In the second installment of a two-part JIS Podcast series led by the Middle School JIS Studio, guest hosts Hana (Grade 8) and Nitya (Grade 7) explore the important issue of water management and sustainability. They sit down with Sabrina, the founder of start-up ReservoAir, to talk about her goals in providing greater access to clean water and implementing water sustainability practices across Indonesia to tackle flooding and drought. Join them for an inspiring conversation on how we can follow in Sabrina’s and Reservoir Air’s net-zero footsteps to promote ecopreneurship and contribute to mitigating Indonesia’s water crisis!
JIS Studio students are back, this time taking over the JIS Podcast microphones to present a two-part series on sustainability and ecopreneurship. Starting things off are guest hosts Fuad (Grade 8) and Dominic (Grade 7) as they speak to Abdul Kader, the CEO of a smart water dispenser company called Paus Biru. They discuss what it means to be an ecopreneur, how Paus Biru hopes to inspire schools to do their part in preserving the environment, what students can do to be agents of change, and more. Listen along and get inspired!
Once a Dragon, Always a Dragon! We went on a journey through time with Jamie Aditya Graham, a JIS alum whose story of resilience and global-mindedness resonates through the halls of JIS! Join JIS Podcast hosts Morgan Banino and Mindy Slaughter as they get to know this multitalented Dragon and his eclectic career in the field of entertainment. From his memorable stint as an MTV Asia VJ (and teen heartthrob) in the 1990s to his foray into music and acting, Jaime has made quite a name for himself across Asia and Australia. Today, he focuses mainly on music, blending blues, soul, funk, reggae, gospel, heavy metal, Brazilian, and jazz into a symphony of soul-stirring harmonies to defy genres. Don’t miss this engaging episode full of memories and tons of Dragon Spirit!
Get ready to be inspired by the voices of change on this episode of the JIS Podcast! JIS High School Associate Vice Principal for Student Life and Well-Being, Ryan Burke, sits down with three remarkable Grade 11 and 12 students who took the reins of their learning journey by advocating for the addition of two new courses to JIS High School’s academic program: Criminology and Advanced Placement (AP) United States Government and Politics. Find out what motivated them, why they chose these subjects, and how they tackled the challenging yet rewarding pitching process. Don’t miss out on a JIS Podcast episode that will make you feel empowered and determined to pursue your passion!
We have two very special hosts closing out this semester of the podcast! Grade 8 students Fuad and Abhiraj from the JIS Studio program are asking the question “What is Middle School” as part of their oral history project, and they are taking us on their journey in search of the answer. Joining them is Middle School Principal Noah Bohnen, who reacts to interviews they conducted with various teachers to offer his perspective. You won’t want to miss their insightful conversation!
We’re heading out for December break soon and will have more stories to share with you in 2024. Happy Holidays!
Our new Chief Advancement Officer, Emma Silva, takes over the mic for this episode of the JIS Podcast to speak to special guest Dino Vega, a leading entrepreneur, the Founder and CEO of fintech platform AdaKami, and a JIS Alum from the Class of 1980. He gives us his unique perspective as a JIS “lifer”, growing up as a “reverse third-culture kid”, and how he considers both experiences to have given him a great advantage in his successful career. Listen along as Dino takes Emma on a wistful trip down memory lane, recalling with fondness his days as a young Dragon at the Pattimura campus (shout-out to Roy), the lessons that have stayed with him to this day, and reconnecting with his classmates many years later.
This episode of the JIS Podcast follows guest host Dr. Jenny Sabin, our new Elementary Curriculum and Learning Coordinator, as she explores the fascinating world of science. Her expert guide on this journey is educator Paul Anderson, who is a YouTuber with over 1 million subscribers and a renowned consultant on Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)! Whether you're a science buff, an educator, a parent, or just curious about science education, you don’t want to miss this episode.
