Category: News

Dear Middle School Parents, Last week had to have been one of the busiest at KPIS, it seemed like there was such a bustle of energy around the school with our Middle School students representing us well in the Spelling Bee, giving their all in Volleyball, collaborating well in classes, and leading their Parent Teacher Conferences. For the latter, I would personally like to express my appreciation for the number of parents that came to visit with their child’s teachers. It is such a vital part of the learning process that we have an open dialog between teachers, students, and parents. This week, we will be having our Field Trip to the Science museum on Tuesday. This is an all day event leaving school at 7.30 and returning by 3…

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhQWrHQwYTk[/embed] Dear Middle School Parents, As you may have seen from looking at your child's schedule, this year we have introduced a class into the weekly schedule called "Design"; but what is this exactly? As part of our ongoing efforts to push our students to become critical thinkers, effective communicators, global citizens and lifelong learners, we have begun introducing a course that will challenge our young adolescent learners to think beyond the ideas that they have thought before, to look deeper into their ideas, to work collaboratively in creating solutions and be able to present in a way that their ideas are truly heard. The video shared can give you an insight into what we hope to achieve. This process challenges our students to think beyond the conventional, to look…

Dear Parents, Hoping you had a great weekend and that your children enjoyed our first week back! This week, we are receiving the student applications to become leaders in the MS Student Council. It is exciting to see our kids taking a step towards greater responsibility and opportunity. The campaign will run from the 20th August until the 3rd September, with students creating posters, making speeches and looking to win the hearts and minds of their peers in the middle school. Also, our middle schoolers will be finalizing their elective choices for the year, please check that they have returned their slips to school so that we can correctly add them into Powerschool and their schedules. Powerschool should be available to our students this week. We will let you know…

Dear KPIS Middle School Parents and Community: Welcome to those of you that are new to us here at the school, and welcome back to us all!! This year brings with it the promise of exciting and fulfilling learning opportunities to help our students be challenged and grow towards their fullest potential as we strive to find ways collaboratively to be better than we have been before! We start this journey of learning with a promise to you, our beloved parents and students, that this year will be full of endeavor in creating engaging, meaningful, and rigorous experiences in our classrooms; with value added in activities, special events, extracurricular clubs, and sports it will push our Tuskers to be the effective communicators, critical thinkers, global citizens and lifelong learners that…