Edie and Elliot, siblings and students here at the BISHouston, have been featured in The Buzz Magazine. Our star students are sharing their passion for music. Even at such a young age, they play the piano and write their own songs.
With utter delight, pure innocence and genuine curiosity, one of my 5-year-old students once asked me if my skin was made of chocolate. My immediate thought was how awesome that would be, before I smiled and tried to explain to him, to the best of my ability, why I looked different from him. It dawned on me that this may have been a question on his mind from the day I first walked into his classroom months before, but I had never seen it impact how he treated me: with complete respect, love, and kindness.
We are privileged to host Steven C. Smith, NASA STEM EPDC Education Specialist, who will conduct a virtual presentation for our students on Thursday, June 11th at 2:35 pm about current and upcoming missions. He will also talk about their crew members and the many other career specialties it takes to make them successful.
BIS Houston students have returned from The Nord Anglia Education Performing Arts Festival. An exciting 5-day program packed with dance, drama, and music rehearsals, workshops, activities, performances and the chance to make new friends from Nord Anglia’s schools across the region. The program is designed to enable our students to thrive in an immersive atmosphere of performing arts, creativity, and teamwork.
"Tis the Season for IB Mocks" is written by our Year 13 student Eugenie for The Buzz Magazines. Find out how this time of testing is stressful, but creates true friends and caring school faculty to band together with students in hope of achieving the best possible results for all.
We are delighted to announce two Year 12 students Daria & Idenya have been selected by UNICEF to represent BIS Houston as this year’s High-Level Political Forum panelists in New York.
BISH students are working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But what are they exactly? The SDGs are essentially a blueprint for a better future. There are a total of 17 individual challenges for us to overcome by 2030, including poverty, inequality, hunger, environmental degradation, and peace and justice.
We're inspired by Year 13 BISH student Alex, who joined a UNICEF event and spoke with Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer John Moore about using photography to capture and advance child rights issues.
Year 13 students Serena and Akshaya have been selected by members of the IB team to participate in the Hancock Symposium at Westminster College. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is the keynote speaker.
Every parent wants the best for their child — so do we. We are ambitious for our students and our staff. We work with the world’s best organisations to provide them with outstanding opportunities and experiences. BISH will host Misty Tolle, Music Curriculum Specialist from The Juilliard School, Wednesday 6th - Friday 8th March and will be running a Juilliard Parent Workshop on Thursday 7th March at 8.30am.
Ethan Hildreth, Superintendent at the Nord Anglia American International School in Abu Dhabi, says building good study habits at the beginning of the school year can help students achieve in and outside of the classroom, as well as pave the way for success in other areas of their life.
Alec, Year 13, has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious scholarships, the Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship at the University of Toronto.