by Abby BREWER | Apr 25, 2019 | Community and Service, Creativity, Action, Service, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), IGCSE, The Grades
Community Council would like to announce its next event: Star Wars Day on Thursday, May 2nd! (May the 4th is over the weekend!) All ABIS students are invited to dress up as any Star Wars character of their choice. House points will be given to all who...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Apr 15, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Visual Arts, The Grades
Sara (Grade 11) has made time to pursue a personal area of interest: fashion photography. Her exhibition is upstairs in LC3, across from the science lab. Having started with nearly no photography experience, she committed a few hours a week to learning the basics of...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Apr 11, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Maths, The Grades
Four students from Grade 11 will represent ABIS in the 2019 International Mathematical Modeling Challenge, a contest that posts a single real world problem for students to solve by creating a mathematical model of the situation. Last week, Emma, Akram, Taif and Eunhye...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Apr 8, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Maths, The Grades
Our Math HL students discovered again what many have enjoyed about mathematics for ages… sometimes insight only comes after great struggle, but the satisfaction of understanding something truly difficult approaches shear joy. Once you get a taste of victory over...
by Todd DAVIS | Mar 27, 2019 | Community and Service, Creativity, Action, Service, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 6, Grade 9, IGCSE, The Grades
As part of the ABIS Community Council outreach program, thirteen students and two chaperones visited Al Suwaihrah Basic Education School in Sohar this week. The 4th graders from this school were thrilled to spend some quality time with ABIS students doing activities...
by Geetika MEKHALA | Mar 21, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary English
Grade 11 students are doing a great job in breaking down and analyzing poetry by Carol Ann Duffy. They first do this in groups and then discuss as a whole class. The discussions are mostly student lead, and I only step in to steer them in the right direction if...
