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CIS Hosts Dr. Sylvia Earle, World-Renowned Marine Biologist
Amanda and CIS students also had an opportunity to scuba dive with Dr. Sylvia EarleBy Amanda Brown, Cayman International School Grade 2 Teacher, and teacher mentor of Protect Our Future Protect Our Future (POF), a student-led environmental club at Cayman...
World Architecture Festival Prize Awarded to ULIS
ISS would like to congratulate United Lisbon International School (ULIS) in Portugal on its recent accolade at the World Architecture Festival. ULIS received the prestigious "The Lisbon" prize, honoring "the best building in the city" and recognizing the campus's...
DAIS Takes Action for Call to Earth Day and Beyond
DAIS students preparing to plant Turanga trees on campusThe community at Dostyk American International School (DAIS), Kazakhstan, are making a world of difference in caring for the earth. Most recently, they engaged in projects for CNN's Call to Earth Day while also...
Eco Kids at the International School of Aruba
Written by Amanda Murdoch, (Elementary Team Lead, Grade Four Teacher,) and Grade Four students at International School of Aruba Welcome to Eco Kids! We are Grade 4 students at the International School of Aruba who wanted to make a difference in our community. We are...
The Grouper Moon Project
Images from Cayman Islands Department of Environment Grouper Moon Project and REEF By Amanda Brown, Grade 2 teacher at Cayman International School (CIS) Little Cayman is home to the world's largest spawning aggregation of the critically endangered Nassau...
Finding an Opportunity for Service Learning in an Unusual Time
By Justin Sheehan, maker-space coordinator and teacher of Computer Science and Design Thinking at the Dalian American International School (Dalian, Liaoning, China). As the pandemic spread across the globe in early 2020, disrupting global trade, travel and...
The Spirit of AISA
The Algiers airport closed in February. Fortunately, new AISA teachers caught a repatriation flight in August, along with 3 returning staff By Elijah Petersen, Middle School, American International School of Algiers (AIS-Algiers) I think we can all agree that 2020...
ISS CHALLENGES Winner Dave Sheppard: Passion Projects Meet Master Class
“What new practices should schools keep or implement as a result of our experience with online learning?” We recently posed this question to educators around the world through our innovation platform ISS CHALLENGES. The response was tremendous, and we're excited to...