Scholarship Gala 2023

We are excited for the renewal of an annual TIS tradition, the Scholarship Gala! It was last held in the 2018-2019 school year. The Gala is the prime fundraising event for our TIS Scholarship Program. All funds raised go to supporting our Secondary School Scholarship Program. It provides tuition-waivers for up to 23 Uzbek students, including some of our employees’ children and others from the wider Uzbekistan community.

Please join us on Saturday, February 11 at the Obihayat Restaurant from 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM. The location of the restaurant can be found here. Tickets are USD 80. Please email Yulia to book a ticket or table (10 people to a table). If you are unable to attend but would like to make a donation you can do that here.

TIS Welcomes New Secondary Principal

I am happy to announce that TIS Assistant Principal Robert Jackson has accepted the position of Secondary Principal for the 2023-2024 school year. After an extensive search process, Rob emerged as the best candidate and we are looking forward to him continuing the outstanding work of the current secondary principal, Angelika Kuster.

Cold Weather Measures

With temperatures getting above freezing later this week, we do not anticipate any more emergency communication coming from the school. School leadership is closely monitoring utilities, room temperatures, road conditions, pathways on campus and danger from falling objects (icicles and trees). The groundskeepers, maintenance team, business office, housekeepers and guards will continue to keep our students and employees safe on campus over the winter.

Communications

We have been working very hard to streamline our channels of communication. The following are the channels of communications we have and what they are used for.

1. Newsletter – this is looking forward and includes everything we want to communicate about what is happening in the next two weeks. It goes out at 10am every second Tuesday.
2. Social Media – we are primarily using Instagram and Facebook to communicate things that have already happened. This is where you can find interesting updates on what has been happening around school. You can join our Instagram account here. And our Facebook account here.
3. ManageBac – for the Secondary school this is used to communicate whole class or whole grade updates and communication from subject teachers, GLCs and Coordinators. Teachers also use Managebac to communicate with individual students and their families by sharing assessment feedback, student portfolios and reflections.
4. Toddle – for the Elementary school this is used for teacher communication with grade level parents, weekly class updates, student portfolios, journals and reporting. Toddle is also used for Elementary school wide announcements and updates.
5. Communications Email – we have launched this and it will be used for group emails. The purpose of this is to try and cut down on parent emails.
6. Telegram – we have set up a Telegram channel. You can join it here. It is one way communication. We will mostly use it for reminders. We will also start sharing a link to this Newletter there.

Family Platform

We will be launching a Family Platform on our website in February. The aim of it is to make it easier for families and parents to find what they are looking for. It will be a one stop shop for parents to find everything they need. It will replace the parent handbooks. There will be a section for Elementary and one for Secondary and it will include links to all the Athletics and Co-curricular Activities. It will also include links to Toddle and Managebac. We will keep you updated on this.

Dressing for the Weather

Elementary Parent-Teacher Conferences

On Thursday and Friday, 19 & 20 January 2023 we will have our Elementary School Parent-Teacher Conferences. You should have already received an email with all the details. If you did not receive the email please contact Larisa. On 20 January there will be no school for Elementary. Secondary School will be as normal.

World Read Aloud Day

From 30 January to 6 February TIS will be celebrating World Read Aloud Day. Ms Sayyora has organized for 10 international authors and illustrators to meet virtually with our Elementary students. The authors will read, share ideas about their creative process, and answer questions from our students. Closer to the time we will share links with the community so that parents can also join in this exciting event. Authors scheduled are Megan Litwin, Tiffany Stone, Sue Lowell Gallion, Jami Gigot, Nidhi Chanani, Kari Lavelle, Heather Lang, Alli Brydon, Kirsten Pendreig, and Anna Raff.

Sleep Presentation

We sleep for one third of our lives, which is about 30 years in total. What is so vital about sleep? Why in recent decades, we get less and less sleep? How does it affect our learning and memory? And what can we do to improve the sleep of our children and teenages?

Kristina Mecelicaite is conducting a parent presentation on sleep on Thursday, January 26 at 8:30am in room 705. Please sign up here if you want to attend.

RU Мы спим одну треть нашей жизни, что в общей сложности составляет около 30 лет. Что такого важного во сне? Почему в последние десятилетия мы спим все меньше и меньше? Как это влияет на наше обучение и память? И что мы можем сделать, чтобы улучшить сон наших детей и подростков?

Кристина Мецелицайте расскажет родителям о важности сна в четверг, 26 января в 8:30 в аудитории 705. Пожалуйста, зарегистрируйтесь здесь, если хотите принять участие.

KOR 우리는 인생의 3분의 1, 즉 총 30년 동안 잠을 잡니다. 수면이 그토록 왜 중요합니까? 최근 수십년 동안 우리가 잠을 덜 자는 이유는 무엇입니까? 그것은 우리의 학습과 기억력에 어떤 영향을 미칩니까? 어린이와 청소년의 수면을 개선하기 위해 무엇을 할 수 있습니까?

Kristina Mecelicaite는 1월 26일 목요일 오전 8시 30분에 705호실에서 수면에 대한 학부모 프레젠테이션을 진행할 것입니다. 참석을 원하시면 여기 신청하시기 바랍니다.

Secondary School Ski Program

Secondary Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences

On Wednesday, 25 January 2023 we will have our Secondary School Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences. An email will come out with all the details including your time slot. Secondary Students will not attend school that day but are expected to attend the conferences with their parents. Elementary school will continue as normal. Conference times have been allocated by surnames. If this causes a problem for you, please let us know.

• 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. students with surnames beginning A-I
• 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. students with surnames beginning J-N
• 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. students with surnames beginning O-Z

Winter Co-Curricular Activities (CCA)

Winter CCA has a delayed start due the weather circumstances.

Elementary School CCA will start Wednesday January 25. Due to the Parent teacher conferences and the lunar new year celebration CCAs will all start Wed. Jan. 25. Individual Music Academy classes may resume as of Wednesday January 18. You can find the details here.

Secondary School CCA Clubs, Activities, Athletics and Music Academy, will all start Wednesday January 18. You can find the details here.

Please note that we remain cautious with the weather and until further notice morning basketball practices are canceled.

Music Academy

Yan Zyablov and his team are currently managing a very busy music program: piano, violin, guitar, singing, cello, drums, clarinet, and flute. There are very limited spots still available. You can contact Yan Zyablov about the Music Academy via email or +99890 997 80 70

OWLS Game Schedule

Practices Schedule

You can find the practice schedule for all sports here.