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You might remember him as the drummer of Hangzhou International School’s coolest rock band— Gummistiefel. Today, Isaac Bender has just finished his master’s degree at Western University in archaeology, all while continuing to make rock music. Isaac is also one of our many HIS alumni making a real change in the world. Working alongside local First Nations communities, his master’s thesis contributed to national efforts to refine field methods to help inform the field operations of community-led investigations into missing children at Residential Schools in Canada.

At Hangzhou International School we seek to allow students the opportunities to pursue academic excellence, the inclusion of technology in PHE is one of these opportunities for students to embark on a voyage of discovery and learning. We have developed our program to build students skills as they progress through the MYP PHE program.

At first, the idea of climbing Africa’s highest mountain came from my mother. She prepared all the equipment by herself, and planned everything together with a coach, Mr Li. For me, it was going to be a challenge, and for her, even more so. However, she still made the preparations, and she also had great trust that I could complete it.