Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Aashi

Spotlight On Our Student Aashi

This week, we spotlight our eighth-grader Aashi, who joined ISR in 2016. Aashi is a cheerful and highly polite student. She consistently shows respect to her classmates and teachers and enjoys spending time with her friends during breaks. “Aashi, one of our class presidents, consistently excels as a stellar student, setting a positive example for her classmates. Her leadership, marked by dedication and integrity, is a testament to her outstanding character and her commitment to enhancing our ISR community,’ as her teacher, Mr. Nisic, adds.”

Aashi consistently demonstrates her best and has shown significant growth during her time at ISR. This progress has been noted not only by her teachers but also by Supervisor Mr. Mo. He remarked, “Aashi is a very friendly student, and it’s wonderful to see her not only enjoying her time at ISR but also making substantial progress.” In conclusion, her music teacher Mr. Abner adds ”Bring so much energy to the table. Aashi is always smiley and happy to work with others. A very friendly student who loves listening to music with a great potential to sing and perform herself. Her confidence will keep growing, she just needs to always remember how great she is!”

We are very proud to spotlight Aashi, one of ISR’s many outstanding students!

Every Friday, our Student Spotlight Project aims to highlight one of our outstanding students who, in line with this year’s theme, is striving for “extraordinary achievements” on a daily basis. No matter if it is academic success, special commitment or outstanding character traits – we look forward to sharing each of these success stories.

by Thomas Römer

ISR Open House 2023

ISR Open House 2023

Saturday, 21 October 2023

In bright sunshine this weekend, we celebrated our ISR Open House 2023 with numerous guests, ISR Cooperation Partners, our ISR Families from all three locations in Neuss, Düsseldorf, and Meerbusch, as well as many interested visitors. The hallways were filled with families and happy children proudly presenting their projects and classrooms. Our dedicated cooperation partners, who have enriched the ISR network for many years, were also on site.

Interested guests were given guided school tours by SLC students, often in their own native languages, to explore ISR’s expansive campus. In addition to numerous presentations, and demo lessons in various subjects and grade levels, families also enjoyed a Language Hallway where the various Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin, French, German, and English teachers presented their lessons.

Our math teachers presented their lessons in a playful way and invited students to participate in exciting quizzes and games. Our science team and middle school students presented in the hallways the many projects and experiments they worked on during the year and invited our guests to learn more about them. Our guests were given a glimpse into the creation of various projects in our science rooms, where upper school students worked on fascinating biology projects. In addition, exciting short stories were told by our German teachers and our guests were able to admire various works of art displayed by our art department.

Our IT department once again enabled the children to dive into different worlds through virtual reality, and explore the underwater world or outer space. The use of Artificial Intelligence also played a large role in this ISR Open House, allowing families and visitors to see how we at ISR use AI in the classroom to enrich the learning experience of our students.

This year, the cafeteria was colorfully decorated in ISR colors and our dedicated ISR Parent Network, without whom events like this would not be possible, provided the children and families with delicious waffles, hot dogs, cakes, and more. Refreshing beverages were served to our guests by our in-house caterer, Broich Catering, and they also enjoyed delicious Italian specialty coffees from Coffee Bar Bacio é Amore.

There was even more action in our modern triple sports hall, where the children were welcomed by our sports team. They demonstrated their skills at many sports stations, ending the day on a successful and balanced note.

Our guests and families were welcomed and bid farewell at the end with concerts and impressive musical performances by our students, which our dedicated music team and our in-house music school, Musicbox Oxana, successfully prepared in our entrance hall.

We thank our faculty and team, our unique ISR Parent Network, and our families for making this ISR Open House event repeatedly such a special day.

A big thank you to our valued partners who were on-site:

Photos were taken by our talented photographer, Melanie Osterried.

by Annika Poestges

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Hannah

Spotlight On Our Student Hannah

This week, we spotlight our third-grader Hannah, who joined ISR last year. Hannah impresses with her open-mindedness and helpful nature. Hannah is a very kind and calm student who brings a soothing energy to the classroom and is always ready to offer a helping hand. Her friends appreciate her empathy and honesty. Hannah’s progress this school year has been immense, and I am very proud of her,” says her teacher, Ms. Dederichs.

In addition, she always does her best in class and has shown significant academic improvements since her time at ISR. Furthermore, she enjoys her time with her classmates and consistently demonstrates excellent manners towards both her peers and teachers. Her teacher, Ms. Duenas, adds, “Hannah is a lovely student who always has a smile on her face. She is kind and puts in her best effort in all subjects. She enjoys delightful friendships and engaging conversations. She also has a passion for art, and I’m glad to have gotten to know her through Arts & Crafts and now in my 3rd-grade class.”

We are very proud to spotlight Hannah, one of ISR’s many outstanding students!

Every Friday, our Student Spotlight Project aims to highlight one of our outstanding students who, in line with this year’s theme, is striving for “extraordinary achievements” on a daily basis. No matter if it is academic success, special commitment or outstanding character traits – we look forward to sharing each of these success stories.

by Annika Poestges

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Mila

Spotlight On Our Student Mila

This week, we spotlight our second-grader Mila, who joined ISR last year. During her time at ISR, Mila has made remarkable progress and continues to thrive each day, as Supervisor Mr. Mo confirms. In addition, he adds “Mila is a very helpful and friendly student. Her exemplary interaction with classmates and her enjoyment of spending time with friends during school breaks is commendable.” Mila’s German teacher, Ms. Lorenzen, further adds, “Mila is an amazing student who is not only super smart but also really helpful and caring with her classmates and teachers. She always has a big smile and an even bigger heart. I love having her in my class.”

Moreover, Mila consistently demonstrates excellent behavior in class and gives her best effort. She thoroughly enjoys her time at ISR. Her homeroom teacher, Ms. Hartmann, says in conclusion, ”Mila is an amazing student. She is always happy, friendly, polite and a really good friend to everyone in class. Mila is always up for a joke and a good laugh, but she is also very dedicated and trying her best at all times. I am grateful to be her teacher this year and to be part of her wonderful and bright journey here at ISR.”

We are very proud to spotlight Mila, one of ISR’s many outstanding students!

Every Friday, our Student Spotlight Project aims to highlight one of our outstanding students who, in line with this year’s theme, is striving for “extraordinary achievements” on a daily basis. No matter if it is academic success, special commitment or outstanding character traits – we look forward to sharing each of these success stories.

by Annika Poestges