End of year exams for Grade 7 to 10!

End of year exams are a very stressful thing that can make anyone stressed and paniced. The Grade 7, 8,9 and 10 are going to begin the exams at a regular school class time and there will be some revision time between exams. The exams where organized by the principal and by the subject teachers. The Exams are made because it is to prepare the grades for future serious exams. 

Vandalized toilet by Alex C-M

Today which is Thursday May 30th, somebody vandalized the boy's toilet in MYP. The toilet is on the first floor. The person vandalized by drawing a skull, a sign which maybe said  Sc and the word "rizz". The person also put some black ink in the toilet and dropped some wet and some dry paper on the floor. I think this affects the people by not wanting to go to the bathroom because of that. People don't want to go to the bathroom because people don't want to go in a untaken care of bathroom but a clean and taken care of bathroom. I think that the student who did this should go and clean the bathroom because it's not fair that the cleaning staff need clean it. It's not fair because it's not their home. Would you do this at home? I don't think so. 

 

Celiac Awareness day!!! by Niccolò Brandani

 On May the 14th, there was the Ceoliac Awareness day where everyone eats only gluten-free food. Some people were happy (the majority of happy people where gluten-free people) and some people were not happy (problably because they are used to gluten food). In this day at school everyone had gluten-free food like rice cakes and  gluten-free cake. I interviewed gluten-free people and gluten people and this is their opinion about their gluten-free food that they recieved on the plate.

Gluten-free person:"What a wonderful feeling about today's lunch because first I lined up in the same line like everyone else and I didn't needed to go in the special line. I am incredibly happy today because this is the first time we have a gluten-free cake".

Gluten person:"My complete opinion is that first I didn't like the first plate because it had too many veggies and like teens don't like veggies and at the second plate like it wasn't so much good because I don't like gluten-free food but I really liked the rice cakes and I didn't really like the gluten-free cake".

So at the end you can see that gluten-free people are treaten like special people but when they received only gluten-free food they were enormously happy but that wasn't an advantage for everyone because the majority of the gluten people didn't appreciate the food.

PYP, MYP and DP Exhibitions! by George

 Today, the 23rd of May, there were exhibitions from many different classes of the school. We interviewed 3 people in the PYP who were doing exhibitions on a topic of their choosing. There were many different exhibitions on a variety of topics, from gaming to animals. The questions we asked were:

How are you feeling now and how did you feel before the exhibition?

What is your exhibition about?

What is it in yout topic that you are more interested in?

Why did you choose this topic?

Our first answer from Fedro was:

"My exhibition is on gaming. I am very interested in Before the exhibition, I felt very nervous as it is a big presentation. After, I felt calm. I chose this topic as I was interested in it as I play video games."

Our second answer from Filippo was:

"I chose coding as I did a club. I was nervous before and relaxed after the exhibition. I am interested in creating robots and codes on websites."

Introducing Ambra & Elisabetta's Podcast!

Our innovative young reporters want to take their research skills to new levels by researching, writing and recording for their podcast. ISS Write Report presents Episode n.1 of "Ambra and Elisabetta's (Animal) Podcast!"  Enjoy!

Terza media Overview by George

 This year, the Grade 9's are sitting their Terza Media exams, which will allow them to pass and go into Italian public schools. The test is in Italian, and the natives who want to go to Italian schools must do the exam. These are very important exams, so this is why there are clubs in Grade 9 and also in Grade 8, because you need to learn the correct subjects.

Sunflower sabotage! By Alex C-M

In these weeks many of the sunflowers were born and they started growing. Unfortunately, some people are sabotaging some of the sunflowers by taking them out. Grade 9 had 7 sunflowers but now they have 3. Many of the sunflowers were sabotaged by being broken or bent, so many of them  have stopped growing. Grade 8's sunflowers got snapped and the other one got its leaves cut off and some of the seeds were taken from the pot of the grade 7's.

We reached 1000 views!!!!!!!! by George

 As of May 2nd, the Journalism Club has achieved above 1000 views on our blog. We are very excited, as we all work extremely hard on the blog. To celebrate this milestone, we planned on having cupcakes but as they were unavailable, we settled on some small pastries with different flavours, such as pistacchio, coconut, cherry, lemon and chocolate. The next milestone is 2000 views, and we are very curious what we are going to get. We also received new notebooks which we can use to record our interviews and notes.

Art Exhibition: Treasuring Trash Interview with Ms.Forzoni- By Edo and Niccolò

Thursday, May 2nd, there was an art exhibition organized by Ms. Forzoni, which was organized to
present the best artworks of the Treasuring Trash competition organized by the Saint Louis school, so we went to an interview with her.

 1) What is the point of this exhibition?

"The point of  this  exhibition is to show the artwork that partecipated to the art competition organized by the Saint Louis school, we have presented the best artworks and we are very proud as a a school to say that we have two winners: Edward Convertiti Mann and Henry Seigneur."

2) How did you organize the exhibition?

"I first organized the selection of the artwork based on the artistic skill and the artistic intention, which means the message they are trying to convey, then I have studied all the different displays and how to present the artwork in the best way."

3) How long did it take to get the exhibition ready?

"To get the art exhibition ready it took about two and a half days of work."

In the end it was a wonderful afternoon full of people wandering around the school corridors.

Corsa contro la fame by George

 On the 24th of April, we participated in a run that would raise money for charity that would go to the health centers in Bangladesh to take care of malnutrition. It takes 28 euros to save a child from malnutrition and they can take some biscuits that have many proteins. These are enough to give the right amount of food and energy to the children. This could potentially save their life. 

Sunflower contest by Alex C-M

 From the 22nd of April all of the MYPs from grade 7 - 11 are participating in a sunflower contest. Whose sunflower is healthier, best decorated, and with the most creative name wins. Each grade was provided with some seeds and planting materials on Earth Day (April 22) during home room. On May 27th the sunflowers will be judged by the student council. We are doing this to celebrate Earth day. Earth day is an annual celebration to raise the awareness of the need of protecting the environment.