IB Art Exhibition at ISR
IB Art Exhibition at ISR
Friday, 15 March 2019
Today, ISR’s IB Art Exhibition kicked off. Seven IB Students presented pieces of their amazing artwork that they have been working on over the past two years. If you have time, please stop by at the first floor to have a look.
If you cannot make it to ISR, the exhibition will move to the Deutsche Bank in Düsseldorf (Königsallee 45/47, 40212 Düsseldorf) on the 26th of March.
The students have done an amazing job and it is really worth a visit!
Friday, 15 March 2019
Today, ISR’s IB Art Exhibition kicked off. Seven IB Students presented pieces of their amazing artwork that they have been working on over the past two years. If you have time, please stop by at the first floor to have a look.
If you cannot make it to ISR, the exhibition will move to the Deutsche Bank in Düsseldorf (Königsallee 45/47, 40212 Düsseldorf) on the 26th of March.
The students have done an amazing job and it is really worth a visit!
Indian Consul General Visits ISR
Indian Consul General Visits ISR
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Today, we had the honor to welcome the Indian Consul General Ms. Parkar to ISR. She was accompanied by Mridula Singh, Education Officer & Social Secretary to Ms. Parkar. Our Management Team, along with some of our Kindergarteners and members of our Indian community, welcomed the General Consul and Ms. Singh.
Both of them came from Frankfurt to the Rhineland to get to know the Indian community at ISR, which is now one of the largest country groups at the school. During the meeting, the group discussed various ways in which a cooperation between the school and Ms. Parkar can be intensified. In addition, the parents reported on their personal experiences at the school and in Germany.
As an international school, we value the opportunity for our international families to have the chance to interact and connect with their diplomatic representatives. Thank you to Consul General Parkar and Ms. Singh for your visit!
ISR Families Joined The Niederkasseler Carnival Parade
ISR Families Joined The Niederkasseler Carnival Parade
Wednesday, 06 March 2019
On Sunday, ISR celebrated a fun-filled and colorful Carnival dressed as Harry Potter and his friends. Over a hundred students, parents, and friends of the school joined us for the carnival parade in Düsseldorf Oberkassel! Our yellow school bus even joined in on the fun and we had an amazing time.
We wish all our ISR Families a relaxing break and we’re looking forward to seeing back at school all of you after the week off!
Online Safety Parent Workshop
Online Safety Parent Workshop
Monday, 25 February 2019
In our current times, children are being exposed to technology earlier than ever before and we at ISR believe that it is extremely important that we educate parents and teachers about how children are using the internet so that we can help guide them and keep them safe.
With this in mind, ISR held our first Online Safety Workshop for Grade 1 and 2 parents last Friday. Ms. Brand, our IT teacher, put together a great workshop covering topics including YouTube, Instagram, other social media platforms, and general online safe practices. For those of you who were unable to attend, you can find Ms. Brand’s presentation and other useful documents related to this topic here;
Information and Online Resources
Successful chess tournament at the ISR
Successful chess tournament at the ISR
Monday, 18 February 2019
Several hundred clever minds gathered in the ISR sports hall last Friday for the school area championships in chess. It was a thrilling event with many intense duels between students from over 20 different schools in the region.
Each player completed a total of seven games in the game mode “Swiss System”. The students of ISR did very well and landed in the middle of the field. Worthy of mention are the achievements of Arwand, Sashaank, Mehul and Mudit, all of whom achieved a positive game record.
Parent ‘shout-out’s’
Parent ‘shout-out’s’
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
In honour of Random Acts of Kindness week, we have asked parents to share with us any ‘shout-out’s’ that they have about our ISR staff. Thank you all for sharing your positive comments! See here what’s being said by our parents!
- Thanks to all the elves in the cafeteria, cleaning team, security, janitor office etc. for making our school life run so smoothly!
- Ms. Maier (bus driver/Wabbels) : punctual and very responsible!!!!
- Cleaning staff: Everyday engaged to keep the school tidy!
- Felicitas (kiosk): Espresso with smiles!!!
- Ms. Susie for her spunk and the ever crazy crafts the kids create at “creative minds” classes 🙂
- It is always nice to be greeted by Mr. Steinman every morning.
- Ms. Peltzer brings professionalism to the ballet studio.
- Dear Ms. Susie, Creative Minds is the best activity I could have chosen!! It‘s my child’s favourite day!
- Security Guard: We admire how you remember all students with their names and their parents. We feel safe as long as you take care of our kids.
- Thank you first of all the staff for creating such a lovely and understanding environment for our kids. My kids always love to go to school, sometimes my youngest one even wants to go on weekends.
- I want to thank Ms. Young and Ms. Morris. Their love and patience with my son has helped him make great progress.
- A big thank you to Mr. Mehr who enables the kids to have so much fun with maths and science due to his own enthusiasm as he really loves those subjects!
- Thank you, Ms. Carolus, for making learning so much fun!
- Thank you to the whole primary teachers team for sparking the joy of learning in our kids!
- We thank Mr. Soliman for saving the school in 2013 and now ISR is better than ever!
- Thank you, Natalia, for always having a friendly smile for us!
- Thank you, Ms. Keaton and Mr. Banks, for sharing your love for books with our kids!
- Thank you, Melanie, Sara, and Stefan, for working so hard for SLO!
- We would like to thank Mr. Cheraki & Ms. Hautz for their enthusiasm in teaching Math and Spanish, which has always motivated our child! We say thank you so much to Mr Bates for apparently being such an inspiration to our teenager by answering thoughtfully and when needed with a great sense of humor nearly every question she poses – be it about school topics be it about life in general!
