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Dear incredible teams
and volunteers from all
around the world: You all
worked so hard for
the success of ISB's 2014
International Springfest...
You are more than
amazing... We are so
fortunate to have parents
like you involved in the
school... The air was filled
with happiness, joy and
community spirit, thank
you for putting together
this great event and for
your dedication to ISB.
Springfest is not only a
day of culinary tasting
and games, it is a day
that truly builds our
community and makes
our school stronger.
THANK YOU! ISB
June 13, 2014
I am pleased to announce that this past
Monday, at its final meeting of the
school year, the Board of Trustees
elected Beth Ann Dahan as the new
Chair of the Board, succeeding Patrick
Hamilton, who has so ably served in that
role for the past four years. Beth Ann has
been serving on the Board as VicePresident and Chair of the Development
Committee. She is also the Director of
Vela Wines, a company dedicated to
producing wines in New Zealand for
export. In addition, she is a lecturer in the
area of wine studies at Boston University's School of Hospitality
Administration and Metropolitan College. Earlier in her career
she worked for ten years in international development, primarily
in the area of microfinance in Africa. She holds a B.S. in business
administration from the University of Vermont and an MBA from
Northeastern. She and her husband, Arié, are the parents of
Elsa in grade 10 and Samuel in grade 7.
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At the same meeting, the Board elected three new Trustees:
Florence Bourgeois is a pediatrician at Children's Hospital.
She was born in California but grew up in Switzerland before
returning to the U.S., where she attended high school and
then graduated from Yale. She has an M.D. from
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Lower School Library
Inventory
Thanks to the initiative of
Consuelo Mendoza and
Marcel Guillerot, and
with the help ofPatrick P.,
the Lower School
Library has, for the first
time in its history, gone
through a complete
inventory of the
collection. We now know
clearly and at a glance
what cataloging remains
to be done, what has to
be corrected, what has
been lost and what
should be weeded. This
allows for a nice fresh
start. Consuelo,
Veronique, and
Patrick will continue the
process in the media
center this summer.
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Washington University in St. Louis and a Master's in Public
Health from Harvard. She and her husband, Andrew Davis,
have three children at ISB, Samuel in grade 2, Lucien in
grade 1 and Finn in Petite Section. She has been serving this
year on the Board's Education Committee.
 Cécile Dietrich has served since 2011 as the Vice President
of Boston Accueil, an organization that welcomes French
speaking families in Boston and facilitates their transition to
the area. She also participates actively in FACCNE's Women
in Business Network. Before coming to the U.S. with her
husband, Stephan, she practiced law in Paris for 13 years.
She has Master's degrees in business law and in taxation
from the University of Paris V. She and Stephan are the
parents of Théo in grade 10 and Julia in grade 7. She is
currently a member of the Development Committee.
 Édith Windsor has also been serving this year as a member
of the Development Committee. The holder of an MBA
from ESSEC (Paris) and a Ph.D. from the Université de
Pharmacie de Caen, Edith is currently an independent
consultant in brand strategy for cosmetic, luxury and
healthcare companies. Previously she worked for 12 years
for l'Oréal in marketing and communications. She and her
husband, Jérôme, have three daughters at ISB, Adélie in
grade 9, Ève in grade 7 and Iris in grade 6.
At the same time, the Board bids farewell to three Trustees, in
addition to Patrick Hamilton. They are Arnaud Bernaert, Xavier
Lefebvre, and Marie Saint-Hilaire. On behalf of our whole
community, I want to thank them for their years of loyal service,
even as we welcome three new members and a new Chair. A
strong board is essential to an institution's success, and we owe
a great debt of gratitude to all those who give and have given
so generously of their time and talents in the service of ISB.
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Bien sincèrement, Sincerely,
Richard Blumenthal, Ph.D.
Chef d'établissement
Head of School
[email protected]
The Amazing ISB
Apple Tree
Dear ISB Community,
This week, we received $6,800! With the matching gift from one
of our generous families, this is $13,600 for the school! Thank you
and congratulations to our 15 new donors who have been
automatically entered in our raffle to win a terrific weekend
package donated by the Liberty Hotel!
If you haven't donated yet, please consider doing so now.
We still need funds for the work we have
planned in Arlington and Cambridge.
We don't own the space in Arlington, but we just signed a new
five-year lease! We will continue to beautify the Maternelle with
new flooring and lights.
