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UNIS Hanoi’s Weekly Community Newsletter Volume 21, Edition 30, Friday 10 April
Notes from the Head of School (p.2)
Bus Etiquette (p.2)
Grade 2 Slice of ICE photo special
(p.3)
Global Codeathon. Join NOW! (p.4)
Counselling Hightlights (p.5)
Advice from our Grads (p.6)
DP Art Show photo special (p.7)
MRISA Soccer Tournament (p.8)
Mai Chau Service Learning (p.9)
Summer Programme. Register
NOW! (p.10)
World Health Day (p.11)
School Community Organisation
News (p.12-13)
Job Opportunities (p.13)
NEXT WEEK… MONDAY, 13 APRIL K1 Exhibition, 13-16 April EAL Testing for ES students, 13-17 April
TUESDAY, 14 APRIL School Community Organisation, 8:30-10:00,
Community Room MS Boys’ and Girls’ Volleyball vs CISH @ UNIS Hanoi,
16:00-17:30
WEDNESDAY, 15 APRIL APAC Boys Soccer Tournament @ CA, 15-19 April APAC Girls Soccer Tournament @ WAB, 15-19 April K1 Parent Performance, 9:00-10:00, Theatre
THURSDAY, 16 APRIL MSHS 3-Way Parent Conferences (No school for Grades 6-10, No ASAs/HS Sports, MS Sports as normal but no transportation provided), 10:00-18:00
FRIDAY, 17 APRIL Grade 2 Field Trip, 8:30-11:00 ES Snack Sale Morning, 8:30-10:30 Board Committee/Taskforce Appreciation, 18:00-21:30
SATURDAY, 18 APRIL UNIS Hanoi Invitational MS Boys & Girls Volleyball
Tournament
COMING SOON MONDAY, 20 APRIL Primary Years Programme Grade 5 Exhibition, 20-24
April
TUESDAY, 21 APRIL MSHS 3-Way Parent Conferences (No school for Grades
6-10, No ASAs/HS Sports, MS Sports as normal but no transportation provided), 10:00-18:00
Board of Directors Meeting, 18:00-20:00
WEDNESDAY, 22 APRIL ES Earth Day Grade 4 Market Day, 8:45-11:00
THURSDAY, 23 APRIL Executive Committee Meeting, 8:15-9:45, Conference Room
MS Boys’ and Girls’ Volleyball vs HIS @ UNIS, 16:00-17:30
Grade 5 PYP Exhibition Community Sharing, 18:00- 20:00, Centre for the Arts
FRIDAY, 24 APRIL Grade 2-3 Swim Meet , 12:30-15:20
SATURDAY, 25 APRIL - MAY 3 Spring Break
IN THIS WEEK’S TIN TUC - The Highlights...
Click THIS LINK to read new The Spark edition, UNIS Hanoi Middle School Newspaper
With the last quarter of the school year
comes the challenge of remaining
focused. It is usually a time of finishing
projects, preparing for culminating events,
completing a unit, preparing for exams or
taking exams. Students begin to have
thoughts of the upcoming Spring Break
and then long holiday in June and July and find it more
difficult to concentrate, begin to coast, or even take their
foot off of the accelerator a bit. No matter what the age,
students can be easily distracted at this time of year.
The last part of the school year is extremely important and
we hope all parents will work with us to ensure that
students maximize their time right up to the end. In
addition to maintaining a routine, we encourage you to
make sure students are getting adequate rest even as it stays
light later. Also, we know enough about brain activity to
highly encourage students to maintain good physical
activity during this time. Keeping active readily supports
the brain and its functions and the world of neuroscience is
quite clear about this effect. This is NOT the time to stop
playing sports or exercising.
We appreciate anything you can do to help support
students during their last quarter of the year activities. The
discipline achieved will lead to excellence in academic
performance both now and for the rest of their lives.
Respectfully,
Dr. Barder [email protected]
For many UNIS Hanoi students, buses are an essential part
of their school lives. Unfortunately, in the past few years
student etiquette on the buses has been severely below
reasonable standards. Thus, the ES Student Council, the
MS Student Council and the HS Senate came together to
ensure that student behavior on school buses provided
everyone with the best bus experience possible. In order to
achieve this, we came up with an extensive plan revolving
around a two-pronged approach to the issue at hand.
