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Semester 1 highlights video

December 13, 2024

Stand-out moments and achievements from another few months of students, parents, staff, and alumni putting ISB’s aspirational Mission into action.

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Grade 10 Students Take Charge of Their Fitness Journey

December 5, 2024

This unit’s focus on meaningful, student-driven physical education is fostering athletes that value fitness and well-being beyond the gym that will prepare these young students for a future of lifelong challenging and joyful learning.

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How ISB musicians tune up for winter concerts

November 29, 2024

Audiences are enjoying a series of festive shows by our choirs and musical ensembles. Here’s a short video showing one group’s learning journey perfecting their performance.

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ISB Shines on Stage: APAC Choir Festival and HS Production Dazzle Audiences!

November 19, 2024

ISB performing arts dazzled audiences at last week's APAC Choir Festival and HS Production!

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More than meets the eye – visual arts at ISB

November 14, 2024

Amid a busy period for ISB artists, here’s a look at the subject’s academic and social value. Painting, drawing, and sculpture are such a beautiful part of what a good school does!

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Think like an ISB math whiz

October 31, 2024

ISB has introduced a new math program for its Elementary and Middle Schools. Take these challenges and find out if you could do the math of one of our students.

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Favorite ISB literacy traditions

October 21, 2024

Following Book Week, here’s a list of some of the many ways ISB promotes literacy. There are more events, initiatives, and programs than you can shake a library card at!

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Heir to Amelie Wen Zhao's bestselling success

October 17, 2024

Hearing from alumni can be inspiring to ISB students. Here’s the story of how a talk by an alumni author gave one aspiring novelist in Grade 11 the boost to get published herself.

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All Aboard the Energy Bus: A New Initiative for Promoting Positivity

October 11, 2024

This school year, the International School of Beijing (ISB) is hitting the road with an exciting new initiative in our Elementary School (ES): the Energy Bus!

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Pipa Master Wu Man Brings Cross-Cultural Music Experience to ISB

September 27, 2024

On September 24, ISB had the privilege of welcoming world-renowned pipa master Wu Man for a transformative cross-cultural music exchange with our government affairs student ambassadors.

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ISB hosts fun run to celebrate all abilities

September 9, 2024

ISB is rare among international schools in how it accommodates diversity, and the school was delighted to host the U.S. Embassy Disability Action Group’s fun run on Sunday.

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Eureka moments in ISB's design lab

August 30, 2024

Here’s a short video showing Middle School students’ learning journey over a semester in one particularly interesting design project.

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What's NEW at ISB?

August 27, 2024

From facilities, to sustainability, to a schoolwide book study, learn more about all the new things at ISB this year, that will help us continue to provide challenging and joyful learning to EVERY student.

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Columbia University Symposium Club summer program at ISB

August 16, 2024

Partnering with the prestigious university served ISB’s mission of helping thinkers and leaders find their place in the world.

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Another year of great IB exam results at ISB

August 13, 2024

ISB students once again outperformed global peers in this prestigious academic program. It’s a fantastic achievement, aided by the school’s focus on challenging and joyful learning and its culture of high expectations and high support.

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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.