Skagerak venue for WBN's first meeting

Skagerak International School contributed with providing the location for the first meeting of the newly established Women Business Network (WBN). See the article in Sandefjords Blad.

Skagerak Celebrating Cultural Diversity Day

On Tuesday the 20th of October students and teachers across the school joined forces to celebrate.

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Playground opening

Skagerak's new playground was officially opened on Sunday 11 October, during the traditional Skagerak Day held every year by the Parents Council. Sandefjords Blad was there to report.

Superinspirerende på Skagerak

Akkurat nå priser rett over 100 SNF-medlemmer seg lykkelig over at de tok turen til Skagerak International School i dag morges.

Som vanlig i september hadde vi lagt vårt månedlige frokostmøte til Skagerak International School. Skolen var arrangør sammen med sin samarbeidspartner The Thor Heyerdahl Institute – som er nytt medlem hos oss – og rett over 100 mennesker fant veien til Framnes.

Etter god frokost og hyggelig mingling, der gårsdagens valg selvfølgelig var det heteste samtaletemaet, trakk forsamlingen inn i auditoriet. Marit holdt sin sedvanlige innledning og opplyste om utviklingen siden sist, før hun ga ordet til Hans Jørgen Firing. Firing er daglig leder på Skagerak International School, og presenterte skolen med historikk, tall og fakta. To av skolens 350 elever kom så på scenen og ga oss et innblikk i sin hverdag, før Beate Bjørge fra The Thor Heyerdahl Institute redegjorde for instituttets ve og vel.

Bjørge introduserte til slutt Liv Arnesen, som sitter i styret på Heyerdahl-instituttet. Og for et foredrag det ble!

Arnesen fortalte på ekstremt inspirerende og underholdende vis om opp- og nedturer i arktiske, polare og hjemlige strøk. Den tidligere læreren, forfatteren, motivatoren og polfareren greide på en helt normal måte å fortelle om fullstendig unormale turer og opplevelser. For eksempel klatring på verdens høyeste fjell, verdens mest ugjestmilde strøk, skiturer i 60 minusgrader, 125 kilo tunge pulker, frostskader, isbjørner og høydesyke.

I tillegg til ekstreme opphold utenfor komfortsonen, greide Arnesen med sitt foredrag – som hun har kalt «I med- og motvind i Arktis og Antarktis – og på jobben» – å linke opplevelsene og erfaringene sine til situasjoner i hverdag og arbeidsliv som de fleste kan relatere seg til. Nøkkelen er å jobbe godt og riktig sammen i team, gjøre hverandre gode, ha det gøy, sette seg mål, applaudere måloppnåelse underveis, inspirere hverandre og fokusere på de riktige tingene, fortalte hun.

Alt i alt en utrolig inspirerende opplevelse og et foredrag vi tror mange kommer til å prate om i lunsjen og i dagene som kommer.

Vi i SNF skal i hvert fall slutte å klage på været.

School election debates

The results of the election debate at Skagerak International School attracted attention in both our local newspaper Sandefjord Blad and .

Our new high school principal

Jørgen Glittenberg is portrayed today in Sandefjords Blad - 'From Bejing to Sandefjord'.

Welcome to Sandefjord and to Skagerak, Mr Glittenberg!

Matilde Angeltveit

Matilde in our DP1 class is an active leader of Sandefjord's Natur og Ungdoms lokallag , and is today's guest in the local Sandefjords Blad - congratulations!

Congratulations class of 2015!

See the article in Sandefjords Blad

Sparebankstiftelsen DNB supports ' Aktive Barn på Framnes'

A fantastic message from Skagerak Parents Council:

Sparebankstiftelsen DNB has generously provided us with support to develop the activity area in front of Skagerak International School with 150 000 NOK! Read all about it in our local newspaper.

The Parents Council and the association Active Barn på Framnes than Sparebankstiftelsen for this substantial support

Romeo and Juliet

Playmakers Theatre presents Romeo and Juliet at Verdensteatret in Sandefjord.

Friday 4 April at 6 pm, Saturday 5 April at 6pm, Sunday 6 April at 3pm.

Tickets at the door: Adults kr 100, children under 15yrs kr 50, Family ticket (2+2) kr 250

See the article in our local newspaper Sandefjords Blad.

Winter performance

Parents, students and staff thoroughly enjoyed the annual winter show performed by the Primary students, followed by the Parent Council's food and entertainment contribution for the evening. A big thank you to all those who helped make the evening a success!

Our local newspaper Sandefjords Blad splashed Skagerak all over their back page.

PY6 visits Store Bergan skole

On Tuesday 15 October, PY6 was invited to spend a day with 6. klasse at Store Bergan skole. Students from both schools conversed in English while participating in the fun activities Store Bergan had planned for the day including English lessons, baking and lunch around a bonfire.

Read all about it in the local newspaper Sandefjords Blad.

Fantasy Night, 24 October, 5 pm to 6:30 pm

Skagerak Parent Council invited all kindergarten and primary students to Fantasy Night - a funfilled evening with dancing, pumpking carving, haunted house and more!

Read all about it in our local newspaper Sandefjords Blad.

Reduction in High school Diploma Programme tuition fees

The Diploma Programme of Skagerak International School, High School has been approved as in accordance with the Private School Act of Norway. As a result, effective from August 2014, school fees for the Diploma Programme will be reduced by more than half to NOK 20.790, subject to the state budget.

See the press release in Norwegian or in English.

SB mener

The editor of the local newspaper Sandefjords Blad writes today about the initial challenges Skagerak International School met when it was first established, and recognizes the school's accomplishments and role in educating students.

We are proud to be a part of Skagerak International School.

Skagerak Day

A warm thank you to Skagerak Parent Council for organising this annual start-of-school event - as also reported in our local newspaper Sandefjords Blad.