November 2019
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TASIS Portugal Headmaster Keith Chicquen lays out his vision for the newest member of the TASIS family of schools.
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Guided by Director Valerie Bijur Carlson, the TASIS High School Theater Company delivered three excellent performances of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol in the Palmer Center over the weekend of November 15–17. Watch two of the shows, see photographs, and learn about the cast and crew, which relied upon contributions from students in all three TASIS divisions.
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Director Julie Frazier-Smith and the Sweet November Dance Company performed 10 choreographed dances in front of a huge crowd in the Palmer Center on the evening of November 26. Watch the full performance and learn more about the company.
Spotlight on Academic Travel
TASIS pioneered the concept of Academic Travel in 1956, and to this day all Middle School and High School students have the opportunity to make Europe their classroom twice each year.
During the last week of October, groups traveled to Baad (Outward Bound), Vienna (AP Art History and Music History) London (University Visits), Berlin (Performing Arts and German Homestay), Florence (Modern History and Honors World Literature), Mantova (Grade 6 trip), Rome (Art History and Theory of Knowledge), Trapani (Italian Homestay), Venice (Photography and IB Visual Arts), the Azores (IB Environmental Systems) Lisbon (History and Culture), Salamanca (Spanish Homestay), Bern/Geneva (IB/AP Physics), Geneva (Grade 8 trip), Lausanne/Gruyères (Grade 7 trip), Montreaux (French Homestay), and Zurich (IB Biology).
Our student writers and videographers chronicled some of the action:
Alexia Dochnal '22 reflects upon the Honors World Literature Academic Travel trip to Florence, in which she and her classmates explored the homeland of the incomparable Italian poet Dante Alighieri.
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Joy Mack '21 discusses the IB/AP Physics Academic Travel trip to Bern and Geneva, where students had the unique opportunity to visit the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and tour a number of prominent energy plants.
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Jane Wilson '22 shares some of her favorite memories from the many school trips she has been on since starting at TASIS in 2013.
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Kelly Zhao '21 created this engaging video about the IB Environmental Systems and Societies trip to the Azores, a stunning archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean west of continental Portugal.
The TASIS "Mo Bros" have now released seven music videos and raised more than CHF 10,000 for the Movember Foundation, a global charity committed to men living happier, healthier, and longer lives. Check out their latest production and learn more about the Movember movement at TASIS.
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Learn who won the awards for each High School and Middle School team for the fall athletics season, read recaps of tournaments and individual matches, see photo galleries, and enjoy the impressive presentation put together for the High School Athletics Assembly.
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This year's TPA Holiday Market and Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony is shaping up to be the best one yet! Join us on campus from 16:00–18:30 on December 6 for Christmas Carols, a Santa's Village, delicious food, a vin brulé aperitif, holiday gift items, and more. This event is open to the general public, so invite your friends!
More than 100 alumni congregated at the Swiss Embassy in London for the first All-TASIS reunion in London since TASIS Switzerland and TASIS England co-celebrated their 50-year and 30-year anniversaries back in 2005. (Reunions were also recently held in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., and recaps will be posted on our Alumni Reunions page soon.)
Upcoming Events
Nov 29 • Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes)
Dec 6 • TPA Holiday Market
Dec 7 • MS Christmas Celebration
Dec 8 • All-School Christmas Service
Dec 18 • ES Christmas Concert
Dec 19 • Winter Holiday begins
Jan 7 • Classes resume
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TASIS THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN SWITZERLAND
Via Collina d'Oro, 6926 Montagnola, Switzerland
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