by Abby BREWER | Jan 15, 2019 | Grade 10, IGCSE, Secondary English
For our final exam text, we are finishing off our study of poetry, focusing on war and nature poems. Of course, since poetry is poetry, it’s also all about love and death. What else would you write a poem about? Or, in the parlance of today’s teens…....
by Todd DAVIS | Jan 10, 2019 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 9, IGCSE, Secondary History, The Grades
The Model United Nations ASA is in the final stages of preparation for a major MUN conference in Qatar. This year ABIS will be representing the two countries of the Netherlands and Rwanda. This week we were fortunate enough to have a real United Nations...
by Todd DAVIS | Dec 20, 2018 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, IGCSE, The Grades
The secondary last day event leadership team organized a surprisingly enjoyable “Carnival” event for all secondary students. This was a great way for all of us to have some fun before the holiday. The event included a blindfolded maze, bean bag toss, egg...
by Abby BREWER | Dec 6, 2018 | Grade 10, IGCSE
Grade 10 has been reading The Winslow Boy, our second play for the IGCSE Literature exam. This week the whole case came to a head as Sir Robert grilled poor Ronnie, leaving him sobbing as a result of the interview. Ishtiaq was a very convincing hardcore prosecutor,...
by Todd DAVIS | Nov 15, 2018 | Community and Service, Creativity, Action, Service, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, IGCSE, The Grades
This week 15 StuCom Service students got to visit a group of 30 smiling 4th graders at Shumooa Al Watan primary school just a few minutes bus ride away from ABIS. They were excited to meet their new friends from ABIS, and wondering what was going to happen next..!?...
by Abby BREWER | Nov 8, 2018 | Grade 10, IGCSE, Secondary English
As a way of celebrating an end to our Romeo and Juliet unit (and for the teacher’s entertainment!), students worked in groups to perform a scene from the play. They had to select a scene that was significant in terms of character development, since in addition...
