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Grades 10 & 11 recently took their History learning on the road to Prague! From castles and concentration camps to a Cold War bunker, students explored the city’s powerful past and came back inspired for the year ahead. #ISLLyon 🏰✨
October 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Grades 10 & 11 recently took their History learning on the road to Prague! From castles and concentration camps to a Cold War bunker, students explored the city’s powerful past and came back inspired for the year ahead. #ISLLyon 🏰✨
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Our Senior Kindergarten students explored emotions through art in their Unit of Inquiry "All About Me!" 🌿🎨
They reflected on what makes them feel happy, sad, or excited and created self-portraits using natural objects. #ISLLyon
They reflected on what makes them feel happy, sad, or excited and created self-portraits using natural objects. #ISLLyon
October 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Our Senior Kindergarten students explored emotions through art in their Unit of Inquiry "All About Me!" 🌿🎨
They reflected on what makes them feel happy, sad, or excited and created self-portraits using natural objects. #ISLLyon
They reflected on what makes them feel happy, sad, or excited and created self-portraits using natural objects. #ISLLyon
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The Handicraft Club transformed our primary classrooms with colorful Halloween and Día de los Muertos decorations! 🎨
Their creativity and teamwork made everyone smile. #ISLLyon #Creativity #Community
Their creativity and teamwork made everyone smile. #ISLLyon #Creativity #Community
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The Handicraft Club transformed our primary classrooms with colorful Halloween and Día de los Muertos decorations! 🎨
Their creativity and teamwork made everyone smile. #ISLLyon #Creativity #Community
Their creativity and teamwork made everyone smile. #ISLLyon #Creativity #Community
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Grammar comes to life! ✨
Our PTA Craft Club made adorable felt dolls: “Common Noun” and “Proper Noun”, that helped Grade 2 learners sort words in a fun, hands-on way.
Huge thanks to our amazing PTA Craft Committee!
#ISLLyon
Our PTA Craft Club made adorable felt dolls: “Common Noun” and “Proper Noun”, that helped Grade 2 learners sort words in a fun, hands-on way.
Huge thanks to our amazing PTA Craft Committee!
#ISLLyon
October 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Grammar comes to life! ✨
Our PTA Craft Club made adorable felt dolls: “Common Noun” and “Proper Noun”, that helped Grade 2 learners sort words in a fun, hands-on way.
Huge thanks to our amazing PTA Craft Committee!
#ISLLyon
Our PTA Craft Club made adorable felt dolls: “Common Noun” and “Proper Noun”, that helped Grade 2 learners sort words in a fun, hands-on way.
Huge thanks to our amazing PTA Craft Committee!
#ISLLyon
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Plans for ILYMUN 2026 are coming together! 🌍 ISL & CSI students are organizing this international Model UN conference happening in March, building skills in leadership, teamwork, & communication while connecting with peers across Europe. #ISLLyon
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Plans for ILYMUN 2026 are coming together! 🌍 ISL & CSI students are organizing this international Model UN conference happening in March, building skills in leadership, teamwork, & communication while connecting with peers across Europe. #ISLLyon
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⚽ Action-packed matches in the G10 PE football tournament! From strong tackles to a triple save by Eloi and his iconic gloves, the teams are showing real spirit. Can’t wait for the 10.1 vs 10.2 indoor showdown at Ste. Foy gym! #ISLLyon
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
⚽ Action-packed matches in the G10 PE football tournament! From strong tackles to a triple save by Eloi and his iconic gloves, the teams are showing real spirit. Can’t wait for the 10.1 vs 10.2 indoor showdown at Ste. Foy gym! #ISLLyon
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An amazing night at the ISL Poetry Slam 🎤✨
Congrats to our ISL winners Aahan, Yann, and Weizhen plus TJ from Ombrosa and Ananya and Penelope from Assomption.
Thank you to everyone who supported the event.
#ISLLyon #Poetry #Creativity
Congrats to our ISL winners Aahan, Yann, and Weizhen plus TJ from Ombrosa and Ananya and Penelope from Assomption.
Thank you to everyone who supported the event.
#ISLLyon #Poetry #Creativity
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
An amazing night at the ISL Poetry Slam 🎤✨
Congrats to our ISL winners Aahan, Yann, and Weizhen plus TJ from Ombrosa and Ananya and Penelope from Assomption.
Thank you to everyone who supported the event.
#ISLLyon #Poetry #Creativity
Congrats to our ISL winners Aahan, Yann, and Weizhen plus TJ from Ombrosa and Ananya and Penelope from Assomption.
Thank you to everyone who supported the event.
#ISLLyon #Poetry #Creativity
Reposted by David Johnson
News Analysis: Dutch voters rebuked a far-right party in Wednesday’s national elections, and they unexpectedly threw support to a center-left party that ran on promises of stability and hope. That sudden reorientation is likely to usher in a more centrist government in the Netherlands.
