by David Ives.” Visiting musicians, Julie Wright and Nicholas Foster, worked with students in small sessions and gave an inspired performance for the whole community. ISP hosted the High School CEESA Band Festival where we were treated to incredible performances from a variety of CEESA schools. We saw wonderful performances from our Vocal ensembles, our IB Music students treated us to professional-level performances, and our Music with Technology students showed us how to make music the “new-fashioned” way. The Visual Arts continue to dazzle us with work that is creative and innovative, and a pleasure to have displayed around school for all to see. And, finally, the next generation of filmmakers made their presence known, as we screened their brilliant short films. Students and teachers organized the first ISP Earth Fair with displays on recycling, composting,
cooking, etc. These students pushed us to start composting our own food waste and helped install new garden beds. Others students baked for charity and organized projects for South Africa and for the homeless population in Prague. Students took time once a month to walk and talk to homeless men and women on the streets of the city. The goal was for students to engage with people and gain an awareness of the situation. The Vietnam Club arranged their second trip to Ba Vi, a village near the Friendship Village outside of Hanoi, where they donated funds raised at the Vietnam Festival earlier in the year. Students entered into an authentic global dialogue, when Palestinian and Israeli representatives came to discuss their perspectives on the ongoing conflict. On another day, three journalists from Radio Free Europe spoke about their job and about the region
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