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2. desserts and baking

Friday, 14th November, 2014
Issue 12/2014-15
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
National Merit Scholar-- Congratulations to Rohan Soorabthula
Rohan, one of our seniors, has received a letter of Commendation for his outstanding performance on the
PSAT National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Very well done.
The Arts in Education
Last Friday our students participated in a magical musical concert. Well done one and all. The event took
place in a packed room at the Park Hyatt.
At the end of the evening, we reflected, why are the arts so important in education? Here are seven reasons
adapted from Dee Dickenson.
Arts are so important because:
 They are languages that all people speak that cut across racial, cultural, social, educational, and
economic barriers and enhance cultural appreciation and awareness
Arts are so important because:
 The provide opportunities for self-expression, bringing the inner world into the outer world of
concrete reality.
Arts are so important because:
 They develop both independence and collaboration
Arts are so important because:
 They make it possible to use personal strengths in meaningful ways and to bridge into
understanding sometimes difficult abstractions through these strengths;
Arts are so important because:
 They improve academic achievement -- enhancing test scores, attitudes, social skills, critical and
creative thinking.
Arts are so important because:
 They exercise and develop higher order thinking skills including analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and
"problem-finding”.
And finally, Arts are so important because:
 They provide the means for every student to learn.
It is important to remember this as we develop as a whole person at ISH.
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International Day
Tuesday saw ISH in a sea of vibrant color as everyone dressed up in national costume and attire. See
pictures later in the newsletter. The theme of the day: “Internationalism’ was discussed in small groups by
the students. Here is a wordle summarizing their findings:
Building Blocks of Internationalism
Big thank you again to all the parents for the Food. The PTA received 122 plates – quite incredible really!!!
WHOLE SCHOOL NEWS
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There is
a lost blue Canon digital camera, if found, please return to School lost and found.
HYDERABAD SCHOOLS CHORAL FESTIVAL: NOVEMBER 6TH AND 7TH
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Since the beginning of the school year, the Elementary and Secondary Choirs of ISH have been working
hard and singing for several hours each week, trying to master the skill in every way possible. By putting
together songs from a variety styles and cultures, we managed to put together the perfect set list, but the
best part was when we realized our hard work truly paid off. Last week, ISH hosted the 2014 Hyderabad
Schools Choral Festival, which involved about 100 students who came from schools all over Hyderabad.
Stonehill International School even flew out all the way from Bangalore, just to participate and be with us.
Not only did we get to meet people of our age who had the same passion for music as we did, but we also
got to hear a variety of songs which featured musical elements from all sorts of genres. We got to
collaborate with the other students, and we learned a group of songs together.
We also got to meet Ms. Pauline Warjri from Shillong, who was not only an inspiration herself, but who
also told stories that changed our perception of music and even inspired us to do better than our
best. We went through exciting workshops and intense rehearsals, where we learned new techniques and
skills that continue to prove extremely helpful. Finally, during the concert on Friday evening, we all went
up with our newfound friendships and sang together, as one big choir. In fact, we could say we were one
very big but very happy family. At the end of it all, we had all formed the same opinion: It was an
experience we would definitely remember for the rest of our lives.
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International day Celebration at ISH: November 11th, 2014
The spirit of internationalism was in the air as students, teachers and parents proudly wore their national
colours and costumes in celebration of International Day. The day kick started with discussions on what
internationalism was and how ISH students were impacted by this. Their reflective and insightful thoughts
were then posted on the wall, aptly called 'The Building Blocks of Internationalism.' Overall, it was a
wonderful day with food, fun, flags and meaningful learning.
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Language Day Celebration at ISH: November 11th,2014
Let's Celebrate Languages!
Fêtons les Langues !
Celebremos las lenguas!
A variety of stations divided according to languages were abuzz with activities. While the calligraphy
corners catered to all having their names scripted in the different languages of the world, at the tourist
bureau, the elementary school children were enjoying learning new words and phrases in different tongues.
The grade 11 students moved around as media persons interviewing teachers, students and parents. All
cheered while everyone brushed up their language skills trying to express their opinions in the National
Language Hindi. Traditional games were conducted at every stall giving all a chance to savor the different
cultures and at the photo booth corners all were posing with smiling faces with symbolic backgrounds of
the countries. The entire community of enthusiastic parents, pro-active teachers, ‘eager to share their
learning students’ summed up the vibrant atmosphere. The Language Department thanks the parents who
came forward to participate in ’Let’s Celebrate Languages’
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Book Fair Magic at ISH!
The two-day book fair by Scholastic was a success. Our students had a great time browsing and selecting
books that they wanted for their personal collections. On Monday, students visited the stall outside the
MPH and filled in 'Wish Lists' that were provided by the Scholastic representatives. On Tuesday, parents
and students hit the stall and bought up a storm. Thank you to all the parents and students, who bought the
books. Thanks to the great sale, the school library was able to procure a decent amount of new books.
Scholastic also added to our Service Learning project by donating 3 boxes of books for ISH to further
donate to a school/ organisation in need.
Annual ISH Track & Field Day for Early Childhood-Grade 12
The Annual ISH Track & Field Day for Early Childhood-Grade 12 will be taking place on Thursday 20th
of November. Please note that this is a change of date for the Early Childhood students.
The action and fun begins at 8:30 am and concludes with the Track and Field House trophy being awarded
to the winning House Captains at around 2:30 pm.This year the ISH students will be participating in their
respective House team of Blue or Gold. We have received feedback from several parents as to which
House their child is in- thank you.
Where possible, students should arrive at school in sporting clothes that reflect their House colour. A hat
and sunscreen are also advised. Regular breaks will be provided throughout the day to keep the students
hydrated. As we look to continue our approach to an eco-friendly campus and reduce plastic, we need all
students 1-12 to bring their own water bottle.
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The schedule of the day will likely be –
8.20 – 08.35
8.40 – 11:25
11.30 – 12:00
12:05 – 12:40
12:05 – 12:40
12:45– 1:25
1:35 – 2.15
2: 20
2:35
Full House meetings for grades 1-12
Session 1: Grades 1-12 Races & Field events: Location: New
Field
Session 2: EC Events: Location: Gym/ MPH
EC Lunch
Session 3: Grade 1-12: Location: New Field
Grade 1-12 Lunch
Session 4: Grade 1-12 Relay Session & Teacher/Parent Race:
Location: New Field
Clean up & change
Presentation of Track and Field Trophy to the winning
Captains & Closing remarks from Principals: Ms. Sunita
Verghese & Ms. Lily Nair
The Early Childhood will be participating in cooperative and confidence building activities and not
involved in House point accumulation. The students in grades 1-5 will be participating in both semicompetitive and co-operative situations. Grades 6-12 will be involved in appropriate competitive events for
which they have elected to participate in.
As always, we welcome all parents to support and be a part of the event, so please bring your hat,
sunscreen and a “can-do-attitude” for the final race. All the Track events in grades 1-12 will be taking place
on the large sports field, which is located at the back of the school. Early Childhood activities will be
taking place in the MPH/Gym. For safety, the Field events for grades 6-12 will take place in the main
school playing fields.
We are looking forward to a marvelous and exciting day of active participation and where appropriate,
healthy competition.
Mike Hancock Athletics / Activities Coordinator & PE Teacher & Mr. Raju Chittari PE Teacher
ISH Athletics up-date
ISH is presently developing its Athletics programme and is currently looking to host friendly Volleyball
matches on: Saturday 15th, 22nd and 29th November. The idea is to give our developing student-athletes
exposure to some live action before they travel to Pune for their end of season competition.
The proposed time frame for the games is as follows:
“Players” should arrive at the ISH campus at 10:00 a.m. Games take place between 10:15 a.m. and 12:00
mid-day. Snacks and beverages will be available throughout the morning.
Please contact me (Mike Hancock) on my details below if you, your friends or your organisation is able
participate on the above dates.We look forward to hosting a fun and exciting day of sport.
The Elementary Sleepover
Elementary students can look forward to some major fun when they take part in the Elementary School
sleepover today, November 14th. Students from grades 2 to 5 will be staying back in school today to
experience the magic of a sleepover.
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Movember is Here!
As part of the worldwide Movember
tradition a few brave ISH men will be
growing a moustache through the
month of November. Students, parents
and teachers alike can become more
aware of the issues surrounding men’s
health as a result of the ‘mobros’
efforts to spread awareness.
Go to movember.com and find out
more!
During
November
each
year,
Movember is responsible for the
sprouting of millions of moustaches
around the world. With their “Mo’s”
men raise vital funds and awareness
for prostate and testicular cancer and
mental health. As an independent
global charity, Movember’s vision is
to have an everlasting impact on the
face of men’s health.
SECONDARY SCHOOL NEWS
Secondary School Production: Getting our ACT together!
As the date for the Secondary School production fast approaches, practices have intensified and everyone
has really stepped into character. All members of our school associated with the production, including
faculty, are toiling away with just two Saturday practices and four weekday practices to go, until the date of
the performance.
