by Oscar DASS | Nov 25, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Secondary Maths
Given the depth of the DP course, we are often short on time. Concepts taught in class have to be cemented by doing problem-solving exercises at home. Self management is key throughout these two years. A consistent strategy to keep up with current work and consolidate...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Nov 25, 2021 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12
In her graphic novel, Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi writes about a time in her childhood when her world was turned upside down by revolution. This presented her with many challenges not only in the physical and emotional turmoil of the time, but also in how she saw and...
by Margot SIMONDS | Nov 24, 2021 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Library
Recently the ABIS library has seen an influx of library books that are coming back after having been checked out up to 3 years ago! There are many, many books that are still missing from the library. Please take the time in the next few weeks, or during the upcoming...
by Nicholas MURGA | Nov 18, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
Grade 11 TOK students continue to engage one another in interesting and meaningful discussion on a variety of topics. We have explored areas of knowledge through the lenses of ethics, perspectives, methods and tools, and scope. Currently, students are examining the...
by Michael DE MARANVILLE | Nov 18, 2021 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP)
The DP higher level students are just finishing up reading the Graphic Novel Maus by Art Spiegelman. This text is a memoir of the artist trying to come to terms with and understand his father and what he suffered in Nazi occupied Poland during the second world war....
by Andres BRADSHAW | Nov 18, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9
This week’s focus has been on research and changing data into information and into knowledge and in some cases taking those seemingly unrelated facts and making some insights. The old adage that states “Knowledge is power”; not data, or information, but...
