What a few days we've had, the school is finally filled with smiling students and the IEGS school year is not off to a start! Students started the day on Monday with a staggered schedule, so not too overwhelming with everyone in all at once. Students met their classmates and worked on team building activities. Starting in a new school and moving over from year 9 to gymnasium is a big step and we want to make sure that our students feel at ease with the process. It's important to have the opportunity to get to know the environment and fellow classmates before jumping into lessons, especially

It's been a busy two weeks here at Internationella Engelska Gymnasiet, Södermalm. We've been working hard to get the school ready for our students and are very excited to be able to have them back in full time. Teachers and other staff members have been working, collaborating, planning and planning some more. It's also been a bit quiet over the past weeks in the building, but we know come Monday it will be full of life and energy.

We hope you are ready for another year and excited to start a new adventure! Here are some words on wisdom as you start your journey of new school year.. don

World Book Day is a yearly event, celebrated April 23rd, organised by UNESCO as a worldwide tribute to books and reading. According to UNESCO, April 23 is a symbolic day for literature since on that date 1616 both Shakespeare, Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega died. Of course we want to celebrate books and reading in our school as well!

Since not all students are in for the actual World Book Day we will celebrate World Book Week, starting tomorrow April 16th. There will be activities both in the library and online.
For example: 

• An exhibition of the rare and old books found in the

Happy Holidays!

The holiday season and the end of term is here. I would like to wish each and every one of you a warm and wonderful festive season with your families and loved ones. I also want to take the opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your contributions this term. As always at IEGS, it has been a very busy term with a whole range of events and activities taking place or being planned for then modified, postponed, and perhaps even cancelled. We have found ourselves adapting to new ways of working in school this term. Assemblies, student council, our IHC events like

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020 is awarded to an American poet, Louise Glück.

The motivation from the Swedish Academy reads:  “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”. 

Books with poems by Louise Glück are on the way to the library and hopefully available for borrowing before autumn break.

More information about Louise Glück:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/louise-gluck