Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Peter

Friday, 7 May 2021

This week, we spotlight our musical fourth-grader Peter, who joined ISR in the 1st grade. Peter found it very easy to make friends at ISR right from the start. His empathetic nature is what sets him apart and makes him a friend that everyone appreciates. In addition to his positive character traits, Peter also excels in academics. Peter enjoys going to school and always actively participates in the classroom. His contributions in all subjects are well thought out and helpful to discussions taking place in the class.

Peter’s passions include books and music. He especially enjoys reading and also confidently recites books and also delights in giving presentations to the entire class. His music teacher, Mrs. Bucher, is enthusiastic about his musical talent, she says of him, “Peter is a complete package musically – he has a natural talent, is very hardworking and already has a special stage presence at his young age”.

His impressive imagination is also highlighted by his teachers and coordinators. “Peter amazed his teachers in the first grade with his exciting and well-written stories, which he immortalized in his diary,” emphasizes his grade coordinator Mrs. Ghica. She adds in conclusion: “I have known Peter since the first grade. Over the course of this year, Peter’s linguistic confidence in English has continued to grow and his passion for learning is second to none. He is an extremely friendly, soft-spoken student who makes new contacts with ease.”

We are very proud to spotlight Peter 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.

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Yasmin

Friday, 30 April 2021

This week, we spotlight our ninth Grader Yasmin, who joined ISR in 2018. Yasmin is a bright and ambitious young woman. She is very diligent in academics and already has the aim to study medicine after her IB. Yasmin is very active in school life and dedicates a huge amount of her time to leading the SLOⓇ Outreach Department. There she is doing a great job and motivates all of her deputies.

Her teacher, Ms. Brentnall, adds “Yasmin has made excellent academic progress this year through dedicated engagement with the feedback given to her. She helps to create an excellent learning environment with her pleasant manner and bright smile. It is a pleasure to teach a student who so positively engages with every topic and text type and so enthusiastically answers questions in class. Yasmin has developed a love for Shakespeare´s works and has delivered Juliet´s speeches with an accuracy of pronunciation, careful intonation, and enthusiasm – no easy feat, not even for a student with English as a native language and so I am particularly impressed by Yasmin´s performance. It is a pleasure to see Yasmin thriving in her interpersonal skills, confidence, and academic performance. Keep up the hard work, Yasmin!”

Yasmin’s ambition and her positive nature are reflected in what her teachers think and say about her. Her teacher, Mr. McGee, adds in conclusion “I am always impressed with her commitment to her schoolwork and her duties to SLOⓇ.  She does it all while maintaining a very positive attitude.  Recently, I saw her after her history midterm which she had finished quite early.  She explained, “it was easy.” A comment not about the quality of the IGCSE exam, but rather her own study habits and dedication to learning.  The remark displayed assured confidence in herself that she has earned through her hard work!”

We are very proud to spotlight Yasmin 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.

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Luna

Friday, 23 April 2021

This week, we spotlight our sunshine Luna from grade 5, who joined ISR in 2019. Luna is a delightful student who has bundles of energy and passion. Luna is well-liked by her teachers and classmates, and she is an excellent role model for her classmates and peers. “She performed extremely well this school year and received several awards in English, Science and Social Studies as a result of her hard work and dedication,” says her Academic Coordinator Ms. Brand.

Luna is very determined and conscientious. She is always on time with her work and willing to help the other students to understand hard topics. Mr. Urban, Luna´s Social Studies teacher adds, “Luna is an always friendly, good-humored, inquisitive student. I especially like her open nature. She is very communicative and always follows the lessons attentively. She designs her social studies projects with a lot of creativity and attention to detail.”

Supervisor Mr. Mo adds “Luna is our angel. She is extremely polite and always smiling. One of her strengths is that she can adapt to situations superfast. She is a wonderful student who positively affects everyone around her.”

We are very proud to spotlight Luna 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.

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Siddharth

Friday, 16 April 2021

This week, we spotlight our fourth grader Siddharth, who joined ISR in 2019. Siddharth is a highly motivated learner and tries to understand the world around him at all times. He is distinguished by his empathetic and helpful nature and is a very friendly and polite student who acts independently.

His emotional and social development is already very pronounced, and he has a strong sense of justice. His open character makes it very easy for him to make friends at ISR and he maintains these relationships very well. Siddharth understands what is behind the term team spirit and he enjoys working with his classmates. At the same time, he stands by them and supports them in finding solutions.

His academic coordinator Ms. Ghica adds, “Siddharth is a joy to have around, is very inquisitive and funny. He is always helpful, motivated, and eager to do well. He exhibited great focus, patience, and flexibility during the online learning period and we are looking forward to seeing him again in real life. His smile and presence light up a room!”

We are very proud to spotlight Siddharth 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.

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Lawrence

Friday, 9 April 2021

This week, we are proud to spotlight our musical six-grader Lawrence, who joined ISR in 2017. Lawrence has developed outstandingly in the past few years and already feels very comfortable at ISR. He has a friendly and helpful nature and his classmates particularly appreciate his strong character and his loving personality. He is always very respectful and friendly towards his teachers and is grateful for any advice he can get. Academically, he is therefore very determined and shows great interest in all subjects.

Lawrence’s great passion is music. He is an extremely talented piano player and learns incredibly fast. To develop his talent in this area further, Lawrence has been attending music lessons at Musicbox Oxana in Meerbusch. Musicbox Oxana is a music school that has its branch at ISR and has been successfully teaching ISR students for many years and prepares them for national and international competitions.

