‘Never Stress, Keep the Cortisol Low’: Voices from the Personal Project Exhibition 2026
What advice would you give to future students embarking on their Personal Project journeys? In this video, grade 10 students...
World Cup 2026: Effects on Economics, Culture, and More
The World Cup is the world’s biggest stage. Once every four years, nations and their athletes are competing for the...
‘A Bit More Happiness in Their Hearts’: Cats on Campus a Source of Positivity
School can be a bit dreary sometimes. Whether it’s the homework, the summatives, or even if you’re just having a...
A Year That Was: AISB Students Reflecting on 2025
As the year 2025 came to a close, Journalism 10 students Romi R. and Amy P. went around AISB Secondary...
When ‘Being Strong is Your Only Chance’: Ms. Florentina’s Story of How She Beat Cancer
For 23 years, Florentina Frunza has been a familiar face at AISB as the Secondary School Executive Administrative Assistant. She’s...
Too Many Students, Too Few Hands: Is the Campus Café Reaching a Breaking Point?
Have you ever wondered how it feels to be crammed behind the counter of our school’s cafe, with long working...
Pop Up Art Show Displays Grade 10 Poetry and Arts
In the recent grade 10 interdisciplinary unit (known as an “IDU”), now in its 3rd year, students combined their English and Arts skills to...
Daily Ledes: Journalism 10 Students Set the Scene for a Typical Day at School
Recently the grade 10 Journalism class has been learning about writing ledes for their feature stories. Don’t know what a...
“Your Hands Are Bloody!”: People’s Protests in Serbia
On November 1, 2024, in the second largest city of Serbia, Novi Sad, a newly renovated train station collapsed, killing...
AISB’s Bring Your Own Mac Policy: What’s Wrong with Using Windows?
AISB has required Secondary students to bring their own laptop (BYO) to school for over a decade; however, in the...
AISB’s New CEESA Rock Band: A Great Reason to Show Up for Rock in the Park This Year
If you’ve attended Rock in the Park the past four years and are thinking about skipping it this year: Think...
Choosing the Right Diploma: A Guide to AISB’s Diploma Pathways
Have you ever wondered about your final years in high school and what they’ll look like, but when it comes...
Study Smarter, Not Harder: Exploring AISB’s Library Spaces for Focus
As students, we all know how important it is to study in an environment that can help us towards success,...
ChatGPT at AISB: Ethical Ways to Use AI for Learning
Since its release in late November 2022, ChatGPT has been a valuable tool for students worldwide, including many students and...
Ghost Signs of the Pandemic on the AISB Campus
During the first few months of 2020, we watched as a new, localized virus rapidly spread throughout China, and then...
Grade 10 IDU Mixes Poetry and Art, Film, Music & Photography
During the recent grade 10 interdisciplinary unit (affectionately known as an “IDU”), students worked within their English and Arts subject...
The Bite Goes Back to the Future with Print Magazine
You might think we are mad. Backwards. Out of touch. I mean, why—given the stranglehold of smartphones, the ascension of...
Q&A with AISB’s New Secondary Faculty Members (2024-25)
This year more than elevent new Secondary teachers have arrived at AISB. All of the teachers have multiple unique experiences...
Thriving for the Half-Day: Grade 6-9 Students Dive Into ATLs
On Thursday, Nov. 28, the Secondary section engaged in off-timetable activities for the half-day, focusing on ATL skills in a...
Human Trafficking: Unmasking the Simple and Complex Truth in Romania
Why is the above photo not of a woman in chains? Or tied up in a shipping container? Why does...
Long-timers vs. Short-timers: Pros and Cons of Staying in Place or Moving in Space
Are you relatively new to AISB or have you been going to AISB your entire life? Or is it something...
The Importance of Multilingualism: La Mer
Did you know AISB has a mother tongue program that supports not only the continued development of home languages but...
Celebrate the Earth: AISB’s Environment Friendly Initiatives
Every April 22 we celebrate Earth Day; an annual celebration that serves as a significant platform to advocate for environmental...
HS STUCO: What Are They Up To Now?
You’re sitting in assembly and you see the High School Student Council (STUCO) presenting an event up on the stage....
