Tuesday, May 22, 2012

TIS Hosts International Basketball Tournament

TIS hosted the SCISAC Basketball tournament 17-19 May. We congratulate our Jr. Basketball teams on a great weekend of play. The girls played gutsy despite a host of injuries. They battled their hearts out, represented well, and took home the Silver! In an absolute thriller, the boys won their final game in the last seconds 28-26 to take home the Gold! At the tournament banquet the "Play hard, play fair, everybody wins!" awards were given to Clare Zarb and James Guffey who embodied all of the above. View some of the highlights here http://portugues.tdm.com.mo/evideo.php?vid=6441 Please note that the video starts at 24:39.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

TIS Students Giving Back

During experience week in March a group of TIS students travelled to Thailand. They helped to build a firebreak for an elephant rescue organisation. While visiting, the group met the family who lives there and discovered that they were in need of some help. On returning home, Grade 8 organised a fundraiser to raise money for this family. Here's what happened.....