this Wednesday Sept 1 is the first STUDENT GAP meeting

This Wednesday, Sept 1st is the first meeting of the GAP

student travel groups!

Check the board on the deck to learn the classroom location.

Meetings are from 3:00 to 4:00.

Bring

a photocopy of your passport

your completed Medical Health Update

your SOS insurance liability release

your parents emergency contact information

Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain published in the New York Times

An intriguing article you might want to read and consider in relation to the upcoming GAP trips is Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain published in the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/technology/16brain.html

GAP Open House Parent Meeting

Hello Grade 9 and 10 Parents:

The Global Action Program takes place from October 16th to October 23rd... less than 2 months from now!

Excitement is building as it's now just days away from revealing your child's 2010 GAP DESTINATION!!! When you arrive at our Ampang Campus this Thursday at 5:20, you will find your child's Open House schedule being distributed by the National Honor Society members. Important GAP information will be attached to that schedule. Once you discover your child's site for GAP, you are welcome to call or SMS her/him immediately. Then please join all Grade 9 and 10 parents in the Theater at 5:30 where we will discuss the payment process for GAP, the SOS International Medical insurance that ISKL will arrange for your child for the GAP week, and the important documents you must complete with your child. Those documents (a medical update, a liability release form, an emergency parent contact update, etc.) are all due at your daughter/son's first GAP student meeting on Wed, Sept. 1 from 3:00 to 3:45.

All of the GAP Trip Leaders are ready to welcome you this Thursday, August 26th. This week's GAP Parent Meeting is your one and only chance to meet personally with the parents of students in your child's GAP group, along with the 2 ISKL faculty Trip Leads. The Trip Leads will introduce themselves, explain their philosophy of experiential learning, and share their enthusiasm for the special adventures offered on their GAP trip. In addition, Trip Leads will provide you with a packing list, discuss departure and pick-up times, and provide a calendar of your child's GAP commitments (dates/deadlines to submit passports for visas, GAP trip meetings, etc.)

See you all on Thursday!

Julie James

Global Action Program Director

Dear New Students:

Welcome to ISKL!! I hope your arrival in KL has been smooth and that you are finding your way to classes/after-school activities in the high school. By now you've learned about our October GAP (Global Action Program) for grades 9 and 10 at either your New Student Orientation or last week's grade level meetings. In addition to presentations at those meetings, I've sent you all a letter with detailed instructions on how to register for GAP. While I understand that you are probably very busy with homework and settling in, please know that it is URGENT you register for GAP tonight----the airlines needs your actual name to hold a flight booking for you.

What options are still open for Grade 9 and 10 GAP?

Grade 9, we still have places available on the trips to

Bali, India, Laos, N Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Grade 10, we still have places available on

Cambodia, Sumatra, Thailand and Nepal.

Please register TONIGHT with your parents!!!! You may email me jjames@iskl.edu.my or see me in the HS Office if you need help. I look forward to placing you into a GAP group and personally welcoming you to ISKL.

Ms Julie James

GAP Director