ISA Success at the International Schools AMIS Solo and Ensemble Music Festival

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Last weekend, ISA Musicians in grades 6-12 participated in 22 solo and small group events at the Association for Music in International School’s Solo and Ensemble Festival which took place at the American School of the Hague. ISA students performed exceptionally well, with all students achieving a rating of Performance with Distinction (I+) or Performance with Merit (I). Noteworthy performances include Tanner Crites’ marimba solo and the Upper School Jazz Ensemble (Eliott Gairard, Francisco Fortanet and Wilson Porteus) who all received perfect scores from their judges. Three students, Hyelynn Choi, Natalie Parker and Alex Jin performed in the Honors Division, which required them to perform highly challenging works. Next year’s solo and ensemble event will take place on January 30, 2021; musicians, mark your calendars and start practising now!

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ISA Alum Recognised as 2019 Forbes Under 30 Scholar

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ISA Alum, Omer Manhaimer was recently recognised as a 2019 Forbes Under 30 Scholar, a programme which selects high-achieving students from top universities to come and participate in the annual Forbes under 30 event.  Omer was one of three students from Britain selected to attend.
Having attended the event in Detroit, he was able to connect and network with renowned business and social leaders, AI exports young innovators and entrepreneurs.  He gained valuable knowledge from the best of the best, including Tomas Pfister (Head of Research at Google Cloud AI and Serena Williams.
Omer also participated in, and won, the ErieHack competition, tackling the issue of algae blooms in Lake Erie.
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The Xtreme Librarian and The Chicken Whisperer visit ISA for Book Week 2019!

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This week, ISA was lucky enough to be visited by ‘The Xtreme Librarian’ and ‘The Chicken Whisperer’, aka book ambassador John Schu and children’s author Sam Copeland, as part of our highly-anticipated Book Week 2019. This annual celebration of all things book-related, much loved by students and staff members alike, is designed to nurture a love of reading in students that will stick with them for life.

Our wonderful librarians organised a host of activities for students throughout the week, including quizzes and challenges, while tents are set up in the library to give students a quiet space to enjoy their current read. Each morning, a Mystery Reader read to students in the Lower School Library, with over 25 staff members volunteering this year, including ISA Director Dr. Bernadette Carmody.

Schu is a blogger and the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs. Library Journal named Schu ‘The Xtreme Librarian’ for the high level of exertion he uses to get students reading! At ISA, Schu presented to students in grades PK-7 throughout the week, held a Librarians’ Workshop after-school and an All-Faculty Book Week Breakfast Workshop. 

Copeland, a literary agent, children’s author and self-professed ‘Chicken Whisperer’ met with our Lower School students to talk about his new chapter book series, Charlie Changes into a Chicken and the sequel Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex.