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What is Translanguaging and Why We Celebrate It
September 7, 2020Table Talk It is not uncommon to hear around any given dinner table of a bi-cultural English/Japanese family, including my own, “Salt wo totte”..
Designed for Our Mission
August 17, 2020A Need Met and A Dream Realized Over the past several years, as enrollment at NIS kept creeping up, the school needed innovative ways to..
Purposeful Design: How Space Enhances Learning
August 3, 2020The NIS Experience Walk around the halls at NIS at any given time, and you will see the relationship that exists between students, their..
Everyone Needs a Hero
July 5, 2020The Nagoya Action Heroes is a service action group at Nagoya International School, inspired and affiliated with Blank Noise, an organization based..
A Day to Remember
June 24, 2020It was a historic day in an unprecedented year. It was a day that no one was certain would happen. But on Saturday, June 5 at 4pm, 31 students of..
Virtual Self Portraits from Home
June 15, 2020There are so many subjects that, at first glance, would seem difficult to teach in a virtual world—some that come to mind are chemistry, physical..
Inquiring, Inspiring, and Impacting Online (of course!)
May 25, 2020As the COVID-19 situation started to unfold around the world, NIS, armed with international and local information and connections, began..
A Window of Opportunity in a Time of Crisis
May 11, 2020As the world continues to experience the life-changing events of COVID-19, here at NIS we have had our own journey through the crisis, which..
Celebrating UN `Day of the Worker'
May 4, 2020Regardless of where learning takes place, NIS teachers have always, if possible, tapped into the experience of experts to facilitate discussions..