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Sunday, October 21, 2018
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
AIS Registration
All
Hope all of you are enjoying your summer.
Most of you registered last year should have received an email about registration.
It is expected to start this Saturday.
Please let those interested know if they have not received a note.
Good luck
Cheers
Raj
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
AIS Parent's Day March 10
This the last email, from me, for this session.
· Since I may not be able to see all of you on Saturday, have a good summer.
· Thanks to all those that sent pictures-some of it will be displayed on an overhead TV probably.
· I am sure all your kids will do well presenting.
· If some of your kids changed their mind and want to present, bring them-they may be able to-no PROMISES though.
· Please get there by 8:30 AM-latest by 8:40 AM-the attached brochure tells you all
· Attached is a set of information/instructions from Richard Steiner-who has a way with words. It also has instructions for moderators/children/parents etc.
As Richard says:
Attached are pdf file versions of the map and parking permit. Parents should print a copy of the parking permit and place it on their dashboard. There should be some Assistants out in the parking lots to hand out some extra permits.
Children should bring a prepared talk on a thumb drive. It can be PowerPoint or PDF format. There are not likely other presentation apps on the classroom computers. Parents should not rely upon the Internet to email themselves a copy of the talk, or grab videos, or access a different presentation app. There is no time or easy plan to switch the projector from the classroom computer to a laptop brought in by the parents.
***ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT: Sessions will start at 9:00 AM. Parents should arrive earlier than last year, at least before 8:40 AM. There were a lot of parents that waited till late to arrive last year, but that is when the regular MCC Saturday staff and adult-ed people started showing up, so there was a significant traffic jam. There are other MCC Saturday adult classes going on, so younger children should not run around or poke into other rooms that may seem to be having sessions.
Parents can park in Lot 3 if they want to be closer to Buildings BE or HS. However, the auditorium is in HT, which is closer to Lot 4 around the back side of the campus, and they should park there anyway if they are scheduled for Bldg HT.
There is no need to check in at Bldg BE or anywhere. There should be AIS Assistants around the buildings with some printed programs. The parents can print only the pages they need; we don't want to waste a tree to print and recycle tons of extra programs.
As for volunteer moderators, there should be a sheet of instructions in each room concerning whatever they might need to know, and an envelope of certificates. Basically, keep the talks moving, and moderate the adult questions to a minimum. The kids will make mistakes, but we don't want adults embarrassing them for it. Let the younger children ask most of the questions. If the moderators can erase the talks from the system at the end of the session, fine, but I suspect the MCC IT guys will do that. Presumably, someone will be at a table outside the Auditorium to collect left over Certificates that were not given out. Children are supposed to present a talk in order to get a Certificate. Also, in the event of a misspelling, they can be reprinted and mailed later.
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Good luck & Cheers
Raj
Thursday, March 1, 2018
AIS March 3
All
a. Azita-Please come and join us-we would love to have you
b. If anyone has pictures-digital- that they took during the sessions or from Rocket launching, PLEASE send them to me as soon as possible (email attachments please)
PLEASE READ through.
1. This is the last session at Leidos for this term. DO NOT COME HERE NEXT SATURDAY-NO ONE WILL BE THERE
2. We have a full slate of activities-3 brief sessions, Children’s presentations and a party.
3. Please arrive by 8:30 ish-I would like to start by 8:45 ish so we have enough “party time”!!
4. For the presenters, please ask them to practice at home once at least-a suggestion.
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5. NEXT Week (March 10)-We all meet at Montgomery College in Germantown for Parent’s day-when children from all sites (including ours ) will be presenting.
6. I sent out the Parking pass you need to put on your cars-if additional cars are coming, please download the pass and put one on the other cars too.
7. Please arrive by 8:30 AM to find your building and room.
8. Please bring presentations on a flash/thumb drive. NO PERFORMING EXPERIMENTS-just speaking about what was done.
9. Presentations start at 9:00 AM
10. Everything should get done by 11:45AM -12:00 Noon
For this Saturday we have Three (3) sessions- NO YOGA-your instructor is on vacation!!
1. Are you a Superstar? Do you want to be one? What is a Superstar and what do you need to do to be there (Jump over Tall buildings? Walk on Water? Never Sleep?)
