Whole School (WS)

WS Parent - Teacher Conferences

We look forward to seeing you at our Parent - Teacher Conferences which are on this Saturday, 12th October. Please ensure you have booked a time to meet with your child's teachers. If you require help to do so, please contact us at school.

The PTA will be there with baked goods for you to purchase. Please support them as all funds raised go to charity.

Secondary School (SS)

English Department in Action

Humanities Department: United Nations Week

Scenes from After-School Study Sessions

After-School Study Sessions run between 15:30-16:15. Subject days are as follows: Mondays - Math / Humanities; Wednesdays - Biology / Chemistry / Physics; and Thursdays - English / MFL / Group 6 (Art, Music, PE, IT). Students with an average of 70% or below in a class are recommended to attend a particular subject's session or students may be invited by a teacher. On the last week of every month, the sessions are focused on extension work for students that have scores of 70% or above in a class. The dates for extension sessions for Semester 1 are October 21st, November 25th, December 16th, January 27th. All other weeks are for students performing at or below 70%.

We follow the same procedure for permission to attend a Support Session with families completing an online form before 12:00.

Form: After-School Study Session Form

Canadian Academic Partnership Program

There is an exciting exchange program available to students sponsored by the 'Canadian Academic Partnership' (Akademik Ortalık Programı). This program is overseen by Mr. Emrah Sarlak and Safa Ilgin (GMs of Calculus and Edubucks), who visited the campus this past Wednesday, October 9th, to introduce the program. Academic programs to study in Ontario, Canada, vary in length from 1 month (12 years and above) to 1 semester (14 years and above) to a full year (14 years and above). For more information, please contact Malcolm Ringo or Emrah/Safa at uppercanada@mef.k12.tr

MEF Campus University Week!

For the past five years, there has been a "MEF Campus University Week" that coincides with the CIS Education Day in Istanbul. The College Counselling Department (CCD) arranged for a range of university representatives from several countries to visit the MEF campus this past week to speak with interested students and parents. The uni reps were from the following: CANADA - Guelph, Ryerson, Queen's, Carleton, Dalhousie, Concordia, Huron @ Western; USA - American (AU), Bentley, Washington State, Oregon State, Hofstra, Lynn, Salve Regina, Santa Barbara (USBC), Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD); UK - Reading, Essex, Brunel, Warwick; EUROPE - La Salle (Spain); ASIA - Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST). In addition, there were two presentations (AU and US College Tour Financial Aid). The CCD is pleased to inform there will be approximately 20 more uni reps visiting from now until the December Break, with more in the spring (March-April in particular), for a total of approximately 80 university visits this year. This is indeed an impressive number of visits by any private high school in the world, and all this takes place here at the MEF campus. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students!

SS Curriculum

Exam Week 1: 17-22 October

Exam week 1 is fast approaching! This is an excellent opportunity for students to reflect on previous performance and develop effective study plans. Students should take special care of themselves with a healthy diet and plenty of sleep during study and exam time. Subject teachers will make study guides available to students one week before the start of exams. The exam week 1 schedule is included here.

Curriculum Guides

Each year our teachers and administration work together to create curriculum guides to share important information about learning and teaching at MEF IS. You can find the links to our curriculum guides for each grade level below:

Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11/IB1, Grade 12/IB2

IBDP FAQ

We know that understanding the IB Diploma Programme is important for our grade 11 and 12 parents/guardians who want to support their child throughout their studies. Click here to visit the IB blog for the top 15 IB Diploma terms that all parents and student should know.

Notes from Secondary Pastoral Counselor

Exam anxiety is a real problem which affects many individuals, so finding ways to combat those destructive emotions is a crucial skill to master. Mindfulness has been shown to be an effective strategy for accomplishing this, and this year students in grades 6 - 8 were introduced to the practices of Mindfulness in one of their Skills Day sessions.

This week in PSHE we have been preparing ourselves for the upcoming exams so Mindfulness has been a central theme.

Grade 6 students have been focusing on Mindfulness techniques to remember during exams. They have been creating posters to put up in their homerooms to remind them to stay calm and focused while studying and taking the tests. Grade 7 has also been looking at Mindfulness but has also connected it with good study habits. Grade 8 has been using goal setting and growth mindset as part of Mindfulness by creating a visual representation of themselves based on the IB Learner Profile.