International Academy | Okma

On Monday through Wednesday, I joined five teachers at an IB Theory of Knowledge conference. TOK is one of our students' favorite courses they take in both their junior and senior year. This is a course where students "explore and reflect on the nature of knowledge and the process of knowing". There is a knowledge framework and students are asked to explain their thinking through its four elements. TOK is part of the IB's Core and extends to every subject area. Additionally, students have two assessments that are a required part of earning the IB Diploma. It was an incredibly helpful workshop session and our teachers are already implementing some of the new ideas they learned.

This afternoon the IABC held a schoolwide presentation on Strategies for Success: "Successful Resume Building and the Interviewing process". The presentation was led by , Rachna Chhaya & Garbriela Palacio, representatives from the human resources department of ZF Group. ZF is a large global technology company and supplies systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and industrial technology. We will share pictures and highlights in next week's newsletters!

The Investment Club, sponsored by Mr. DeZwaan, has some big news to share!

On November 17, we celebrated the winning team's success in my classroom; The winners are:

• Varun Talluri
• Robert Silaghi
• Mohammad Mughal
• Om Joshi

The team won $1,000 in prize money, as well as scholarships to attend Michigan Tech for each team member:

https://www.mtu.edu/business/tournament/

Go get your homework done tomorrow at the Baldwin Library (Birmingham). Open to all IA students. Go support their program. They are always supporting and inviting us to events. No registration required.

The IA Business Coalition Round Table is again taking place

November 30th at 7 pm

at a restaurant in our area.

Please sign up if you’re interested in joining our IABC group of parents for a conversation over a drink and a bite to eat. Lynne Gibson will be joining us this time!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E49A8A72DA1FBC70-iabc

The idea of this Round Table is to inform about all IABC-related ongoing activities and to exchange ideas between parents, school administration and the IABC Leadership team. It’s all about how to support our students with our professional backgrounds.

Please join - looking forward to meeting you!

Aimee is doing a podcast for her MYP Personal Project. She interviews different empowering women and wants to inspire others with their stories. Clink on the link to all the episodes (it's on Spotify!). Take a listen to this podcast on your next drive or cleaning spree. Enjoy!

Personal Project has been a great project based learning for students to pursue their creative passions and come up with amazing products like this one.

https://open.spotify.com/show/31pc9RCwOBCoA1pU8DqeQA

Students loved the visit from the therapy dogs. There were 5 dogs that came to visit the IA on Tuesday. They were here for 1st lunch and 2nd lunch. In between, Mrs. Ramos, brought her literature class down for a brain break. The dogs were amazing and loved the attention from 200+ students.