![Leveling Up by Checking Out!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576050868/saigon/opfm2y7j36yt6ty1urhc/MSLibraryChallenge-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1576050868/saigon/opfm2y7j36yt6ty1urhc/MSLibraryChallenge-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1576050868/saigon/opfm2y7j36yt6ty1urhc/MSLibraryChallenge-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1576050868/saigon/opfm2y7j36yt6ty1urhc/MSLibraryChallenge-1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1576050868/saigon/opfm2y7j36yt6ty1urhc/MSLibraryChallenge-1.jpg","width":1344}])
- Middle School
The “MS Dragons Reading Challenge,” is one of the many creative ways that new MS Librarian, Claire Elam, is encouraging middle schoolers to read more.
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![Mai, Grade 9, Reflects on a "Week Without Walls"]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1575599448/saigon/ibtlpz0gsz9h4qcpeysx/Grade9WWW-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1575599448/saigon/ibtlpz0gsz9h4qcpeysx/Grade9WWW-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1575599448/saigon/ibtlpz0gsz9h4qcpeysx/Grade9WWW-2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1575599448/saigon/ibtlpz0gsz9h4qcpeysx/Grade9WWW-2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1575599448/saigon/ibtlpz0gsz9h4qcpeysx/Grade9WWW-2.jpg","width":1344}])
- High School
- Student Voices
What it is like to spend a week away from home, with just your basic needs covered? Mai shares her experience.
![High School Celebrates Random Acts of Kindness with Rocks]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1574403427/saigon/a47nsngvs0hq0ldqhte5/KindnessRocks-3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1574403427/saigon/a47nsngvs0hq0ldqhte5/KindnessRocks-3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1574403427/saigon/a47nsngvs0hq0ldqhte5/KindnessRocks-3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1574403427/saigon/a47nsngvs0hq0ldqhte5/KindnessRocks-3.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1574403427/saigon/a47nsngvs0hq0ldqhte5/KindnessRocks-3.jpg","width":1344}])
- High School
Students discover the impact kindness can have in our community, through the project “Kindness Rocks.”
![Third Grade SSIS Student Awarded in Citywide Literature Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1574651466/saigon/kwc3h813cwe054jtnr6s/Grade3Poet-3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1574651466/saigon/kwc3h813cwe054jtnr6s/Grade3Poet-3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1574651466/saigon/kwc3h813cwe054jtnr6s/Grade3Poet-3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1574651466/saigon/kwc3h813cwe054jtnr6s/Grade3Poet-3.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1574651466/saigon/kwc3h813cwe054jtnr6s/Grade3Poet-3.jpg","width":1344}])
- Elementary School
Recently awarded at a citywide literature competition, third-grader Hay shares how he began writing, and what inspires him.
![SSIS Girls' and Boys' Volleyball Teams Win MRISA Tournament!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573634849/saigon/cl2udowgv6uvn5ynoyt7/MRISAVolleyball19-20-3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573634849/saigon/cl2udowgv6uvn5ynoyt7/MRISAVolleyball19-20-3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1573634849/saigon/cl2udowgv6uvn5ynoyt7/MRISAVolleyball19-20-3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1573634849/saigon/cl2udowgv6uvn5ynoyt7/MRISAVolleyball19-20-3.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573634849/saigon/cl2udowgv6uvn5ynoyt7/MRISAVolleyball19-20-3.jpg","width":1344}])
- High School
Both the Girls' and the Boys' Volleyball teams placed number one in this year's MRISA Volleyball Tournament. What a way to bring the season to an end. Go Dragons!
![A Day at the Landfill - Students Learn About Their Impact on the Environment]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573202242/saigon/eegu6xg9oqfp258vhsbm/TDP02711.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573202242/saigon/eegu6xg9oqfp258vhsbm/TDP02711.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1573202242/saigon/eegu6xg9oqfp258vhsbm/TDP02711.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1573202242/saigon/eegu6xg9oqfp258vhsbm/TDP02711.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573202242/saigon/eegu6xg9oqfp258vhsbm/TDP02711.jpg","width":1344}])
- Middle School
Where does our waste actually go and what is our personal impact? Grade 7 students went to Da Phuoc landfill to find out.
![Robotics Class and STUCO Collaborate to Bring the Scare to Halloween]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571734200/saigon/gwi30vjjnl0euqzaxcll/Weinberg-SecondLevelComputerScience-00985.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1571734200/saigon/gwi30vjjnl0euqzaxcll/Weinberg-SecondLevelComputerScience-00985.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571734200/saigon/gwi30vjjnl0euqzaxcll/Weinberg-SecondLevelComputerScience-00985.jpg","width":800}])
- High School
High School Robotics students have joined forces with the High School Service Council to bring the scare to Halloween.
![TurtleStitch, Combining Coding with Sewing!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573203754/saigon/lnhmtargl2jzw7jfcrfq/Turtlestitch.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1573203754/saigon/lnhmtargl2jzw7jfcrfq/Turtlestitch.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573203754/saigon/lnhmtargl2jzw7jfcrfq/Turtlestitch.jpg","width":800}])
- Middle School
There are many creative uses for technology. And our middle schoolers are busy learning about how embroidery is one of those ways!
![SeeSaw Opens Up the Classroom in a Brand New Way]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571735205/saigon/uwnhxhdfewubj9x4z3am/DSC08931.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1571735205/saigon/uwnhxhdfewubj9x4z3am/DSC08931.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571735205/saigon/uwnhxhdfewubj9x4z3am/DSC08931.jpg","width":800}])
- Elementary School
SeeSaw, an online learning journal, is opening up the classroom in a brand new way for parents of Elementary School students at SSIS.
![Chemistry Students Become Forensic Scientists for the Day]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1566892530/saigon/klchyfgmsamqpvboezya/Neal_G9G10_GeneralChemistry-09079.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1566892530/saigon/klchyfgmsamqpvboezya/Neal_G9G10_GeneralChemistry-09079.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1566892530/saigon/klchyfgmsamqpvboezya/Neal_G9G10_GeneralChemistry-09079.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1566892530/saigon/klchyfgmsamqpvboezya/Neal_G9G10_GeneralChemistry-09079.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1566892530/saigon/klchyfgmsamqpvboezya/Neal_G9G10_GeneralChemistry-09079.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1566892530/saigon/klchyfgmsamqpvboezya/Neal_G9G10_GeneralChemistry-09079.jpg","width":2048}])
- High School
Tasked with solving a real-world case study, students from grades 9 and 10 recently became forensic scientists for the day.
![VEX Robotics – SSIS Prepares to Lead the Future]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1566275259/saigon/kzbx7jbpzmsb0qdhvov1/TDP05442.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1566275259/saigon/kzbx7jbpzmsb0qdhvov1/TDP05442.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1566275259/saigon/kzbx7jbpzmsb0qdhvov1/TDP05442.jpg","width":600}])
- High School
This past weekend, SSIS VEX Robotics coach, Evan Weinberg and his students presented the VEX Robotics Open House, sharing their skills and experiences with six other schools.