Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Mohamend
Spotlight On Our Student Mohamed
Mohamed is a wonderful grade 2 student. Since joining ISR last year, Mohamed has shown strong character in and out of the classroom. Each day he tries his hardest during lessons, persevering even when the material gets difficult. Always with a smile on his face, Mohamed is incredibly kind to each and every student in the classroom as well as to all of his teachers.
He’s enthusiastic about learning and is a credit to ISR! Or to quote his music teacher Ms. Bucher “He’s another ISR treasure!”
We are proud to spotlight Mohamed, one of many of ISR’s outstanding students!
Our Student Spotlight project aims to highlight every Friday one of our outstanding students who is, appropriate to this year’s theme, striving for “extraordinary achievements” on a daily basis. No matter if its academic success, a special commitment, or outstanding character traits – we look forward to sharing each of these success stories.
Our Student Spotlights
Saint Martin’s Parade at ISR
Saint Martin’s Parade at ISR
Friday, 08 November 2019
Once again, over a hundred ISR students together with their parents took part in the ISR St. Martin Parade on the grounds of the sports club PSV Neuss. Our students happily walked around the entire square, led by St. Martin on his horse, with their homemade lanterns in hand. During the parade, all sang St. Martin’s songs accompanied by a small orchestra with various instruments.
Ms. Lyons, our school director, started the event with a few welcoming words. Afterward, Ms. Ghica and Ms. Morris read the story of St. Martin, in German and English, in order to give everyone an understanding for the background of the custom and the parade. At the end of the ‘Martinszug’ everyone gathered on the ISR school grounds to end the evening with twisted bread on a stick and warm drinks at the bonfire. One of the highlights was the distribution of Weckmännern to our students, which St. Martin himself handed over from his horse.
We would like to thank our Parent Network for the great organisation of the parade, the workshop for homemade lanterns and all the helpers who contributed to this successful evening! We would also like to express our gratitude to our families, whose numerous participation in the event once again clearly showed how strong the cohesion in the ISR community is and how traditions from all over the world are appreciated and welcomed. Last but not least, we would like to thank Bauhaus in Neuss for sponsoring some fire baskets and the Metro Neuss for sponsored sweets.
Background information: St. Martin
For all families who do not know the St. Martin’s tradition: every year around November 11, children with colorful lanterns roam the dark streets and sing happy St. Martin and lantern songs. So who was St. Martin? St. Martin was a Roman soldier born in 316 AD. According to the legend, on a cold winter’s day, he passed a starving and freezing beggar. Martin felt so sorry for him that he cut his coat with his sword and gave the beggar half of his coat. In the night, Martin dreamed about the beggar who revealed himself as Jesus Christ. After this experience, Martin wanted to be baptized. Later, he became Bishop of the city of Tours (now in France) and today is the patron saint of several professional groups.
PSB Sponsor Meeting at ISR
PSB Sponsor Meeting at ISR
Wednesday, 06 November 2019
We had the honour of hosting an event for our cooperating partners “PSB – Partner für Sport und Bildung” yesterday. The sponsor meeting, which was attended by almost 30 members and supporters of the association, was held to discuss current issues within the PSB, to reflect on past charity events and to discuss ways in which to further sports in the region.
The Partner für Sport und Bildung e. V. association has set a goal for itself to support young people from the Rhein-Kreis Neuss region or who train in this region at a high sporting level to pursue their academic or professional careers at the same time. With their commitment financially, materially and non-materially, the partners for sport and education thus open up the way for the young, competitive athletes to have viable options and to pursue sport more fully.
ISR is very proud to be a partner of the PSB and to support young people in their sporting careers. In addition to sponsoring various local clubs and top athletes, our commitment also extends to ISR’s students. In addition to our modern sports hall, a climbing wall, an increased cooperation with the PSV Neuss, which uses the ISR’s sports facility opposite the main school campus, the modernization of those facilities and the new artificial turf pitch, all of which have made a significant contribution to the school’s promotion of sports.
We would like to thank the PSB for its outstanding commitment to promoting sports in the region and look forward to many more joint projects and events.
