Month: September 2025

IXL Study Plans Based on MAP Data

Study plans based on students’ individual MAP results are ready to be shared with students. They can be found on IXL by hovering over the “Learning” tab and then clicking “Skill plans”. Thank you to Cindy for coordinating with IXL.

Community Connections – Thursday PLD

Back by popular demand! Thanks to our wonderful colleagues (Quinnesian, Niels, Curt, Angela F., Iryna, Hannah and Zhang Bo), there will be some fun connecting activities being offered on Thursday from 3-4pm.

Sign-ups are posted here – Sept 2025 Community Connections Sign-ups. First come first serve. The second sheet includes descriptions of the activity. More details at Monday Morning Briefing.

New York University(NYU) Information Session

  • Event: New York University(NYU) Information Session
  • Date: Wednesday September 24th
  • Time: 12:10-13:00
  • Location: LGR 1
  • Description: NYU is a global university with 3 degree granting campuses in NYC, Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi. We also have 13 other global academic centers around the world. There are 10 schools and colleges in the NY campus with over 230 majors! We are the Campus Without Walls as we are integrated into the City!
  • Featured program: Business, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Computer Science, The Arts (performance and studio), Education, Media Culture Communication, and many more!

Please RSVP through the LINK or QR code below. Thank you!

Secondary Standardization Samples

Next Friday, secondary teachers will have a session on MYP assessment with time to standardize in groups.

Please contact Jade by Tuesday if you have student samples from English Language Acquisition, English Language and Literature, Humanities, Math, Science, PE, Design, or Arts that could be used.

If you don’t have a summative from this year but have something suitable from a previous year that was submitted digitally on ManageBac, Jade can help you retrieve the submissions. Ideally, this would be an assessment for which students were given clarifiers.

New York University(NYU) Information Session

  • Event: New York University(NYU) Information Session
  • Date: Wednesday September 24th
  • Time: 12:10-13:00
  • Location: LGR 1
  • Description: NYU is a global university with 3 degree granting campuses in NYC, Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi. We also have 13 other global academic centers around the world. There are 10 schools and colleges in the NY campus with over 230 majors! We are the Campus Without Walls as we are integrated into the City!
  • Featured program: Business, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Computer Science, The Arts (performance and studio), Education, Media Culture Communication, and many more!

Please RSVP through the LINK or QR code below. Thank you!

Responsive Classroom Workshop

Over the next 3 days, September 18-20 we’re pleased to be hosting a Responsive Classroom Workshop welcoming teachers from Japan, Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. They will be in LGR 2 & 3 along with some of our own teachers who will also be participating.
They will all have a Responsive Classroom Lanyard.

Please give a warm NIS welcome to our guests if you see them.