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[Community](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/community) ## [Monday Memory: Early days and Big Bird](https://blog.isb.cn/monday-memory-early-days-and-big-bird) November 8, 2020 By Sam Wong, ISB Alumni Relations, and Nick Yates, ISB Communications In the very early days of the... [Challenging & Joyful Learning](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/challenging-joyful-learning) [Facilities](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/facilities) ## [Back to the future](https://blog.isb.cn/back-to-the-future) November 1, 2020 By Nick Yates, ISB Communications Some amazing things have happened in the 40 years of the... [Challenging & Joyful Learning](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/challenging-joyful-learning) [Facilities](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/facilities) ## [Little chefs cooking up a storm](https://blog.isb.cn/little-chefs-cooking-up-a-storm) October 28, 2020 By Nick Yates, ISB Communications The International School of Beijing’s (ISB) youngest students... [Community](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/community) [Facilities](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/facilities) ## [Monday Memory: Gym animals](https://blog.isb.cn/monday-memory-gym-animals) October 25, 2020 By Nick Yates, ISB Communications Ethan Houston spent a lot of time in the Gym at the International... [Challenging & Joyful Learning](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/challenging-joyful-learning) [Community](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/community) [Facilities](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/facilities) ## [Monday Memory: Bad Apples come good](https://blog.isb.cn/monday-memory-bad-apples-come-good) October 18, 2020 By Nick Yates, ISB Communications Cullen Chen and Wesley Kwok, 2012 graduates from the... 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[Alumni](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/alumni) ## [Students benefit from alumni expertise](https://blog.isb.cn/students-benefit-from-alumni-expertise) September 16, 2020 By Sam Wong, ISB Alumni Relations The International School of Beijing (ISB) has one of the... [Community](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/community) [Facilities](https://blog.isb.cn/tag/facilities) ## [Top violinist Lu Siqing helps launch ISB's 40th anniversary](https://blog.isb.cn/top-violinist-lu-siqing-helps-launch-isbs-40th-anniversary) September 14, 2020 By Nick Yates, ISB Communications On September 1, the first day of the 2020-2021 school year, the... 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