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UNIS Hanoi’s Weekly Community Newsletter Volume 21, Edition 18, Friday 9 January
Notes from the Head of School (p.2)
The Scholarship Fund. Annual
Community Campaign 2014-2015 (p.3)
Save our Planet. Save the date! (p.4)
Student Learning Work Shop for
Parents (p.4)
New Year’s Resolution for Kids (p.5)
New at the Shop. Check it out
NOW! (p.5)
Spring Fair 2015 (p.6)
Community Education Spring
Session (p.7)
Job Opportunities (p.7)
Meet Real Madrid for real! (p.8)
NEXT WEEK… MONDAY, 12 JANUARY Scholarships Fundraising Campaign, 5 Jan - 13 Feb ComEd Spring Session Registration Opens Board Executive Committee Meeting , 12:00-13:30,
Conference Room JV Boys' Basketball vs WIS @ UNIS, 16:00-17:30, Sports
Centre
TUESDAY, 13 JANUARY Board Finance Committee Meeting , 7:00 – 8:30,
Conference Room All Parent Meeting, 8:30-10:30, Community Room Board Campus Development Task Force Meeting , 17:30
-19:00, Conference Room
WEDNESDAY, 14 JANUARY Board SMP 2015-2020 Task Force Meeting , 7:00 – 8:30,
Conference Room
THURSDAY, 15 JANUARY Elementary School Green Hour, 8:00-9:00 Grade 4 Field Trip, 9:00-12:00 MS Boys' and Girls’ Soccer vs St. Paul @ UNIS , 16:00-
17:30, UNIS Fields Varsity Boys' Basketball vs Philipinas, 19:00-20:30, Sports
Centre
FRIDAY, 16 JANUARY Quarter 2 and Semester 1 End New Family Orientation and Welcome Coffee, 8:15-
10:15, Centre for the Arts New MSHS students buddy morning, 9:00-13:15
SATURDAY, 17 JANUARY North South Cup - Basketball @ SSIS, 17-18 Jan Saturday Soccer Spring Season Registration Deadline
COMING SOON MONDAY, 19 JANUARY Quarter 3 and Semester 2 Start ES Tet Gifts Bags of Love Collection Begins JV Boys' and Girls’ Basketball vs BIS @ UNIS, 16:00-
17:30, Sports Centre
WENESDAY, 21 JANUARY Varsity Boys' Basketball vs HIS @ UNIS, 16:00 - 17:30,
Sports Centre Varsity Girls' Basketball vs Thang Long Club @ UNIS,
16:30-18:00, Sports Centre
THURSDAY, 22 JANUARY ES Parent Teacher Conferences (No ASAs/Aquatics
Academy for ES Students), 16:00-18:00 MS Boys' and Girls’ Soccer vs HIS @ UNIS, UNIS
Fields, 16:00-17:30
FRIDAY, 23 JANUARY ES Parent Teacher Conferences (No classes/ASA/
Aquatics Academy for ES Students), 10:00-18:00 JV Boys' Basketball vs St. Paul @ UNIS, 16:00-17:30,
Sports Centre HS Talent Show , 18:00-20:00, Centre for the Arts
SATURDAY, 24 JANUARY UNIS Invitational MS Boys & Girls Soccer Tournament,
Sports Centre SAT Testing (HS)
IN THIS WEEK’S TIN TUC - The Highlights...
Happy New Year as we made it through
our first week back. Although the traffic
situation does not appear to have created
any major problems, we will continue to
monitor things to ensure that our students
and families can safely access our campus
each day.
While out recruiting, we are also able to invite any UNIS
Hanoi alumni to attend a social gathering in the city where
we are. We had a few people join us in Melbourne and
expect over 30 to join us in Bangkok on this coming
Saturday. The enthusiasm these alumni students and
families have for the time at UNIS Hanoi is quite
gratifying. Thanks to the efforts of our Advancement
Office under the leadership of Emma Silva, our alumni
data base continues to grow as we create a world-wide
UNIS Hanoi community.
