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Art work created by the IB Art students 2011From the Director:Springtime in Stavanger is always a lovely, busy time, butthe weather and a full range of fun activities have madethis one even more memorable.To those new families who moved to Stavanger duringthe dark, rainy days of November, your pay-off has finallyarrived!The month of April ended with sunshine, our colorfulRuss graduates providing us with some fun (and clean!)entertainment before heading off on their study leave andInternational Baccalaureate examinations, a fun-filledDutch Queen’s Day celebration and finally, “Prince andPrincesses’ Day” on April 29 as ISS enjoyed the UK RoyalWedding.And coming up—the best month of all—May!Devin de PalmerSoon you will be receiving a letter in the mail withfull details on your students taking part in the May 17Norwegian Constitution Day parade. In a huge—andmarvelous—break with tradition, this year the Children’sParade (Barnetoget), starts downtown at 10.00 am, anhour later than the past. The parade will wind its way tothe ending point near the old Viking Football Stadium inEiganes. Full details and a map will be sent through themail to each home in the next week.We are very pleased that the decision was made to startthe parade an hour later. While our school buses will runat the regular time, it will give us more time to organizethe children and transport them to town with much lesspressure than we usually feel. Parents watch the paradeand then reunite with their children at the end of theroute. Again full details will be in the letter that is sentto each home. With about 800 children and adults in theISS contingent, we won’t be hard to find. Music teacherMr. Tony Mudra tells me that he expects our ISS bandwill have about 200 students this year—amazing!Helen SaegaThanks to all of you in helping us update our enrollmentpredictions for the upcoming year. Again this year, we arereceiving a large number of applications for new studentsjoining the school. Whether they are coming from anothercontinent or from only a few kilometers away, it appearsthat once again we will be welcoming many, many newstudents. While we will, as always, been bidding farewellto some families, the numbers of new students coming inlook to far outshadow those leaving. Should you knowsomeone who is considering sending their children toISS, please encourage them to be in contact with me. Themore information we have this spring, the better preparedwe can be in August!2 · The Informer 4 May 2011 www.isstavanger.no