TIS Student Wins Writing Contest

TIS student Eduardo de Matos Sequeira won first place in the "Mr. Midnight Double Dare Story Writing Contest". The competition required contestants to write the beginning of a scary story for the next book in the "Mr. Midnight" children's horror series by author James Lee. Not only did Eduardo's submission win, but the name of the main character in Mr. Lee's next book will be none other than......Eduardo!

Experience Week Expands Student Horizons

Secondary students will be travelling to some exciting locations for a week in March as part of "Experience Week" at TIS. The program provides students with the opportunity to travel either locally or abroad to participate in activity-based trips, community service-based trips or leadership-based trips. In addition to enhancing learning opportunities, educational travel can expand students' horizons, develop independence and provide valuable experiences outside of the classroom. For more information about Experience Week , please click here to view the brochure. Students in Grades 9-12 are asked to hand in their preliminary choices to their homeroom teachers by Friday, December 19th. All trips will be finalized following the Christmas break.

Venetian Invites TIS Choirs To Perform

The TIS choirs helped to kick off the Christmas season at the Venetian on Saturday, November 22. The choirs will also be performing on December 20 & 21 from 3:30-4:00 p.m. in St. Mark's Square.

TIS Student Wins Poster Contest

Grade 7 student Marika Veith captured first place in the Lions Club of Macau Peace Poster Design Contest. Each year, Lions Clubs around the world sponsor the event which encourages young people to artistically express their visions of peace. The year's theme is "Peace Begins With Me". Mariks'a poster will now be submitted to a regional competition where entries from both Macau and Hong Kong will be judged. The winning entry will then compete in a final contest with works from 180 countries.

TIS Signs Agreement With Canadian University

TIS and the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on November 3. The agreement establishes a formal understanding of cooperation and friendship between the two schools. Areas of cooperation will include student recruitment, field placements of University of Lethbridge students at TIS and student summer programming which will see TIS students visit the University of Lethbridge to further their studies in English.

TIS Students Shine At Macau Speech Contest

Perseverance paid off for Grade 12 student Gary Cai. After competing in his fourth Macao-wide English Speech Contest, he took home first place in the Senior High category with his speech on "Global Challenges in Macau Education". Grade 2 student Luis Chipenda Martins was also a winner, picking up third place in the Lower Primary category. Andy Zhang, In Tong Chan and Jenny Chan also gave solid performances at the finals and represented TIS with pride.
The Macao-wide English Speech Contest is held annually at the Macao Polytechnic Institute and consists of a prepared speech followed by a question and answer session.

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Visits TIS

Musicians from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's brass quintet took some time out of their busy touring schedule to visit TIS and perform for students recently. The musicians performed a variety of classical pieces as well as some old-time favourites during the half-hour concert in the MPR. After the concert, they conducted instrumental workshops with TIS band members.