The International School of Tanganyika (IST), established in 1963, is fully accredited. It is authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization to offer the Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and IB Diploma Programme. IST is a private, co-educational day school, which offers a full educational programme for pupils from the age of 3 to pre-university. IST has a solid reputation for academic and extra-curricular excellence...more
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IST Class of 2009 University Placement
Receiving an education from IST has once again proven invaluable as evidenced by the acceptances of our graduates of the Class of 2009 into excellent universities throughout the world. Even with the dramatic increase in the number of 16-19 year olds applying to universities, this year’s IST graduating class has proven that they can indeed compete with secondary school students from anywhere in the world. Read More
IST Graduation Ceremony
On Saturday May 30th, the 70 members of this years’ graduating class along with 450 family, friends and invited guests gathered at the Moevenpick Hotel for their graduation ceremony. This year’s class represented 15 different nationalities, with 18 of the class having joined IST in EC2 in 1995. More Info | Photos
Grade 9-11 Examinations
Students will sit their end of year exams next week. Wednesday 28th to Tuesday 2nd for Grade 9 and 10. Wednesday 28th to Wednesday 3rd for Grade 11. Please follow the links below to the appropriate exam schedule. We wish all our students the best of luck with their exams.
IST Students Shine During Sports Tournament
Last weekend students from Moshi, Arusha, Morogoro and Tanga all descended on IST Elementary School for a day of sport. All the children were resplendent in T-shirts kindly provided by our generous sponsor Goodyear. More info | Photos.
IST Biathlon
On Saturday 9th May at 7.30 am 182 competitors turned out to compete in the 2009 IST biathlon. They completed a 250m swim and a 4km run. Everyone who finished received a t shirt, medal and certificate kindly sponsored by KLM. A big thank you to al the competitors and the staff and parents who helped run the event on the day. More Info | Photos
Kilimanjaro Pride
At approximately 8 AM on Thursday 23 April, nineteen intrepid IST students and their teachers reached Uhuru Peak on Mt. Kilimanjaro. The six-day journey took the climbers through rain forest, moorland, alpine, high desert and glacial landscapes. More Info | Photos
ISSEA Basketball Results
The IST ISSEA (International School in Southern and East Africa) basketball teams arrived back from the recent tournament in Johannesburg on Sunday. More Info | Photos
MYP Evaluation Self-Study
In May this year, a team of visitors representing the International Baccalaureate (IB) will visit the school to evaluate the Secondary School’s implementation of the Middle Years Program (MYP).
In preparation for the visit, our teachers worked hard over several months to complete the process of self-evaluation, a very similar process to that of completing the PYP self-study and the CIS report. The MYP Evaluation Self-Study Questionnaire also involved a great deal of collaboration, professional discussion and evaluating our school based on the standards and practices set by the IB. In addition to IST staff, parents and the school board also contributed by sharing and discussing relevant parts of the document. Students too were involved in giving their perspective on aspects of the program.
The completed self-study report is now available to read by following the link within this article. Many thanks to all that have taken part in this long yet beneficial process.
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Council of International Schools/Middle States Association Accreditation – Five Year Report
Since 2004, when a team from CIS and MSA came to IST, the faculty has been working on the recommendations they made at the end of the visit. These recommendations covered many aspects of school function and life from philosophy to finances, canteen to curriculum, assessment and achievement and many other areas.
We are pleased to announce that the Accreditation Five Year Report is now complete. This report gives a detailed picture of the progress made against the above mentioned recommendations and paints an illustrative picture of the state of the school in 2009.
As you may be aware, in March we will be visited once again by representatives from CIS and MSA who will come to examine the report and see the progress made first hand. The resulting accreditation from these agencies is a necessity to IST and extremely beneficial to our students as accredited schools are regarded more highly internationally and are a requirement for university entrance for many universities.
If you are interested in reading the finished report please follow this link: Full Report
PYP Evaluation Self-Study 2009
As a school that has now been developing our use of the Primary Years Program (PYP) for a number of years, we are in a good position for our upcoming evaluation visit from the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) in May this year.
