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UNIS Hanoi’s Weekly Community Newsletter Volume 21, Edition 8, Friday 03 October
NEXT WEEK… MONDAY, 6 OCTOBER JV Girls Volleyball vs. Concordia, 16:00-17:00, Sports
Centre
University Visits, 6-9 October , Common Room
TUESDAY, 7 OCTOBER Grade 2 Trip, 8:45-13:00 Parent Co-Curricular Info Night, 18:30-19:30, Centre for
the Arts
WEDNESDAY, 8 OCTOBER Board Advancement Committee Meeting, 12:00-14:00,
Conference Room MS Swim Meet Varsity Boys Volleyball vs. Staff, 17:00-18:30, Sports
Centre Board Campus Development Taskforce, 17:30-19:00,
Conference Room
THURSDAY, 9 OCTOBER MS Girls Basketball vs. St. Paul, 15:30-18:00, St. Paul
School
FRIDAY, 10 OCTOBER UN Day Celebration, 10:30-11:45, Sports Centre UN Day Community Lunch, 12:00-13:00 Early Dismissal, 13:00 Quarter 2 Tuition Deadline
SATURDAY, 11 OCTOBER SAT Testing HS
UNIS Hanoi Autumn Break, 11-19 October
COMING SOON TUESDAY, 21 OCTOBER MS Boys Basketball vs. VAS, 16:00-17:30, Sports Centre Board of Directors Meeting, 17:30-20:00, Community
Room
WEDNESDAY, 22 OCTOBER APAC Boys Volleyball Tournament, AISG, China APAC Girls Volleyball Tournament, HKIS, Hongkong APAC Tennis Tournament, CA, Japan Community Breakfast with the Head of School,
8:00-9:30, Community Room University Info Session, 12:40-13:20, Common Room Board of Directors Meeting - School Strategic
Management Plan 2015-2020, 19:00-21:00
THURSDAY, 23 OCTOBER UNIS Hanoi Invitational Swim Meet, 23-26 Oct, Board Finance Committee Meeting, 7:00-8:30,
Conference Room ES Student Led Learning Journey, 8:30-15:30 MS Boys Basketball vs. Wellspring, 16:00-17:30, Sports
Centre
FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER Quarter 1 Ends
SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER UNIS Hanoi Invitational MS Boys & Girls Basketball
Tournament
IN THIS WEEK’S TIN TUC - The Highlights...
Notes from the Head of School (p.2)
Help us find the UNIS Hanoi 15-16 Scholars! (p.2)
UN Day News (p.3-5)
Co-curricular Parent Info Night (p.5)
Parent as PYP Partners (p.6)
UNIS Hanoi Swim Meet (p.6)
University Visits (p.7)
Book Sale. We want your books! (p.7)
SCO Funding. Apply Now! (p.8)
Community Garden. Produce Sale (p.8)
Job Opportunity (p.9)
UNIS Hanoi Supports the future of Education in Vietnam (p.9)
I would like to once again extend a big
thank you to those approximately 20 parents
who attended the "Hors d'Ouevres with the
HoS" on 24 September. You can see the
report of the meeting including the
questions and answers here.
The next session will be a "Breakfast
with the HoS" and will take place starting 08:00 in the
morning on Wednesday, 22 October in the Community
Room in the Admin building (B7).
This week we opened for applications for our Scholarship
Programme for 2015-2016 and I would encourage you to
spread the word within your Vietnamese friends and
acquaintances to help those who can benefit most learn
about this opportunity. Thank you for your support with
this important school programme. Ivan (Vanya) Kortunov , 3CH
I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible next
Friday for our UN Day celebration. It promises to be
another wonderful display of the spirit of our school and
we highly encourage all parents to take some time out of
their busy schedules to come to school for an hour or so to
help celebrate our school and community.
A special reminder that on UN Day, Friday, 10 October,
students will be dismissed at 13:00 and all offices will close
at 14:00 for the day. Offices will be open during normal
business hours during the Autumn Break - 13-17 October.
