The second-year aesthetics students are doing an exciting new art project! Their work is to aesthetically express their reflections on anti sexual violence and respect.

To give inspiration, Mathilda Aguilar from nxtME, a nonprofit organization that helps incest survivors, came to the school and held 4 lectures on the topic of respect. She talked about respect on a societal, communal and individual level, and told the story of her own experience with incest. The topic revoked a lot of emotions that first manifested itself with silence and later heated discussions. With these discussions and

If you’re ever feeling unmotivated, here’s a small suggestion: google Kristina Paltén. You’ll find a link to her website, and there you can read about her absolutely incredible accomplishments. She has to set world records (322,93 km in 48 hours and 107,49 kilometers in 12 hours), climbed mountains, sailed from Fiji to New Zealand, the list goes on. She’s also the first woman to have run across Iran.

When Kristina first started speaking, what she was told us about herself was quite different to what I was seeing. She seemed perfectly comfortable talking in front of students and teachers

On Thursday the 28th May the Gleed Club at IEGS will be hosting a concert to help fundraise money for Nepal.

It will be a spectacular show with guest speakers and more. A 20kr donation has been asked with the purchase of each ticket, however any contribution will help make a difference!

It will take place in the schools Aula starting at 15:15 and tickets can be purchased in advance.

World Book Day is a yearly event, celebrated April 23rd, organized by UNESCO as a worldwide tribute to books and reading. It is a way to celebrate reading as well as fight against illiteracy. With 175 million adolescents in the world unable to read a single sentence, World Book Day is a way to raise awareness. More information about World Book Day and UNESCO

Of course we will celebrate World Book Day in IEGS Library as well! The day will feature an exhibition of the rarities from the library book collection, literature quiz and more.

Andrea Lundgren. Photo: Ylva Sundgren.

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On Monday the 2nd of June at 19.00, IEGS, will have the pleasure to have a visit from the prestigious UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, U.K.

This is a great opportunity to get information, valuable tips, answers of what grades are required and to ask your own questions! This information is great for students applying to Cambridge but also when you are applying to other Universities!

Both you, your parents, siblings and friends, are warmly welcome to this information!

Please register via this link: Register here if you plan to come (just to see approximately numbers attending).

When: Monday