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2023-2024 review: stand-out moments and achievements

June 20, 2024

Watch our highlights video from a year packed with challenging and joyful learning and peak community moments putting ISB’s aspirational Mission into action.

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ISB Dragons enjoy the Dragon Boat Festival

June 12, 2024

It’s China’s lunar Year of the Dragon and we are the ISB Dragons. What better timing for a special trip to experience one of the country’s most important festivals?

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ISB Sustainability Impact Report gives update on school's green leadership

May 27, 2024

Launching the new report, here’s a summary of some of its highlights plus a video about ISB’s regular Organic Farmers Markets.

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Congratulations to the Class of 2024, ISB's newest alumni!

May 23, 2024

After a school experience fostering social-emotional strength, academics, global citizenship, purpose and compassion, these students have exciting futures, with many poised for their dream courses at universities worldwide.

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Elementary School festival celebrates and shares the arts

May 13, 2024

For this CASTA video, we interviewed ISB’s youngest artists and found out how visual and performing arts are a key part of learning that is challenging and joyful.

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ISB Class of 2024 Senior Parade Video!

April 24, 2024

It's here, ISB: Class of 2024's Senior Parade Video!

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Earth Month further elevates ISB as an environmental leader

April 18, 2024

Here’s a summary of some of the major activities still to come in this initiative in line with ISB’s pioneering commitment to sustainability.

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Neurodiversity Celebration Week at ISB

March 29, 2024

Five days of activity showed the school’s commitment to inclusivity and its support for students with different learning profiles.

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Flashback Friday: BEIMUN

March 22, 2024

This academic simulation of one of the world’s most important diplomatic organizations develops skills including critical thinking, public speaking, collaboration, and leadership.

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Hi! Ni hao! Hola! Salut! ISB Language Week

March 14, 2024

Following this special week, here’s a video showing how languages and cultural diversity are a key part of the challenging and joyful learning at ISB.

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Flashback Friday: Wu Shu is back at ISB!

February 23, 2024

Starting in Season 3 ASAs, the Jackie Chan Stunt Team, founded in 1976, will be teaching interested ES and MS students Wu Shu.

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Experts, ISB community grapple with AI issues during second ISB Leadership Talk

January 26, 2024

Featuring alumni guest speakers, the talk series was established to foster community, provide challenging and joyful learning, and help students consider hot, real-world issues.

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Coffee mornings, Back to School Nights, charity sports matches, and distinguished guest speakers

January 19, 2024

ISB’s Strategic Plan formally identifies strong relationships as one of the school’s priorities. Here’s a look at how the numerous events that ISB organizes for parents support a welcoming, engaged community.

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Semester 1 highlights video

December 15, 2023

Students, parents, and staff star in this highlights reel from a few months in which they really put ISB’s aspirational Mission into action.

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Lifelong learners

December 11, 2023

The best learners never stop learning. Here’s a video about ISB’s professional development programs, which help ensure teachers and staff are providing tip-top tuition.

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When students run the assemblies

December 5, 2023

ISB’s Elementary School has given students input into planning assemblies and events where they present their challenging and joyful learning to classmates and parents.

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Flashback Friday: Theater Productions at ISB

December 1, 2023

For this week's Flashback Friday, let us take a trip down memory lane of theater productions through the years.

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Book Week at ISB

October 20, 2023

Here’s a video about how ISB’s literacy experts are using a range of initiatives to ensure challenging and joyful learning in this area.