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March 16, 2016 I AM ISC VOLUME 1, ISSUE 27

Dates to Remember:

March 9-18: IB Mock Exams

March 18: 3rd Quarter Ends

March 19: Talent Show

March 23: 12:00 Dismissal

March 24-April 1: Easter Break– School Closed

April 6: IB Art Exhibition

April 11: 3rd Quarter Report Cards

Dear ISC,

Our student athletes continued building their impressive resume

this past week by taking home two more championship trophies.

Congratulations to our Lady Sharks’ varsity volleyball and soccer

teams on their recent victories! The soccer team defeated KAP

yesterday on penalty kicks for the island championship and our

volleyball team, representing the island of Curaçao, handedly de-

feated visiting teams from Aruba, St. Maarten, and Bonaire over

the weekend during the Inter-Insulaire Games.

Thank you to all the parents, students, and staff who came out to

show their support!

This Saturday evening we will host our annual talent show in the

gymnasium. If you have not yet purchased your tickets, please

stop by the main office. Tickets will also be sold at the door the

night of the event.

Thank you to the PTA for organizing a fun family day for parents

and children. Some pictures of Saturday’s event are posted on

page 5. The afternoon was relaxing and the children enjoyed

playing games with their friends.

One final note– last week’s Animal Awareness activities can be

viewed in an Animoto video posted on page 5. Simply click on

the image. Friday’s assembly was a hit with the students and ISC

was able to donate pet food and raised a good portion of money to

keep the shelter going.

Sincerely,

Douglas Vaughan

Director

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF CURAÇAO

ISC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

From The Director

Our Vision: An

international

education

today for the

global citizens

of tomorrow.

Our Mission: ISC educates students from diverse cultures to have the skills to think

creatively, communicate effectively, reason critically, and act compassionately.

Inside this issue:

Uniform Reminder…....2

Tech Corner……….….3

Athletics……...……….4

Family Day Pics………5

Animal Week Video….5

Elementary News……..6

Talent Show Tickets…..7

High School News…….8


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Students, please remember:

Wear your proper school

uniform each and every

day. Also, no gum in

school!

Thank you.


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Last week, high school students were able to build a personal computer during their IT class.

Students learned how computers are put together and operate by assembling, configuring and reinstalling some old, but

still operational workstations. This experience connects to various curriculum content areas, with activities that involve

science, math, technology, engineering and design.

On a higher level, our senior student Andre, was installing a server and getting familiar with RAID controllers, Win-

dows Server and Virtualization. He was able to create two virtual machines that will be added to our network in the

future as backup servers.

Tech Corner:


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Athletic Department: Lady Sharks’ Volleyball and Soccer

Congratulations to our Varsity Girls’ Volleyball team who became CHAMPIONS last weekend in the Inter-insulaire

Games held here in Curaçao. Our girls crushed the opponents in straight sets beating Aruba, Bonaire and St. Maarten.

The team worked like a well tuned machine with all parts working at a high level. Representing our school were Mi-

kayla Attwood, Maxime Jamaloodin, Silka Dyett, Savannah Schuurbiers, Isabella van Nijen, Fleur Bos, Vanshika Ro-

hera and Kyara Oliemuller with Maxime Jamaloodin being chosen as MVP of the entire tournament.

Yesterday our Girls’ Soccer Team also became CHAMPIONS as they

defeated KAP in a nail-biter. Following a 0-0 draw, the game went into

overtime and eventually onto penalty shots. ISC came out ahead, winning

the penalty shoot-out 2-1 on scores from Ploy Nakham and Silka Dyett.

Goal keeper Gina Hay blocked KAP’s final shot to seal the victory. Team

members are: Ana Karina Montana Garcia (captain), Fleur Bos, Silka

Dyett, Gina Hay, Catherine Ribeiro, Ploy Nakham, Nathalia Bencomo,

Sue Lin Lam, Karina Lalwani, Tanishq Virwani, Maya Moreno, Millie

James, Priyanka Mirpuri, Robin Horsford, Analysa Guerrero. Thank you

girls for putting your heart and soul into the game. YOU ARE TRUE

CHAMPIONS!

GREAT JOB GIRLS, WE ARE ALL PROUD OF YOU.

Today our JV Volleyball girls will play in the semi-finals at SDK against Mgr Willem Ellis at 2:30.

We are Family, we are ISC.


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Family Fun Day Sponsored by PTA

https://animoto.com/play/OBqXAiJcGhhxzK5i6LuKgA


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Elementary News: Blenchi School Visits ISC

This past week our 5th grade classes wel-

comed students and teachers from Blenchi

school. They joined our students during

art class with Ms. Nathalie. They also

spent some time in the playground, in the

library, and even had a snack.

Our 5th graders took part in a Read-A-

Thon through the entire month of Novem-

ber that collected a total of 2,500 guilders.

These funds were used to purchase art

materials for their school.

Thanks to Ms. Goumana for organizing

such a wonderful, collaborative event, Ms.

Nathalie, Ms. Ruth and Ms. Tania for their

support, and all teachers and students who

showed support and to the 5th grade stu-

dents for showing what it means to be

ISC; I Am Caring, I Am Helpful, I Am

Responsible!

- Ms. Alex


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TALENT SHOW TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE MAIN OFFICE


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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: [email protected]

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

Contributors: D. Vaughan, A. Querales, R. Rigaud, G. Hart, K. Ribeiro, L. Cook, A. Galicia

Congratulations to recently certified SCUBA divers Nakhari Alberto,

Anthony Glas, Boy Bongers, Kartik Aggarwal and Lorenzo Sasso.

On Sunday, March 13th these divers joined Eric Jager, Ms. Cook, Mr.

Simonetti and diving instructor Pol Bosch to work on the Coral Resto-

ration Project at Ocean Encounters. They spent over an hour underwater

and successfully cleaned the entire elk horn coral nursery. In April we

hope to have more certified ISC divers join us to clean the second nurs-

ery of stag horn corals.

High School students ... are you interested in becoming SCUBA certi-

fied?

Three certification sessions will be held during the upcoming school

break.

The March 25th - 28th session currently has 4 open slots, the March

28th-31st session has 4 slots and the March 31st- April 3rd session has

6 slots remaining.

Please see Ms. Cook in room 11 for details.

High School News: ISC Goes Diving

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