Met World Newsletter March 2016 Issue

March Issue
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Quote of the Month: “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” ― Stephen King
Study Finds Swimming Grows Minds:
Message from Ms. Jackie our Librarian:
Literacy Week took place in
February and it was a popular success
with students and staff alike. Literacy is
more than reading and writing, it is
about instilling a love of life-long
learning and enabling full engagement
with the community. Metropolitan’s
students were given many opportunities
during the week to embody the vision,
mission, and values of their school with
activities such as the Read-A-Thon,
Book Donation Box, and Book Fair
Requisition Form. They had fun
dressing up in literary themed costumes
and listening to a variety of stories told
in English, French, and Arabic. Stay
tuned for the Special Edition Literacy
Week Newsletter in which all winning
submissions to the writing and
illustration competitions will be
published. This newsletter will also
include more details about the events
and the results from the charity
fundraising activities.
Met Corner
Parents Corner
We are pleased to announce that Ms. Hedi TewfikMaldonaldo, who has served as a consultant to Metropolitan
School management throughout its development and launch,
has been appointed Chief Operations Officer, Deputy
Director. Ms. Hedi brings a wealth of talent and experience
to Metropolitan School that will be of benefit to us as we
continue to develop and mature as a school. Please join us in
welcoming Ms. Hedi as a full-time member of the
Metropolitan School family.
During Literacy Week, our teachers arranged mystery readers
who popped into the class, during the day, to tell a story to
the students in English, Arabic and French. The children
were unaware that their parents will be popping in in their
classrooms and were surprised at different times throughout
the week. Thank you for the parents, grandparents and staff
who surprised the children with magical stories and special
thanks to our guest of honor, Ms. ‘Magda ElSehrawy’.
Met Corner
On February 25 Metropolitan School staff attended professional development workshops
designed to enhance our academic program and to strengthen our administrative services. At the
end of the workshops, in a whole school meeting of academic and administrative staff, several
staff members were recognized for their outstanding contributions to Metropolitan School. Three
teachers, Ms. Nicola (KG I), Ms. Sarah (KG II), and Mr. Jarrid (Gr 1), were recognized for earning
the highest scores on their initial teacher appraisal. Please join us in congratulating them on this
important accomplishment.
Additionally, several staff were recognized for their commitment to putting into practice
Metropolitan School’s mission to embed community service, entrepreneurship and Egyptian
values into the fabric of our everyday lives. Mr. Jarrid was recognized for a special classroom
project that engaged students in an entrepreneurial endeavor that generated income, which was
donated to a support staff worker who had experienced a back injury. Ms. Ghada Elattar was
recognized for her efforts related to embedding Egyptian values into our school program through
our parent relations programs, and for her active involvement in various community service
projects. Ms. Sarah, our KG II teacher, was awarded our Metropolitan School trophy for her
exemplary efforts to actively engage students in an entrepreneurial project that included parent
presentations about their entrepreneurial business ventures, she also maintained a focus on
Egyptian values through starting a pen pal with other students in America as a way for students to
share their culture; describing what Cairo is like, how they celebrate different holidays, and
where their country is located, and her active engagement in community service at a school
serving the refugee community in Cairo. Please join us congratulating our “All Stars” roster of
staff who have demonstrated a commitment to Metropolitan School’s mission and vision.
Flash News
On Tuesday February, 23rd, 2016, Metropolitan School’s
Clinic ran its second vaccination campaign against
Poliomyelitis which was applied on Pre-K, KG1 & KG2.
The KG classes and Grade 1 have been studying the theme
of animals, their habitats and what they eat. We all enjoyed a
day together at Monzoo feeding the different animals and
learning about where they may live in the wild. We saw a
giant tortoise, ostriches, monkeys and many beautiful birds.
Students also explored how to care for pets and the
differences between pets and wild animals. After the trip
students were asked to share zoo animal stories! It was a fun
and joyful day for everyone!
Metropolitan School is celebrating, One hundred days of
learning, One hundred days of fun, One hundred days to
work and play, Aren't we the lucky ones?
Metropolitan School is conducting an ‘Admissions Open
House’ for prospective parents applying for 2016/17 academic
year on both Wednesdays, March 9th and March 30th at
10:00am. If you have a friend whom you would like to
recommend us for, kindly invite them for these days as they
will get the chance to attend a comprehensive presentation
about the school and take a tour around our campus. For
further information please call us on 16489.
MetBiz / MetServe
MetBiz
Over the last few week in the MetBiz Program the 3rd
Graders have been working on Financial Literacy. The
students have been dealing with concepts such as “deposit,”
“withdrawal,” “reconcile,” “incorporate,” “sales pitch,”
“venture capitalist,” and “stocks.”
During Social Studies, Grade 1 Navy learned that a job
a work that a person does to earn money and
a business, people sell goods or services. Since one
Metropolitan’s values are Entrepreneurship, we decided
integrate that value with our lesson.
In order to gain capital to finance their design projects the
companies learned about selling stock. We invited three
parent volunteers to act as “Venture Capitalists” interested in
investing in the companies. The parent volunteers
interviewed the team members and listened to their sales
pitches. In the end, each company earned enough money to
begin manufacturing their projects!
We learned that, “Entrepreneurship is the process of designing
a new business or offering a product, process or service.” So,
our grade 1 Navy class decided to create a business and sell
Valentine Grams for Valentine’s Day. They spent all week
taking turns cutting hearts, some pasting hearts on bags, while
others delivered candy grams.
This activity was an illustrative example of integrated
learning. The students enhanced their presentation skills,
teamwork skills, and math skills, all while encouraging the
entrepreneurial spirit central to Metropolitan’s Vision and
Mission.
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While learning about how to create a business or work at a job,
they also learned about giving back. They learned when you
make money it’s very important to give back. After Grade 1
Navy students sold every candy gram, they decided to give all
of their profit to charity. Good Job Grade 1 Navy, for
collecting over 1000 pounds!!
Egyptian Citizenship & Values
Metropolitan School was pleased to welcome
representatives from the Ministry of Education who
visited the school and joined us in the morning line.
Our students proudly sang the National Anthem and
paid tribute to our Egyptian Flag. Students also
demonstrated Metropolitan Schools’ values though
the Metropolitan alphabet. Winners from the Arabic
Poetry contest proudly narrated their winning poetry
in front of everyone. While KG students sang a song
that reflects the love of our beloved country Egypt.
Dates for your Diary
Monday, March 14th, 2016
Met Coffee Morning
Sunday, March 20th, 2016 - Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Met Egypt Week (In-school Activities)
Thursday, March 31st, 2016
Staff Professional Development (No Classes for Students)