First PTA meeting

Please note that our first PTA meeting of the 2019/20 school year will take place in the PYP room on Monday the 19th at 7:15.

Ask ISL - Abbreviations

In almost all your communication it appears abbreviations.

Amber at African Games

Amber Holmes (second from right) is representing Zambia at the 12^th African Games held this year in Morocco. Amber is representing Zambia in the showjumping events. The African games have been held at a variety of venues since 1965. All of us here wish Amber and the Zambian team well.

Welcome to the school year

I look forward to a wonderful year at International School. We have a solid set of student achievement results to celebrate. We have a strong cohort of new colleagues with whom to collaborate.

IB Results

As some of you will know, we have produced a strong set of IBDP results, comfortably exceeding the world average and including - as far as we know - our first-ever perfect score of 45 / 45 from Shidan Javahari. Only 213 students in the whole world - out of over 160 000 - get a perfect score. That is around one-tenth of one percent. Shidan was with us from preschool so this really is a whole school achievement - it is an honor for all of us here at the school to part of this young man’s success.

Ask ISL - Co-opting for board

Can you describe the process for the Board of Governors to co-opt members

Renovations

Using our regular maintenance budget plus additional funds allocated by the board, we have renovated fifteen classrooms in secondary school. This is just under 25% of all the classrooms in the school. The renovated classrooms have insulated ceilings, improved ventilation, lighting, and acoustics. They are at the standard we hope to provide to our students going forward. We hope students will be happy with this development.

Ask ISL - MAP testing

What is the purpose of this test

Welcoming new teachers

We welcomed our incoming teachers with a dinner held at Roan and Sable restaurant in Kabulonga. Our board chair, Thomson Phiri, attended the event to welcome our incoming teachers personally. This was followed up by a trip to Gwabi River lodge with Craig and Sunita. I know how much teachers enjoy spending the whole day with their principals.

Ask ISL - ESOL charges

Although this did not come as a question to Ask ISL I have chosen to post on the blog as the answer may be of general interest. The question concerns the timing and charges for ESOL services.

Nangwenya road

Nangwenya road is periodically affected by major roadworks. At the moment

Ask ISL - Capital levy

I beg to differ with this inspite of the same having been agreed at the last AGM. A capital levy should be commensurate to the time students have spent in the school

A new beginning

A new academic year begins....

The end of the year

We ended the year on a positive note with assemblies celebrating students' accomplishments

Holidays!

Completed a year full of activity and great work!

New board officers

At this morning's board organization meeting the following board offices were filled:

New board members

At the AGM on Thursday 6th June 2019 there were eight strong candidates for four positions on the board. We elected the following new board members:

Lease agreement signed!

The trustees of the school signed the lease agreement with the urban hotel group this morning. While there remain conditions precedent to be addressed, this marks a milestone in our school's redevelopment. The resources from this deal will begin to give our students and teachers the facilities they deserve.

Trustee Natasha Chiumya's signature witnessed by Secondary Principal Craig Patterson

5 reasons to be at ISL!

If ISL could speak, I wonder at the stories it could tell :)

Hotel lease deal

I spoke recently with parents who assumed - erroneously - that the hotel deal had been concluded and that money was flowing in. This is not the case.