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FOCUS ON The Arts To look out into the world The Magazine of Discovery College

Grow. Discover. Dream. Recital Evening 2018 Grow. Discover. Dream. Discover. Grow. 2 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 IB Career-related Programme Contents SPRING 2018 SHI JIE MAGAZINE Fast facts SPRING 2018

EDITOR Amy Freed PHOTOGRAPHY Claire Fraser DESIGN Vienna Chan

CONTRIBUTING Annette Garnett WRITERS Caesar Chung 6-7 Danielle Vielleux Fiona Altoft The Arts Frank Donnoli

Kenix Cheung The Importance of an Education 2 S T

Lawrence Wilkinson in and Through The Arts N

Lisa Klatt TE Mar-Loes Mantoua CON Mark Beach Matt Davis Nicola Dunn 14 Peter Muir Highlights Vanessa Viirret Caps For A Cure 14 Mob Mentality 16 10 Cobra Sports 18 …and ACTION 20 Focus On – The Arts Engaging in CE 22 The Creative People Behind 4 DC’s K-Pop 23 DC’s Arts Programme DC Green Cobras 23 Visual Art 6 Training Days 24 Music 8 Final Bell 26 CIRCULATION & CONTACT Drama 10 Primary Colours 28 Discovery College Keeping up with the Kardinians 30 38 Siena Ave Where Are They Now? 31 Discovery Bay Alumni Update 32 Hong Kong PTA 36 Ph. +852 3969 1000 Fax. +852 2987 8115 Em. [email protected] www.discovery.edu.hk

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• City-dwelling island girl • Her glory days included intimate solo soirées Chris McLeay in Barbados and epic Music symphonic works at Carnegie Hall Danielle Veilleux • Front-man for a children’s • Now mostly a shower- Dilan Abeynarayana Drama music band called singer and nursery rhyme Drama Ta-Da!!! boss • Actor, Director, Teacher, Wife • Started playing his first • Graduate of Westminster • Garage musician - drums, and Mother instrument, the bass, Choir College, Princeton guitar, triangle • Loves set design, home when he was 24 NJ with BMus in Music • Junior member of the DC renovations and building • Loves going to concerts Education Drama Department doll-houses • Best gig he’s seen was • From Sydney, • Graduate of Central School The at of Speech and Drama, London, UK • Can’t sing to save her life! s e art h t on

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Grow. Discover. Dream. rt cross over intort cross A iscovery College encompasses Year iscovery College encompasses Year D hrough diverse and interesting tasks with a and interesting diverse hrough T rts course at A iploma. D he course is thought-provoking, in which students develop he course is thought-provoking, T rts in P. he Visual thinkers, the skills they are learningthinkers, the skills they are in Visual multiple vocations in life. Our art students have such a plethora of Imagine having the opportunity to choose your to choose from. professions passion for art. your around career T move on to study Visual1-11 after which students can choose to A to challenge their own variety of media we encourage students to PYP cultural expectations and boundaries from and creative D and divergent thinking, while analytical skills in problem-solving not forget usually and let’s technical proficiency working towards doing it. having fun while they are and explore the years to play, our students across encourage We and knowledge. experiment to build both their confidence art plays an important part in how our students think We and learn themselves both express to communicate visually and verbally. need for students to be critical Now with an ever-increasing Before the 1960s the approach to The Arts in learning was very much Arts in learning was very the approach to The Before the 1960s instance, students would, for or observation-based where appreciation to an or take a trip to listen gallery to look at paintings go into an art are is that the students The current approach see a play. orchestra or and the ones making music of the learning. They’re at the very centre in the art room creating pieces. They’re hands-on performing drama Arts curriculum at Discovery this, the focus of the IB artwork. With of the creative process, giving students ownership College is on on the following pages. examples of which are celebrated Visual Art 6 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 Focus on the arts s e art h t on

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Grow. Discover. Dream. Music The Music programme at Discovery College is all about students enjoying, understanding and appreciating a range of music. Music students in PYP, MYP and DP enjoy opportunities to perform, create, explore and listen to music. The department’s goal is to enable every student to discover their musical potential and provide them with opportunities to express themselves through this important art form. Let’s face it we all listen to and love music.

