It is hard to believe the first term is nearly over and it has been a term like no other. It is important to take a moment to thank everyone across the whole community for supporting one another during these unusual and challenging times. The term “It takes a village to raise a child” is certainly true at this time as well as the wise words from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres “We are all in this together - and we will all get through this, together.”

The International School of Azerbaijan invites you to join them on Saturday November 14th, from 6:15 PM AZT to TISA's first ever online benefit arts evening Feed The Soul.

It has been a tradition since the very beginning of the initiative of the Save the Children organization in Lithuania to organize Solidarity Runs in the country to support children in need locally and internationally.

The NFHS or National Federation of High Schools is the governing body in the United States for all high school athletics and activities.

Through their learning portal NFHS Learn they provide over 70 online courses with the majority of them being free. There are courses for; coaches, administrators, officials, students, and parents with a number of courses also about non athletic or activity topics such as Homework Help and Understanding Vaping and E-Cigarettes.

Since 2015 it has been mandatory for AIS coaches to complete the Concussion in Sport course each year but this year we have raised the expectation to include; Fundamentals of Coaching, Protecting Students from Abuse and Sudden Cardiac Arrest.

This year the NFHS has started a school ‘Honor Roll’ program where schools are honored when they have at least 90% of coaches complete these 4 courses. With their commitment to professional development for our coaches, this week AIS Vienna became the first international school in the world to be given this recognition.

Read the full press release from the NFHS.

Three members from the International School of Belgrade presented at the recent CEESA Assessment Summit, which was held virtually. Educators from the CEESA region joined the presentation to learn how to effectively utilize school data.