COMMUNITY UPDATE
DIRECTOR’S UPDATE Dear Community Members, I am very happy to welcome our students and faculty back to our campus after the Spring Break. Before heading off to a well-deserved break, our students and teachers bid farewell to our High School Seniors, who will be focusing on revising for their upcoming exams in the coming weeks. Their last day on campus was filled with fun, games, music, and colour to celebrate their cherished friendships and accomplishments. I wish the Class of 2024 the best of luck, and we are all very excited to see them back together for their Graduation Ceremony on 7 June! As we are approaching the final two months of the school year, we look forward to the events that will take place on campus before the summer holidays. On the weekend of 8 - 9 June, our campus will host a two-day celebration of diversity and excellence at ISB. Summerfest, on 8 June, will see one of the biggest alumni reunions, bringing together past students, teachers, and staff from all corners of the world, to reconnect and to reminisce about their time at ISB. We hope many of them will also join us for the International Festival. Taking place the following day, the festival is a celebration of our international community. Organisers from many of the nations represented at ISB will share their cultural heritage and culinary treasures with the rest of our community. Thank you to all the volunteers who are already working hard to make this happen. Family and friends are invited too! On a daily basis, we strive to educate our students about diverse cultures, religions, and lifestyles, without promoting any singular one as superior to others. Our school's strengths lie in our diversity of cultures and richness of perspectives and, in line with our Equal Opportunities and Inclusion Policy, we see, treat, and support each other as unique individuals – with distinct cultural experiences and distinct potential. The International Festival is a way of showcasing our community and of appreciating that, over its 70+ year history, ISB has created a space to respect and to learn from one another’s different perspectives.
James MacDonald ISB Director