Humans of ISO

Why?

People and their stories, feelings, memories, opinions, experiences. Each of us has a relationship with the school. The school gives us a lot of things and moves us further in our journey through life.

Alumni

I remember sitting in this café in London during my 1st year at University with few former ISO students thinking back to the high school time – what...

Alumni

I made the decision to study at ISO when I was 15 years old. I knew I need a school that gives me space, understanding and school that believes in its stud...

Alumni

When deciding about my high school path, my plan to study at a medical school didn’t quite work out. Luckily, there was a new project starting at that time...

Alumni

There’s so much stuff that you get access to once you’ve learned to speak English. There are throngs of TV shows, movies, books, music, and much more that...

Alumni

ISO is definitely very close to my heart. Just as I am proud of the town where I grew up, I am proud of the school, that out of the all education instituio...

Alumni

1st International School of Ostrava was an important part of my life. This school literally taught me how to live my life, especially due to the IB DP prog...

Absolventka

I moved to the Czech Republic in 2008 from Albuquerque, New Mexico. To be honest, I didn’t want to leave the US, I didn’t speak much Czech and I didn’t kno...

Absolvent

Anyone, who has ever lived abroad for a longer period of time, has always brought back home something new, a new perspective on life, new findings, or new...

Absolventka

My studies at ISO began in 2007. Since I completed elementary school in the Czech Republic and my English skills were limited, the first months at ISO were...

Absolventka

I’ve been attending the 1st International School of Ostrava for four years now, even though I have known about the school long before. I even wanted to beg...

Alumni

When I started studying at ISO, I was expecting to become very good at English. It was a big challenge for me to study the whole high school in a foreign l...

Alumni

In the previous Humans of ISO posts, students talked about multicultural environment, quality of education and new great possibilities for our future. With...

Alumni

For me, ISO is one great man’s dream that came true. Mr Petrus started an amazing project that has grown into a blooming educational institution for young...

Alumni

I remember coming to ISO for the first time. It was on 20 January 2005 on Open house day. Back then the school was basically a small building with two...

Alumni

I left ISO three years ago, which gave me enough time to think about what it gave me. There are the obvious things. I’ve made friends who, although current...

Alumni

I went to Czech Republic first when I was 12. At that time, I didn’t know that it would change my life this much. I learnt not only language and scho...

Alumni

1st International School of Ostrava is a school, which gave me general knowledge and very intensive studies in English. It also taught me to think and work...

Alumni

Four years ago I came up with an idea – I will study abroad when I graduate my high school. I wanted to explore the beauty of the world behind the bo...

Alumni

At the age of 15 I did not know what I wanted to do, or where I wanted to get in a few years. So I decided to go to study at ISO specially because of Engli...

Alumni

Being a part of ISO was a huge and positive experience for me. I think that it is necessary to take ISO as a different school compared to all the other sch...

Alumni

I chose ISO eight years ago, primarily because it was offering something, at that time, extraordinary for me . I very soon realized the importance of Engli...

Absolventka

I didn’t think much about coming to Canada, I just did it to try something new. But after a few weeks in Banff I realized I was living my dream. Living in...

Alumni

I am a person who does not like changes and does not get used to them easily, but once that change is over I am very grateful for the new experience. That&...

Alumni

I come from Thailand and I’m an exchange student from YFU (=Youth for Understanding: Non-profit international educational organization offers intercultural...

Karolina Baloušková

The school has taught me how to work independently, think critically, speak almost perfect English, but most importantly I have had the opportunity to get...

Alumni

At fifteen, I was clear about the future, I would be a physicist. I started ISO rather out of inertia – from the basics I had a solid knowledge of En...

Alumni

I joined ISO at the beginning of the ninth grade. And even though I came to a class where everyone had known each other for a few years, I was surprised at...