Another great week at ISHCMC with successes in many areas of the school that further indicate the positive growth that we are experiencing in student learning and performance in many different fields that stand out for me this week was the IB Diploma Art exhibition. This was my 26th Diploma Art Exhibition and I was incredibly impressed by the ability of our students to articulate their concepts and the artistic process that created their final exhibition pieces. I found their explanations mature beyond their years and their ability to share their academic thinking and research with an authentic audience very impressive.
Of course this does not mean that winning the Primary SISAC swimming for the second year, the Grade 5 entrepreneurial challenge and the Grade 3 Simple Machines UoI weren't also good moments this week. It is just that our Grade 12's stood up and demonstrated how well they have been taught and motivated in their programme.
This week a parent had a conversation about one of her sons and how he was deliberately resisting making friends because he didn't see the point knowing that in two or three years the family would be moving again. I shared a couple of resources about the importance of friendship in the hope that he will change his mind. On Saturday evening, Kate in her speech talked about the importance of friendship when you are away from your family at special moments in your life. During the day I read a few articles about positive psychology and the importance of friendship and liked the conclusion to this article
"So, how to make the most out of the assets of friendship?As always it starts with each of us acting as the agent of change in how we reach out, engage and remain active in the friendship. As we cultivate the friendship qualities, we will reap the joy it brings into our life."
This reading encourgaed me to reflect upon how important it is for us in our move toward becoming a Positive Education school to be building our own friendships and helping our students develop theirs and I found this article to be quite useful.
The overall conclusion for me this afternoon was that we have an important role to play in building the skills in our students to form lasting and meaningful friendships not only through our guidance but also by modeling in our relationships as a faculty.
Just to end my day I watched this inspirational video that pulled together so many of the ingredients that make friendships so important.
Have a good week,
Yours
Adrian
The overall conclusion for me this afternoon was that we have an important role to play in building the skills in our students to form lasting and meaningful friendships not only through our guidance but also by modeling in our relationships as a faculty.
Just to end my day I watched this inspirational video that pulled together so many of the ingredients that make friendships so important.
Have a good week,
Yours
Adrian
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