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Upcoming World Celebration Dates next week...Saturday - June 2, 2018 Italy’s Republic DayRepublic Day, also known as Festa della Repubblica in Italian (Festival of the Republic), is a na-tional holiday in Italy on June 2 each year. It celebrates the day when Italians voted to abolish the monarchy in 1946 so their country could become a republic.Tuesday - June 5, 2018 Denmark’s Constitution DayConstitution Day (Grundlovsdag), observed on June 5, commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Danish constitution of 1849, which established Denmark as a constitutional mon-archy, and honors the constitution of 1953, which was adopted on the same date.Wednesday - June 6, 2018 National Day of SwedenThis is the date on which Gustav Vasa was crowned king in 1523, which laid the foundation of Sweden as an independent state, and on which a new, important constitution was adopted in 1809.

Dear Parents and Students

Today’s edition of Blaze is the last for the 2017-18 school year. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the entire IST community for their incredible support of our school over the past year. As always parents have been unflagging in their efforts to work together with teachers and support staff to provide the best possible learning environment for our students and I know that each and every IST employee joins with me in thanking you for this support.

With only five days of school to go things have been very busy, and they are about to get busier! To cap off this week we will come together this afternoon to celebrate the Graduation of the Class of 2018. We wish the graduates every success and happiness with the adventures that await them. The ceremony starts at 4PM in the Han Theatre so it is not too late to join us!

On Monday morning at 8:25AM we will celebrate the academic progress and achievements of many of our secondary students at the end of year Secondary Awards Ceremony. Students will then participate in Secondary Sports Day activities, before attending the Athletics Awards Ceremony at 2PM. The athletics awards celebrate student sporting participation and success throughout the school year.

On Tuesday elementary students will enjoy Elementary Sports Day activities, with Nursery to Grade 1 student activities running from 8:30AM until 11AM, and Grade 2-5 activities running from 12:45PM until 3:05PM.

On Wednesday between 10AM and 2PM we will come together for the annual Community Fair, so be sure to plan to come along and join in the community spirit!

The Grade 5 Transition Ceremony will follow this on Thursday afternoon at 1:45PM. Congratulations to the Grade 5 students who now move onto the exciting challenges of middle school.

The last day of school for the 2017-18 school year will be next Friday, 8 June. Friday is a half-day only and school will end at 11:45am. Buses will depart school at 12PM (noon). Please note that there will be no lunch breaks on Friday. Please also note that all departure forms must be completed before 10AM.

Students will be issued with their copy of the 2017-18 Internationalist Yearbook on Friday morning. Special thanks to the Advancement and Communications department for producing such a wonderful memento of the school year for us all to enjoy.

Students will also be given their Semester 2 Progress Reports before returning home on Friday. I wish to congratulate all of our students on the wonderful progress that they have made this year. We are all very proud of their many accomplishments and know that next year will bring even more. If parents have any questions or concerns about the reports, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the school administration. Please also note that if departure documentation is not completed by 10AM, we will be unable to issue report cards and year books on Friday.

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I would be amiss if I did not reiterate my appreciation to the community on your continuing generous support to the Solar Panel Project. As of Thursday May 31, 155 panels have been donated for and we are well past the 40% mark. Thank you to the families and companies that have come out in support of this student initiated project that will contribute to the earth’s environment. Heartwarming stories of staff and student donations keep up our hope that we are going to reach our target, the latest one being that of Grade 5 student Jared Taylor, who used up his “new year money” savings to contribute 1500 RMB to make IST go solar!

The end of year is an exciting time for us all as we look forward to a well-earned rest and possibly a return to our homes and families, or an exciting adventure here in China or in another country. Unfortunately it is also a time at which we must bid farewell to students, friends, and colleagues. On behalf of all of us who will remain in Tianjin next year, I would like to wish the IST families that will be leaving our school every happiness in their new schools and homes.

I wish to make special mention of departing IST Board of Governors member and chair, Michael Portie, and PFO stalwart Monica Portie, for their special contribution to our school and its continued development over the past four years.

