Senior School
Viaje a Andalucía 2026 la clase de español 9
El viaje a Andalucía fue una experiencia que nunca vamos a olvidar. Durante nuestra excursión escolar, visitamos Sevilla y Cádiz, y pudimos experimentar muchas cosas interesantes. El viaje duró 5 días, 1 día en Sevilla y 4 en Cádiz. Aprendimos mucho sobre la cultura, la comida y las tradiciones del sur de España. Una de […]
MIS Poetry Contest – Senior School Winners
The results of this year’s English Department poetry contest highlight a thoughtful and nuanced engagement with a single, resonant theme: peace. The Task: Think about … what peace really means to you: inner calm, silence, freedom, safety, acceptance, or balancea moment when you choose peace over conflict, anger, revenge, or being “right”finding peace after charos, […]
Life Off Screens
By Vasilisa K., Annalie A., Rosalie A., Grade 9 In a world full of technology and screens, teenagers still manage to spend their free time on hobbies, friendships, and everyday experiences. Technology and social media have become a big part of our lives and society. And the ones that are most affected are teenagers. According […]
Changemakers Conference Brings 270 Students to Düsseldorf to Turn Ideas Into Action
By Phoebe Z, Grade 10 The 4th annual Changemakers Conference took place from the 5th to the 7th of March at the International School of Düsseldorf. More than 270 students from 33 schools across Europe attended in this event. The conference provided an inspirational atmosphere where new ideas could be exchanged by applying the tools, […]
Everything You Need to Know About the Iris Book Award
By Vasilisa K., grade 9 Some stories entertain us. Some change us. The Iris Book Award unites readers from all around the world. It is a young reading collaboration programme between international schools that has existed ever since 2016. Students in over 20 participating schools have about half a year to read books from their age-appropriate categories. Later in the year, the students who read at least one of the books can […]
Stone, Spectacle, and Sketchbooks: An Unforgettable DP Arts Trip
By Madelyn D., Grade 11 Standing in the Louvre in Paris, France, surrounded by marble, light, and hundreds of people holding up their phones, it’s hard not to notice one thing, everyone is watching her. Statues of women have filled museums all over the world for centuries. These statues are admired, photographed, and shared. During our Grade 11 Visual Arts trip to Paris, this reality followed us […]
Fight to Win: the road to Battle of the Bands
By Libby B., Grade 11 Months of practice, afterschool, in lunch breaks and countless hours at home. All with one goal in mind: make it to Zurich for the very first ISST Battle of the Bands. It started as a pastime, a shared love for music that comes with absolute excitement when all the instruments […]
Later Bells, Better Days? Is 9:05 a good starting time?
By: Bruce H., Grade 9 At many schools, the debate over the best starting time for school is still ongoing. But for students whose school day already begins at 9:05 a.m., the question sounds a little different: Is this late enough, or should it start even later? For some students, the current schedule feels like a big improvement to their former schools. “Starting at […]
MIS Cheer Squad Lifts Off
by Anintika B., Uma R., Phoebe Z., Grade 10 Acrobatics, gymnastics, tumbling and dancing, the MIS Cheer Squad has done it all in our previous whole school assembly, leaving the audience impressed. But have you wondered what happens behind the scenes? How was the cheer team formed or what skills makes a cheerleader? We interviewed […]
Football Team Speaks Out Inside the Junior Varsity Football Group
Jonatan L., Bruce H., Edgar R., Grade 9 The MIS Junior Varsity football team has shown resilience and teamwork throughout the fall season. Their most recent matches took place at MIS`s home ground against Vienna, where they faced tough competition but continued to improve. The team practices after school two times a week, focusing on […]
Have You Ever Wanted MIS To Do a Broadway Level Musical? Well, We Have the Solution!
By Luca B and Elke F, Grade 10 Lately the plays at our school have been… a bit questionable. You’ve probably heard or seen of some of the last few plays our Senior School has put on for us. Maybe you’ve even participated in them. Now there is nothing more fun than watching a good […]
Clock Cliche = Bolting to the Buses
By: Philippe W. & David R., Grade 6 The release time has been changed, but the students haven’t gained. Learn about the cause, the conflict, and the crowd.
Re-plate Your Trash into Treasure
by Phoebe Z., grade 9 Food waste, climate change, air pollution, overfishing, loss of biodiversity… The list is infinite. You have surely come across these terms countless times throughout your endeavour at MIS. You are aware of these terrible issues plaguing the world. But now what? What can you do? The Re-plate Event is the […]
E-assessments Tips and Tricks
By: Anna S., Grade 10 As MYP students start to prepare for the e-assessments, the stress levels are through the roof! The idea of taking an online exam that covers the last few years of the MYP program can be overwhelming. To ease some of the nerves, I have interviewed a few Grade 11 students […]
MIS Poetry Contest – Senior School Winners
Today we have the delight to announce the winners for this year’s poetry contest of the English department. Our winner is Sonakshi A., Grade 12 Second place winner is Tilde Ë., Grade 11 Our third place is Josephine B., Grade 10 Thank you seniors students for competing in this amazing contest.
Navigating the MYP E-Portfolio
By, Eylül M., Grade 10 Learning how to manage time is vital for a student’s life to accomplish success goals. In e-portfolio that is the intention, this task teaches students how to complete long term tasks with splitting it to tiny goals to not get overwhelmed. In the MYP program, students are introduced to many […]
A 10th graders guide to success in the e-assessments
By Eva L, Grade 10 10th grade students are coming to the point where they must start preparing for their e-assessments. The e-assessments start on the 5th of May and go on for around 2 weeks. These are final exams for the 10thgraders before they go into the IB in 11th and 12th grade. The e-assessments are a very […]
Politics Around the Globe
By: Olivia S. and Elli S., Grade 11 What was happening in the world this week? Find out with this weekly update from Senior School students on everything you need to know about politics and more!
Basketball Derby Final Between BIS and MIS
Article By: Sadie Lynn S., Grade 10; Main Photo By: Anna S. and Isabella D., Grade 10 Photos By: Nic W., Grade 7 On the 29th of January, MIS basketball varsity teams, both boys and girls, played BIS, our rival school in the Munich area. This was not just another game; it was an attempt […]
Verena Machnik besucht die MIS
Von: Hakim Y. und Wiktor F., 9. Klasse Die Stimmung war atemberaubend, als Verena Machnik, Kandidatin der Grünen für den Bundestag, am 28. Januar das Klassenzimmer betrat. Schon beim Eintreten spürte man ihre Präsenz: eine Mischung aus Authentizität Kompetenz und einer natürlichen Freundlichkeit, die den Raum sofort füllte. Sie strahlte eine Aura aus, zugleich Respekt […]