MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL

  • CLC Rooms

MS – M102

HS – M201

  • Sports Day

Just a few reminders about Sports Day on Tuesday 12th June.

All High School students need to be in the gym by 8.30 am for registration. Buses to YCAC will leave at 8.50am. Sports in the gym will start at 9am.

All Middle School students to be in the gym by 12.40. Buses for YCAC will leave at 12.50. (The PE department)

  • Grade 6 and Grade 9 Laptop Return

Reminder: Grade 6 and Grade 9 will be returning their laptops to the IT Office on the 14th (grade 6) and 15th (grade 9) of June.

Before you return your laptop you must back up any data you would like to keep. All data on your computer will be deleted during the summer and your new computer will not have any of your old data.

Note: Your Backblaze account will also be terminated (you will create a new one next year), so if you plan to purchase a back up hard drive from Backblaze you need to do it before you return your computer this month.

Please visit the IT Office if you have any questions or need help backing up your laptop. (Ms. Cofino)

  • Grade 9 Play Performance

The Grade 9 Drama students present

Metamorphosis

based on the absurd short story by Franz Kafka,

a travelling salesman wakes up one day to discover

he is actually an insect.

4.45pm Thursday 14th June

Tanner Auditorium

Absolutely free! (Mr. Meiklejohn)

  • Roots & Shoots – “Save the Sharks” Pledge

During Oceans Day today, the Elementary Roots & Shoots club will be offering you a pledge to sign. This pledge is to promise not to eat any shark products, such as shark fin soup. They will be in the cafeteria during morning recess, MS and HS lunches. Here is one of several videos that they made – please watch if you have time (there are more on their blog) and come to sign up on Friday! (Mrs Czubak and Roots & Shoots).

  • Oceans Day – June 8th (Repeat)

Middle School instructions

Go to the auditorium with your period 4 teacher at 11.50am.

You will watch the documentary “Death of the Oceans” until 12.50pm.

There will be time after the documentary for discussion, then return for lunch at 1.15pm.

Back to your normal classes in the afternoon.

 

High School instructions

Go to your period 5 teacher, who will take you to the auditorium at 1.15pm.

The speaker Reiko Omoto will give a talk about the Marine Stewardship Council.

You will watch the documentary “The Cove” between 2 and 3.30pm.

There will be time after the documentary for discussion.

Early dismissal: 3.40pm. (Ms. Cox)

  • Athletic Banquet Sign Ups (Repeat)

Dear Students,

The sign up for the athletic banquet for next Friday, June 15th is available online via the link emailed by Mr. Tracey. The BBQ will be held after the awards (Tanner, 4-6pm) here in the cafeteria.

Registration for your ticket closes next Wednesday, June 13th, so be sure to get your reservation made. Once made, students can collect their reserved tickets starting next Tuesday, June 12th, in the school store, where they can make their payments to pick them up (tix are ¥2,000 each).

When you sign up online, you are basically buying your ticket, as this is the information Zest will use to plan and purchase for this special event so if you reserve a ticket, you will be paying for it.

Please know that tickets will not be sold at the door, so get your online reservations in before the end of next Wednesday! (Mr. Tracey)

HIGH SCHOOL ONLY

  • Gr.9  Students in Metamorphosis

Students involved in the play Metamorphosis, don’t forget dress rehearsal on Sunday 1-4pm for cast and from noon for crew and to please meet Mr. Meiklejohn at 8.30am in H110 on Wednesday 13th June to walk to the Auditorium for the 9.30am special class performance. Please don’t be late. (Mr. Meiklejohn)

  • SPORTSDAY – TUESDAY

High school students remember that you have an earlier start on Tuesday. You need to be at the gym, changed by 8.40am & attendance will be taken there. (Mr. Snowball)

  • Attention filmmakers and performers!  (Repeat)

Would you be interested in starting a webcast television series here at YIS?  Or maybe you have some short films you’ve been dying to make?  If you are interested in filmmaking or acting for the camera, there will be a meeting on Thursday June 14th at 12:50 in Room M203 to talk about running this activity next year.  There’s no commitment at this point – we just need to see how many people there might be who are interested in writing scripts, acting for the camera, directing, production, and editing films.  Mr. Pitter and Mr. Welk (both film-school grads) are interested in doing some filmmaking next year and hope you will join us.  If nobody comes, there will be no super-awesome cinemanic film club next year.

(If you are interested and absolutely can’t make the meeting, send me an email at pitterd@yis.ac.jp and let me know what you might be interested in before the meeting). (Mr. Pitter)

  •  MEGA ROLLER-DANCE PROMO & XANADU INFO MEETING (Repeat)

Want to join next year’s mega-musical?  Then zoom on down:

When? NEXT WEEK

4-5.30pm Wednesday 13th June 2012

Where?

Black Box (H109)

What?

Join us for a short information session, followed by a dance promo and a chance to watch some real skating to disco music in the YIS playground.

Sign up for auditions online on the YIS XANADU SITE

Calling all skaters! Can you roller skate or skate board?

See or email Mrs Erickson and join the action! (Mr. Meiklejohn)