Through The Arch 2020 GREETINGS FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL These pages tell the story of the second year of our young school’s history. The themes that emerge ring true with our school’s mission and speak to a profound sense of community that is characterized by kindness and inclusion. Reflecting on the 2019-2020 academic year brings to mind so many good memories of the special events and emerging traditions our community has celebrated here at Shattuck-St. Mary’s Forest City International School. The range of activities and clubs at SSM-FC is constantly growing as new ideas and innovations come to light. I would like to take this opportunity to thank every student and teacher who has demonstrated the courage and commitment to bring forth new ideas for clubs, sports, and activities for the community. It’s not just innovative leadership that makes our community work so well, but our school thrives on the energy and enthusiasm that every member of every group brings to each and every meeting, match, or event. While individuals may originate ideas, it is the work of teams and committees that make things happen! I am personally grateful to every student, teacher, staff member and parent for joining the school community and making Shattuck-St. Mary’s Forest City a success. Thank you as well to the Yearbook Team for your effort to make this annual publication come together. Thank you for helping everyone to remember what an inspiring, resilient, and terrific school community we have built together! Gregg Maloberti. Ed.D Head of School SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM Gregg Maloberti Ed.D. Joe Lingle Meg Brainard Head of School High School Principal Middle School Principal; Director of Curriculum Wayne Burnett Ed.D. Nathan Johnston Ed.D Elementary School Principal Early Childhood Principal ACADEMIC TEAM Camille Bondi Maricar Co Wee Jern Chi Grade 10 Advisor; US EAL; Kindergarten 5 Mandarin Academic Reading and Writing Undrea Conley Simone Connolly Lianne Dominguez Grade 2 Homeroom Grade 4 Homeroom Director Of College Counseling Teacher Teacher and Residential Life Esther Efthymiou Adam Harrison Kimberly Johnston Grade 9 Advisor; Grade 10 Advisor; US Science; WeCreate Director Mathematics AP Science ACADEMIC TEAM Jay Kanapathy Jordan Korth Pablo Lozada Head of EAL Grade 7 Advisor; US Grade 7 Advisor; MS EAL Music Teacher Duncan Lee Vincent Lerouvillois Timothy Mason-Osann US Physical Education EC & ES Physical Grade 3 Homeroom Education Teacher Eunice Ngoi Ser Min Jeffrey Netter LaNae Netter Kinder Mandarin Language; Grade 5 Homeroom Teacher Grade 1 Homeroom Teacher Teacher Learning Assistant ACADEMIC TEAM Bianca Neri Ian Pettigrew Faris Ridzwan Grade 11 Advisor; US Social Grade 9 Advisor; HS English US Visual Arts Studies Language Arts; Film Studies Cameron Sabo Miel Sadhwani Stephanie Spiller Grade 11 Advisor; Kindergarten 4 Kindergarten 3 US Mathematics Raychel Ann Standley Mary Swan Yee Tan Melanie Tanner Grade 6 Advisor; US EAL Mandarin Grade 8 Advisor; US Science ACADEMIC TEAM Shane Tanner Esther Xue Yi Tee Saba Venugopal Grade 6 Advisor; MS EC & ES Music Malay Humanities Heidi Wenger ES EAL Not pictured: Khai Ling Lee EC & ES Art Teacher TEACHING & LEARNING/ ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS Chin Hui Fang Goh Wen Hui Gong Li Teen EC & ES Administrative US Administrative Assistant Assistant Counselor; Grade 8 Assistant Advisor Lieu Jia Qin Cynthia Majinau Adele Ng ES Teaching and Librarian; Learning and EC Teaching and Learning Assistant Teaching Assistant Learning Assistant Pearly Tan Elaine Wong Siew Yan Yeoh Sin Nie Personal Assistant to the ES Teaching and EC Teaching and Head Of School Learning Assistant Learning Assistant Not Pictured: Vicky Chai EC Learning and Teaching Assistant ADMISSIONS TEAM Brenda Lee Ph.D. Amy Maloberti Shiying Chai Admissions Director Assistant Admissions Director Senior Admissions Executive Grace Lee Nellie Loi Evelyn Tan Senior Admissions Executive Senior Admissions Executive Senior Marketing Executive Not pictured: Nur Hayati Binti Sawal Registrar Farha Binti Gavir Senior Admissions Executive Jasmine Ler XinFang Admissions Associate Jestyne Chng Admissions Associate OPERATIONS TEAM Hazel Long Shu Min Sum TirukumaraRetty Administrative Manager Senior Finance Executive Partheeben Network Engineer Ashita Reghu Reaz Shaheed Wong Seck Tin Senior Executive, Human Educational Technology Senior Procurement Executive Resources Director Choon Jian Wai Facilities Manager Not pictured: Doug Goh Financial Director EARLY CHILDHOOD Message from the Early Childhood Principal What an amazing year we have had in the Early Childhood School at Shattuck-St. Mary’s Forest City! Our early learning community has more than doubled since our first year. Our teachers are building this community by writing Learning Stories with parents that focus on helping our students develop awareness of their strengths. Whether they are expressing themselves through art or music, in their home language