Day: March 5, 2024

ISTA THEATRE FESTIVAL Grade 6-8

Grade 6-8 students do you love acting and performance? Are you interested in being involved in an exciting theatre event-NIS is hosting a theatre festival with 6 other international schools in China- you will spend 3 days taking part in theatre performance – the event takes place on May 10th-12th. Places are limited so you need to sign up with me (Ms Philip)  as soon as you can – have a look at the flyer below and i hope many of you can be involved.

JEDI Taskforce Update

Congratulations to Dora Li on being selected to join the JEDI Taskforce. A huge thank you to all the candidates who applied for the position. It is reassuring to note the high level of interest in our JEDI work.

Laurie

March 7 Mini University Fair

 NIS Mini University Fair welcomes you. 

  • The mini university fair:
    • Date: March 7th
    • Students’ participating time: 10.10 am – 10.55 am (G9-12, Snack and advisory time, you will miss you not Block 3 class)
    • Parents’ participating time: 10.00 am – 11.30 am (Any NIS parents)
    • Venue: Center LGR
    • What to bring: Note-taking materials and a bag to collect university materials
    • What to do during the fair: Find the poster on Tips of How to Fully Engage in a College Fair and 20 helpful questions
    • How to attend: Sign up only (necessary as you will miss your advisory class to attend the event). See the poster QR code.

Please RSVP by completing the survey by March, 6th, 3.00 pm : https://forms.office.com/r/v8Agg2MSDU

Attending institution list: (Updates will be available later))

  • Allegheny College
  • BIMM University
  • Bridge-U
  • EHL Hospitality Business School (Lausanne, Passugg & Singapore)
  • Foothill & De Anza Colleges
  • Texas Christian University
  • Ohio State University
  • Penn State University
  • UC Davis UC Riverside
  • University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute

Translanguaging: An Asset-Based Approach with Dr. Rojas

Click here to learn more about an upcoming series of workshops by Virginia Rojas focused on “providing specific translanguaging strategies to be used so multilingual learners can do what previously was thought they could not do in classrooms.”

Virtual sessions are two-hours long starting from 7:oopm Nanjing-time on April 23rd, 25th, 30th April & May 2nd.

The cost is 3,000 RMB and is PLA eligible. If interested, please speak with your PGP person, then complete the PLA tracking form. Thanks!