On Thursday, June 15th, the Teda International School primary hosted a Grade 5 promotion and awards ceremony. Students in Kindergarten through grade 5 received awards and certificates highlighting their hard work and progress throughout the school year. The final dragon house points were announced, and yellow house was the winner for the 2016-2017 school year. Congratulations Yellow House! During the ceremony, the special choir and vocal ensemble, as well as the African Drum Club, gave special performances in honor of the day of celebrating all that has been learned and achieved this year. Mr. Falzerano gave us an update about all the money that has been raised this year in primary, and we were able to raise more money than last year. Great job primary! The program concluded with the promotion of the grade 5 students into middle school. Congratulations to all TIS students for all that you have accomplished throughout the past several months. Your hard work has paid off!

Grade 1 had fun building towers today for our science class as part of a STEM activity. The students had to try to make the tallest tower possible, but the tower had to be able to stand up on its own. They were only allowed to use: straws, tape, sticky notes, and paper clips. We had some great problem-solvers! Our towers measured from 65 cm to 110 cm.

(STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.)