ISR at the Sunflower Festival in Meerbusch
ISR at the Sunflower Festival in Meerbusch
Sunday, 25 September 2022
Last Sunday, we participated in the traditional Sunflower Festival in Meerbusch 
“At ISR, we help our students grow and blossom – leading to a happy, successful, and fulfilling future for your child” was written on a greeting card attached to 600 bright and beautiful sunflowers that we distributed to all visitors. Of course, never one to miss a chance, our mascot Spirit also happily handed out sunflowers!
With our musical partner, Musicbox Oxana we presented ourselves on-site and offered the children various fun activities. Young visitors were invited to write their own postcards, have their faces painted, or dive into the world of virtual reality through our VR glasses that we are using for educational purposes in class at ISR!
Another highlight was the successful participation of an ISR Family in the stage program -their jazz performance was sensational!
We sincerely thank our ISR teams from our branches in Düsseldorf, Meerbusch, and Neuss for their support on-site as well as the organizer for another successful Sunflower Sunday in Meerbusch!
Taking responsibility and developing social awareness - a joined event with the St. Augustinus Memory Center in Neuss!
Taking responsibility and developing social awareness – a joined event with the St. Augustinus Memory Center in Neuss!
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Taking responsibility and developing social awareness – is an essential component of CAS (Creativity, Activity, and Service) instruction at ISR. CAS is central to the philosophy of the IB Diploma program at ISR and enables students to enrich their personal and interpersonal development through experiential 
learning.
As part of World Alzheimer’s Week, ISR hosted more than 100 residents, family members, and staff from the neighboring St. Augustinus Memory Center Neuss on the PSV grounds for an event filled with music, games, and a shared barbecue.
For many years, ISR and the Memory Center Neuss have been involved in numerous projects in the artistic field, in which students from ISR are involved. This time again, ISR students delighted those present with their performances and were happy to put a smile on the guest’s faces.
A huge thank goes to our students Yuki and Valentin for their performances with saxophone and violin as well as our CAS Coordinator, Mr. Urban, for organizing the event.
All participants could spend a special day on the sports field of ISR and we are already looking forward to many more projects with the St. Augustinus Memory Center in Neuss!
ISR First Grade Ceremony 2022
ISR First Grade Ceremony 2022
Thursday, 25 August 2022
Yesterday, our new ISR First Graders celebrated a very special day on their educational paths: their first day of school at ISR!
To celebrate this important milestone, we cordially invited their families to our ISR First Grade Ceremony 2022. The ceremony was opened by our Head of Primary School, Ms. Bodner, who addressed motivating words of welcome to the students and their families. In her speech, Ms. Bodner highlighted: “At ISR we believe in educating your child as a whole, we do this through offering a robust curriculum, creating classrooms where children are engaged and feel secure and by equipping them with the values to create lifelong learners.”
She then handed over to our School Director, Ms. Lyons, who not only warmly welcomed the students, but also emphasized the importance of this day and how delighted she was that our ISR Family is steadily continuing to grow. Our Deputy School Director, Mr. Cete, then welcomed all invited families and greeted our visitors with warm words of welcome.
After the festive beginning of the ceremony, Ms. Bodner invited our fourth grader, Leo, on stage, who proudly performed the ISR School Song to the audience. After his performance, all first-graders were welcomed on stage to receive their traditional school cones. Grandparents, parents, as well as siblings, proudly observed this special moment and applauded enthusiastically for each student. After the wonderful ceremony in bright sunshine, we invited the families to a reception on our campus, where they were able to meet other families and enjoy this special day together.
We are very grateful to have been a part of this special first-grade ceremony and wish our new first-graders the very best on their educational journey at ISR, who will for sure prove our motto: It’s cool to be good.
We thank our wonderful photographer Ms. Osterried for this years First Grade Cemerony photos.
Staff Recognition at ISR
Staff Recognition at ISR
Friday, 19 August 2022
At ISR, we strongly believe that an educational institution is not just a building. A successful educational institution consists of people who enrich the institution over many years and make a positive difference, in order to provide a happy, fulfilling, and successful future for our students.
Every year, it is therefore a beloved tradition at ISR to recognize and celebrate the members of our team that have been part of the ISR Family for five or more years. As a tribute, the entire ISR Team gathered today on campus and celebrated 14 members of our amazing team. Our management team – with touching words – handed them a token of appreciation and complimented their efforts and contributions to ISR’s success.
Of all 14 team members, two colleagues have been part of the ISR Family for outstanding 10 years. These colleagues were closely followed by our wonderful School Director, Ms. Lyons, who has been dedicating her heart and passion to ISR for 15 years. Lastly, we honored our Head of University and Career Counseling, Ms. Wacker, who has been effectively guiding our students on their path to success for impressive 20 years!
Whether it is 5, 10, 15, or 20 years, these team members what all contributed tremendously to our success with their dedication, expertise and, above all, their passion of enabling great minds and strong characters!
Thank you, Ulrike, Eileen, Angela, Neli, Megan, Emiko, Lilas, Damian, Dawn, Hannah, Rebecca, Melania, Adrienne, and Karsten for your positive impact, dedication, and passion that you invested into our kindergarten and school life at ISR to provide our students with an excellent international education as well as a passion for lifelong learning. As our motto states: It’s cool to be good!
Meet Your Teacher Event at ISR
ISR Meet your Teacher Event
Thursday, 18 August 2022
Bright-eyed children, happy families, and joyful teachers warmly welcoming their students came together today – after a few weeks of summer break – on our ISR campus! The spirit of the reunion was unique and our students were beyond excited to see their new classmates and to meet their teachers for the upcoming school year. Along with their parents, new and returning students visited their classrooms and enjoyed their time together back at ISR.
