PTA News

International School of Turin wins tournament!

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:49:49 -0000

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!

20th Anniversary of the Awarding of the 1st IB Diplomas at IST

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:42:32 -0000

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.

STRACAT?ISTATHON

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:34:35 -0000

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