The U.S. Department of State Office of Overseas Schools
04-Aug-21
04-Aug-21
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Daniel A. Kerr, David Callaway, and Veronica Kaypaghian, were selected as the three International School educators for the 2021 National Distinguished Principals Award. ..more |
By Bridget McNamer
04-Aug-21
04-Aug-21
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The Sidecar Summit, a gathering of adventurous women leaders in preK-12 education. ..more |
International School of Beijing
04-Aug-21
04-Aug-21
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An International School of Beijing (ISB) teacher’s debut children’s book makes great summer reading for families. ..more |
Anne Keeling
04-Aug-21
04-Aug-21
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What skillsets are essential to today’s international school teachers? These and many more questions were addressed at the Edruptors Conference which was hosted online by ISC Research in July. ..more |
By Anuradha Monga
04-Aug-21
04-Aug-21
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In this year’s retreat, CAMP and TAISI introduced mediation as an approach to resolving disputes. This was aimed to be part of a larger effort to steer international schools towards mediation. ..more |
By Jaleea Price
06-Jul-21
06-Jul-21
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A small group of International School Bangkok (ISB) students were guided by professors as they literally connected their embodied knowledge to the laboratory testing capabilities of motion analysis. ..more |
By Jill Alali
06-Jul-21
06-Jul-21
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Fairgreen International School is the first school in Dubai to introduce a revolutionary, data-driven system of movement screening and remediation to promote optimal physical wellbeing for its students. ..more |
By Suzanne Laong and Liam Hammer
06-Jul-21
06-Jul-21
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Sharing the various approaches in Tenby Schools Johor has adapted to the COVID crisis and thrived as a school community. ..more |
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If you are a student aged 12-16, working on a project to make our world sustainable, we want to hear about it! The #YoungGreenLeaders Award. ..more |
By Ryan Hopkins-Wilcox
22-Jun-21
22-Jun-21
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21 years into the 21st century, we still are having discussions about how to teach 21st-century skills and dispositions. Among educators who are ready to explore the ideas of creativity, passion, identity, collaboration, and self-directed learning a new version of school can emerge. ..more |
By Jeffrey Gibbs
08-Jun-21
08-Jun-21
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Yasmin Erkohen, an eleventh grader and second year writing consultant for Hisar Writing Center has won the MENAWCA's annual award for providing exemplary service to students through innovative tutoring techniques and the quality of her tutoring work. ..more |
By Marina Gijzen
08-Jun-21
08-Jun-21
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At Lincoln Community School, elementary school teachers and leaders learned from their emergency online experience that there might be a more effective way to provide a student-centered approach to online learning. ..more |
By Sally Robertson
08-Jun-21
08-Jun-21
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80 students from 10 schools in 9 countries on 4 continents collaborated to produce 60 stories in Hear It Out – A memoir of an extraordinary year, a performance project that celebrates real life stories and creates a significant piece of collective oral history. ..more |
By Alistair Goold
25-May-21
25-May-21
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In his Action Research Project, Alistair Goold examined the role that restorative justice practices can play for international families in transition, using his own family as a case study as they moved during the Covid-19 pandemic and faced a perfect storm of challenges. ..more |
By Alexandra Bates
25-May-21
25-May-21
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A graduating senior at Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Lima, Peru offers a beautiful reflection on her first day at the new school, capturing the anxiety and trepidation that so many international students experience in transitioning but also the enriching experiences of growth in community. ..more |
By Ranjana Harlalka
25-May-21
25-May-21
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Students at Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti school in Guwahati, India have been working with enthusiasm, hope, and determination on meaningful creative projects throughout the pandemic, sometimes in collaboration with students around the world. ..more |
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In a global competition launched by Book Creator and Planet Classroom, youth aged 11-18 were asked to create a one-page storybook, including a cover illustration, and to read it aloud. Over 480 stories poured in. ..more |
By Libby Sievert
11-May-21
11-May-21
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With Schutz American School nearing its centennial celebration, the design team launched a collective process aimed at re-imagining campus. The visual art building got an extraordinary makeover in the most challenging of conditions. ..more |
By Alec Aspinwall
11-May-21
11-May-21
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In a chapter book created with the help of international school counselors, teachers, principals, and heads of school, Grade 5 twins Patrick and Patricia (aka X-Pats) leave their home country and start new adventures abroad at an international school. ..more |
By Shwetangna Chakrabarty
06-May-21
06-May-21
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Students at Utahloy International School Guangzhou (UISG), in Guangzhou, China decided to focus on staff and student wellbeing to mark Teacher Appreciation Week and organized five days of fun and fundraising. ..more |
By Richard Bampfylde
27-Apr-21
27-Apr-21
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Students from twenty schools representing six countries across three continents participated in this 5th edition of BHSMUN, demonstrating key skills necessary for a balanced Middle-East region and to lead through very challenging times towards a bright future. ..more |
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Ikigai SISU School, located in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, is the first SISU school to open in a global franchise model designed to create world-class K-12 international schools, born of a collaboration between International Schools Services and Lumo Education. ..more |
By Irem Noyaner
27-Apr-21
27-Apr-21
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Organized for the 7th time this year and attended by more than 1,400 students to date, the Hisar Coding Summit offers courses and workshops in a variety of fields, such as artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and application, and game development—all taught by students. ..more |
By Robert van der Eyken
13-Apr-21
13-Apr-21
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Students at Academia Cotopaxi's school newspaper asked Director Robert van der Eyken to contribute an article on what has been learned over the past year. In this powerful reflection, he submits that 2021 offers an opportunity to apply lessons learned to future challenges. ..more |
By Wyatt Franz
13-Apr-21
13-Apr-21
