledge that times are difficult and to feel rather than suppress negative emotions.
Elementary School Blog – March 5, 2021
We have long term, yearly, quarterly, monthly, and weekly plans but our planning and preparation has now taken more of a day by day focus.
Elementary School Blog – February 26, 2021
It is very comforting to know that as technology continues to provide us with new ways to communicate and work together, we have students who understand that simple human actions and gestures like good manners still make the world go round.
The International School Yangon
20 Shwe Taungyar Street
Bahan Township
Yangon, Myanmar
+95 (0) 9 880 441 040