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Thursday 28th June, 2018 THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PORT OF SPAIN VOLUME 25, ISSUE 36

ISPS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER CONFIDENCE EXCELLENCE INTEGRITY 1

ISPS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

MISSION ISPS is a vibrant learning community dedicated to developing passionate learners who strive for excellence and pursue their unique potential. We encourage resilience, innovation and collaboration, preparing students to act with con-fidence and integrity as caring global citizens.

VISION Inspiring thinkers and doers to shape a better world.

MOTTO Difference Makers,

Future Shapers

ISPS Contact #: 633-4777

WHAT’S INSIDE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Kindergarten Transition 2

Middle School Grad Ball 3

Aquathlon Multisport Series 5

Disabilities Exhibition 6

Project Care 7

Community Notices 8

ISPS PTO School Supplies 9

2018-2019 Revised Calendar 10

Cafeteria Service Provider 11

Dates for your Diary June

29 End of T3 & Q4

29 Last Day of School

29 MS Awards & Goodbyes; 9:00am; Theatre

29 HS Awards & Goodbyes; 10:00 am; Theatre

29 All School Assembly;

11:00am-11:30am; Theatre

29 Whole School Dismissal; 11:30am

Dear Parents,

The last newsletter of the year!

Before I begin with the end of year wrap

up PLEASE NOTE that a change in the calendar was approved by the Board of Directors. The amended calendar is

attached. Easter Holiday will now begin on April 8th and we return to school on April 23rd. The change in the calendar was

approved in January to give AP students one more week with teachers before their

exams begin on May 8th. I apologize for this late calendar change.

Tomorrow is a 1/2 day with Awards assemblies scheduled in the morning, in the

theatre - MS at 9:00am and HS at 10:00am with a final full school assembly in the Gym from 11:00-11:30.

We have been having ceremonies all week long, mainly celebrating transition from one section of the school to another.

We have had the Grade 12 Graduation

Ceremony and Graduation ball, the Kindergarten, Grade 5 and Grade 8

Transition Ceremonies and all were very nice events.

I would like to thank and congratulate Maeve O'Donovan and her team for a

wonderful graduation ceremony, and congratulations as well to the

Kindergarten, Grade 5 and 8 Teams for their organization of the transition ceremonies.

Congratulations are also due to Ms. Janita Sullivan for her class' staging the Trial of Al T. Wolf. A wonderful way of exploring the judicial system and democratic governance.

Finally, Congratulations to the 6th Grade English team for the great dramatic

portrayal of Macbeth. A summative assessment for the Grade 6's. The performance was outstanding.

A huge thank you to all staff of ISPS for

another great school year. I think all teachers, TA's, maintenance, Security, HR, Admissions, Accounts personnel of ISPS have done a great job this year and I congratulate them all for their hard work.

For all of those families leaving, we will

miss you and we wish you the very best.

For those of you returning, enjoy the vacation and please remember that we begin school on August 20th.

Enjoy your holidays!

J Barney Latham

Director

August 20, 2018



Kindergarten Transition Ceremony



Congratulations to all Grade 8 students! We're so proud of you and we wish you good luck in all your endeavors in the future.

MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAD BALL



High School Grad Ball



Atlantic Primary Schools Multisport Series ISPS had 10 athletes compete in the final event of the Atlantic Primary Schools Multisport Series. The series consists of an aquathlon, duathlon, and triathlon over the course of the school year. At the National Aquatic Centre in Couva on Sunday, ISPS was represented by Avery Blue, Ryan Blue, Amalie Brown, Ethan Brown, Evan Brown, Nicholas Shearer, Rowan Shearer, Austin Siler, Rafael Wan, and Pedro Zamudio. Ryan, Austin, Avery, and Rafael all earned points towards ISPS' cumulative score. Special mention goes to Rafael Wan who won the 7&Under age group!



On Monday 25th June, Grade 6 hosted a Disabilities Awareness Mini Exhibition. The mini exhibition was spread out over three rooms and ran from 9.30am to 11.00am.

This was the culmination of the Differently Abled unit they were studying.

Over the course of this unit students were exposed to different types of disabilities, did simulations as well as read novels that gave the perspective of children who live with different disabilities.

For the mini exhibition students raised awareness amongst the ISPS population by teaching them about different disabilities such as

blindness, synesthesia, paralysis, ADHD, Downs Syndrome, dyslexia and bi-polar.

They created presentations to teach visitors to their booth more about their different disabilities including facts, myths and what can be done to help people with those disabilities. They also created pamphlets which were distributed digitally for those who wanted to learn more about the different disabilities.

By far the biggest part of

the mini exhibition were the simulations. Each group created simulations so that visitors to booths could experience what it was like to have that disability.

These simulations were combined with activities for the participants to get a first hand experience of having to complete tasks while having the different disabilities. This made the educational experience interactive and interesting for participants.

On behalf of the outgoing Grade 6 Students, I would like

to thank all who visited the Disabilities Awareness Mini Exhibition.

In her final reflection Valentina Zamuido summed up what she and her peers learned from the unit perfectly.

She said, "People with disabilities are no different to us. They may have trouble when it comes to learning or it may take them a while to development motor skills however that does not mean that they are less intelligent or less pure than someone that is not suffering from a disability they just have a problem that takes a while for them to find a way round."

Disabilities Awareness Mini Exhibition “People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about - Making sure that those abilities blossom and shine so that all the dreams you have had can come true. “ -Mary Mcaleese

Submitted by Patrice Trim



Project Care

Project Care is a non-profitable organization, which helps transform a school that is in need of repairs each year for the benefit of the students. This year, art stu-dents from ISPS as well as members of NHS had the honor to help out with the volunteers of Project Care to aid in the transformation of the Ascension Anglican Primary School.

Besides actually going out into our community to work on this project we also had numerous fundraising ventures throughout this term from bake sales to garage sales and a very successful coin for change collection drive where we were able to purchase tablets for the students. These fundraising drives involved the entire ISPS school and showed illustrated true community spirit. Good going ISPS.



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K3 $175

K4 $385

K $550

Gr1 $255

Gr2 $640

Gr3 $515

Gr4 $410

Gr5 $555

G6 $750

Gr7 $900

Gr8 $920

HS $375

School supplies are available Thank you for supporting the ISPS PTO!

Pre-Book Packages!

Packages can be purchased through Ms. Hazel, during school hours until June 29th, during orientation, and throughout the school year. If however, over the summer vacation you would like to pre-book your package, please email us at [email protected]

Please bring exact change!

ISPS PTO 2018-2019 SCHOOL SUPPLY ORDERING INFORMATION

STATIONERY INCLUDED ONLY!

CASH/ LINX

mailto:[email protected]



We would like to introduce our new cafeteria services provider for the new school year 2018-2019.

Trinidad & Tobago

Allied Caterers Limited (ACL)

They have over 43 Years of Experience in the food industry.

They are the largest kitchen facility in Trinidad & Tobago providing over 5000 meals per day in Industrial, Airline & Events industries.

They are the only HACCP (Food Safety) & STOW (HSSE) Certified Company in Trinidad & Tobago.

Allied Caterers Limited is part of the Goddard Catering Group.

The Group is the leading provider of Airline, Industrial and Event Catering with 34 offices in 23 countries throughout Latin American and the Caribbean.

They have over 3,780 employees, 200 clients, provide over 22 million meals annually and an annual revenue of US$170M.

Michelle Clarke,

HR Manager

CAFETERIA SERVICE PROVIDER



JUNE 29TH 11:30AM DISMISSAL

School’s Out

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