While not connected to recruiting fairs, we have two more
large alumni reunions planned in the spring for Seoul and
Tokyo.
Respectfully,
Dr. Chip Barder, [email protected]
Together you have already created 30% of the funding that
we need to welcome a new scholarship student to UNIS
Hanoi next year!
The Scholarship Fund Annual Community Campaign is off
to a wonderful start thanks to the generosity and solidarity
of our School community and the wonderful generosity of
our launching Dragon Gift (10,000+ USD).
Our Goal is 75,000 USD to provide ONE
ADDITIONAL scholarship place for 2015-2016.
Please join us if you haven’t already made a gift and
become part of this incredible community project in which
we can all share a proud place.
Your gift will join all those that already decorate The
Scholarship Fund Tree representing the community’s
commitment to our Scholarship Programme! Watch the
tree fill up with Cá, Phượng, Quy, Lân and Long gifts!
Every one of the decorations represents a real gift that we
have received and will decorate the school’s reception until
Tet break and the end of the campaign.
Our goal for our 6-week campaign is not only financial. We
hope also to celebrate 100% participation by our
community and celebrate an achievement built by many.
In week one, we have had an incredible surge of support
from our faculty and staff. Already 28% of our faculty and
staff have pledged or made gifts, including 2 gifts in the
Phuong or Phoenix Gift level (1,000+ USD).
And our local Vietnamese staff have demonstrated strong
support with 48.4% of the faculty and staff gifts.
Let’s build on this strong message of support for week
two of the campaign. Together we can achieve
amazing change and create opportunities to transform
futures!
www.unishanoi.org/scholarshipfund
When: 15.1.15
Where: Grades D-5
Time: 8:00-9:00, Green Hour
Why: To reduce climate change from happening
We are a group of grade 5 students who
felt inspired by our unit of inquiry about Climate Change.
We want to make a difference in our world and invite you
to join in.
is a day we have arranged for whole Elementary
school and ECC to take part in helping to save our planet.
The plan is to turn off everything powered by electricity for
one hour from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Another special thing
about this day is that the kids of elementary school have to
come to school wearing green to represent caring about the
earth.
During this week we encourage the students of
Elementary school and ECC to eat a vegetarian lunch on a
day of their own choice in that week. This will help reduce
climate change because people cut down trees to have
space for raising their animals. This increases the amount
of CO2. If kids want to contribute to this event they can
choose to have either lunch from home or the school’s
lunch. Children can choose which day they want to eat a
vegetarian lunch but to participate in the event that day
must be next week.
Date: Tuesday, January 13
Time: 8.30am to 9.45am
Location: Community Room
A very exciting student-led parent workshop which gives
parents direct insight into examples of Innovative Learning
occurring within student's classrooms! From Digital Story
Telling to Citizenship and Hour of Code to IB Film, UNIS
Hanoi students have worked hard this past semester on a
wide range of projects and are excited to share them with
parents!
Join us as the School Community Organisation partners
with the Technology Team for an enlightening All Parent
Meeting.
Also on the agenda: Spring Fair Hustle ... calling on
EVERYONE to get involved! And the SCO is
organising a Hanoi Bus Tour for New Families, to
register visit: www.unishanoi.org/bustour (note:
priority given to new families).
Happy New Year everyone!! Hope you all had a great
holiday and are eager to make new resolutions for 2015.
Here are some tips from the American Academy of
Pediatrics:
1. I will clean up my toys, and keep my room in good order.
2. I will brush my teeth twice a day, and wash my hands
before eating and after the bathroom.
3. I won’t tease dogs, even friendly ones – and keep my
hands and face away from their mouths.
4. I will drink more milk and water, and limit soda and
sugar-filled drinks.
5. I will apply sunscreen before going outdoors.
6. I will take up a new sport or activity that I like, and do it
at least three times a week.