2. How does Clothing and Fashion Industry affect the Environment? This is a funny, interesting topic; you will learn things you never knew (and your parents never knew –some parents—either)
3. Mystery topic
Please bring your family and friends, take pictures of your kids as they are presenting, have fun at the party-(Please do not forget to bring stuff for the party!!)
Cheers
Raj
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FW: Parent's Day, March 10, 2018
All
FORWARDING an email from the honorable Bob Shull, the mercurial AIS PresidentJ
The highlights are mine-so as to draw your attention to the salient points-knowing how “thorough” you all are in reading through emails!! I have paraphrased some and italicized a few words too!!
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As you know, Parent’s Day will be held on March 10, 2018, again at the Germantown campus of Montgomery College. I attach a map of the campus to this note. Presentations will be in Buildings BE, HS, and HT. Programs will be sent out before the event and also available in the lobby of Building BE.
The timing for Parent’s Day, March 10, 2018, will be the same as last year. Presentations will start at 9:00 am and continue to about 10:30 am. Then everyone will go to Globe Hall (in building HT) for the Closing Ceremony which will last until about 11:15 am. PLEASE arrive by 8:30 am at the latest to find the rooms in which your children will be presenting and to load their presentation onto the computer in that room using a thumb drive before the presentations start. (Probably Moderators should get there a little earlier to make certain everything is working.) All these computers will have Power Point loaded on them. PLEASE –NO EXPERIMENTS TO BE PERFORMED AT THE PRESENTATION
Everyone will need to put a Parking Permit on the dashboard of their car when they park on the campus. I attach that permit to this note as well. Please print the Parking Permit and put it on your windshield before arriving at Montgomery College-Germantown on March 10.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE-THIS IS IMPORTANT.
“Parents are responsible for providing supervision of their children while at the Parent's Day event at the Germantown campus of Montgomery College on March 10.”
I’m sure it will again be an enjoyable event!
Best Regards,
Bob
Dr. Robert D. Shull
President, AIS Inc.
Email: shull@nist.gov
Tel: 301-975-6035
Friday, February 23, 2018
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
AIS February 24
All
THIS is the FINAL FULL session for this term.
We have 4 teachers scheduled.
Next week, we have children’s presentations scheduled. Some of you wanted to teach and for various reasons, could not. If you still want to volunteer, we will schedule you for next week for the first 45 minutes, followed by children’s presentations and the mini-party we always do.
EVERYONE is welcome to attend-listen and enjoy-the presentations at Montgomery College on March 10th.
We have extended the project registration deadline to midnight of the 23rd. Please understand, your children’s attendance, willingness to prepare and present projects, Parent’s participation all count towards re-registration. Plus the projects are meant to give your children the ability to understand the process, provide self-confidence and the satisfaction of achieving a goal-maybe their first milestone in life for some. Depriving them of the opportunity because we, as adults, are “so busy”, is at best a poor excuse!!
Enough saidJ
We have 4 great sessions this week-Hopefully some of you who have been slacking will come-we love to see you all. I WOULD LIKE TO STAR by 8:55-Please come a bit early.
1. Solar System & the Night Sky: LEARN all about planets, who goes around who and why, are the orbits elliptical or circular, how far one has to travel to reach a planet, WHO lives on them, what do you see at night in the sky, how to identify the planets, stars and strange objects in the sky, Do stars really twinkle (is the nursery rhyme really true??)
2. Optical Illusions: LEARN all about what ILLUSIONS are, why do we see (or think we see) things, What is a MIRAGE, are illusions and imagination the same, does everyone see illusions the same way or not (Why not), how are Magic and Illusions related
3. Citric Acid-uses and experimentation: LEARN about the many uses and functions of citric acid, learn how acids and bases react, taste test the difference citric acid makes in your favorite juices, and you'll even get the chance to learn how to write secret messages to your friends that no one else can easily decode!! Have you ever wondered what causes oranges to taste tangy? Have you ever wondered what causes your orange juice or soda to fizz up?
4. Chemistry in Everyday Life: LEARN all what is in the medicines we buy from pharmacy; how we get it; how are drugs discovered, by whom, what are steps in drug discovery and developments; who makes the drugs (medicines). What a chemist do in the lab, how they purify their reactions etc. In the end of presentation kids can do thin layer chromatography, a hands on experiment.
5. YOGA for the soul-The Last session-come and make your teacher proud!!
Doug-We would love to have you come by if you can-this Saturday and/or the next two Saturdays.
Cheers
Raj
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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