Ded Moroz Celebration

ISR Ded Moroz Celebration

Monday, 21 December 2020

To celebrate Ded Moroz again this year, our dedicated Russian community came up with something very special. They acted out the story of Ded Moroz and shared their wonderful video with our ISR community. We are very grateful to be a part of this tradition and would like to thank everyone for their efforts! Enjoy watching!


Virtual ISR Alumni Reception

ISR virtual Alumni Reception

Friday, 18 December 2020

Yesterday, for the first time in ISR’s history, our ISR Alumni Reception took place virtually!

Many ISR alumni joined us from different countries around the world to share special experiences, talk about their career choices and to look back on their time at ISR. Another fascinating feature of the meeting was that one of our students from the second IB year of ISR was part of the group and enriched the event with his exciting stories.

We would like to thank our UCC team as well as our Deputy Director, Mr. Cete, for this invaluable event and we are happy that despite the circumstances we could keep up with the tradition of our ISR Alumni Reception before the Winter Break!

We wish you all a reflective Christmas season and look forward to seeing you again next year!


Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Natsumi

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Natsumi

Friday, 18 December 2020

This week, we spotlight our athletic fourth-grader Natsumi, who joined ISR last year. Natsumi is a very ambitious student, who is especially characterized by her lovely character. Her classmates especially appreciate her cheerful nature and her willingness to help. Natsumi has great empathy and always has an open ear for her friends and classmates. In academics, she demonstrates every day her excellent work ethic, as her English teacher, Mr Cloke, confirms.
 
“Natsumi gives her all in every lesson! Her warm, friendly and helpful manner is a joy and I am very proud to have her in my class. Well done Natsumi!”. Natsumi’s great passion is sports and she is extremely talented. Her sports teacher, Mr Baumann, quickly recognized her potential in athletics and shared his knowledge with the Athletics Coordinator at ISR, Ms Schierl. “My first contact with Natsumi was after Mr Baumann told me about a very talented girl in his Grade 4 PE class that would stand out due to her great performance in athletics. When we encouraged her to join the SLOⓇ athletics activity to work on her talent, she was eager to join. Since then, she shows up every week with a lot of motivation and a great attitude. Natsumi´s running technique looks already very professional – she is really very talented. It´s a pleasure to have her in the group and I´m excited to see how Natsumi will develop further.”
 
In addition to her ambition in sports, Natsumi shows it across subjects. She is always very attentive and diligent, as well as in her music lessons. Her music teacher, Mrs Bucher, describes Natsumi as a very responsible student who always tries to set a good example for her class.
 
We are very proud to spotlight Natsumi one of ISR’s many outstanding students!

Every Friday, our Student Spotlight Project aims to highlight one of our outstanding students who represent our school motto, “we enable great minds and strong characters”. No matter if it is academic success, special commitment or outstanding character traits – we look forward to sharing each of these success stories.

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ISR Kindergarten Düsseldorf: Winter Concert & Santa Visit

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

As we are so close to the vacations, our ISR Kindergarten children in Düsseldorf spent an especially exciting day full of events and wonderful surprises!

In the morning, the first ISR Winter Concerts took place, in which the children proudly presented their parents with joyful Christmas songs that they had rehearsed together over the past weeks. Of course, the parents could not be there live – so the families joined the concert virtually! The rooms were filled with merry winter songs, happy children and an exceptional proud ISR Kindergarten Team!

After these concerts, there was a very special surprise for the children: Santa came to visit, to reward the children for the successful concerts, and to bring in the end of the year in a festive way. This year, Santa had come up with a very special surprise for the children: they all received a special toothbrush container in the shape of rubber ducks and frogs!

We thank everyone involved for this wonderful day, look forward to the last days in Kindergarten before the vacations and are already excited about what the new year has in store for our ISR Kindergarten in Düsseldorf!

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Radin

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Radin

Friday, 11 December 2020

This week, we spotlight our sixth-grader Radin, who joined ISR in the last academic year. Radin found it very easy to settle into the ISR community and his Academic Coordinator, Ms. Brand, confirmed this by saying “Radin only joined ISR this year, but he is a well-established member of the ISR Community. Radin brings a great deal of enthusiasm, energy and positivity to Grade 6. He is a good friend to his peers and well-liked by his teachers.”

Radin is characterized above all by his friendly nature and is extremely helpful. He supports his classmates and takes on the role of a mentor. It is especially important to him to give his classmates a good feeling. In his young years, he already shows great leadership qualities and also takes on various tasks in the class. In doing so, he is very disciplined and responsible.

His teacher Ms. Horvath adds “He is a wonderful person, who does everything with lots of passion, energy and interest! Not forgetting his great talent in languages. He is empathetic, friendly, hardworking and helpful at any given time.”

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

Every Friday, our Student Spotlight Project aims to highlight one of our outstanding students who represent our school motto, “we enable great minds and strong characters”. No matter if it is academic success, special commitment or outstanding character traits – we look forward to sharing each of these success stories.

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ISR Model United Nations

ISR Model United Nations

Friday, 4 December 2020

We are happy to announce that our 5th ISR Model United Nations simulation ran successfully last Thursday to Friday. MUN on the Rhine is a simulated United Nations conference that is planned, set-up, and hosted by students at ISR. This year’s theme was “Remembering the Past and Preparing for the Future: The Effects of Universal Militarization”. Within this theme we hosted have three separate committees discussing past, present, and future issues. The objective of this year’s conference is to remind ourselves of the detrimental effects militarization has had in the past and work together internationally to prevent more catastrophes from happening in the future.

