Message from Sanjay – 09 March

IB training

Theresa, Daniela, Jutta, Emma and Knut are back from Budapest after their intensive IB PYP training in ‘International-mindedness’ and the ‘Written curriculum’. They will now be able to conduct their own workshops at ISN for the further professional development of all their colleagues.

Visit to IB School.

Jacques will visit Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium, an authorised IB Diploma School, in Ludwigshafen tomorrow Monday, 2 March 2009 from 10:00 to 13:00. The aim of this visit is to establish links with Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium.

Welcome back…

I hope that the mid-term break was a good, relaxing and interesting time for all of us. We had a good start to this term with a very short but busy week.

Christine got engaged to her boyfriend Scott during the holiday. Congratulations Christine and Scott!

Learning partners started to use their new lockers. Could I please remind everyone to have an extra key cut , which you should give to your homeroom mentor to keep for you, for those days that you might forget your key at home.

The new classroom is nearly finished and we will start using it soon, within the next week or two.

Welcome Isabel!

A hearty welcome to Isabel who has joined us in MS 2 just before the half term break. We hope you have a wonderful and successful time with us!

Welcome Jack!

Jack from the UK, are joining ISN in MS 2  (grade 7).

Welcome Jack! We hope your time at ISN will be happy, successful and rewarding.

Kind regards,

Jacques

Good bye Jonas…

Jonas is moving to a German school this month. We wish him plenty of happiness and a lot of success at his new school.

Bonne chance, Jonas and do well !

Kindest regards,

Sanjay

End of year….

In Middle School it has become tradition to end the term with a breakfast, where we could all relax together and enjoy nice food and the wonderful company of our friends and class mates.

A hearty thanks to all our Middle School Learning Partners and mentors for their tasty contributions to our breakfast buffet. As usual there was more than plenty to choose from; we donated muffins, cakes and other delicatessens to the Neustadt/Weinstrasse home for the homeless. Thanks, Friedrich for this wonderful idea!

As you all know Sophia, our ICT mentor, is relocating to The Netherlands this weekend. Sophia, thank you for your hard work at ISN and we wish you the best for the future. I would like to welcome Kirk Paine from the USA, our new ICT mentor, to our learning house. We hope that your time with us will be a wonderful experience!

I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone in our Middle School for a successful term. I wish you all a “Merry Christmas” and “A very happy New Year”.

Jacques