PRC News 2015 l Issue 5 July

THE PRC NEWS, July, first issue

Letter from EditorChanasphorn Karnchanaphitak (11th Grade)

ThisisthefirstissuewhereI’mtakingfullrespon-sibilityforeveryprocessofthenewspaper.Itischalleng-ingformeasaneditor-in-chiefbecauseIhavetoassignworktoallMACcrews,keeptrackofeverytaskandmakesure thatour crewsareon topof their assignments.Weplantocreatedifferentissueswithdifferentstylesinor-

der toattractmorereaders’attention.Butasalways,wehave provided interesting topics and news on currentevents at The Prince Royal’s College (PRC) includingsomeentertainmenttohelpstudentsenjoyandrelax.Eventhough I anticipate hardwork ahead, Iwill domy bestandnevergiveupwithdespitetheproblemsImaymeet.

Editor-in-chief ChanasphornKarnchanaphitakAssistant Editor-in-chief JuthamartVacher Layout & Design team ChabordeeKeawussadon,NuttapornPoodtrong,AnnaMesaman,NichapatChanchakornthanayot,PailinMakee,KornphonManeesai,PhichayakanSatsue,ManawatMahawan,PancheewaKalayanamitra Video & Photo team ThanachotManeechot,PhurinPattanatanang, PhurichPooriwarangkakul, PhornsineeSinyoo, ThanakanChai-boon Faculty Advisors LeonNeill, Ellie BozmarovaSpecial photographer Time Everlasting, Phinidhi Sutika,Dellgallery,PRCphotoclub

DearAll,I have been to Singapore severaltimes,but this timeisquitedifferent.After attending theEagleLeadershipSeminarthispastweek,itwasquiteaneye-openingoccasion.

Several leadership lessonswere taught and shared. Buttheone that stoodout themost tomewas theOpeningSpeechofthisevent. We know how Singapore as a country andSingaporean people play a major role in GlobalDevelopment. This 50 year-old country, a small island,has had an amazing story. Singapore has shown how asmall country can take charge and lead the world inseveralaspects.Herearesomeofthetopicsandissuesweheard,mainlyaboutpeople.ItallbeganwiththePeople.

People Management •Dowe care enough tomake our people grow? •Weneedtocontinueengageourpeopleusingasustainablemodel. •Aslongasaleaderkeepsspaceforengagementopen,heorshecanlead. • People follow not because you are capable orperfect…theyfollowbecausetheytrust. • When people are engaged, they change…butmoreimportantly,wechange. •Itisnotonlyaboutdoing,itisallabouthowyoumakeyourpeoplefeel. •Trust can only be created through fundamentalengagement.

The Conclusion That is how we begin. Adding value brings ussustainablechange.Bybeginningwithcaringforothersandengagingwiththem,wewillcreatetrustwithpeople.Thenpeoplewillfollow,allowingforthecreationofsustainableleadership. These are the lessons I have learned from theMinistry of Manpower of Singapore. In his openingspeech,hesystematicallyandsmoothlyput thesepointssowell.Itwasoneofthemostimpressivespeechesduringthispastweek.Undeniably,weknowthatPeoplearethemostvaluableassettoacountry. At The Prince Royal’s College, the people hereare all the stakeholders of P.R.C.’s campus, students,parents,teachers,staff,alumni,etc.WecantrulyapplythelessonsfromSingaporetoP.R.C.andourpersonallives.Nomatterwhatwe do,whowe are,we can’t deny theimportanceofengagingthePeople.Wecanmakeourlivessuccessful or miserable based from how we deal withother people. It is common sense. It is fundamental. Itis the truth.Yet is often ignored,misunderstood, or notimplemented at all.And after all, it all beginswith thePeople.

