On Wednesday 2nd June, the SSIS Taiko group was invited to perform at the Ministry of Education's Children's Day Celebration at the Cultural Arts Center.

We were proud to honor the Class of 2021 at this year's Graduation Ceremony. The Class of 2021 has been through a tumultuous and momentous year, but through it all they kept learning and growing.

97 Grade 5 students have worked together to design and create an installation artwork on the walls in Mr Johnson, the elementary principal's office.

This week the grade 5 learning community celebrated the completion of their Primary Years Program Exhibition (PYPX). The PYPX is a culminating inquiry experience in which the students become an expert at a chosen local and or global issue.

The coordination of this event is a testament to how well our school community of teachers, parents, and students work together.

For the fifth unit of inquiry, "How We Organize Ourselves", Grade 2 put on their thinking caps and learned about how businesses operate in order to support their communities!

SSIS grade 10 students were able to present their final products to the school community last week at the Personal Project exhibition. The Personal Project is a major investigation and creation of a learning event for the students.

This year marks the 5^th year of Grade 9 Cheerleading and our 3^rd year of performing for the parent audience. Cheerleading is a great unit which encourages the teams of 6 to collaborate and develop good practice and planning methods to allow them to choreograph the "aesthetically pleasing" performances that we saw on Monday afternoon.

Students from 1JH and 1MH went up to Mr. Lowery's classroom to learn about cells-the basic building block for all living organisms.

Last Friday, SSIS's grades 10 and 11 students participated in the CIS University Exploration Day, a virtual college fair attended by approximately 80 universities.

This week at both the Junior and Senior Secondary assemblies, I was honoured to present the students who received Principal's awards for Semester 1 their certificates on the stage. It was great to have the opportunity to celebrate the hard work and commitment of these dedicated students.

All students have done a great job this year, further developing their leadership and creative skills, and demonstrating they are great mathematicians, communicators, principled and knowledgeable students. Happy Pi day!

The students of Design at SSIS have been very proactive and busy this first semester preparing artifacts and visuals of their current Semester one projects. The work, currently on display in the SSIS Lobby, is a collective snapshot of learning across all MYP and DP courses.

Beyond the Class of 2021's early application results, Ms. Noh is pleased to announce that the Class of 2020's Korean students' outstanding acceptance results have recently been released.

Everybody knows the story of Cinderella. But did you know that the world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes was actually the mastermind in helping the prince locate his princess? This week, SSIS elementary students performed a new version of the famous tale.