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A thousand thanks merci mille fois - to the
over forty families and
the PTO who donated
over 18,000 Apples to the
ISB Apples Thursdays
program during the past
school year! These
delicious, healthy Apples
were much appreciated
by students, parents and
teachers alike -- the
program was so popular
that we even added
Apples Tuesdays during
the last two months.
Again, many thanks to all
the generous donors see you in the fall!
Martha Mayne
aka Madame de la
Pomme
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Maternelle After Renovations
In Cambridge we will transform
the main lobby into a bright
and welcoming environment,
enhancing the image we wish
to have of ISB.
With your help, these projects
will
become a reality over the
summer!
New Cambridge Lobby
Every donor will automatically be
entered into the raffle to win a
fabulous getaway weekend at
the luxurious Liberty Hotel!
Drawing is on Wednesday June
18 at 3:30 pm!
If you would like to participate, please donate!
And don't forget!
Until June 30, your gift will be matched by a generous ISB family:
Your gift of $50 becomes $100 for ISB
Your gift of $500 becomes $1,000 for ISB
Your gift of $5,000 becomes $10,000 for ISB
Lost and Found
Missing
something? Please visit
the Lost and Found
bins located in
the Cambridge gym
lobbybefore the end of
the school day on Friday,
June 20. Everything
remaining after noonwill
go to charity.
Thank you!
Next week is the last week of school...
Now is the time to make a donation! THANK YOU.
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World Climate Negotiations
Objets Perdus... Pas
pour tout le monde !
Avez-vous perdu
quelque chose ? Merci
de regarder lesobjets et
vêtements que nous
avons retrouvés qui sont
situés à l'entrée du
gymnase de Cambridge,
et ce avant la fin de la
journée du vendredi 20
juin. Tout ce qui n'aura
pas été récupéré sera
offert à une association
caritative.
Merci !
"T" News
The MBTA has reminded
us that all Student
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For the second year in a row, ISB organized a WORLD CLIMATE
negotiation simulation which took place in the Church Hall
yesterday. Upper School students from the 10th, 11th and 12th
grades each played the role of a delegate from a country
assigned to them, and there were a few journalists. The
simulation used the C-ROADS software developed by MIT and
the Climate Interactive program, and was launched after an
initial speech by the UN Secretary General. After a first round of
negotiations, each delegation made a pledge explained by a
speech. Since the target was not reached, there was a second
round of negotiations followed by a third round. At the end of
this 5-hour exercise, the delegates were able to achieve an
increase in temperature limited to 2.7 Celsius! The target of 2
Celsius was not reached, therefore another conference will be
held next year.
Congratulations to all participants and in particular to Laurent
Richard who organized this simulation.
Monthly "T" Passes and all
stored value Student
Charlie Cards will be
turned off on June 30th.
Students using the
Charlie Cards must be
sure to spend down any
balances by the June
30th deadline - there are
no refunds for unspent
monies.
The "T" does offer Summer
Monthly Passes ($26 per
month) as well as the free
Student Summer Permits
(the stored value Charlie
Cards) for the months of
July and August. Students
wishing to order one of
these should speak
to Martha
Mayne immediately. They
will need to stop by the
school to pick them up at
the end of June.
The Monthly "T" Passes for
the 2014-2015 school
year, valid as
of September 1st, will be
available to students
during the last week of
August, as will the
Student Charlie Cards.
The Passes will be $26 per
month, and must be
completely paid for up
front for the entire school
year ($260). The Charlie
Cards are still free, and
then the students put
their own money on
them at a "T" location.
Please see Martha
Mayne with any
questions and/or to
request a Monthly Pass or
Charlie Card for the
summer month(s), no
later than Friday, June
13th.
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Scientific Trip to Iceland for the 11th grade French S
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Objectives of the trip:
This trip covered four months of the 11th graders' geology
program. Iceland is a geological hot spot and an open-air
laboratory which offers the opportunity to explore the field,
the opening continents in structural terms (rift fault, rift) and
petrographic (basalts, tephra, various other volcanic rocks).
 This trip also allowed us to study in advance some
geothermal elements that are part of the 12th grade
science program.
 The educational objective is to maintain this trip for the 11th
grader of the French Bac with the Science Option, around
the same time of year (April vacation).
What students have learned and discovered:
 To recognize accurately and automatically different
magmatic rocks and forms of basaltic components.
 To identify the different volcanic events that mark the
landscape and the organic life of the island.