Welcome back to the JIS Podcast! We’re kicking off Season 4 with an enriching foray into the world of dance with JIS Dance Teachers Michael Cali and Amanda Seath as they shine a spotlight on our school’s immersive dance program. Speaking to our hosts, Morgan Banino and Mindy Slaughter, they give us an informative look into the program’s whole-child approach of exploring the role of dance in culture, creative expression, social-emotional learning, and athletics. How do JIS students discover the artist within through dance? And how does dance as an art form reflect the JIS values of respect, collaboration, and resilience? Listen to the full episode to find out!
Join JIS High School Principal Lauren Pool and High School student Cia as they sit down with our hosts to talk about JIS Peduli, our schoolwide service initiative. Learn all about the four pillars of JIS Peduli and how its vision to strengthen JIS’s ties to Indonesia through service has expanded to support community service projects and a range of social organizations. They also reveal how JIS Peduli has impacted its partners and communities, including orphanages, low-income schools, shelters, and hospitals. Don't miss out on this opportunity to discover how JIS Peduli is making a difference.
As an international school, JIS is committed to preparing students for a rapidly changing world as future-ready global citizens — but what does that mean in practice? To help answer this question, our JIS Podcast hosts speak with Pondok Indah Elementary (PIE) Principal Justine Smyth and Tania Lattanzio, an international educator, author, workshop leader, and consultant for JIS. They discuss inquiry-based teaching and methodology and how they nurture curiosity and a sense of wonder, motivate learners, and encourage them to ask questions and make discoveries. They also explore concept-based learning and provide examples of how all of these approaches to teaching and learning take place in JIS classrooms. Join us as we delve into what it means to be future-ready and how JIS is leading the way in preparing students for an unknown future.
Are you ready for a special episode? Listen along as JIS Head of School Maya Nelson and student Axel sit down with Harvard University Professor David J. Malan to talk about CS50x, a renowned computer science course that recently concluded with a three-day educators’ conference at the Cilandak campus. Professor Malan tells us about the history of CS50 at Harvard, what inspired him to dedicate his distinguished career to the course, and how CS50 turned into a worldwide phenomenon in computer science education under his leadership.
Don't miss out on this unique chance to hear from a Harvard Professor and computer science education visionary!
Jill Bellamy is a familiar name and face in the JIS community; she’s a globetrotter, a passionate practitioner of globalized education, and a JIS Alumni parent — but most of us know and admire her for her role as JIS Pattimura Elementary (PEL) Principal. In this episode of the JIS Podcast, she sits down with our hosts to talk about her journey of becoming a teacher and then transitioning from the classroom into school leadership. She tells us all about PEL, the school’s tight-knit community atmosphere, its emphasis on fostering the love of learning, how it stands out from its inner-city surroundings, and more! Listen along and get to know a valued member of our Dragon community!
Discover the magic of Middle School with Aimee Cleary, JIS Middle School Experiential and Service Learning Coordinator! She speaks to JIS Podcast hosts Morgan Banino (Middle School Vocal Teacher) and Mindy Slaughter (PIE Digital Literacy Coach) about the many things that make the formative years that span grades 6 to 8 so special and how JIS elevates that experience for students. Learn all about JIS Middle School’s “try everything” approach to engaged learning, as well as the student-favorite Extended Study Program (ESP). Don’t miss this episode and don’t forget to subscribe to the JIS Podcast!
Our school wide mission to be Best for the World can manifest in so many different forms and actions — all impactful in their own ways. JIS Alumna Valerie Guarnieri (Class of 1984) realized early on, especially after growing up traveling the globe and living in Indonesia for six years, that for her, it would be through service and humanitarianism. Today, as Deputy Executive Director for Policy and Development for the World Food Program (WFP), she dedicates her career to combating hunger and ensuring food equity worldwide. She recently sat down with JIS Podcast hosts Morgan Banino (Middle School Vocal Teacher) and Mindy Slaughter (PIE Digital Literacy Coach) to tell us all about the importance of food equity, the role young people have in the fight against world hunger, as well as her time at JIS. Don’t miss it!
