Thank You! To the many ISB teachers, parents, and community members who volunteered to take the students on amazing adventures, leading activities and workshops from all corners of the world! Please visit our YouTube channel to see a video slideshow of the workshops! Marisol Almeida – Mexican Maracas Hélène Amieva – Beignets Charles Atkins – [...]
ISB Middle School Director, Carlos Martinez, and Middle School French teacher, Constance Du Bois, hosted a roundtable for International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) Language teachers on Friday, April 5. As a leader in language learning among the local schools that follow the MYP, the team at ISB stepped up to lead this roundtable and [...]
Spring is here in Brooklyn! ISB 6th grade Community Service Club is working with Gowanus Canal Conservancy (@gowanusgreen) to maintain the tree beds in the neighborhood!
What do ISB students love about school? I took the opportunity to ask them on Valentine’s Day and here is what they said: “I love my friends” “I love playing!” “A mi me encantan las unidades de PYP” “J’aime bien apprendre des nouvelles choses” “I love that my teacher is fun” “I love gym class!” [...]
On Thursday, 2nd-6th grade students gathered in the cafeteria for an assembly commemorating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They sang many civil rights songs: “The Back of the Bus,” which tells the story about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott, “Woke Up This Morning with my Mind on Freedom,” about the many marches [...]
On December 7, the Middle Schoolers discovered the great surviving artifacts of the Mesopotamian and Egyptian Civilizations, living at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Students and teachers were led on an amazing journey through remnants of old temples, statues created by and for the emperors and discovered the unique process of mummification. Our guide was [...]
Dear Families, The 6th grade Community Service Club is leading some school-wide programs in response to Hurricane Sandy. Here are three things you can do to help! HAPPY CARDS: ISB students are creating “Happy Cards” for the many people hosted at the Armory in Park Slope to brighten their day. We are asking for any type [...]
Professional development, both internal and external, is critical to the ongoing growth of our program and staff. When school is closed for these professional development days, teachers are hard at work pondering, exploring, dialoguing, and wrestling with themes and issues related to the daily practice of teaching. This past Friday, our faculty and staff had [...]
The Dragons pulled off an impressive win in their first game of the season (and first interscholastic game ever for ISB!). Twenty 5th and 6th graders traveled to Manhattan to play City & Country on October 15th and, despite the rain, won the match 9-0. Come cheer them on in their next game, Friday, October [...]
By Miriam Butterman On Thursday, September 27, ISB cut the ribbon on another first when we took our class outdoors to the Berkshire Mountains in Kent, CT for a Middle School overnight field trip. Club Getaway has been in existence as an outsourced retreat and nature’s classroom facility since 1976. It was started by the [...]