Despite the ongoing pandemic, the team of students didn’t only manage to host a conference, but also to broaden the conferences’ portfolio by taking on new challenges, as this was our first time to have a Historical Committee, the Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space, and the Security Council. The conference required students to research their topic and prepare for in-committee discussions with their peers about matters of political or historical interest. The two-day conference was filled with fruitful discussions, innovative solutions, and outstanding resolutions.

We are very proud of the achievements of our students, who have put a lot of time and passion into the preparations and conferences. Thank you for your hard work! It´s cool to be good!


Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Arush

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Arush

Friday, 4 December 2020

This week, we spotlight our KG2 student Arush, who joined ISR in 2018. Arush quickly made his mark in ISR and his communicative disposition helped him make friends quickly. He is very much liked by his classmates, and they appreciate his friendly and cheerful nature. Arush always stands by his friends and helps them in every situation. He is incredibly thoughtful and helpful to everyone.

His KG teacher, Ms. Cooper, says this about him “He is always on hand to help out in the classroom without being asked. Arush loves to talk to everybody he meets, and he always makes us smile. I love having Arush in my class and I would love to have the spotlight shone on him.”

His German teacher, Ms. Schneider, finally adds “Arush has been my student for over 2 years now, and he amazes me every day. His German skills have improved enormously. The thoughtful way of Arush seeing where he could be of any help either within the classroom or with his peers makes me very happy. I trust that he will turn into an even more sensible and responsible adult and leader. I love having Arush in my class!”

We are excited to see how Arush will develop at ISR and we are sure that he will never lose his smile and humour!

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

Every Friday, our Student Spotlight Project aims to highlight one of our outstanding students who represent our school motto, “we enable great minds and strong characters”. No matter if it is academic success, special commitment or outstanding character traits – we look forward to sharing each of these success stories.

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ISR Twelfth Graders Support Environmental Awareness

ISR Twelfth Graders Support Environmental Awareness

Thursday, 3 December 2020

Four of our dedicated students went out on the streets  to clean the city from garbage and pollution again. Our students Penelope, Kazuki, Gordon and Mona met last Saturday at Düsseldorf Central Station to carefully collect and dispose of the garbage lying on the ground.

For several months some of our Grade 12 IB students have been involved in a CAS project with the initiative ” Wir machen Deutschland sauber “, which was initiated by the Japanese community of Düsseldorf. The goal is to promote environmental awareness and at the same time to present arriving guests and residents to the City of Düsseldorf with an welcoming clean environment at the train station. It was another successful day and we are incredibly proud of the commitment of our students, who among other things, are wonderful role models who are keen to demonstrate the importance of environmental awareness.


Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Anna-Maria

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Anna-Maria

Friday, 27 November 2020

This week, we spotlight our third-grader Anna-Maria, who joined ISR in grade 2. She came to our school with two other siblings and she is a great help and support to both of them and takes the role of a big sister very seriously. As she is caring towards her brother and sister, she loves to help her classmates. Especially, as she is a great ambassador for new students.

Her sensitivity and empathy is known and acknowledged by all her teachers. She knows how to discern right from wrong and her contribution to the Advising lessons are very valuable. Her friendly and helpful manner makes her a great asset to the ISR school community. In the academic field Anna-Maria is an extremely committed student.

Her teacher, Ms. Ewing, adds “She works hard every day in all subjects and is also willing to help others when they need help too.” Anna-Maria is curious and very eager to learn across all different subjects. These qualities make her an outstanding student.

 

We are very proud to spotlight Anna-Maria one of ISR’s many outstanding students!

Every Friday, our Student Spotlight Project aims to highlight one of our outstanding students who represent our school motto, “we enable great minds and strong characters”. No matter if it is academic success, special commitment or outstanding character traits – we look forward to sharing each of these success stories.

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Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Yuki

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Yuki

Friday, 20 November 2020

This week, we spotlight our talented fourth grader Yukichiyo, who joined ISR in Grade 3. Her nickname is Yuki and she is an incredibly helpful and polite student. Yuki has a very strong sense of empathy and a great sense of duty. It is very important to her that her fellow human beings are doing well and she always ensures harmony. Our supervisor, Mr. Bob, says about her, “Yuki is an incredibly sweet young girl who spreads good cheer with her positive attitude.”
In the academic field she is very ambitious and her teacher Mr. Cloke says about her “Yuki is very creative, as seen in her writing as she cleverly weaves together captivating tales. Her concentration and work ethic in class is an inspiration to others whilst also she is a very caring and considerate student. Her warm and friendly manner is always very welcome! Well done Yuki!” Ms. Bucher, her Music teacher adds: “Yuki joined ISR last school year in Grade 3. She is a very happy and sweet child. Yuki shows exceptional talent in Music, in particular as a jazz musician. She specializes in piano and saxophone, and her skills are jaw-dropping! Future famous ISR Alumna!” Together with her brother she is taking part in the Jugend Musiziert 2021 Jazz Division in December and we wish them both the best of luck!
We are very proud to spotlight Yuki one of ISR’s many outstanding students!

Every Friday, our Student Spotlight Project aims to highlight one of our outstanding students who represent our school motto, “we enable great minds and strong characters”. No matter if it is academic success, special commitment or outstanding character traits – we look forward to sharing each of these success stories.

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