In the PYP, students get opportunities to experience music naturally by first playing music and then learning to understand and ultimately create their own music. The focus is not on developing an understanding of music theory, but developing their ear, and understanding concepts such as rhythm and musical structures. They enjoy opportunities to sing, play instruments, improvise and move to music.

In the MYP and DP students address the concepts of music and music making. They get opportunities to explore the cultural significance and context of music as well as plenty of opportunities to perform or create music or both. Some examples are looking at programme music, inquiry into significant styles or artists such as Reggae and The Beatles, Classical and Romantic periods as well as a range of music technology experiences.

Throughout the year music students have a number of opportunities to perform at concerts such as the Young Performers Evening, Recital Evening, the Annual Concert and more relaxed environments such as Busker’s Corner. There are a range of ensemble opportunities for students wishing to extend and hone their skills on their instrument or voice. We offer primary and secondary choirs and vocal groups as well as the Chamber Orchestra and Stage Band. These Ensembles perform at regular events throughout the school year. Annual Concert 2018 Music s e art h t on

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Music is a great opportunity for students to develop essential SHI JIE MAGAZINE life skills such as collaboration, communication, resilience, confidence and commitment. Students engage in activities that challenge them to think critically, problem solve, think creatively and reflect. T he Discovery College Music Department aims to provide a rich, and most importantly, an enjoyable experience for all learners. 9

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The Drama department at Discovery College prides itself on providing a wide range of theatrical experience for students from PYP to DB to take part in, both in and outside the classroom. Each year group, starting in Year 7, participates in workshops from invited professionals specialising in anything from stage-fighting, to masks, to using your voice effectively on stage. There are productions for Primary, lower Secondary, as well as a larger whole Secondary production, and also curricular performances for Years 9 and above, including exam performance pieces for Years 12 & 13. It’s worth noting that DP Theatre is significantly growing next year, from 5 to 12 students.

Students are active participants in the Year 7 Drama and Post-16 ESF Drama Conferences. Drama also takes students further afield with a Year 12T heatre trip planned to Vietnam next year. Within Hong Kong, students attend Drama festivals and weekend Theatre workshops as often as possible, with students from all years who choose to participate. Students are encouraged to audition and engage in the wide variety of theatre productions around our city.

This year, many Drama students took advantage of the opportunity to see performances at the Hong Kong Arts Festival. The whole of Year 10 went to see a rehearsal of ‘Whipped Cream’ by the American Ballet Theatre, and Year 11 saw the award-winning production of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime’, after having a workshop about the play at school.

Drama is not only about a performance on stage, but includes behind the scenes aspects as well. DC Drama has started an after-school club called “Stage Managers Galore” to manage the rooms, props, costumes and spaces used for drama, as well as run lights and sounds at performances. This group is led by two student Drama captains.

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example, Year 11s have been working on a project taking original F productions to ESF sister school, Jockey Club Sarah Roe school, where students have a range of complex learning needs. Through collaboration between schools, students learn that Drama is a tool to teach with and learn through, regardless of age and ability.

The most obvious outcomes of teaching Drama to students may be the creativity and confidence it builds, but the collaborative, technical and problem-solving skills that are gained in a Theatre education are certainly of equal importance. Parents often comment about the support they see between Discovery College students during performances, which may stem from the fact that all students are 2018

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12 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 Focus on the arts Vanessa Viirrett DP Film Studies Vanessa Viirret found her passion for film in the same kind of way you see in art-house movies - a group of artsy university types spending their free time watching films and discussing their meanings (you can imagine a crowded coffee house and a black beret if you wish). Vanessa was studying Film as part of her Arts degree at the University of and was later able to draw upon this passion and experience to become a teacher of Media Studies and has loved it ever since.

This is Vanessa’s first year here atD iscovery College where she teaches English and heads the growing DP Film Studies programme. “Film Studies offers a really nice combination of creativity and analysis,” says Vanessa, “so there is room for all types of students in the programme.” Of course, it helps if you have a natural love for films. Vanessa finds that students who like to watch films in their own time tend to have a natural aptitude for the theoretical side of the programme. “Many of the students start the course having done very little practical work and they develop a lot of skills along the way, which is a lot of fun,” says Vanessa. Vanessa adds that a film student needs to be a collaborator since so much of the course involves working as part of a group.

