Among ISB's countless clubs, organizations, and publications, is the token high school newspaper: The Break. It comes in an eight-page, black-and-white magazine format and is published on a completely irregular cycle that approximates to a month. With only an hour on Monday afternoon for the publication staff to meet, (it isn't a class, as it would be in the US, but an after school activity) even that's a feat. This year saw two issues published in the first semester, and six in the second.

The staff is divided into reporters, section editors, managing editors, and editors-in-chief, accompanied by two teacher advisors. The long chain of edits from reporter up to the teacher advisors is intended to ensure quality, though a journalist parent of a friend has said that this could actually have the reverse effect by distorting the voice.

Student reception to The Break has grown warmer this year. Jessica Li, a sophomore, explains that before, she didn't even notice when The Break was published - this year, she expects and looks forward to it. However, student reception across different social groups is varied. Charles Tsai, a junior, says that though he likes The Break, "most of his friends ...." He then made an awkward grunting sound indicating "not-so-hot." The Break is particularly unsuccessful with the native Chinese language speakers, since they have their own student news club, the Beijing Student Press's branch in ISB.

The latest issue, in celebration of the end of school, was more light-hearted than the usual fare, being designed as a parody issue all around. Articles included hoax reports on a new ISB campus being opened in Chengde (ISB Campus at Chengde, or ISBCDC, pronounced iz-buh-kuh-duk), a ninth grade sports prodigy from New Jersey called Frannie Mercury winning a scholarship at ISB, and the dissolution of MUN, a popular debating club. "There was alot of anticipation for this issue, and people found it really funny," enthuses Michelle Oliver, a junior.