Sincerelyyours,SpainJingkaojaiSchoolManager

From the managerMr.Spain Jingkaojai, PRC manager


This academic year of 2015, ThePrince Royal’s College aims toaccomplish a higher quality ofeducation in order to get ready fortheASEANcommunityandthenewglobalsocietyofthe21stcentury.Wehave implementednew standardsof

educationthatemphasizeintegratingEnglishinstudents'dailylives. PRC has done several things to prepare ourstudents for the future. For example, we have adjustedevery subject’s curriculum in every level to developstudents in ways that conform to the important skillsof the 21st century, which are 4Rs (Reading, Writing,ArithmeticandReasoning)and7Csthatarenecessarylifeskillsforthefuture:

Criticalthinkingandproblemsolving Creativityandinnovation Collaboration,teamworkandleadership Cross-culturalunderstanding Communication,informationandmedialiteracy Computingandmedialiteracy Careerandlearningself-reliance

•High-order thinking critical skills are promotedthrough different educational activities and through thedevelopmentofasufficienteconomypresentationcalled

“SE Model” which is one of our school’s subjects ofresearch. This project builds critical thinking skills,collaboration skills, and presentation skills amongst thestudents. •IntegratedEnglishProgram:IEPbeginsattheelementary level. This program emphasizes on Englishcommunicationineverydaylife. •STEMEducation(ScienceTechnologyEngineer-ingandMathematics)istaughtineverylevel.InSTEM,students are asked to analyze and produce a paper orproject to improve their skills in problem solving anddevelop new innovations that will be useful to thecommunity,society,andeconomyofThailand.Asidefromgainingusefulhard skills, theseactivitiesalso teach thestudents to be kind-hearted, generous, and sacrificeforothers. We believe that in the academic year of 2015,all PRC students will be happy with educationalchangesatthisschoolandhowtheyextendtotheirlivesoutsideofschool.Allthatwewouldliketoaskfromthestudentsisforthemtobedetermined,industrious,andtocooperate with the teachers wholeheartedly. If studentsput these things into practice, successwill undoubtedlymeet themandour school. Just like the saying,“Learn-ingisa treasurethatwillfollowitsownereverywhere”.

From the principalDr. Sirinan Sriweraskul, PRC principal

On May 20, 2015, Anglo-Chinese School and MontfordCollege joined atThe PrinceRoyal’s College for a one-dayactivitytopromoteunderstandingandrelationshipbetweentheschoolsandASEANaswell. ACS is a junior private international school inSingapore. The representatives from PRC were theGifted English students. The activities consisted ofdancing,singingandquizzes.Therewasalsoanexchangeofviews about education systems and culture.Moreover, PRChad the opportunity to show the guests around the school. “The most amazing thing for me in Thailand is thefood.EspeciallyPad-Thai.Itotallyloveit.IhopetocometoThailandagainwithmyfamilysomeday,”saidTimothyJamesChong,astudentfromACS. When asked about the events and his thoughts onthe experience, Chong said that he thought it was veryinsightful. At first he even thought that it was going tobe an intense discussion, but it turned out to be reallyenjoyable because they could see the difference incultures.“IamextremelyproudthatthereisnowaconnectionamongthesethreeschoolsofASEANmembers,”Chongsaid.

ACS, MC and PRC Meet By Worawaran Chaiwipassatorn and Juthamart Vacher (11th Grade)

The students from ACS, MC and PRC. Taken by Phurin

Mexican exchange student, GerardoTorresNochebuena,cametoThePrinceRoyal’sCollegetostudyin12thgradeforoneweekonMarch31-April4,2015,

