Student Exhibitions
Hsinchu International School (HIS) follows the common principles of the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES). One of these principles is the “demonstration of mastery” via the Exhibition. The Exhibition is the public demonstration of student learning. Our 8th and 10th grade students did their Exhibitions this past week before fellow students, faculty, and parents. Next year we will have our first graduating class who will join the other two groups in Exhibition evenings as they move on from Institute I (grades 7 & 8 ) and Institute II (grades 9 & 10).
I was very impressed with our students especially noting that most of them are ESL students who come to HIS with very little experience presenting before an audience. They quickly have opportunity for crafting their presentation skills as HIS students routinely share their learning from their class Expeditions during our twice weekly all school gatherings.
The 8th graders focused their presentations on how they were making progress towards reaching our Five Student Learning Outcomes. They used examples from their classes using images, video, audio recordings and text to document their learning. As one of the Learning Outcomes is “Effective Communicator”, I especially enjoyed how the students used good speaking skills, authentic images and excellent design in their presentations.
