ISF's Next Open House

On Saturday, September 11th, 2010 ISF will hold an Open House for interested families.  It will take place from 13:00-16:00 hrs, and presentations will be given at 13:30 h and 14:30.  Each presentation is followed by a tour of the school. 

If you cannot attend, if your needs are more immediate or if you know you would already like an individual consultation, please call +49 69 3482970 for an appointment. Everyone is welcome.

Mamma Mia Musical Production Takes Stage at ISF

After nearly eight months of hard work, 22 ISF Secondary students had their first Highlights of Mamma Mia performance on Thursday, May 27th at the ISF Theatre. Under the guidance of Mr. Waddell, Ms. Yildiz, Mr. Williams and Ms. Ormerod, and the incredible help of the Parent Network Costume Department, it was possible to put together an amazing show. The show is based on the West End musical from 1999, and the ISF crew made some chances to adapt it to our students.

If you are interested in watching Highlights of Mamma Mia at your school, there are still tickets available for the performance on Saturday, May 29th at 7pm. Tickets are available at ISF reception and at the door of the theatre.

Synopsis
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as the background for a wealth of ABBA songs. Sophie, a 20-year old bride-to-be finds in her mother's diary that one of the following men, Sam, Harry or Bill might be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna. Donna, who was once the lead singer of “Donna and the Dynamos.” owns a simple hotel on the island and used to sing with her friends Rosie and Tanya, who also arrive in Kalokairi for the wedding. Sophie dreams of having her father walk with her to the altar at her wedding with Sky on the Greek Kalokairi Island and she invites the three men to her wedding as if she were her mother, Donna. Mayhem ensues when her mother discovers her three former lovers on the island!

National Merit Scholarship Corporation Commends Zainab M.

Zainab M., Grade 11, has qualified with her 2009 PSAT results to enter the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program. She is among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants of some 1.5 million PSAT test takers in October 2009 worldwide. As she has qualified in the top 3% of PSAT candidates, she now has the opportunity to enter the College Reporting Service program to send off her results through CollegeBoard to her two top choice universities.

Zainab wishes to study Pre-Med as an undergraduate followed by studies at Medical School to then begin her career as a physician. She will complete a three-week internship in a cardiologist’s practice in Texas this summer as well as attend a summer medical program at Brown University. Zainab has replied this week to the National Merit Scholarship Program and selected Brown University and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor as her top choice universities for entry in 2011.

Teachers and Present ISF's International Charity Projects at International Stammtisch as well as Entertain

On Monday, May 3, ISF hosted the International Stammtisch which meets once a month at the English Theatre. This year, ISF presented various international projects in which the school is involved to around 80 Stammtisch regulars and newcomers. Ms. Korkmaz, Ms. O’Rourke and Ms. Gilon from the Kenya Project gave a PowerPoint presentation on our most successful and longest-running project, illustrating how we have been supporting the Chitsanze school in Kenya for the past 10 years. They were followed by G11 students, Erin H. and Leo E., who described their experiences working on the Habitat for Humanity project helping manually construct a house in Portugal for a family in need. They not only gained CAS points for the project as part of their IB Diploma, but also an invaluable insight into the true nature of philanthropy, which has had a profound effect on their outlook on life.

Jennifer K. from G9 then talked about her fundraising efforts to start a“Girls for Plan” foundation to improve the future of girls in Africa. With a fashion show featuring clothes from top Frankfurt designers, an entertainment evening at ISF with performances by staff and students as well as various other events, she has managed to raise a considerable amount of money, and has even appeared in an article in the Frankfurter Rundschau.

Stars from Mamma Mia rounded off the evening with a few hits from the upcoming school musical to resounding applause from the audience. The buffet was sponsored in part by the Koh Samui Thai restaurant in Frankfurt. Stammtisch guests then had the opportunity to mingle with ISF staff and students and learn more about the school and its projects. All in all it was a very successful evening and we would like to thank all staff and students involved as well as those who came along to support us.

