Issue 138 - Rome International School

Issue #138: March 20 2014
General Information
Urgent reminder: Enrolments
In This Issue:
• General Information
Urgent reminder: enrolments
Exclusive RIS lecture, sign up!
ASD RIS scholarships
PTA news round up RIS Summer courses 2015 Book now!
• Elementary News
Modern day dads
Business and a box of
baguettes
Elementary celebrate
father’s day
Dear Parents,
As you are aware, the enrolment periods for the Early Years and Elementary School
have already expired. Considering that there are not many working days left until the
general deadline of 31 March, 2015, please make arrangements to visit the
Admissions office as soon as possible, in order to enrol your child for next year. This
will ensure that the relevant documentation is processed in a timely manner. Please
also remember that there is a penalty fee of €400 that will be applied to late
applications. Information on how to apply online can be found here.
Exclusive RIS lecture next week
• Middle/High School Parent/Teacher conference
LUISS ceremony summary
Rome Maths Competition
IGCSE exams, grade 11
MUN reflections
• Lunch Menu
23 - 27 March
Professor Pozzi at RIS - Thursday 26 March, 16.30
Thank you to the parents who have already secured their place to attend next week’s
lecture. If you haven’t already, make sure you book your place to participate in the
stimulating lecture by Mr Prozzi on the way in which the main paradigms in
economics were formed, how they have influenced the evolution of reality and the
impact they may have on our future: a perspective in which history, economics and
philosophy are interrelated; and how to interpret the world in which we live and in
which our children are going to live in. Please reserve your place asap by writing to
office@romeinternationalschool.it.
ASD RIS - Scholarship deadline
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The Board of ASD RIS, for the third year running, has approved the regulations for
scholarships, with a value of €1,500 each. Please be reminded that the deadline
for submitting the scholarship application is 31 March 2015.
There are four scholarships that will be awarded on the basis of academic merit (two
for Elementary and two for Middle/High) and two scholarships will be awarded in
recognition of sports merit (one for Elementary and one for Middle/High). The
scholarships will be awarded to students currently enrolled from grades 1 to 12 who
intend to re-enrol for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Please visit the website for further information and to apply.
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General Information
PTA news
UNICEF Assembly
25 March, 2015
High School students are
reminded to please bring a
small donation in order to
contribute to the UNICEF
coin-chain. As with the
Middle and Elementary
schools, representatives
from UNICEF will introduce
the organisation’s work and
students will be able to
participate in the coin chain
fundraiser afterwards.
Thank you for your support.
Please click here to take a
look at the photo highlights
from the Elementary coinchain and assembly held last
week.
Rome Marathon:
Operation Smile
Sunday 22 March
RIS Grade 4 teacher, Mr
Andrew Crase will be
running 42 km at the
Maratona di Roma in
support of Operation Smile a RIS charity for 2014/15.
Thanks to the outstanding
support from the RIS
community, we have
managed to raise a fantastic
€2.485 surpassing our initial
target of €900, for an Italian
Medical team to give five
children smiles in
Madagascar.
Mr Crase has actually been
the top fundraiser of the
Charity Programmes for this
Marathon! We are incredibly
proud of him and our
community. He will receive a
special prize for this from the
Rete del Dono. For more
information on Sunday’s
event please email the PTA.
Book now! Summer courses @ RIS
As previously communicated to parents, we are pleased to
present Rome International School's Summer Programme,
suitable for children starting from the age of 2 to teenagers and
pre-university students up to the age of 19. Our campus provides the ideal environment for a new kind of summer camp and
summer school. Activities have been carefully chosen to create an unforgettable
experience through courses ranging from outdoor adventures to creative arts and
crafts; from scientific experiments to challenging sports events; from stimulating
cultural outings to lectures and seminars led by guest speakers and
experts. Enrolments are now open for the following courses:
Summer Camp - ages 2 to 14
30 June to 24 July
08.30 - 16.30
At the Junior Summer Camp students will be given a choice of activities each day
from creative arts and crafts, sports, drama, cooking and music in a student
centered learning environment packed with excitement and fun. Visit our website to
view the programmes available for students ages 2 to 11 years.
Middle School Summer Camp (ages 12 to 14) is all about learning in a fun and
enjoyable way. You can expect two or three different activities every day designed
in a way to give you time to really think or go in depth, to take your time and see
new things and develop new ideas. Some of the activities include: weird Science,
journalism, music lab and drama, as well as cultural trips in Rome. For more details
on the activities for ages 12 to 14 please visit the dedicated web page.
Summer School - ages 16 to 19
13 to 31 July
The RIS Summer School aims to provide participants with a programme which will
prepare them for university-level study, providing academic challenges and
enrichment through a series of courses and talks delivered by expert teachers and
speakers. The Summer School will run for five days, from Monday to Friday, and
there are four courses, 15 hours of lessons in total, available each session. We are
also offering Italian Language lessons or English for Academic Writing and three
History sessions in the Italian Language for first language or highly proficient Italian
speakers.
