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SSIS High School Engineering Challenge: Rock the Boat!

⛵🌊🛥🌊🚢🌊🚣There are already great things coming out of the new I.D.E.A. Center at Saigon South International School. Evan Weinberg—Secondary STEM Coordinator—recently came up with a new Engineering Challenge for his High School Robotics and Engineering Technology Class. The assignment: build a boat with limited time, limited materials, and limited revisions. Students were not only responsible for designing and assembling a boat with cardboard, duct tape, and just a few other items; but also testing their boat’s “seaworthiness” out on the water.
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“You Can’t Sell Sameness, Part 2”

You Still Can’t Sell Sameness

This is a quick update to my previous blog post about the importance of differentiation in our marketing efforts. There are many things that all international schools have in common. For instance, SSIS offers the IB Diploma program—which is a great thing. Our closest competitors in the area offer the same program. So while this is something that prospective parents/families put a high value on, it’s not necessarily what makes us stand out from the crowd. But when you mention that we offer both IB and AP, ears perk up. (more…)

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