ISF IGCSE Best in Germany and Best in World Awards

We are very pleased to be able to announce that six of our students were honoured in seven different subjects with the Cambridge Outstanding Achiever Awards, Germany. This award was based on their performance in the IGCSE examinations last summer. This means that these students were the highest performing students in Germany in these prestigious examinations. We are delighted and proud that so many ISF students have achieved this outstanding level in such a wide range of subjects.  The students so honoured were Harrison B. in Physics and Chemistry; Nam-Yun K. in Mathematics; Rashi S. in First Language English; Armando B. in First Language Spanish; Konstantin S. in First Language German, and Casey S. in Foreign Language German.  These awards are another testimony to the success of ISF and of the SABIS® school system. ISF would like to offer our congratulations to these students and our congratulations and thanks to their dedicated teachers.

If that wasn't enough, ISF had an even more remarkable student achievement. Each year the IGCSE Board in Cambridge makes awards to the top three students in the world in any IGCSE subject. We are delighted to be able to announce that two ISF students have been ranked among the top three in the world in their IGCSE examinations.  Jae Ick S. has been graded as the best in the world in First Language Korean and Konstantin S. gained the second highest mark in the world in First Language German. Both students were awarded an impressive certificate from Cambridge and an Amazon book voucher to the value of 50 pounds sterling. ISF School Director Angus Slesser sent his congratulations to Jae Ick and his family who are back in South Korea, and he was very happy to be able to give Konstantin his certificate personally.  Our sincere congratulations should go to these two students and of course to their teachers.

For more information about the IGCSEs and ISF performance results in other external exams, please click here.

University Acceptances around the World for ISF in Variety of Studies

This past month acceptance letters from universities in the United States and other countries outside Europe have arrived in Grade 12 students’ mailboxes. One student wishing to study Biotechnology has been offered a $2000 scholarship to study at Case Western University, an $8000 scholarship to study at Wayne State University and an acceptance at Michigan Tech. Another applicant to study Computer Science now has acceptances to the University of Illinois at Urbana, Purdue University, University of California, San Diego (Revelle College), and Rensselaer Polytechnic University.

Two students have been accepted at universities in Canada, one to study Psychology at the University of British Columbia with a $500 President’s Entrance Scholarship as well as at University of Toronto and University of York. A second student has been accepted to study Music and English at University of Calgary and University of Waterloo. Another Grade 12 Art student has an unconditional acceptance at Lasalle University in Singapore to study Art and Design. All grade 12 students who have applied to universities now have received acceptances and conditional offers with an impressive list of top world universities which ISF students will attend next year.

ISF Students Volunteer in Portugal for ‘Habitat for Humanity'

In February, 12 students from ISF travelled to Braga, Portugal, to support the internationally-recognized charity ‘Habitat for Humanity’ (HFH). The students came together to begin preparation and fundraising early in September and spent 5 months seeking corporate sponsorship and learning about what their team experience in Braga would consist of.

ISF's team of enthusiastic and committed grade 11 and 12 students were very successful in raising over 9000€ to cover their costs and donation to HFH. ISF and its grade 11 and 12 student volunteerswould like to thank the following sponsors for their support: Boehringer Ingelheim, Lipkau Family, Nestle, W+P Versicherungsmakler GmbH, Andreas Wutschke Versicherungsmakler GmbH, Dr Herzog, P. Herzog von Württemberg, WDV Photo Studio, ISF Marketing, SABIS Student Life Organization®, Gerrit Niehaus, and Lufthansa.

The time on the building site proved to be an incredible feat of endurance and team work for the group. The students worked alongside each other to dig, pour concrete, cut wire and lay rocks together under the guidance of the Portuguese site manager. It became part of the fun to communicate without a common language. On completion of the week the students were ecstatic to see that the foundations of the house had been laid, and they personally felt a great sense of achievement and self respect.