Wilders’s Far-Right Party Faces Rebuke in the Netherlands
Geert Wilders suffered a loss of support as a center-left party staged major gains, an election result that could offer lessons for Europe’s far right.
nyti.ms
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
News Analysis: Dutch voters rebuked a far-right party in Wednesday’s national elections, and they unexpectedly threw support to a center-left party that ran on promises of stability and hope. That sudden reorientation is likely to usher in a more centrist government in the Netherlands.
Reposted by David Johnson
“He was very strong on congratulating me.”
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“He was very strong on congratulating me.”
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New science labs, great food, and a warm welcome: Our staff and PTA have been busy prepping for the rentrée!
Last week ended with a delicious staff lunch (thanks Marwa & Haitham!) and this week we had the joy of welcoming students back.
Wishing all the best for 25/26!
#ISLLyon
Last week ended with a delicious staff lunch (thanks Marwa & Haitham!) and this week we had the joy of welcoming students back.
Wishing all the best for 25/26!
#ISLLyon
September 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
New science labs, great food, and a warm welcome: Our staff and PTA have been busy prepping for the rentrée!
Last week ended with a delicious staff lunch (thanks Marwa & Haitham!) and this week we had the joy of welcoming students back.
Wishing all the best for 25/26!
#ISLLyon
Last week ended with a delicious staff lunch (thanks Marwa & Haitham!) and this week we had the joy of welcoming students back.
Wishing all the best for 25/26!
#ISLLyon
Reposted by David Johnson
Every Kindergarten & Primary student helped create a giant quilt to celebrate 20 years of ISL! 🎉
Each square tells a story — from footballs to music notes to pizza days. Now proudly hanging near the Assembly Hall.
#ISLLyon #studentvoice #creativelearning
Each square tells a story — from footballs to music notes to pizza days. Now proudly hanging near the Assembly Hall.
#ISLLyon #studentvoice #creativelearning
September 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Every Kindergarten & Primary student helped create a giant quilt to celebrate 20 years of ISL! 🎉
Each square tells a story — from footballs to music notes to pizza days. Now proudly hanging near the Assembly Hall.
#ISLLyon #studentvoice #creativelearning
Each square tells a story — from footballs to music notes to pizza days. Now proudly hanging near the Assembly Hall.
#ISLLyon #studentvoice #creativelearning
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Market day for Grade 3 & 4! 🥖🍊 With €5 per group, they hunted for healthy snacks, practiced French with vendors, and shared their finds back at school. A perfect recipe for balanced choices + new tastes! #ISLLyon
September 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Market day for Grade 3 & 4! 🥖🍊 With €5 per group, they hunted for healthy snacks, practiced French with vendors, and shared their finds back at school. A perfect recipe for balanced choices + new tastes! #ISLLyon
www.bbc.com/news/live/cp...
What a disgrace. America has been here before: it was called McCarthyism. Attacks on freedom of speech are Putin’s tactics, and very un American.
What a disgrace. America has been here before: it was called McCarthyism. Attacks on freedom of speech are Putin’s tactics, and very un American.
Jimmy Kimmel: Trump backs 'outstanding' Brendan Carr after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension
Kimmel's show was pulled after the regulator threatened action over the host's comments about Charlie Kirk's alleged killer.
www.bbc.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
www.bbc.com/news/live/cp...
What a disgrace. America has been here before: it was called McCarthyism. Attacks on freedom of speech are Putin’s tactics, and very un American.
What a disgrace. America has been here before: it was called McCarthyism. Attacks on freedom of speech are Putin’s tactics, and very un American.
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"If you want to have a coup against the constitutional order, you want to control the capital city. And if he has control of the policing in the city of Washington...Who's gonna tell him to leave the White House?"
@gtconway.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social:
@gtconway.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social:
August 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"If you want to have a coup against the constitutional order, you want to control the capital city. And if he has control of the policing in the city of Washington...Who's gonna tell him to leave the White House?"
@gtconway.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social:
@gtconway.bsky.social joins @jvl.bsky.social:
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Since Jan. 1, 2025, Columbia's AAUP chapter membership more than doubled. Princeton's more than tripled. Under threat from the federal government, faculty at the country's most prestigious colleges are organizing, but it remains to be seen how effective they'll be.
The Ivy League’s Faculty Rebellion
As financial and political pressures mount, professors are getting organized. But do they have influence?
www.chronicle.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Since Jan. 1, 2025, Columbia's AAUP chapter membership more than doubled. Princeton's more than tripled. Under threat from the federal government, faculty at the country's most prestigious colleges are organizing, but it remains to be seen how effective they'll be.
Reposted by David Johnson
A federal judge in Miami ordered the closure of the Trump administration’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail within 60 days.
August 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A federal judge in Miami ordered the closure of the Trump administration’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail within 60 days.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Gerrymandering is a form of cheating — an attempt to disconnect political power from the will of voters. And it is preventable,” the editorial board writes.
