5 Things to Know (7th May – 11th May)

Ankara Flooding On 5th May, Saturday, heavy rains that were expected to last three hours long came down in nine minutes, causing flooding in the Mamak district of the capital city and damaging local businesses. Mustafa Tuna, the mayor of Ankara, claimed that the flooding was a “natural disaster like never before”, implying that the…

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The Wolf’s Howl |10M|

This week we have many songs, old and new, recommended from fellow KIS friends as well! Enjoy!! Ed Sheeran – The City and Autumn Leaves (Suggested by Steffan G6) Artist(s): Ed Sheeran Album: + Year: 2011 Genre(s): Pop Thoughts: “The City” by Ed Sheeran from his album “+” includes Beatboxing, which is ok but it’s not the main thing…

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Patana Workshop

On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, a few students from 6th, 7th and 11th grade attended a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths) workshop at Patana International School with Mr. Mechum. Students from many other schools in Bangkok met at the workshop and each grade had a different plan for the day. For 6th graders, the…

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Element of the week: Hydrogen

Welcome to the first post of Element of the Week! In this weekly segment, we will explore the periodic table one element at a time. This week: hydrogen!

Thoughtfully, X: Quiet

This month’s speaker talks about introversion and how introverts are misunderstood by our society. Perhaps you will be able to relate to this speaker, perhaps you won’t. Either way, it’s time we listen to introverts and let them speak up. I suggest that you don’t try to guess who this speaker is, don’t give into…

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Psychology 101: La Da Dee Da La Dee Do

Hello hello hello and welcome back to another instalment of psychology 101. In my last article I received some complaints *cough* Mr. Chris *cough* about how my article was very uninformative and was clearly just my attempt to quickly put something together before the due date (to be fair he was 102% correct). This time…

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