Firstly, the ES Student Council compiled a list of eight rules
for bus behaviors, adapted from the official handbook.
These rules are as follows:
1. Seatbelts on please!
2. Please use indoor voices.
3. Please listen to the instructions of the bus monitor/
driver.
4. Please be respectful and courteous to other people on
the bus.
5. Please keep the bus clean!
6. Please don’t eat or drink while on the bus.
7. Stand up for others and don’t be a bystander.
8. No public display of affection, please!
While the original rules were already publicized in the
handbook sent to parents, we felt that it was important to
relay them directly to the student body as well in order to
ensure their effective implementation. In order to make
this a school-wide movement, we also talked about the
importance of these rules with each student body
(ECC,ES,MS,HS) at morning meetings and assemblies in
the hope that everyone will collaborate and become role
models for each other, keeping the differences in age in
mind. These regulations will also be put up around the
school in the form of posters.
The combined student councils also helped create a new
system of consequences which empowers the bus monitors
by giving them a spreadsheet containing student names and
bus rules. With these, each bus monitor can quantitatively
keep track of the students that have broken the rules and
take action if their behavior is consistent and/or very
serious.
Overall, we the student councils hope that these measures,
while simple in nature, will help improve the bus
conditions and make transportation a more pleasant
experience for the student community. However, we see
the need for both the student body and the parent
community to step up and support this initiative in order to
ensure that there are effective results and our efforts were
not in vain.
Tuesday evening, parents and friends wove their way
through several areas of the school to celebrate Dance,
Song, Music, Fine Art and Journal work. The evening was
hosted by the students themselves, and focused around the
Unit of Inquiry - Through the Eyes of An Artist. It was a
wonderful celebration of student learning and
achievement.
The evening began with two Dances by 2RJ and 2MA: the
Troika and the Mayim Ushtavez. Parents and friends joined
the students in dancing the Mayim Ushtavez with much
energy and laughter. Then it was time to explore the two
Art Galleries: the Plastic Ocean gallery and the Through
the Eyes of An Artist Gallery. Both contained an amazing
variety of student Art work which explored how artist see
different topics in many ways and how artists can take
action on a social issue. Once the bell was rung, it was time
to go back into the theatre and enjoy the Grade 2 orchestra
perform with great skill on the recorder. The evening
closed with a thought provoking song called “Plastic
Ocean”, reminding us that we all can take action.
Thank you to everyone who came and supported this
wonderful showcase of student learning.
Grade 2 Slice of ICE. Photos by Tim Barnsley
Photos by Tim Barnsley
Julia Karpati’s presentation in
Swarthmore College’s Information
Session this month was inspirational
for many current UNIS Hanoi
students, with her story of shaping
her future education and career.
Julia Karpati is German-Vietnamese
and attended UNIS Hanoi from
1999 until graduation in 2009. She
was heavily involved in community service projects during
her time at School, which centered on addressing the needs
of marginalised Vietnamese children.
Julia completed her B.A. in Economics and Political
Science at Swarthmore College (PA, USA) in 2013. She also
interned with a development agency in Laos, and with The
Aspen Institute's Agent Orange in Vietnam Program (NY,
USA). She entered Maastricht University/United Nations
University-MERIT (Netherlands) for her double MSc. in
Public Policy & Human Development. She joined the
Economic Policy Research Institute (Cape Town, South
Africa) in 2014 as a researcher of social policy and
children's deprivations.
Julia is currently based in Berlin working with various EPRI
consultancies, which include multidimensional childhood
poverty analyses in partnership with UNICEF country
offices in Botswana, Tajikistan, and State of Palestine, and
an analysis of the socio-economic effects of ebola on
children in West and Central Africa.
Looking forward, Julia aspires to be an agent of
international understanding in global efforts to create
conditions for lives of comfort, safety and dignity for all
children and their families.
UNIS Hanoi’s Korean students and parents participated in
Yonsei University’s information session this month.
The session aimed to provide information about admission
and choice of majors at this world leading Universtiy. They
gave advice and guidance to students, parents and
counsellors about studying opportunities at Yonsei.
