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International
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The MiniversityTM – Senior HIgh School Re-imagined
Mental health issues in universities; non-teaching periods scattered randomly through a traditional timetable; a whole city for our campus but field trips causing so much nuisance to those not involved; the growing importance of teachers and their need to increase, constantly, their capacity to succeed with every student; the infuriating, mistaken assumption that students can […]
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An FIS student composer’s piece goes global
On Monday, 2 November, a young FIS composer got to hear his award-winning composition being performed by peers in Beijing via Skype. Having earned the distinction of “Highly Commended Work” in the Association for Music in International Schools’ (AMIS) Young Composers’ competition, Grade 11 Richard Blaquière’s “Prelude and Fugue for Strings” was prepared by the […]
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Art Structures
Students in the Middle School Art + Innovation program at Taipei American School use the engineering design process whilst experimenting with different media and materials to foster their creativity and bring their ideas to life. This video features one such project created by Henri a Grade 6 student. Henri used Sketch Up and a Makerbot […]
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Sound of nature – An interactive art installation by grade 6 students.
” We wanted to make an artwork that makes people excited about nature.” – Kristina and Ryan. Students in the Middle School Art + Innovation program at Taipei American School use the engineering design process whilst experimenting with different media and materials to foster their creativity and bring their ideas to life. This video features […]
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A Sample Story of an Excellent Program
This story makes no reference to the associated educational institution nor the city or state in which it resides.