Year: 2022

Grade 10-12 NAT Testing Today 9:00am

Today we will test 25% of students between 8:30-9:30am in the PAC Foyer. All staff are also welcome to test at this time.

No Primary students are scheduled for NATs today.

Grades 10-12 will test at 9:00am

Many thanks.

Self-Study Domain Committee Meetings Today

Self-study committees will meet today to wrap up CIS ratings and complete CIS-to-IB “crosswalks.” Please plan to meet with your committees from 2:45pm in the location decided by your group. Many thanks for your efforts in our final self study domain committee sessions of Semester One!

University Talk : NIS and HKU

It is a busy application season for our current NIS seniors, and NIS upper secondary counseling team organized another exciting university talk with the HKU admission officer.

  1. Which university:  The University of Hong Kong, one of the most popular applying universities in NIS senior community.
  2. Presenter: Mr. Ying TSOI, Programme Manager, International Outreach Admission Office & Ms Pearl
  3. A brief introduction: The University of Hong Kong, also known as “Asia’s Global University”, was established over 100 years ago with an outstanding reputation for international education. The University is ranked 1st in Hong Kong and 21st in the world in the QS World University Rankings, with many of its subjects also ranked among top 25 globally.
  4. When: 3:20-4:00pm (November 11th)
  5. How to attend: https://hku.zoom.us/j/95219758412
  6. Target audience : NIS G9 -12 students and parents. All the prospective NIS applicants in upper secondary are recommended to attend.

Please mark your calendar to attend the information session and bring along as many questions as you have in your mind.

Secondary MAP Testing

Secondary MAP testing will resume from Monday, November 14th. The updated schedule will be published this Thursday. Many thanks!

Monday NAT Schedule

All students and staff are scheduled for NAT testing today in the PAC Foyer. Please see the schedule below. Many thanks!

8:30-8:35 PKK1
8:35-8:40 G2
8:40-8:45 G3
8:45-8:50 K2
8:50-8:55 G5
9:00-9:05 Gr.6-12
9:05-9:10 Gr.6-12
9:10-9:15 Gr.6-12
9:15-9:20 Gr.6-12
9:20-9:25 G1
9:55-10:00 G4

NAT and Lunch at Usual Times Today

NAT

9:00-10:00am

Lunch

11:30am-12:30pm – Operations and Finance

12:00-1:00pm – Faculty*

*As always, timings are flexible based on your teaching schedule.

 

Facility Notice

  • Author By amyyang
  • Publication date November 4, 2022
  • Categories: Staff

Dear all,

Monthly Equipment Testing of Fire-fighting & Lockdown System on this coming Sunday (Nov 6th)  8:00am~4:00pm. Please ignore the broadcasting, the alarming bell and the flickering blue lights during the period.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Facility Team

Slingshot Challenge – Make a 1 minute video

This could be a GCD experience (gr 9-12) or it can achieve an outcome or be your project (Gr 11-12) .

Slingshot Challenge

If you’re aged 13-18 and you’re passionate about developing innovative solutions to environmental issues, join a global competition.
Participation is FREE and you can join as an individual or team. Details on their website (official rules here). 

 

The 2023 ACAMIS Virtual Student Film Festival

ACAMIS Virtual Student Film Festival

The 2023 ACAMIS Virtual Student Film Festival is an opportunity for student filmmakers in ACAMIS member schools to write, produce, film, edit, and submit their own student films. It’s a chance for young auteurs to be creative, demonstrate their cinematic skills/knowledge, and showcase their creations virtually to teachers and students all over China and Mongolia.

The theme of this year’s Virtual Film Festival is A Trailer for a proposed/non-existent movie.

The virtual film festival submission deadline is Thursday, January 12, 2023.

For questions or more information please contact Scott Ramon at scott.ramon@xalis.com.

You could use this experience as a part of your GCD story or for the Artistic strand if you are in Grade 11 or 12!