News from Alumni
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In New York, Head of School Dr. Tim Stuart enjoyed a great conversation with Emad Bibawi, class of 1989. Please join us for future meetups, large and small, as we get to know the long and fascinating ICS and ACS history!
Dr. George Zickefoose, ICS Deputy Head of School, hosted a lunch meetup in Cambridge, MA, on 27 January 2018. Several former ICS students and teachers were in attendance, and had a great time reminiscing as well as learning about Addis and ICS today.
left to right: Shahruz Mohtadi, George Zickefoose, Victor Gerdes, Andrew Fenn, Alice Brown, Emebet Belete & Lorne Singer
Our hearts go out to the family of Dr. Robert Wadeson, former ICS middle and high school counselor, who passed away on 16 January 2018. Beloved by family and friends, as well as the many students and colleagues who worked with him at ICS and other schools around the world, Dr. Rob is missed!
ICS alumnus Kalkeydan Ayele, class of 2017, now plays for FC Malaga City.
Click on the link to the left to see the latest ICS literary magazine. Currently featuring short stories, poetry and articles from students, they also welcome fiction and non-fiction contributions from staff, parents and alumni! Contact the editors for further information.
Another wonderful Addis wedding, with many alumni in attendance! Here Esete Kabtamu '09, Aida Bekele and Betselot Teklu '07 pose with beautiful bride Mahlet Gizaw '09.
Recent Visitors to the ICS Campus
Aida Bekele, Zeleka Yeraswork '01, Kebede Daniel - January 2018
Aida Bekele, Kidane Kebede '12, Brian Greenough - January 2018
Judy Hunt taught French at ICS for five years, from 1994 to 1999, and stopped by to visit old friends in November 2017. Here she reminisces about tennis with Berhanu Sissay.
Jey Soares '09, Ahmed Suliman '07, Moatswi Ntakhwana '09, Kebede Daniel, Maggie Archbold '09 and Bethel Borrou - January 2018
Congratulations to the Class of 2017, our newest alumni!
Click here to see the Class of 2017 Graduation Program, including a list of graduates.
A new tradition - the Senior Walk!
Dawn Ashby and Alex Lancia departed ICS and Ethiopia in June 2017 for Malaysia, which they joined the faculty at the International School of Kuala Lumpur, and their son Julien entered grade 5. Dawn taught at ICS for 16 years; Alex was a teacher here for 7 years and is a graduate of the class of 1996. Alex reflects on his years at ICS as a student, parent and teacher on his blog here.
Alex, Julien, Dawn and former ICS teacher Astrid Shiferaw
Tadele Desta, class of 2010, and Meron Ayenew, class of 2011, celebrated their wedding in the spring of 2017 here in Addis, with many ICS alumni and staff in attendance. Congratulations!
A New Grandfather
Ato Kebede Daniel, who has been at ICS for 40 years, welcomed his first grandchild in the spring of 2017! If you see this proud grandfather, please congratulate him!
Ato Kebede started on the tennis courts...
...and today with Head of School Jim Laney
New Graduates
Two members of the ICS class of 2013, Ghida Ghanim and Rahmat Clinton, graduated in 2017 with Bachelor of Science degrees!
Rahmat, second from left, earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Here she is joined by Meklit and Zebib, ICS class of 2014, and Ghida, class of 2013 (left to right).
Ghida with her graduation speaker - look familiar?
Ghida (second from right) graduated with a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Agnes Scott College. Graduation was another mini-reunion for ICS, with Genet, Meklit, Zebib and Rahmat in attendance (right to left).
Paul Olson
December 29, 1948 - April 7, 2017
Paul served as the Director of ICS Addis for five years, from 2000-2005. His family shared news of his passing this spring.
Photo taken June 2014 in Giverny, France
From Margie Olson:
My dear husband and life partner of 43 years has moved on. Since last September he had been suffering from Mylodysplastic Syndrome, a form of bone marrow cancer. Due to his weakened state after last year's liver transplant, chemotherapy was unsuccessful. We began hospice care at home two weeks ago and he passed peacefully last Friday evening with Lena and me by his side. We honored his wish not to share this final health struggle on Facebook. His physical presence is gone, but cherished memories of a life well lived and a man well loved will always be with me.
Retiring: Renate Tejiwe
School nurse Renate Tejiwe retired in February 2017 after 23 years of service. We honored her with a coffee ceremony and shared memories.
Erik Hathaway shares a story of a class trip to Dodola - don't forget to drink water!
Former ICS Addis Alumni Reaches Quarter Finals at Rio 2016 Olympics
One of our alumni, Nadia Negm, participated in the Rio Olympics, rowing for Egypt. She was enrolled in 7th grade and attended middle school here at ICS in school year 2010-11. At age 18, she was one of the youngest competitors in Rio 2016 Olympics. She finished 24th in the women's single sculls event.