- To all the teaching staff: Thank you so much for not stopping to think about how to motivate the pupils and therefore to teach them something for life: that studying and learning can -sometimes – also be fun!
- Dear Ms. Tressel, thank you for caring that much if the kids are feeling bad and ill. We appreciate your weekly notice in the newsletter. It is very helpful.
- Ms. Dickers, thank you for giving my boy guidance. You are kind, professional and always render the support. You are super!
- A special thank you to Mrs. Lyons – you are always present and attentive to the children’s and our needs and issues.
- Ms. Little, thanks a lot for being so kind and sentimental to our kids.
- Ms. Morris, you’re doing a very great job. It’s a pleasure having you as G1&2 coordinator.
- Ms. Ghica, you’re always so helpful. Thanks!
- Natalia, the reception is nothing without you!
- Mr. Mo and Mr. Jeff, you’re the heroes of our kids. Thanks for all your daily efforts!
- Ms Woldt: such a young woman, well-educated and totally engaged. She has some new ideas to take the best out of the students to prepare them for middle school! Ms Brand: She creates her subject very interesting so that the students feel engaged to learn more and have fun during a well packed day.
- Mr Mo, thank you for being the best supervisor: the children follow you to the word, because they love you
- Mr. Baumann, thank you that you really want to teach the girls good soccer.
- Mrs. Lorenzen, thanks for having fun with the children in the German language.
- Ms. Insell for motivating, loving and helping our son to grow a happy student.
- Ms. McGee for caring so much about my child’s future
- Ms. Woldt, thank you for your positive attitude and your creative ideas!
- Ms. Ghica, thank you for always seeing the best in each and every student!
- Mr. Anderson for being tough but making math fun!
- Mr. Foy, what can we say…. stay who you are, keep your energy, motivation and stay critical
- Ms. McLeod for her secret stash of goodies
- Ms. Muller for encouraging my child to read
- Mr. Jochem’s dedication to the Athletics team is great! The athletes really enjoy themselves and look up to him for guidance.
- We thank Ms. Palmieri for always helping practice AMSs so that my child has good grades. We also thank her because the lessons with her are always fun. She helps the children when they have problems. There are no words to describe how amazing Ms Schmidt is! Ms Guinn has instilled a love of math in my daughter. My daughter is so proud of herself and always shares what she’s learning. Ms Guinn makes math fun!
- Mrs K is the best, she is so smart and helpful and a lovely person.
- We say a big thank you to Mr Mo and Mr Jeff, our kids feel so secure with you.
- A special hug for Mrs Duenas from KG2. She is professional and sensitive.
- My daughter loves that Herr Chiriatti is silly and sings during class.
- Special thanks for always smiling and laughing and have a positive energy to Mrs Rebecca 🙂
- Frau Woldt’s smile and positive re-enforcement is always a breath of fresh air. Ms Bucher has found a way to share her incredible talent with our kids. The enthusiasm seen at the concerts from the primary students show how much she is respected and what a great teacher she is.
Random Acts of Kindness Week
Random Acts of Kindness Week
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Today, ISR kicked off the beginning of Random Acts of Kindness Week with the simple goal of spreading kindness across the ISR community. Our Student Life Organization has organized a variety of activities including anonymous compliment bags, student-teacher quotes, Valentine’s Day Card sale, spirit day and a bake sale.
This busy week aims to promote compassion, fairness, gratitude, respect, friendship, responsibility, and integrity. Everyone can use more kindness in their lives and this week ISR is proud to support spreading positivity and love to all those in our community and beyond!
In honour of this week, we have asked parents to share with us any ‘shout-out’s’ that they have about our ISR staff. See here what they have to say!
Chinese New Year Celebration at ISR
Chinese New Year Celebration at ISR
Monday, 11 February 2019
Together with our Chinese community and the language school Mindge, yesterday we welcomed hundreds of guests to our school to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
The celebration included a colourful stage program, delicious homemade Chinese food, and numerous traditional costumes. We are delighted that so many families came to celebrate with us and wish everyone a Happy New Year of the Pig!
Students visited the Tonhalle Düsseldorf
Students visited the Tonhalle Düsseldorf
Thursday, 07 February 2019
Grade 2 visited Tonhalle for a production of ‘Peter and the Wolf in Düsseldorf’. In Music class, students prepared background information on an assigned character along with a prop to symbolize the character.
A representative from each class presented the class’s research to the rest of the audience and the musicians. Students received an up-close look and listen to the flute, oboe, French horn, bassoon, and clarinet. And as the piece was narrated exclusively in German, students received and extra dose of German!
Turkish General Consul Visits ISR
Turkish General Consul Visits ISR
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Today we had the honor of welcoming Turkish General Consul Ms. Gürel to ISR. Our school management team, our Turkish parent community, and our kindergarteners warmly welcomed General Consul Gürel with a poster handmade by our KG students.
After the warm welcome, everyone gathered in the conference room and had a lively and insightful discussion about our school and other related matters.
At ISR, we value the importance of our international families from over 41 nations and we strive to make connections across these international groups. We are particularly pleased that the Turkish General Consul took time out of her busy schedule to visit the school and to meet with the families. Thank you.
A special thanks goes to our dedicated Turkish mothers, who lovingly decorated the conference room in advance and provided a delicious traditional buffet for our important visitor!