Every year we must also bid farewell to members of our teaching faculty and I would like to take this moment to thank the following teachers, in ascending order of years of service to the school, for all that they have contributed to our students and community:

Andreia Pequeno

Libby Kennedy

Kim Zatarga

Andy Gaskell

Ujjala Shroff

Francesca Biros

Jade Masefield

AB Bodha

Kunimi Bermudez

Marina Babaeva

Scott Pratt

Fernando Bermudez

Eleanor Surridge

Emily Chiang

Janice Lanham

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Finally, on behalf of all of us here at the school, I wish to thank our parents for entrusting their children’s education to our school, and our students for being such fine representatives of their own countries and cultures. Thank you to the IST Board of Governors for their constant guidance and support, and to the committed staff of IST for being such a terrific team and for making IST a friendly place where the needs of our students come first. I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.

Warmest regards

Steve MoodyDirector

PS: The first day of school for the 2018-19 school year is Wednesday 8 August!

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Diamond Level Donors (10 panels +)

Gold Level Donors (4-9 panels)

Silver Level Donors (2-3 panels)

Bronze Level Donors

(1 panel)

Patron Level Donors (1/2 panel)

Supporter Level Donors (1/4 panel)

Solar Panel Fund Contributors

(RMB 50-499)

Zhou Family IST Class of 2018 Eason Wang, Wendy Wang

Stride/Li Schroeder Family IST HR Department Wu Mu Yang

Yu Family Wendy & Wenhan Zhang's Family Portie Family Singh Family Tomas Kmit Kathy Liu Li Zhi Fei

Benson Chuang, Justin Chuang

Laura & Wanting Wang IST Bus Company The Conway Family IST IT Support Team Diegel Family Jun Seo Yu

Xue Family Wang Family Diegel Family Melanie & Martin Farley Family Tung Sen Li

Moody Family Zhou Xin Yuan Grade 7S Rokho & Soui Lee Ke Xin Yan

Dunbar Family Gueorguiev Family Klassen Family Anna Helene Neumann Seung Ju Oh

Oudot Family Caroline Park, Jun Seo Yu, Jun Hee Yu IST Class of 2018 April (Eurest) Danny, Evan, Jae Ik

Jianxiang Tao & Jianhe Tao Thomas Shih & Allen Li are the best Amit Mishra Jack (Eurest) Hye Won Cho

Pangzhihan Leo Li Hongying, Ma Ying, Li Dong, Kim Hyun Ae Sumit Patel Taku Iwanaga, Noe Iwanaga

Lukas Rousek, Ondrej Rousek

PFO Committee 2017-18 IST Chinese Staff Association Brenna Beri Seong Yeon & Seong Hui

Ivan Zhao Song

Kjeldgaard Family Claire Wang, Chloe Wang Raynal Family Lu Lu Hye Song Cho

Pizza Bianca Meili Visser Marilou Prepognot Family Rothweiler Anne An

Yuqing Mao Christina Song & Johnina Chen Jared Taylor Vidler/Driggs Harry Wang

E-Smart IST Ayis Calvignac Family Tongjin, Aimee Zheng

IST Guards Shang Fei Seghir-Bakir Family

Tschoepel Family Yun Bai Neal and Fleming Kolnik

Jenny Zhai; Frank Jiang Micolod Family Alexander Hoffman

IST Operations Team Zixuan Meng's Family Stephanie Yang

Helen Wang, Jennifer Liu, Windy Wen, Fu Ping Jared Taylor Grade 1

Family Martha, Lotta Majewski Lebo Yao Family Grade 7S

IST Finance & Purchasing Team Gavin Yong

Richard, Nina, Wenjun, Hongman, Guoying, Lucy Arbo-Bahr Family

Chen Yu-Han IST Class of 2018

Lewis-Sterling Family Munjal Family (Kanika)