or in English, the children are finding different ways to represent their growing understanding. They are developing skills that will last a lifetime, like learning to swim. Our teachers have helped the students gain confidence in their abilities and belief in their capacity to solve and address real world problems, whether that be turning off the faucet with a paper towel after washing their hands or logging on to the computer for a sing-a-long with their classroom community. Dr. Nathan Johnston Our students know that they are part of a community that includes their families, other families, and teachers. They are part of a community where people care about each other and help each other learn no matter what happens. It has been my pleasure this year to watch our students grow, and gain confidence in their abilities. I can’t wait to see what they will do next. Sincerely, Dr. Nathan Johnston Early Childhood School Principal KINDERGARTEN 3 Homeroom Teacher: Ms. Stephanie Spiller Teaching and Learning Assistant: Ms. Adele Ng KINDERGARTEN 3 Du You Yi (Yomy) Elisa Lani Efthymiou Pirtam Kanagasaba Liu Yi Peng Ning Xi Yue Qiu Yi Wang Jia Lin (Ruth) Xue Yi Shuo (Brady) Not Pictured: Ma Jun Zhe (Morris) Zhang Xin Yue (Elina) Zhang Yi Lin (Andy) Zhu Jun Xi (Rick) KINDERGARTEN 4 Homeroom Teacher: Mrs. Miel Sadhwani Teaching and Learning Assistant: Ms. Vicky Chai KINDERGARTEN 4 Chen Jinxuan (Jane) Chi Yi Tong Cui Ding Sheng Ge Yu Guo (Hugo) Yoon Tae Young (Taron) Not Pictured: ZiXin Zhao ART ATTACK! KINDERGARTEN 5 Homeroom Teacher: Ms. Maricar Co Teaching and Learning Assistant: Ms. Yeoh Sin Nie KINDERGARTEN 5 Chen Chen (Cindy) Andreas Kye Burris Willem Korth Peng Yue Ling Efthymiou (DuoDuo) Shou Rui Xi (Suki) Wang ZiFeiEr He Wei Min (Rachel) Not Pictured: Zhang XinYu (Emily) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DR. WAYNE FROM THE BURNETT ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL Dear Students, Dear Parents, Dear Colleagues, Our second year of operation has been an exciting, unexpected, learning adventure. We started off the year with many new colleagues and students. Extending to five separate homerooms for five grades was an achievement and I was super impressed by the learning I saw in each class. We also added teachers in Music (Ms. Esther), Visual Art (Ms. Khai Ling) and Physical Education (Mr. Vince), so that we shared those teachers with Early Childhood only. This meant we had much more and Chi Lǎoshī. Further creativity and personal involvement from those teachers in our work and I development were developed by Ms. Kimber, know students were impressed by the teachers we Ms. Lianne and Ms. Li Teen. had. This all changed when COVID became an issue Sadly, we said goodbye to Ms. G, Stefanie Goebel, in and we transitioned to Home Learning. Well, it the middle of the first semester. A real child at heart, changed and it did not, because with the Ms G was remarkable for her playfulness, excellent work of teachers and the strong relationships with students, and her hard work, support of parents, learning continued. Perhaps from helping students individually to exhibiting that was the greatest achievement of the year - student artwork in the Forest City Hotel. our ability to overcome challenges - learning in English and learning at home - and succeed. The beginning of the year is always a challenge when it comes to playing and studying in English at This is my last year at Shattuck-St. Mary’s school. But, around Chinese New Year, this year like Forest City. I know I leave the school in good last year, I noticed a shift in the ability and hands, supported by my AA Ms. Chin, the folks willingness of students to use English much of the in the Administration Department, and my day. No doubt the work of the EAL teachers, Ms. Jay fellow senior leaders. My best wishes to and Ms. Heidi, were key to that. But, of course, we everyone in the SSMFC community. don’t only teach English. Learning Math, Science & Engineering, and Community & Cultural Studies Sincerely, were all supported by Mrs. Netter, Ms. Conley, Mr. M-O, Mrs. C, and Mr. Netter, along with our terrific Teaching and Learning Assistants (TLAs), Ms. Elaine, Ms. Jia, and Ms. Eunice. Important language learning, often in mother tongues, was offered by Dr. Wayne Burnett Mr. Saba, Tan Lǎoshī ES Principal GRADE 1 Homeroom Teacher: Mrs. LaNae Netter Teaching and Learning Assistant: Ms. Elaine Wong Siew Yan GRADE ONE Cao Kai Yuan Chou KoChen Muhammad Malek Gao RongXuan (Eric) (Kevin) (Avery) Han ZhuoChen Olivia Harrison Li Zhen Xi Liang Yijiu GRADE ONE Xiao ShanXi Xue Yi Ming (Brian) Yang Le Er (Carrie) Zhang ZiYan (Sara) (Michael) Zhao Zimuyan (Justin) Not Pictured: Lee DaHoon Qiang ShiXun (Andy) Zhang An Kang (Andy) GRADE 2 Homeroom Teacher: Ms. Undrea Conley Teaching and Learning Assistant: Ms. Liew Jia Qin GRADE TWO Janette Gan Li Zhou Ran Xu Zhe Hao (Willy) Qiu Yichen (Ran Ran) Yin Hao Xin (Roy) Yong Wyen-Lam Zhang Guo Kim Jaeeun (Isabelle) (Johnny) (Jenny) Masukura Soshi GRADE 3 Homeroom Teacher: Mr.