'Serendipity' primadonna Liliana Falsen Villar sings about being left ...

From the Director:
Later in this issue of the Informer, you will find a copy
of the school calendar for 2012-2013. As always, it is
approved by our Board of Trustees at their first meeting
in November. Once again, our fall and winter week
holidays are the same as those in Stavanger Kommune.
While designing a calendar that best fits the wishes of
a very diverse school community, I am always willing
to accept suggestions for future calendars so do not
hesitate to send me an e-mail with your suggestions
for future years.
will be a stepwise moving process—once the middle
school, third grade and primary library have moved,
then other classes can move into their vacated space.
I was fortunate to attend the recent third grade class
assembly which used the theme of the big move—we
are all excited to be able to soon access this additional
space!
ISS—and its wonderful students--seem to be
frequently in the news these days.
First congratulations to 8th
grade student, Celia Morgan,
who has just returned from
Canary Wharf in London
where she took part as
a finalist in the awards
ceremony for a young person’s
art competition with the
World Wildlife Fund. Celia is
a keen photographer and two
of her Norwegian landscape
photos were shortlisted. She
and her parents were invited
to a reception to exhibit
and discuss her work. The
competition celebrates the
50th anniversary of the
WWF.
‘Beauty’ by Celia Morgan
As the school grows, we often get requests to make
incremental changes to our offerings. Recently, we
were able to put in place a Mandarin mother tongue
program that is now meeting weekly after school.
Mandarin joins the Dutch, German and Italian
mother tongue programs already in place.
The shorter days have now descended upon us again.
We urge everyone in our school community—adults
as well as children—to wear lots of reflective gear. It is
essential that the traffic can see you. I will also thank
everyone in advance for being especially careful when
driving in the school parking lots or the bus lane—
SLOW and CAREFUL—are two important words to
repeat to yourself as you drive on the campus.
How’s that expansion project coming? Very well,
thank you. From the outside, things don’t look much
different, but the workers are accomplishing a great
deal inside. We expect that we will be starting the
moving process in January, but this is contingent
on the furniture arrival dates and the successful
completion of the normal government inspections for
new buildings. Once it is ready for occupancy, there
The Morgans have now
returned and I will share some
of Mrs. Catherine Morgan’s
description of the event:
“The 50th Anniversary of the World Wildlife Fund was
a huge and glamorous event, involving several hundred
people at its skyscraper headquarters in Canary Wharf,
London. It was hosted by David Nussbaum, Chief
Executive, and the awards were presented by Miranda
Richardson (Ambassador for the WWF and actor of Harry
Potter fame). . .Young people from schools were given a
special place of honour in keeping with the organisation’s
aims to protect a bright future for this planet Earth.
The event began on a large brightly lit stage with the
school children’s competition entitled, ’My True Nature’,
in which children had been invited to make a personal
and artistic response to what Nature means to each of
them. There were several different categories for artistic
expression, hundreds of entries for each, and the finalists’
work has already been viewed by thousands. . .the
students presented their work and live performances.
Celia was nervous, and she was on her feet for about
three hours next to her display, answering questions to
interested onlookers and meeting staff and other finalists.
. .Celia did indeed have a big moment when she was
announced to be the winner in her category, beating six
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