Elementary Recess: Impressions in Haiku by Grade 8 Students
Recently grade 8 English Language & Literature students have been exploring poetry and the power of bearing witness. To gather...
What is ToK anyway? And what does it look like at AISB?
In the episode of A Short Intro to IB, our feature guests are Peter Z. And Mr Ogendo who discuss...
MS Production Monkey King: Behind the Scenes
The incredible middle school production, “The Monkey King” premiered on March 8th, 2024. The Bite staff members, Evelyn and Claire...
Lord of the Screens: One Toddle to Rule them All
You may not know it yet, but you will soon be saying “Goodbye!” to Google Classroom and “Mosey along now!”...
AISB’s Biome Transformation Initiative
Did you know that AISB is embarking on an extraordinary journey or transformation, aiming to enhance our role as guardians...
DP Course Selection: Advice from Teachers
Every year around the end of February, Grade 10 International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) students around the world...
Global Bites Ep. 4 – The Gaza Conflict
Welcome everyone to the fourth episode of the Global Bites! The semester has ended, and with that, the first draft...
What the Jumpscare?! Best AISB Student Horror Podcasts Reviewed
Grade 8 English Language & Literature students recently produced 1940s-style Horror Radio Shows and performed them live for grade 4...
Womens Week Around the World
Women’s Week, observed in various countries around the world near the start of March, is an event to honor the...
Women in Leadership at AISB
The American International School of Bucharest (AISB) strives to be an example of gender inclusivity and empowerment within the field...
A Day in The Life of The Secondary Principal: Ms. Melanie Kempe
Have you ever wondered what a principal actually does? Join us as we follow AISB Secondary Principal, Melanie Kempe, for...
Stuff the Bus at AISB: Behind the Scenes
In December the AISB community collected food donations to Stuff the Bus once again! The annual school-wide initiative is led...
Exhibition Day: Grade 10 Personal Project
The tenth graders at AISB have been working on their personal projects for the majority of the first semester and...
Chicago: Behind-The-Scenes
Join the Bite’s News Broadcasting Team as they go behind-the-scenes of AISB’s largest production to date: Chicago The Musical! Watch for exclusive...
High School Ball Postponed – Coming March 2024
Get ready to add a touch of glamour to your winter at AISB! The Night at the Oscars Winter Ball,...
MYTHOS: A look into the Grade 10’s Greek Theatre Performance
On November 8th, 2023, the 10th grade drama class performed a Greek theatre piece called Mythos to parents, teachers and...
What it Takes to Host an International Tournament: SCIS Football
On November 10th and 11th AISB hosted its first ever SCIS football tournament. Eight schools competed with BSB (Brussels) emerging...
The Duke of Edinburgh: More than an Award
The Duke of Edinburgh International Award (DofE) program currently enrolls 1.3 million fourteen to twenty-four-year-old participants all over the world,...
The Building Blocks of Fundatia Inocenti: Michael Carroll’s Visit to AISB
Fundatia Inocenti is a Romanian-based NGO whose mission is to help at-risk children and their families to reach their maximum...
The Day of the Dead
The Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos in its native Spanish, is a famous and culturally significant...
Tournament Time! Spike & Grand City
The news broadcasting team gives you a peek behind the players’ preparation and the play itself at the first volleyball and...
Global Bites Episode 2 – Inclusion Week
Welcome everyone to the second episode of the Global Bites where I’ll be discussing World news, Romanian news, and AISB...
Grade 10 Experiential Week: A trip to Arsenal Park
During experiential week this year the grade 10 students, accompanied by teachers Alina Hora, Christopher Moore, Dawn Lovig, Arif Akhundov,...
AISB Joined a New Athletic Conference – What is SCIS?
In a surprising move that is set to change the competitive stage for student athletes, AISB has joined the Sports...
New Director: Rachel Caldwell Reflects on her First Two Months At AISB
Rachel Caldwell, a passionate and eager leader, has joined our community as the new director of our school. With three...
The Bite visits the 2023 Terry Fox Run
The News Broadcasting Team takes you on a tour of the annual Terry Fox Run experience held at the AISB...
Living Through a Demographic Shift: Foreign Workers Flood into Romania
Outside the immigration office in Romania, a queue is forming. You line up in the crowded alley, waiting for your...
