Individuality Collaboration Involvement Respect Responsibility I AM ISC

February 13, 2019 I AM ISC VOLUME 4, ISSUE 23

“An InternAtIonAl educAtIon todAy for the globAl cItIzens of tomorrow.”

Inside this issue:

Middle School News: MYP Unit Plan………………...2

Elementary News: 2nd Grade Field Trip……………...2

High School Dive Club………………………………..3

Talent Show, Science Fair……………………………..3

High School News: Computer Class & Arduino……..4

Sharks Sports’ Schedule……………………..………...5

Dates to Remember:

February 16: Talent Show

February 21: Open House

February 22: Early Dismissal, 3rd Quarter In-Service

February 26: Science Fair

March 1: Teener Parade

March 4-8: Carnival Break, School Closed

March 12-19: IB Mock Exams

Dear ISC,

Please remember that next week Friday is a 12 o’clock dismissal for our 3rd quarter teacher in-service day. Addition-

ally, 15 of our faculty members will start the first day of a two-day training session for MYP. The training concludes

on Saturday.

Next week Thursday is our annual Open House day for prospective students. Most other schools on the island host

their open house on a Saturday, but we prefer to have ours during a regular school day for parents to see the school in

action. We have advertised in the newspapers and on social media, but if you do know of families who are thinking

of coming to ISC next year, please let them know of the date.

Thanks to all who attended the Town Hall Meeting last Friday.

The new strategic plan has been made public and is posted on

our website. For a direct link, please click on the image here.

Hope to see you Saturday at the Talent Show!

Sincerely,

Douglas Vaughan

Director

Message from the Director:

TALENT SHOW TICKETS NOW ON SALE IN THE MAIN OFFICE!!

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The 6th graders just completed their first MYP based project incorporating Geom-etry into Art. Please pass by when you have a minute to take a look at their final pieces and read to see how they were inspired and what Math components can be found!

Middle School News: MYP in Action

Elementary School News: 2nd Grade’s Field Trip to a Farm!

On Thursday, February 7th we went to Hofi Cas Cora in the ISC Bus. We are

learning about plants in Science, so we planted some peanut seeds in our

classroom with a guest from Hofi Cas Cora named Muriel. We went to the

farm to plant our peanut seedlings in the ground.

We had a blast at Hofi Cas Cora!

One reason is because we got to feed and see some animals. For exam-

ple, we saw and fed hens, pigs, donkeys (even a baby donkey!) ducks and

peacocks! The peacocks had a lot of colorful feathers and all of the ducks

were named Elvis. It was confusing and funny at the same time!

Another reason is because we made peanut butter

and jam sandwiches. We got to make the peanut but-

ter! The ingredients for the peanut butter are: peanuts,

salt, coconut oil and honey. The peanut butter was de-

licious, especially because we made it ourselves. Muriel

made papaya jam for us using a fresh papaya.

The last reason is that we got to see a Venus Fly Trap in

action! A Venus Fly Trap is a plant that catches flies

and other insects. We tested the plant by using a small

stick to touch part of the plant to see how it would react. It reacted quickly

by closing it’s plant “teeth!” If you see one of us around school, ask us

about the Venus Fly Trap!

These are our reasons why we had a blast on our field trip at Hofi Cas

Cora!

~ Co-written by Ms. Sara and the 2nd graders.

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High School News: ISC Dive Club in Events Curaçao Publication

The ISC Dive Club was recently included in a feature article in the publication Events Curaçao. The full article can be

found on pages 54-57 of the 11th edition which was released this month. A copy of the publication can be found in the

main office. Congratulations ISC divers and keep up the good work!

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Let’s talk Arduino

Arduino is described by its creators as "an open-source electronics prototyping

platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software." In plain English,

it is a popular open-source electronic board that is capable of controlling real-

world objects with software and hardware.

This week our HS Computer class started building small circuits, writing some

instructions, debugging the program and finally uploading the code into the

microcontrollers to make the circuit respond to our commands.

Great work !

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The International School of Curaçao (ISC) is a preK-12,

accredited, private, nonprofit, coeducational day school

recognized by the local government of Curaçao that pro-

vides instruction in English. ISC was founded in 1968

and offers a rigorous academic program in order to pre-

pare students who plan to pursue higher learning at col-

leges and universities around the world.

International School of Curaçao

P.O. Box 3090, Curaçao

Dutch Caribbean

Tel: +(5999) 737-3633

Fax: +(5999) 737-3142

Website: www.isc.cw

Email: info@isc.cw

Credits: Layout design: D. Vaughan Editing: D. Vaughan, C. Dijkhuizen

Contributors: D. Vaughan, R. Rigaud, NHS, S. Brougham, J. van Grieken, A. Galicia.