7. I will always wear a helmet when bicycling or boarding.
8. I will wear my seatbelt every time I get in the car.
9. I’ll be nice to others, and friendly to kids who need
friends – like someone shy or new to school.
10. I’ll never give out personal information or pictures of
myself to strangers or over the internet.
School Health Center
To start off the New Year we received our new
leggings! There are two colors (blue and black). Price
380,000 VND. Good to wear for PE in this frigid weather
together with the long sleeved shirt. The new grey hoodies
are sold out, but we still have several UNIS Hanoi
sweatshirts in store. Get yours before it's too late!
There are new tracksuits and a hooded sweatsuits on their
way, hopefully they will be delivered in the first week of
February. So stay tuned for more exciting UNIS Hanoi
wear!
The UNIS Spring Fair is the largest event organized by the
School Community Organization. It’s about the UNIS
Hanoi community getting together with our kids and
having fun while sharing our cultures.
The Spring Fair is completely organized by the hard work
of our committed volunteers. We are looking for ALL
countries in the UNIS Community to be represented. The
key ingredients for a successful Spring Fair are a positive
attitude, willingness to get involved, some time and your
passion to make this day inspirational. You will feel proud
to be part of an event that bonds the community together
and creates our special blend of UNIS Culture.
Currently, we are looking for people to help coordinate
in these areas: Commercial stalls, Gates, Ticketing
and Vouchers. If you are interested in helping, please
contact Spring Fair Coordinator - Claudia Marinzi at
Country Table Representatives: Get together with
families from your country/world region and organize a
booth to celebrate the cultural diversity at UNIS. This is the
soul of the event and it would be wonderful to have all
community groups represented. Please contact the Country
Tables Coordinator – Natascha Senftleben at
[email protected] for more information on how to
organize a Country Table.
Commercial Stalls: Do you have a Family-Owned Small
Business? If so, would you be interested in having a
Commercial Stall at the Spring Fair? Commercial stalls are
available for hire to anyone in the UNIS Hanoi Community
(parents, faculty, staff or students). To reserve a space email
Claudia Marinzi at [email protected]
PLEASE ALSO COME TO THE ALL PARENT
MEETING ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 13 from 8.30 –
10.30 in the Community Room
WE NEED YOU ALL to make this another
memorable event for our community!!!
The Community Education (ComEd) Programme – Spring
Session is now available for viewing on UNIS Hanoi
website.
Many classes are offered to all members of the Hanoi
Community, such as:
Cooking: Western Cooking, Indian Cooking…
Skill Building: Lacquer Painting Workshop, IT and
Computer classes
Movement: Yoga, Zumba Dance for Fitness…
Arts and Culture: Different tours to explore
Vietnamese arts and culture..
Children Activities: Basketball, Baseball, Fun Art
Attack, Computer for Children…
Swimming classes: We are continuing to offer high
quality and wide ranges of swimming classes for adults
and children in Hanoi community
We will open the link for registration on UNIS Hanoi
website from 08:30am on Monday, January 12
2015 and close the registration at 08:30am on Monday 19
January 2015. Please click the COMED REGISTRATION
FORM to register.
ComEd is a programme of activities in the areas of
cooking, movement, language, arts and culture, skill
building, sports... that UNIS Hanoi offers to the wider
local community. ComEd has 2 sessions in a school year:
Session 1 (September – December) and Session 2 (January
– May). Our aim is to provide opportunities for people of
all ages to gain new skills, expand their knowledge, have
fun and to bring the community together.
We look forward to your participation.
UNIS Hanoi is inviting applications for a Short-
term ES Music Teacher. The contract is 3
months' teacher contract with 90% employment
percentage. Starting date is to be confirmed (tentatively
during mid-late Jan 2015).
The closing date for application is 11th January 2015, and
interviews are scheduled on 12th-13th January.
To view more information about this opening and other
job opportunities at UNIS Hanoi, and to apply online,
please visit our website at www.unishanoi.org/jobs