Further information including detailed course descriptions can be found at the
following link: www.romeinternationalschool.it/about-us/2015-summer-programme/.
For further information on prices and to book please email
us: summer@romeinternationalschool.it.
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Elementary School
Father’s Day
celebrations
The Elementary School
celebrated Father’s Day on
Thursday with a breakfast
for all the wonderful
Elementary dads.
Nursery celebrated Father's
Day by making these lovely
bow ties for their daddies!
Modern day Fathers
Thursday 19 March was Fathers' Day, so Grade 3F
created some modern Fathers' Day cards for the Dads in
our class. Our lives today are full of technology, so we
decided to combine this with the traditional Fathers' Day
cards and we came up with the
"iDad". Each icon on the iDad
has a special message for
Dad underneath.
The class had a lot of fun
making these special cards
and we hope the Dads enjoy
them too!
- Ms Fowler, Grade 3F
Business and a box of baguettes
As part of their unit on How the World Works, 4C
had to imagine setting up a business with 100
euros. To stimulate their inquiries Mr Tirelli very
kindly visited the class to explain how he set up his
own business. As a student in Switzerland, he
made up his mind to start his own food enterprise
based on top quality Italian food. Nowadays, he
has branches in Rome and Milan with new
openings in New York! He gave the class a great
insight into the realities of investment, costs and
rewards. Mr Tirelli ended his wonderful talk with
freshly made baguettes for all the class from his
establishment by the Pantheon! Thank you Mr
Tirelli!
- Mr Crase, Grade 4C
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Middle/High School
RIS students at LUISS ceremony
Parent /
Teacher
Conferences
On Tuesday 24 March the
High School parent-teacher
conference will take place. An e mail has already been
sent but if you are a High
School parent please
encourage your son or
daughter to make
appointments on your
behalf. Please remember
there are no classes in the
afternoon apart from Mr
Paratore's 9B class and
Mrs Bastelli's Grade 7
electives. These will take
place at 13:40 rather than
15:40. Lunch will be
available to all the students
who want it and have paid
for it. We can supervise
Middle School students
who travel on school buses
until 15:40.
Please note that the parentteacher conference for
Middle School is not
scheduled until early in the
new term.
On Thursday 19 March Grade 12 accompanied by Miss Walters and Mr Allard
attended the inaugurazione dell'anno accademico at LUISS.
This was a very interesting ceremony. It majored on economics and the highlights
included an impassioned speech by Jacopo Macri, the student representative who
made a powerful plea for more opportunities and economic growth in Italy. Mr
Macri called on the Italian authorities to adopt the models of business growth and
development that are so successfully modelled at LUISS.
Pier Carlo Padoan, Ministro dell'Economia e delle Finanze, gave a wide-ranging
speech. LUISS then conferred an honorary degree on the Nobel Prize winning
economist Jean Tirole. Prof. Tirole spoke about the current economic situation with
reference to Greece and the Eurozone. All the students benefited from this
experience, which was academically challenging and had a real impact.
- Mr Allard, Middle/High Principal
Model United Nations - reflections
Having completed the second successful MUN programme in Rome and in New
York 2015, it is important to reflect on the educational nature of this unique
experience. Being an IB school, we very much adopt the values of the UN since
these were the core values from its inception of this world wide educational system.
Therefore, the participation in the MUN is a distinguished extension to ‘classroom
learning’ where students have the opportunity to apply their skills and ways of
thinking as ‘global citizens”.
Despite travelling with a younger team than last year, our students have surprised
and amazed me with their commitment and hard work throughout the conference.
Their performance was that of highly professional adults, with each day starting at
7:00 am and committees ending past 11:00pm, with debriefings starting at
11:30pm, ending their days past midnight.
The New York High School Model United Nations 2015 brought together 3800
students, many of them native English speakers, thus it has to be acknowledged
that our students demonstrated great confidence, and were fully engaged in
speeches and were all sponsors of passing resolutions.
Yet, the learning experience was not limited to the conference. Students had a
guided tour at the New York University, visited the MOMA, the financial district, and
many other places of interest.
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Middle/High School
Rome Maths
Competition
Nine of our Middle
School students will be
participating in the Rome
Maths Competition at l
on Tuesday 24 March. We wish them all the
very best of luck!
IGCSE exams:
Gr 11 parents
Parents of Grade 11
students are informed
that the students have
received their
Statements of
Entry listing the IGCSEs
they have been entered
for and the exam times. They have also received
timetables indicating
clearly when the exams
are. This timetable will
be emailed to parents
soon. Please remember
that there are two
exams, History and
Economics, on the June
1 'Ponte'. Students
taking these exams will
need to be in school on 1
June.
MUN reflections continued
We also want to take this opportunity to thank the Consules team, who made this
experience possible and who put forward so much effort to turn it into such a great
success.
