Posts Tagged ‘ lunch ’

With part one of the exchange finished, 17 eager students, along with English teacher Ms. Heather Prevosti, Spanish teacher Ms. Violetta Suroweic, and Math teacher, Ms. Ho-Ling Lo, embarked on their journey to Winterthur, Switzerland. Similar to the school’s past two exchanges, students on this exchange lived with a host Swiss student and his/her family Read More »

Tirath Singh | The winning ornament from the school contest. Being an international school, we have many people that celebrate fun holidays, but we mostly acknowledge Christmas. But what about the other holidays such as Hanukkah or Kwanzaa? Have they been pushed aside? Definitely not. The tree outside the main office will be Read More »

It’s report card day and students are anxious to see what they received. Surprisingly, staff in our school could relate to this as they awaited the release of our school’s Progress Report on November 16th. In NYC, each public school receives a report card based on their previous school year. This year is the third Read More »

Students eating in the lunchroom. It was 12:25 p.m. on a rainy Wednesday, when a huge swarm of students filled the lunchroom cafeteria. One by one they received their lunch and sat at a table with their closest friends, freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Most students were obnoxiously loud, while others sat alone staring off Read More »

Walking into the supermarket, smelling sushi, seeing pastries, and aisles upon aisles filled with food, candy and other Asian delicacies was mouth-watering, and trying to practice what they learned in class students tried to read the labels written in Nihongo which was an adventure on its own. Along with Japanese teacher Mrs. Natalia Higashide, seventy-seven Read More »

Assemblyman Sheldon Silver introducing Bill Thompson This year, the New York City Department of Education has severely cut funding and enacted strict new limits on bake sales in all New York State public schools. Events such as Breast Cancer Awareness days and the Walk for Devon, not to mention our Insider, have relied on bagel Read More »

Students in front of UMBC Lucky Retriever. Despite the long and rainy four hour bus ride, 45 students were anxious to arrive at the schools and breathe in the sweet air of college life. Touring colleges is a major part of deciding which college to attend. This year some sophomores, juniors and seniors went on Read More »

How often have you had someone chastise you for a hunched back or a slouching position? Probably way too many times. As back problems increase with age, students are unaware that too much weight being carried can cause serious problems such as minor scoliosis, hernias, neck, back, shoulder  pain, and most commonly posture problems. Backpacks Read More »

New fashion designer Anna Sui For all you trend-setting fashionista’s, there’s a new sovereign of style. Anna Sui, affecting the world of fashion and attracting people all over the world with her unique designs, is now branding a new line only sold at Target. This new collection consists of nineteen Gossip Girl inspired looks. Detroit-born Read More »

It’s no longer about polar bears, melting ice caps, or even global warming. Climate change is now the biggest national and global security crisis, as confirmed by the Central Intelligence Agency. Since climate change is a serious issue, the United Nations’ 192 members plan to meet in December in Copenhagen, Denmark to create another agreement Read More »