SLO® Leadership Weekend
SLO® Leadership Weekend
Friday, 27 September 2019
Last weekend, 22 SLO® prefects from our Student Life Organization Leadership Team went to Wiehl for a leadership retreat. Our Head Prefect and Deputy and Senior Prefects, worked throughout the weekend on building leadership, communication, and organizational skills to prepare them for their journey as an SLO prefect.
Prefects also worked within their departments to define and create a plan to achieve SLO goals under the mission statement of the year : Shaping SLO ® to be more interactive, impactful, and memorable for the ISR community! We also toured a cave, played human soccer, and went on a team hike. In the evenings, we went for ice cream and played team bonding games and Henning, our Head Prefect, even designed our very own SLO Escape Room! Be sure to keep your out eye on this amazing team of students! Great things are sure to come this year!
Opening of the new, ecological artificial turf pitch
Opening of the new, ecological artificial turf pitch
Friday, 27 September 2019
On Thursday, September 26, we had a successful opening of the new artificial football pitch at PSV Neuss. In total, around 1.3 million Euros have been invested in this merger and from now on not only will the 500 members of the PSV benefit, but also our approximately 1,000 students, will benefit from the modernization of the PSV facilities. Building the artificial turf pitch has put an emphasis on sustainability as the use of microplastics has deliberately been avoided.
Our guest of honor, the Mayor of Neuss, Bürgermeister Reiner Breuer, cut the ribbon together with our ISR students and officially opened the new football pitch. Mr. Breuer underlined the importance of this project and expressed his appreciation of the cooperation with ISR. He said the transfer of the district sports facility to the ISR is an advantage for both parties: “Today is a great day for the city of Neuss. Thanks to a very special form of cooperation many, especially young athletes, will benefit from this renewal and the ones that are still to come in the near future”. After the opening remarks by the mayor, Mr. Soliman, Managing Partner of ISR and Mr. Fuchs, Advisory Board Chairman of ISR, also give some welcome words to the visitors. PSV First Chairman, Mr. Kudzia, also said how pleased he is to cooperate with ISR as it ensures high-quality sport facility for the future generations.
It was a great event rounded out with an excellent reception including delicious finger food from Broich Catering & Locations and a mock soccer training on the new pitch by the American Talent Projekt players. For more information and news from PSV Neuss, please visit the following website: https://psv-neuss.de/index.php/de
ISR at “Familienfest Rhein-Kreis Neuss"
ISR at “Familienfest Rhein-Kreis Neuss”
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Last sunday, ISR participated in the “Familienfest Rhein-Kreis Neuss” which is a fun and family focused festival in Neuss. Our well known American style school bus was parked close to the main stage and we enjoyed the diversified stage program. A number of different clubs, associations, institutions and volunteers were there and offered various fun activities to the visitors. We had our virtual reality (VR) goggles with us and allowed the visitors to step into a different world.
By wearing the goggles, our students get to go on many exciting excursions during class, for example they can take a trip through the rainforest, discover amazing historical sites and much more without leaving the classroom!
We had a lot of fun at the festival and were happy to be part of this great family celebration!
Charity Event at the Deutsche Bank Düsseldorf
Charity Event at the Deutsche Bank Düsseldorf
Monday, 23 September 2019
Last Wednesday, several of our Grade 7 students participated in a unique project in cooperation with the Deutsche Bank an der Kö and Spendezeit e.V.. Together with the artist Elena Panknin, the seventh-graders therefore created a work of art at Deutsche Bank that the artist had planned in advanced in a variety of styles.
Each student was given their own topic and was able to express themselves artistically. Following the creative part of the event, parents, friends, employees and two guests of honour, Düsseldorf Mayor Ms. Zepuntke and Mr. Rolshoven, President of the Düsseldorfer Jonges, came together to finish the event at a get-together. The artist proudly handed over the finished painting to the ISR students, which will be on display at ISR following the artist’s exhibition at Deutsche Bank.
All in all, the evening was a complete success! We are proud to have had our Grade 7 students invited to participate in this unique event.
At ISR, it is important to us to teach our students a sense of responsibility from an early age and to sharpen their awareness for the well-being of others. We would therefore like to thank everyone involved for this joint project, and we are pleased that our students had the opportunity to support the Donation Time Association together with Deutsche Bank and the artist Elena Panknin through the painting.
