IA East Weekly Update 9-18-15

8/19/2019 IA East Weekly Update 9-18-15

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U P C O M I N G

E V E N T S :

Sept. 17-19: Senior

Group IV Trip

Sept. 21: Picture

Retakes

Sept. 24: Progress

Reports given to

students

Sept. 28 - Oct. 2:

Spirit Week

Oct. 2: Olympics Day!

Oct. 5: Spain Enrich-

ment Informational

Meeting (6:00pm)

Oct. 7: Coffee with the

Counselors @ IA East

(7:45 - 8:45am)

Oct. 10: Phoenix

Picnic @ Bowers Farm

in Bloomfield Hills

(10:00am - 2:00pm)

Oct. 13: Late Start -Classes begin at

9:30am

September 18, 2015

Lynne Gibson - Principal Ryan Brinks - Associate Principal Sarah Fairman - IB Coordinator

1291 Torpey Drive Troy, Michigan 48083 248-823-8300 www.iatoday.org

I A E A S T — W E E K L Y U P D A T E

I A S P A I N E N R I C H M E N T J U N E 1 8 - J U L Y 3 , 2 0 1 6

The PTIA at East, West & Central invite you

to

IA Phoenix Picnic

Saturday, October 10 at Bowers Farm, from 10:00am-2:00pm

$5/person, $20/family

Donate, Volunteer, Attend

Meet IA Families & Teachers

Enjoy a fun-filled day

Silent Auction, Students Art & Music, Games,Hayride, Corn Maze, Food and more...

ast Revenue to fund new collaboration furniture

for the media center and classrooms

WE NEED YOUR HELP

Donate- item/service to the Silent Auction. Some

traditionally favorite silent auction items include concert and

sport tickets, themed baskets of goods, jewelry, student

parties, etc. You can send your item to the school office,

labeled with your family name, grade level and approximate

value.

Volunteer- email Rouba Samman,[email protected]

Attend- bring food to share (items assigned per class)

Mark your calendars and see you there!

This is a fabulous opportunity to travel to Spain and experience history, taste thegastronomical delights, wander the streets of the capital of Madrid, see the Romanfortress of Segovia and enjoy a home stay in the lush valleys of Asturias.

There are a few spots open! Register for the trip at http://www.iaenrichments.org/ For more information contact lead chaperone Bettina Gamero (East Campus) [email protected]

Parent/Student Meeting Monday, Oct. 5 at 6:00pm in the Media Center at IA East

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C O U N S E L I N G D E P A R T M E N T U P D A T E

Counselors recently visited 9th grade classrooms to introduce“Naviance/Family Connection” to our freshmen as this will bethe third year the IA is using this program. Naviance is a web- based resource that provides support and guidance to studentsin grades 9-12, families and school staff to promote studentachievement and postsecondary success. All freshmen haveregistered and logged into Naviance, and parents will receive aletter with separate login information for parent access to

Naviance.

Naviance is made up of three main components:

College Planning: Students and parents are providedwith valuable insight into the college admissions pro-

cess with scattergrams, scholarship information and application statistics. Students can take an inventorythat generates a list of potential colleges that may be of interest. This is also where students sign up for

IA college visits.

Career Planning: Naviance gives students a comprehensive view of career clusters and recommended

plans of study for students to prepare for those careers.

Success Planning (About Me): This component contains information about the student. Students canview their assessment and survey results, saved colleges and career interests, journal entries, goals, andtasks. Students can also build a resume page.

The next Coffee with the Counselor will be on October 7 at 7:45am. The focus of October's Coffee will be on

the senior year. We will talk about college applications, Naviance and stress and support throughout the year.

Seniors: Jostens will be returning on September 24 during lunches to collectthe cap and gown order forms.

