The community spirit of the ISH family really shows itself when it comes to our extra-curricular activities. The ISH community has a rich extra-curricular activities offering, from which every student will find an activity to match his or her taste and talent. The offering ranges from:
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Yearbook Team
The Yearbook is a hardback school annual, produced by students, under the guidance of a ‘Yearbook Editor’, a senior school student, and a ‘Yearbook Advisor’, a member of the school faculty. It is an important document: not only does it aim to include the major events during the school year but everyone is in it! Everyone receives one and it is something to be kept for life.
Two fundamental questions asked when planning the Yearbook are: “What should go into it?” and “What should it look like?” The job of the Yearbook team is to plan and produce a document that consists of nearly 200 pages. It is not a small task and requires team members to meet once or twice a week for an hour after school and be prepared to, for example, take photographs at school events held at weekends.
The Yearbook team needs students interested in journalism, photography and graphic design. Team members usually come from grades 7 to 12. The work can be hard and, at times, very frustrating, but it is fun. When it is finished you will be proud to have your work in your hands.
Students get to use professional publishing software, photographic software and, perhaps most important, to improve their organizational skills – they work with hundreds of files and documents.
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Grade 11 Prom Committee
The Prom Committee, a group of volunteer 11th graders, is responsible for helping raise funds towards the Grade 12 Prom. Many of the fundraising activities are school dances. Committee members may also be requested to assist with the catering for parent or general public social events.
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Music Enrichment Programme
The ISH Music Enrichment Programme, created in 2004, serves as an extra-curricular activity for students in grades 1-12. It offers music instruction both individual and ensemble on the school premises. The instructors are all English speaking, local musicians/teachers with impressive musical credentials.
- Junior Choir
- Senior Choir
- Computer Club
- Junior School Drama (open to all children from Grade 2 to Grade 5)
- Strategic Games
- Chess club
- Art Club
- Ballet classes
- Irish Dance
- Running club (grades 9-12)
- ISH Ski Trip
- Sri Lanka Junior Cup (Golf Tournament)