Yonsei ranks No. 4 in the top of best universities in
Republic of Korea in 2015. For more information, please
refer to http://www.yonsei.ac.kr/ or contact Mr. Je Eun
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
13:20 – 14:00
Common Room B5 G29
Hult International
Business School in San
Francisco and London
Ms. Debbie Gacutan,
Associate Director of
Enrollment
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
12:40 – 13:20
Common Room B5 G29
American University
Ms. Julie Soper, Assistant
Director of International
Admissions
IB DP Art Show. Photo by Tuan Anh
Earlier this week the Grade 7s had a great advisory class!
We invited a group of Grade 12s to come and talk to us
about what it was like to be graduating and to give us some
advice they wish they had had in Grade 7. Despite the very
busy time for these senior students, they were more than
willing to help us out. They came prepared, and facilitated
the sessions very well. Each of our four Grade 7 Advisory
classes were led by three Grade 12s. They shared their
advice and posed great questions to get us thinking
They also graciously answered all the burning questions we
had, including;
How do you manage your time so you can still have fun
with your friends?
Is IB really that hard?
What are SATs?
How did you decide what university to go to?
Is it OK if you don’t know what you want to do for a
job?
What do universities want to know about you besides
your grades?
Did you study this much when you were our age?
The 12s had some very wise words for us about balancing
our lives, taking our studies seriously, the value of CAS, the
appreciation of the education we get at UNIS Hanoi, how
we can start to figure out what we might want to do, and
mostly to enjoy the time we will have in high school.
Thanks so much to Ms Kerry, Ms Zahid and Mr. Loeffler
for organizing with the Grade 12s and especially to the
students themselves, who gave their time to share some
wisdom with us: Devin Cheong , Do Quynh Anh ,
SoYeon Jeong,
Soya Kanemaru,
Na Young Kim,
Mavindra
Mayerfas,
Thanh Le,
Nguyen Ba
Hung, Than
Viet, Angelique
Somers, Vu
Duong and Vu
Khanh
The opening for the Diploma Visual Art Show was held this week night. There was a great turn out from the UNIS Hanoi community. The quality and magnitude of the
students work was outstanding and many parents and community member praised the creativity of our students here at UNIS Hanoi. The show will be up for another two weeks so you still have time to see it.
IB DP Art Show. Photos by Tuan Anh
The MRISA Football season of 2015 was yet another
season of amazingness, the effort and the passion for
football was seen on all our faces. The MRISA squad
selected consisted of: Jed, Thabo, Ujwal, Dan Bui, Ly Dinh,
SeungWon, Colin, Ki Hyun, Truong Son and Davlet and
was led by Coach Mike McMillen.
After 6 weeks of intense training, we arrived at the MRISA
tournament. During some games, we showed what we were
capable of but in others, we weren’t at our best. Although
we were disappointed with our finishing position of 8th, we
were extremely proud of our effort on the pitch. We
worked hard to close the space, frustrate the opposition,
and track back. We did all we could have done. The
motivation to win games was unbelievable and the sorrows
of losses were seen in the faces simply because of the
passion of the players. Taking ISPP to extra-time after a
thrilling 1-1 draw in normal time was one of the most
exciting and exhausting games we have played in and we
did everything we could to try and claim a victory but sadly
this time it was not to be. However, throughout the season
we have greatly improved our skills and team work and we
will be better prepared and stronger to come back and fight
for the MRISA championship next year!
Ki Hyun, a Grade 10 student who competed in his 2nd
MRISA tournament mentioned that “our season was fun,
the whole team put in a lot of effort into becoming better
players and I believe we did. Although it was tough to play
teams like HIS and ISE, who have been playing together
for longer and have more experienced players, the
experience was a great step into making us better players. I
was really happy with my 2 goals in the friendlies; like,
really happy!”
On behalf of the team, I would like to give a special
mention to Steward Magau, Jek Tan, Gun Hee, Animesh
Sarkorikar and Morgoun Le Nghiem, who had been
training with the team, but did not compete in the
tournament. Their support and involvement with practices
were a great help to us all. We would like to thank our
coach for us his great work this season and also the girl’s
team and friends and family who were there to support us
during the tournament. GO PHOENIX!!!
