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UNIS Hanoi’s Weekly Community Newsletter Volume 21, Edition 19, Friday 16 January
Notes from the Head of School (p.2)
The Scholarship Fund
Annual Community Campaign 2014-
2015 (p.3)
It’s Reunion Season (p.4)
Storytelling Time. Save the Date! (p.5)
January University Visits (p.6)
Read-a-thon: Fill the empty shelves
(p.7)
New Parent Bus Tour (p.7)
Spring Fair: Make It Unique, Make
It Yours (p.8)
Need a New Mug? Visit our School
Shop NOW! (p.9)
Tips for Healthy and Active Kids
(p.9)
NEXT WEEK… 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 University Info Session, 12:30-13:20, Common Room 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 University Info Session, 12:40-14:00, Common Room 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)
COMING SOON TUESDAY, 27 JANUARY SCO Bus Tour for New Families, 8:45-14:00 University Info Session, 13:20-14:00 Board of Directors Meeting, 17:30-19:30, Community
Room
WENESDAY, 28 JANUARY APAC Basketball Tournament @ UNIS, 28 Jan-1 Feb APAC Swim Meet @ SAS-PX, 28 Jan-1 Feb Visiting author Margaret Read MacDonald, 28-30 Jan
FRIDAY, 30 JANUARY ES Snack Sale Morning, 8:30-10:30 University Info Session, 13:20-14:00, Common Room
SATURDAY, 31 JANUARY Saturday Soccer Spring Season Starts
IN THIS WEEK’S TIN TUC - The Highlights...
The next Community Meeting with the
Head of School will be on Tuesday, 03
February beginning at 19:00 in the
Community Room. Since it is in the
evening, it will be an “Hor d’oeuvres with
the HoS” and we will serve evening
refreshments. I will be joined by members
of the school leadership to best respond to your questions
and concerns. As always, it is helpful to send in those
questions to us ahead of time. Please address them to my
assistant at [email protected]
The theme for the first part of the meeting will be
technology and I have asked our technology team led by
Mr. Ed Gilbreath to be on hand to respond to questions
and address issues such as damage policies, bring your own
device (BYOD) plans, and other tablet related issues. He
will also share some of the results of a research study we
are a part of with other international schools around the
world.
The “town meeting” format with Q&A will follow this
presentation.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Respectfully,
Dr. Chip Barder, [email protected]
We wish all the best to our students who left
UNIS Hanoi this week
and welcome to our UNIS Hanoi Alumni Familty
ES Make a Difference Week and Green Hour
Orientation Day
Our first Annual Community Campaign is off to a
wonderful start thanks to all our parents, faculty and staff
that have made gifts and pledges for The Scholarship Fund.
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 Ca, Phuong, Quy, Lan and Long gifts!
Every one of the decorations represents a real gift that we
have received and will decorate the school’s reception area
until Tet break and the end of the campaign.
Come and hang your gift with your children! Just pop by
the Advancement office and you can add your own gift to
The Scholarship Fund Tree – Will it be a Fish, a
Phoenix, a Turtle, a Unicorn or a Dragon?
If you need inspiration, hear from our Scholars
themselves and watch this short film (click on the image
below).
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.
And our Board of Directors is leading the way with 100%
participation from its members.
Next week we will be half way through the campaign – It
would be wonderful to celebrate reaching half way on our
thermometer!
Together we can achieve amazing change and create
opportunities to transform futures!
www.unishanoi.org/scholarshipfund
Our alumni have been gathering during the festive season for some festivities
of their own and what better way to start the New Year than celebrating with
your UNIS Hanoi friends from around the globe!
Enjoy this photo special and we are sure many of you will recognize
some familiar faces!
More than 62 alumni parents, students and faculty attended our three
Reunions in Melbourne, Hanoi and Bangkok in the last weeks. And a moment
of history was created at the Bangkok reunion when four UNIS Hanoi Heads
of School met together for the first time! Dr Chip Barder was joined by the
second and third Heads of School (Graham Cherry and Jim Ambrose) and his
predecessor, the sixth Head of School, Alun Cooper.
Melbourne
Hanoi
Bangkok
Nicole Ismailova, K2 AS
Tatem Spencer, K2 CA
Dion Payne, 1 JH
Olivia Saarinen, 2 RT
Seiji Hironaka, 3 NO
Mai An Truong, 3 NO
Kael Hendry, 3 TS
Samantha Mae Heaton, 4 LL
Lilli Beatrice Bradshaw, 4 LL
Jiah Choi, 5 MN
Soo Hyuk Choi, 2 MA
Richard Cain, 5 TC
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
Author and Storyteller
Will be visiting UNIS Hanoi
28-30 January
Community Storytelling Event
6pm, 28 January in the CFA
Purchase of her books will be available
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 @ 12:30 PM
(http://www.uiowa.edu/)
University of Iowa is a public institution that was founded
in 1847. The Univeristy has a total undergraduate
enrollment of 21,974. University of Iowa's ranking in the
2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 71.
