AG Descriptions

Sculpture is one of the foundational classes at Scribble mainly because it directly teaches some of our most essential beliefs in art: art-making is about problem solving and responding to the materials in front of you in the moment. In this class, artists will explore all types of building with a variety of materials and methods including wood, clay, paper and more, all to teach (through experience) the most important element of sculpture: structural stability and aesthetic detail/interest.

This Jazz Ensemble course is in "non-civid-times" a continuation of the junior band  curriculum. The band continues grooming students musicians in the diverse language of jazz/contemporary music. Content included: Standard jazz repertoire, Afro, Cuban, and fusion styles, continuing improvisation/jazz theory. Required performances include the annual Winter Concert, Spring Concert or Summer Concert and possibly one or two additional school functions in and outside of the school (e.g. church concerts or during Graduation ceremony). All students will be notified of all performances at the beginning of each semester.

In this AG we will teach the fundamentals of the game, teach skills, and learn rules and regulations. Every week we will play age appropriate games that focus on the skills of the sport to help built up to real games

In this AG we will teach the fundamentals of the game, focus on strategy, and learn advanced game plays. We will emphasize improving our skills to help with competitive games we will play every week.

This AG is offered to students who have a real interest in basketball and who are eager to improve their game. We often use this for students who are willing to participate on the school team but we encourage other students who are interested in the sport to also join.

The Board Game AG offers a fun and safe way to play games, for example Giant Chess, Checker Rug Game, Bingo, Memory, Giant Puzzle and many more. For extra precaution the students only get to play with one game and one partner per session. There will be playtime outside each week.

Looking to help your children improve their critical thinking abilities, their creativity, problem-solving, memory, and self-confidence? Excel through chess!

Looking to help your children improve their critical thinking abilities, their creativity, problem-solving, memory, and self-confidence? Excel through chess!

Looking to help your children improve their critical thinking abilities, their creativity, problem-solving, memory, and self-confidence? Excel through chess!

This AG is the continuation of the Twinkling Stars Choir Program with the focus on individual voice training (Gesamtunterricht) and will take place in the Auditorium. New singers welcome!

Due to our current situation, which only allows us to sing in cohorts, we will alternate by weeks:

Grade 3: Feb:1, 22 March: 8, 22 April: 5, 26 May: 3, 17, 31 June: 14

Grade 4: Feb: 8, March: 1, 15, 29 April: 26, May: 10, 24 June: 7, 21 

KN-95 masks required!

This AG in the continuation of the Twinkling Stars and Troubadix Choir Programs with a focus on individual voice training (Gesamtunterricht) and will take place in the Auditorium. New singers welcome!

Due to our current situation which allows us only to sing inside our cohorts, we will alternate by week:

Grade 5: Sept: 14, 28 Oct: 19 Nov: 2, 16, 30 Dec: 14, Jan: 18

Grade 6: Sept: 21 Oct: 5, 26 Nov: 9, 23 Dec: 7 Jan: 11, 25 

KN-95 masks required!

This GISNY Youth Choir is the continuation of the Troubadix Choir: Here, we strengthen and express our singing and speaking voices, fine-tune our listening skills, and work on body awareness. We explore different styles of music and sing together in harmony. This year, finally again, we will sing in person and at the time - without zoom delay. Hallelujah!

Students new to singing in a choir as well as advanced musicians are welcome! Vaccination and KN-95 masks required.

Come and explore the joys of coding in different game-based coding activities! Choose from a variety of activities and programming languages based on your interest and skill level, such as coding in Roblox or Minecraft, learning how to create your own website using HTML and CSS, competitive coding and more.

Is your child always creating dances at home? Dance Making will teach the young choreographer the basic fundamentals needed to create their own work: exploring time, space shapes, dynamics and relationships while finding their own voices as storytellers, They will explore Modern dance, Composition and Dance Notation to bring many voices together and create as one.

Students will be exposed to English books; do activities related to reading and writing; do creative projects based on the seasons and holidays; have the opportunity to play games.  There will also be time for outdoor play.

Students will be exposed to English books; do activities related to reading and writing; do creative projects based on the seasons and holidays; have the opportunity to play games.  There will also be time for outdoor play.

