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Issf 2018 Opening Ceremony, José M. Torres Jun 2018

Issf 2018 Opening Ceremony, José M. Torres

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For the past 14 year, the International Student Science Fair has convened talented students and their amazing teachers and school leaders to share scientific knowledge and develop life long friendships. This year, we have 90 Students, 30 Teachers, and 32 Principals or school leaders representing 18 countries here in the USA! Five continents are reflected here in this room!

The theme for this year's ISSF is "to significantly influence life on our planet through cooperation and collaboration."

The phrase, “significantly influence life on our planet,” has its origin in IMSA’s philosophy coined by our founder, Leon Lederman, Nobel Prize Physicist, …


“Living The Imsa Values: Respecting Our Cultural Differences” : Remarks To All School Assembly, José M. Torres Feb 2017

“Living The Imsa Values: Respecting Our Cultural Differences” : Remarks To All School Assembly, José M. Torres

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Last September, during Labor Day weekend, I took my 6-year old grandson, Malachi bowling. Of course, we had to have the bumpers up against the railing, which helped me immensely with my own gutter balls. During one of the games, when Malachi threw his ball it got kind of stuck between our lane and the one next to ours. The ball was almost at the other lane when I instantaneously dashed toward the ball. I didn’t realize, or had forgotten, that the lanes are greased and very slippery. Upon crossing the line, I immediately went up about 3 feet in …