Earthquake Strikes Turkey: AISB Responds
On Monday, February 6, 2023, Turkiye experienced a devastating earthquake that caused widespread destruction and loss of life. The earthquake...
Earthquake Shatters Turkey: Romania Responds
On February 6, 2023, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeast of Turkey, near the Syrian border, causing widespread destruction. Massive...
SPECIAL REPORT: Experiential Week!
From May 8 through 12, grade 7-10 students went off-timetable to engage in a over 16 trips. As opposed to...
Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedure at AISB
Even though it can happen, sexual harassment is not always definitively recognized or acknowledged at AISB. However, other issues such...
Dorobanti to Pipera: How Has AISB Changed Over the Years?
Have you ever wondered what AISB was like before you attended? As an international school, students come and go all...
Meet AISB’s Next Director: Rachel Caldwell
At the end of this school year (2022/2023), Peter Welch will end his time as director of The American International...
Care Bears: A Photo Essay from AISB’s Trip to Libearty Bear Sanctuary
Today, March 23rd, the world celebrates International Bear Day – a day dedicated to acknowledging these wondrous animals and raising...
What are the Iran Decency Protests?
After months of protests, activists claim that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s “morality police” might be abolished. But what are...
Photo Essay: Romanian week at AISB
Romanian week started on the 24th of October and was organized with the help of the AISB Romanian Teacher Mrs....
Behind the scenes of “The 39 Steps”
Have you ever wondered about the thrill, the excitement, the fear that comes with performing live theatre? In this video...
Effects of the Russia-Ukraine War on Students In Our Community
The Russia-Ukraine war started in February 2022 and has affected millions of people in Ukraine and beyond – including several...
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...
Overruling of Roe V. Wade affecting Romania: the legality of abortion
For a significant period of time now, it’s been difficult to turn on the news without hearing anything about the...
CEESA is Back!
The long-awaited return of CEESA tournaments is here and student-athletes, coaches, teachers, and parents could not be more excited! CEESA...
AISB’s Terry Fox Run 2022
Who Was Terry Fox? When he contracted bone cancer at 18 years old, Terry’s right leg was amputated to try...
NASA’s Plans to Revisit the Moon: The Artemis Mission
Ever since the Apollo moon landings in the late 1960s, we haven’t seen as many groundbreaking feats from NASA. Apollo...
Photo Essay: AISB’s Rock in the Park 2022
On Thursday, June 16th, 2022, with summer vacation right around the corner, our whole school got together for our last...
Journalism Teacher Jennifer Stevens Leaves AISB
Upon her arrival to Romania, Jennifer Stevens had no idea that she would spend the next five years building an...
The Pechersk School International of Kyiv Community: Displaced Across Time Zones as the War Rages On
When the American Embassy in Ukraine advised citizens to evacuate the country on January 23rd, my parents quickly packed our...
The Ongoing Ukrainian Refugee Crisis & Human Trafficking: What we Know
When Russia invaded Ukraine on the 24th of February, millions of people prepared to flee their homes and expose themselves...
AISB’s Secondary Leadership Shakeup: The Teachers who are Stepping Up & The Team’s Vision for Next Year
As the 2021-2022 school year comes to a close, reorganizations in the school’s leadership structure are already being planned for...
AISB’s Middle School Play “Channeling Grimm” This Friday and Saturday
On Friday, June 3rd, AISB’s theater will host the school’s first indoor drama production since November of 2019. Thirty middle...
The ones the system failed: Two victims speak out on Romania’s systemic corruption
In 1966, Romania’s communist party banned the use of birth control and abortions with the intent to build a larger...
AISB’s Earth Week to Take Place After Break: Here’s What to Expect
This year’s Earth Day falls during our spring holiday, so AISB’s Earth Week will take place when we return, from...
Amid War, DP Students from Ukraine and Russia Tasked with Difficult Decisions about Exams
Since the advent of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Baccalaureate organization (IB) has been under pressure to communicate its...
UTCB students take on the ‘full-time job’ of running the university’s refugee center
In what appears to be a normal dorm room located in the corner of one of Universitatea Tehnică de Construcții...
