The Informer - the International School of Stavanger
The Informer - the International School of Stavanger The Informer - the International School of Stavanger
The Informer 11 November, 2005News from the High School Counselor...TO SENIORS SUBMITTING REGU-LAR DEADLINE U.S. and UCASapplications:All application materials are due in theCounseling Office by Tuesday, 15November, 2005TO NORWEGIAN STUDENTS CON-SIDERING NORTH AMERICAN UNI-VERSITIES:Do you plan on studying in the USA orCanada? Are you interested in locatingscholarship sources to help fund the cost?The Norway-American Association offersa wide variety of scholarship opportunitiesto Norwegian students bound for campusesin the USA and Canada. For moreinformation, see their website atwww.noram.no and apply by2 December, 2005Reminder of Visiting Universities:•Champlain College (Liberal Arts Collegein Vermont): Tuesday, 15 November, atISS during lunch break (outside cafeteria)•Hong Kong University of Science andTechnology: Tuesday, 15 November, atISS during lunch break (outside cafeteria)•Concordia College (Liberal Arts College,with a fine music program, in Minnesota):Wednesday, 16 November, at ISS duringlunch break (outside cafeteria)Ask the Counselor…A parent asks: “What exactly is new aboutthe “New SAT” and how will students behelped to prepare for the new format?The content of the SAT Reasoning Testchanged beginning with the March 2005test administration. The new SATincludes a written essay that requires studentsto take a position on an issue, usingexamples to support that position.Multiple-choice questions test a student’sability to identify sentence errors,improve sentences, and improve paragraphs.Two types of questions-analogiesand quantitative comparisons are not onthe new SAT. However, sentence-completionquestions remain on the test.Analogies have be replaced with short,paragraph-length reading passages, andthe math section now includes someadvanced math topics (but nothingbeyond Algebra II) such as exponentialgrowth, absolute value, functional notation,and negative and fractional exponents.Greater emphasis is placed onother math topics such as linear functionsand scatterplots.In an effort to prepare students for thesechanges, the Counseling Office will usepart of Junior Seminar in the spring termto clearly inform students about whatthey will need to know in order to performwell. Any Junior who is planning toattend college/university in the U.S.should plan to take the SAT in the springof their junior year.Question for the Counselor?Then email cschweid@isstavanger.no. Atthe very least you can expect a reply by e-mail and, in those cases where several students/parentsmight have a similar questionI will try to respond in the nextInformer.Ms. Carole SchweidHigh School Counselor4
11 November, 2005 The InformerIT’S FLU SEASONNovember is officially the start of the”flu ” season. The symptoms of the fluare more severe than the common cold,often resulting in a person needing totake to bed for 4-5 days. The fever associatedwith the flu can be quite high andthe headache, muscle aches and lowerback pain are equally troubling.Seasonal FluIs a human disease which can be preventedby a vaccine. Everyone knowsthis disease and a part of the populationsuffers from it during winter. As thiskind of flu can be fatal, for the physicallyweak amongst us, the elderly, andpeople who have been rendered weakdue to a chronic illness, it is urged thatthese people be vaccinated first.Avian FluOr” bird flu” is just that- an influenzavirus that usually infects wild or domesticatedbirds (particularly poultry).There have been a number of cases (112globally) of the virus infecting humanswho have had very close contact withpoultry in the Asian Pacific Region. Thedeath rate from these infections has beenhigh at >50%Pandemic FluIs flu that spreads rapidly around theworld. A flu pandemic occurs when anew strain of virus appears to whichmost people have no immunity to.The reason that there is so much concernNews from the Nurseabout the Avian Flu is that this could bethe cause of the next Pandemic Flu.AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO EVI-DENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THEAVIAN FLU VIRUS CAN SPREADFROM HUMAN TO HUMAN.There is concern however that it couldchange to become a highly infectiousvirus to humans.FACTSWe DON’T know when the nextPandemic Flu will hit us.There will be a vaccine for a FluPandemic.IT will take a number of months for avaccine to be developed.Norway as well as many other countriesare stockpiling the anti-viral drugTamiflu. This will become availableimmediately to all if a Pandemic Flushould start.Remember that if you do get the flu thisyear, follow the common sense remediesof plenty of rest, lots of fluids, and overthe counter, non-aspirin pain relieverswill minimize your symptoms and helpthe body to recover.One last word of caution: Since theseinfections are passed from one person toanother through the droplets of breathing,sneezes and coughs, if a somewhatill child comes to school they are sure topass the infection on to other children.Therefore, it is wise to keep sick childrenat home until they have recovered.5
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11 November, 2005 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Informer</strong>IT’S FLU SEASONNovember is <strong>of</strong>ficially <strong>the</strong> start <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>”flu ” season. <strong>The</strong> symptoms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fluare more severe than <strong>the</strong> common cold,<strong>of</strong>ten resulting in a person needing totake to bed for 4-5 days. <strong>The</strong> fever associatedwith <strong>the</strong> flu can be quite high and<strong>the</strong> headache, muscle aches and lowerback pain are equally troubling.Seasonal FluIs a human disease which can be preventedby a vaccine. Everyone knowsthis disease and a part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> populationsuffers from it during winter. As thiskind <strong>of</strong> flu can be fatal, for <strong>the</strong> physicallyweak amongst us, <strong>the</strong> elderly, andpeople who have been rendered weakdue to a chronic illness, it is urged that<strong>the</strong>se people be vaccinated first.Avian FluOr” bird flu” is just that- an influenzavirus that usually infects wild or domesticatedbirds (particularly poultry).<strong>The</strong>re have been a number <strong>of</strong> cases (112globally) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> virus infecting humanswho have had very close contact withpoultry in <strong>the</strong> Asian Pacific Region. <strong>The</strong>death rate from <strong>the</strong>se infections has beenhigh at >50%Pandemic FluIs flu that spreads rapidly around <strong>the</strong>world. A flu pandemic occurs when anew strain <strong>of</strong> virus appears to whichmost people have no immunity to.<strong>The</strong> reason that <strong>the</strong>re is so much concernNews from <strong>the</strong> Nurseabout <strong>the</strong> Avian Flu is that this could be<strong>the</strong> cause <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> next Pandemic Flu.AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO EVI-DENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THEAVIAN FLU VIRUS CAN SPREADFROM HUMAN TO HUMAN.<strong>The</strong>re is concern however that it couldchange to become a highly infectiousvirus to humans.FACTSWe DON’T know when <strong>the</strong> nextPandemic Flu will hit us.<strong>The</strong>re will be a vaccine for a FluPandemic.IT will take a number <strong>of</strong> months for avaccine to be developed.Norway as well as many o<strong>the</strong>r countriesare stockpiling <strong>the</strong> anti-viral drugTamiflu. This will become availableimmediately to all if a Pandemic Flushould start.Remember that if you do get <strong>the</strong> flu thisyear, follow <strong>the</strong> common sense remedies<strong>of</strong> plenty <strong>of</strong> rest, lots <strong>of</strong> fluids, and over<strong>the</strong> counter, non-aspirin pain relieverswill minimize your symptoms and help<strong>the</strong> body to recover.One last word <strong>of</strong> caution: Since <strong>the</strong>seinfections are passed from one person toano<strong>the</strong>r through <strong>the</strong> droplets <strong>of</strong> breathing,sneezes and coughs, if a somewhatill child comes to school <strong>the</strong>y are sure topass <strong>the</strong> infection on to o<strong>the</strong>r children.<strong>The</strong>refore, it is wise to keep sick childrenat home until <strong>the</strong>y have recovered.5
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