In recent months, our staff has worked hard to complete a ‘PYP Evaluation Self-Study’ that involved a great deal of collaboration within committees, professional discussion and assessing ourselves on many different standards and practices set by the IBO. In addition to IST staff, parents have been given the opportunity to share and discuss relevant parts of the document as well as student council having their say on certain matters.
The completed self-study report is now available to read by following the link within this article. Many thanks to all that have taken part in this long yet beneficial process.
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Animadness at the elementary school
This year’s Artist In Residence title was “ANIMADNESS” !
The students focused on cartoons, comic books and animation.
In the art classes, the students watched various examples of comic books, cartoons and animation films before starting to create their own characters. They made lots of sketches. Those sketches were used to make a final work of art on paper, stone wall (mural), cardboard or canvas.
In EC and KG the students painted cartoony characters on canvas.
The Primary students created a big mural painting, painted manga characters on cardboard, made comic books and voodoo dolls, used adobe photoshop program
to create model sheets and last but not least, made short animation films (puppet animation) using DV cameras!
For 3 weeks long the students worked together with our favorite Spanish artist in residence Mr. Miguel Costales, and also with Mr. Misja Roels, our Belgian artist in residence.
The results were amazing! Enjoy the photos!
Visit by Mr. Harry Potts
IST was proud to welcome back this week one of IST’s former Headmasters, Mr. Harry Potts and his wife Monica. Harry served as IST’s Headmaster through a particularly turbulent period in IST’s history (1976-1979). During his time, IST was plagued by the dramatic downturn of the Tanzanian economy, a much-contended admissions policy, a nasty spate of robberies in teacher’ flats and an outbreak of cholera that closed down the school for two weeks.
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ON THE RAZZLE
Secondary students recently entertained audiences with On The Razzle by Tom Stoppard. The play was a witty and action packed comedy about the adventures of two mischievous shop assistants who get themselves into trouble when they rush off to the city in search of a good time. Their employer is a rich grocery store owner who wants to marry a fashionable city lady. At the same time, he is struggling to stop his niece meeting her young lover.
The play was put on in an exciting new format for IST – that of ‘promenade theatre’. Performers acted out their scenes in the open air and the different scenes in the play were performed in different parts of the IST campus while the audience moved from one location to the other, led by the players.
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The IST School Board approves 2009-10 Calendar
*Click Here For Approved Calendar 2009-2010
GRADE TWO IST STUDENT WINS TRIP TO AUSTRALIAN ZOO
Last April, Imogen Alexander (Grade 2M) entered a competition to try to win a trip to the Australia Zoo by making a 2 minute video, entitled "Dreams come true at Australia Zoo"
However, the aim of Imogen's video was to win the trip for her Tanzanian friend and his family, who previously had only been as far as Moshi on a bus and had never been on safari.
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Charity Bazaar By The Diplomatic Spouses Group (DSG)
On Saturday 15th November the Diplomatic Spouses Group (DSG) held their annual Charity Bazaar on IST’s Secondary School Campus. The bazaar was officially opened by the First Lady Mama Salma Kikwete. DSG focuses on trying to fund groups that support women and children and people with disabilities, health and education.
Addressing the gathering at the IST, the First Lady said: “I encourage you to dig deep into your pockets knowing that many will benefit from the generosity.” Mama Kikwete noted that Tanzania was privileged and proud to host a large group of diplomatic community that helped bring a rich variety of cultures and traditions to Tanzania.
She said that the work of DSG was in line with her organization -- Wama which emphasises on health, education and economic empowerment. Funds from last year’s bazaar were distributed to eleven groups benefiting mostly vulnerable members of the society. The groups included; Amani Centre for disabilities, Canossa secondary school, the Mabinti Centre and the Franciscan Sisters.
More than 30 embassies and international organizations were represented at the day-long bazaar, which featured crafts, food, a white elephant stall, a raffle, kids’ games, football and live entertainment including performances by the Maji Matitu Steel Band as well as Irish and Indian dances.Click here for Photos !
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