While the HUB was unveiled to our community in August, October was a special occasion to celebrate the opening of these new learning spaces with the experts who helped us create them. Our entire school gathered in the HUB to mark this milestone in NIS history.

“We think of ideas, and we share those ideas,” said Mr. Laurie McLellan, NIS School Director, in a speech to the gathering of our inclusive learning community. “Then, after trial and error, we prototype those ideas. We try them out. And when we’ve done that, we implement what we’re going to do – we try those things for everybody. So what we made was the HUB. Now what we have to do is the same all over again, but this time it’s about how we all use the HUB.”

NIS leadership, along with Mr. Ewan McIntosh, CEO of NoTosh, and architects Mr. Philip Idle and Ms. Chloe Summers from EIW, cut the ribbons that symbolized the HUB’s official opening to Nanjing and the world. We thank everyone involved with this incredible, innovative project and can’t wait to see the new and exciting ways this ‘Third Teacher’ will continue to amplify learning at NIS.