Director's Dispatch: Starting the 2022-23 School Year
Dear Parents, I wish to send a welcome to the 2022-2023 school year to you all. As we begin the school year next week, on Thursday...
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- Jun 13
- 2 min
Director's Dispatch: Farewell from Dr. Knobloch
After eight years in Senegal and at ISD, it is hard to say goodbye. We will very much miss the people of our community. My wife, Eileen,...
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- Jun 3
- 3 min
Director's Dispatch: A Note from Sandy Mackenzie
Twelve months ago, I had the chance to have multiple conversations with students, staff, parents, and members of the Board as part of the...
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- May 23
- 1 min
Congratulations to the ISD Class of 2022!
Congratulations to our amazing and talented graduating Class of 2022! We are so proud of you and everything you have accomplished. It...
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- May 10
- 2 min
Director's Dispatch: Mask Use Update
Survey Results We surveyed parents and staff to gauge how the community would feel about making masks optional indoors. In addition,...
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- Apr 5
- 1 min
Director's Dispatch: Life on Campus
Student activities are returning to ISD! With the changes in the Covid health and safety guidelines, we have restarted competitive sports...
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- Mar 28
- 2 min
Director's Dispatch: Covid Update
I wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone of the current guidelines and share our thoughts on the next steps. At this point,...
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- Mar 18
- 2 min
ISD Education Innovation Grants
We are looking for great ideas to make ISD even better! The purpose of the ISD Innovation Fund is to provide funding for new ideas from...
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- Mar 16
- 1 min
Save the Date: Annual General Meeting
Please mark your calendars for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the ISD Association which will be held on Thursday, May 12, 2022, from...
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- Mar 7
- 2 min
A Message from Dr. Knobloch
In the past two weeks, I met with a group of students who shared their frustration and anger at the decision to hold school the day after...
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- Mar 7
- 1 min
Introducing Our New Athletics & Activities Director
We are delighted to announce that Geoff Carter has been selected as our next Activities and Athletic Director, beginning in August 2022....
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- Mar 7
- 1 min
Director's Dispatch: 2022 Board Election
A nine-member Board of Trustees governs ISD. The trustees are elected by the Association of International School of Dakar, which is...
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- Feb 28
- 3 min
Directors Dispatch: New Test and Stay Protocol
The Heath and Safety Team is ready to move ahead with a major change to our guidelines. Starting on Monday, March 7, ISD will use a Test...
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- Feb 28
- 1 min
Facilities Update: Pool Open to ISD Community
We are happy to announce that the ISD Pool will be open to the community on weekends, starting this Saturday, March 5 from 10:00am to...
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- Feb 28
- 1 min
Get to Know Sandy Mackenzie, Incoming ISD Director
We sat down with incoming ISD Director, Sandy Mackenzie on his recent visit to Dakar to get to know him a little better. Check out our...
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- Feb 21
- 2 min
Director's Dispatch: New Health and Safety Guidelines
As I wrote last week, I am engaging with the students about their concerns with the decision to hold school the day after Senegal won the...
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- Feb 14
- 3 min
Director's Dispatch: Following Our Guiding Principles
Last Friday, February 11, ISD students and staff celebrated Senegal’s historic win in the Africa Cup of Nations during an all-school...
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- Feb 8
- 2 min
Director's Dispatch: New Health & Safety Protocols
By: The ISD Medical Team First and foremost, the ISD medical team would like to congratulate the Senegalese national football team for...
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- Feb 2
- 1 min
Save the Date: Director's Coffee
Director's Coffee Wednesday, February 16th 8:30am in the PAC Join us for a double Director's Coffee with both, Dr. Alan Knobloch and...
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- Jan 31
- 2 min
Director's Dispatch: Changes Beginning Next Week
The Omicron wave seems to be waning both in the ISD community and Senegal. There are currently no students out due to testing positive...
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