Lawrence successfully attended this year’s regional music competition “Jugend musiziert” and, together with his duo partner, won an outstanding special prize for the best interpretation of contemporary work, donated by the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhine. By winning the first prize with 24 points, Lawrence and his partner successfully qualified for the NRW state competition and achieved excellent results.

Lawrence’s music school teacher, Ms. Koppers, proudly adds: “Lawrence has an amazing musical talent and is practicing tirelessly! He is already one of my best piano students in his age group, he has an incredible grasp and learns new pieces of music in a very short time – very impressive! I am extremely proud of these great achievements.”

We are very proud to spotlight Lawrence 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.

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Michitake

Friday, 2 April 2021

This week, we spotlight again one of our outstanding Niederkassel Kindergarten students Michitake, who joined the ISR Kindergarten in August 2020. Settling into a new environment was challenging for him at first, but with the support of his classmates and teachers, he quickly found his feet and now feels very comfortable.

In the beginning, he only understood a little English, but he has made great progress in a short time and now finds it easy to converse in English and enjoys it. He has a great personality and a terrific sense of humor, which his teachers and classmates enjoy and makes them laugh. In addition to his linguistic progress, he has made many other advances during his time in Kindergarten. He can say the sounds to all the letters in the alphabet and is beginning to read some words. In addition, he has a keen interest in numbers and can often be heard counting out loud all the way to 100.

Michitake is also very creative and is enthusiastic about building castles and towers with his friends. His Kindergarten teacher Ms. Mckenzie adds “We are all very proud of Michitake´s achievements”.

We are very proud to spotlight Michitake 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.

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Christina

Friday, 19 March 2021

This week, we spotlight our ninth-grader Christina who joined ISR in Grade 1. Christina is characterized by her friendly, helpful, and also witty character. She is well-liked by her classmates and her outgoing nature makes it easy for her to meet new people. Christina is very ambitious, and this is also reflected in her academics. She has gone above and beyond in the past few months and has made great progress, as her Math teacher, Mr. Hammad, also confirms. “She has been working really well in mathematics over the past couple of months. Although she has been in lockdown like everyone else, she was always on time, actively participating in the class and constantly helping others.”

Christina is not only convincing in Mathematics but across all subjects. Her Science teacher Ms. Vig, says that she has many wonderful qualities including being kind, funny and friendly: “the best thing about Christina is she will accept, reflect and act on all the feedback I give her, which is why teaching her is such a pleasure! You’ve got this Christina!”

Supervisor, Mr. Mo, who has known Christina for many years, concludes, “Christinchen, as I call her, is the youngest of her siblings, and she is very intelligent.  Christinchen already knows exactly what she wants to achieve, and she is an asset to the ISR community. I am always there when she wants to talk, and it fills me with pride that she puts her trust in me. I am very proud of her personal development.”

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.

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Amina

Friday, 12 March 2021

This week, we spotlight our third-grader Amina, who joined ISR in first grade. Amina is an engaged, driven, and kind student. She is constantly pushing herself to achieve high standards and works hard in order to do so in her academic life. She is a kind-hearted student with such a polite manner that all students in the class can rely on her to be a good person to work with and a good friend. Not only that, but she is funny, creative, and smart as well as a “a true delight to teach!” in the words of Ms. Ewing, her teacher.

She is always smiling and a helpful student who supports her friends. Another of her teachers, Ms. Duenas, adds “She is a lovely girl! If you have the opportunity to get her as your student, consider yourself lucky. She is hardworking, motivated, thoughtful, caring, and so much more. She has a wonderful imagination that she uses in her writing. I love hearing her stories! Amina, I hope you continue to love writing more and more every day!”

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.

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Isabella

Friday, 5 March 2021

This week, we spotlight our talented fourth Grade singer Isabella who joined ISR in Kindergarten. Isabella has been a very welcome member of the ISR family ever since and proves again every day what a wonderful personality she has. She stands out for her willingness to help and her empathy. She is always very helpful to her fellow students and tries to support them wherever possible. Isabella is sunshine and convinced with her positive nature. One of her hobbies is singing and her teacher, Ms. Bucher, also confirms her talent in this.

In academics, Isabella is always very eager and gives her best. She has a great interest in learning new things and is very focused. It is important to Isabella that those around her feel comfortable, and so she also supports new students in her grade level to help them settle in. Her grade coordinator Ms. Ghica confirms this and adds in conclusion Her academic coordinator Ms. Ghica adds” She is not only an extremely bright student, but she is funny and very helpful. She has been over years an Ambassador to different new students. She supported them, and they have been friends ever since. Furthermore, she is a bright star in the constellation of amazing Grade 4 stars!”

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.

Student Spotlights: Spotlight On Our Student Ruby

Friday, 25 February 2021

Her German Teacher Ms. Scholz says about her, “Ruby is an outstanding student who is passionate about every class. She is a very popular member of the class because of her friendly, humorous nature and helpfulness. Ruby not only shows impressive academic achievements but inspires everyone with her joy in learning. She is a true role model, and we are happy to have her in our class.”

Her Homeroom teacher, Ms. Schultze, adds “Ruby is an excellent student and friend. She works hard, asks questions, and always tries her best. We are so proud to have her be a part of our classroom community!”

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.