Global IIE
First Week of Girls Tech
Last week the American Space Madrid launched US Embassy Madrid’s first free Girls Tech program with Camp Tecnológico at the International Institute. Close to 300 young girls signed up for the program which provides 28 girls from 11- 14 years old with workshops that meet every two weeks to expose the students to innovative programs
Nuevos cursos de SAT en otoño
La semana que viene empiezan los nuevos cursos de SAT, requisito para los alumnos que desean estudiar un grado en los Estados Unidos. Este curso se ofrece en martes o jueves de 18:30 a 20:30 o en sábado de 10:15 a 13:15. Por primera vez ofreceremos a los alumnos la posibilidad de realizar un mock exam
Stanford Study Abroad Experience: Karen Lee
Hi! I’m Karen, a rising junior at Stanford University and I spent the past two and a half months in Madrid studying abroad. As part of a service learning course, I was also an English tutor at IIE, and my experience there was one of my favorite parts of being in Spain. The Institute offers
Notes & News Julio 2015
PARA ACCEDER AL NÚMERO DE JULIO DE 2015 DEL BOLETÍN DE NOTICIAS NOTES & NEWS: NOTES AND NEWS JULY 2015 VF From the President The International Institute in Spain has a long, illustrious history, and its labors in the areas of educational and cultural exchange from the days of our founder Alice Gordon Gulick until today have
Creative Parenting ideas for Summer! Bilingual Family Forum with Anna Steele
Anna Steele gave three fantastic talks on Creative Parenting in the cycle of talks, Aprender para Enseñar, Encuentros para Padres y Profesores at the International Institute this spring, sponsored by American Space Madrid. She presented creative ways for families to develop more than one language in the home, as well as sharing activities and resources
Describing a Semester in Madrid – by Clarissa Towle
17,993 miles. 157 days. 143 classes. 95 classmates. 42 coffees. 33 churros. 17 new friends. 9 exams. 7 side trips. 5 metro abonos. 4 courses. 2 host parents. 1 semester abroad in Madrid. As a scientist, I like numbers, but although I can count every afternoon I spent at the botanical garden at the university,
Young Learners and Kids’ Club Spring Shows 2015
The 20th of June we celebrated the end of the trimester with the «Young Learners Spring Show 2015» which had acts by the Young Learners 1, 2, and 3 groups. Each class prepared something special to present to their parents and friends. The Young Learners 1 performed two poems, «Big, Bad Cold!» and «Doctor Jen;» the
Sonia Megías, directora del Coro Fulbright, nos habla de algunos de sus otros proyectos.
Sonia Megías colabora con el Instituto Internacional y American Space Madrid en varias actividades. Al piano, nos ha hecho pasar unos ratos extraordinarios acompañando musicalmente la proyección de películas como “El maquinista de La General” o “El hombre mosca”. También dirige el “Coro Fulbright”, que se reúne todas las semanas en el paraninfo del Instituto
Kids Culture Club
April 13, 2015 To kick off the class Michaela´s Kids´ Club group discussed what the perfect class is like and made rules accordingly. In the spirit of poetry month the group read a funny poem by Linda A. Anderson entitled “When Noses Bloom”. The Kids continued by creating their own poems about odd body parts
Kids Culture Club with Daniel
These past months in Kids Club have been a blast! Loads of interesting activities and stuff to do made every week a busy one! In April the kids started off making their very own Gingerbread Men and Women. After reading a couple of different stories with various points of view about his life, they decided that
