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–By Elisia Brodeur–    Our 10th grade history students recently took part in a trench warfare battle simulation on Godbout field. The exercise, called Power and Pride, was designed to simulate the mass slaughter that took place during World War I. The classes were divided into two alliances comprising teams of...

The Opening Reception of the IB Visual Arts Year 1 Exhibition “K” took place on Thursday, January 24, 2019, at St. Luke’s Gallery. The extraordinary artwork of the Year 1 IB Visual Arts students—Jew, Ryu, Maple, Jinny, Pun, Jay, Nat, Lily, Okie, Menthol, and Seang Proh—was on display, along with...

–By Sudarat T. Attanawin, Director of Strategic Initiatives/HR–    Ruamrudee International School announced a significant expansion of its presence in Bangkok with the launch of a new campus that occupies a 17,600 sq. meter plot in the Ratchapruek area that offers a range of first-class facilities. The new RIS Ratchapruek campus...

–By Matthew Smith–   It was a steamy Monday for January and clouded with haze for much of the day. But not even unfavorable elements could stand in the way of launching the RIS Phoenix Swim-a-Thon for the second year in a row. Now an annual fundraising event, this year saw...

The Japanese Cultural Festival was held in the High School on November 9, 2018. Many students, teachers, and staff came to the HS breezeway during lunchtime to enjoy several aspects of Japanese culture. Thanks to a lot of support from the RIS community, we raised 16,753 baht from the Japanese...

–An Interview with Claudia Schmitz and Phoom Punpeng–   The Association for Music in International Schools, or AMIS for short, hosted the “Asian Middle School Honor Band” at the Shanghai American School (Pudong Campus) on January 23–27, 2019. This was one of 17 events organized by AMIS for the 2018–2019 school...

–by Sarah Abrams–  In late January, six RIS students embarked on an exciting adventure when they attended our school’s first overseas International School Theatre Association (“ISTA”) festival in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Our students continued to make history as they took part in ISTA’s first-ever festival in Vietnam! Over...

-by Robert Golding- On Saturday, February 2nd, Phoenix 1, Ruamrudee International School’s VEX team, took part in the Thailand VEX Robotics Competition, which was held at NIST. The VEX Robotics Competition is the most demanding and competitive robotics competition in the world, and the fact RIS is competing at this...

–Interview by Elisia Brodeur–  The first ES Art Show of the school year opened in St. Luke’s Gallery on Dec. 3rd and ran through January 10th. The show’s theme was “discovering the art studio process through the eyes of our ES students.” Rather than being a typical art show that...