Respectfully,
Dr. Chip Barder, [email protected]
Applications for the UNIS Hanoi
Scholarship programme 2015-2016 intake
opened this week.
And this year, we aim to increase the
number of scholarship places that we can
offer through a new Scholarship Fund -
a powerful new community partnership
aimed at transforming futures.
The fundraising campaign will take place in January within
the UNIS Hanoi community and full details will be
available later this Autumn as we finalise the planning.
The UNIS Hanoi Scholarship Programme gives the
opportunity for Vietnamese students from low income
families, who are excelling at their local Hanoi district
school to enter UNIS Hanoi until graduation.
Students may apply to the UNIS Hanoi Scholarship
Programme for entry to Grade 8, Grade 9 or Grade 10.
In all cases, the 100% Scholarship will be valid until
graduation from UNIS Hanoi.
The programme was launched in 2011-12 and we have
welcomed six scholarship students to UNIS Hanoi in the
last three academic years.
Please help eligible students find out about this
programme by spreading the word amongst your
friends, colleagues and associates.
UNIS Hanoi is a well-connected community and we
ask you to mobilize!
In addition to the fees waiver, significant support will be
available for the Scholarship Students to access English
support, to be able to participate fully in the activities
programme in MSHS and for transport to and from
school.
Applications now open!
Full eligibility criteria, the timeline for the selection
process and application documents are available on
UNIS Hanoi website in both ENGLISH and
VIETNAMESE.
Deadline for applications is 31 December.
All questions concerning the Scholarship Programme
should be sent by email to [email protected]
Our UN Day Ceremony is only one week away and we’re
busy preparing for this wonderful celebration on Friday,
October 10! The band is rehearsing, the choir is fine tuning
their voices, the dancers are perfecting their moves AND a
new and improved sound system is being installed in the
Sports Centre!
Invitations to ALL parents and guardians were sent by
email last week… and we hope that you have marked this
date in your calendars! Invitations to UN Agencies,
Embassies and Government VIPs have also been sent out,
including those to parents representing these organisations.
(PLEASE NOTE: Parents are not able to bring
external guests that are not family)
The Assembly will start promptly at 10:30 am in the Sports
Centre and we encourage ALL parents/guardians to attend
this wonderful event which involves scores and scores of
our children from all three divisions. Please plan to be in
your seats by 10.20am as entrance doors close for the Flag
Parade.
You and your children are welcomed and encouraged to
wear something representing your “national” dress or
clothes from a place where you have lived.
With such a multicultural melting pot of nationalities
represented, it is sometime difficult to identify with only
one nationality, so we encourage the children to create or
put together a costume that represents their own sense of
identity. In the end, wear something you will feel
comfortable wearing.
Business dress is often preferred by parents and no one
should feel any pressure to ‘dress up’.
Following the ceremony ALL parents/guardians are invited
to join their children and the rest of the community for our
wonderful ‘Potluck’ Lunch from 12:00 in the classroom
areas (ES and MS) or Canteen for High School families.
Every family will be asked to contribute food for the
Community Lunch to ensure that we have enough to
feed all the children and guests.
You will receive more information in the coming weeks
about how the lunch and food is organized from your
Class Parent or Grade Level Parent liaison, but please read
the detailed food preparation guidelines below and start
planning!
Any questions don’t hesitate to contact our Community
Liaison Officer, Nathalie Grun: [email protected]
The Head of the United Nations International School
of Hanoi, Dr. Charles Barder, invites all parents/guardians of our students to attend our special
UN Day Celebration, one of the biggest events at UNIS
Hanoi, will be held on Friday, October 10. The
culminating event for the day is the international
community lunch which is enjoyed by students, staff
and parents. It is truly international and fun! Our shared
lunch is provided by parents and is an opportunity for you
to showcase your cultural cuisine. Many parents bring in
their favorite national dish or something that is popular in
their home country. All parents, family members, faculty
and staff are welcome and encouraged to attend the
luncheon which will start at 12:00 noon.