By Ujwal Kumar (Grade 10)
The Mai Chau Service Learning Group was created to
further the work that we do on the Grade 7 Grade Level
trip. For several years UNIS Hanoi Grade 7s have visited
the Chieng Chau Middle School in Mai Chau, bringing
them school supplies, sharing activities and playing games.
Most of the students there are from the White Thai ethnic
group and the school is sadly under resourced. Last year we
were able to donate 10 used UNIS Hanoi tablets to the
school and with the help of Nguyen Dinh Khanh, from the
UNIS Hanoi Tech department, the Chieng Chau school
now has a functioning computer lab and the government
supplies them with a computer teacher.
With the creation of the SL group this year we are able
focus on building the relationship between the two schools.
The SL group is led by Medeha Zahid and myself and we
have had an absolutely outstanding group of 12 enthusiastic
and committed seventh graders. They held a tech drive in
the fall to collect printers and other useful items for the
school’s computer lab. They raised several hundred dollars
at the Women’s Bazaar and the Spring Fair, with the long-
term goal of raising enough money to build proper toilet
facilities at the school.
The highlight of the year, was bringing a group of 10
students and 2 teachers from the school in Mai Chau to
spend 3 days here at UNIS Hanoi and in Hanoi. An
exciting focal point of the trip was our students teaching
the Mai Chau students how to make movies on the tablets
and creating great little videos of their impressions of UNIS
Hanoi. Several of the students who came had never been
out of the valley and all of them were in awe of UNIS
Hanoi, which they described as the perfect school-
especially the swimming pool!
Here is a report from Richard, Vi and Agathe, three
members of our SL group:
“When the Mai Chau kids came to UNIS, it was clear that this
was a new experience. We tried to be as welcoming as we could when
they arrived, introducing them to UNIS with a scavenger hunt that
took them around our school. With them, we did many fun and
exciting activities, such as going in hamster balls on the water and
visiting the aquarium to see fish as big ourselves. After the day time
activities ended, we enjoyed two delicious dinners with the Mai Chau
students, both of which hosted by the students in the Mai Chau
Service Learning. Then, they enjoyed their stay at the Diamond hotel
downtown, near the Hoan Kiem Lake, before leaving us after three
fun-filled days.”
The Mai Chau group left Hanoi tired but happy and
full of appreciation for the time they spent here. Our
SL students, who planned and led the events and
participated in the activities, also gained so much
from the experience. It was a huge success for all
involved!
Donna Bracewell, on behalf of the Mai Chau SL Group
Food safety is the theme for this year's World Health Day
on April 7.The World Health Organization has chosen this
theme for 2015 over growing concerns about how safe is
the food we eat.
Unsafe food is linked to the deaths of an estimated 2
million people annually – including many children. Food
containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical
substances is responsible for more than 200 diseases,
ranging from diarrhoea to cancers.
Food safety is a shared responsibility. It is important to
work all along the food production chain – from farmers
and manufacturers to vendors and consumers. WHO’s Five
keys to safer food offer practical guidance to vendors and
consumers for handling and preparing food to prevent
foodborne diseases.
Key 1: Keep clean
Wash your hand before handling food
Wash your hands after going to the toilet
Wash and sanitize all surfaces and equipment used for
food preparation
Protect kitchen areas and food from insects, pests and
other animals
Key 2: Separate raw and cooked food
Separate raw meat, poultry and seafood from other
foods
Use separate equipment and utensils such as knives and
cutting boards for handling raw foods
Store food in containers to avoid contact between raw
and prepared foods
Key 3: Cook food thoroughly
Cook food thoroughly, especially meat, poultry, eggs
and seafood
Bring foods like soups and stews to boiling to make sure
that they have reached 70°C. For meat and poultry,
make sure that juices are clear, not pink. Ideally, use a
thermometer.
