School News The latest of all the news delivered to you. http://www.isturin.it en-us Copyright 2006 Sat, 19 May 2012 19:39:47 -0500 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification <![CDATA[International School of Turin wins tournament!]]> http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=13 http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=13 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF TURIN BEATS THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MILAN ON HOME TURF!

IST's Under-18 boys soccer team came home unbeaten from last Friday's soccer tournament sponsored by the International School of Milan where five teams from Milan, Turin and Australia battled it out to take the honours. Player of the Tournament Francesco Cappellini who scored 5 goals, including 2 in the final! After 2 draws and 2 wins in the five game tournament, Turin faced ISM on their own turf.

IST's youth policy has finally come to fruition, and the next batch of youngsters is already making the grade! Pietro Civallero from grade 9 was part of the team. Having already beaten ISM in the group stage 3-2 (goals from Yi Zu, Afonso Saraiva and the winner from Edo Re in the final minutes) and with 2-0 down with 7 minutes to play Cappellini came up with a 'peach', beating the keeper from distance with a beautiful shot. An ISM defensive mistake with 30 seconds remaining, allowed Cappellini to go one-on-one 1 with the ISM goalkeeper and with the 'cheekiest' of finishes, just rolled the ball past him to send the game into a penalty shoot out. With the best high school  goal keeper in the country (possibly the world!), the IST team was confident that with Luciano Pasquini the trophy was their's for the taking. "I have never known players so confident from the penalty spot" said Head Coach Andy "Ferguson" Ridgway. ISM missed their first penalty while Cappellini, Isoardi, Melchiorre, Marchiaro (right footed!) all scored.  This left Saraiva needing to score to win. He was born for this moment. IST players feel no pressure under such circumstances, not least of all the Portuguese wizard. Sariava stepped up, and stroked the ball calmly into the bottom lefthand corner, sending the keeper in the wrong direction. The shirt was off in celebration, before the ball even hit the back of the net. IST, Champions!
 
IST Squad
 
Luciano Pasquini
Donato Melchiorre (captain)
Alessandro Isoardi
Alessandro Marchiaro
Giovanne Liore
Massimo Cirillo
Pietro Civallero
Yi Zu
Edoardo Re
Afonso Maria De Almeida Paulos Alves Saraiva
Francesco Cappellini
Filippo De Nunno
 
Congratulations to coach Andrew Ridgway and the team and long may we stay at the top!
]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:49:49 -0000 <![CDATA[20th Anniversary of the Awarding of the 1st IB Diplomas at IST]]> http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=12 http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=12 20th Anniversary of the Awarding of the 1st IB Diplomas at IST

On April 19, members of the IST Community celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Awarding of the 1st IB Diplomas at IST.

The Guest of Honor was Ms. Sylvia Lymbery, who was the IB Coordinator in 1992.  Claes Nordahl and Luca Savio of the Class of '92 delivered inspiring speeches along with Afra Zamara, our Student Council President.  Congratulations to Toluwase Bolarin and Aurelio Mollo for organizing this event.  IST is truly grateful to its alumni for their continued involvement with our school.  Thanks to everyone who supported this activity!  

Click here for a slideshow of the event.

]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:42:32 -0000 <![CDATA[TOMUN - Model United Nations at IST ]]> http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=10 http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=10 TOMUN - Model United Nations at IST

 Click here for the TOMUN Newsletter

Congratulations are in order to Benjamin Taylor, Coordinator of our school´s Model United Nations Club, for the Model UN Day organized at the school on Thursday, February 9.  Participating organizations included The Manzoni Language school of Milan, Scuola Internazionale Europea Statale Altiero Spinelli of Turin, Vittone school of Chieri and The international school of Genova And the honorary guest speaker was Mr. Alessandro Amerio of the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ILO) here in Turin.

Likewise, congratulations to the following students who represented the International School of Turin at the MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE held at the UNESCO Center in the heart of Paris in November.  Our group of students represented the countries of Turkey, Finland and the Dominican Republic with special recognition going to Louisa Price who served as a representative of Turkey on the Disarmament Committee and to Chiara Cappellini who, representing the Dominican Republic, served on the Human Rights Panel, both committees of which had resolutions passed with a significant majority. 

The MODEL UNITED NATIONS is a simulation of the real United Nations, where students follow the same procedures and regulations to represent their country´s interests internationally.  The focus is to provide solutions for major world issues.  Similar, smaller-scale MUN activities are held throughout the year at the school.

Our school´s representatives and their countries included:

Stefano Marin - Finland ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council)

Eleonora Cavaglia - Finland Special Conference on Censorship and the Media.