The Community Lunch is organised into grade level
lunches and your homeroom class parents will take the lead
on communicating the essential information to you. They
will be asking for volunteers to help (especially with the
clean up) and the more people to help the better! Please
DROP OFF FOOD BEFORE 9.30am to the designated
drop off spots listed below. Example of Food Label:
Prepare one plate of food to serve 10 people (servings)
per child.
Prepare food that does not require refrigeration or need
to be heated.
Prepare food that can be easily served and can be eaten
with fingers or forks — no soupy or runny dishes.
Do not bring any food that contains nuts of any
kind; no peanuts, cashews, walnuts, almonds, etc or
peanut oil or nut products.
Label the food with name and country of origin;
decorate the plate/food with flags or ribbons (It’s nice to
know where the food you are eating originates from!)
List the ingredients of your food for dietary restrictions
and allergies (please see the sample below).
If you bring food on a serving plate, please collect it after
the lunch is finished so it is not misplaced. It is
recommended to clearly mark it with your child’s name
and homeroom. Many people made a disposable serving
container using a small cardboard container lined with foil which is
then decorated to serve their food.
If your dish requires a serving spoon or fork, please
provide.
More appetizers and main courses are required than
desserts.
UNIS Hanoi will provide: plates, napkins, cups, and
forks. Children are encouraged to use their water
bottles and parents are welcome to bring their own
non-alcoholic drinks (in addition to a cultural dish).
Water will be available for everyone.
If you have any questions regarding the UN Day
Community Lunch, please contact our Community Liaison
Officer, Nathalie Grun: [email protected]
Our UN Day Celebration is a super photogenic event; we
all want photos of our kids proudly representing their
nationalities at the Parade of Flags or a video recording of
the choir singing…but PLEASE be aware of photo
etiquette.
Don’t be THAT PERSON who is blocking the view of
everyone behind you because you are watching the
ceremony on your iPad! (you know who you are…)
We understand, in this age of easy digital recording on our
smartphones, iPads, DSLR/digital cameras and our snap
and post culture on Facebook/Instagram, we cannot (and
do not aim to) stop you from taking photos, all we ask is
that you become more aware of those surrounding you by
following some basic photo etiquette…
Enjoy the ceremony in THE PRESENT. Experience it
LIVE happening in front of you, don’t distance yourself by
watching the ceremony through a digital device.
Be aware of people behind you when taking a photo, don’t
be the disrupting/annoying person who is blocking the
view from others around you. It’s a crowded event already
and we all want to see the ceremony. Leave aisles clear for
the Flag Parade and take extra precautionary measures
around the elementary kids on the floor!
iPads and even iPad-Mini’s are notorious for obstructing
the view (even their covers block the view). If possible,
please take photos or recordings on a smartphone or a
small digital camera.
For more information about photo etiquette and/or the
UN Day Photos please contact the Advancement Office:
PROFESSIONAL PHOTOS and the full-
length VIDEO of the 2014 UN Day
Ceremony will be made available for
download on our website for FREE after the
October break.
Please join us on Tuesday, October 7,
2014 at 6:30 p.m. in the UNIS Hanoi
Theatre for a Parent Information evening
on the topic of co-curricular programming
here at UNIS Hanoi. This particular
session will focus on the co-curricular
programming directly impacting our
students most, and not necessarily the community outreach
initiatives such as our Community Education (ComEd)
programme.
Topics for the evening will include, the new Activities
Department structure, APAC/MRISA affiliation, building a
positive culture of success, ASA sign-up process,
developing a youth sport programme and how parents can
help, a school’s role in sport and activities, department
goals, department philosophy as well as a general
description of a holistic view on education in which
curricular and co-curricular programming work in a
partnership.
Light snacks and refreshments will be available on the
evening. Tarique AL-Iesa, Director of Activities, and
Adrian Hubbard, Co-Curricular Activities Manager will be
available for individual questions immediately following the
presentation. We hope to see you all there.
