Dear Parents, It is hard to believe that we are coming to the end of another year at XLIS. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support you have given me and our school this past year. I am so happy that the word community is found…
Dear Parents, I hope you are keeping well and that all is well with your family. In this newsletter, I would like to update you about some events and take the time to remind our community about our Restorative Practices Policy. This past weekend I visited Hangzhou International School to present on accreditation at…
Dear Parents, I have always been a firm believer that we are achieving our mission at XLIS, but I have also felt that our vision was too aspirational. This year, however, thanks to our community I am starting to believe that we can, “lead education through innovation and a student-centered, community-driven approach together.” Strategic…
Dear Parents, I would like to take some time to update you on several upcoming initiatives at the school. Our vision is to lead education through innovation and a student-centered community-driven approach. To this end, let me highlight some ways we are working towards this. MAP Assessment Our school being not-for-profit has…
Dear Parents, I wish you all a very happy new year and would like to extend a very warm welcome to all the new members of our community. My name is Brian Lalor, the deputy head of school and I look forward to meeting with you all during Semester 2. I love to hear…
Dear Parents, I hope you are keeping well and getting ready for the winter break. I am excited as I will be going back to visit my family for the first time in five years. We had a lot to celebrate in XLIS this week. PTA I am so grateful for the parent-teacher association we…
Dear Parents, Earlier this month I had the opportunity to represent our school at two events. The first was the International School Services (ISS) job fair in Bangkok. After that, I attended the East Asian Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS) leadership conference. During these two events, I had the opportunity to connect with other…
Dear parents, We are constantly working on developing a culture of inclusion at the school. In this newsletter, I would like to share our inclusion policy and tell you how we are working to support all students at XLIS. I would also like to invite you to watch some high-level sports. Brian Lalor here, the…
Dear Parents, In this week’s newsletter, I would like to share the XLIS language policy and inform you about our early release PD days. XLIS Language Policy Please find the complete XLIS language policy below. As you will read in the language policy we believe that language is an important part of…
Dear Parents, I am so grateful for our community. I have just come from an active PTA meeting where we worked together to achieve our mission – to enable confident, open-minded, global citizens through life-long learning and a sense of community. Some of the items we covered were: · Key concepts · Summer fair…