Zhang Family Adonia Guo

Kevin & Leah Zhao

Kunimi & Fernando Bermudez

IST Secondary Arts Department

McMulkin Family

Jung Seongbin

Centerman FamilyArthur LinThe Craigs

Trey, Yoshiko, Rod WatersAlden, Beatrice & Madeline Schaaf

Gemma JeonFamily Maziejuk

Sabrina Batalova & Lukas WerthAussie Panel

Ostergaard FamilyGTD

Seung Wooh YangIST Grade 1Jeremy Cao

Dr. Davies, H. Bodha, J. Thorns from Sc. Dept.Ha Young Chang

Solar Dragons (Luke & Will Inghram)Prepognot Family

Family PithardMontanari Family

Liao FamilyVergnes FamilyRaynal Family

Yan FamilyJiusi Pei & Homer Pei

Jason Lin, Jason Zhang, Amy Liu, Vivian ZhaoBernal Family (David & Daniel)

Family Korzinovski

The IST Green Team and the IST Community would like to thank the following donors for their generous contributions to the school's Solar Panel Fundraising project, thereby ensuring that they have done their bit towards making our Earth a more sustainable place for our future generations. This is the list of donors up to May 31, 2018.

Thank you Donors for your donation to the IST Solar Panel Project!

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Grade 5 Transition Ceremony Thursday 7th June 2018 13:45 - 14:45

IST Theater followed by a reception in the Elementary Foyer

Grade 5 Transition Ceremony – Information For Parents

The Grade 5 Transition Ceremony is on Thursday, June 7 at 13:45 in the theater. We welcome all families to join us to celebrate our students’ successful completion of Elementary School.

Ceremony attire is semi-formal. Students should come to school dressed for a normal school day with their smart clothes in a bag:

• Boys - shirt and tie, long dark pants • Girls - dress, a skirt/blouse or trousers/blouse. • Clean shoes. No jeans or similar.

Please gather in the Han foyer and we will enter the theater at 13:40. Guests are welcome to bring flowers for the child they are supporting. These will be given to the students at the end of the ceremony and there will a chance for photographs. Tea, coffee, juice and cake will be served.

There will be a bus for guests from Ao Cheng at 12:50 to the school, returning at 15:00. If you have any questions please contact your child’s homeroom teacher. We look forward to seeing you!Regards,

The Grade Five Teaching Team

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Summercheck-outwillbeginonMonday,June4thforallpatronswhohaveclearedtheirlibraryrecord.Paymentforlostlibrarybooksmustbemadetothelibraryandpaymentforlostclassbooksandtextsmustbemadetofinance.Elementarystudentsmustsubmitasignedpermissionslipforsummercheck-out.Thepermissionslipwassenthometodayasahard-copyandisalsoattachedforyourprintingconvenience.

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Parent Book Club—Summer Reading

StationElevenbyEmilySt.JohnMandel “Anaudacious,darklyglitteringnovelsetintheeeriedaysofcivilization'scollapse,StationEleventellsthespellbindingstoryofaHollywoodstar,hiswould-besavior,andanomadicgroupofactorsroamingthescatteredoutpostsoftheGreatLakesregion,riskingeverythingforartandhumanity.”ReadmoreatGoodReads. ThelibraryhasoneEnglishcopyandthebookisavailableintranslationinmanylanguagesbothinprintandforKindleversions.WatchTheBlazeinAugustforanannouncementforthedateofthefirstParentBookClubmeetingin2018-2019.

Used Books Sale at the Community Fair Wearestilltakingdonations.Whetheryou’removingorjustmakingroomonyourshelves,boxupthebooksyounolongerneedandbringthemtous.TheISTLibrarywillhaveitsannualused-bookssaleattheCommunityFairduringthefirstweekofJune.Wewelcomeyourcontributions.

Alllanguagesandreadinglevelswelcome.

IST Library Volunteers worked 198 hours!

