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January 2026
January 2026
From the return to campus and recommencement of classes to time in the mountains and performances on stage, we take a photo-driven look at the past month at TASIS.
This Month at TASIS
Back to Class
Following a well-deserved winter holiday, students and faculty members returned to campus for their first classes of the new year on January 12. See more photos.
Compiti
Giulia Giobbio’s fourth-grade students began Italian class by reviewing their homework on January 14. See more photos.
Putting Pen to Paper
Grade 4 students wrote “flash drafts” of realistic fiction during Laura Hand’s Language Arts class on January 14. See more photos.
Listen Up
TASIS Athletic Director Masa Yo ’04 was featured on The Globetrottin’ ADs podcast in mid January. Mr. Yo, who attended TASIS as a student for grades 8–12 and has been the athletic director since 2019, discussed a wide range of topics in a 44-minute interview with hosts Nick DeForest and Matt Fleming. Listen to the interview.
Roundtable Discussion
High School students in Amy Vander Heiden’s AP Language and Composition class participated in a Harkness discussion about Trevor Noah’s memoir Born a Crime on January 15. See more photos.
Piecing It Together
On January 16, 6th-grade students in Simone Bellini’s Art class used shards of tile to design colorful mosaics. See more photos.
Top Chefs
Eight High School students enjoyed a cooking class with TASIS Executive Chef Andrea Joly on the afternoon of January 17 as part of that Saturday’s weekend activity slate. The group made traditional Italian biscotti, crispy bruschetta, and fresh guacamole. See more photos.
Snow Day
TASIS’s Elementary School Snowsports Club opened their season with a great first trip to Splügen on January 17. See more photos.
Smash Success
Members of the Varsity Badminton team won the Girls’ Singles, Girls’ Doubles, and Boys’ Doubles categories at the ISSL Badminton Tournament in Basel on January 17 en route to an impressive team championship. Learn more about the results and see more photos.
Recognizing Academic Excellence
The High School Academic Awards Assembly on January 19 included the induction of three seniors into the TASIS Chapter of the Cum Laude Society, the presentation of bronze and silver awards to members of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award program, and a mention of all the students who earned Honors designations or a spot on the Headmaster’s List for their fine work during the fall semester. See more photos.
Creative Pursuits
AP 2-D Art and Design students worked on their portfolios during class on January 21. See more photos.
In the Lab
High School students used pendulums of differing lengths and periods to calculate gravity during an AP Physics 1 laboratory experiment on January 21. See more photos.
Proud Authors
Grade 3 students shared their nonfiction animal reports with parents during a special publishing party in their Aurora classrooms on January 23. See more photos.
Alpine Adventure
Members of the High School Snowsports Club traveled to Lenzerheide on January 25 for a day of skiing and snowboarding in the Swiss Alps. See more photos.
“Go With the Flow”
A cast of 39 students in grades 3–5, under the guidance of Director Julie Frazier-Smith, Music Director Rachelle Hugg, and Choreographer Robert Robinson, performed Finding Nemo KIDS in the Palmer Cultural Center on January 28–29. See more photos and learn more about the show.
Future World Leaders
On January 25–30, the TASIS Model United Nations team joined more than 3000 students from nearly 200 schools worldwide in The Hague, Netherlands, for the 58th annual THIMUN Conference at the World Forum Convention Center. See more photos.