We are hosting a Peersphere event at NIS on Saturday, January 24th from 1-5pm. The event is free with a keynote by EIW architect, Philip Idle who was with us last fall. The event looks at design and maximizing the potential of learning spaces.
If you’re interested please feel free to register at https://www.peer-sphere.com/learning-spaces-people-place-pathways/. No need to fill in a PLA form.
We need more Bell Songs for the rest of the year!
Do you want to hear your favourite song being played throughout the whole school for a week? Discuss in your homerooms or advisories. Afterwards please fill in the form if you have a song clip to submit. We would love for you to share your voice via the form.
https://forms.office.com/r/5pkNMPbecS
Please note that clips should be:
– 15 seconds long
– in m4a or mp3 format
– appropriate lyrics, topic and content for Early Years to Gr. 12
❣️ Alternatively, Ms. Chow is happy to choose Bell Songs for everyone! ☺️
Here are minutes for the Monday Briefing.
Week 19 – Jan 12, 2025 (Web view)
This spring, NIS is launching a LEAP Pilot (Lion Educators Advancing Practice) and inviting faculty and staff to join as LEAP Founding Members.
The LEAP Pilot is a Spring exploration phase of the LEAP Teacher Program. It offers interested educators the opportunity to engage in a trimmed-down pilot experience, review the full LEAP program design, and provide reflective, practice-based feedback to help shape the program for a full launch next school year.
The pilot is intentionally designed to be manageable and reflective. It focuses on exploration, shared learning, and feedback rather than completion or polished products.
LEAP Pilot experience includes
Recognition
Educators who take part in the pilot will be recognized as LEAP Founding Members for their role in shaping the early development of the LEAP Teacher Program. Upon completion of the pilot, Founding Members receive preferred placement in next year’s LEAP cohort and a special LEAP Founding Member digital badge.
Interested?
Please complete the survey below to indicate your interest in becoming a LEAP Pilot Founding Member.
Survey closes Friday.
LEAP Pilot (Spring Semester) – Interest Survey – Fill out form
If you have any questions, please let me know.
To better protect staff accounts and school data, we are introducing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all Office 365 faculty and staff accounts. MFA adds a second step when signing in, usually a quick approval on your phone, making it much harder for unauthorized users to access your account, even if a password is compromised.
The setup is simple and only takes a few minutes.
Please follow the steps in the guide attached by the end of this week Friday January 16th 2026. Come Monday, January 19th 2026, MFA will be turned on for all Staff and Faculty Accounts.
📄 Need help?
A step-by-step visual guide and short video walkthrough are available in the MFA Guide, and IT support is available if you need assistance at any point.
Our Grade 5 students are beginning their PYP Exhibition journey, and we’re inviting members of our learning community to support them as mentors.
Sign up here: Mentor Sign-Up
Thank you for supporting student agency, inquiry, and action.
Please let me or the G5 team know if you have any questions.
Tristan
Thanks for those who have offered some activities already. We still have some spots!
If you’re interested in running a community connection activity in our February PLDs, please fill out the following form. Thank you so much for sharing your passion, experience and time to support community building. Community Connections Sharing – Fill out form