 To understand the development and manifestations of
extensive water system associated with the annual evolution
of Europe's largest glacier.
 To discover beautiful landscapes changing every ten
minutes: they experienced during excursions whatever the
weather may provide (rain, snow, hail, wind, rain, bright sun
... on a 20-minute cycle! ), they hiked through the lava flows
of geothermal fields and ice tongues, and they have
learned to manage themselves within a group with a
particularly contagious good mood.
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French Cultural
Center
What they have not learned:
Icelandic language! But it might be worth exploring as a
cultural option for future trips...
Congratulations to all participants and in particular to Pierre
Saintin who organized this trip.
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ISB Model UN goes to Northeastern University
Friday, July 11
From 6 pm to 11 pm
On Friday, July 11th, the
French Cultural Center's
39th Bastille Day
Party returns to Back
Bay's beautiful
Marlborough Street for
what promises to be the
celebration of the
summer, in true French
style! This year's line-up,
programmed by World
Music/CRASHarts, will
feature two phenomenal
francophone acts: H'Sao,
whose explosive dance
beats from Chadian roots
blend soul, jazz and R&B,
and Joe Driscoll & Sekou
Kouyate, a mind blowing
American-Guinean duo
fusing hip-hop and funk
with reggae and African
grooves. And it wouldn't
be a French celebration
without a little wine and
beer, as well as delicious
food from some of
Boston's best French
restaurants!
Be among the 2,000
revelers dancing in the
street with live music and
celebrate freedom,
community, cultural
diversity, and friendship
between nations!
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Congratulations to the Model UN Class and Model UN
Clubstudents! All exceeded our expectations at the Regional
Model United Nations Conference held May 16 and 17th
at Northeastern University.
We were proud of our students' participation in committee
meetings and in their speech work. Members of Team ISB
demonstrated competency and persuasion in their speech
work and confidently took charge of a diverse range of topics.
Special mention to Kevin E., Olivier B., Cléo G., and Juliette S.
who were awarded Honorable Mention certificates for public
speaking.
Kudos to you all!
Dana Risley and Dominique Lecomte
Model UN Advisors
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For more info, click HERE.
Buy tickets online
from World Music or
The French Cultural
Center Or
call 617.912.0400.
AEFE Training at ISB
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Books for Haiti
ISB is proud to participate
in thebook
drive organized by
theChild Health
Foundation at theHaitian
Health Institute. Up
untilJuly 1st, ISB will be
collectingpicture books
in French and Haitian
Creole for children 6
months to 5 years of age
at both Arlington and
Cambridge campuses.
The Institute will distribute
these donations during
their upcoming summer
trip to Haiti. Please look
into your bookcase -- this
is the right time and the
right cause for cleaning it
up!
Many thanks in advance
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Cirque Du Soleil
Special Offer
Now - July 6th
The Cirque's new show
AmaLuna is offered to
As part of the school's professional development program,
a"Successful implementation of bilingualism" course was held
at the International School of Boston from March 17th to 19th.
During these three days, kindergarten to twelfth grade
teachersand principals attended sessions with three facilitators:
Myriam Fournier Dulac, Inspector of the North American Zone
at French National Education, MC Lozano, Educational Advisor
to the Inspector of the French National Education of the North
American area, and Frédéric Canadas, Head of School at the
"École Bilingue de Berkeley" in California. Important theoretical
contributions and research findings on bilingualism were
presented throughout this course, along with testimonies and
innovations in bilingual education, while also allowing for a rich
exchange of practices for all participants.
Valérie Traquet
Kindergarten Teacher
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the ISB community at a
discount.
Vehicle Donation
Please click on the poster
to get up to $30 off your
tickets.
Discount code is ISBOS.
You can now donate your unwanted vehicle! Your donation is
tax-deductible, current registration is not required, and pick-up
service is available throughout the country.
You avoid the cost and hassle of repairing or selling a car that
you no longer want.
ISB will receive 78% of the proceeds of the sale for the Fund for
Excellence!
Donate your vehicle
Cirque Du Soleil
Offre Spéciale
Maintenant - 6 juillet
Le nouveau spectacle
du Cirque du Soleil,
AmaLuna, vous est
offert à prix réduit.
Cliquer sur l'affiche pour
obtenir jusqu'à 30 $ de
réduction sur vos billets.
Le code
promotionnel est
ISBOS.
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