Did you know that KIS offers a Rock Climbing Extra-Curricular Activity?

Bouldering, like what they are doing with the KIS ECA, is great for encouraging students to set goals and work towards them. It is also a fantastic physical problem-solving activity. The next step is to introduce roped climbing, which gives students experience being responsible for each other's safety and pushing past other boundaries, like the fear of heights.

Every Monday, our students have the opportunity to go to Balance Climbing after school. Our new Design teacher, Mr. Philip, initiated this exciting activity. Mr. Philip started climbing in the 1990s in North Wales and worked as a climbing instructor in Wales and Vancouver. He has climbed in the UK, Canada, USA, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand! This makes Mr. Philip a fabulous rock climbing instructor for our KIS students!

Fun fact: Climbing is now an Olympic sport, and its popularity is rising quickly. The Olympic qualifiers were actually last month!