The Amazing Race

International School of Choueifat - Amman

Amman Students got to enjoy racing and following clues for many rounds over lunch breaks and after school hours during the Amazing Race Activity. Clues were spread out for students to follow, and challenges were set for them to overcome.

Participating teams dashed between the buildings and school facilities, supervised by prefects. For each clue, they had to complete a challenge, such as washing dishes, performing physics experiments, and even eating spicy sauce. Participants were ready to do anything to get to the finish line first.

RAK Week

International School of Choueifat - Choueifat

Grade 7 - 12

Student Life organized a Random Act of Kindness that proved to be a huge hit with students and staff at the school.  Below is the schedule of that week.

• Monday:      The week started with several acts of kindness between the students and the school community like: positive notes, nice compliments, helping each other......
• Tuesday:     Appreciation for drivers : saying thank you for your hard work  ,saying good morning and good bye
• Wednesday: Kindness with the  teachers. Thanking  them after each class for being phenomenal, and keeping the detention sheet clean 
• Thursday:     Kindness with the Cleaners and maintenance: by giving them a day of relaxation without work(but in the school) while the students kept their classes and playgrounds clean. 
• Friday:         “Pin” your Kindness". Students posted  notes on a bulletin board about random act of kindness that  have been done to them throughout this week.

Spelling Bee

International School of Minnesota

Grades 3, 4, 5

The International School of Minnesota held their first spelling bee for 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th grade. The SLO^® Lower School Department held the event on January 14^th and 15^th, 2015. Over 25 students participated by the end of the first day with five finalists from each grade.

Students were given word lists before the winter break based on each grade which gave them enough time to study. These words were the ones used during the spelling bee and students did so well that words from the grade above (i.e. grade 3 received grade 4 words…etc.) were used

Winners received various prizes such as notebooks, candy, pens, and certificates. The SLO^® Lower School Department is already working on a second spelling bee which will take place term 3 and students are anticipating this event with excitement.

It was not easy but so much fun… can’t wait for the next one!
Karrera Jackson, Grade 5A

Hand Washing Day

International School of Choueifat

Grades 1 - 6

In order to spread awareness about the importance of hand washing the SLO^® organized many activities for grades 1 to 6. The event purposely coincided with the Global Hand Washing Day. Several bulletin boards were designed to spread the message about the importance of keeping hands clean in order to reduce germs and diseases

The students were divided in several groups with different tasks. While some prefects were explaining to their schoolmates the necessary information about hand washing, another group was helping students write ideas or quotes about the importance of hand washing on small hand-shaped papers and hanging them on a big tree. A third group was coloring papers about hand washing and the fourth group was taking photos and selfies with their hands open to show how clean they were.

It was a great day. The students were excited to participate in all the activities and to learn while having fun.

1. The Amazing Race
2. RAK week @ Choueifat
3. Spelling Bee at ISM
4. Hand Washing Day