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People and Places Woodside Park International School announces that the new Director is David Rose, previously Headmaster of the British School of Houston, Texas. The current Acting Director, Peter Hoggins OBE, will leave Woodside Park to finally achieve his ambition to sail round the world. St John’s International School, Waterloo, Belgium won the International School Sports Tournament (ISST) in boys’ basketball for the third year. The team, coached by Dennis Davis has now won 67 consecutive games over the past three years. During the three-day tournament hosted by ACS, Cobham International School, St John’s defeated the American School of Paris, Cairo American College, Frankfurt International School and The American International School in the finals. In true international form the successful team members, pictured below, were from Belgium, Canada, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, the UK and the US. Washington International School’s Annual Auction ‘Madly Mediterranean’ raised $135,000 to benefit the school’s financial aid programme and another $14,000 was raised in Fund-an-item bidding to support the school’s performing arts programme. Comment continued from page 3 an ethical duty to ESL children to make sure that they receive adequate specialised ESL support. Administrators also have to select teachers who are likely to meet the needs of their learners. International schools need to employ people who speak languages other than English because ultimately these are the kinds of teachers who understand what learning a language entails and therefore can empathise more with the vast majority of international students. In my mind there is no place in international education for people who ‘don’t like languages’ or ‘can’t learn languages’. As said previously, in an international school ‘every teacher is an ESL teacher’. To ensure that this is indeed a reality, administrators and mainstream staff need to be trained in ESL techniques and strategies. Language must Special to this year’s activities was a tuition raffle for one year’s tuition, for one student at the winner’s designated school. Auction co-chairs Marie Breslin, Washington DC and Ghada Abu- Rameh, Arlington, Virginia, celebrate the evening’s success. Habitat for Humanity has prepared a Curriculum for Teachers with lesson plans to foster discussion and exploration of housing issues. Created for grades 3–5 and 9–12, it has an easy-touse and adaptable format with lessons that can stand alone or be the basis of a unit. Real-world situations are used which, in the Primary Section, provide understanding of the importance of shelter, housing needs and ways to contribute to the local community. The Secondary Curriculum explores the social, economic, geographic and political causes surrounding poverty housing and engages students in the application of applied knowledge to real life situations. For more detailed information contact YP@hfhli.org Speechmark Publishing were the winners in the 2005 special education category for Keith Park’s Interactive Storytelling: Developing Inclusive Stories for Children and Adults. The judges felt that this book was unique in that it was a hands-on manual enabling teachers of SEN, or anyone working in community settings, to use performance to bring stories, drama and poetry to life. Keith Park ran a series of worshops for groups of special be viewed across the curriculum and everyone must share in its teaching. The onus is on the school’s administration to organise professional development on ESL and languagerelated issues. I would suggest that many international schools need to become more aware of who their students are and what their needs are so that all students, including multilingual ones, are able to receive what they deserve: equal rights to the curriculum. Eithne Gallagher is ESL specialist at Marymount IS in Rome and chairs the ECIS/MT committee. See also Report on the ESL/MT Conference, Rome page 18. 4Spring is Autumn 2005
The Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Melbourne has been celebrating its 130th anniversary – and the opening of a new Junior School. schools, using Arabic script during the Shakespeare and Islam season at The Globe Theatre in London. His work develops play with language and can be an equalizer for people with or without learning disabilities. Interactive Storytelling:Developing Inclusive Stories for Children and Adults. Speechmark Publishing, 2004. EP 29 /95; ISBN 0 86388 The Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Melbourne, Australia has been celebrating its 130th Anniversary. The year began with a moving Foundation Day Service held at the Scot’s Church (built by the father of one of PLC’s first students, later to be known as Dame Nelly Melba) and was soon followed by a huge Birthday Party Picnic. This also marked the opening of the new Junior School and was launched by PLC’s Pipes and Drums and attended by almost 5000 members of the community. Scottish dancing, line dancing, folk music, a Rock Band with a Scottish Flavour, Asian and Western food, a party girl who jumped out of a huge birthday cake and fireworks … what a spirited, fun beginning to PLC’s Anniversary Year. See also page 13. Danielle Schwob, Senior at The American School of London, is a recent winner of a Margaret Saunders Scholarship. Danielle Schwob with Head of School William C. Mules and High School Principal, Mary Margaret Magee. is Autumn 2005 Spring People and Places The International School of Prague was awarded the title ‘Best High School’ by The Prague Post. The citation read: ‘A model of a modern progressive school, The International School of Prague continues to blaze new trails in teaching methods and curricular development. ISP runs outstanding community service and outreach programmes’. The Awty International School (Awty) hosted an information meeting on the International Primary Curriculum for the Pre- School and Lower School parents on May 4, 2005. The meeting offered the parents an opportunity to view an exciting video showing students working on various projects of the IPC. Mary Herendeen, the IPC Coordinator, and the teachers explained and illustrated how the IPC was used in their classes. The first grade students were archeologists digging for artifacts in the playground; Kindergarten students were learning about Day and Night through Venn diagrams; Fourth Grade students were writing scripts and then performing plays about human migration to unknown planets … the evening was a great success. Awty uses new theories of multiple intelligences to further prepare its students for the ever-changing international perspective of today’s world. The International School of Penang (Uplands) recently organized Basic First Aid training for 28 of its teaching and non-teaching staff as part of its concern for health and safety of the community. Continued overleaf Happy scenes from the Awty International School’s information meeting. 5
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