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26/09/2026

🌞 Here comes the…fun fact! 👀 Fifty-eight years ago today, on 26 September 1969, The Beatles released “Abbey Road,” their 11th studio album, with the iconic cover photo shot on the crosswalk right outside their recording studio! Just three years later, ASL would become Abbey Road Studios’ neighbor, moving into our permanent St. John’s Wood home, a mere five-minute walk away… The Eagles 🧡 The Beatles! 🪲🦅

25/09/2026

We were delighted to welcome representatives from 106 colleges and universities from across the US, UK, and beyond for this morning’s No Name University Fair! ASL students in Grades 11 and 12, their parents, and about 50 students visiting from three local London schools, enjoyed getting to know these 106 schools on their merits alone—before the schools’ identities were revealed an hour into the fair. 📚 Melanie Brennand Hamre, Dean of University Advising, shared, “It's really fun to see students coming into the gym, tentatively at first, but then engaging authentically and curiously with open minds. Many took down table numbers so they could remember to return to the tables once the big ‘reveal’ happened, which shows that connections are being made for the right reasons. Reps all commented on what a fantastic concept it is, and were impressed by the thoughtful questions from our students.”

24/09/2026

Major congratulations to our 2025–26 “Spotlight” staffers, pictured here. This stellar middle school yearbook staff has been awarded a gold medal—the highest ranking possible!—from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, following their recent review of “Moments in Motion,” the 2025–26 yearbook. “The middle school yearbook staff worked very hard on this book, and their enthusiasm and efforts paid off big time,” shared yearbook advisor Lina Densley. 🥇 One of the critics from the press association had this to say: “The team at ‘Spotlight’ is doing a brilliant job showcasing commitment to scholastic journalism standards. The fact that [the] theme is so well developed in addition to having strong writing really shows that middle school journalists do rock!” 🤘 Rock on, “Spotlight” staff!

23/09/2026

Whether your child has yet to start their school journey or will be heading off to university in just a few years, new students feel at home at ASL from day one. 🏠 From our excellent academics, to our wide-ranging, student-led extracurriculars, to our state-of-the-art facilities, come explore everything ASL has to offer your child at our first Open House of the 2026–27 school year!

Experience our St. John’s Wood campus on Friday, 2 October, at 8:45 am. Register online at https://www.asl.org/admissions/openhouse. We can’t wait to welcome you.

(Can’t make it? Sign up for a small-group tour, a call, or a later Open House at ASL.org/admissions.)

22/09/2026

Welcome home to our high school JV and varsity soccer teams and our varsity field hockey team, all of whom played excellent matches in Zurich (⚽️) and Brussels (🏑) this past weekend! Our Eagles played incredibly well across the board, which means that a month of practice and coming together as teammates is paying off. We love travelling to other ISST schools (like Zurich International School and The International School of Brussels (Official)!) to compete and explore other European cities, and already can’t wait for fall ISSTs!

21/09/2026

It’s time! Our shiny new athletic and PE changing rooms are opening this week, and our Eagles are ready for the upgrade. 🔥 Here, Stephen and Alice, co-heads of the PE department, talk about the many benefits of the new spaces, and the importance of ASL’s continued investment in our students’ health and well-being, even in “behind-the-scenes” spaces like these ones!

20/09/2026

75 years of ASL = 75 years of breathtaking student performances. 🧑‍🩰 Over three quarters of a century, we’ve been blown away by thousands of brilliant Eagle dancers, actors, musicians, and more. This quick retrospective, which covers just a fraction of the many excellent performances that ASL students have put on over the years, is soundtracked by pieces performed by the 2021–22 high school band at their spring concert. 👀 And don’t forget: To dig into more of our 75-year history, you can peruse our online timeline by visiting ASL.org/timeline!

18/09/2026

Yesterday, ASL’s third annual Artist Community Exhibition (ACE) opened in the Community Arts Building. 🎨 Featuring a beautiful selection of artworks by parents and employees from across the ASL community, the exhibition will be open through Tuesday, 13 October.

Jenny Thomas, high school art teacher (left in the first photo), shared, “We love to see the variety of subject matter, and the different disciplines that artists can encompass in their work. It’s great to have parents and employees involved,” while lower school art teacher Luchy (middle) added, “We believe that art is for all—here, you can see a wide variety of styles, colors, and personalities, and we love that.”

Finally, Anthony Gow (right), who teaches middle and high school art at ASL, said, “This is so good for the ASL community, having employees and parents coming together from a diversity of backgrounds. It’s a good way to start the year, for students to see our work, and it really brings the community together.”

⏰ Don’t miss it! Catch the exhibition in the Community Arts Building, now through 13 October.

17/09/2026

Class 4.4 is putting on their geologist, reader, and writer hats all at once as they undertake an integrated nonfiction reading and writing unit focused on natural disasters. Today’s hot topic: Volcanoes! 🌋

Combining analytical reading, writing, and embedded grammar and vocabulary lessons, this unit asks students to read and synthesize nonfictional texts with new and varied structures, and then collaborate with one another as they create written and drawn models that align with what they’ve just read. They are exploring the non-fiction text structures of sequence, cause and effect, and compare/contrast, with today’s lesson all about volcanic cause and effect.

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