Dear AICS community,
We have all received the email regarding the cancellation of many back to school trips next year, we have taken the “justifications” into consideration, however, we disagree with many.
The need to improve the induction of new students
We strongly believe the back to school trips are an opportunity to socialize with new students and start the year in the right mindset. Contrary to their justification, we believe the back to school trips allow many learning opportunities and allow us to practice all IB Learner attributes.
Ecological footprint
As for the ecological footprint, we don’t think it's fair to use Eco School as an excuse to cancel back to school trips, we believe there are steps we can take to lower our footprint rather than trip cancellation.
Poor timing at the beginning of the year
Though the trips do interfere with the beginning of the year, we believe that this extra week will give more time for students and teachers to prepare themselves and get back into the rhythm of school.
The need to improve the learning value of the trips
During the back to school trips, we develop our learning in many different ways, we learn to socialize with our peers and adapt to our new mentors, we bond with new students and try to make everyone feel welcome. We learn about the places we go, through experiences rather than reading about it online in a classroom.
Closer links to the local community
Throughout the school year we are constantly inside the classroom and barely interact with local community in the Zuid area. From experience with the school trips, the students interact with the communities substantially more than we do here at school, creating memories that last for life. We also believe that as we are an international school, we should keep the Back-To-School trips to increase diversity and global mindedness.
We hope you agree with our criticism and sign this petition so that you can go on your Back-To-School trips next year.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 16, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
June 14, 2019
118 Comments
The school promissed not to eliminate the back to school trip but to move it to May but this is not happening, they canceled it and kept the one that had been always in May/June. It is disapointing that the school is not keeping their word. If this is taking place, Excursion fees to be reduced.
My son joined AICS in 1IB. The back to school trip played a very important part in him bonding with the other children and feeling integrated in the school. I do believe that if he hadn't had the opportunity to go on this trip it would have taken him a lot longer to settle into school life at ACIS socially and therefore also academically.
I do agree to move to May the back school trips but not to eliminate them. They are an essential part of learning, growing and bonding. However if the school is not willing to do them, we as parents, expect the reimbursement of the money. We hope you understand that we can’t pay for something our children are not getting.
Personally, the back to school trips were of a huge importance to me during my two DP years. I believe it will help familiarize students with each other and the teachers which will serve them well in the future.
With so much riding on teamwork assessments in both MYP and DP these trips are essential at the start of the year. Both for students new to the school and when classless are switched up. It gives the new Mentors a real chance to get to know their new student’s personalities and makes for better approachability on both sides if issues arise.
i want it back its the best part of the year
Hi , it would be great that the field trip is kept for MY4. This is a key activity for children . If there’s no field trip , we would expect that the fees are lowered accordingly.
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Dear AICS community,
We have all received the email regarding the cancellation of many back to school trips next year, we have taken the “justifications” into consideration, however, we disagree with many.
The need to improve the induction of new students
We strongly believe the back to school trips are an opportunity to socialize with new students and start the year in the right mindset. Contrary to their justification, we believe the back to school trips allow many learning opportunities and allow us to practice all IB Learner attributes.
Ecological footprint
As for the ecological footprint, we don’t think it's fair to use Eco School as an excuse to cancel back to school trips, we believe there are steps we can take to lower our footprint rather than trip cancellation.
Poor timing at the beginning of the year
Though the trips do interfere with the beginning of the year, we believe that this extra week will give more time for students and teachers to prepare themselves and get back into the rhythm of school.
The need to improve the learning value of the trips
During the back to school trips, we develop our learning in many different ways, we learn to socialize with our peers and adapt to our new mentors, we bond with new students and try to make everyone feel welcome. We learn about the places we go, through experiences rather than reading about it online in a classroom.
Closer links to the local community
Throughout the school year we are constantly inside the classroom and barely interact with local community in the Zuid area. From experience with the school trips, the students interact with the communities substantially more than we do here at school, creating memories that last for life. We also believe that as we are an international school, we should keep the Back-To-School trips to increase diversity and global mindedness.
We hope you agree with our criticism and sign this petition so that you can go on your Back-To-School trips next year.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 16, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
June 14, 2019
118 Comments
It is really unfair to people who want to get in touch and new students who haven't blended in their class to cancel the back-to-school trips. For MYP1 and 2 it is terrible, but we laugh at how bad the trips were and grow closer. it's not about where we're going, it's about bonding and deepening friendships over excursions and not school work.
The school promissed not to eliminate the back to school trip but to move it to May but this is not happening, they canceled it and kept the one that had been always in May/June. It is disapointing that the school is not keeping their word. If this is taking place, Excursion fees to be reduced.
My son joined AICS in 1IB. The back to school trip played a very important part in him bonding with the other children and feeling integrated in the school. I do believe that if he hadn't had the opportunity to go on this trip it would have taken him a lot longer to settle into school life at ACIS socially and therefore also academically.
I do agree to move to May the back school trips but not to eliminate them. They are an essential part of learning, growing and bonding. However if the school is not willing to do them, we as parents, expect the reimbursement of the money. We hope you understand that we can’t pay for something our children are not getting.
Personally, the back to school trips were of a huge importance to me during my two DP years. I believe it will help familiarize students with each other and the teachers which will serve them well in the future.
With so much riding on teamwork assessments in both MYP and DP these trips are essential at the start of the year. Both for students new to the school and when classless are switched up. It gives the new Mentors a real chance to get to know their new student’s personalities and makes for better approachability on both sides if issues arise.
i want it back its the best part of the year
Hi , it would be great that the field trip is kept for MY4. This is a key activity for children . If there’s no field trip , we would expect that the fees are lowered accordingly.
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It is really unfair to people who want to get in touch and new students who haven't blended in their class to cancel the back-to-school trips. For MYP1 and 2 it is terrible, but we laugh at how bad the trips were and grow closer. it's not about where we're going, it's about bonding and deepening friendships over excursions and not school work.