Max Reymann - Finland European Council

Maddalena Revel - Turkey Human Rights

Chiara Capellini - Dominican Republic Human Rights

Louisa Price - Turkey G-77

Francesco Marchiaro - Dominican Republic G-77 (Economic Panel)

Michele Calvi - Turkey Disarmament

Giorgio Rampone - Turkey Political Committee

Isabella Revel - Dominican Republic Political Committee

Alanna McTaggart - Turkey Environment Committee

Alessia Garino - Dominican Republic Environment Committee

 

]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:52:21 -0000 <![CDATA[Middle School Mathematics Competition]]> http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=9 http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=9 Middle School Mathematics Competition
On Saturday, November 19th, IST students from Grades 6 - 8 participated in our school's first "Middle School Mathematics Competition."  Thirty-five students, including some students from a local school in Turin, took part in individual and team competitions. The main goal of the competition was to encourage an attitude of enjoyment, challenge, and satisfaction toward mathematics. 
 
Students worked non-routine mathematics problems throughout the morning.  The winner of the individual competition was Elizabeth Amici (Grade 8), while Ben Burkhart (Grade 6) and Felicia Sobhani (Grade 8) finished second and third, respectively.  The team competition proved to be the highlight of the morning, with five teams earning the same score.  A "tie-breaker" question was assigned to all five groups.  In the end, the team composed of Elizabeth Amici, Jillian Jakubiec (Grade 8) and Felicia Sobahni prevailed and won first prize.  All winners were awarded gift certificates from a local store which specializes in various types of media resources.  Our guest students really enjoyed visiting IST and look foward to competing again next year.
 
"Overall, I am convinced we met our goal," noted Mr. Alan Ramm, Head of the IST Mathematics Department.  "I was particularly pleased to see the level of enthusiasm in the team competition.  All students who participated are to be congratulated for their efforts.  We should make every effort to continue this competition in successive years."   
]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:23:48 -0000 <![CDATA[Pino il Pinguino Pigro Published!]]> http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=8 http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=8

 

Chiara Cappellini,  student from our tenth grade has published her first children’s book, this month. It is the story of penguin that realizes that that being lazy is not always the most convenient choice. Chiara has entirely written and illustrated the story at the age of 12, her first draft of the book was a technology project in seventh grade, but soon she realized the material she produced had a strong potential. After a few corrections and the Italian translation, ‘Pino il Pinguino Pigro’ is now purchasable in most bookshops and online. The author rights will be raised to support the well drilling project in Burkina Faso.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buy the book online-  http://www.pintore.com/Pino.htm

]]> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:01:45 -0000 <![CDATA[STRACAT?ISTATHON ]]> http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=6 http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=6 STRACAT→ISTATHON  

 

The PTA would like to thank everyone who attended the annual fun run on Sunday. It was a fabulous day with perfect weather conditions. Special thanks to the volunteers who helped with marshalling, manning the food stalls and those who contributed with food donations. Without all your generous support, the day would not have been a success. Also, without all our wonderful competitors, the race would not have been a success either so thank you for participating.

On Sunday, all present had the opportunity to participate in voting on the "change of name" for this annual event to incorporate the change of name of the school from ACAT to IST.  The name with the most votes was ISTATHON.  Thank you to all students/parents/teachers who put forward suggestions.

Click here to view a slideshow of STRACAT 2011

]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:34:35 -0000 <![CDATA[IBO Art Competition Winner]]> http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=5 http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=5 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:14:57 -0000 <![CDATA[New Playground Surfaces]]> http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=4 http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=4 New Playground Surfaces

Over the summer we have laid down some new recycled rubber playarea surfaces and some artificial grass in the outdoor sports area. The recycled rubber surface has been carefully chosen for its shock aborbency for extra safety, non-toxicity, low maintenance needs and its great look. We have also chosen a dark green color to blend in with the green hills in the surrounding landscape of the Bonafous site. 

 

]]> Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:29:26 -0000 <![CDATA[New School Website & Student Information System]]> http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=3 http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=3 IST has developed a new website and we welcome all to have a look around at our new site and get a small taste of what our school is about. Our site will continue to change and be updated so please keep your eye on this space. We have also started the first stage of implementing PowerSchool, a leading Student Information System. PowerSchool will continue to be implemented in stages and will become the ‘focal point’ of all school, parent, teacher and student communications.  We are proud to bring these innovative educational technologies to our community.

 

]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:33:28 -0000 <![CDATA[Welcome IST's New Head of School, Tomm Elliott]]> http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=1 http://www.isturin.it/page.cfm?p=487&newsid=1 With great pleasure, we are announcing the new Head of IST: Tomm Elliott. 
In the selection process, we were in the privileged situation to have met several strong and highly experienced candidates out of a pool of over 50 applicants from all over the world. Considering the requirements of IST in the future and the individual profiles, we have decided to ask Mr. Tomm Elliott to become the next Head of IST
 Tomm is a proven leader of international educational organizations, with a warm personal leadership style and a strong communicator.  In addition, he enjoys good connections in Italy and has already a great understanding of our school. We are strongly convinced of Tomm’s ability to take IST into its next period of development and to work effectively with all members of our community.

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