SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

1. September 2019 Notes from Head of School Meetings with Ms. Deanna & Ms. Anne Dear IPR Parents, Thank you for your help at drop off in the morning. You have made the difference in helping us transition the children into the classrooms in the morning. The children and the staff are now into their routines and enjoying their time together. In September you will have the opportunity to meet with me so that I can talk about our school goals for this year for each age group. Each class is assigned their own meeting time. If you are a two/three-year-old parent and cannot make it to the meeting time assigned for your child’s classroom you are welcome to make it to the other two/ three meeting. We ask that parents only come to the meeting for their child’s class level i.e. if you have a child in the two-year-old program you should only come to a two-year-old meeting. This is not a good meeting to bring a toddler to. If you must bring a toddler with you to the meeting, we ask that you bring a toy with you to keep your child amused. Please keep your toddler seated with you. It is distracting for parents if a toddler is wandering around the room. We also ask that parents with toddlers take their child out of the room if the child gets upset as other parents will want to hear what is being discussed. The Pre-K parents will have a special meeting with Ms. Anne and I September 10 to talk about their school options for kindergarten. Pre-K parents will need to start visiting elementary schools starting in October as charter, private and magnet school applications start after the winter break. We will have two morning meeting times for those meetings, and we ask that all Pre-K parents come to one of those meetings. Please check what your school choice options are before you come to that meeting so that I can address your specific concerns. Thank you, parents, for all your support for the start of our 2019-2020 school year. We hope that you are enjoying our lovely weather. Have fun outside with your family. Ms. Deanna Time: Meeting starts at 9:00 am after drop off Dates: Monday, 9/9: Australia and England class. Wednesday, 9/11: Oman and Kenya class Location:  All meetings are in the China classroom. SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Event Calendar • September 1: Tuition Due • September 2: Labor Day (No School) • September 6: Tuition Late; Charges Begin • September 4: PTA Meeting • September 9 & 11: Meeting with Ms. Deanna& Ms. Anne • September 10, 25: Pre-K meeting Private School Options (8:30am) • September 26, & 27: Pre-K Parent Meeting with Ms. Anne (8:30am) – Elementary Options • September 12&13: Picture Days • September 20: Welcome Fall Festival • September 26-27: Class Performances • October 1: Tuition Due • October 6: Tuition Late; Charges Begin • October 14-25: Fall Testing Week (all classes) Page 1 of 4

2. September 2019 Picture Days September Class Programs • Fall Pictures • It's time for pictures! Forms will go out soon. • Clothes • Uniforms are not required on your child's picture date. • Bring a change of clothes if you do not want your child’s dress clothes to be soiled throughout the rest of the day. • Morning Drop Off • The photographer will be set up at the office. The office door will be locked. Please drop your child off at their classroom back door on Thursday and Friday. Mexico's morning drop off remains the same. • Siblings • If your IPR student has a sibling that is not in the school that you want included in a picture with your IPR child, you may bring the sibling through the classroom door to the front office first thing in the morning.  Sibling group pictures will be taken first. They will be taken in order of first arrival. To ensure your place in arrival order, please obtain your IPR child’s picture form from the teacher and give it to the front office. The office manager and photographer will keep them in order of first received and you will be called in that order. • If you want sibling pictures and both of your children attend IPR, indicate so on the form, and we will call them out of their classrooms together for pictures throughout the day. There is no need for you to stay. • Dates • If your child will be out Thursday, please bring them Friday or vice versa. • Class Performances • Please join us for our first program of the year. The children will be singing English, Chinese, and Spanish songs that they have been working on in school. We are on a schedule and must start at the following times, so please be on time. Please turn cell phones off or on silent. Enter through the front office and wait there until your child’s room is called. Don’t forget your camera/camcorder. • Thursday, September 26 • Kenya 11:55 • Oman 12:05 • Mexico 12:15 • Friday, September 27 • England 11:55 • Australia 12:05 • India 12:15 SCHOOL NEWSLETTER • Thursday, 9/12 • Australia • Oman • India • Friday, 9/13 • England • Kenya • Mexico Page 2 of 4

3. September 2019 PTA News and Info The PTA’s first meeting of the year will be coming up soon!! Wednesday, September 4th at 9:05am. Most meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month. They are held next door to IPR at Stage Door Dance. These are optional meetings that are led by other PTA parents. They are a great opportunity to meet other parents and get involved in school activities. If you have any questions,  you can contact: Aria Rhenwrick (404) 357-1144 SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Full Day Activities ART Uniform Orders Uniform orders will be placed next week. It takes 2 to 3 weeks for the uniforms order to be processed. You will be notified when uniforms are ready for pick up at the front office. Please stop by the office for an order form. Kaymbu App We are continuing to use the Kaymbu app for our school to communicate with our parents. We have been made aware of a few flaws with the app. Our administration team has reached out receive the necessary training to properly manage the app. We ask that you please extend a little patience toward use for we were not on board when the initial training occurred. For more information on the app, you can look at it at this address www.kaymbu.com Birthday Wishes • Many happy birthday wishes to our IPR students with birthdays this month! • Grace Ann Greene on 9/9 • Luc Peng on 9/13 • Alexander Wang on 9/17 • AashnaChatterjertee on 9/19 • Isaac Elisas Hernandez on 9/22 • Pragnik Pemmaraju on 9/23 • Jasmine Star 9/26 • Allen Zhan 9/29 • Nusayba Cheema 9/30 Show and Tell will start in September …And Happy Birthday to Ms. Anne on 9/6 Ms. Adriana on 9/16 Teachers will provide the date for you! Page 3 of 4

4. September 2019 Fall Testing Social Media From October 14th to 25th we will administer our in-house assessments. Due to our teacher's involvement in testing there will be no Daily Communication folders during testing week. Please let us know in advance if your child will be absent that week. Beginning next week, we will begin to be much more active on our social media accounts! Stayed tuned for up-to-date news and pictures of our day-to-day activities. Our office manager, Christina, will be managing the accounts and photographs (like the ones you see on this newsletter!). Be sure to follow our accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. SCHOOL NEWSLETTER If you’re happy and you know it…make a review about us on Google! Celebrate! Labor Day – September 2nd School Closed Page 4 of 4