Isaccea Border Crossing: Without Organized Transportation Options, AISB Teachers Found Themselves Stepping up to the Driver’s Seat
On March 5th, at 6:30am, a group of six teachers (Rita McDermott, Byron Farrow, Peter Stanley, Hanan Abdou, Gustavo Echeverry,...
Egyptian students escape Ukraine through Romania, now wonder what the future holds
Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, Ahmed Abosnan and 60 other Egyptian medical students heard the first bombs fall in their...
AISB Hosts 24-Hour Run to Raise Money for Ukraine
This Friday and Saturday, AISB will host a “Peace for Ukraine Community Run” to raise money for the International Committee...
Bucharest’s Main Train Station Welcomes Refugees from Ukraine
As the war intensifies and people from Ukraine continue to flee their homes, feelings of chaos and uncertainty escalate in...
Theater Returns to AISB with an Old School Touch
Sit down, relax, and put your hands together for the long-awaited return of performing arts to AISB. This Saturday, a...
Four AISB Students Receive MYP Innovators’ Grants to Fund Passion Projects
Two AISB student groups have been awarded the prestigious MYP Innovators’ Grant—a recognition given to only 30 students worldwide. This...
It’s Banned Books Week at AISB: Here’s everything you need to know
Have you noticed one of the book shelves in the AISB library is wrapped in caution tape? Well, that’s because...
COVID Numbers Climb in Romania, Yet Vaccine Rates Remain ‘Disastrously’ Low
Romania’s reported Covid-19 cases have doubled over the last week. This comes after the reopening of public schools and the...
Watch: Terry Fox Event Brings AISB Community Together Again
The Terry Fox Run made its return to AISB’s campus on Saturday morning, once again raising awareness for cancer research,...
The Terry Fox Run Returns to AISB this Saturday
AISB’s annual Terry Fox charity run will take place this Saturday, September 11th. This comes as a welcomed surprise, after...
The Evolution of Romania’s Orphanages: How NGOs are fighting against a history of institutionalization
March 1990, Cighid Orphanage in Romania. A squeaking wood door opens to a dark room with no source of natural...
MS Theater Premiere of ‘Dr. Evil and the Pigeons with Lasers’ and ‘If They Could Talk’ This Friday
After three long months of preparing, the Middle School Theater Production Team has finalized their two Zoom plays: ‘Dr. Evil...
‘Collective’ Director Alexander Nanau on Romania’s systemic corruption and what an Oscar would bring to the country
In November 2015, more than 25,000 protesters flooded Bucharest’s streets—the largest demonstration since the fall of communism in 1989. “Corruption...
It’s Human Rights Week at AISB. Here’s What You Need to Know
From March 1st to March 5th, AISB’s Amnesty International students will host Human Rights Week, in an effort to “recognize...
The Beginning of the End: A Look at Romania’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout
In mid-December, Romanian authorities announced that the country would start its vaccination rollout on the 27th—giving us hope that all...
How AISB Children’s Rights Organizations have been affected by the Pandemic
Before March, many of AISB’s students spent time visiting pediatric hospitals, playing with underprivileged children, and teaching English to Romanian...
Upper Secondary Drama Production ‘Fossils’ Streams This Friday
On December 11th, at 6:30pm, the AISB drama department will do something they’ve never done before: premier their winter production...
AISB Charity Event ‘Stuff the Bus’ Continues, Despite Pandemic Restrictions
The school’s service group M.A.D. (Making A Difference) has been hosting ‘Stuff the Bus’ for many years—providing the small town...
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...
Coronavirus in Bucharest: How and where to test for it
With the new round of restrictions in place, and COVID numbers climbing, most of us have started to worry about...
It’s LGBTQ History Month. Here’s how Romania has Played a Part
It all started in October 1994, when Professor Rodney Wilson came out to his history class. He was teaching students...
Back to Normal? A Q&A with Romanian public school students about returning to campus
Schools in Romania welcomed students back on the 14th of September — six months after closing due to the COVID-19...
Going Back to School During a Pandemic: A Look at AISB’s New ‘Adapted Model’
AISB students returned to campus on September 14th, nearly six months after the school first shut its doors due to...