OCTOBER 2014

CONCORDIA NEWS

3 CONCORDIA VOLLEYBALL

Our High School Co-Ed Volleyball started their season strong with a few victories and a good-looking team. Make sure to catch the next game!

4 EXPLORING HANOI

What do Emperor Ly Thai To, a bus full of Concordia parents, and good food all have in common? They were all part of the Concordia PSO Hanoi City Tour, of course!

Fun on the playground in Preschool

CELEBRATING THE MOON FESTIVAL

STUDENT GET HANDS-ON WITH CULTURAL STUDIES

From traditional food carving designs to actual making of moon-cakes: the flour all over the student uniforms proved just how hands-on their celebration of the Vietnamese Moon festival was this year. The moon festival is also referred to as the Mid-Autumn Festival and celebrates the harvest season with a special focus on entertainment for children.

Students had a chance to not only experience traditional mooncake making but also listen to traditional music on the Đàn bau monochord instrument which is central to Vietnamese music, see what fantastic designs could be carved from fruit, and even had time for some fun with balloon animals.

The students had a wonderfully full day of activities and a special thanks goes to all the Elementary school parents who came out to help and lend an extra hand for these great activities!

GOOGLE SUMMIT IN EDUCATION- 2ND YEAR AT CONCORDIA

For the second year running, Concordia Hanoi played host to over 80 attendees from all over Hanoi, Vietnam and the South Asia region for the Gogoel Summit in Education. Concordia Hanoi was once again highlighted by Google for the model use of Google drive throughout the organization. Concordia also leads as an example of what a cloud-based school is capable of and has inspired other schools in the region to move in this direction.

CONCORDIA HS VOLLEYBALL IS A HIT!

Concordia High School Volleyball is in its best year yet! The Co-Ed team has not only flexed their athletic skills at regular season games but also had a great run at a Hanoi Schools tournament that saw the team compete against other schools from around the city.

Good luck on the rest of the season and GO CONCORDIA!

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND CONCORDIA?

PSO HANOI CITY TOUR

Concordia Parents had a chance to explore the city this month with a fun Hanoi City Tour that included a little sightseeing, history, and social time together. Thank you to all the parents that came out, including those who were working and joined us just for lunch!

Fun in PE class with Mr. Doutt

Mrs. Horvath’s Reception class takes a

closer look into Science as they experiment

with microscopes and observe changes in

order to record data.

Mr. Lynch’s Grade 3 poses for a picture during recess

on the playground.

Middle School students during their “Celebration of

Literature”- interviewing each other as published authors.

CONCORDIA FALL FESTIVAL ON OCTOBER 10- PARENT VOLUNTEERS WELCOME! Every year the Concordia Fall Festival is a wonderful day of fun activities, costumes, and lots of laughs for our Elementary School students. If you are interested in helping out with one of the games, please email ES Principal Kristin Kappelmann to volunteer.

CONCORDIA TEAM FOR THE KOTO BIKE RIDE- NOVEMBER 8Every year, the Concordia Faculty form a cycling team to participate in the KOTO bike ride. We would like to welcome any parents who might be interested in riding to also join the “Team Concordia” for this special event. Please contact Lia Garcia in the Communications office for more details.

To share an event in the next newsletter, please contact Lia Garcia at communications@concordiahanoi.org

OCTOBER EVENTS:

HS Volleyball vs. HIS/ MS Boys Basketball vs. Wellspring/ ASAs

PSO Parent Coffee Morning at Concordia

HS Tennis Tournament at UNIS

ASAs

Cub Scouts at Concordia @ 4:30pm

MS Basketball vs. BIS Vincom/ Girl Scouts

Concordia Fall Festival (11am-3pm)

Fall Break the week of Oct. 13-17 (NO SCHOOL)

ASAs/ MS Basketball vs. St. Paul- GO CONCORDIA!

Cub Scouts at Concordia

ASAs/ Girls Scouts

UNIS Swim Meet (24-25)/ End of First Quarter

MS Basketball vs UNIS

HS Volleyball vs BVIS Royal City

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