Events

Our school calendar is packed with fun activities for our community members. Most of the activities take place within the school, but we also host bigger events for which we invite parents and other friends of IST. Two great examples are our Meet & Greet BBQ at the start of the school year and the End of Year celebration. Both events are fun ways to learn more about each others culture and cuisine as everyone brings in food and decorations. With events like these we aim to connect our community within which expats and locals meet each other.

Raising cultural awareness is therefore one of the key elements of our education. To make this tangible for our community, we organise fun and educational activities throughout the year. Our Dutch culture program consists of celebrating and learning about all major Dutch celebrations. But we also look at world via the other languages we teach: English and Spanish. For example the celebration of “Dias de los muertos” and Thanksgiving. Our traditional New Year’s event is als an example of how we aim to broaden the cultural horizons of our students. During this event, we incorporate the new year traditions of all of the community members by bringing food and games.

Our students are also encouraged to provide service to the local community. The collaboration with the Stroinkshuis offers regular CAS opportunities for IST students to contribute to the wellbeing of others.