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Finding Freedom in MUIDS’ Art Club
Two students, Jan and Jen (not their real names), wanted to find out what the Art Club’s really like. Here’s what they found: Rebecca Vickers, MUIDS’ art teacher and art club sponsor, has been passionate about art since she was a child. For her, even everyday objects are a source of artistic inspiration: “Even the…
Read MoreBlast off at MUIDS: Students Build Their Own Rockets
Launching rockets to the moon was one of humanity’s greatest challenges. MUIDS’ physics and chemistry students got an idea of just how challenging it was. “A part of our task as teachers is to get students to understand that what happens on a big scale also happens on a small scale,” Mr. Gopinarath Subramanian, one…
Read MoreMUIDS Joins AISAA Sports League
Sports are more than just games in the MUIDS’ P.E. department. They are a way to help students build confidence and discover that the only limits they have are the ones they give themselves. “At the beginning of the year most new MUIDS students jog a lap during warm ups, but then they start walking,”…
Read MoreHow to Learn English The Right Way With Mr. Villarreal
Born in Chicago, Illinois in the United States, Mr. Villarreal has over 20 years’ experience working with English learners. Mr. Villarreal is a native Spanish speaker who speaks English as a second language. Growing up he struggled learning English but over time learned how to master it and wants students to understand how to learn English the…
Read More12th Grade MUIDS Student Aims High
Jan (not her real name), an MUIDS student, interviewed her fellow student Rita (not her real name), who is a 12th grade MUIDS student that has become a champion shooter – both in Thailand and overseas. She reveals her path to becoming a successful athlete at such a young age. When did you start shooting?…
Read MoreStudents Discover the Blood Moon’s Secrets
MUIDS students got an up close and personal look at last month’s “Red Moon.” Below they share the reasons why for one day the moon turns red. At 6:00 p.m on the 31st of this past January, other astronomy students and myself, with the help of teachers and staff, assembled a Newtonian Reflector and binoculars on…
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