Congratulations to Felix W., Anna G., Maddalena F., Jin Woo L., Erika B., Anna H., David E., Marieta H., Sang Hoon K., Erin H., Leonard E., and Jeongwhan O. for a wonderful effort and for showing the best of themselves everyday!

The work in progress:
  

Start of the 2009/2010 School Year

Back-to-School Night
Tuesday, September 1st, Kindergarten from 19:00 - 20:30h
Thursday, September 3rd, Grades 1 to 6 from 19:00 - 20:30h
This is an opportunity for parents to meet teachers and hear a brief presentation about the curriculum their children will study this school year.

Monday, August 24, 2009
“First Day” - Grade 5 to Grade 12 at 08:15h
Students, upon arrival, should wait for the bell in their designated areas (grades 5 and 6 on the Primary Playground, grades 7 to 12 on the Secondary Playground). This first day will be a full day for everyone – ending at 16:10h.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009
“First Day” - Grade 2-4 at 08:15h
Students, upon arrival, should wait for the bell in their designated area (on the Primary Playground). This first day will be a full day for everyone – ending at 15:25h.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009
“First Day” - Grade 1 at 09:30h
The Grade 1 students and their families will start their first day of Primary School at 9:30h with a brief, traditional German welcome ceremony ending about 10:15h (Between 09:00h and 9:30h there will be a “Welcome Coffee” provided by the Parent Network in the courtyard outside the theatre). Families are invited to join their children for this special occasion. During this ceremony, Grade 1 students will receive a traditional "Schultüte" which the Parent Network will kindly supply. This is a large conical bag of sweets and school supplies given to children on their "Erster Schultag" (first day) of Primary School. Families are invited to join their children for this special occasion. A professional photographer will take individual and class pictures later in the day - therefore the children should come smartly dressed. The Grade 1 students will have a "normal" school day after the welcome ceremony – ending at 15:25h.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009
“First Day” - Kindergarten at 08:15h
Students and parents, upon arrival, should wait on the KG playground until called to the classrooms at 08:15h. This first day will be a full day for everyone – ending at 15:25h (15:05h for KG1).

ISF Dress Code clothing available through Lands' End!

We have worked closely with members of the ISF Parent Network and our student body to agree on this range of high quality dress items.  After several introductory fashion shows by our volunteer student models, our pupils, parents, and teachers have responded very positively to all of these dress code items.

Starting with the 2009/10 academic year, the Sports Dress Code items (designated polo shirt and athletic shorts) are mandatory for all pupils taking PE at ISF, and we expect all pupils to have them as part of their school equipment.  Lands’ end will automatically add an ISF logo to these polo shirts only.  All other items may be purchased at your discretion, and for each item chosen, you may decide to add an ISF logo or not.  To measure your child, please click on the image to download the PDF packed with information.

All families will receive a 10% first purchase discount by using the following gift certificate code: 9PS3G6X2. Simply right click on the links below and select “save target as“ to download a brochure and/or form to your computer.  Then enter the code into the Excel order form; your discount is automatically deducted from the total.

Brochure - English                                     Order Form - English

Broschuere - Deutsch                                Bestell Formular - Deutsch

Bestell Formular (kleines Kind) - Deutsch    For a Great Fit

Your completed order form may then be e-mailed to the e-mail address given on the form, or printed out and faxed or posted.  All of these docucments are now also permanently on the Admissions page of the ISF web site.

When you set up your customer account, you will automatically get a 10% first time buyer discount from the system. If you forget to use the code it will still be applied.

We hope that you and your children will enjoy browsing through this new catalogue together and will choose a range of school dress code items that please you.

Angus Slesser, ISF School Director

University Visits 2010-11

Visits from universities to ISF will in most cases take place after school this year at 4:00 p.m. due to ISF students’ busy timetables. This will allow students from lower grades to participate as well. First visits are planned as follows:

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