Our Meet your Teacher Event is held yearly before kindergarten and school starts, allowing our students to have a more relaxed transition into the new school year. The event also provides the opportunity to clarify any open questions from parents regarding our school bus service or SLOⓇ activities with the appropriate contact person on campus. Partners like our school caterer Broich Catering and our internal music school Musicbox Oxana presented their services, answered questions, and introduced themselves to new ISR Families. Our parents also presented the ISR Parent Network and welcomed familiar and new faces to ISR. We enjoyed seeing ISR filled with our happy families and smiling children again – we missed you all during our ISR Summer Break and are now even more excited for our school start in the coming week!
ISR Summer School 2022
ISR Summer School 2022
Friday, 29 July 2022
Laughing children in the playground, interesting lessons in the classrooms, digital learning, visits from our partners, excursions into nature, playing on farms and children squealing with joy when a clown visited us have defined the last four weeks of our ISR Summer School. With hundreds of participants, the program was a great success. Today marks the end of our unique vacation offering that provided students from kindergarten to 8th grade with many unforgettable experiences.
We sincerely thank our dedicated ISR Summer School Team for an unforgettable ISR Summer School 2022 and are happy to share a few special moments with you:
We sincerely thank the talented Photographer Christina Lorenz.
ISR Alumni & Friends Friday
ISR Alumni & Friends Friday
Friday, 22 July 2022
We are delighted to introduce you to a new project of ours – our ISR Alumni & Friends Friday. Once a month, we will introduce you to an ISR parent or alumni and their professional field.
Today, we wish to introduce you to our ambitious alumna, Mareen, who is currently studying medicine in the Netherlands. In this video, she discusses her daily study and work routine, gives some professional advice, and provides insight into her future career plans.
Mareen mentions in this interview that it is important and helpful to have a mentor in the professional field in which you plan to work. Our ISR Alumni & Friends Network mentoring program offers you networking possibilities with parents, partners, staff, and alumni who are glad to support you in any way. We invite you to take advantage of this unique offer to learn from our member’s professional experiences. Please contact Mareen if you have any questions about a medical degree, the Netherlands, or other academic-related topics!
ISR Coding Camp 2022
ISR Coding Camp 2022
Monday, 18 July 2022
Mr. Ellis, Head of Computer Science, led five students in our first successful ISR Coding Camp. In the beginning of the week, the participants learned how to write and execute Python programs on the micro:bit. They used simple coding patterns before using General-Purpose Input Output (GPIO) pins to connect it to external hardware components, such as LEDs and speakers.
During the next two days, the students focused on environment-themed projects, such as creating a Bird Conservation Website and using App Inventor to create a Food Production Quiz that could be downloaded and used on a mobile device. Upon completion of these projects, each participant received a certificate for their successful work. The last two days focused on creating 3D objects and animations using Blender software and designing a ‘CODER’ key ring using Blocks CAD. Each key ring was 3D printed and handed to the students at the end of the ISR Coding Camp 2022 as e memory for all participating students.
We thank Mr. Ellis for this exciting week, and we look forward to another ISR Coding Camp next year.
ISR Robotics Camp 2022
ISR Robotics Camp 2022
Monday, 11 July 2022
Last week, our second successful ISR Robotics Camp took place during the summer break.
Our head of IT department at ISR, Mr. Aloof, successfully implemented the camp with the participating students and showed them the world of Virtual Reality (VR), programming and many other interesting topics of IT. The students had the opportunity to travel to different countries and worlds with the help of VR-Goggles and discover many exciting things.
In addition, the students were allowed to use our 3D printer and create so-called “ISR Coins” on the computer and then print them out. The participants found this extremely exciting! The coins and other printouts, such as a toy cat, were allowed to be taken home by the children as a Robotics Camp souvenir.
Furthermore, the knowledge of the students in the field of programming robots was expanded and they learned different programming languages to operate the robots.
In summary, the ISR Robotics Camp was a great success! The participating students could enjoy a varied program as well as dive into the world of modern technologies!
We are already looking forward to the ISR Robotics Camp in 2023!
Outstanding IB Results 2022
Outstanding IB Results 2022
Wednesday, 06 July 2022
We are in awe of our Graduating Class of 2022. The graduates mastered the toughest months of their educational careers with resilience, and their hard work has paid off.
In fact, this year’s graduating class achieved an outstanding 37-grade point average! 31% of this year’s graduating class achieved a score of 40 or more out of a possible 45 points, and 18% achieved a score that equates to a high school graduation grade (Abitur) of 1.0. On average, our graduates have received an impressive total of three University Offers around the globe. While some offers are still pending, these spots are offered from world-renowned universities on 4 different continents such as: Clarkson University, HULT International Business School, King’s College London, Kingston University London, Miami University, University of Maastricht, Rotterdam School of Management, EBS Universität, ESADE, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – just to name a few!
We are very proud to see such an international, talented, and diverse group of individuals continue to pursue their dreams after graduation.
We couldn’t be prouder of this graduating class!
“Not only did this cohort show remarkable resilience during the pandemic, our ISR graduates demonstrated commitment and determination to accomplishing their goals. Today, they earned their just reward by achieving these outstanding IB results. I offer my heartfelt congratulations to our graduates. I would like to commend their teachers and counsellors too, who have coached, guided and supported our students in every possible way through their high-school years. Well done on a truly extraordinary achievement!” – Eileen Lyons, ISR School Director
These excellent final grades, not only confirm our promise to help students find their way to the university of their choice, but confirm ISR’s status as one of the leading international private schools in Germany.
We would like to thank all faculty, staff, our UCC team, supporters, and the families of this year’s graduating class for their constant support and commitment. This would not have been possible without you.
Congratulations to our graduates. We could not be prouder. “It’s cool to be good!”