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Vanessa looks forward to settling in Hong Kong for a while. Outside of school she enjoys le spending time with friends and family, running (although she admits running is pretty challenging with all the hills around Discovery Bay), watching films and addictiveT V series and planning what trips to embark on now that she lives so much ofi closer to the rest of the world. Pr ff

Vanessa aspires to raise the profile of Film Studies at DC so students are aware of the many skills gained through the Sta programme. Her passion for teaching Film and engaging with students was evident in her introduction to the 2018 IB Film Studies Screening, a culmination and celebration of two years of work for her students. “Film studies is rewarding to teach because you get to watch these really special relationships develop between students who might otherwise have very little to do with each other,” Vanessa said. “It’s kind of like a real life ‘The Breakfast Club’ playing out in my own classroom, except that they’re too young to even get that reference and they try to avoid watching films that were made before the year 2000.” Jackie Lai Music Technician Steve Jobs, the pioneer of digital music said, “the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” DC’s new Music Technician, Jackie Lai, embodies this quote. Having just joined us on the first day of Term 3, 2018, Jackie’s passion is evident for the technical side of music. He strives for perfection and finds great satisfaction when his sound system works flawlessly, making a successful event.

Jackie’s degree in Hotel Management from City University of Hong Kong was far from where his passion lies, but fulfilled his SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 family’s wishes to pursue a more mainstream career. It was during his studies that Jackie landed a part-time job at a production house where he was able to develop his audio engineering skills. His duties involved him in setting up music and audio systems for events in restaurants, hotel wedding functions and mini concerts for Hong Kong singers such as Gigi Leung and Kay Tse. Before becoming a Music Technician, Jackie worked for two years as a salesperson selling audio equipment where he became quite an audio expert.

Looking forward to working in the school environment, Jackie displays great enthusiasm when interacting and educating students about the technical side of music. In his leisure time, he likes to play bass and a bit of guitar. He plays in a church band and had 13

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The concept behind ‘Caps For A Cure’ was based around the fact that many children going through – SP cancer treatment, often lose their hair and wear hats for warmth and support. During ‘Caps for a Cure’ day, students were encouraged to wear a crazy hat (or a simple baseball cap), donate $10 and show brave kids around the world they support them and they care.

Thanks to the extremely generous support of the DC school community, ‘Caps For A Cure’ raised over $17,000. All of the proceeds were donated to Children’s Cancer Foundation in Hong Kong, St.

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The students, teachers and staff were very grateful to everyone who participated and kindly donated. Luke Inkin summed up the day perfectly by saying, “It felt good to have classmates, best friends, and especially my school support children that are affected by cancer. It was a fun day and even better, because we were making a difference. For once, I wasn’t shy and it helped me feel brave to stand out, because I had cancer.” 15

Grow. Discover. Dream. Mob Mentality Year 9 took the 2018 Book Week to a whole new level with their group costume based on the novel by William Golding, Lord of the Flies. The group of school age students-turned-savage, lead by Year 9 Dean, Annette Garnett, embodied the characters they’ve been reading about in English. The Lord of the Flies unit in Year 9 is interdisciplinary between English and Music. Throughout the term , students have been creating short films based on key scenes from the book, where they have learned more civilised skills such as sound, cinematography and video editing skills. y t i tal n e M

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DC students were well represented with full teams entered into both the boys and girls races in most age groups. The DC teams took full advantage of the home location and had been training regularly on the course for a number of recent weeks. The hard work paid off, with team victories in the Under 8 girls race and both the U10 boys and girls races, along with a second place for the U9 boys team. The U8 girls were

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Cobra Equestrian The DC Higher Level (14-16 years) Equestrian team earned third place out of 40 competing schools in the 2018 HKEF Inter-School Competition. SHI JIE MAGAZINE It is a league that competes over several months, with heats leading up to the final which was held atL o Wu Saddle Club on Saturday 21 April. Hannelore Beijerbergen van Henegouwen, Linn Wolmebrant and Olivia Fuller competed in both dressage and by jumping a 70-

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In April, Year 1 learners inquired into how stories are created and shared for a purpose. SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 One of their favourite stories this year is ‘Owl Babies’ written by Martin Waddell. To celebrate their learning, students chose to perform for their families, sharing stories in a variety of ways including; acting, dancing and telling owl jokes. Their costume choice was inspired by another favourite character, Wally from Where’s Wally. Prior to the performances, Year 1s rehearsed sharing their stories for the show. 21