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Things are changing daily in Myanmar for the author and his family. Navigating this amount of flux and uncertainty can feel overwhelming. Focusing on what is, Wyatt lets us walk in his shoes. ..more |
By Mrs. Jean Candol-Piscioneri
13-Apr-21
13-Apr-21
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Despite uncertainty, and constant changes in our daily or weekly schedule, science lab activities at Seoul International School continue to be implemented effectively through flexible thinking and focusing on the possibilities rather than limitations. ..more |
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American School of Bahrain (ASB), the newest addition to Esol Education’s global family of schools, is situated on an expansive 60,000 square meter, state-of-the-art campus. Located in Riffa, ASB is home to one of the most advanced learning environments on the island ..more |
By Kelly Owens
30-Mar-21
30-Mar-21
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Service learning, according to Kelly Owens, is problematic in that it reinforces the “savior” mentality among students at international schools. A different approach, community-based engagement, shows them the importance of working together for the betterment of all. ..more |
By David Willows
30-Mar-21
30-Mar-21
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A year ago, a team at the International School of Brussels embarked upon a quest to unlearn Advancement. Dismantling such an established part of the school’s administration was bound to be a challenge. A year and a pandemic later, here are 5 ways in which their work has changed. ..more |
By Anne Keeling, ISC Research
15-Mar-21
15-Mar-21
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ISC Research, which tracks the world’s international schools, has released a new report of research into how the wellbeing of students and staff at international schools has been affected by COVID-19. ..more |
By ACS Press Office
15-Mar-21
15-Mar-21
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As schools across the U.K. return to on-site teaching and learning, ACS International Schools' parents, teachers, and students share their thoughts and feelings on the return to the classroom. ..more |
By Wyatt Franz
03-Mar-21
03-Mar-21
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Listening to nature can bring us to the present moment in times of turmoil. Wyatt Franz would know. He has been teaching through the pandemic and now a coup in Myanmar. ..more |
By Adelina Holmes
03-Mar-21
03-Mar-21
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Initially when leading trainings, Adelina Holmes was giving fast lectures and expecting participants to absorb the information she was "gifting" to them—a common mistake. Everything shifted when she started designing her workshops in the same way she planned a class. ..more |
By David Willows
16-Feb-21
16-Feb-21
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Has Covid-19 already started to mold and influence the ways in which today’s generation of students will choose the right school for their children? David Willows decided to test this idea on the school-aged people in his own family. ..more |
By Richard Bampfylde
16-Feb-21
16-Feb-21
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The nearly 150-year-old British Quaker school in Mount Lebanon raised over US$130,000 since August 2020 from 175 donors to support school families with tuition fee payments and for those directly affected by August 4th explosion. ..more |
David L. Di Maria Associate Vice Provost for International Education, University of Maryland
16-Feb-21
16-Feb-21
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Associate Vice Provost for International Education at the University of Maryland feels that President Biden’s rollbacks on former President Trump’s travel restrictions signal new opportunities for international students. ..more |
Finlay Morriss
02-Feb-21
02-Feb-21
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Online learning platform Mangahigh has launched its Maths Challenge competition in partnership with COBIS to help improve attainment, as well as support schools and students who are currently learning remotely. ..more |
By Lisa Perskie & the UNAtions Team
02-Feb-21
02-Feb-21
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School of the Nations has found that it is possible both to sustain and strengthen its service projects and connections with its sister schools online thanks to friendship, collaboration, and empathy. The trust developed prior to the pandemic helped tremendously. ..more |
By Angela Beach
02-Feb-21
02-Feb-21
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Dalian American International School Elementary in Dalian, China takes distance learning beyond the screen by offering student toolkits to enhance instruction and add a personal touch—a weekly-refreshed bag of physical supplements to online learning. ..more |
By Jill Alali
02-Feb-21
02-Feb-21
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Commencing in the 2021-2022 academic year, Fairgreen students will be able to embrace an international network of experts in sustainability by choosing tracks in Nature Conservation, Sustainable Hospitality, Sustainable Fashion and more. ..more |
By ACS Press Office
02-Feb-21
02-Feb-21
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Open to all interested in building a better, more sustainable future, "The world needs global citizens" will be hosted by ACS International School Hillingdon on Tuesday 9 February and will feature a number of speakers who will share perspectives on the global challenges before us. ..more |
By Ben Fishman and Josh Lange
19-Jan-21
19-Jan-21
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Concordia International School Shanghai has forged a partnership that allows international school students and staff to work together with local Chinese in community development efforts, mainly through education and health projects in rural parts of the country ..more |
By Anne Keeling, ISC Research
19-Jan-21
19-Jan-21
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The International School Awards 2021 were live streamed Monday, 18 January to schools around the world. The International School of the Year 2021 was awarded to Branksome Hall Asia, South Korea. ..more |
By Sharon Canadine
19-Jan-21
19-Jan-21
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The student population at Colegio Interamericano in Guatemala City has been steadily growing over the past 40 years. Thanks to a recent expansion project, the school now covers 15.5 acres and includes state-of-the-art facilities. ..more |
By Sophie Baillie
19-Jan-21
19-Jan-21
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Impington Village College, located on the outskirts of Cambridge in the U.K., has been awarded Foundation level for the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of its work to bring the world into the classroom. ..more |
By Justin Sheehan
06-Jan-21
06-Jan-21
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Unable to travel out of province due to the global pandemic, students and teachers at Dalian American International School developed a partnership with regional corporations in order to bring online learning opportunities to children in local communities. ..more |
By Mick Amundson-Geisel
06-Jan-21
06-Jan-21
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The Myanmar International School Counselors Association (MISCA) has allowed its members to stay connected professionally and offer mutual support. But it has also empowered students to pursue their personal and educational goals. ..more |