Wearesogratefulforyourhelpwithshelving,sorting,completinginventory.JaniceKhorLaiShuWenLuoChunyi

WenZhaoHuiZhaoQiongClaudiaPithard

KathyChoiKimSeungHeeShinYunJung

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We’re going to New Zealand! (December 15-23 2018 - 1st Week of Winter Break)

Dear Parents & Students, IST is happy to announce a high adventure activity-oriented family friendly international trip to Auckland, New Zealand. This trip is open to any student enrolled in our secondary school, current Grade 6 (G7's next year) students up to current Grade 11 (G12's next year). IST Parents are also invited to go on this trip as well. This trip is focused on the activity aspect of the Creativity, Activity, and Service requirements for Grades 11 and 12. However, this is not a requirement for CAS, but instead allows student an option to experience unique activities within a chaperoned, safe environment. IST students who participate in New Zealand trip will become active global citizens by gaining an understanding of the Maori people and culture. Additionally, attendees will experience the natural beauty of New Zealand and participate in activities from jet-boating up Huka Falls, to exploring the Wiatomo caves, to careening down a hillside inside a large plastic ball. Please see the itinerary attached to this notification for more specific trip information. The New Zealand Trip attendees will depart IST on December 15 and will return to Tianjin on Sunday, December 23rd. This is the first week of our December Break next school year. Cost: Students - 22,000 RMB Parents - 22,000 RMB All payments may be made in RMB at the counseling office. But we cannot accept credit cards or bank transfers. There will be no need to pay internationally via credit card or bank transfer as the tour company has a mechanism in place to accept RMB directly. Price includes:

o Flights from Beijing to Auckland, New Zealand o Accommodations in at least a 3 star hotel throughout the trip o All meals and activities inclusive of price o A tour guide/program manager throughout the trip o Private bus transportation to and from the Beijing airport o Private bus transportation throughout New Zealand o Adult chaperones o Access to cultural, educational Maori focused programs

Signups (IST Counselor’s office) will began on Monday, May 14th with a deposit of 8,500 RMB due at signup per attendee. Unfortunately, this deposit will be non-refundable once the airline tickets are purchased. We have a limited capacity of only thirty-two (32) students/parents and we have had 15 students who have already signed up. If you have any specific questions please feel free to contact us. Sincerely, Lee Sterling III Michael Conway [email protected] [email protected]

New Zealand Trip Payment Schedule

Due on Signup 8/31/18 9/28/18

¥8,500.00 ¥7,000.00 ¥6,500.00

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WHAT DO WE OFFER?

Nursery-Grade 1 set menus (Price: RMB 25.00)

Elementary School set menus G2 - G5 RMB 30.00)

This is fully table served.

‧1 regular set meals or 1 vegetarian set meal.

‧A set meal consists of - Raw ready to eat vegetables and fruits - 1 meat/protein dishes with vegetables and starch - 1 drink (Yakult, milk or yoghurt).

Note: - Nursery-Grade1 second servings will be provided by our team

or teacher assistants at their table upon request of the child.

- Morning snack provided to Nursery –Grade1 Students at RMB 6.00

per person, Snack are only available for daily set lunch students.

Served from our main service lines.

‧ Daily 2 meat/ protein dishes (or vegetarian protein special) from

our Western and Asian Counters(Free flow)

‧ Raw vegetables from our salad bar(Free flow)

‧ Hot vegetables and starch (Free flow)

‧ Fruit of the day (Free flow)

‧ 1 Dessert

‧ 1 Drink 100% juice (add 2.00 RMB), milk, Yakult or yoghurt

Note: Second servings will be provided by our team on the

service line upon request of the child.

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WHAT DO WE OFFER?

MS/HS food offer

A retail concept oriented environment as MS/HS students

are young adults who need choices, brands/concepts and

freedom in deciding the composition of their lunch.

We propose a different service concept that blends and

merges the “A la Carte “and “Set Menu” offers

into one single frame.

