The snow is back and so are we! Though we had a bit of a setback with the warmer weather last week, this fresh batch of snow is allowing for even more entries in The Quirky Quibbler’s Snow Sculpture...

In EAL grade 10 we read a book called Words in the Dust. It was about a girl called Zulaikha from Afghanistan. She had a cleft lip, and this brought her major difficulties. Finally, she was able to get...

OPERATION SMILE: WHAT IT IS? HOW CAN YOU HELP? As part of the unit in English this year we read the book Words In the Dust. This book includes a character named Zulaikha who has a cleft lip. The book...

The first semester of the 2020-2021 school year is almost already over, and Christmas is nearly here! Streets are getting filled up with lights, trees are getting decorated, and advent calendars are being...

On the last day before Autumn Break, SIS students got the chance to dress up in their funniest, scariest, fanciest, and -- most importantly -- most creative Halloween costumes. Some students poured their...

COVID-19 has been an issue for more than half a year. I assume that everyone is getting sick of this situation where we have to keep social distancing and sanitizing our hand over and over again. However,...

The Quirky Quibbler is up and running again after a few months' break.  The DP2 have now finished their end of term exams at the beginning of this term. Confused? Quarantine, pandemic, distance...

Saying goodbye to someone or something that you have cherished for a long time is hard. For me, saying goodbye to SIS and my fellow graduates was definitely a challenge. Due to the Covid-19 situation,...

Introduction - Thabang and Miriam Good evening, esteemed guests, loving parents, teachers and fellow graduates.  We come to you during extra-ordinary times to celebrate our “graduation”.  It...

Some weeks ago the grade 11s were notified that the End-of-Year Exams (usually done in the end of May) have been postponed to September. Almost instantly this triggered questions and, for some, worry....

Graduation was very different from previous years and this applies to the "utspring" as well. Graduation at SIS ends with a Swedish graduation tradition known as "utspring." This is when all of the...