VIS Annual Report 2023-2024 - Report - Page 25
Annual Report 2024 – 2025
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Awards
Primary School Awards
The Helen Birkbeck
Learner Profile Award
Awarded to two students in each Grade 5,
in recognition for having demonstrated the
ten attributes of the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile: inquirer, openminded, knowledgeable, caring, thinker,
risk-taker, communicator, balanced, principled and reflective. This award is given in
memory of Helen Birkbeck (1966–2006),
an ex-teacher and previous School Deputy
Principal/PYP Coordinator at VIS. Helen
‘practiced what she preached’ and, as she
believed in and demonstrated the ideals of
an ‘International Person’ herself, the Primary School staff unanimously agreed to
award the Learner Profile Award in memory of her time at VIS.
Students receiving the award:
● Emirlan Apylov & Yaryna Pynda
● Sami Muhammad & Lidya Evrensel
● Jood Badarneh and Kohei Shimamura
● Sophia Bates & Emma Coma Dao
● Francisco Sosa Grassi and Shameer
Muhammad
The Jim Pearson Music Award
for Inquiry in Music
Awarded to a student in Grade 5, in recognition for having demonstrated an understanding of and dedication to music by
asking questions about music, pursuing
answers to these and using music to help
others. This award is given in memory of
Jim Pearson (1954– 2015), a dedicated
and much loved Primary School music
teacher at VIS for over 25 years. He contributed to the establishment of the VIS
Junior Choir, musical assemblies and was
recognized as a contributor to the internationalism and charitable nature of the
city of Vienna through music and the contributions of the Choir.
Students receiving the award:
● Lila Ahmed
Secondary School Awards
Maurice Pezet Global Citizen Award
The Maurice Pezet Global Citizen Award
is awarded to a Grade 10 student who
has demonstrated a deep knowledge and
understanding of Global issues, has displayed empathy and respect for other
cultures, has been actively involved in
the wider community, and has undertaken a service which has made a positive
contribution to the wellbeing of others
outside the Vienna International School
community.
Student receiving the award:
● Eleonora Yakubova
The ECIS Award for International
Understanding Award
The ECIS Award for International Understanding Award is awarded to a student
who is a good representative of his or her
own country, with a positive attitude toward the life and culture of others, able
to converse in at least two languages, a
contributing force in the life of the school,
with the ability to bring differing people
