M5
PP Exhibition
We are grateful to all members of the school community who graciously found time to come for the M5 Personal Project Exhibition. Your feedback was received with gratitude.
Up-coming deadlines
The Personal Project final reports are due on Feb 14. Similarly, ePortfolio assessments in Language Acquisition (English, French), Arts (Drama, Music, Visual Arts), PHE and Design are going on and the grades will be submitted by mid-March.
eAssessment (On-Screen) Mocks – March 6-8
In order to give the M5 students adequate preparations for their final examinations, we have scheduled for an on-screen mock examination session in English Language & Literature, Integrated Humanities, Integrated Science, Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Learning subjects starting March 6. Students will also complete a paper-based Kiswahili Language & Literature mock exam.
Work Experience Location Details
We are grateful to M5 parents who have so far submitted the Work Experience location details for their children. We are now embarking on preparations for the requisite introductory letters to these institutions/organisations. Soon we will hand these letters to all students whose submissions have been received by Feb 15.
In order to set the tone for this exercise, we have arranged for a Careers’ Day on March 22 featuring different professionals within the ISM community. We are grateful to the many prominent professionals who have since accepted to guide and counsel our students on this day. If you are interested in sharing your work experience with students, please contact me.
M3 and M4 Subject Selection
Under the guidance of the language teachers, M3 students have begun making choices of what languages they plan to study in M4 beginning next academic year.
They will also move from taking all three Art subjects to selecting just two from the current subjects of Visual Arts, Drama and Music.
In Mathematics, they will be counseled on the move to either Standard Mathematics or Extended Mathematics. Extended Mathematics is meant for students who intend to opt for Higher mathematics at the Diploma Level.
The M4 students currently take two Art subjects. As they go to M5, they will drop choose one of them to pursue.
Parents are requested to discuss these choices with them before final decisions are made towards the end of Quarter 3.
David Ochieng