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24 May 2019
Term 1 – Issue 16
ST. JOSEPH’S INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
“Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet Next Friday also sees the departure of our Grade
sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.” 11 IB Geography Field Trip. 47 Grade 11
Geography students will be traveling to Chiang
Our school has been filled with Shakespeare this Mai (Thailand) from Friday, 31 May, until
week with performances of the famous, Romeo Tuesday, 4 June. While in Thailand, students will
and Juliet. This is a very exciting and creative be collecting data and beginning their Internal
production, involving the audience following either Assessment. We wish both the Grade 8 and
the Capulet or Montague family all over the school, Grade 11 trips all of the very best.
and coming together whenever the two met. There
are two more performances today, at 16:30 hrs
2019 Parent Climate Survey - Please complete
and 19:30 hrs, starting in the Canteen. It certainly
was the highlight of my week. Well done to all the Thank you to those 269 parents (of whom about
students involved, and especially to Ms. Sprung- 231 completed the survey) who have already
Boyd and Mr Webster who co-directed this exciting participated in this important 2019 Parent Climate
production. Thanks also to Mr Latham for technical Survey. On average, parents have spent about 15
direction, supported by Finn. And thanks to our minutes to complete this survey. We have only 1
Arts Council and other staff members from the Arts week left before this Survey closes (on 31 May).
Faculty for their contributions and support. We are hoping to get at least 500 completed
surveys – so please do assist us with this very
important biennial survey.
Next week sees all of our Grade 8 students travel
to Tioman for the Grade 8 Expedition. We wish
them all of the very best. Due to the large size of The 2019 Parent Climate Survey can be found
the group, half the cohort depart on Sunday and HERE. This comprehensive and anonymous
return next Friday, while the other half depart of survey will take between 10 minutes (if you simply
Monday and return next Saturday. Thank you to answer the questions - I am hoping that ALL
Ms Jaworski, the G8 Tutors and the expedition parents can do this) to 40 minutes (if you wish to
team. give additional comments - which is always very
valuable).
Students in 8BE2, 8MG2, 8MT1, and 8MT2 must
be at school for at 06:00 hrs on Sunday, 26 The 2019 Parent Climate Survey is open and
May. will close at 14:00 hrs on Friday, 31 May.
Students in 8MG1, 8BE1, 8JA1, and 8JA2 must I invite and encourage all parents to complete this
be at school for at 06:00 hrs on Monday, 27 important community feedback survey, the results
May. of which will be shared with our community.
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St. Joseph’s Institution International Term 1 – Issue 16
Grade 8 Parent Survey Results
The final PST Conference for the year, for all Grade 8 parents, took place on 16 May, just before the Vesak
Day long weekend. As is customary, we asked all parents to complete a short Parent Survey, as part of this
evening.
An average 89.6% of all answers were rated Agree or Agree Strongly by parents. This is about 4% lower
than last year’s result, when this group were in Grade 7. This year’s result is the third highest out of all
Grade 8 cohorts - we have had 6 cohorts since we started this survey in 2014.
24 replies in total (out of 1932 answers) were rated Disagree or Disagree Strongly (again, there was not a
single Disagree Strongly). This still equates to a very low 1.24% of all parent feedback.
Two questions scored higher than when this group was in Grade 7:
Strengths
% of Grade 12
Area
Parents
% of parents who Agree or Agree Strongly that the school resolves issues
of ill-discipline (including perceived issues of bullying) effectively and 89.7%
decisively
% of parent who Agree or Agree Strongly that my child is making good
90.7%
progress
Compared to the average score obtained by the previous five Grade 8 cohorts, 2 questions scored more than
5% higher than average, while 2 questions scored more than 5% lower:
Increased:
• I believe that the school takes account of student's views - increased by 5.9%
• Tonight, the time allocated for each teacher appointment was adequate - increased by 6.3%
Decreased:
• I believe that teachers treat everyone fairly and with respect - decreased by 6.0%
• I would recommend SJII to a friend - decreased by 6.9%
Overall, the results of this survey are lower than we had hoped for. We will be reviewing this data to identify
areas of focus, so that we can make changes going forward.
