I posted on our Google Group (www.groups.google.com/group/internationalschoolofcolumbus) and sent out a newsletter about the Indiana Legislators and how decisions they are making can be impacting charter schools in Indiana. Read it and follow this...email your state representatives...make your voice be heard. Charters equal choices for parents in Indiana. Choice is good, not bad. Even if the right choice for your child is not a charter school, we still need choices.
We are reaching out to our communities this month. First stop...Jennings County Fair. ISC has a booth at the fair and we will be there Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 5pm-10pm and Wednesday & Saturday, 1pm-10pm. Wednesday is Kiddie Day at the fair, with $12 hand stamp all you can ride from 1pm-5pm. After spending your afternoon twirling and spinning and going upside down on the rides, stop by our booth in Building 7. Beth Hauersperger, Board Secretary, and I will be there, talking with families and kids. One of our incoming students and her parents, Lauren S., came last night and hung out with Beth. We very much appreciate their enthusiasm.
We will be there all week. Next stop on our fair tour will be Bartholomew County Fair, starting July 10th! We also have something neat in the works, on the way to the fair...that is all I can say now, but it is something we think is really neat!
Tomorrow marks Mrs. Nobbe's first day as our new Head of School. If you would like to schedule a meeting with her, call me at 376.7000 or email me at mchristian@internationalschoolofcolumbus.com and I will set that up! I am very excited to be sharing our little temporary office with her. She is excited and ready to go, which makes me excited and ready to go.
In terms of the actual facility, I have heard rumblings that painting is about to begin for the interior. I peek in every day and it just amazes me how much it changes almost daily!
I am off to the fair tonight! If you are out and about, stop by and say hi!
Monica
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
We are the Jaguars!
Since starting this incredible journey as International School of Columbus' Administrative Assistant, the word I would best use to describe it is....well....incredible. I started with incredible and dedicated people on our board, who have committed so much of their time and energy into this amazing school. Then this incredible board started hiring incredible teachers! Deb, April, Matt....they are so full of energy and excitement that I almost wish I was a student again! While I had some really nice teachers in my many years of school, I have never seen the excitement and enthusiasm that I witness everytime I am in the room with them. It is, well, incredible and energizing.
Next came the Head of School announcement and meeting Connie. Now, it would be easy to say that, of course, I am going to be complementary of my boss :) But she is incredible. Her energy and knowledge of education is mindblowing. Her commitment to our school is second to none. She wants to be hands on with the students and watching her talk to parents and students...I know she was the exact right choice for our kids!!
Incredible...bottom line...they are all incredible and I can't wait to see who comes next!
And now the students....with each student and family I meet, I can see the personalities and how they are meshing. Our mixer on Friday night was so exciting! Watching kids who had never met before start making friends with each other and watching our parents meet and welcome each other was so inspiring. Our resident Boogie King (Jon S.) was the best! We even had little sisters out there, dancing up a storm! And, let me tell you, our teachers and staff do a MEAN chicken dance!!!
Our students voted and we are officially the ISC Jaguars! What a great mascot! Our students have style, that's for sure. It was amazing to hear the conversations among the students about this. They WANTED to be different and make sure no one else had THEIR mascot. They know this is THEIR school and they are already showing their school spirit!
We are T-minus 47 day until the first day of school (August 14th). One of the suggestions I heard most is that families want more information. And it will be rolling out fast and furious! So one of my more hip family member suggested I blog. I can get the inside scoop on what is going on and this way, I can tell you what we are doing with ISC today and not clog up your inbox!
Visit my blog daily as I will try to post daily updates on what is going on at ISC. If you have a blog topic idea, send it my way! If you have questions you would like answered, send those too! I will answer them here so that everyone is getting the same info as the next person!
Until tomorrow....Monica!
Next came the Head of School announcement and meeting Connie. Now, it would be easy to say that, of course, I am going to be complementary of my boss :) But she is incredible. Her energy and knowledge of education is mindblowing. Her commitment to our school is second to none. She wants to be hands on with the students and watching her talk to parents and students...I know she was the exact right choice for our kids!!
Incredible...bottom line...they are all incredible and I can't wait to see who comes next!
And now the students....with each student and family I meet, I can see the personalities and how they are meshing. Our mixer on Friday night was so exciting! Watching kids who had never met before start making friends with each other and watching our parents meet and welcome each other was so inspiring. Our resident Boogie King (Jon S.) was the best! We even had little sisters out there, dancing up a storm! And, let me tell you, our teachers and staff do a MEAN chicken dance!!!
Our students voted and we are officially the ISC Jaguars! What a great mascot! Our students have style, that's for sure. It was amazing to hear the conversations among the students about this. They WANTED to be different and make sure no one else had THEIR mascot. They know this is THEIR school and they are already showing their school spirit!
We are T-minus 47 day until the first day of school (August 14th). One of the suggestions I heard most is that families want more information. And it will be rolling out fast and furious! So one of my more hip family member suggested I blog. I can get the inside scoop on what is going on and this way, I can tell you what we are doing with ISC today and not clog up your inbox!
Visit my blog daily as I will try to post daily updates on what is going on at ISC. If you have a blog topic idea, send it my way! If you have questions you would like answered, send those too! I will answer them here so that everyone is getting the same info as the next person!
Until tomorrow....Monica!
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