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TASIS Announces 2025 Spring Athletics Awards

Athletic Director Masa Yo hosted the annual Spring Athletics Assembly on the morning of May 9 and announced this year’s Pride Award and Triple Tiger Award recipients in addition to the winners of the Varsity Tennis and Track & Field team awards.

Five TASIS Students Inducted to Cum Laude Society Chapter

At the annual High School Spring Academic Awards Ceremony on the afternoon of May 5, Head of High School Dr. Mark Abisi announced that five students from the Class of 2026 have been inducted to the TASIS Cum Laude Society chapter in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements. Established in 2017, the TASIS chapter now totals 72 members.

Two New Records Set at 12th Annual TASIS Beat the Bells Run

Thirty members of the TASIS community set out from campus at 9:15 on the morning of May 4 with the goal of running to Lake Lugano and back before the Chiesa di Sant'Abbondio bells rang at 10:00. Learn about this year’s record-setting run.

This Month at TASIS: April 2025

From Easter celebrations on campus and Opsahl Global Service Program trips to Moldova, Nepal, and Thailand to a well-deserved spring holiday and a sunny return to campus, we take a photo-driven look at the past month at TASIS.

TASIS Opsahl Global Service Program Returns to Moldova

During the week of April 5–12, a small group of High School students and faculty chaperones visited EcoVillage Moldova in the village of Rîșcova for the first time since 2019. Learn about the trip and read a reflection from Sonia Krikunchik ’26.

This Month at TASIS: March 2025

From a service trip to Greece and another robotics triumph to celebrations on campus and adventures in the mountains, we take a photo-driven look at the past month at TASIS.

TASIS Announces 2024–2025 Winter Athletics Awards 

At the Winter Athletics Assembly hosted by the TASIS Athletics Department on the morning of March 31, Athletic Director Masa Yo ’04 and the winter coaches presented awards to exemplary members of the badminton and basketball teams—and Athletic Council members Niva Smith ’27 and Savannah Randall ’26 interviewed a special guest, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame member Mike Piazza! 

TASIS High School Theater Program Presents "All Shook Up"

Congratulations to Director Julie Frazier-Smith and the TASIS High School Theater Company for four exceptional performances of the jukebox musical inspired by the music of Elvis Presley in the Palmer Cultural Center on March 20–23. See photos and learn about the cast and crew.

Vijo Varghese on Conservation, Sustainability, and Nature Immersion

OurLand Nature Reserve and Education Center co-founder Vijo Varghese delivered an engaging keynote address to the senior class in the Palestra, spoke to the entire High School at an assembly, visited a number of economics and biology classes, and sat down with student writer Elisa Angelino ’26 for an interview over the course of a three-day visit in March that marked the conclusion of the 2024–2025 TASIS Speaker Series.

Year Two of the IB: Student Reflections

While she and her classmates spent a week preparing for their exams at a historic Carthusian monastery in Siena, Maria Rozanova ’25 interviewed many of her fellow seniors to learn how they are managing the demands of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.

TASIS Robotics Team Heading Back to VEX World Championship

A standout performance in the Skills category at the VEX V5 Robotics Competition in Basel has earned TASIS Tigers 2 a spot at the 2025 VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, Texas, on May 6–8. This marks the third time in four years that Coach Amy Bloodworth’s program has produced a team that will represent Switzerland on the world stage!

"He Changed the Way I’ll See the World Forever"

Our cover story for the 2024 edition of TASIS Today focuses on the remarkable life and career of Master Teacher Mark Aeschliman, who inspired thousands of students over the course of his brilliant 45 years in the classroom.

This Month at TASIS: February 2025

From International Week celebrations, Academic Travel trips, and outdoor adventures to time in the classroom, on the court, and around the Harkness table, we take a photo-driven look at the past month at TASIS.

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