Big Thanks to the Middle School Music Teachers: Jennifer Forness, Katia Atanassova and Megan O'Sullivan for the
wonderful Winter Concert! Special thanks to Roger Williams for guest appearance at the piano.
Mr Allan C.
a little about Allan.
...After graduating from Cardiff University I spent a year volunteering in Malawi. I moved to central England in December 2000 and started working in local comprehensive schools teaching maths, science and ICT. Over the intervening 20 years I have taught up to A-Level and marked A-Level. I moved to Germany in 2018 and have been involved in maths and English teaching ever since. I have just completed a temporary contract with Phorms and am looking forward to developing my career here at ISF.
Alan will be teaching G8 -12 Mathematics
Ms Heyhat H., a well loved past employee of ISF will be returning to cover math for the remainder of the school year:
She will be teaching Mathematics G7 - G11
Warm welcome to both teachers!
Fasching
Our Kindergarten and Preschool children are very much looking forward to celebrating the Fasching on Friday, 21st of February. The children will enjoy Fasching dances, traditional German games, Face painting and a little puppet show.
Country Representatives at ISF
We had uploaded a list of country representatives on the digital platform for your reference. There are still many countries who are not represented at ISF. Having a point of contact from the home country helps in making the new parents feel comfortable at ISF. Also enables us organize various national events at ISF thereby giving a chance to all the students to know more about your country.
So if you do not find your country’s name on the list or if you would like to represent your country at ISF, please send an email to PN International Rep, Sree Ranjini Baliga at sreeranjini1@gmail.com or ParentNetwork@isf-sabis.net . Message from the Parent Network
Dangerous Skull Breaker Challenge
Dear Parents/Guardians,
It has been brought to our attention that there is a very dangerous and undesirable activity among young people around the world at the moment called, the Skull Breaker Challenge.
Essentially this involves three people, who begin to jump up and down and then two of them kick the legs away from the other, this causing her or him to fall onto either their back, neck or head. I am sure you can understand how extremely dangerous and reckless this is. To make matters worse, the children use their mobiles to video this and
then post it on social media. I am imploring you to talk to your children about this and insist that they never carry
out such an activity anywhere and we will be doing the same. This message has been sent to homeroom teachers today.
Thank you for your support.
Corina Rader, school Director.
Message from school nurses
Dear Community,
This is an update on the outbreak of the virus Covid-19 that originated in Wuhan, China. The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) is closely monitoring the outbreak of this novel virus which has resulted in hundreds of confirmed cases in several countries worldwide as in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.
As a precautionary measure the school community is requested to:
- Inform the school health center if you travel to and from any of the above countries. Make sure you are healthy and have no signs and symptoms of running a cold before returning to school. - If you are running a cold after travelling, do not to return to school until you have the clearance letter from a medical professional or an infectious disease specialist.
The symptoms may include:
People with a cardiopulmonary disease, low immune system, infants and elderly person may be more susceptible.
Human coronaviruses most commonly spread from an infected person to others through:
touching your mouth, nose, or eyes before washing your hands
How to protect yourself:
There are currently no vaccines available to protect you against human coronavirus infection. You may be able to reduce your risk of infection by doing the following
If you have traveled or intend to travel to South East Asia and experiencing above mentioned symptoms, you should consult your healthcare provider and inform him/her about any recent travel.
Thank you for your cooperation and stay safe!
Liliana Feiler and Andrea Krebber
School Nurses
News from SLO®
World Challenge Bake Sale February 21st Waffles, Crepes and more!
Fasching HangOut Party Friday, February 21st Grades 5-6, 4:15-5:45 POSTPONED DUE TO LOW NUMBERS
Messy Art Night Friday, February 28th Grade 3-4, 4:30-5:30
Fasching Spirit Day on Friday 21 Feb! Celebrate by wearing your best costumes or lots of color and smile for the camera! (No full face masks or weapons.)
Due to the Fasching Events taking place at ISF on Friday, February 21, SV Badminton will be cancelled during period 9. Students from SV Badminton in grade 4 will be attending the Fasching Party from 1-4pm and students from SV Badminton in grades 5/6 will be released and can be picked up early unless they are attending the Fasching Hang Out Party from 4:15-5:45pm
Don't miss the annual IB Art exhibition! See you there!