Secondary Principal’s Blog
April 22, 2022, Update
Christina Powers, Secondary School Principal
On April 29, 2022, Parent-Teacher Conferences. Conferences will be held online. We encourage students and parents to attend conferences in order to better understand how their child is doing academically and discuss ways to improve. Sign-ups for parent-teacher conferences are open. Please sign up through powerschool. If you need assistance, please contact the secondaryoffice@isyedu.org.
Just a reminder, there will be no school for students on April 29th the day of Parent-Teacher conferences.
Family Sports Fun: This is a whole school community event taking place this Saturday on campus between 8:30 and 10:30 am. A large number of different activities, games and events will be happening for all students. These will be taking place in the gym and covered areas and also the swimming pool where our swimming staff will be supervising activities in the pool. The cost to participate is either 5,000 MMK per person or 15,000 MMK for a family ticket. The event will be raising funds for UWS and there will be information tables about our partnership with the school in Wan Kaung as well as information on Dr. Hedger’s summer challenge to canoe the length of the Mississippi River! More information about these projects can be read on our UWS page and on Dr. Hedger’s blog.
High School Prom will be held on April 30, 2022, at the Pan Pacific from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. This is a high school-only event. Tickets are on sale. Please see our online store for more information about ticket purchases.
An ISY ASA is collecting donations for Care to the Least Center, an orphanage in Hlegu outside Yangon. We’re looking for both new and used school supplies, clothing (including flip flops) and toys/games (bicycles). We will be holding a drive from Monday the 25th until the end of the school year. There will be baskets at the front steps for collection. Please help by donating items.
High School Exams
May 4rd-May 10th
Purpose: The purpose of the may exams is to provide students with an opportunity to practice taking a cumulative exam in a testing environment. It is an opportunity for students to learn how to study, learn, and retain content over time. This is not a high-stakes exam. It is a learning opportunity and another tool to help assess their learning.
In order to help facilitate this experience exam invigilators will use many of the IB testing rules and regulations.
Students who are outside of the country will be taking their exams through examnet. Links will be sent out a day before the exam. All other students will be required to attend school to take their exams.
The exam schedule can be found here.
General Guidelines
- Students are to wait outside the exam room at 8:00 am and at 12:30 PM at which point students will enter the room.
- Students are required to be on campus only when they are scheduled to take an exam. Students may leave the campus after having completed their examinations for the day.
- Students are not allowed to bring bags, mobiles, food or personnel into the room. Only a transparent pencil case, writing implements, and allocated materials other than writing implements are allowed if they are listed on the examination paper envelope. A sweater, water bottle and a book to read are allowed.
- Unauthorized materials are not allowed in the exam room such as phones, smart watches, cameras or notes.
- All students are responsible to bring a calculator or other required material as indicated by their teacher to their exams.
- Bathroom Breaks should be avoided during the exam– Students will be permitted to go to the toilet, one at a time only with an escort
- Extra time will not be given to students who are late to the exam
- Students may not leave the exam room early. They should reread their exam or read a book.
The International School Yangon
20 Shwe Taungyar Street
Bahan Township
Yangon, Myanmar
+95 (0) 9 880 441 040