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As the date for the Secondary School production fast approaches, practices have intensified and everyone
has really stepped into character. All members of our school associated with the production, including
faculty, are toiling away with just two Saturday practices and four weekday practices to go, until the date of
the performance.
Props have begun to be used in scenes and the first full run through was completed last Saturday; one actor
said “I feel the production is coming along smoothly for now. However I think we still need to refine and
improve our performance in some of the larger scenes.” Overall the date of 28th November is fast
approaching and our practices have risen to a more serious degree, with hopes to even integrate costumes
and the full assortment of props before the performance. So much for the production’s progress, as the
production team looks forward to seeing a wonderful audience on the day of our “Merchant of Venice”
staging. Contributed by Aviral Asthana, Grade 7
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CAFETERIA LUNCH AND SNACK MENU FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17th
Menu for the Elementary School
Monday
Morning Snack
Doughnut
Juice
Hot Chocolate
Fruit Salad
Lunch
Salsa Chicken
Grilled Veg with Apple
Butter Sauce
French Fry
Plain Rice
Dal
Paratha/Chapathi
Curd
Dessert
Orange Pastry
Tuesday
Morning Snack
Veg Puff
Juice
Hot Chocolate
Fruit Salad
Lunch
Wednesday
Morning Snack
Samosa
Juice
Hot Chocolate
Fruit Salad
Lunch
Thursday
Friday
Morning Snack
Morning Snack
Cinnamon Roll
Cheese Ball
Juice
Juice
Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate
Fruit Salad
Fruit Salad
Lunch
Lunch
Succulent Sweet & Sour Chicken with garlic & black
Chicken & Veg Stir Fry Creamy Chicken & Potato
Chicken
bean sauce
Baby corn Mushroom
Baked Spaghetti
Veg Chimachanga
Carrot
Pasta Arabitta
Stir Fried Veg
Potato Bytes
in garlic sauce.
Herbs Chickpea
Plain Rice
Plain Rice
Veg Fried Rice
Plain Rice
Dal
Dal
Noodles &
Dal
Paratha/Chapathi
Paratha/Chapathi
Plain Rice, Dal
Paratha/Chapathi
Curd
Curd
Paratha/Chapathi
Curd
Dessert
Dessert
Dessert
Dessert
Black Forest Cake
Ice-cream
Jelebi
Rich Chocolate Cake
Menu for the Secondary School
Monday
Morning Snack
Doughnut
Juice
Hot Chocolate
Lunch
Tuesday
Morning Snack
Veg Puff
Juice
Hot Chocolate
Lunch
Salsa Chicken
Dum-ka-Chicken
Grilled Veg with Apple
Butter Sauce
French Fry
Plain Rice
Dal
Paratha/Chapathi
Curd
Dessert
Orange Pastry
Chicken & Veg Stir Fry
Chicken Yakitori
Baked Spegatti
Stir Fried Veg
Plain Rice
Dal
Paratha/Chapathi
Curd
Dessert
Black Forest Cake
Wednesday
Morning Snack
Samosa
Juice
Hot Chocolate
Lunch
Thursday
Friday
Morning Snack
Morning Snack
Cinnamon Roll
Cheese Ball
Juice
Juice
Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate
Lunch
Lunch
Succulent Sweet & Sour Chicken with garlic & black
Creamy Chicken & Potato
Chicken
bean sauce
Chicken Biryani
Curryleaf Chicken
Mutton Biryani
Babycorn Mushroom
Veg Chimachanga
Carrot
Pasta Arabitta
Potato Bytes
in garlic sauce.
Herbs Chickpea
Plain Rice
Veg Fried Rice
Plain Rice
Dal
Noodles
Dal
Paratha/Chapathi
Plain Rice, Dal
Paratha/Chapathi
Curd
Paratha/Chapathi
Curd
Dessert
Dessert
Dessert
Ice-cream
Jelebi
Rich Chocolate Cake
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November 2014
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
3 way
conference
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Inter school
Choral
Festival
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10
Book fair
by
scholastic
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Celebration
of diversity
(Internatio
nal Day
Language
day)
12
13
NSO exams
(Elem and
Secondary
)
7
Inter school
Choral
Festival
8
14
Math Fair
15
Elementary
Sleep over
Football and
cricket
tournament
at Aga Khan
World
Diabetes day
Book fair
by
scholastic
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17
18
19
20
T&F day
(Early
childhood12)
Volleyball
tournament
at ISH
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Sleep over
secondary
production
rehearsal
22
28
Secondary
Production
29
Universal
children’s
day
23
24
25
26
27
Coffee on the
green
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Have a great weekend!!
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Grade 3-5
football
tournament