Have you visited the Our School menu on www.aisr.org lately?  If not, you are most likely unaware of the many additions that have been made to it over the past year.  Here is a list of these recent changes:

• A Parents’ Association page was created to inform parents of the function of this important group and to raise awareness of meeting times.  http://www.aisr.org/school/parents-association.html

• A slideshow of the latest new campus architectural renderings was added to the New Campus Project page.  http://www.aisr.org/school/new-campus-project.html

• An Accreditation page was added that includes a detailed explanation of the re-accreditation process we are currently involved in this year and next, as well as the survey results from the recent stakeholder survey in which many of you participated.  http://www.aisr.org/school/accreditation.html

• The Board of Trustees page was expanded to include a picture of the current Board members and the article Effective School Governance written by Peter Relic, the former President of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). http://www.aisr.org/school/board-of-trustees.html

• The Library page has added a link to their online catalogs for both libraries, as well as Poetry Alive and Summer Reading pages.  http://www.aisr.org/school/the-library.html

• A slideshow and additional projects were added to the Global Service in Action page, including the exciting new Kiva program that allows participants to make, track and re-make micro-loans to those in need all over the world.  http://www.aisr.org/school/global-service-in-action.html

• A Support AIS-R page was added that describes the many different ways to make a contribution to AIS-R, including an online donation system that accepts credit cards and provides a non-profit donation receipt that can be used for tax deductions.  If you would like to make an online donation to support AIS-R using your credit card, simply hit the Donate Now button at the bottom of the page.  http://www.aisr.org/school/support-ais-r.html

• The Learning at AIS-R page was expanded to include information about accreditation and AIS-R’s Professional Development plans for the current year. http://www.aisr.org/school/learning-at-ais-r.html

• A Riyadh Connections page was created to link AIS-R to other organizations that may interest our community.  http://www.aisr.org/school/riyadh-connections.html

• A United Nations Celebrations Week page was created to highlight the rich and wonderful events that were held again this past October. http://www.aisr.org/school/un-week-celebrations.html

As all of these changes are only from the Our School menu, one can truly appreciate the extent to which the entire AIS-R website is expanding each year.  As such, we strongly encourage parents and students to visit www.aisr.org on a regular basis to keep up with the most current information and to view pictures of recent events on campus.  Happy surfing!

Matthew Sipple
Director of Advancement