LUNCH ACTIVITIES

Greener Tomorrows 

Greener Tomorrows is a student led council that works to solve the rising problems of global warming in our community! We organize activities ranging from a vegan bake sale to raising awareness about our environmental impact on the world. This club is for students that are committed, innovative and passionate about the climate crisis. 

Greener Tomorrows are not looking to add new members to this year long commitment; if you are not already a member of Green Tomorrows, please speak to Ms Tip Wan as you are not able to sign on for this ASA. 

Minecraft-o-Rama (6 - 12) Tuesday & Thursdays 

Minecraft for fun and educational purposes. 

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Middle School Basketball (6 - 7) Tuesdays & Wednesdays 3.30 - 4.45pm

Middle School Basketball is an ASA designed to focus on basic skill development, team building, communicating and improvement in other areas of the sport. Students must commit to both Tuesday & Wednesday training sessions. 

U15 Basketball Tuesdays & Thursdays Mr. Sione & Mr. Mortelette

U15 Basketball is a twice a week commitment. Players must be able to train on both Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

Tuesdays - 4.40 - 6pm

Thursday - 3.40 - 5.10pm

"Let's make the park benches look cool (again)" (9 - 12)  Mr. Ronald Room 703

Students, you will create a variety of designs for the (green) park benches. These designs will be presented to a committee and once approved, executed by the students. This is a student-focused ASA and requires creativity, thinking and most of all dedication to see individual projects through to the end. 

Model United Nations (9 - 12) Ms Tobin & Mr Wright

MUN will be debating world political, social and environmental issues. Come along if you love keeping up with what’s going on in the world, expressing your ideas and opinions, are open-minded and ready for a challenge!! 

Grade 8s may be able to join - if you are interested please speak to Mrs. Tobin. 

HS Dungeons & Dragons (9 - 12) Adam & Ms Waterworth (Limited Space!)

Dungeons and Dragons is a fun roleplaying game where you create your own fantasy character to explore a world and battle monsters.

D&D is a very popular fantasy role-playing game. The core of D&D is storytelling. You and your friends tell a story together, guiding your heroes through imaginary quests for treasure, battles with deadly foes, daring rescues, courtly intrigue, and much more. A Dungeon Master serves as the game's referee. In the process you earn experience points in order to rise in levels, and become increasingly powerful over a series of sessions. 

Book Club (6 - 12) Ms Waterworth

Do you love reading and passing book recommendations on to others? Let's get together on beanbags and the library's comfy chairs to talk about the books we are reading, and then enjoy some reading time together. We can decide together if we want to each read our own books or read the same book.

Coding (6 - 12) Ms Kate & Mr, David 

Coding is what makes it possible for us to create computer software, apps and websites. Your browser, your OS, the apps on your phone, Facebook, and websites – they're all made with code. In this activity first you will learn to code microcomputers and then you can move on to coding a video game, app or website. Work on your own project or ask for one- it's up to you

CEESA Strings (9 - 12) Mr. O

CEESA Strings is an instrumental music group that includes Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass.. This is for Intermediate and Advanced musicians. Players must attend all rehearsals and pass the audition to attend the CEESA music trip to Budapest, Hungary (April 22-26). The trip is open only to Grade 9-11 students. Grade 6-8 students are welcome to join the ASA to improve their music playing skills although they cannot attend the trip. Please note that Strings is not guaranteed a traveling group at this time.

LUNCH ACTIVITIES

Coding / Robotics / Maker Space (6 - 12) Ms Kate & Mr. David 

All students are welcome to work on projects of their choice. Catch up on your robotics or build the time travel machine you have been dreaming of. Finish the build you didn't have time for in Maker Space or work on a new project. Take extra time for your coding project.

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Middle School Basketball (6 - 7) Tuesdays & Wednesdays 3.30 - 4.45pm

Middle School Basketball is an ASA designed to focus on basic skill development, team building, communicating and improvement in other areas of the sport. Students must commit to both Tuesday & Wednesday training sessions. 

Chess Club (6 - 12) Mr Bakh. 

Come and learn how to play chess. This club will teach you the rules, strategies, tactics and much more. 

Yearbook (6 - 12) Mr. Abdullokh

Be awesome – help create the yearbook!  Plan, design and create this year’s yearbook using your social, journalism and computer based design skills. 