Tarique AL-Iesa, Director of Activities
The International Baccalaureate Organization (IB) really
values parents as partners. It describes quality learning as
follows:
“best done with the support of the parents, because it is the
student’s environment—the home, the school and the
community—that will shape the student’s cognitive experience”
At UNIS Hanoi we embrace this stance. We aim to involve
parents in a range of different ways. Opportunities include
parent helpers in the classroom or school trips, home
learning support and parent ‘experts’ who students often
interview during units of inquiry. During September we
hosted a number of workshops specifically for parents.
PYP Workshop for Parents New to the Primary Years
Programme
PYP Assessment Workshop for Parents
PYP Self Study for Parents
These events were designed for parents to learn about the
Primary Years Programme. They were also opportunities
for UNIS Hanoi to get feedback from the parents about
the Primary Years Programme here at UNIS Hanoi. I
would like to thank all of the parents who took part and I
look forward to welcoming parents to similar workshops in
the future.
Chris Frost, PYP Coordinator
The first UNIS Hanoi swim
meet of the year will be held on
Saturday morning beginning at
9am!
Nearly 100 UNIS Hanoi
swimmers will have their first
races of the year! We have many new swimmers this year
and we are excited to help them enjoy their first swim meet
as a member of the UNIS Hanoi Phoenix Swim Team.
All ES and HS swimmers will begin warmup at 8:00am
sharp. Swimmers should be on the pool deck with caps and
goggles ready to swim at 7:55.
All MS swimmers will begin warmup at 8:30 sharp and
should be on the pool deck with caps and goggles ready to
swim at 8:25.
Thanks in advance to those parents, PE and Aquatics staff
and MS Aquatics Ambassadors Service Group students
who offered your time to help us with the running of the
meet. We say it every time – without you these events can’t
happen.
The Middle School Swim Meet is scheduled on
Wednesday, October 8th from 10:00-12:40.
Parents, families and
friends are kindly invited
to attend the event and
cheer up for MS students
and House teams! For
information about MS
Swim Meet please visit the
PE House Events page (click here to view the page).
Mon, Oct 6 13:20-14:00
Outside of Common Room B5 G29
University of New Brunswick Andrew Dunphy, International Recruitment
Concordia University – Montreal
John Beaton, Admissions Counselor
University of Alberta Randy Lievers, Admissions Counselor
University of Saskatchewan Amy Ta, Admissions Counselor
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Kevin Newman, Admissions Counselor
Tue, Oct7 13:20-14:00
Common Room B5 G29
Johns Hopkins University Kylie Wright, Admissions Counselor
Temple University Japan Thomas Belfer, Admissions Counselor
Wed, Oct 8 12:40-13:20
Outside of Common Room B5 G29
Bates College Misha Garg, Admissions Counselor
Birmingham-Southern College John McGinnis, Admissions Counselor
Hendrix College Michael Licatino, Assoc. Director of Admissions
Indiana University Kokomo Todd Gambill, Vice Chancellor
College of Staten Island Monika Wojciechowski, Assist. Director Intl. Admis
University of Mount Union Dawn Adams, Director International Admission
Western New England University
Michelle Kowalsky, Admissions Counselor
Widener University Candice Chan, Admissions Counselor
Mount Holyoke College Elizabeth DuMont-McCaffrey, Admissions Counselor
Thu, Oct 9 13:20-14:00
Common Room B5 G29
Northeastern University Darryl Tynen, Assist. Director Intl Admissions
University of San Francisco Krittaya Pichitnapakul, International Relations
Do you have books that you
no longer need but which
someone else would enjoy?
Are you wondering what to
do with them? Do you want
to donate them to a good
cause?
The UNIS Hanoi Book Sale, held annually at the end of
November, is a much anticipated event. It’s an opportunity
for both kids and adults to purchase some ‘pre-loved’
books, in their native tongue (or another language!), at
bargain prices.
Kids’ books, adults’ books, fact or fiction, English,
Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, German, Swedish, French –
we’re interested in books on any subject, in any language
spoken within the UNIS Hanoi community. If it’s a book
that someone else might enjoy, donate it (so no out-dated
travel guides, class readers or undesirable books
please!).
Books will be collected in each ECC, ES and MS classroom
from November, with a central collection for HS. We’ll be
back with more details in due course. In the interim, please
start putting your pre-loved books safely aside.
