IBS was proud to host on Friday, November 25th a group of US Navy personnel who after joining us on the school terrace for lunch, spent the afternoon with our younger students sharing their experiences. Our students asked lots of questions about ’life on a battleship’ and ’navy life’ in general.

Thank you to the group of 8 navy personnel for sharing their afternoon with our students and to the AAGP for making it happen.

The four IBS Boarding Houses have officially elected their student representatives to the Boarding Council. These students serve as a liaison between the boarding houses and the school to communicate ideas, solve problems and any general issues that may arise throughout the year.

Please see a list of the elected students below by boarding house:

Relais Sainte -Victoire : Cedric LEFEBVRE, Jeremy AGOYA, Kevin LOPEZ
Le Mas des Fontaines: Barbara FACQUE-MAUPAS, Melanie GUIGUE, Lily RICHARDS
Sybaris: Cyrielle FROMONT-FERRAND, William MASTERS (absent from the photo)
Le Clos: Natalie COELN

On Monday, November 21st, IBS had the pleasure of welcoming the writer (and teacher) Mr Dominique Resch, as part of a series of Writer’s Workshops planned as part of our Book Month. Mr Resch shared his literary experiences with our 7th grade French class and talked about his latest book, Mots de Tete, which chronicles his life as a teacher, with humour of course !

As part of our charity fundraising activities, IBS is hosting an all-school photography competition. All students are eligible to participate and the winning photos will be published in a holiday calendar which will be sold at the annual Holiday Market on December 16th on the school terrace. The proceeds from the market are donated to a designated charity organisation dedicated to helping children in third world countries.

Please find attached more details about STUDENT PHOTO COMPETITION.

As part of November’s Book Month theme, IBS students took a field trip with Mrs Tropini to the Arcadia Bookstore in Marseille. After receiving a warm welcome and information session, students had some spare time to select their own personal reading books. In addition to this outing, the school has organised writing workshops, a book swap and storytelling sessions during the month.

Thank you to Ms Michel and Mrs Tropini for organising these student activities.