Message From the Head of School – March 18, 2020

I am very proud that Bali Island School has moved to our Distance Learning Program so seamlessly. While it is never an easy decision to close the school, knowing our Distance Learning Program was ready to roll certainly helped. Student learning has not missed a beat! 

I would like to thank the BIS faculty for all of the efforts to learn, adapt, share and grow. Over the past 6 weeks, the faculty has been preparing to make this leap. Each faculty member learned new applications, prepared units and lessons for the Distance Learning experience, chatted with their professional and personal learning network members to research what has been successful and collaborated with our faculty to think creatively about the best possible learning experiences for our students. All of this and teaching, report writing, and caring for each of our students every day. We are truly blessed to have this talented group of faculty members work with our children each and every day.

I would like to thank BIS parents and guardians for your efforts to support your child’s learning. Distance Learning is so much more successful when parents and guardians are supportive of the learning process. Our students are following our expectations and staying connected with their teachers and peers through our online platforms. Student attendance has been extremely high all week.

In the meantime, I can assure you we are doing all we can to have our campus look shipshape when we reopen. The Secondary Music room is getting upgraded windows. All manipulatives have been thoroughly cleaned, and classrooms are undergoing deep cleaning as well.

We will continue to monitor Indonesia’s response to Covid-19 and share any new developments with our community as decisions are made. The Distance Learning program will continue from March 30 – April 10. April 13 continues to be our target date for reopening the physical school. 

Thank you for continuing to use TravelTracker@baliis.net to inform us of your travel plans.

Enjoy the holiday!