Reheat cooked food thoroughly
Key 4: Keep food at safe temperatures
Do not leave cooked food at room temperature for
more than 2 hours
Refrigerate promptly all cooked and perishable food
(preferably below 5°C)
Keep cooked food piping hot (more than 60°C) prior to
serving
Do not store food too long even in the refrigerator
Do not thaw frozen food at room temperature
Key 5: Use safe water and raw materials
Use safe water or treat it to make it safe
Select fresh and wholesome foods
Choose foods processed for safety, such as pasteurized
milk
Wash fruits and vegetables, especially if eaten raw
Do not use food beyond its expiry date
For more on Food Safety, read http://who.int/campaigns/
world-health-day/2015/event/en/ and
http://www.fda.gov/Food/
FoodborneIllnessContaminants/BuyStoreServeSafeFood/
ucm255180.htm
School Health Centre
Date: Tuesday, April 14
Time: 8.30 - 10.00
Location: Community Room
(Administration Building,
room 104)
To facilitate open communication within the community,
the SCO holds open General Meetings four times a year.
We invite students, parents, faculty and staff to join!
Topics for this meeting:
We will welcome Amie Pollack, the incoming Parent
Elected Board Member who was uncontested in the
Board of Directors parent election. Amie will tell us a bit
about herself, why she wanted to join the Board, and
answer any questions.
We partner with the Tech Team for another insightful
presentation on the "Year of the Future: Emerging
Educational Trends and What They Could Mean for
Schools".
We will also give the community updates about success
of the Spring Fair.
The FINAL SNACK SALE of the year for the Early
Childhood Center (ECC) and Elementary School (ES) will
take place next Friday, April 17 from 8.10am - 10.30am.
Contributing Classes:
K1KM, K1AP, G1SF, G5MN, G5JH, G5DL, G5TC
BRIEF HISTORY
The Elementary School Snack
Sale is a long standing tradition
at UNIS Hanoi. Over 20 years
ago, the “Bake Sale” was
created to raise funds for
library books while providing
students with the opportunity
to taste a diverse range of
snacks from all around the
world! The Snack Sale has
evolved into a fun opportunity
for children to exercise choice,
learn how to handle money
and is raising awareness of the
value of healthy snacks.
WHAT TO BRING IF YOU ARE A
CONTRIBUTING CLASS?
As a Nut and Allergy Aware campus we require all
snacks to include a list of ingredients. When it is your
turn to be a contributing class, we encourage that each
family supports the ES Snack Sale by providing:
10 individually wrapped homemade healthy snacks (the
value of each treat should be at least 10,000VND)
A labeled container/dish with your child’s class and
name
On the morning of the snack sale, please deliver the
snacks BEFORE 8.10am to the designated tables in the
ECC or ES Courtyard
Both savory and sweet snacks are welcome (i.e. fresh fruit
bowl, lightly salted/sweetened popcorn, rice balls,
homemade muesli bars, muffins, samosas, etc.), below are a
few example of snacks provided in previous snack sales.
If you are interested in volunteering or have any questions
about what snacks to bring, please contact the Snack Sale
Coordinators:
Akiko Nakano: [email protected]
Masumi Tsuda: [email protected]
Bo young Hwang: [email protected]
1. ECC Physical Education Teaching Assistant - School year 2015-2016
2. ES Multi-lingual Additional Languages Teaching Assistant - School year 2015-2016
3. MS/HS Technology Coordinator Assistant - starting April/May 2015
To view more information about these openings at UNIS Hanoi, and to apply online,
please visit our website at www.unishanoi.org/jobs
Wednesday, May 20
Time: 18.00 - 20.00
Location: Don's Bistro Rooftop (16 Quảng An Road,
Tây Hồ)
What would our school community be like without the love
and support of our generous volunteers?
We VALUE everyone who has given their time and
talents to help the UNIS Hanoi community over the
year. Your spirit of volunteerism makes our school
community thrive and flourish.
To THANK our volunteers this year, we would like to
invite everyone who has supported UNIS Hanoi with your
time and talent to a VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION
NIGHT!
There will be delicious food and drinks (wine, beer,
cocktails, juice) for all to enjoy on behalf of the School
Community Organisation and the Advancement Office as a
final THANK YOU for all your help.
Please register HERE before May 17th.
Please keep in mind that this is an adult function and we
kindly ask that you arrange childcare beforehand.
Should you have any additional questions, please feel free
to contact the Community Liaison Officer, Nathalie Grun