Spirit Week & Earth Week

Spirit Week:

This week (April 19 - 23) the whole school will participate in Spirit Week. This is a fun week in which students show their spirit and dress up according to certain themes. This time, the class with the most participation throughout the week will win a pizza party!! We are excited about this and hope that the winner will be KG-M! Please encourage your child to dress according to these themes:

• Sunday, April 19th: Pajama day
• Monday, April 20th: Hawaiian/Beach Day
• Tuesday, April 21st: Sports Jersey Day (MS & HS SAISA pep rally)
• Wednesday, April 22nd: Earth Day (wear your blue & greens)
• Thursday, April 23rd: Tiger Day
   
  

Earth Week:
This week we also celebrate Earth Day, so the whole week is devoted to more intentional focus on sustainable actions. See the flyer below for information on each day's focus:

Bengali New Year

Shubho Nobo Borsho! 

I hope you all enjoyed the holiday. We were lucky to have amazing opportunities to celebrate the new year at AISD and to learn more about the beautiful country in which we reside. We participated in henna, food tasting, and a cultural show.

Watch snippets of the cultural show here:

Bengali New Year 2015 from AIS Dhaka on Vimeo.

Student-Led Conferences

Thank you all for coming to support your child during Student-Led Conferences! It was wonderful to see such proud, knowledgeable faces guide you all through our class learning. I hope you were able to recognize what amazing progress your child has made this year!

Scientists Hypothesize and Test

We recently did an experiment that forced us to hypothesize and observe like scientists, and then to use our growing knowledge of matter to understand what we were seeing. It began by hypothesizing what would happen if six raisins were placed in a cup of water:

After observing for a while we saw that the raisins sank to the bottom of the cup and then did not move unless we shook the cup.

Next we observed soda water for a while. We noticed that the soda water was different in that it contained gas that continually tried to "escape" by coming to the surface of the water and then releasing into the surrounding air. We asked ourselves the same question: What would happen when we place six raisins into the soda water? We recorded our hypotheses and then tested and observed:

Wow!!! The raisins seemed to "jump"! Why did this happen? We observed that the gas in the water lifted up the raisins, and when they reached the surface of the water, the bubbles popped, and down went the raisins!

This experiment led to a lot of further questioning and experimenting. One wondering that was brought forth by many was what would happen if the soda water was left out for a day? Would the raisins still "jump" when placed inside? 

We used our growing knowledge and understanding of matter and how it behaves to hypothesize. To make our thinking visible, we put our thoughts into speech bubbles for all to see:

And what did we find out? NO! The raisins sank to the bottom and rested there. We quickly determined that the soda water's gas had mostly all "escaped" and it therefore contained nothing that would help the raisins "jump".

You can easily perform this experiment at home and watch for yourself!

Note from Apon Service Learning Group

A note to All KG to 3rd graders from Apon HS Service Learning

Dear KG to 3rd graders,

Apon, a HS service learning group, is holding a late Easter event on Friday from 10 am to noon and we'd love for you to join us! There will be an Easter egg hunt, games, and yummy food for you to enjoy.

We look forward to seeing you there!"