This is a year long project and the group is now closed. However, if you would desperately like to be involved in the Yearbook, please speak to Mr. Abdullokh in the main office. 

UNICEF Club (9 - 12) Mr Currey’s room (203) 

You can be the next global leader! Join the UNICEF Club to cooperate with UNICEF Uzbekistan and help spread awareness on children issues (FYI: good CAS opportunity!).

Project Red (9 - 12) Mr. O Music Dacha 

Project Red is a student-led CAS service learning project aimed at helping children who are receiving treatment at a local HIV center. We visit the center to engage with learning and community activities, and support them through fundraising. We also raise awareness at school about HIV/Aids. Attending meetings is required, as well as participating in the visits at the center. We are looking for creative, motivated, committed high school students who will contribute through music, arts, drama, storytelling, and any other activities for the children.

Dressmaker Space (6 - 10) Ms Larisa & Ms Alexandra

Do you have a passion for textiles? 

Dressmaking is a creative skill, both artistic and practical. Do it now--either as a life-long hobby, or preparation for your dream Fashion Design school.

Debate Club (9 - 12) Abdulaziz & Ms Julie

Debate Club is an after school activity which initiated this school year (2019-2020). Debate Club gathers students who show curiosity and/or interest towards the art of formal debate, educating them about debate procedure and giving speeches. During our sessions, we often conduct mock debates that allow students to experience the tensions & nuances of an actual debate.

Karate (4 - 10) Sensei Alexandr

Students will work on their discipline and control whilst having fun and learning Karate with Sensei Alexandr. 

Wushu (3 - 7) Mr. Azamat

"Wushu" is the Chinese term for "martial arts" (武 "Wu" = military or martial, 術 "Shu" = art). Wushu is composed of two disciplines: taolu (套路; forms) and sanda (散打; sparring). But it has other disciplines, like self defense, and breaking hard objects. 

Taolu involves martial art patterns, acrobatic movements and techniques for which competitors are judged. The forms comprise basic movements (stances, kicks, punches, balances, jumps, sweeps, and throws), and can be changed for competitions to highlight one's strengths. If you’d like to learn more, sign up for this new and exciting activity.

LUNCH ACTIVITIES

Spark Student Newsletter (8 - 12) Mr. Johnson

The TIS student led newspaper works together to publish monthly articles advocating the student body's voices, issues and general information. We need students who love writing, editing and designing layouts. A journalist for school newspapers is highly appreciated by universities worldwide. 

Honey Project (8 - 12) Mr Currey 

This ASA is the umbrella organization of several sub-activities. One set of sub-activities revolve around working with the honey farm doing service activities to assist with the upkeep of the honey farm. This group also sells honey as a way to fund the second main part of the club. The second part of the ASA works with the Transition Center for young adults who are physically and mentally challenged. Students who work with the transition center meet with the TIS faculty leader and the Head of the Transition Center to establish a Memorandum of Understanding with the Center to ensure activities meet all stakeholder's needs. See Mr. Currey if you would like to know more about any aspect of this ASA.  

Minecraft-o-Rama (6 - 12) Tuesday & Thursdays 

Minecraft for fun and educational purposes. 

Clothing Committee (10 - 12) Mr. Tobin

The clothing council looks into bringing new designs for the TIS athletic teams such as uniforms, hoodies and other necessary designs. The council will also be focusing on designing shirts for various TIS Arts events such as Arts in The Park, HS,MS and ES Productions. 

ELL Board Games (6 - 8) Ms Saida 

This is an activity designed to get students off screens and to try different English language learning focused board games. The games are made to improve various language skills.

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

MS Production (6 - 8) Mondays & Thursdays from 3:30-5pm.

Calling all Grade 6, 7 & 8 ... it's the Middle School Production!

It's time to sign up to be part of this ensemble extravaganza either on stage or off stage.

We will rehearse on Mondays and Thursdays (3:30pm - 5:00pm) and perform 11 & 12 March, 2020.

Come along and audition for a role, or become part of the crew!  

MakerSpace (4 - 9) Ms Kate; Secondary School MakerSpace lab (Limited Space)

Come along and  make things. 

Things that you are curious about, things that spring from your imagination, things that inspire you and things that you admire. The project you want to work on is up to you. Your imagination is the key, if you can design it, you can make it. 

