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TIS is pleased to be hosting the ACAMIS Middle School Cultural Convention on March 25 & 26. There will be many exciting opportunities for students to experience the Arts by taking part in workshops on Art, Choral Singing, Band, Photography, Drama, Musical Theatre and HipHop. For more information about the…

Students in Grade 7-3 recently created self-portraits from words. Working from photographs, and breaking the photograph down into sections by using a grid, the students were able to get the proportions and composition correct. They also generated lists of words to describe themselves that fit the categories of physical, social…

I am very pleased to be able to share some recent developments in the TIS administrative team for next year. Long time educator Mr. Chris Coates has accepted the position of Secondary Principal starting in August 2016, and as an added bonus, he will also be assuming the Student Services…

During the TISPA Xmas Wonderland event, a display of black & white photography by high school multimedia students was featured in the MPR.   Students were asked to capture their vision of Macau using the theme "Macau Through My Eyes."  We asked people to vote for their three favourite photos and…

By Renee Baker I came across a quote the other day that got me thinking: “If you don’t build your own dream, someone will hire you to build theirs.” Entrepreneurship isn’t easy, but for those who have set their sights on creating their own empires, it helps to have a…

The TIS Volunteer Team has been very visible in the Macao community since the start of the school year. So far they have been involved in six events, helping various organizations and charities around the city, including the Sheraton "Inspire Hope" fundraiser, the CEM Energy Fun Fair and the Run…

What an amazing opening night for Little Shop of Horrors. With its catchy tunes and fantastic performances by cast and crew members, the production was well worth the MOP 60 ticket price! Kudos to Drama Teacher Sarah Weinstein and the TIS Secondary Players on a job very well done. If…

It was an exciting day at TIS with the official launch of the Student Tech Support Team.  TIS wants students to be active participants when it comes to technology integration and so the team of grade 4-12 students was created to deal with minor technical issues and also manage the…

By Renee Baker “It’s definitely not for everyone, but accounting is less about math than most people think.” As someone who has loathed and dreaded math for the vast majority of their life, this is not a sentence that I can believe easily. For Jenny Chan (Class of 2009), however,…

TIS is pleased to announce that all grade 7-12 textbooks are now available in digital format. These resources can be accessed on Edmodo and Moodle and are provided at no additional cost to families. Students can now access their textbooks on their laptop and/or mobile device, which means they no…