The IB Career-Related Programme: an alternative academic pathway
We are pleased to announce that the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz will be offering the International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme (CP) from the school year 2018/19. The CP is an innovative international education pathway for students aged 16 to 19. It integrates academic courses from the International Baccalaureate’s highly regarded and internationally recognised Diploma Programme as well…
UISG Class of 2018 Outstanding IB Diploma Results
Congratulations to all of our Class of 2018 for achieving such excellent IB DP results. The percentage of UISG candidates taking a Bilingual Diploma demonstrates the linguistic diversity of UISG and how truly international we are. We also have been able to maintain an average DP result of 36 which is well above the world…
TASIS Math Teacher Wins World Masters Mountain Running Championships
Congratulations are in order for TASIS High School Math teacher, dorm parent, and cross country coach Tommy Manning, who finished in first place in the age 40–44 group at the World Masters Mountain Running Championships in Zelezniki, Slovenia, on June 2. This year’s race was the 18th installment of a world championship mountain running event dedicated…
Education & STEM – Creating a Solid Foundation for Future Learning
By Sebastien Barnard, Head of Marketing Communications and Admissions For some time now the acronym STEM, (Science Technology Engineering and Math) also known as STEAM, (the A was added to represent the integration of Art) has been bouncing around the corridors of educational institutions. However, STEM has long been an area of some consternation for…
Preparing Your Child for Year 1
Towards the end of the academic year, preparations at Yew Chung International School of Beijing begin for the eldest kindergarten children’s to move to Year 1. Mrs Maryanne Harper, Early Childhood Education (ECE) Coordinator at Yew Chung International School of Beijing, discusses the school’s transition programme for children moving from ECE into Year 1, and…
Congratulations Prem Class of 2018 on IB Diploma results
Prem Tinsulanonda International School’s IB Diploma results this year have dramatically improved. Forty (40) students in the Senior Class achieved an average score of 33.28 which is the highest that they have ever accomplished in Prem and compares extremely favourably with the world average that is customarily just over 30 points. “These results were the…
Early Years Learning at GEMS World Academy (Singapore) . Creating a solid foundation for future learning
Shaping those first five crucial years is a shared responsibility between parents and early childhood educators. Many decisions have to be made. Several considerations should be taken into account to ensure your child has an outstanding introduction to the world of education. It is the child’s first experience of a school Brain development in the…
Computer science offers a view on many different ways of thinking
In co-operation with TechSpark Academy the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz is offering in summer 2018 a new program called “Digital Skills”: Coding with one of the world`s leading programming languages Python or Learn about robotics with Arduino Gabriela Evrova, instructor at Tech Spark Academy and student at the EPFL in Lausanne, tells us why she loves…
Charity Project for the benefit of Ethiopian Women
The holistic education of our students is a core value here at Institut Montana Zugerberg. As part of that, our students engage in various charity projects. For example, our fourth graders of the Bilingual Elementary School who support the charity project «Greenlamp» with their class advisor Christin Büscherfeld. Zugerberg, June 2018 Since 2012, Greenlamp has…
Lé Regent College Develops Its Partnership With The World VR Forum (WVRF)
The World VR Annual Summit being held last week in Crans-Montana, Switzerland goes way back to the friendship between Clayton Doherty, WVRF President, and Didier Boutroux, Le Régent College Head Master. Visionary, Didier Boutroux convinced his friend to organize its annual summits in Crans-Montana. After visiting the school and embracing its ethos, Clayton did not…