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Dear Parents,

Now that we have started the year, we are now ready to look at how we can offer our Amharic classes. If you were here last year you will remember students grades EY5 to Grade 5 were able to choose to sign up for Amharic lessons in reading, writing, speaking and listening, as an elective. Students attended lessons while other students finished other class work or had flex time. That model however is currently not viable due to our COVID restrictions.

Rather than wait until we are able to resume “normal practice” we are planning to start offering Amharic as an online class, with assignments being given to students who wish to sign up for the class via Toddle, our online learning platform.

Students would receive direct personal feedback on their work from the teacher via the Toddle App which has proven successful in the past.

If you are interested in signing up for Amharic classes this year please complete this simple signup survey.

David "Cal" Callaway and Calley Connelly,

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The forms are now open for orders for next week.  Forms will close on Thursday at 5PM, so be sure to get your orders in early.

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This is the pre-order lunch form for elementary school students only. You need to order for the following week, for all 5 days on one form. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝘆. Please make sure you have enough money on the child's account to cover costs for the week.

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Online After-school activities – beginning 12 October

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Online After-school activities – beginning 12 October

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We have partnered with IVY Camps to offer our students an online ASA program.  While this does not necessarily replace an ICS Addis online after school offering later in the semester, we are happy to provide an earlier option.

Students can register with IVY Camps directly with the information packet HERE.  Each session runs for two weeks, every day, M-F from 4:00 -5:15 PM.  There will be ICS students and other international students in the camp sessions.

The first two week session for ICS students is free. After your first two-week session, there will be a fee 5,000 birr per two week session.

To sign up for your free session, check out the attached information pack .

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Athletics & Activities office at aaoffice@icsaddis.org

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Remember to bookmark where you sign in for IXL: Your user name and passwords were emailed to you on the 24th September. https://www.ixl.com/signin/icsaddis

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IXL is here to help you grow, with immersive learning, insights into progress, and targeted recommendations for next steps. Practice thousands of math and language arts skills at school, at home, and on the go!

Remember to bookmark this page so you can easily return.

To get started:

1. Sign in on this page with the blue "Sign in with Google" button.

2. Take the Diagnostic and visit the Recommendations page for skills that are picked just for you! Or, explore skills by grade or topic.

3. Choose a skill and let the learning begin!

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IXL is here to help you grow, with immersive learning, insights into progress, and targeted recommendations for next steps. Practice thousands of math and language arts skills at school, at home, and on the go! Remember to bookmark this page so you can easily return. To get started: 1.

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Hi Mrs. Kim I know how to login to Sora BUT I don't remember my  school I-D number so can you help me with that?

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Hi Mrs. Kim I know how to login to Sora BUT I don't remember my  school I-D number so can you help me with that?

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ANSWER: Please email me if you don't know your student id (and don't forget to include your name with your question! :).

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How to Place a Hold and other options on Sora

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How to Place a Hold and other options on Sora

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How to check out an e/audiobook, you must download Sora - here is how:

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How to check out an e/audiobook, you must download Sora - here is how:

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How to use the ICS online catalog to see what books, e/audiobooks we own in the ICS library collection

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How to use the ICS online catalog to see what books, e/audiobooks we own in the ICS library collection

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ICS Log in details for digital resources

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ICS Log in details for digital resources

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will there be a band or quire

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Hi Ms.Stuart when will we get our laptops from school? from Ruth

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Hi Ms.Stuart when will we get our laptops from school? from Ruth

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ANSWER:
Another great question Ruth! Chromebooks are normally only available for G5 students that are on campus as the students do not take them home.

BUT your parents are able to request a Chromebook if you do not have a device to use. We will send an email shortly to your parents advising this.

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QUESTION: Are we using Google Classroom this year?

ANSWER:

No. We are not using Google Classroom this year. We are using Toddle - and we will set this up tomorrow.

kind regards,

Ms. Kim and Mr. Pascoe

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QUESTION:
Hi my name is Sinza,
i ask i try to go to the online library but it tells me to login so if they is and username and password plss send them to thank u bye.
ANSWER:
Hi Sinza.

Great question about our ICS Online library. Our librarian is in the process of ensuring that everyone has a username and password to access the library and we will let you know when we have them.

When you look at our Weekly Plan, you will see that on Wednesday, we have scheduled time to explore all of the Digital Literacy resources - but hopefully we will have a chance to do this earlier with you :)

Kind regards,

Ms. Kim

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QUESTION: Did we get a username and password for toddle?

ANSWER:
Hi Mikayla,
We are introducing Toddle tomorrow (Tuesday)  - as today we just wanted to take the time to get to know each other, and make sure that we could all use Zoom, and Flipgrid :)

We look forward to seeing you for our Zoom meeting.

Ms. Kim and Mr. Pascoe

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QUESTION: kindly provide my 8 letter student code for Toddle

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QUESTION: kindly provide my 8 letter student code for Toddle

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ANSWER:
Please remember to include your name, so that we can help you. And please add your questions to our first column to the left, so that questions are all in the same place.

In our Weekly Plan, we have scheduled Toddle for Tuesday (tomorrow).  Please see a more detailed answer in the Question column.

From Ms. Kim and Mr. Pascoe.

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Online Learning in the Elementary School.pdf

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Elementary School Covid-19 Reopening approach July2020.pdf

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Dear Ms. Kim , Please help me. I do not have any IXL log in details  :)

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Dear Ms. Kim , Please help me. I do not have any IXL log in details  :)

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Hello! We will be going over IXL later this week and will provide all the log in details. Also, please remember to include your name!

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Here is the link to the library home page. Click on the blue International Community School of Addis Ababa to access the resources. Please note that if our school name isn’t on your screen, click the home button on the left side and select our school from the dropdown menu of international schools.

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Welcome to International Community School of Addis Ababa

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Welcome to International Community School of Addis Ababa