Why did you choose Thailand? Because I think it is a perfectopportunity for learning culturesand also for discover a new world.How do you feel living in Thailand? At the beginning I had cultu-re shockbecause it is anewworld andeverythingistotallydifferentforme.ButactuallyIfeellikeI’vebeenhereforlongtime. I like when people respect eachotherandespeciallythebehaviorofpeo-ple: always smiling, lovely and takingcare of me. That’s touched my heart!What is the difference between Mexico and Thailand? I can make a long list aboutthe difference between Mexico andThailandbecauseeverythingisdifferentbutthemostinterestingthingsare:- The ways that student pay respect totheteachersatschoolandfocusonstu-dying.Everybodystudiesinextraclasses

inThailand.WhenIwasinKamphaengPhet,Ifeltlonelybecauseeverybodygoesto study. That’smadememissMexicobecausewedon’ttakeextraclassesafterschoolandwehangouttogetherinstead.- I feel admiration for Thaipeople’s love for the king and queen.It is amazing how they love them.- Shoes! It’s hard forme to take shoesoff when I get in the classroom,house or other places. Normally, wedon’t take our shoes off when weget inside of the building in Mexico.What do you think about The Prince Royal’s College? The Prince Royal’s College hasawesome buildings and a greateducation system. The most importantpart forme inmy short time here wasthepeople that Imet somanyniceandlovelypeople.Ifeltverycomfortablehere.Last but not least, what do you want to say to readers? I was here for only four daysandIwanttosaythankyousomuchtoeverybody for beingnice tome.Thankyou my classmates for being polite,

cuteandlovely.I’mgoingtomissthemso much.And also thank you to all ofteachersfortakingcareofme.Finally,Iwanttosaytoeveryonegoodluckandpleasevisit.I’mwaitingtoseeyouinMexico.

GerardoTorresNochebuena,PRCstudentfromMexico


On June 18, a disaster drillwas held at the PrinceRoyal’sCollegeinordertopreparePRCstaffandstudentsfordisasterssuchasearthquakesorfires. Asweallknow,themassiveearthquakethatoccurredinNepalcausedalargenumberoffatalities-8800peoplewerekilledandmanywereseriouslyinjured.PRCputsmoreempha-sisonconflagration-orfires-andearthquakesinordertobereadytoencountertheseunexpectedsituations.Thedaybeforethe disaster drill took place, school administrators explainedthedisasterdrillplantoPRCstaffandstudents,butwerenottoldtheexacttimewhenthesirenwouldgooff. The disaster drill was held on Thursday morning atapproximately 9 a.m. PRC cooperatedwith Civil ProtectionVolunteersChiangMaiandMcCormickHospitalinpreparingthe disaster drill plan.According to the plan,when studentsheardthesirensound,firsttheyhadtocomposethemselvesastheclass leader led themto theassemblypoint,which is theschool’sRubyField.Thentheclassleadercheckedthenamelisttoseeifeveryoneintheclasswasattheassemblypoint.

Thenthedrillwascompleted. Because of this drill students are well prepared andreadyforfiresandearthquakesthatmighthappeninthefuture.

Disaster Drill By Worawaran chaiwipassatornand Thawanrat Phadsan (11th Grade)

Boy studies abroad at PRCBy Pancheewa Kalayanamitra (11th Grade)

Studentsrunningoutofbuildings


June11,2015wasaspecialdayforallstudentsinThailand.Itwasteacherappreciationdayor"WaiKruday".Thisisthedaywhenstudentsthanktheirteachersfortheknowledgetheyhavegiven themandwish themthebestof luck throughtheyear. It is normal to singWai Kru chants to the teachers.Thesongmainlyreferencespayingrespectandgivingthanksto teachers for everythings they have done for students. The Prince Royal's College held a ceremony forstudents to pay respect to their teachers. Alumni cameback to participate in this ceremony as well. Each classparticipated in a competition including decorating boards,an English and Thai poetry contest, and decorating trayswithpedestalsaspartofacontest.Thoseeventswasheldthedaybeforeteacherappreciationdayandthewinnerswereannouncedaftertheceremonyfinished.