ISR Cricket Team Wins Tournament
ISR Cricket Team Wins Tournament
Monday, 23 September 2019
Yesterday, our ISR Cricket Team, together with three players of the Düsseldorf Blackcaps team, won a cricket tournament at St. George’s in Cologne. Our students integrated the three additional players very well and showed a great team performance.
The match against St. George’s was very close, but good ball handling and fielding, especially in the last over, ensured our win. The win was especially exciting because St. George’s has a long established Cricket Team as compared to our newbies on the ISR team.
Please give Shreyas, Ritvik, Ryansh, Vansh, Krish, Aarav, and Parth a high five, if you see them! Congrats, boys!
School Area Championship
School Area Championship
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Yesterday, the boys from our Grade 8-10 Football Team won the School Area Championship! High performance and very good team spirit led them to a decisive victory!
Congratulations! Give them “High Five” if you see them in the classroom or the hallway!
ISR Family Fun & Sports Day 2019
ISR Family Fun & Sports Day 2019
Monday, 16 September 2019
Last Saturday, we once again held our annual family event, our Family Fun & Sports Day in bright sunshine. Hundreds of guests, families, teachers, and staff came together to celebrate the first major school event of the school year.
Our dedicated Student Life Organization (SLO®), our Sports Department, our Partner PSV Neuss, and all staff members did an amazing job organizing a Saturday full of sport, games, and fun!
At ten sports stations, the students were able to demonstrate their sporty skills and diligently collected stamps in their FFSD passport to receive a medal. In addition to the stations, there was also a gigantic dartboard, human soccer, and a “Student vs. Teacher” football tournament on the new artificial turf at PSV Sports Club, which was officially inaugurated with the match.
There was also a delicious barbecue and buffet from our amazing Parent Network, healthy smoothies & delicious popcorn from our SLO® students, various CAS stands, where students presented their charity projects, an ice cream truck, face painting, and musical entertainment by our in-house music school, Musicbox Oxana.
This year’s Family Fun & Sports Day was a great success and we are proud that we were able to kick-off the new school year with such a successful and fun-filled family event with our growing international school community.
We would like to thank all student helpers, our Parent Network, the PSV Neuss, Musicbox Oxana as well as teachers and staff for this great day and we’re already looking forward to our next Family Fun & Sports Day!
ISR Swimming Lessons
ISR Swimming Lessons
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
In response to requests from parents, ISR has added swimming lessons to our Physical Education program. Starting this academic year, Grade 2 students will have the opportunity to participate in supervised swimming lessons during their normal PE lessons. Today, our first swimmers got into the water. Apart from the regular PE instructors, three additional qualified swimming coaches were on hand to help our beginners get secure in the water and to coach our advanced students to improve their swimming skills.
The lessons today went really well and the students had a lot of fun! It was lovely to see so much joy on their faces and we are looking forward to more swimming lessons to come.
Here are some impression of a great morning.
ISR at the Kö-Lauf in Düsseldorf
ISR at the Kö-Lauf in Düsseldorf
Monday, 09 September 2019
Yesterday‘s Kö-Lauf was another huge success! Over a hundred students, parents, and staff members ran, cheered, and celebrated with great spirit at the Königsallee Düsseldorf Run. Special congratulations to two of our students, Malak and Luca, who finished first in the Bambinilauf and the U8 Run! Everyone today did an amazing job and we’re more than proud to have such a sporty ISR Community!
5G New Use Cases by Ericsson GmbH
5G New Use Cases by Ericsson GmbH
Friday, 06 September 2019
Today, we were honored to welcome Mr. Stefan Koetz (Head of Customer Unit West Europe & Global Customer Unit Deutsche Telekom at Ericsson GmbH) accompanied by his colleague to ISR. Mr. Koetz visited our students and held a thought-provoking presentation on technological advancements made in this modern world, especially in the communications industry.
He brought with him old telephones that were used in the past and some of our students could hardly believe their eyes! They were amazed that people actually used to make phone calls using these “relics”. Besides looking back into the past, Mr. Koetz gave the students a glimpse into the future by demonstrating the uses of the fifth generation mobiles.
At ISR, it is hugely important for us to invite interesting speakers from many different areas on a regular basis. These speakers inspire our students as they can learn a lot of interesting facts for their future from them. Therefore, we would like to thank Mr. Koetz for his time and his informative presentation today.
