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The Quirky Quibbler

The student news site of Stockholm International School

The Quirky Quibbler

The student news site of Stockholm International School

The Quirky Quibbler

An Unforgettable Experience in New York

An Unforgettable Experience in New York

Emma V., Editor April 5, 2019

(Song: Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down") This year, 11 students from SIS travelled to New York to attend the NHSMUN conference. After months of research for our various committees,...

Food, Fun, and Festivities at the Language Fair

David M., Reporter and Editor March 29, 2019

On Wednesday, March the 20th, students from the EAL, Swedish, Spanish, and French language classes celebrated the language, traditions, and cultures. It was an excellent opportunity to practice their...

Pi Day with 7P

Pi Day with 7P

Fanni V, Junior Reporter March 27, 2019

Overall, The Pi Day was a successful event for 7P. The class was divided into 2 teams: The GREEN team consisting of girls and The RED team consisting of boys. We had printed different nature patterns,...

War and Friendship in Brussels

War and Friendship in Brussels

Lindsay M., Guest Writer March 25, 2019

 At eight o'clock on the Friday night of March 8th, thirteen students and their teachers landed at Arlanda Airport. They were greeted by parents and friends, or in my case an empty train platform,...

Global School Strike for Climate Change

Global School Strike for Climate Change

Emma V., Editor March 18, 2019

Thousands of students in Stockholm took part in the school strike for climate change. They skipped their classes on Friday to march through the city and demand for politicians to take action against...

Creative Pursuit of Personal Projects

Creative Pursuit of Personal Projects

Emma V., Editor February 20, 2019

Every year, the students in MYP 5 complete the “personal project”. This project includes a product, a process journal, and a report. The project spans from September until March and requires hard...

SISMUN 2019 Comes to a Close

SISMUN 2019 Comes to a Close

Maya M., Editor February 4, 2019

After a long day of debate and discussion, we have finally come to one of concluding points of the SISMUN conference; the creation and submission of resolutions. This is the reason for the...

SIS Mini Mun

SIS Mini Mun

Emma V., Editor February 3, 2019

The Mini MUN conference for 6th and 7th graders followed the theme of SISMUN: threats to democracy. The topic of Mini MUN was an invasion of our planet by aliens who look identical to humans, whose aim...

Crisis in the WTO

Crisis in the WTO

February 1, 2019

The World Trade Organizations topic is “Neocolonialism through Trade Dependence”. Basically, they are talking about countries who exert indirect control over other countries by making them dependent...

Hectic Debate Sparks in Disarmament Committee

Hectic Debate Sparks in Disarmament Committee

February 1, 2019

The Disarmament Committee will be debating about the topic of “Development and proliferation of lethal autonomous weapons”. As with all the committees, they have a set of questions which they are...

Crisis in the UN Womens Committee

Crisis in the UN Women’s Committee

Milou V., Editor February 1, 2019

A crisis has occurred in the UN Women's Committee! Angola has been appointed as being the president of UN Women, this is seen as being highly controversial because there is a lot of gender inequality in...

SISMUN - Heated Discussions in the UN Womens Committee

SISMUN – Heated Discussions in the UN Women’s Committee

Milou V., Editor February 1, 2019

  The Quirky Quibbler was honoured to be able to sit in the conference, in this article we would like to give you an impression of what the discussions were like in the Women's Committee The...

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