cities in their jobs and vice versa. Each year the school has roughly 350 new students and 160 students graduate, although there is a 20% rate of application success. ISB has 420 members of the staff, 212 of which are teachers. The faculty come from a wide variety of countries, including China, The Philippines, South Korea, Ecuador, Ireland, Canada, America, U.K., Australia, Thailand, Singapore, Albania, New Zealand, France, South Africa, Japan, India, Netherlands, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Samoa, and Burundi. Student life Among the activities offered at ISB are band, orchestra, jazz band, choir, dance, forensics and drama. The high school also has its own honour choir, named "Impromptune", theatre group "Thespians". There are two theatre productions per year and a One Act Festival. In terms of the Jazz Band, this little section of the performing arts department has grown over the years and has become quite strong at the school, with great talent in each of the different jazz-related instruments. The AMIS Honour Jazz Festival was held at ISB in October 2010 and 8 ISB students were successful enough to be a part of the festivities. The Fringe Festival, hosted once every year, is to celebrate the arts at the ISB. In elementary school, there are activities such as juggling and basketball. In these activities, students learn new skills and after a few months, put on a show. In 5th grade, students write a script and perform a chapter of the Chinese novel Journey to the West. A variety of new activities are offered in middle school, with elective coming in the 2019–2020 school year. The International School of Beijing is also the headquarters of the Global Issues Group International Conglomeration, consisting of over 15 Chapter schools in international schools around the world. Further, the Model United Nations is another program that is widely participated in. Students can participate in one of four travelling trips, including BERMUN, THIMUN Qatar, and CISSMUN. The THIMUN organisation is the only Model United Nations program recognised by the United Nations, and the International School of Beijing has been a member of the organisation since its inception. In addition, MUN is a student run program assisted by a teacher advisor, and the ISB MUN Executive Council organises and runs the Beijing International Model United Nations (BEIMUN), the third largest high school MUN conference in Asia, annually. 2017 marked the 25th Anniversary of the