Please find below some testimonials of our NHSMUN 2015 participants:
“The Model United Nations influenced my way of approaching things and
learning. Being in New York, in the shoes of a real delegate made me
understand how difficult, but at the same time how interesting, the job of a
delegate of the United Nations is. During the sessions I learned many new
things as facts and information about different countries, I learned how to
persuade people, how to create an effective speech, and how to valorize an
issue that might seem not important but actually is. I also learned to know
many competitive students from all the world. I recommend this fantastic
experience to everyone!” Ginevra Di Blasio G10
“My experience in New York has been one that I will never forget, it has been
amazing to work with students from all around the world, to find solutions to
actual problems that are afflicting the world. The MUN has been a real work
experience and I understood how United Nations work and how challenging it
is to reach an agreement. New York is a fascinating city which I loved to
explore, I hope I will go back again.” Cosmo Peretti G10
“The first thing that impressed me was the enormous number of students of my
age coming from all over the world. We all followed the same course in the
same language but with different cultures and traditions. It was incredible to be
there and to share our points of view and our experiences. It was a chance for
me personally to show what I had studied and that I was prepared to face such
a large assembly without fear. This experience gave me great confidence in
terms of public speaking abilities, public relations, and improved my knowledge
and diplomatic abilities. An extraordinary experience which I will treasure all my
life.” Leonardo Cecconato, G12
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Middle/High School
MUN reflections continued
“The HSMUN experience has been one of the most educative and enlightening
school trips I have even been in. It taught me to be more independent, selforganized, communicative and cooperative, but also to never underestimate
others. We worked hard in this intense week and during every other MUN
lesson but this journey has not only been about that, we had fun together and
had the privilege to meet so many new friends. We were also given numerous
instructional presentations, such as the one from UNICEF, which I personally
preferred. It was a short-term experience, which will, nonetheless, accompany
us throughout our whole lives. The things we learned and achieved will help us
in our future in order to decide what to do in life and how to do it at our best.
The HSMUN experience has been extremely helpful to us as individuals, both
academically and personally. I want to thank every single person who has
helped our group go through this, every single member of our small MUNers
group and finally Miss El Sheikh.” Amanda Salvati G11
“MUN was an experience which greatly benefited my learning and way of
thinking; I had the opportunity to not only make friends with new people from all
over the world, but learn things which I wouldn’t learn at school. It has given me
a more open-minded outlook on the world, as I’ve had to study two countries
which I originally knew nothing about and I can now bring up examples
regarding them in a number of different subjects. I also learned how to work
with a large group of people and write a resolution which will benefit and satisfy
all of the countries present, rather than our country alone. It taught me how to
debate, negotiate and write resolutions and this will be useful in any job the
people who participated choose to do.” Kirsty Robinson G10
My experience with the MUN in New York City in the beginning of March was
eye-opening. I learned the importance of having to follow precise rules during
the sessions, during which I acted as a delegate, assuming the correlated
responsibilities. It was very interesting meeting students from all over the world
and exchanging different points of view with them about serious, actual
international topics, such as infant mortality, gender issues and infertility in
developing countries. It was a real privilege being able to participate in this
unique program. Maria Letizia Massa G 11
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LUNCH MENU
23 - 27 March
Early Years
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Mezze penne al pesto
Pizza margherita o al
pomodoro
Passato di verdure con
tubetti
Gnochetti sardi
pomodoro e ricotta
Lasagnetta
Scaloppina al tacchino
Prosciutto cotto
Polpettine vegetariane
Mini hamburger di
manzo
Nuggy di pesce
Puré di patate
Fagiolini all’olio
Pisellini al forno
Carote baby al vapore
Patate al forno
Frutta di stagione
Banane
Yogurt alla frutta
Succo di frutta
Frutta di stagione
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Pasta al pesto
Pizza margherita
Passato di verdure con
tubetti
Gnochetti sardi
pomodoro e ricotta
Lasagna
Scaloppina al tacchino
Prosciutto cotto
Gateau di patate
Hamburger di manzo
Nuggy di pesce
Puré di patate
Fagiolini all’olio
Pisellini al forno
Carote baby al vapore
Patate al forno
Frutta di stagione
Banane
Yogurt alla frutta
Succo di frutta
Frutta di stagione
Elementary
Middle/High School
A healthy self-service canteen is available to Middle and High School students. The menu published below features next
week’s hot dishes.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Pasta al pesto +
alternative
Pizza margherita +
alternative
Passato di verdure con
pasta + alternative
Gnochetti gratinati +
alternative
Lasagne + alternative
Scaloppina al tacchino
+ alternative
Prosciutto cotto +
alternative
Gateau di patate +
alternative
Hamburger di manzo +
alternative
Filetto di pesce
gratinato + alternative
Puré di patate +
alternative
Fagiolini all’olio +
alternative
Pisellini al forno +
alternative
Misto benessere +
alternative
Patate al forno +
alternative
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