Lori Fairbairn and Amanda
Stevenson, Book Sale Co-
ordinators. (Contact us at:
Each year, our community –through the SCO - raises funds
in course of implementing activities, the main activity being
the organization and administration of the Spring Fair .
Some of those funds are available each year to carry out
project ideas from members of the community. The
funding process is designed to be fair, transparent, and
community-based.
Application for funding may now be prepared, and queries
about funding may now be submitted for consideration.
The closing date for applications will be in late November,
the date to be advised.
Who can apply ? Any member of our community,
including teaching staff, administration, faculty,
students of all ages and student groups and parents.
The kinds of projects that may be funded are : for extra
equipment/furniture outside the UNIS Hanoi
Administration budget, fees, wages or expenses for a
teaching specialist/entertainer/workshop provider,
publications, and production costs. Please note : Regarding
funds sought for charity. The charity must be connected
to/auspiced by UNIS Hanoi Service Learning. Please see
the UNIS Hanoi Service Learning department to discuss
your idea first.
Examples of projects that have been funded in the past are
– compost bins for the school garden, outdoor seating,
decorations, displays, throw cushions for the Library, big
drum and gong for the Centre for the Arts, badge making
machine for the Design and Technology Dept, cameras for
the ECC, bedding/supplies for an Orphanage, production
funding for the Operation Smile Charity concert, a new
timming system for the swimming pool, funding to support
the UNIS Hanoi Kaliedoscope of Culture Carnival, and
more.
All applications must be submitted using the forms and
templates which will be available from the UNIS Portal and
Website in the near future.
Any questions about the
process or the forms
should be directed
Pippa Wood, SCO
Funding Committee
The MS Community Garden Service Learning Group will
be selling produce directly from the MS garden throughout
the school year. Variety and availability will vary depending
on what we have in the garden and all sales are on a first
come/ first served, cash only basis.
This is a great opportunity to get some delicious, local,
organic vegetables, give our MS students some practical
experience in business and fundraising and help us raise
money to purchase supplies for a farm family on Long
Bien Island that we have been involved with for the past 4
years.
Available Week of October 6
At the Garden
(4:00- 4:30 Monday/Thursday only) Sweet Potato Greens - Rau Khoai Lang
Eggplants – Cà Tím
Lemon Grass – Củ Sả
Perilla – Tía Tô Baby Pak Choi—Cải Ngon
Turmeric Roots—Củ Nghệ
We are now accepting applications for a Contracted
Services Supervisor. This position holder is responsible
for monitoring and continuously improving the work
performance and quality of work by contracted services
workers through close supervision to limit time waste,
supervision of specific job duties to ensure that they are
executed properly, meeting contractual provisions and
international standards. The contracted services under the
supervising scope of the Contracted Services Supervisor
include cleaning services, pest control and landscape
services, security services and any other services
supervision that may be assigned.
To view more information about the job description
and requirements, and to apply online, please visit our
website at www.unishanoi.org/jobs
UNIS Hanoi was delighted to welcome more than 150
educators from the Vietnamese Government Ministry of
Education and Training today for a Curriculum Design
Workshop.
The government is investing considerable resources in
renovating its curriculum to impact teaching and learning
for the future in this country, and UNIS Hanoi has been
working with them actively for more than ten years to assist
development from Early Childhood through to Secondary
education.
Today, Dr Chip Barder and our Director of Learning, Janet
Field, were joined by our PYP Coordinator, Chris Frost,
our MYP Coordinator, Sybille Harth, our DP Coordinator,
Chris Mills and our HS Vietnamese Teacher, Hoa Phan to
present to the extended research group before proposals
are made for curriculum changes to the Ministry.
The focus of the Curriculum
Design Workshop held with
simultaneous translation in the
School theatre was to
demonstrate the benefits of the
inquiry based programme offered
through the International
Baccalaureate Organisation.
UNIS Hanoi is the original IB
World School in Asia and is proud to graduate students
every year from our non-selective and inclusive programme
with both pass rates and point scores significantly above
the world averages.