Are you building a time machine so you can move seamlessly backwards and forward in time? Perhaps you are working on a robot, or making something cool for your room? Are you coding a website or designing the greatest video game ever? Do you just want to come and tinker with technology and electronics or do some arts and engineering? If this is you, come and create and innovate in the MakerSpace. 

Spirit Club (3 - 8) Mrs Currey

Are you energetic? Are you creative? Are you proud to be a TIS Owl??

Come support your TIS sports' teams and help pump up the energy of the fans by:

* Learning, creating and teaching others cheers/chants

* Cheering at TIS basketball games

* Creating/painting posters for games/matches/tournaments

* Helping to organize pep rallies

If you are proud to be a TIS Owl then this is the club for you!!!

Note: Must be collaborative and open to others' ideas.

U15 Basketball Tuesdays & Thursdays Mr. Sione & Mr. Mortelette

U15 Basketball is a twice a week commitment. Players must be able to train on both Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

Tuesdays - 4.40 - 6pm

Thursday - 3.40 - 5.10pm

CEESA Band (9 - 12) Mr. O

CEESA Band is an instrumental music group that includes Flute, Clarinet, Alto and Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone. This is for Intermediate and Advanced musicians. Players must attend all rehearsals and pass the audition to attend the CEESA music trip to Budapest, Hungary (April 22-26). The trip is open only to Grade 9-11 students. Grade 6-8 students are welcome to join the ASA to improve their music playing skills although they cannot attend the trip.

MS CEESA Band (6 - 8) Ms Elvira 

MS CEESA Band is for students who wish to attend the CEESA Music Festival in Moscow. These students have already auditioned for this ASA. 

HS Dungeons & Dragons (9 - 12) Matthew & Mr. Becker  (Limited!)

D&D is a very popular fantasy role-playing game. The core of D&D is storytelling. You and your friends tell a story together, guiding your heroes through imaginary quests for treasure, battles with deadly foes, daring rescues, courtly intrigue, and much more. A Dungeon Master serves as the game's referee. In the process you earn experience points in order to rise in levels, and become increasingly powerful over a series of sessions. 

LUNCH ACTIVITIES

BAHK (Buy Art Help Kids) (9 - 12) Mr. Ronald Room 703

BAHK is a service learning activity that organizes an annual charity auction that supports a local art center for disabled kids to artistically develop themselves and provide with necessary resources 

Russian Language Learners (8 - 10) Ms Tatiana 

This activity's goal is to assist motivated and inspired learners of Russian.

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

TIS Orchestra (6 - 12) Mr. O Music Dacha

The TIS Orchestra is open to instrumentalists who have basic to intermediate music reading and playing ability. The instruments include violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, baritone, and keyboards. This group does not include guitars and drums. The ensemble rehearses weekly and performs for various school events including assemblies, UN Day, Secondary Concert, Arts in the Park, Spring Ball, and Graduation. The ideal orchestra member participates in the ensemble for all three trimesters.

Anime Club (6 - 12) Mr. Killmer Room 301 

All things anime. Mostly watching anime, but also discussions, drawing and manga.

MS Dungeons & Dragons (6 - 8) Ms Waterworth SS Library (Limited to 10 space!)

D&D is a very popular fantasy role-playing game. The core of D&D is storytelling. You and your friends tell a story together, guiding your heroes through imaginary quests for treasure, battles with deadly foes, daring rescues, courtly intrigue, and much more. A Dungeon Master serves as the game's referee. In the process you earn experience points in order to rise in levels, and become increasingly powerful over a series of sessions. 

Aspiring Writers (9-12) Ms Waterworth

Get together with fellow students who share a love of writing to read and discuss your work with one another. If you are a bit shy you can send your pieces to the club leader and remain anonymous while still getting feedback on your writing. The goal of this ASA is to support student writers, with a longer-term goal of publishing our work.

Ice Skating (6 - 8) Mr. Folio; Furkat Park (PAID ASA)

Learn the basics of  ice skating at the Furkat ice ring. Improve your strength and balance while having fun on the ice. This is a paid ASA, the cost of Ice Skating is approximately 300, 000soum for the trimester. This ASA also has limited space. 

Creative Writing Club (4 - 7) Hayley; Mr Graham’s room

A fun, creative activity where students can come to read and create original pieces of writing  - everything from poetry to stories. There’ll be games for character development and opportunities to share the student’s works.