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The rains have finally stopped and so the Green Team will have its last sale of the year. There will be freshly cut sunflowers, green pepper plants, basil, cucumbers and other assorted vegetables.

The vegetables will be available in the center foyer at 3 PM.  Support the green team and its quest for a healthy planet.

MYP/DP Students!

Remember:

-You eat first lunch today! 12:50-1:20

-10th Graders need to report back to Homerooms at 1:20, then head to the PAC.

-All MYP/DP students need to be seated in the PAC at 1:30 for a 1:40 start.

Thanks and see you there! 

Weather permitting, the Green Team will be having its last garden sale today.  There will be some vegetables but the highlight of the sale will be sunflowers.  Buy some cut sunflowers and brighten up your home at the end of the school year.

There will also be fresh basil and cucumbers for the first time this year.

Support the Green Team and our quest for an organic future.

Please check the final awards lists currently posted outside the MYP LGR. If you have won an award, please tell your parents so they can come and celebrate with you at the Awards Assembly this Wednesday at 2:30pm!

If you believe that you deserve an award and are missing from a list, you must let Dr. Saavedra or Mr. Bratton know by 2pm today. If not, you will not receive an award.

Thanks!

Grades…Ever wonder what that number really means? Did you know that your “grade” is not a grade at all?! That little digit represents a description of where you are now in a specific subject area (we just can’t fit the entire description on our report cards!). Have a look below or click this link for details! Grade Descriptors

The lists of students receiving Semester Two Awards will be posted outside the MYP LGR today. If you think that you have met award criteria and are not on the list, please let Dr. Saavedra or I know ASAP! Thanks!

Today @ 3:15 in the Courtyard! Be there and ready to rock!

This year’s fantastic edition of the Purple Duck arts and literary magazine was launched into flight last night at a magical party featuring PYP song and Bollywood dance, art installations and literary readings at the open mic, followed by live music from several acts, all taking place on several stages. It was a music and arts festival quite unlike anything NIS has seen before.

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this year’s magazine – we couldn’t have done it without your talents. And a very big thank you to those who performed last night – graciously, poetically, and movingly – and those who helped put the evening together, in small ways and large. Special thank yous to Ms.Yuen for her usual professional photographic work, and to Mr.Kay for all his time, his wealth of experience, and for the use of his venerable desktop computer.

And finally, a huge flap of the Purple Duck’s wings goes out in appreciation to the Purple Duck team for their inspired party-organising skills and for all their hard work spent bringing you the best arts and literary magazine in China! This year’s team was: Michelle Lei, Maristella Witt, Emma Sonevang, Brydie Dwyer, Jannik Schwachta, Minna Sonevang, Alicia Liu and Sophia Liu.

Don’t forget, the Purple Duck magazine will be on sale at various outlets over the next two weeks. Make sure you get one before they sell out! A mere 60RMB for one, 100RMB for two!

Don’t worry. It won’t rain on the Duck’s parade!

If rain looks likely tomorrow evening, Plan B will be the Centre Cafe, as originally planned. The party will go on…!

It’s that time of year again! The Purple Duck, 2015 edition, has arrived.

It’s a glossy, all-colour collection of the very best of an excellent year’s work, done by students (and a few teachers) in visual arts and creative writing. And to launch this new issue, the Purple Duck team is hosting a garden party. Come along for an al fresco, candle-lit evening of song and dance, art and poetry.

Please ignore the purple posters that have been telling you for a week now to go to the Centre Cafe! It’s a ruse to confuse – a commonly used literary technique that adds mystery and a pleasant sense of bewilderment. Instead, come to the patio area at the back of the Design Centre (make your way through the cafeteria to get there – if lost, follow the purple string…).

The evening starts at 7pm. The Purple Duck tradition of open mic continues, so bring your own favourite song, poem or other piece of literature to read. Wear purple if you can. And don’t forget – for a pittance – to pick up your own copy of this year’s magazine, on sale for the first time at the party. Be the first in your street to get your hands on this year’s magazine!

Weather permitting, the green team should have enough harvest to have another vegetable sale today.  There will be veggies, basil plants, and free herbs.

Come out and support the Green team.  Live a healthy life.

A HUGE well done done to cast and crew involved in Grimm Tales!! You were all amazing!

Last night was fantastic, let’s make tonight even better!

‘Atonal. The devil’s chord – never to be played or sung – has been sung on stage at NIS tonight. I have never experienced such a play of flattened fourths’. Amy Keus

‘Stunning costuming, big 80’s hair. I felt right at home.’  Simon leBon

‘A shocking depiction of the evil that lies at the heart of all students. I gnawed off my own toes in agony’  Aleister Crowley