OISParentBulletin

#1September4,2015

WelcomeBack!

This

is

the

first

parent

bu

lletin of the school

year. I send it to theSOISmailparent
list in between issues of Educator. It
can also be accessedontheschools
web site. Parents can email me
anytime with questions or comments.
(
bkralovec@senri.ed.jp
)
William (Bill) Kralovec, Head of
School

A group of faculty members of both schools are taking our first M.O.O.C. or
BacktoSchoolNight
Massive Open Online Course. Parents are invited to join us. The course is

called
Visualizing Japan (1850s 1930s): Westernization, Protest,
Elementaryschoolparentsareinvited
Modernity
and is taught by professors from Harvard, MIT and Duke. It is
to come to the Back to School Night
offered free of charge through EdX and begins on September 15. You can
which takes place on
Thursday
also earn a verified certificate for $75. The course is 7 weeks long and
September 10 from 17:00 18:30
.
estimated 35 hours per week. Formoreinformation,pleasefollowthis
linkor
This is an opportunity to meet all of
contactme.Wehopetohavetoorganizeadiscussiongroup.
the teachers andseetheclassrooms.

We willalsogiveinformationonusing
SOISmailandtheHealthCenter.

JoinUsinLearning!

Thefirstissueof
Educator,themonthly
OISnewsletterwillbe
issuedonFriday
September11.

MeetESPrincipal
CarolyneMarshallafter
thePTAmeetingon
WednesdaySeptember9
at10:00AMinthethird
floorconferenceroom.

DPCoordinatorand
Japaneselanguage
teacher,MiyukiEndo
recentlyledanIB
workshopforeducators
inHiroshima.

www.senri.ed.jp
/Twitterfeed:@oisinbrief/HeadsStudyblog:globalschoolleadership.com.

AnnouncementsBelow

Educator:
NextweeksissueofEducatorwillbesentelectronicallyviatheSOISmailparentemaillist.This
istoreducetheuseofpaperattheschool.Ifyouareinterestedinreceivingapapercopy,pleaseletthe
administrativeassistant,ChiakiAotaniknowyoupreferapapercopy.

OISPTA:
ThefirstParentTeacherAssociationmeetingoftheschoolyearwilltakeplaceWednesday
September9at9:00AMinthethirdfloorconferenceroom.Afterthemeeting,parentswillhaveachanceto
meetournewElementarySchoolPrincipal&PYPCoordinator,Ms.CarolyneMarshall.

NewFacultyvisitKwanseiGakuinUniversity:
NextTuesdaySeptember8thenewOISfacultywillbe
visitingwithKGChancellor,Dr.RuthGrubelandtourthecampus.ThemaincampusislocatedinUegahara,
asuburbofKobeabout20kilometersfromourschool.

CommunityOutreach:
RepresentativesfromOISrecentlyattendedareceptionhostedbyVietnamConsul
General,TranDucBinhtocelebratethe70thanniversaryofindependenceoftheSocialistRepublicof
Vietnam.TheschoolvaluesourrelationshipswiththeinternationaldiplomaticcommunityofOsaka.