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he project he project T pril. A C, experimenting D xpo in E in CE ngagement E he challenge for students is to now continue Engaging Engaging T steps to create solar-powered charging stations at solar-powered steps to create air quality and lunch time stress- with indoor plants to improve programmes. release as global citizens, knowing that the issues they were their efforts ongoing focus. require attempting to address Year 10 students showed off the action they took to address a local the action they took to address 10 students showed off Year 10 Community issue at the Year of 10 students with an opportunity to develop awareness Year provided taking those needs through needs in various communities and address last principled action. Students commenced work on their projects they investigated a chosen issue and then developed where October, it. Student action included taking and implemented plans to address 22 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 Highlights – Primary DC Goes K-Pop

Year 12 students Merideth Feehan and Sarah Rodrigues led an electrifying K-Pop performance at this year’s Easter

assembly. With tons of energy and big-time swagger, T N students who participated in the lunchtime student-led

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Plastic bottles have already SOLD OUT! - In collaboration with the Student Council, the DC Green Cobras continued been removed from DC’s the drive to reduce cafeteria waste by selling reusable tumblers. In just five SHI JIE MAGAZINE days the Green Cobras sold all 98 cups they had in stock, demonstrating cafés and cafeteria, as the fantastic support from the DC community to reduce cafeteria well as plastic straws. DC waste. In partnership with Chartwells, from now on, customers who students are now tackling use a reusable cup when purchasing drinks from Chartwells will plastic cups as we strive to receive a $3 discount. Customers with reusable cups can also use a reduce cafeteria waste. loyalty card where the 6th drink is FREE. We encourage you to help DC reduce waste by remembering to use your reusable cups.

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Training Days Training Christman the school, Terri around After four years of inspiring Wellness Viirret. Tuomas Coordinator, hands over the barbells to our new Wellness making for the original decision of students responsible Our original group their memories. share Centre Wellness the around 24 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 TRAINING DAYS TALLA BUFFREY SIE ROSSITER I am currently in my third year at The University of Sussex I live in Boston now working on the equity trading desk of studying English and Media. I have received offers for an asset management firm till June. I graduated 4M ay from Master’s programmes starting next year, so I’m just taking Northeastern University where I majored in Economics and time now to decide where to go. International Affairs.

I remember sitting in one of the meeting rooms with the I will never forget the excitement (and literal jumps of joy) all group and Mr Beach deciding on what colour theme of us felt when what we had been working towards together to go with and feeling so totally inadequate for the job for months (through surveying the students body on what considering I was the least active of them all (no shame)! But they needed, interviewing various candidates for the coach it was such a great experience being involved and having a role, scouting out other local gyms for inspiration on layout/ say on these things, and the Wellness Centre itself was far style, budgeting...) finally became a reality. more accessible, inviting and welcoming than any gym or fitness centre I’ve come across since leavingD C. I think the key to what made this project so successful was that we, as students, ultimately took the lead and made key SHINYA MIZUNO decisions during the process. We genuinely felt as though the staff trusted our choices (such as allowing us to make the final I’m currently studying at City University of Hong Kong under call on who to bring on-board for the Wellness Coordinator the Economics and Finance Department. What I remember position after we conducted those interviews). It was also most about the Wellness Centre was the support and successful because Mark and the staff demonstrated what it knowledge Terri Christman provided me in terms of my truly meant to be effective facilitators during the process and diet plans and workout routines. Regardless of the timing, YS gave us the absolute freedom to be creative. DA

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ZACH KILBOURNE TRA A memory I’ll never forget was being able to work collaboratively with students and staff to create an environment that everyone could feel comfortable and enjoy together. I’m currently working as an airline captain for Boutique Air in Atlanta, GA. 2018 G IN R – SP SHI JIE MAGAZINE 25

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26 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 Highlights – Secondary Visual Arts After a week of theme dressing and senior pranks, the 2018 graduating class celebrated their last day of school on 19 April at a fun and sometimes emotional final assembly. It was the last time these students would sit shoulder to shoulder to laugh at the bad assembly puns and listen to fellow students perform. The Year 13s also handed over the reigns to the current Year 12s and wished them well on their final year at DC. s rt A al isu V y dar con – Se s t h g i l h g i H SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 27

