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Updated February 19, 2010 Clements International Announces 2nd Annual Expat Youth Scholarship Washington, D.C. (Jan. 28, 2010) —Clements International, the leading provider of insurance solutions for expatriates and international organizations, is announcing its 2nd annual scholarship program for expatriate students. Clements International’s “Life in a Flying House” 2010 Expat Youth Scholarship will award $10,000 to students ages 12-18 of any nationality who have resided in a foreign country for at least two consecutive years. This year’s theme asks, “Where would you go in your flying house?” The “flying house” is inspired by the idea that students who spend their childhoods moving between different countries and cultures acquire unique life experiences. “We were overwhelmed by the success of our first scholarship contest last year and the positive response we received from the expat community,” said President Chris Beck. “We’re excited to do it again and look forward to hearing from expat students and their The scholarship contest offers expat students a chance to use their experiences living in a foreign country to imagine where their journey might take them next. Entries consist of an essay (500 – 750 words) and creative image or photograph that incorporates their own personalized flying house. A total of six winners will be selected from two age categories (12-15 and 16-18) based on the quality of the essay, how well their image creatively illustrates their answer to the essay question, and overall creativity. The scholarship entry deadline is Thursday, May 13, 2010. For more information about the scholarship and to submit entries, visit www.expatyouthscholarship.com. About Clements International
Launch of "Becoming and Emotionally Intelligent Teacher" By Bill Powell and Ochan Kusuma-Powell Bill Powell and Ochan Kusuma-Powell announce the publication of their new book "Becoming an Emotionally Intelligent Teacher". Both authors have been several-time consultants at the AISA annual conferences. Read more abou the upcoming book in the promotional flyer found here.
AISA embarks on redesign of web services AISA in partnership with Finalsite, one of our associate members, in January 2010 has embarked on the redesign of its website with the aim of providing a platform to better serve the membership network. Some of the features that will be included in the new interactive website include:-
Please send us your comments on some of the things that you would like to see in the new AISA website on email at info@aisa.or.ke.
U.S. Dept. of State Sponsored Student Exchange Program Contest The Exchanges Connect Program, sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, is asking the citizens of the world to come together via Internet video and show how to Change Your Climate, Change Our World. We’d like to invite your students and organizations to take part. Enter the contest and tell the world what you’re doing to be part of the solution. One American winner age 14-17 will receive one of four Grand Prizes: an all-expense-paid two-week international exchange program. Last year’s contest drew over 8,400 new ExchangesConnect members from 170 countries and the winners were featured at http://exchanges.state.gov/news/ovc.html. To view the flyer, please visit http://www.beckermanpr.com/clients/metrostar/ecaletter.pdf.
SYNA staff and student exchange programme opportunities in India SYNA International School in India wishes to invite schools in the AISA region to participate in a mutual student and/or staff exchange programme. SYNA is one of the upcoming boarding schools in India which is equipped with all modern amenities, teach through the latest technolog and have very well qualified teaching staff. Our sports and games facilities are considered to be one of the best in India. For detail please login to www.synainternational.com We are interested in welcoming students from outside India together with their teachers to let them experience our vast culture on hand. In exchange, our students will visit that country. SYNA will offer free boarding and lodging and free local site seeing to National Parks and Wildlife Reserves like Bandhavgarh etc The educational tour exchange can last 1 month or longer and SYNA will expect similar provisions from the exchange school wishing to participate in the programme. For more details or clarification contact SYNA directly (S.P. Singh) at synainternational@rediffmail.com or on telephone 0091-9752528899. You can also visit the SYNA website for general information on SYNA at www.synainternational.com 
AISA Revised Curriculum Review Cycle From 2010/11 onwards, AISA will concentrate its Professional Development (PD) efforts around the revised AISA Curriculum Review Cycle. Members should keep an eye out for AISA’s new PD programme which will explain this much more. For now, please be aware that the new board approved Curriculum Review Cycle is as follows:
For more information, contact AISA at info@aisa.or.ke
Global Issues Service Summit Africa 2010 for high school students
Event Dates: Thursday, Feb 25, 2010-Saturday, Feb 27 2010 All registration materials and details are there.
Clements International Moving Checklist Are you planning to move or relocate internationally? Ms. Kathy Dorf [kdorf@clements.com], from Clements International highlights some of the issues that you need to think about or prepare yourself for in a Comprehensive International Moving Checklist available for download here [MS Word - 50Kb]. Clements International, an Associate member of AISA, is the leading provider of insurance for expatriates, international schools, multinational businesses and relief organizations. Founded in 1947, Clements offers worldwide auto, property, health, life and commercial insurance with superior customer service and claims response to customers in more than 170 countries. For more information on Clements International’s global list of programs and services, please visit www.clements.com.
Challenge 20/20 registration is now open Challenge 20/20 provides an opportunity for schools -- public and private, elementary and secondary -- to develop globally based, experiential curricula and to build educational partnerships with schools around the world. This exciting hands-on international education learning opportunity pairs schools in the U.S. with schools in other countries. Together, they work to solve one of 20 global problems described by Jean Francois Rischard in his book High Noon: Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them. In 2008-09, more than 500 schools from 56 countries and 34 U.S, states participated! Read about partnership projects at www.nais.org/go/challenge2020. There is no fee to participate and no travel required. All grade levels at all types of schools (public and private) located in any country are welcome to participate” Further Information is available in the Brochure available for download here
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