Teacher appreciation dayBy Pancheewa Kalayanamitra and Fasai Thammsorn (11th Grade)

OnApril 29, 2015, the students in grade 12 at The PrinceRoyal’s College chose their student leaders. In theafternoon, theannouncergave theelection results.Themalepresident is Mr.Worakun Sithipochai, and female presidentisMs.NeeraparngLaohaviraphap.Aleaderisonewhoknowstheway, goes theway, and shows theway.Leaders have tohaveperfectpropertiessuchasintimacy,leadershipandmostimportantly, sacrifice. Because after this election everythingrelated to grade 12will be under the leaders’ decision, theyhave to devote their time to leading their friends and theirschool.TheywilldotheirbestforPRCandworkhardtoearnthetrustoffellowstudentsandfriends.

Grade 12 presidential election 2015By Thanakan Chaiboon (11th Grade)

Allofthestudentpayrespecttoteacherscalled‘WaiKru’

Thepresidentsof‘Prem’,12thGrade,2015


ThePrinceRoyal’s College Sports Day2015 took place at the 700th anniversaryChiangMai Sports Complex on July 2 and 3.ItwasmadepossiblebythecooperationbetweenPRCstudents,teachersandalumni.Twoteachers,Aj.Kaneya Onnang and Aj.Somkiat Intasigha,whoworetheDarthVadersuit,weremastersofceremonies.TheGrade11 studentswerechiefsof each team and defined their own theme asfollows:Barbalian(Blue),Khanfire(Red),Matrix(Green),Apollo (Violet), Alchemist (Pink), Ayothaya(Orange) and Edjo (Yellow). They decoratedthegrandstandswiththeirteams’colorsandthesymbolsassociatedwitheachteam.Therewerealsomanyactivitiessuchassportscompetitionsandcheerleadingperformances.

Hereisthelistofprizewinners:Parade:awardstoPinkTeam(Alchemist)Cheer Stand:awardstoGreen(Matrix)Cheerleader:awardstoPink(Alchemist)andViolet(Apollo)Super Cheerleaders:Pink(Alchemist)Go Green:awardstoGreen(Matrix)Overall winners:awardstoOrange(Ayothaya)

Here is the interviewwith thewinningOrangeTeamchiefOrapinManarat,Grade11.

Why did you choose Ayothaya as your theme team? Atthebeginning,ourteamhadmanylistsoforangethemes.OneofthemwasAyothayabut

itwasnotchosenyet.Wewantedtoworkonthebig Thai ancient properties which would haverequiredalotofhardwork..Wedecidedtochoose“Hawaii” instead. But the Hawaii theme alsohadmultilateralproblems.Ayothayawaschosenagainandwethoughtwecoulddothisthemewell.

How did you work to solve problems that occurred in your team? When we had obstacles to overcomewe would ask for everyone’s attitude towardthe problem. It was hard for to get everyone’sopinion,butwewantedaconsensussoattimeswewoulduseourLineGrouptovote.

When you fail, what is your inspiration? Myinspirationisfrommyfriendsandmyjuniors.Wework togetherbothpreparing itemsandcheering.OnSportsDaywedidourbest,soI’mveryhappy.

How did you feel when you won the trophy? WhenIgotthetrophy,Iwasveryhappy.Wedidwhatweplannedtodo!Thankyoutoeachgroupfordoingtheirbestandpushingusforwardtotarget.

What did you get from sports day? Ittaughttheteamandmehowtoimprovesomethingeven if it’shard todo. Italso taughtus to do our best and make our relationshipsstronger.Allofthesemakeupanexperiencethatmakesusfeelproud.