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pril, Primary students enjoyed the day competing for their Houses at the Primary Spots pril, Primary students enjoyed the day competing for their Houses at the Primary A

On 26 sprints, events including tug-of-war, sporting six different through rotated the students be described as perfect weather, and ball relays. water relays throwing, hurdles, event. this great on and share children Primary Colours 28 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 Highlights – Secondary Visual Arts Y MAR I R S – P T H G I L H G HI 2018 G IN R – SP SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 29

Grow. Discover. Dream. ay. M his partnership has blossomed this year into anhis partnership has blossomed this year into T C students paid a reciprocal visit to Kardinia in visit to Kardinia C students paid a reciprocal D ustralia. A arch and arch M eelong, , iscovery College established a Sister School partnership with Kardinia Internationalpartnership with Kardinia iscovery College established a Sister School G D ast year Hong Kong for a week in and sisters, students on both half of the exchange visitedBilleted with homestay brothers and experienced school as a typical student inpopular landmarks, took part in cultural activities their new environments. L College in visited Kardinia students from 9 students to part take in an exchange where opportunity for Year Keeping up with the Kardinians with up Keeping College International Kardinia Sister School with experience firstexchange DC’s 30 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 Keeping up with the Kardinians Where Are They Now? Mariana Coelho Where do you go to school? so much as it is When we first arrived in Portugal, my a way for me to brother and I went to a local school de-stress and in our community called Amor de because nothing Deus. As it was all in Portuguese, we feels better than found it very hard to keep up with when I’m on the classes. After a few months we stage performing with my friends. In moved to an international school called school I have taken part in the girl’s Santo Antonio which made us very football team and participated in my happy as all our classes are in English. first everM UN. Where do you live now? Also, since I was going into Year 12, My family and I now live in Cascais, having to take my exams in Portuguese I often go on motorcycle excursions Portugal. It is a wonderful coastal town would have been difficult as I am still with my dad and am in the process ? about 20 minutes away from Lisbon. It improving my language skills. of getting my own driver’s license so

gets extremely busy in the summer as I can ride my own motorcycle beside now

many tourists come to visit and lots of y What are some differences him. Last November my dad and my e activities and festivals are held. between your school and mum went on a trip to Morocco with h Discovery College? a motorcycle group, doing over 9,000 What brought you there? The main difference between my kilometres in 10 days. I hope to soon We had lived in Hong Kong for 10 years current school and Discovery College be able to do that too. ere are t and we wanted a change of scenery. We is that my school has around 180 h W chose to move to Portugal as it has some students from Years 6 to 13, with only What do you like best about similarities to Brazil and it would allow one class per year group. I enjoy this living in your new home? my family and I to do certain things we very much as I’ve had the opportunity The thing I like the most about living weren’t able to do before. Since arriving to get to know many students across in Portugal is that there is very little in Portugal, my brother and I have all year groups and make lots of new pollution and I can see the stars almost managed to improve our Portuguese as friends. Also, this is the first time my every night, especially in winter. I like we now use the language a lot more. brother and I have been attending the that we have a lot more living space same school in a long while. as our apartment is a lot bigger that Whenever my dad comes to Portugal, he the one in Hong Kong. I also really gets to take time off and relax as he only What types of activities are you enjoy the fact that we can drive for works when he is in Hong Kong. My mum involved in? a few hours and end up somewhere will soon be opening her photography In the last year I have taken up dance completely different. studio for her business which is very classes, scoring the highest scores exciting for the whole family. in our class evaluations. I love dance How is it different from living in Hong Kong? Living here is completely different as the whole of Portugal has the same population as Hong Kong meaning it is not nearly as crowded. The scenery is very different from Hong Kong. Cascais has huge open spaces and is mostly

a beach town. The culture is also very SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 different and very European which took a while to get used to at first.

