Action, Guidance, Learning, Spirit 31 Mar 2021 AISB Student Leadership – Helping Students Find Their ‘Why’ Student leadership began to take shape at AISB in the summer of 2017 when the Vampires summer camp introduced the… Alex Sota and 1 more
Building, Innovation, Learning, Spirit 24 Mar 2021 Co-curriculars Are Not Extra The year was 2001, and I had just gotten hired at the American International School of Bucharest as a Secondary… Catalina Gardescu
Action, Guidance, Learning, Spirit 18 Jun 2020 The Nibble – the AISB Elementary Literary Magazine Continuing in the tradition of last year, when we published AISB’s first ever ES Literary Magazine in June 2019… we… Shonali Sarkar and 1 more
Guidance, Learning 04 Jun 2020 Online Safety in the Age of Extended Screen Time In this time and space where access to broadband connectivity and digital technologies have taken center stage in our lives,… Gitane Reveilleau
Guidance, Learning 26 Feb 2020 Measurement Within the AISB Community Grade 2 students have been inquiring into how communities use different systems of measurements and how these help them meet… Johanna Rusu
Innovation, Learning, Spirit 29 Jan 2020 Catch the “Fever” of Personal Projects “To be honest with you I thought this was going to be one of those boring events that we have… Andy Pontius
Learning, Spirit 07 Nov 2019 Valuing our Mother Tongue This past weekend, Secondary students organized a Mother Tongue conference at AISB - an excellent initiative that was really valued… Peter Welch
Guidance, Learning, Novelty 24 Oct 2019 How do Music and Math Fit Together? Led by Mr. Lawson and Mr. Lacher, students in Grade 5 are learning about the different kinds of musical note… Callie Lane and 2 more
Learning 10 Oct 2019 Learning & The Brain If real learning changes the architecture of our brains, then, educators should be fascinated to discover how the brain works.… Peter Welch
Action, Learning, Spirit 03 Oct 2019 Experiential Learning: Here’s Why It Works In Secondary we have two weeks (September & May) that we have purposely designed to use Romania as a platform… Fiona Moss
Guidance, Learning, Novelty 19 Sep 2019 Diving Deeper Into Learning About Culture: Grade 2’s Amazing Cultural Race Grade 2 students have been inquiring into different cultural perspectives that influence the way people express and understand ideas. The… Johanna Rusu
Action, Learning, Novelty 04 Sep 2019 Why Sensory Corners are Game Changers in PE The idea of creating a small Sensory Corner in the Elementary School Gym that we could use during PE lessons… Laura Morrison
Guidance, Learning, Spirit 13 Jun 2019 The Secret to Authentic Learning Experiences in PE: Grade 1 Create Own Activities The mission of PYP PE at AISB is to prepare, engage, and inspire all students in the skills, knowledge and… Laura Morrison
Learning 17 Apr 2019 Grade 2 Math – A Window Into a Classroom At AISB, we believe that math learning should be engaging, purposeful and connected to real world contexts. During an inquiry… Callie Lane
Learning, Spirit 20 Mar 2019 Ilinca P: An Inside Look At How Personal Projects Keep On Giving The MYP personal project is a student-centred and age-appropriate practical exploration in which students consolidate their learning throughout the programme.… Ilinca P. (Grade 10)
Learning 06 Mar 2019 Why Experiential Learning Is The Way To Go Back in 1982 the British Government formed a Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics in Schools under the… Robert Brindley
Learning 07 Feb 2019 Conceptual Learning It used to be that we all came to school to learn ‘stuff’. Depending on the national curriculum we were… Deborah Gordon
Guidance, Innovation, Learning 09 Jan 2019 Go for a SeNsOrY WaLk… “I really liked making the sensory walk with Ms. S. We used colored tape on the floor to walk and… Jennifer Szwarc
Action, Learning 05 Dec 2018 Internships for AISB Students “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin The IB… Catalina Gardescu
Learning 04 Oct 2017 Times, They Are A-Changin’ We are constantly reminded, as I remind you, that things are changing, and changing fast. But if one reflects, this… Robert Brindley 1 Comment
Building, Guidance, Learning 06 Sep 2016 Confronting the Data Last week we reported to the community the feedback from the Parent Survey that was undertaken at the end of… Robert Brindley 2 Comments
Innovation, Learning 10 May 2016 A Curriculum for the Future? The more I read and witness the rapid changes that are evolving around us, I am convinced that ‘average’ will… Robert Brindley No Comments
Learning 22 Dec 2015 Vision As we plan to improve and change our educational offerings the key to any vision of the future lies in… Robert Brindley No Comments
Building, Innovation, Learning, Novelty 20 Aug 2015 Manners, Mastery and Meaning Dear Parents, The start of the school year is always a busy time as changes to the campus come to… Robert Brindley 2 Comments
Learning 14 May 2015 One hell of a job! In reference to the comment made by a ‘concerned parent’ I would like to make a few observations. But, first… Robert Brindley 1 Comment
Innovation, Learning 11 May 2015 A Sense of Wonder When I was Headmaster at Atlanta International School (AIS), the only school accredited by the international agency The Council for… Robert Brindley 1 Comment
Guidance, Learning 20 Apr 2015 Handwriting Finland, a noted vanguard in the field of education, is dispensing with paper and ink in favor of the keyboard;… Robert Brindley 5 Comments
Learning 07 Apr 2015 Homework I mentioned in my first blog post that we will be ‘cognizant of those things that we will not change:… Robert Brindley 3 Comments
Innovation, Learning, Spirit 01 Apr 2015 Changing times I recently attended the annual conference for our regional organization, CEESA (Central and Eastern European Schools Association). For me, these… Robert Brindley 8 Comments
