AISB Teacher Spotlight: Aliza Robinson on Growing Up in Las Vegas and Finding Home in Bucharest
The AISB community knows Ms. Aliza Robinson for her bubbly personality and love of Shakespeare, but there’s much more to learn about her. From growing up in Las Vegas, eventually working as a blackjack dealer at her father’s casino, to moving all around the world,…
Social Media Through the Eyes of a Teenager: ‘We know it’s bad for us but we can’t give it up’
Social media: the modern-day beauty pageant, today’s version of a worldwide popularity contest. A typical Gen Z, I was introduced to Instagram early: at age eight. My parents had given me a touch-screen iPod and a small Samsung phone so I could call home when…
AISB Service Group Spotlight: Kiva
As part of a series highlighting AISB service learning groups, students from Kiva share the work they’ve been doing during this pandemic year—with a focus on helping women succeed in business. What is Kiva? Kiva is a US-based nonprofit organization that helps link underserved communities…
FILIA Service Group Creates AISB’s First Sexual Harassment Policy
At the end of last school year, 12th graders Anna K, Stefana M, and Ana Maria P started a school chapter of the feminist organization FILIA: a local nonprofit dedicated to fighting against gender inequality. Their first initiative was to get a better idea of…
We Tried Three Bucharest Brunch Spots. Here’s What We Thought
As a teenager, what could possibly be better than having breakfast at noon? With all these late nights studying, in addition to social gatherings, we all need something to calm us down. So, with our mental health in mind, we visited some of Bucharest’s top…