By Natthanicha Kaweera (11th Grade) and Panadda Boontom (11th Grade)


le 14 juillet, c'est le jour de la fêtenationale en France. Elle commémoredeuxdates:laPrisedelaBastille,parlesParisiensrévoltésle14juillet1789,etlaFêtedelafédérationdu14juillet1790,qui célébrait le premier anniversaire. Dans la matinée, à Paris, auxChamps-Élyséesonpeutadmirerchaqueannéeledéfilémilitairequisecomposed’unitésdel'arméefrançaiseetdesunitésétrangères invitées, (composéd'unités àpied,montées,motorisées et aériennes)

descend l’avenue des Champs-Élysées,de laplaceCharles-de-Gaulle jusqu'à laplace de la Concorde où les militairessaluent le président de la République,son gouvernement ainsi que des per-sonnalités politiques étrangères et desinvités. Pendant la soirée, sur la placepubliquedansde trèsnombreusescom-munes françaises, se déroulent des balspopulairesgratuits,desfeuxd'artificesetdesretraitesauxflambeaux.

la fête nationale

ledéfilémilitaire

Es istmir eineEhre, diesesStipendiumdesGoethe-Institutsbekommenzuhaben.Ichfühlemichsoglücklich,dassichdasGoethe-TeamvonLehrernundBetreuernindiesemJugendkurskennengelernthabe.DieTeilnehmerwarenaus3unterschiedli-chenLändernnämlichThailand,SingapurunddiemeistenausIndien.Wirwarennur7Thailändervon52Schülern.IchwarinderB1KlassemitmeinembestenLehrer'Klaus'.MeineFreun-dinnenundichhabenim'ErlenHaus'gewohnt.EinZimmerhatPlatzfür2-3Personengeboten,deswegenhabeichbei2nettenInderinnengewohnt.AmerstenTaginSt.PeterOrdingwarenwirzusammengutgelauntbeiderBegrüßung.FastjedenMor-genwurde amUnterricht teilgenommenund amNachmittagwurdedannvieleAktivitätenmitgemacht.DannistderletzteTaggekommen,Abschiedzunehmen.MeineFreundinnenundichhabenalleBetreuerundLehrerexklusiveGeschenkegegebenundsiehabenihnenechttollgepasst!Wirhatten3superschöneWochenmitallemundwirwarensehrfroh,dasswirmitviel-enEindrückenundneuenErfahrungenzurückgekommensind.

Meine schöne Erfahrung in St.Peter OrdingBy Chinasiharat Pornpitchayanon (12th Grade)

ThaiSchülerundihrerGastfamilie

日本のこうこう！ DuringMr.KongThaksinsuke’sstayinJapanasastu-dent.HerealizeddifferencebetweenhighschoolinThaiand

Japan.Forexample,Japanesestudentsusetrainsandbicyclesmore than car.　日本の高校に行って、タイの高校と日本の高校のちがいがわかりました。例えば、日本の高校生は車より電車やじてんしゃをよくつかいます。 ThisisaJapanesetraditionalgame“KIBASEN”.ItwasjustagameinPEclass,butstudentstriedhardtowinthegame.IamplayingsportsinaPRCsportsteam.Ithinkmyteamisstrongerthanthem,butIlearnedalotaboutharmonizedfromJapanesefriends.これは日本のでんとうてきな“きばせん”というゲームです。これはたいいくのクラスのゲームですが日本の高校生はいっしょうけんめいきばせんをしていました。私はPRCでスポーツをしています。PRCのスポーツチームのほうが日本の高校生よりスポーツが上手だと思いました。しかし、日本のともだちからきょうちょうせいをおしえてもらいました。

High school in Japan!

端午节(Dragon Boat Festival)

端午节 (DragonBoatFestival)，为每年农历五月初五，又称端阳节或五月节等等。“端午节”为中国国家法定节假日之一，并已被列入世界非物质文化遗产名录。端午节起源于中国，最初是中国人民祛病防疫的节日，后因中国伟大的爱国诗人屈原在这一天死去，便成了华人纪念屈原的传统节日。端午节有吃粽子的习俗。在中国的大部分地方，家家户户都要包粽子，所以粽子成了端午节时最出名的食物。另外，赛龙舟是端午节的一项重要活动，热热闹闹的划龙舟比赛给端午节增添了节日的气氛。

粽子（zongzi）

赛龙舟(sailongzhou)

屈原 (QuYuan)


Japanesestudentsintheclassroom

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