NIS News Posts

As a part of the CIS/WASC accreditation process, the school engages in a comprehensive ‘Self-Study’ in which we analyze ourselves against international standards, as well as against our own commitment to our mission, to work out what we are doing well and what we could do better. We are now at this stage in the process.

An information session was held on Tuesday for students and parents interested in learning more about Operation Wallacea. Operation Wallacea offers students an opportunity to be involved in ...

The Gr. 12 students gathered with parents as a group for one of the last times before the college application process reaches its peak. Parents were ...

Walking around campus this week it has been great to see so many Inquire-Inspire-Impact t-shirts being worn, especially today with the HS girls volleyball team off on their first tournament of the season . . .

Gr. 5 invited local naturalist Mr. Iio, who spoke with students about the local natural history of Shidami, and who will help students identify ...

The first week of After School Activities in the Primary School was a huge success! Students from Grade 1-5 participated in nine different activities, ranging from Storytelling to Soccer to Dance and Drama!

All students and staff were photographed this week, not only for the yearbook and ID cards, but also of course for any families wanting to order photo packages with a variety of sizes. Special thanks to the PTA for helping to organize the flow of traffic and also making sure everyone looked just right!

NIS secondary students returned this afternoon – tired but happy – from the start of year retreats in Nagano. I hope parents have been following on twitter to . . .

In Gr. 3, for their "Journeys" unit, students have been interviewing classmates about journeys they have taken, interviewing family members about migrations...

Middle School and High School students were off to the mountains on their annual two night/three-day retreats with staff. With many activities...

The school welcomed families back to NIS - along with families new to NIS - fo the annual Welcome Potluck on Friday, Aug. 24. There were...

A school without kids in is a very strange place indeed and so it was wonderful for us to welcome back our nearly 500 NIS students this week for the start of the new school year.

The grade 11 students are spending two days (and tonight!) to plan out the next two years at their beginning of the year IBDP Introduction/Retreat...

The ELC students (and parents!) had their first full day (half-day actually) in classes today, after orientation interviews...

NIS welcomed all new students and families to the NIS community on Monday, with a half-day of orientation led by teachers and student buddies...

On Orientation Day, one of the sessions was an informative joint presentation by the EAL department...