Upcoming IST Events:

Thursday, May 17 -IST Board Meeting, 5.00pm – secondary library
Monday, May 21 – Parent Workshop: Students Who Stay at IST, 7.15 – staffroom
Monday, May 21 – Developmental Swim Gala, 3.00pm – pool
Wednesday, May 23 – Musical Mornings EC-Grade 2, 7.30-8.30am – hall
Thursday, May 24 – PYP Parent Workshop: Holiday Activities, 7.30-8.30am – hall
Thursday, May 24 – IST’s 49th Annual General Meeting, 7.00pm – secondary, room B4
Saturday, May 26 – IST Graduation, 4.00pm
Monday, May 28 – Swim Squad Gala Grades 2-5 – HOPAC
Tuesday, May 29 – Parent/Staff Appreciation Lunch, 2.00pm
Wednesday, May 30 – Musical Mornings Grades 3-5, 7.30-8.30am – hall
Friday, June 1 – IST Board Training/Orientation
Friday, June 1 – Elementary Activities Assembly, 7.30am – hall
Friday, June 1 – Secondary Campus Tour for Grade 5 Parents, 9.00am
Friday, June 1 – Grade 5 Completion Ceremony, 12.00pm – hall
Saturday, June 2 – IST Board Meeting, 1.00pm
Saturday, June 2 – Parent Group: End of Year Fun Day
Monday, June 4 – PE Fun Day for EC-Grade 2
Tuesday, June 5 – PE Fun Day for Grades 3-5, 3.00pm
Friday, June 8 – All School Assembly, 12.00pm – Last Day of School!

French Bake Sale!

Parent Workshop: Students Who Stay at IST

counseling workshop

Order Your IST’s Got Talent DVD

talent dvd

World Languages Week!

Next week (14th to 18th May 2012) is World Languages Week at IST! We have lots of fun activities planned during the week to celebrate the rich diversity of languages and cultures in our community.

For more information about World Languages Week go to the IST Elementary Languages Blog.

Solar Lights for Tanzanian Students

IST Grade 5 Group Installs Solar Lights for Tanzanian Students

Last Thursday, 3rd May 2012, a group of IST Grade 5 students helped install 30 solar lights at Pwani Primary School, Bahari Beach. Lynn, Salah, Yumeka and Stephanie completed their PYP final exhibition action project to provide solar lights for Tanzanian students.

The sale of Write for Light books and the group’s fundraising contributed the cost of purchasing the lights from ARTI (Appropriate Rural Technology Institute). ARTI, a non-­‐profit environmental group, will continue to monitor the use of the solar lights at Pwani school. The lights will be charged daily at the school and then loaned out to students who have no electricity at home, so that they can do their homework at night.

Our thanks go to the staff at ARTI and teachers at Pwani Primary School for their enthusiastic support for this project. Our students benefitted from their interaction with local students and helped raise awareness of sustainable energy technology in the community.

Posted by Sue Toms, IST Elementary Librarian

For more information about Write for Light check out the IST Elementary Library Blog.

IST’s Got Talent Update

PYP Final Exhibition 2012

PYP Parent Workshop: Assessment

Grade 5 PYP Final Exhibition News

The Final Exhibition projects are in full swing and there is a general buzz of excitement in the air as students plan each of the components that comprise their exhibition projects. Some of the groups are aiming to raise money in order to fund various causes related to their projects. In previous years, students have sold these items at the exhibition. In order to maintain a spirit of raising awareness rather than raising money, students will not sell anything during the Final Exhibition on May 10th and 11th.

Instead, students will have an opportunity to raise money for their causes during first break on Friday 4th May and Monday 7th May. Some students will have a bake sale, but other items related to their inquiries may also be for sale. Since students are still in the planning stages, the details remain a mystery! Grade 5 students are not obligated to participate. In fact, some students are focusing more on personal action. If you are interested in supporting the Grade 5 causes, please bring money to school on Friday May 4th and Monday May 7th.

To learn more about this year’s Grade 5 PYP Final Exhibition Projects go to the IST Grade 5 Blog.