by Paul Healy | Sep 3, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
What a different start to the new year. The students were awesome. As a collective we had to work out some small kinks using classroom links and new applications. Students worked through google classroom, collaborated in Jamboards and used break out rooms to chat in...
by Gary GOODWIN | Sep 3, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Humanities, Secondary History, Secondary ToK
It was great seeing everyone back in class this week. I have missed our conversations. Thank you to all students who participated and helped each other as we moved to the distance learning format. Here are some photos of student collaboration within Google Jamboard....
by Greg PERRY | Sep 3, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
Hello families, We did it! We got together schedules and all those links and our students found their way to their correct classes in time at well over a 90% success rate. Congratulations to all who practiced their perseverance in overcoming obstacles. It has been...
by Andres BRADSHAW | Sep 3, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP)
Hello, It has been a pleasure to see everyone this week and the ABIS students have really impressed me with their warm welcome to a new member of the community, their friendliness and how well they have managed to quickly adapt to online face-to-face learning. Well...
by Margot SIMONDS | Sep 2, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
Hello Abis Secondary ! This week it has been wonderful getting to know the students and see their faces! During the two days of orientation I was able to meet and work with all of the students in secondary. There is a definate learning curve for distance learning, but...
by Tynisha LOUGHER | Sep 2, 2020 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary French
This week we returned to virtual learning and I had a chance to meet some of my French students. You all are AMAZING! I realize it isn’t easy being online all day, but you made my first week at ABIS a wonderful experience and for that, I am truly grateful. While...