Article of the week: New York Times - How to Measure a College’s Value

New laptops and media center furnitu provided by our PTIA and the IA

Foundation! Thank you IA Communi

Students take over the classroom in Ms. Lewis’ American Lit today to teach the poetry of Robert Frost

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P A R E N T / G U A R D I A N / T E A C H E R C O N F E R E N C E S

For the 2015-2016 school year, Parent/Guardian/Teacher Conferences will be held on October 28 and 29,2015. All conferences will be required to be scheduled through Sign-Up Genius. A conference session will befive (5) minutes in length. If a longer conference is necessary, please contact the teacher.

Through the Sign-Up Genius online system, conferences can be scheduled within a one hour block of time. Forexample, the 6:00 to 7:00 time slot is best for a family on Wednesday evening, then the family will select thattime slot, then the student’s teachers in this time slot. The goal is for families to see four or more teachers in aone hour period. This scheduling system respects your time while providing as much opportunity as possible tosee your student’s teachers.

What you can do now: Though not a requirement to use the system, creating an account with Sign-Up Genius prior to October 1 will

facilitate a faster and more seamless sign up experience. You can create an account here: http://www.signupgenius.com/ It would be most helpful if the email address you use for Sign Up Genius is thesame as the School Messenger and MiStar email address or the one on file for your student.

Be sure that you have registered with Troy School Messenger system and are receiving the weekly

messages, such as this newsletter

Log on to the MiStar system to check that the email listed for each parent/guardian is correct.

To provide equal access to all, the Sign-Up Genius system will open on Thursday, October 1 at 9:30 p.m. Thesystem will remain open until Monday, October 26 at noon. You will receive notification and a link to accessSign-Up Genius through the email associated with your MiStar account on that evening.

The conference blocks will be as follows:

Wednesday, October 28 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 29 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

The Sign-Up Genius system can be used on any computer, smart phone or tablet with internet access. Computersare also available at the East campus from 2:35 - 3:30 to make appointments. Please check in with the mainoffice before reporting to the media center or conference room to use IA computers.

All IA East students are required to turn in the new Troy Acceptable Use Form to the IA East main office. Bothstudent and parent need to sign this document. A copy went home with your student two weeks ago, but you can

print a new copy HERE.

T E C H N O L O G Y F O R M S D U E !

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P S A T / S A T I N F O R M A T I O N

Dear Junior Families,

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015 your junior student will be taking the PSAT/NMSQT test during irst andsecond block. This test has traditionally been given on Saturdays in the past, but this year the College

Board decided to offer it on a weekday. This PSAT

will be paid for by the school,

administered to all juniors, is good practice

is good practice for the SAT that all juniors will take on April 12, 2016.

is the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholars competition, which many IA students

qualify for on an annual basis

Freshmen and sophomores will not be taking this PSAT on October 14th. They will be taking the PSAT in

April, as part of the new Michigan Department of Education testing program for 2016.

M I T I N S P I R E C O N T E S T

The INSPIRE student group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is inviting students to participate inMIT INSPIRE, a national research competition in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, organized by MIT

students exclusively for high school students.

The first of its kind on a national scale, INSPIRE enables students to showcase and present original research inone of thirteen fields: political science; history; cultural studies; economics; women’s and gender studies; litera-ture; music research; media; art and architecture; linguistics; philosophy; anthropology; and science, technology,

and society. Expert judges will award prizes for the most outstanding work in each category.

The first round of INSPIRE involves submission of a research abstract and report, with a deadline in January2016. The top entrants will be invited to the final round of the competition at MIT’s campus in Cambridge, MA

in April 2016. At the 2015 competition, students collectively went home with over $48,000 in prizes!

Consult the website– getinspired.mit.edu – for information regarding eligibility, research categories, and theapplication process.

F O L L O W T H E I A O N S O C I A L M E D I A

Have you "liked" the International Academy on FaceBook? See what your son or daughter have going on at

school every day. Click HERE

You can also follow new service opportunities by “liking” IA Service Learning on Facebook as well.

Mr. Brinks is also posting current IA East events on Twitter. Follow Mr. Brinks at @rbbrinks

I A D A I L Y A N N O U N C E M E N T S Daily Announcements are read in the building each day. You can view the announcements HERE:

https://goo.gl/XImqfN
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