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After quite a wait and a suspenseful overcast morning,  the 5th Graders enjoyed  swimming in the beautiful pool!  

Welcome back to Swimming Class, Grade 3! We are so happy to see our students getting this great exercise !!

The FIS  Choir is having so much fun as they learn many famous songs, some of  which are turning  to be their favorites! They look great in their FIS Choir hoodies!!

We are so thrilled to start our STEAM lessons at school! Students will participate in STEAM projects twice per month. Today, Grade 4 was the first class to try out out new STEAM Room. We look forward to seeing more of our students' creativity and problem-solving skills development .

FIS hosted our annual Mid-Autumn Festival on September 29th filled with joy and laughter.    All grades joined together in the morning dressed in their beautifully colored Ao Dai. Students shared their lantern creations and felt the warmth of tradition. During our morning assembly, we enjoyed performances from our students. Beautiful Vietnamese poems were recited by our wonderful Grade 4 students, Fiona and Khushal.  Preschool students sang a traditional Vietnamese song, which filled our hearts with a big smile. Thank you to all of our dragon dancers! You marveled us with your skills and humor. Our 5th graders performed three short stories, including Vietnam's...

The Kinder Captains had a fantastic kitchen adventure with Mr. Quoc Anh, the school chef. They observed the step-by-step process of making mooncakes, and without any hesitation, they too kneaded the dough. "It felt sticky at first, but I just imagined that it's play dough, so I wasn't scared to touch it!", Bao said. The mooncake-making workshop was indeed culturally inclusive, and the kindergarten students were able to learn new words. That experience will surely leave a good mark on our young learners' minds and hearts.

Grade 2 has been preparing for one of the highlights of the fall season in Vietnam, Mid-Autumn Festival, or the Moon Festival! We are excitedly showcasing our artistic skills through making beautiful lanterns made out of popsicle sticks and parchment paper. We are also becoming great Global Citizens through learning about and presenting on different harvest festivals around the world. We are having a blast in Grade 2!

What is better than enjoying to eat mooncakes in the season of Mid-Autumn Festival? It is making them! The Grade 5 students were serious at learning how to make Mooncakes with Mr. Quoc Anh our FIS Chef. After learning how to make them, they made their own mooncake. What a great way to integrate lessons and skills in culture, Math, Science, and Art. One of the goals is also to inspire the students and instill a business sense in them. They also made their own personalized packaging. From now on, FIS students can confidently say, "I was taught how to...

Grade 1 loved painting Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers." They worked in pairs to help them develop teamwork skills. Nice job, Grade1!