More and more people, particularly teenagers, are vaping
AISB, like schools worldwide, is experiencing a vaping problem. According to a 2021 survey, 41.2% of AISB students in grades 8-12 and 17.7% of students in grades 6 and 7 reported that they had tried vaping. These figures should be taken with a grain of…
MUN: More Than Just Debate
From the 9th-13th of November, 18 secondary students travelled to Lisbon, Portugal for this year’s Iberian Model United Nations (IMUN) conference. Along with debating relevant global issues such as freedom of the press, government surveillance, religious freedom, and bodily autonomy, students explored the village of…
A Preview Of AISB’s Fall Production: The 39 Steps
To start the year off with a bang and celebrate the revival of live theatre post-COVID-19 pandemic, new MYP/DP Theatre teacher Jamie Cant and a team of secondary students are putting on a production of Alfred Hitchcock’s famous 1935 film: The 39 Steps. It will…
Fashion and Style at AISB
AISB’s Fashion Catalog Photos created and edited by Nichita C. Fashion can be a simple way of expressing the way you feel, who you are, or who you want to be. The simple struggle of choosing what to wear and the pressure to dress…
A Q&A with AISB’s New Secondary Staff Members (2022)
This year, 10 new secondary school teachers have joined AISB from every corner of the globe. As we welcome them into our community, here is a little information about each one of them. Russell Croft Q: Where did you move here from? A: Hello AISB…
Why AISB Needs to Change Its Start Time
“Waking a teenager up at 6 am is the biological equivalent of waking an adult up at 4 am” —Sleep Research Wendy Troxel, during her Ted Talk. Sleep deprivation has become the accepted norm for high school students, which is not ok. Sleep is crucial…
AISB Scholarships: How changing schools could change the direction of your life
Since 1999, AISB has been awarding Romanian public school students scholarships to attend AISB for their high school careers. These scholarships cover the tuition for grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 as well as transportation, lunches and supplies such as laptops. Catalina Gardescu, Manager of…
Magical Realism: Religion and the Afterlife
What happens after one dies is a highly controversial and widely debated topic. Reincarnation, paradise, eternal darkness: there is an abundance of theories on the events that take place after one’s heart stops beating. Scientists define death as “the permanent cessation of all biological functions that…