Thank you to all our Grade 8 parents for taking the time to provide us with this feedback.
Reminder about Upcoming Events
SINGALA III - Tuesday, 4 June
A reminder that our 3rd SINGALA fundraising dinner in support of the Scholarship Programme will be held on
Tuesday, 4 June, at the Goodwood Park Hotel. Bookings are still open and can be made HERE.
PSG Open Meeting - 6 June
The second PSG Open Meeting of 2019 takes place on Thursday, 6 June, at 18:30 hrs in the Assembly
Hall. This event will be my final Open Meeting, before I depart for Switzerland and I am looking forward to
seeing many of you at this event. The event also includes a Study Skills workshop, run by Ms Amy Lee and
other senior members of our faculty.
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Bach in Black Concert - 11 June – Please add to your calendar
I am very excited to announce a new addition to our music programme - the Bach in Black Concert. This is
an opportunity for our top Classically Trained Musicians to perform.
SJI International is blessed to have many outstanding classical musicians, and this is an opportunity for us all
to see these students performed some stunning and technically demanding pieces, including several
students currently preparing for Grade 8 and Diploma Instrumental exams.
Bach in Black will take place on Tuesday, 11 June, in the Glass Hall, starting at 19:00 hrs. This will,
undoubtedly, be a fantastic event. Looking forward to seeing many of you at this event.
Hair for Hope - 12 June
In what has now become one of SJI International’s traditions, we will again be hosting our Hair for Hope
fundraising drive on Wednesday, 12 June. Please consider sponsoring any of our brave shavees, which can
be done HERE.
Hair for Hope is Children's Cancer Foundation's signature outreach event where participants get sponsorship
to shave their heads to raise funds and awareness of childhood cancer. This money is then used to aid
children and families impacted by cancer this year. Our event also includes an opportunity for girls to cut off 8
inches of hair which is then donated to create wigs for patients undergoing cancer treatment. It is a fantastic
cause!
In Closing
It is hard to imagine that there are now only 14 school days before the end of Term 1. Looking at our
calendar, there are so many exciting events and activities in that short time. For Janette and I, this will be a
very emotional period, as we start to say goodbye to a school and community we love.
We wish you all a fantastic week ahead!
High School News – from this week
• Please visit the Parent Portal to see the following High School Articles
• Founder’s Day Mass
• Founder’s Day
• Cultural Carnival - International Friendship Day
• International Food Fair
• Camp De La Salle
• Student Achievements
• Footprints – Lasallian Camp for G10 and 11
24 May 2019 St. Joseph’s Institution International Term 1 – Issue 16
24 May 2019 St. Joseph’s Institution International Term 1 – Issue 16
24 May 2019 St. Joseph’s Institution International Term 1 – Issue 16
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IMPORTANT DATES
Event Date of Event Venue Time
Romeo and Juliet Production 24 May (Friday) Various Locations 4:30pm and 7:30pm
G8 Tioman Trip Group 1 26 May (Sunday) to 31 May (Friday)
G8 Tioman Trip Group 2 27 May Monday to 1 June (Saturday)
G10 Service Week Celebration 29 May (Wednesday) Assembly Hall 5pm – 7pm
G11 IB Geography Trip 31 May (Friday) to 4 June (Tuesday)
Host Family Outing 31 May (Friday) 3pm – 9pm
Spring Formal 31 May (Friday) Assembly Hall 7pm – 9pm
G10 Afternoon of Recollection 31 May (Friday) 1pm – 5:30pm
IB Geography Field Trip G11 31 May (Friday) to 4 June (Tuesday)
Singala III (Scholarship Fund
4 June (Tuesday) Goodwood Hotel 6:30pm – 10:00pm
Raiser)
Hari Raya Puasa Holiday 5 June (Wednesday)
G9 Lasallian Leadership Training
6 June (Thursday) to 9 June (Sunday)
Camp
Camp Ignite for Grade 7 and 8 6 June (Thursday) to 8 June (Saturday)
PSG Open Meeting 2 6 June (Thursday) Assembly Hall 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Amplified (MPC Music Concert) 7 June (Friday) Glass Hall 6:3-pm – 9:30pmYou can also read