JIS is widely known for offering academically rigorous university pathway programs, including the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma and Advanced Placement courses. But did you know that JIS High School students will soon have more options to fully prepare themselves for life after graduation? Listen along as JIS Podcast hosts Morgan Banino (Middle School Vocal Teacher) and Mindy Slaughter (PIE Digital Literacy Coach) learn all about an exciting new university pathway to start at JIS in the 2023/24 academic year: the IB Career-related Programme (IBCP). They are joined by JIS IB Coordinator Darren Seath and Ivana Modena, the Founder and President of the Sustainable Management School (SUMAS). What is the IBCP? Who is it designed for? How will SUMAS be part of the IBCP at JIS? Find out in this can’t-miss episode of the JIS Podcast!
In this episode of the JIS Podcast, hosts Morgan Banino (Middle School Vocal Teacher) and Mindy Slaughter (PIE Digital Literacy Coach) are joined by JIS Alumna Jyoti Rajan Gopal (Class of 1985) as they delve into an absorbing conversation about identity, multiculturalism, and what it means to be a third-culture kid. Ms. Gopal is a kindergarten teacher and the author of American Desi and My Paati’s Saris, “poetic and expressive” children’s books about South Asian children exploring their rich heritage.
Speaking to them all the way from New York, she gives us a glimpse into her own experience growing up and learning in different countries around the world, her time at JIS, and how her teachers helped her explore new interests. Listen along as she looks back at how her third-culture background helped her carve out a career in education, her unexpected yet “serendipitous” journey into writing, and how her daughter inspired her to write her first book.
Welcome back to the JIS Podcast, with our hosts Middle School Vocal Music Teacher Morgan Banino and PIE Digital Literacy Coach Mindy Slaughter! In this episode, the first of what will be a series of conversations with JIS Alumni, Morgan and Mindy welcome JIS Class of 1997 graduate Derice Sumantri. She is currently the President Director of Progress Healthcare, a JIS Board of Trustees (BOT) member, and a frequent service volunteer. Listen along as she reflects on how JIS’s values, her frequent involvement in varsity sports, and the school’s multicultural environment left a lasting impression on how she approached university life and then her career. Today, as both a parent and a business owner, she tells us why she is drawn back to Indonesia, especially its healthcare industry, and our Dragon community.
On this episode of the JIS Podcast, our hosts welcome a JIS Alum, writer, storyteller, world traveler, and lifelong learner. Listen along as Middle School Vocal Music Teacher Morgan Banino and PIE Digital Literacy Coach Mindy Slaughter speak to Sebastian Modak, the Editor-at-Large for Lonely Planet and a JIS graduate from the Class of 2006. He tells us about the twists and turns he’s faced on his journey of becoming a travel writer telling stories about little-known yet fascinating pockets of the world and the people he met along the way. How has he been able to navigate the uncertainties of life after graduation? What did he learn from being a third-culture kid at JIS and how does his experience continue to influence his work today? And what does hanging out with rappers in Botswana have to do with all this? Find out in this can’t-miss episode of the JIS Podcast!
The JIS Podcast is back for another academic year of insightful discussions about teaching and learning at JIS to be Best for the World! We’re delighted to welcome back our hosts, JIS Middle School Vocal Music Teacher Morgan Banino and PIE Digital Literacy Coach Mindy Slaughter, who have an exciting lineup of guest speakers from the Dragon community waiting for us.
In our very first episode of the season, Morgan and Mindy explore the practice of mindfulness and its potential benefits with Grade 2 Teacher Kailyn Fullerton. But what is mindfulness? What’s the science behind it? And how can it be used in the classroom to support student growth and learning? Listen along as Morgan, Mindy, and Kailyn look at mindfulness from an education standpoint and discuss how we can tap into its time-tested strategies to help students’ social-emotional development.
Exciting changes are happening in 9th Grade Science! Listen along as our JIS Podcast hosts, Middle School Vocal Music Teacher Morgan Banino and PIE Digital Literacy Coach Mindy Slaughter, speak with High School Science Teacher Jeff Clark about the revamped science curriculum for our Freshman class. Find out why these changes were made, how they’re designed to broaden the scientific literacy of JIS students, how Computer Science fits into the new program, and much more! This is a can’t-miss episode for science buffs and anyone with a passion for forward-thinking education.