“Gerrymandering is a form of cheating — an attempt to disconnect political power from the will of voters. And it is preventable,” the editorial board writes.
Opinion | Trump’s Gerrymandering Push Is a Form of Cheating
Gerrymandering is a form of cheating. And it is preventable.
nyti.ms
August 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Gerrymandering is a form of cheating — an attempt to disconnect political power from the will of voters. And it is preventable,” the editorial board writes.
“Gerrymandering is a form of cheating — an attempt to disconnect political power from the will of voters. And it is preventable,” the editorial board writes.
Sally Mapstone: Labour’s short-termism ‘bad for universities’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sally-m...
Taxing the international students is far from a good solution, if the UK’s HE sector wants to remain competitive.
#highereducation #he #internationalstudents #internationaleducation
Taxing the international students is far from a good solution, if the UK’s HE sector wants to remain competitive.
#highereducation #he #internationalstudents #internationaleducation
Sally Mapstone: Labour’s short-termism ‘bad for universities’
Government yet to articulate its vision for the sector after a year in power as political threats – rather than long-term thinking – shape its agenda, says outgoing UUK president
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Sally Mapstone: Labour’s short-termism ‘bad for universities’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sally-m...
Taxing the international students is far from a good solution, if the UK’s HE sector wants to remain competitive.
#highereducation #he #internationalstudents #internationaleducation
Taxing the international students is far from a good solution, if the UK’s HE sector wants to remain competitive.
#highereducation #he #internationalstudents #internationaleducation
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Our Primary & Kindergarten students stitched a giant quilt to celebrate ISL’s 20th anniversary! 🎉
100 students showed what they love about school in colourful fabric squares — from music to pizza!
#ISLLyon
100 students showed what they love about school in colourful fabric squares — from music to pizza!
#ISLLyon
July 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Our Primary & Kindergarten students stitched a giant quilt to celebrate ISL’s 20th anniversary! 🎉
100 students showed what they love about school in colourful fabric squares — from music to pizza!
#ISLLyon
100 students showed what they love about school in colourful fabric squares — from music to pizza!
#ISLLyon
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Quinn and Edward from Senior Kindergarten took home 1st and 4th place at the Young Authors Fiction Festival in Paris! 🏆
We travelled by train, cheered them on at the American Library, and had a blast celebrating! 📚✨
See the full story on our website:
www.islyon.org/2025/06/27/q...
#ISLLyon
We travelled by train, cheered them on at the American Library, and had a blast celebrating! 📚✨
See the full story on our website:
www.islyon.org/2025/06/27/q...
#ISLLyon
June 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Quinn and Edward from Senior Kindergarten took home 1st and 4th place at the Young Authors Fiction Festival in Paris! 🏆
We travelled by train, cheered them on at the American Library, and had a blast celebrating! 📚✨
See the full story on our website:
www.islyon.org/2025/06/27/q...
#ISLLyon
We travelled by train, cheered them on at the American Library, and had a blast celebrating! 📚✨
See the full story on our website:
www.islyon.org/2025/06/27/q...
#ISLLyon
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The Grade 11 Physicists spent two full days off-timetable tackling their IA projects! From bouncing basketballs to measuring sound speed with hairdryers and guitars, they explored real-world physics in action. 🧪⚙️🎸
June 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The Grade 11 Physicists spent two full days off-timetable tackling their IA projects! From bouncing basketballs to measuring sound speed with hairdryers and guitars, they explored real-world physics in action. 🧪⚙️🎸
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What’s growing at ISL? 🌱
Kindergarten enjoyed a teddy bears’ picnic with their garden goodies—strawberries, lettuce, beetroot! Meanwhile, Primary gave radish tasting a go... with some brave faces! 🐻🌿
Kindergarten enjoyed a teddy bears’ picnic with their garden goodies—strawberries, lettuce, beetroot! Meanwhile, Primary gave radish tasting a go... with some brave faces! 🐻🌿
June 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
What’s growing at ISL? 🌱
Kindergarten enjoyed a teddy bears’ picnic with their garden goodies—strawberries, lettuce, beetroot! Meanwhile, Primary gave radish tasting a go... with some brave faces! 🐻🌿
Kindergarten enjoyed a teddy bears’ picnic with their garden goodies—strawberries, lettuce, beetroot! Meanwhile, Primary gave radish tasting a go... with some brave faces! 🐻🌿
Reposted by David Johnson
The Grade 3s and 4s quite literally shook things up this week! They built their own seismographs to observe how different tectonic plate movements create different waves. So much creativity and science in action!
See more on our website: www.islyon.org/2025/06/13/e...
See more on our website: www.islyon.org/2025/06/13/e...
June 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The Grade 3s and 4s quite literally shook things up this week! They built their own seismographs to observe how different tectonic plate movements create different waves. So much creativity and science in action!
See more on our website: www.islyon.org/2025/06/13/e...
See more on our website: www.islyon.org/2025/06/13/e...