We hope that anyone who is thinking of visiting Europe will stop by Portugal and get to know the wonderful country it is. 31

Grow. Discover. Dream. le A egionals. I R ribute Pale T ustell Brewery’s ustell Brewery’s A he students ay I finally handed in my last piece of T M eam which is only in its first year of being T any of them spoke of M C has had on them and D ugby R esign, on 4 D ondon dinner. What started 4 years ondon dinner. ouch L en’s Captain for Kernow Ultimate which is the Falmouth en’s T y second project looked at well-being in the workplace y second project M M he first was in collaboration with St. T mazingly, as a new team, we placed third in the South West in the South West as a new team, we placed third mazingly, A ather who came along to help co-host. xeter Unions (FXU) Ultimate Frisbee team. In addition to that, I’m secretary of xeter Unions (FXU) Ultimate Frisbee team. In addition to that, I’m secretary C alumni at the annual E M D & things. I’m proud to be things. I’m proud the FXU Kernow Kestrels Over my last and final year at Falmouth University I have been involved with a few Over my last and final year at Falmouth University I have been involved with a few a society. a society. was also short-listed as most outstanding sports committee member which made me was also short-listed as most outstanding sports committee member which made Jolyon Blackwell ‘15 C to their new classmates at university. feel happy with the effort that I put in towards the societies that I am a part of. that I put in towards feel happy with the effort D s for my course, Sustainable Product s for my course, Sustainable Product A ark Beach had the opportunity on Saturday 20 January 2018 to catch ark Beach had the opportunity on Saturday nglish, Flora M E work. I had two projects. work. I had two projects. ore than ever before, they talked about the impact than ever before, ore brand. I was asked to create a product that ‘enhanced the quality of user experience’ following their new a product brand. I was asked to create campaign tagline ‘Quality Speaks for Itself’. I aimed to design a piece of furniture that was space that may be, at home or at the office. wherever type, and write. draw, that may like to paint, dual-functions for creatives saving and offered M how much they miss the college, in particular the staff. bragging about 2018 LONDON ALUMNI LONDON DINNER 2018 Principal, up with many of the and included former to 37 participants this year, ago with 5 alumni, has grown Head of and old times, asking about staff spent much of the evening catching up on the school. finding out what has been happening at 32 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 Where are they now? Alumni Update Alumni ? now

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Grow. Discover. Dream. longside providing A y collection is called ssociation M A urham University, with our urham University, D in Hong Kong over the last 12months. AD y senior collection so far has given me the s a group we are also hosting our own also we are s a group ream State and revolves around the conscious around State and revolves ream A fashion show in Hong Kong on 8 June in Hong Kong. DYLAN HELYER ‘14 HELYER DYLAN I have been working on my senior collection at SC just finished my photo shoot and I ship We all of my work over to the US in the next few days. M opportunity to collaborate and get sponsored I had to submit my work by Swarovski. of other designers and alongside hundreds was chosen for a sponsorship that consisted crystals to of 35,000hkd worth of Swarovski embellish my work. D the and unconscious experiences that affect human dream. urham People of Colour D -– please check us out! www.blinkmagazine.co.uk y magazine is also dear to my heart, it is a multi-media publicationy magazine is also dear to my heart, it is a oots’ is available in local bookstores, and we are currently working currently and we are oots’ is available in local bookstores, (continued) R M INK mag, and the L , as previously there was no group at the university dedicated to dealing with was no group there , as previously A uardian. uardian. iterature, preparing to graduate in a couple of weeks.preparing iterature, G L POC D nglish E hought’. We also have a website – hought’. We T uring my time here, I’ve also become heavily involved with university life, from uring my time here, D urham, having made it my home through getting involved with the localurham, having made it my home through D urham University, studying urham University, D ). I’m very proud of having founded ). I’m very proud A POC D welfare, hosting talks and putting on cultural events, we brought national attention to racism at talks and putting on cultural events, we brought hosting welfare, in newspapers like the members being featured Our first issue ‘ for students of colour by students of colour. second one, ‘Food for our towards I’ve really enjoyed my time at I’ve really Bookshop, to helping organise arts – the People’s volunteering at a local radical bookstore from community, and music events for the public. to founding a magazine – B starting a Karaoke society, ( of colour or cataloguing racial incidents. to students campus, giving welfare racial harassment on and off I’m now at Alumni Update TRA ‘15 MYHICKIN 34 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 Alumni Update NASTIA KOSACHEVSKAYA ‘16 SAYA KAWANO ‘15

