by Leo THOMPSON | Jan 19, 2016 | Grade 9, Oman Week, Uncategorized
Grade 9 had a great day yesterday, filled with adventure abseiling and climbing up the via ferrata, followed by some down time and then a special surprise…a private session with the Oman Astronomical Society and a chance to check out the moon through their...
by Leo THOMPSON | Jan 17, 2016 | Grade 9, Oman Week
Grade 9s have touched down in Jebel Shams after a stop at the Beehive tombs! Everyone well and happy.
by Meghan KENNEY | Jan 14, 2016 | Grade 9, Secondary English
Grade 9 English students have been reading the book Spies, and this week they had a special assignment. They created tableaux, which are “freeze frames” of particular moments in the novel that are meaningful and powerful. To do the project, students...
by Eric GRIEBENOW | Jan 14, 2016 | Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music, The Grades
In G9 IGCSE music, we are studying the beginning of Western music, mainly Greek influence on music as we know it today (in Western culture). We get to look at photographs of pots, papyrus, and clay tablets and (with the help of expert music historians)...
by Todd DAVIS | Jan 7, 2016 | Grade 9, Secondary History, The Grades, Uncategorized
World peace anyone?? Awareness and appreciation of the wide variety of belief systems present in the world is taking an enormous step towards world peace. That is why this unit on belief systems is a key component along our Global Perspectives journey. During...
by Amy CAMP | Jan 7, 2016 | Grade 10, Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music
Tonight, grade 9 and 10 IGCSE music students are attending a concert of Indian Raga music at the Royal Opera House in Muscat. Previous concerts they’ve attended were an operetta, “The Csardas Princess” and the International Oud Festival....