Students will have several stations to choose from, each

station serving daily dishes bound into a concept

(e.g. Grill, Wok, Western, and Asian, etc.). As such,

each customer can chose between paying the basic fare

for the main dish (A la Carte) or upgrading the chosen

main dish into a Set Menu or a Deal price lower than the

sum of the different components. The upgrade allows a

drink + dessert or Fruit + salad or Soup in a separate plate.

Examples:

Chicken curry + Rice

22 RMB

Upgrade 10RMB

(Drink + salad or soup + Fruit

or Dessert)

Set Menu Deal 32 RMB

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SnackYoghurt Fruit Cut

PancakeFruit Cut

Banana BreadFruit Cut

Tomato Cheese BreadFruit Cut

Vegetable RollFruit Cut

BBQ Sausage 烤香肠

Baked Fusilli w/Meat ball in Bolognese Sauce螺旋面配牛肉丸

BBQMeat and Sticky Rice Balls

糯米丸子

Sweet Corn and Carrot玉米粒胡萝卜

Cherry Tomato 小西红柿

Vegetable Sticks蔬菜条

Rice米饭

Vegetable Sticks蔬菜条

Fruit Fruit of the Day Fruit of the Day Fruit of the Day Fruit of the Day

Drinks Milk/Yoghurt Milk/Yoghurt Milk/Yoghurt Milk/Yoghurt

Energy 热量（Kcal) Protein 蛋白质（g) Carbohydrate 碳水化合物（g) Fat 脂肪（g)

726 26 101 23

725 25 100 25

Morning snack offer available at 6 rmb, Snack are only available for daily set lunch consumers.

Nutritional reading over the week

营养建议

Set Meal


每周营养分析

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Salad/FruitSeasonal Fresh Salad Bar

Fruit of the DaySeasonal Fresh Salad Bar




Fruit of the Day

Grilled Fish 煎鱼排

Sausage and Mash香肠土豆泥

Chicken Schnitzel 炸鸡排

Stir fry Vegetable炒蔬菜

Stir fry Vegetable炒蔬菜

BBQ Stir fry Vegetable 炒时蔬

Fried Rice 炒米饭

Roasted Potatoes烤土豆

Kongpao Chicken宫保鸡丁

Fried Noodles with Beef干炒牛河

Doenjang Jjigae大酱汤

Stir fry Vegetable 炒蔬菜

Steamed Rice 米饭 Steamed Rice 米饭

Vegetarian Kongpao Vegetable宫保蔬菜

Fried Noodles with Vegetable蔬菜炒面

Doenjang Jjigae (vegetable)蔬菜大酱汤

Soup Kimchi Soup辣白菜汤

Minestrone通心粉汤

Vegetable Soup蔬菜汤

Dessert Swiss Roll 瑞士卷 Cookies 饼干 Fruit Tart 水果塔 Carrot Cake 胡萝卜蛋糕

Energy 热量（Kcal) Protein 蛋白质（g) Carbohydrate 碳水化合物（g) Fat 脂肪（g)

727 26 102 26

725 25 100 25营养建议

Western From The

Grill Station

Asian From The

Wok/Noodle Station


每周营养分析


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Welcome to the IST Co- Curricular Activities (CCA) Program for 2017-2018

For any questions, please visit CCA blog http://www.istianjinelearning.org/cca/, or contact the activity office, Fernando Bermudez and Guo Ying, telephone 022 28592003 extension 8150, email [email protected], [email protected]

Tournaments for the year are over. We will be updating dates for the next school

year after the summer.

Monday - June 4, 2018Secondary Sports DaySports AwardsSecondary Awards AssemblyLibrary Summer Checkout Begins

Tuesday - June 5, 2018Elementary Sports Day

Wednesday - June 6, 2018Community Fair

Thursday - June 7, 2018Grade 5 Transition Ceremony

Friday - June 8, 2018Last Day of Classes (Half Day for Students)Reports Go Home

Thursday - August 2, 2018ELA Entrance Testin

Tuesday - August 7, 2018New Student Orientation

Wednesday - August 8, 2018First Day of Classes

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