BOMBAY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME 2018-2019
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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
BRAIN CAMP at NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
STEP-NUS Brain Camp is a week-long intensive neuroscience program that takes place at the National University of Singapore. The aim of the program is to expose high school students to neuroscience and psychology, as well as to multiple cultures. Students have the opportunity to experience Singaporean culture, learn about the cultures of countries such as Laos, China, Cambodia, Thailand and Japan, and attend lectures given by professors of neuroscience, psychology, biology, and general animal research from across Asia. The program terminates with a presentation of a research paper written by each individual country team.
This year the lectures included an introduction to the bio-chemistry of nerve impulses in the brain, neuroplasticity, animal research using marmosets, and the effects of intermittent fasting on the ageing brain.
The India team, comprising of 3 students from BIS - Aditi Marshan, Pranav Bajpai and Neil Nooreyezdan won first place for the presentation of the research paper, which was based on the neurobiology of migraines.
SUNBURST YOUTH CAMP, SINGAPORE
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​Ved Asudani, Asmita Gattamraju, Aria Panchal and Vir Toshniwal were selected from the IB to represent INDIA at the Singapore Youth Camp (SYC) with four more students - Rehan Chagla, Taera Singh, Shaina Pahuja and Yohann Poncha from Cathedral and John Connon School. SYC was held from 2nd December, 2018 to 8th December, 2018.
Ms. Azmin Vania escorted the students who spent one week sharing their culture with other students from countries such as China, Thailand, Mongolia, Philipines, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. The students not only interacted with, but also spent time understanding cultural differences that united them in the same room when they shared it with students from other nationalities. Each individual student who represented our country worked meticulously, stayed up until the wee hours to ensure that their presentation was nothing short of the best. The result, therefore, was the first position for BEST STALL.
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Over all, the experience was enriching, transforming and somewhat therapeutic. Striving to be part of the SYC Team, sure, has been a matter of pride for years and the victory in our pocket, was just the cherry on top.
IGCSE
Cambridge recently announced the winners of the “Cambridge Outstanding Learner Award” for the March-June 2018 series exams worldwide. They have had impressive results in India this year - 176 Indian students have won 210 national awards.
We are delighted to share that our student, Pradyumna Sapre, won the National Topper award for English Literature and ICT (Information and Communication Technology) !
In particular, his ability to display excellence across disciplines is commendable!
Pradyumna also received the MISA (Members of International Schools Association) - IGCSE Topper award for the highest achievement in the 2018 IGCSE exams.
ROBOTICS
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Aarushi Shah, student of Y 11 has been a member of a Team R Factor 6024 - team of ----- students from different schools across Mumbai, who have participated in numerous international Robotics competitions this year.
Team R Factor 6024 participated in two FIRST Robotics Competition regionals: Hudson Valley and SBPLI Long Island.
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They won the Woodie Flowers Finalist Award for Best Mentor, the Dean’s List Finalist Award for Individual Achievement and the Engineering Inspiration Award, which is one of the two most prestigious awards at FIRST, for being a Role Model Team at the first regional. NASA will be sponsoring the team due to the Engineering Inspiration Award. Through the Engineering Inspiration Award, they have qualified for the World Championships which will be held at Detroit. The best teams from all over the world attend this prestigious event.
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At the second regional, the team won the Woodie Flowers Finalist Award again for another mentor and the Quality Award, which recognises outstanding robot design and performance. They qualified till the Semi-Finals in the robot game at both regionals as well.
After qualifying at the regionals, Team R Factor 6024 went on to participate in the World Championships held at Detroit. They placed 35th in our sector, with more than 200 teams from around the world coming to participate in this prestigious event. It was an incredibly enriching opportunity to interact with more experienced and efficient teams.
Team R Factor has yet again made its community proud and Aarushi has done for BIS.
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SASMO - Singapore and Asian School Maths Olympiad
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Created in 2006, SASMO is one of largest math contests in Asia. It has expanded from 155 local participants in 2006 to more than 20 000 participants from 19 countries in SASMO 2016.
With realistic and high standards, SASMO contests aim to stretch the untapped thinking potential of the student population, their participation in SASMO will help them improve in school mathematics as well as higher order thinking skills.
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We are happy to share the results of our students who participated in the contest.
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Gold Medalists:
Aditya Advani
Anant Parshotam
Pradyumna Sapre
Niall Shah
Advait Wadhwani
Praniti Vakharia
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Silver Medalist:
Aryan Jalan
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