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
Guidance, Spirit 17 Dec 2020 Being Grateful for Life As We Live It In these times of such adversity, I would like to share a special piece of writing that I have always… Peter Welch
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
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
Action, Guidance, Spirit 15 Jan 2020 “Once a Vampire, Always a Vampire” The significance of Team-Building for Student-Athletes Often modern day coaches are criticized for what some people consider outdated training methods. However, championship teams and greatness has… Alex Sota
Action, Building, Novelty, Spirit 21 Nov 2019 AISB’s first student-written theater production, Brainstorm, picked up by The Bite The American International School of Bucharest presents "Brainstorm" by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. "Brainstorm" is an Original Playscript developed… acostiniu
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
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
Building, Novelty, Spirit 12 Sep 2019 Our Game of Stereotypes In these early days of school, we find ourselves introducing ourselves a lot. Of course, the conversation starter is often,… Peter Welch
Building, Innovation, Novelty, Spirit rrem 28 Aug 2019 Cultures and Learning at AISB International schools are truly remarkable human communities. Every school day, young people from all over our world walk through our… Peter Welch
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
Action, Spirit 10 Jun 2019 Grade 5 Students Put Together the First Elementary School Literary Magazine A group of Grade 5 students met weekly every Tuesday at lunch to put together this amazing publication: AISB’s first… Shonali Sarkar
Guidance, Innovation, Spirit, Uncategorized Volleyball Student-Coaches, Jade M. and Jillaine S. explaining team tactics to the lower secondary boys! Student Coach Jade M. giving visual coaching cues in volleyball, as some players are visual learners. Being a coach for the middle school boys JV volleyball team is a fun experience. The boys look up to you and will listen to you too. It’s great to work as well with a coach who is in your grade, you’ll understand one another. I truly recommend it if anyone has the choice. - Jillaine S. 24 Apr 2019 Student Coaching: Above & Beyond As a coach, there is no prouder moment than when a child you coached spreads their wings and takes flight!… Alex Sota
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)
Spirit 26 Mar 2018 The Power of Passion and Perseverance In the 1969 movie ‘True Grit’ there were some memorable lines from the phlegmatic John Wayne, who personified the conversational… Robert Brindley No Comments
Guidance, Spirit 21 Jan 2016 Freedom of Speech About a year ago I wrote something on free speech, that was published, if I remember correctly, in 'The Underground’,… Robert Brindley No Comments
Spirit 09 Jun 2015 Thank you! As the year draws to a close, the successes of the Graduating Class of 2015 mellow, and sights are set… Robert Brindley No 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