{"id":18652,"date":"2022-09-23T10:28:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T02:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-principal-17-09-2022-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-09-23T10:47:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T02:47:33","slug":"from-the-principal-24-09-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-principal-24-09-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Principal 24.09.2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Saturday 17<sup>th<\/sup> September<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dear KIS Community,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A different week for me than usual. I have been visiting an aspiring FOBISIA school to see if they are ready to join the nearly 100 British style schools across Asia. As part of the membership committee I have the pleasure of reviewing school applications and visiting them to help them on their journey to join the federation and be a part of student and staff activities. The school I visited was inspiring and hard to believe they are about to celebrate their centenary. Visits like these are not only supportive of the school but also help the visitors reflect on their own learning environments and it is reassuring to know that students in KIS are getting the same high quality education that is seen in the top international schools across Asia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Having our ECAs start anew this year has been wonderful, after lessons finish you can walk around school and see the energy and commitment of staff and students engaged in non-curriculum interests, passions, and activities. The ECAs are an important part of student development and once again we are able to invite outside providers to come to school and support our ECA programmes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am looking forward to being back in school next week, as our primary school will be busy with the student learning conferences, and in secondary, our older students will be preparing for their next big step &#8211; away from school and into university, preparations for university applications will be starting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wish you a lovely weekend (especially if it is your birthday),<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ian Gross<br \/>\n<strong>Principal<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Saturday 17th September &nbsp; &nbsp; Dear KIS Community, &nbsp; A different week for me than usual. 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