Secondary Principal’s Blog
January 17, 2020, Update
Christina Powers, Secondary School Principal
The ISY campus will be buzzing with activity as our Basketball teams will be competing in a tournament in our SAS gym. Please come and cheer on our Chinthes!
This week we will continue with our grade 11 exams: Grade 11 students will only need to attend school when they have an exam. Please see the exam schedule for more information. All other grades will have classes as normal.
This Friday will mark the end of Quarter 2 of the academic school year. Reports will be made available by Friday January 31, 2019.
Color Run 2020:
See information below on the Color Run 2020 that is being organized by our very own Girl Up Secondary School group. You can see the posters below on display around the school and on our TV screens.
To end the quarter we will be having our annual Olympiad which has the reputation of being “the greatest day of the year” Students will participate in cross grade level team and will compete through fun filled games. It is a day that build school spirit and helps maintain our sense of community. Following Olympiad we will have our Service Learning Action Day
ISY’s Service Action Afternoon
January 24, 2020
Making a difference through meaningful service is one way to enhance learning. In an effort to be a leader in Service Learning, the ISY secondary school will be taking the afternoon of January 24, 2020 and dedicating time to the “Action” stage of the 5 stages of service learning.
Over the course of this school year many of our students have engaged in activities where they utilize these five stages in order to make better informed decisions resulting in positive impacts on our local and global communities. Students are deepening their understanding and commitment to making a difference as well as developing the tools to make it happen. As service learning is at the heart of ISY and is highly valued we will be providing students time within the school day to take action and make a positive impact.
On the afternoon of January 24th, after the annual Olympiad, secondary students will engage in a “Service Action Afternoon”. Their actions will vary depending on the students’ service learning ASA and/or their area of interest. Some actions will take place off campus, in addition, the ending time of each activity may vary. Notification of your child’s action choice and the details of his/her activity will be emailed to parents / guardians by January 20th, 2020.
A few of the many activities that will be available for students to choose from are listed below:
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Girls up |
Increase ES students awareness and understanding of gender issues through storytelling activities |
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Animal Shelter |
Students will determine the needs of the shelter and its animals and will visit the shelter to make a positive change |
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Trash Hero |
Collect trash from a local neighborhood and analysis what is found. |
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Eco Schools |
Students will take part in a competition to design, choose materials and then build a sustainable creation for a small garden |
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Middle School Community Kitchen |
Students involved in MS community kitchen will be going to ‘Kyait Waing’ disabled center to deliver snacks that they will be preparing as well as actively engage with students from the center |
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Sustainability |
Sustainability Workshop for HS Students |
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Design and Construct |
Design and construct Charging Station for Solar Panels |
If you have any questions or wish to contribute your expertise to the success of this event, please email the secondary office.
The International School Yangon
20 Shwe Taungyar Street
Bahan Township
Yangon, Myanmar
+95 (0) 9 880 441 040