In Fitness we offer a variety of sports and fitness activities. Individual sports ranging from badminton to box ball. Outdoor games, team sports, yoga, fitness and more.

Do you care about the environment and think it's important that our school is as environmentally friendly as possible? Are you interested in getting  involved with our Green School? Then our AG is the right place for you! We want to create awareness for nature and environment protection in school community, e.g. through competitions, information and activities. Your ideas are needed.

We are going to learn how hacking works by practicing the techniques and methods used by hackers today, so we can learn how to defend against them. We will set up our hacking lab to make sure we keep our computers safe, and then dive into topics like Information Gathering (getting to know our victim). Network Scanning and Vulnerability Analysis (finding your victim's weak spots). Exploiting (taking advantage of your victims' weaknesses), and more.

Let's be creative- together we will create the book that captures all the important moment of the GISNY year. If you are interested and have an eye for art and design paired with some general computer skills please contact me directly via email at: mgueluekoglu@gisny.org

If you like to find answers to questions through conducting experiments, then the Juniur Scientists AG is right for you. We will conduct experiments using the scientific method and most of all have a lot of fun.

The Lego Robotics program will use Lego Mindstorm materials and activities. Students will build, create and problem solve, as they work collaboratively.

The students will work on the following topics: Arrangement and organization of workplace; Creating and implementing daily and weekly schedules for Gymnasium requirements (time management); Individual teaching and learning styles (learning type determination); Concentration, relaxation techniques and mnemonics; Social and multiple intelligence(s).

The Marimba groups are inviting all students to discover their love for music, for playing in an ensemble and to realize, every single person has his/her own unique voice and place in the world of music. Marimbas ans Zimbabwe Marimba styles are offering a relative easy ans quick access to all major aspects of music: rhythm, harmony, melody, ensemble playing, soloing, ear-training, general musicianship, etc.

Being community oriented, this music allows even the beginning student to gain rich, colorful and valuable musical experiences. The reporter of our groups includes traditional, Zimbabwean "Ur-texte", pieces taught  at "Kwanangoma College", the leading Music College of Zimbabwe, and written by Aport Mhlanga, the Grandfather of this music, simple African folk songs, Ghanaian and Cuban percussion arrangements, Marimba pieces by American composers, American Pop songs and Cuban Latin Jazz.

For students with little or no private music education and/or for those wanting to drum only.

The Marimba groups are inviting all students to discover their love for music, for playing in an ensemble and to realize, every single person has his/her own unique voice and place in the world of music. Marimbas ans Zimbabwe Marimba styles are offering a relative easy ans quick access to all major aspects of music: rhythm, harmony, melody, ensemble playing, soloing, ear-training, general musicianship, etc.

Being community oriented, this music allows even the beginning student to gain rich, colorful and valuable musical experiences. The reporter of our groups includes traditional, Zimbabwean "Ur-texte", pieces taught  at "Kwanangoma College", the leading Music College of Zimbabwe, and written by Aport Mhlanga, the Grandfather of this music, simple African folk songs, Ghanaian and Cuban percussion arrangements, Marimba pieces by American composers, American Pop songs and Cuban Latin Jazz.

For students with one year of private music education and/ or one year of Marimba AG.

The Marimba groups are inviting all students to discover their love for music, for playing in an ensemble and to realize, every single person has his/her own unique voice and place in the world of music. Marimbas ans Zimbabwe Marimba styles are offering a relative easy ans quick access to all major aspects of music: rhythm, harmony, melody, ensemble playing, soloing, ear-training, general musicianship, etc.

Being community oriented, this music allows even the beginning student to gain rich, colorful and valuable musical experiences. The reporter of our groups includes traditional, Zimbabwean "Ur-texte", pieces taught  at "Kwanangoma College", the leading Music College of Zimbabwe, and written by Aport Mhlanga, the Grandfather of this music, simple African folk songs, Ghanaian and Cuban percussion arrangements, Marimba pieces by American composers, American Pop songs and Cuban Latin Jazz.

For students with one year of private music education or two years of Marimba AG.

