Tesla Talk

Tesla Talk Week 4th June 2021

Tesla Education 4 Jun, 2021 9:00 am

Tim Vanderpool

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Newsletter 4th June 2021

This marks the final week of the 2020 – 2021 school year and although summer will begin with a couple weeks of social distancing, we are all hopeful the precautions will allow the students and their families to enjoy a much deserved break. This year brought change to the Tesla education program and there have been many accomplishments that need to be celebrated.

I would first like to acknowledge our primary school teaching staff. Making the transition from the traditional MOET learning model to incorporating the PYP approaches to teaching and learning has taken a tremendous amount of dedication, collaboration, and patience. Making connections with all subject areas to transdisciplinary themes is not an easy task and our teachers did a great job of embracing the process. They will get an opportunity for training over the summer, as well as a little much-deserved rest, and I look forward to seeing their development going into the fall.

We also need to celebrate the achievements of our students. Just like the teachers, they had to make adjustments to a new program and it was a pleasure to see their ability to adapt and flourish. Engaging in inquiry and discovery can be a little scary at first and our students showed resilience, perseverance, and the willingness to take risks.

In closing, I would like to say thank you to the entire Tesla community. It has been a challenging year and through all the changes and adjustments, everyone has had a great attitude and continued our focus on creating the best possible learning experience for our students.

Be safe and have a wonderful summer!

Tim Vanderpool
Director of Studies

Ms. Nguyen Ha Huyen Kim

PYP Coordinator

As our city is following the regulations for Covid precaution and restricting our movement to essentials only, we successfully organized our online Three-Way Conferences between parents, student and teacher. These conferences created great opportunities for our students to reflect on the achievement of their learning goals and share their learning experiences with their parents. It was great to see smiles of pride on students’ and parents’ faces when seeing photos and video clips of learning activities students had throughout the school year. Students shared the new knowledge they learned. They also shared how they developed learner profiles to be open-minded, caring, risk-takers, thinkers, or communicators through new conceptual understandings. They demonstrated their communication, thinking, and social skills when working together in pairs, group projects, or independently in all subject areas.

Update News

1. Tesla Year-End Ceremony:

Tesla School will hold Tesla Year-End Ceremony 2020-2021 online (via Tesla’s Facebook) at 20:00 on June 8, 2021.

2. Announcement of receiving personal belongings and Tesla Rewards (Primary Students)

From June 7, 2021, Parents please come to school to receive personal belongings and student rewards. Parents should notify Ms. Ngan – Customer Care via hotline: 098 494 8080 about the time of arrival to receive instructions.

Tesla Learning Resource Center Borrowing Policy

Tesla Learning Resource Center Borrowing Policy (The school will open LRC during the summer period even COVID-19)

1. Borrowing Period

All LRC users (students, teachers, parents, and staff) must present a School card (Student card, staff card, etc.) before check-in/out of books. Using someone’s card to borrow any library materials is not allowed.
Teachers can borrow more textbooks to support their teaching classes.
Non-Prints and Reference materials can be borrowed for one (1) day only.
Borrowers must return overdue items, replace lost item(s), or clear fines before borrowing another item.

2. Book delivery

Step 1: Go to our library website (tesla.follettdestiny.com) then click Log-in. Search the library collection using the ‘Search’ bar.

Click the ‘Hold’ button of the book you want to borrow.

Step 2: Wait for an email confirmation from the librarian.
Step 3: Pick up or Delivery

Option 1: Pick up the books at the Tesla Main Gate (C3 Street)
Option 2: Grab delivery (delivery fee will be charged to the borrower)

Step 4: Returning books – notify the librarian first before returning the books.

Option 1: Return the books at the Tesla Main Gate (C3 Street)
Option 2: Grab delivery (delivery fee will be charged to the borrower)

Information needs when returning the books by Grab delivery:

Name:
Phone number:
Address: 171b Hoang Hoa Tham, Phuong 13, Tan Binh, Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh

3. Lost/Damage Item

Librarian will send a list of unreturned books weekly for reminders.
After three days of the reminder, if the patron still hasn’t returned the book, the librarian will begin to charge fines (10,000 VND per day).
Any item a semester past due and damaged item is considered lost.
In case of loss/damage of any document or LRC property, the user has to pay: Library item price + Shipping fee.
In case of torn books or documents, students must compensate based on the librarian’s assessment.

4. Register (Parents)

Send the following information at claire.ocampo@tesla.edu.vn / hue.nln@tesla.edu.vn :

Name:
Email:
Phone number:
Home Address:
Child’s Name:
Grade & Homeroom:

Admissions

The education savings package “CRISIS BEHIND, FUTURE AHEAD”

As a parent, our biggest aspiration is to help our children enjoy good education and be successful. How can we prepare our child for a solid education foundation, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic during the past 2 years?

At Tesla Education Group, we understand the concerns and difficulties of parents, especially when COVID-19 has led to global financial instability directly affecting every family. Economic experts predict we will need at least 3 years after the pandemic is over to get back to a normal recovering and developing economy.

Therefore, 2021 is an important time for parents to choose an education solution that not only is stable and suitable for children in the next 3 to 5 years but also fits the family budget. This also presents an opportunity for parents to leverage their children’s outstanding development compared to their peers.

A good financial plan now can realize parent’s dream of educating their children even in the global crisis. With that in mind, in 2021-2022, Tesla Education Group – International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme, has introduced the “CRISIS BEHIND, FUTURE AHEAD” – The education savings package for primary and secondary parents. Students will be able to learn in a modern and creative educational environment, which will get them ready for universities in any advanced educational system in the world.

Parents who would like to explore more, please visit the link: https://tesla.edu.vn/en/admissions/education-saving-package/

Limited Scholarships available now for new MYP students 2021-2022

Tesla is pleased to offer a limited number of Academic Scholarships ranging from 25% to 100% for new MYP students for the next school year 2021-2022. Please note the closing date is coming soon on May 31, 2021, please apply now!

If you would like to receive more information regarding enrollment, please contact Tesla at: admission@tesla.edu.vn.