- Foothill and De Anza Colleges Information Sessionby mandyzhao
We are happy to welcome Foothill and De Anza Colleges to visit NIS on October 13th 11:30-12:20 at LGR 2. Please RSVP in the poster if you are interested in attending.
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- ISNAC IM Ready Swim Meet today, October 9by Grace Jiang
All participating students for the ISNAC IM Ready swim meet (for students aged 9y+) are asked to be released 10 minutes early to arrive at the pool at 2.50 pm. Thank you.
- Grade 9s Selling Snackby Scott Corbett
Hi All
Today after school from 3pm – 3:30pm, students in Grade 9 will be selling some food items as a part of their Leadership Studies course, raising money for Pfrang.
They will be outside the Hub Foyer ready at 3pm. They will only be selling to Secondary students and adults.
I hope you can support them and enjoy the afternoon energy boost
- School House Event: Walkathon Oct 9th 12:30pmby Sandra Chow

- Julia Zhang will be the MOD on Oct. 10, 2026by Clara Xi
Best wishes,
- School House Event: Walkathon Oct 9th 12:30pmby Sandra Chow

- Monday Morning Briefingby Sandra Chow
Here are minutes for the Monday Briefing.
- G10-11 Field Tripby Sarah Boucher
Next Thursday, October 8, Grade 10 Biology and Grade 11 ESS classes will go on a field trip to the Nanjing Museum of Paleontology. They will miss blocks 1-3 and part of block 4. Please contact Sarah Boucher or Sam Richards for any questions. Here is the list of students involved:
- Calvin Bae
- Hally Chak
- Kinsley Harrold
- Yebin Hong
- Yeeun Hwang
- Jihwan Lee
- Seulbeom Lee
- Annie Li
- Ivy Li
- Ethan Li
- Daniel Looser
- Joy Ma
- Lilian Park
- Julie Park
- Hyelim Park
- Yeeun Park
- Theodore Richards
- Christine Shen
- Lieselot Vanheertum
- Angel Xu
- Tony Yin
- Milo Ryan
- Ryan Cui
- Suyang Deng
- Mina Gribovski
- Seoyun Jung
- Yeeun Kang
- Sophie Kharismana
- Lucia Lim
- Yueun Park
- Sarah Shean
- Carola Valencia
- Cindy Wang
- ISNAC U15 Football Festival October 9by Vicki Hong
Please find the list of students who will be absent @1pm on Friday October 9 (Day 3) for the ISNAC U15 Football Festival Tournament. They will miss the block 4 and block 5 classes. Thanks for your support.
Boys@ BSN (off-campus)
Gilrs@NIS
- From Directorby Samantha Zou
Congratulations to Carolina (Teacher Representative), José Luis (EARCOS) and Tristan (JEDI Change Taskforce) who will all take on these roles for this school year.
Laurie