[email protected] UNIS Hanoi’s Weekly Community Newsletter Volume 19, Edition 22, Friday 08 February Next Week... Coming Soon... Tet Holidays 09 - 17 February. School Closed. Tuesday, 26 February ● Community Event with Peter Brown 18:00 - 19:30, B10 Coming Soon... Wednesday, 27 February ● APAC Drama Festival -Seoul Foreign School, ends 3 Mar Monday, 18 February ● APAC Band-Hong Kong Int’l School, ends 3 Mar ● School Resumes ● Kindergarten PAC, 09:00 - 10:00, B10 Tuesday, 19 February ● Community Meeting: Values & Beliefs, 19:00 - 21:00, B10 ● ISIS Family workshop 17:30, Community Room Thursday, 28 February Thursday, 21 February ● UNIS Hanoi MUN Conference 28 Feb - 2 March ● MRISA Junior Soccer Tournament, HIS 21-24 February ● ECC Parent Info Session 14:00, ECC-Room G27 ● Finance Committee Meeting 07:00 - 08:30, B7 ● Information night for G5 Exhibition, 18:00 - 19:00, B7 ● Advancement Committee Meeting 08:30 - 10:00, B7 ● Curriculum Transition Meeting for Grade 5 Parents 18:00, B8 Friday, 22 February ● ASA Session 3 Registration 22 - 24 February Saturday, 23 February ● UNIS Hanoi Aquathlon IN THIS WEEK’S TIN TUC - The Highlights... Notes from the Board of Directors Kindy PAC. Save the Date! (p.10) (p.2) Peter Brown. Coming Soon... (p.11) Admissions for 2013-2014 (p.2) 25th Birthday Alumni Project (p.11) Notes from the Middle/High ISIS Family Special (p.12-13) School Principal (p.3-4) We had a lovely Tet Celebration Tet Bags Thank You (p.14) (p.5) UNIS Tree Nursery (p.15) NEW! Uniquely UNIS Auction (p.6) Spring Fair. Book Now! (p.16) Notes from the Middle/High New Year...New Drum (p.17) School Assistant Principal (p.7) Grade 5 Curriculum Transition After School Activities News (p.19) Meeting (p.8) APAC Swimming (p.20) ECC Parent Info Session (p.8) MUN Host Families Needed (p.22) UMA News (p.8) Job Opportunity (p.23) 100 Day Celebration (p.6) Notes from the Board of Directors On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to wish everyone "Chúc Mừng Năm Mới" and hope that the new year of the snake brings good health and happiness to all members of our UNIS Hanoi community. The Board looks forward to meeting many of you at the community meeting scheduled Wednesday February 27, 7pm Black Box, Centre for the Arts when we will be sharing with you the first draft of the values and beliefs statements. These statements are being compiled based on everyone’s input at the recent focus groups. Sarah Garner, UNIS Hanoi Board Chair We wish best of luck to Umi Ahmad Solihin (9MA) Who left UNIS Hanoi this week Notes from the Middle High School Principal Dear MSHS Families, Greetings from the MSHS. Working day in and day out with over 500 students and 70 teachers can be fairly stressful and can often leave one’s head spinning just trying to keep up the beehive of activity inherent in secondary schools. But there are times when you just have to sit back and enjoy the moment! One such glorious moment took place on Thursday when the MSHS Vietnamese language students presented a Tet assembly for our community. Dressed in regional fashion students sang traditional Tet songs, presented comedic skits, and gave the audience a brief and informative introduction into Vietnamese cultural and traditions. Congratulations to all students involved and to Vietnamese language teachers Ms. Hoa and Ms. Xuan for their wonderful direction. The HS held its Semester 1 Awards Assembly on Wednesday and it was an upbeat affair designed to honor those students who reached academic and personal excellence. The MSHS community would like to congratulate the following students: Grade Level Awards: Grade 11 Grade 9 Learner Laureate – Chi Hyun Ryu Learner Laureate – Mana Muchaku Leadership – Michael Emblem Leadership – Chi Mai Citizenship – Nhi Trinh Citizenship – Partho Mondal Humanitarian – Asare Buahin Humanitarian – Jamie Trees Grade 10 Grade 12 Learner Laureate – Melanie Beek Learner Laureate – Andrew Kim Leadership Award – Veronica Lai Leadership Award – Laura Ramoso Citizenship Award – Tae Jun Park Citizenship Award – Yong Kamila Ahmad Solihin Humanitarian Award – Sara Curcio Humanitarian Award – Izziany Mohd Jamil Please enjoy a relaxing and fun filled Tet break! Chúc Mừng Năm Mới, Pete Kennedy, MSHS Principal [email protected] Notes from the Middle High School Principal Academic HONOuR ROLL Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Bui Vu Tran My-Linh Vu Thien Barbara Ha Hai Yang Seung Yoo Cheong Devin Trees Jamie Teranishi Masatoki Phung Mai Lai Veronica Lee Ju Youn Soderberg Jimmy Kim Min Ji Jeong So Yeon Lee Ji Hoon Davies Ruby Lee Hyun Ji Jeong So Hee Le Son Senanayake Dehaja Ryu Chi Hyun Nguyen Minh Anh Stephens William (Will) Kimura Ayaki Escalante Vince Jose Kei- Senanayake