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  We wish all TIS families a safe and happy holiday season. Merry Christmas!            

Wow!!! TIS will be donating a whopping MOP 35,100.60 to the Philippine Red Cross, thanks to the generous support of the TIS school community. TISPA gave half of the proceeds from the Christmas Wonderland Raffle to the fundraising effort, for a total of MOP 15,324.00! The balance of MOP 19,776.60…

Recently Ms Wilson's multimedia students completed a photography assignment on light painting. Light painting is a technique where students use a dark room and a light source, such as a flashlight, to create a single long exposure photograph. By holding the shutter open for 10+ seconds, the light from the…

It was standing room only at the Secondary Christmas Concert last night at MUST Auditorium. Students impressed the audience by performing a variety of popular holiday tunes, memorable classical songs, duets and even a ballet number. A special thanks to Secondary Music Teacher Iris Chu for all of her hard…

By Michael Veith One of the biggest compliments you can get when learning a language is being mistaken for a local. Sam Lee (class of 2010) received one such endorsement near the end of his intensive Mandarin studies.  “I was talking to a local Chinese lady and then when I…

The two beneficiaries of the Run of Hope have received their cheques! The Kiang Wu Hospital Cancer Department received MOP 147,000 and the China Evangeline Fellowship Orphanage also received a MOP 147,000 donation to assist with programming and activities for its residents. Representatives of the Four Seasons Macao and TIS…

Lessons from Prisoner 46664 Howard Stribbell, Head of School This week the world lost one of its heros. Nelson Madiba Mandela changed the course of South Africa and influenced nations and people around the globe. His incredible journey from political activist to prisoner 46664 to President of South Africa is…

The 2012 PISA Test results are in and the results continue to show the high performance of The International School of Macao! The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international survey which aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students. The…

Administrators from the Calgary Catholic School Board in Alberta, Canada paid TIS a visit yesterday. They enjoyed a tour of the school and spent time with Secondary Principal David Spreadbury and Elementary Principal Mary-Anne Jasinski discussing the similarities and differences of teaching the Alberta curriculum in Macau and Calgary. The…

TIS entered into an agreement with the University of Alberta to accept four student teachers per term and to look for opportunities to partner in other areas such as action research and professional development. TIS has been accepting U of A student teachers for many years and will host seven…