Grade 8 World Cultures classes are integrating their love of gaming with their interest in the environment and looking after this place, part of the ICS Way. In their unit on the Rise of Islam, they will be exploring two key conceptual standards: the relationship  between people, places and the environment and the relationship between systems, resources and power.

IB Music Students Thabo Maphosa and Bethel Wondwossen explored the beauty of the Chinese Er-Hu last week in class while learning about pentatonic scales, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and what makes music sound Chinese? Prescribed works for the 2013 exams include Prokofiev's Classical Symphony as well as The Yellow River Piano Concerto.

Middle school band students Simon Bruns, Ahadu Anteneh and Annie Cullis-Watson participated in the Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) Middle School Honor Band in Munich last week. Students in the honor band came from 18 schools in Europe and Africa, and there were almost 90 students participating.

On Sunday morning, 29 April, over thirty middle and high school band students performed the National Anthem of Ethiopia and Fire Dance by David Shaffer at the dedication of the ICS roundabout. This dedication was attended by the US Ambassador, the head of ICS and a number of other dignitaries from the subcity.

The HS Global Issues Local Action class had a very special visitor, Mr. Shadrack Omol, Chief of Field Operations & Emergency at UNICEF Ethiopia. The students did an interview as part of their current unit of study which is focused on the United Nations. Mr. Omol gave the class a very informative presentation about the UN and UNICEF, followed by questions from the students.