by Gary GOODWIN | Jan 16, 2020 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), IGCSE
As we come back from our winter break, we are getting ready for the THIMUN conference next week in Doha, Qatar. Twenty students from ABIS will be representing the countries of Tajikistan and Belgium on various committees such as the General Assembly, Human Rights...
by Gary GOODWIN | Dec 12, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
Students in grade 9 have been involved in an interdisciplinary unit looking at the Holocaust. One of our culminating projects has students researching a Holocaust survivor/victim and creating a suitcase for them that tells their story. Students will be writing journal...
by Gary GOODWIN | Dec 4, 2019 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary ToK
On Tuesday, grade 12 students completed their TOK presentations which will be marked and sent to the IB for moderation. The students did very well despite their nervousness and delivered high quality presentations that were thoughtful and organized. Next week we will...
by Gary GOODWIN | Dec 4, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
This week students read testimony from a survivor who experienced the transit camps during the WWII. Students used information from the reading and their knowledge gained from this unit to create an empathy map to show what the survivor was feeling, thinking, seeing,...
by Gary GOODWIN | Nov 21, 2019 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), IGCSE
Students have been reviewing for exams this week in DP and IGCSE. In DP, we are creating a visual timeline of the Chinese Civil War that includes both phases as well as the Second Sino-Japanese War that divided the civil war. The IGCSE students have been revising for...