“I’m currently in my second year of veterinary studies in Germany. The classes are I am currently a double major in German (my third language) and while at first following lectures and practical in Dance and History, with an exercises was quite tough, it is getting easier and easier every semester. Educational Studies minor here at the University of California, Santa

I had a major turn in my life after a farm internship where I witnessed animal date

Barbara. As a third-year and soon p abuse. I switched to a vegan, cruelty-free, lifestyle, and I try to live as ethically entering my senior year (yikes), U and environmentally-friendly as possible. When I graduate, I want to work in the things I believe that have ni m

conservation and/or ecological sustainability organisations, but while I’m still u

encompassed my uni life the most is l studying I’m working towards this goal by raising awareness through social media not only the hard work from taking A as well as influencing others by person example.A t the moment I am working a ridiculous amount of units per with Wildlife Reserves Singapore as well as Hong Kong Jockey Club to improve quarter, but building many stable sustainability and animal welfare respectively in these organisations. friendships that I will bring into my post-graduation life. Life here at I’m also part of a competitive swim team here in Hannover where I train Santa Barbara is stunning as nothing three times a week. can beat the beach and palm trees in sunny California. Being part of the dance department on campus has also allowed me to find my little family and home away from home. I’m so glad I chose UCSB as my university as I don’t think I could’ve found a more perfect place to pursue my passion in dance, but also academically challenge myself to my limits. This summer, I got offered a full-ride scholarship to learn dance and education in New York GABRIELA PRZYGODZKI ESPINA ‘15 City. I will be going there with a few other of my UCSB friends who also I’m currently in the last term of my final year at the University of York. Luckily, I don’t got the scholarship. There, I will be SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 have exams to study for but my dissertation of 10,000 words is due very soon. I’m learning not only about dance as an writing about the Umbrella Movement in 2014 and how it has influenced activism in art form but how we can use dance Hong Kong today. Amidst all the writing of my dissertation I’ve been preparing for Roses to educate the upcoming generation (an annual sporting tournament against Lancaster University) that is taking place in the and use it as a social discourse to coming week. It’s been an honour to play rugby for the women’s first team. This year, promote social movement. we won the Northern Conference Cup and have been promoted into a higher league, all without losing a single match. After graduation I will be returning to Hong Kong to

find work and will be playing rugby for Hong Kong Football Club. 35

Grow. Discover. Dream. cCartney M ggstravaganza. E r Simon r Simon Ho. He showed r Simon Ho. He showed he Helper documentary. he Helper documentary. aster baskets filled with aster T M E E M iscovery College Culture iscovery College Culture D he proceeds were donated were he proceeds T B and were well attended. B and were D C staff who volunteer to assist in who volunteer to assist in C staff D r Peter Fenyves spoke of the intricacies of r Peter Fenyves spoke of the intricacies of uring this screening, attendees raised fundsuring this screening, D M anagement, Partner Practice of St. James’s Place anagement, Partner Practice of St. James’s anagement in M M , which organised a host of different events, offering offering events, host of different , which organised a TA nrich and PathFinders, two local non-profit organisationsnrich and PathFinders, two local non-profit E any of our students started their end of term holiday with uring this second term, we listened to several experts uring this second term, we listened to several CP he second term of the year was a busy one for the he second term of the his movie drew in a full crowd wanting to learn about in a full crowd more his movie drew o all par a basked-filled with goodies, lovingly put together by our wonderful volunteer parents. T work your hard organising these events, we appreciate and support. ents and will writing. Both events were sponsored by Parsons White by Parsons White sponsored will writing. Both events were Wealth Wealth we made loads and loads of Finally, chocolate donations for our annual M dedicated to assisting helpers in need. D Information Sessions. during Parent and other spoke passionately about his mountaineering and adventures We also organised a free screening of screening a free also organised We T workers, the migrant domestic Hong Kong’s the stories from separation fromcontribution they make to society and the their loved ones. voluntary donation. a through to events, just one of several of the the year. Festival activities that take place throughout T D for everyone. something interesting mark the and planted beautiful flowers to prepared We help of with the Chinese New Year interactive workshop, the bulbs during an us how to prepare the in time for in beautiful flowering narcissus which resulted celebrations. New Year the library in organising many of the Book Week assisted We DCPTA 36 SHI JIE MAGAZINE – SPRING 2018 PAT