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WINTER
2010
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Headed by their conductor Lydia Sabra, six students from the
Middle School Boys Choir joined 15 other international schools
in Paris last October, to perform in a concert for the annual
AMIS (Association for Music in International Schools) Honor
Middle School Boys Choir Festival.
(Students: Mazen Assaf, Nadim Captan, Hadi El Kassar, Chris-
topher Raffoul, Nicholas Salloum, and Jamil Darwiche).
This year’s calendar “Budding Artists at the International Col-
lege” boasts the work of the school’s many talented students.The
theme, according to Head of the Art Department Samia Boulad
“shows a lot of what our students are capable of.”
The work of 122 students from both Ras Beirut and Ain Aar
campus make up the calendar. Each page is accompanied by a
text written by a student in the three languages about creativity
and free expression.
“We believe it is through art appreciation and aesthetic percep-
tion that our students can really become more culturally aware,”
said Boulad. “And this year we made it a point of selecting as
many students’ works as possible from all levels.”
The idea to start an IC calendar came about in 1991 during a
meeting of the Activities Committee. By 1995, the calendar
became a yearly event. A new theme is usually chosen every year.
So far, themes included “Folk Tales in our cultural heritage”,
“Children’s Human Rights”, “Sports and Leisure”, “End of the
Century in Lebanon”, “Global Awareness”, and a four-year series
“Glimpses of Contemporary Lebanese Art, Music, Poetry, and
Museums.”
IC Middle School Boys’
Choir Sing in Paris
IC Calendar