![An Open Letter to Our Community]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1591703710/zurich/fir5czbfutdrcgb5omiv/ZISMission20191024_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1591703710/zurich/fir5czbfutdrcgb5omiv/ZISMission20191024_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1591703710/zurich/fir5czbfutdrcgb5omiv/ZISMission20191024_1.jpg","width":600}])
The ZIS mission states our commitment to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and in this letter, Director Lisa Lyle writes about our community's support of the dignity and rights of each individual.
Alumni News
![Continuous learning plan - our teachers' experience]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1591171634/zurich/jjsdljthz9w8pb3cjfqn/CLPSq.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1591171634/zurich/jjsdljthz9w8pb3cjfqn/CLPSq.png","width":288}])
Find out how teachers from the Lower, Middle, and Upper schools have adapted to a new way of teaching and learning.
![Pauling Op de Beeck]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1588851114/zurich/esbfcewmn8mom45ziknh/Pauline_op_de_beeck_sm.jpg","width":256}])
Alumna Pauline Op de Beeck ('11) will address the Class of 2020 at their virtual graduation ceremony on June 13.
![Thank you to our alumni community]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1588747262/zurich/kvz8fe8ktoovjdetqkfi/CoronartPoster_sq.jpg","width":256}])
Thank you for the outpouring of support and offers of help that have come from so many of you over the past few months. We are excited to share with you some of the amazing initiatives our alumni community have been involved in.
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On May 11, we virtually celebrated the ground-breaking of the new Zurich International School Middle School building!
![Congrats to 2020 Mattern Award honoree Don Bowden]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1590650097/zurich/chgrcjbvexndry0bnb73/DonMay2020cropped21.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1590650097/zurich/chgrcjbvexndry0bnb73/DonMay2020cropped21.jpg","width":400}])
Don Bowden was one of the first teachers hired when our school started in 1963. His former students still remember the impact this history instructor had on their lives.
Alumni Profiles
Voices magazine features an alumni profile in every issue. Take a look at some of the interesting alumni articles in recent Voices editions.
Gary Earl-Spurr (2009)
Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa (KJ)
Voices Spring 2020
Max Lubkeman (2012)
Investment Bank Analyst at Lazard
Voices Summer 2019
Erika Darmstaedter (1981)
Chief client officer at FCB
Voices Winter 2019
Masood Razaq (1992)
Founder and director, Verdacore
Voices Summer 2018
Lucile Burgo-Black (1970)
Assistant clinical professor of medicine, Yale University
Voices Winter 2017
Malachy Nugent (1989)
Senior international economist, US Dept. of the Treasury
Voices Spring 2017
Michael Johnson (1988)
Video games tester, Bungie
Voices Winter 2016/17
Eva Respini (1994)
Chief curator, Boston's Institute for Contemporary Art
Voices Spring 2016, p. 9
Voices
Check out the latest edition of the ZIS bi-annual magazine Voices. Voices offers compelling, thought-provoking and entertaining articles featuring the broad ZIS community: students, parents, teachers and staff, and alumni. Visit our publications page here.
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