Darikha Do Quynh Anh Nyberg Yanik ko Do Van Hoa Phong Kim Young Jin Fiebrantz Lena Hamer Ruan Nguyen Hai Anh Tang Zhen Wayne Buahin Awua Do Quynh Anh Ho Minh Kim Da Hyeong Shankar Anushka Fiebrantz Jonas Yoon Eel Hee Emblem Kelly Lachman Ewa Dung Noh Hae Ji Muchaku Mana Jo Tae Hee Pham Thao Kim Na Young Prytz Lucas Porter Charlotte Muchaku Mai Than Viet Sohn Seung Hyun Tran Le-My Obayashi Chihiro Vallely Gillian Le Phuong Dluzniewska Monika Trinh Nhi Yoon Hye Lin van den Brink Jessica Beard Ellen Nguyen Linh Mallon Kim Lan Tam Hiong Lin Kim Bum Soo Vo Linh Nguyen Duong Lee Dong Heon Cohen Sariek (Sarig) Beek Melanie Tang Maximilian Banglorewala Shraddha Park Tae Jun Sugimori Kanji Kim Andrew Curcio Sara Mondal Partho Le Huong Giang Evans Aincre Ngo Minh Nguyen Tuan Anh Pham Linh Le Hai Anna Nishimura Haruka Hyun Kyung Hyea Yang Na Yeong Tagomori Hanna Mai Chi Satpathy Shefali Tran My Ko Eun Bee (Cindy) Hwang Hyun Su Tet Celebration Notes from Advancement Office BIRTHDAY UPDATE Our BIRTHDAY BALL is approaching – Make sure you have the date marked in your calendar: APRIL 13. We will be launching the event details after Tet and it promises to be a wonderful community celebration as well as a lot of fun and fundraising… Get ready to party! Our goal is to make a Birthday Gift which will support those most in need in Vietnam for the next 25 years! And most im- portantly, will also engage our students and build meaningful connections in our community through Service Learning. Last week we announced our UNIQUELY UNIS AUCTION – an auction of our community’s time and talents! It is a celebration of what we all have to offer! It will also only be open to UNIS Hanoi community members for bids. ALREADY CONFIRMED FROM FACULTY… A round of golf with the Head of School Dr Chip Barder will host a round of golf at one of Vietnam’s top courses. Handyman for the Day Director of Operations, Dave Porter, will set your home straight. Digital Scrapbooking Class HS Physics teacher Ingrid Renneberg will introduce this beautiful hobby. Personalised Perfume! ES French teacher Clemence Barbier (La Dame Clemence) will consult and create a perfume just for you! French Cheese and Wine Tasting With her French husband, Director of Advancement, Emma Silva will host a ‘guided tour’ from their homeland. NEW! Tandem Tour with our Cycling Supremo! A fun trip out with Director of Technology, Ed Gilbreath and his tandem ALREADY CONFIRMED FROM PARENTS… Personal Style Review Wardrobe Review & Personal Shopping tour Knitting Masterclass Either beginners, starting again after a long absence or looking to tackle something more difficult. Cooking Whizz! Learn to cook a delicious new menu and then enjoy eating it! Private Yoga Class 75 min private hatha yoga class for absolute beginners to intermediate-level practitioners NEW! British Beetle Drive Bonanza A traditional Games Night for teams of 4 – Fun for all the family! These are just a few of the wonderful ideas that our parents and faculty have already come up with… But anything goes! Contact the UNIQUELY UNIS team on [email protected] with any questions or with your ideas. YOUR TIME AND TALENTS CAN CHANGE SOMEONE’S LIFE THOUGH THE BIRTHDAY GIFT FUND! Emma Silva, Director of Advancement [email protected] From Our Birthday Sponsor For Our Community Cafe Du Lac Westlake TET Specialties Buffet 8th -13th February Come as a family or with a group of friends and enjoy our daily lavish TET buffet with fresh Nha Trang Blue Lobster, all your favorite local seafood and imported meat as well as house made Banh Chung and 6 interactive live cooking stations. Enjoy our Traditional Vietnamese Dragon dance to bring in the Year of the Snake on the 10th VND 1, 075, 000 ++ per Adult excluding beverages VND 1, 290, 000 ++ per Adult including free flow of beer, wine and soft drink VND 2, 365 000 ++ per Adult including Moet Chandon Saigon Restaurant A Celebration of TET - February Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a range of specially designed TET celebration menus custom designed by Chef Thang and his culinary team. Signature dishes include Deep fried minced beef and green rice, Wok fried soft shell crab, Salmon gilled in Pandan leaves and Steam live Garoupa and Pink Birds nest soup and stir fried lobster TET Celebrations menus start at VND 840,000++ per adult 50% for children 6 -12 Children under 6 Eat Free Don’t forget to ask about our special TET Hampers from Le Gourmet For more information or to make a reservation, please call us at (04) 6 270 8888 or email [email protected] Notes from the MSHS Assistant Principal Next week after the Tet holiday you will receive information concerning this year’s Grade 6 – 11 Trips that will run from March 18 to 22.