The Marimba groups are inviting all students to discover their love for music, for playing in an ensemble and to realize, every single person has his/her own unique voice and place in the world of music. Marimbas ans Zimbabwe Marimba styles are offering a relative easy ans quick access to all major aspects of music: rhythm, harmony, melody, ensemble playing, soloing, ear-training, general musicianship, etc.

Being community oriented, this music allows even the beginning student to gain rich, colorful and valuable musical experiences. The reporter of our groups includes traditional, Zimbabwean "Ur-texte", pieces taught  at "Kwanangoma College", the leading Music College of Zimbabwe, and written by Aport Mhlanga, the Grandfather of this music, simple African folk songs, Ghanaian and Cuban percussion arrangements, Marimba pieces by American composers, American Pop songs and Cuban Latin Jazz.

For students with two years of regular lessons on any instrument and/ or two years of Marimba AG

Model UN is an immersive, substantive program with diverse attendees, world class staff, engaging debate and academically rigorous material. It allows for unparalleled access to the UN system where high school students from around the globe in UN working groups such as WFO, to discuss current issues from the perspective of a UN member country. Students may attend a meeting with diplomatic reps, and UN and/or NGO leaders may visit group during their working sessions.

Please see Mrs. Hegarty to join.

The AG Music/Video will be a workshop in handling professional equipment for music and video production as well as handling media equipment for school events. The first sessions, while the MakerSpace is not finished, the AG will focus on handling the technical setup in the auditorium. When the MakerSpace can be used, the participants will be introduced to VST (virtual studio technology) and using the Cubase System for professional music production as well as the Pinnacle Systems software for video editing. The goal of the AG is to have a group of students who are able to provide technical help at school events as well as to provide professionally produced media material for the school's PR. On top of that, creative work on music and video is encouraged.

We will from teams that will collaboratively attach real-world problems, developing effective solutions through iterative analysis and use of Design Thinking techniques. Bring your skills and enthusiasm to explore big ideas, exercise your innovative spirit, learn to work better as part of a team, and practice the most important skill in the world - problem solving. We will focus initially on issues associated with Climate Change, or feel free to bring the problem(s) of your own choosing. Come and learn to use your problem-solving muscles and make them stronger.

Running Club is a seasonal AG (please see schedule). Students learn about running in a fun way, and we play plenty of outside games. Students, their families and friends can also participate in the running races on our calendar.

Are you interested how nature works? Are you ready to step into the foot steps of a scientist? Then you are already eligible to join this AG.

We will learn something about scientific research and modeling and we will built our own models like black boxes, barometers, planet systems or something you want to explore.

Soccer Shots is an engaging children's soccer program with a focus on character development. Our caring team positively impacts children's lives on and off the field through best-in-class coaching, curriculum and communication.

Our Premier program focuses on individual skills, fitness and sportsmanship, providing an opportunity for children to be challenged through fun games and team interaction. Children will also be introduced to competition in a developmentally appropriate manner.

Soccer Shots is an engaging children's soccer program with a focus on character development. Our caring team positively impacts children's lives on and off the field through best-in-class coaching, curriculum and communication.

Our Premier program focuses on individual skills, fitness and sportsmanship, providing an opportunity for children to be challenged through fun games and team interaction. Children will also be introduced to competition in a developmentally appropriate manner.

In this AG we will teach skills for the game of soccer and play organized games and tournaments throughout the whole year emphasizing fair play and good sportsmanship.

Is this your first time acting, or do you want to be on stage? All are welcome to join the fun and explore their talent! This class will work on speech development, creative movement, improve, scene starters, and mini snippets. Children will enjoy acting out of different roles with the Anselmo Academy of Music and Arts!

We accept everyone who is interested in acting. Previous experience is not mandatory. Please contact theater@gisny.org for further information.

We are offering the theater production "Der Froschkoenig" (in German) by Gebrueder Grimm

The AG 3-D-Print will use the school's new 3-D printer for a variety of purposes. After installing the Ultimaker 3, students will use various programs to design and then print their own models. The students will learn about both simple design apps and professional CAD software that can be used to produce even complex components.

If you are interested in combining technology, design and production, this is the right place for you.

We will get to know our bodies and brains through moment and games. We will practice being mindful through yoga and imagination vacations. We will be doing crafts that help us relax and have fun!