The University of Iowa offers top-notch academic
programming in more than 100 areas. It has many well-
ranked graduate programmes, including degrees offered
through its College of Law, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver
College of Medicine, Henry B. Tippie School of
Management and College of Education. The University of
Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is a very highly ranked facility as
well.
(http://
kirkwood.cc.ia.us/)
Kirkwood Community College is a two-year comprehensive
community college serving seven counties in Iowa.
Kirkwood's main campus is in Cedar Rapids, with
additional campuses in Marion, Iowa City, Belle
Plaine, Monticello, Tipton, Vinton, Washington and Willia
msburg.
Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission North
Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Kirkwood
offers Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and
Associate of Applied Science degrees, certificates and
diplomas. The college offers 120+ programs. The college
offers many classes and a variety of Liberal Arts degrees
online.
Friday, January 23, 2015 @12:30 PM
(https://
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/home.aspx)
Royal Holloway, University of London (formally
incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New
College), is a public research university and a constituent
college of the federal University of London. Royal
Holloway was ranked 118th in the 2014-15 Times Higher
Education World University Rankings (THE) published in
October 2014. Ranked 17th overall in the UK, the Guide
has described Royal Holloway as "truly world class."
Admission into courses in English, Creative Writing,
Psychology and Music are very competitive with a 9:1
applicants to place ratio. Royal Holloway's degree courses
in Information Security, Physics, International Relations,
Earth Sciences and Media Arts are also particularly strong,
frequently ranking in the top 10 of national subject
rankings.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 @ 1:20 PM
(Laboratory Institute of Merchandising)
(http://www.limcollege.edu/)
The college was founded in 1939 by Maxwell F. Marcuse as
the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, at the request of
retailers who wanted a school that would teach students
about the fashion business and merchandising.
The college offers undergraduate majors leading to
a Bachelor's degree in International Business, Fashion
merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Marketing, and
Management. Concentrations are available in fields
including Digital business strategy, Cosmetics,
Entrepreneurship, Event Planning, Fashion
Communications, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion
Publishing, International Marketing, Retailing, Styling, and
Visual Merchandising.
Friday, January 30, 2015 @1:20 PM
(http://
www.colorado.edu/)
University of Colorado--Boulder is a public institution that
was founded in 1876. It has a total undergraduate
enrollment of 25,981. University of Colorado--Boulder's
ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National
Universities, 88.
The University of
Colorado Boulder,
is the only school
in the Rocky
Mountain Region
to make it into the
Association of
American
Universities, an
elite group of 62 research universities. The university has
highly ranked graduate programmes through the College of
Engineering and Applied Science and School of Education.
Its Law School stresses experiential learning through
clinics, externships, competitions and pro bono work.
There is a new student initiated Service Learning project
happening in the Elementary School. It is called the Read-a-
Thon for Refugee Children in Jordan. It has been organised
by the student led Read-a-Thon Committee that has worked
together to research more about the children in the Zaatari
Refugee Camp and organize a Read-a-Thon.
The idea to have a Read-a-Thon was first introduced by
Lyla Stauch, a Grade 5 student who wanted to help the
children in the Zaatari refugee camp by getting books for
them, she was first inspired by Jackie Jenkins. The idea was
later brought to life with the help of teachers and friends
who assisted in starting up a group and convincing Grade
3, 4, and 5’s to join.
We learned more about the Zaatari Refugee Camp by
looking at websites and interviewing Jackie Jenkins over
Skype, she is currently working in Jordan to set up a
libraries in the refugee camp’s schools. Currently there is a
school place for every child in the camp but the schools
have no books! She has almost set up one school library
and would use the money we raise to set up other school
libraries in the camp. Talking to Jackie as a group energized
us about the work we’re doing.
This Friday we explained about the Read-a-Thon to ES
students during assembly. Students from Grades 1-5 will
have the opportunity to take part in the Read-a-Thon
during the week of January 26th to February 1st. Pledge
forms will be available for pick up in the ES office starting
Tuesday January 20th.
Please encourage your child to have fun while reading for
the refugee children!
The Read-a-Thon Committee
Join us for a fun and informative bus trip around Tay Ho,
and the old Quarter! We will visit some popular shopping
spots and parent volunteers will happily answer all of your
shopping questions. To end the trip we will have lunch
together. Note: Space is limited are priority given to new
families who have started in/after September 2014
The bus trip is free of charge, sponsored by the UNIS
Hanoi School Community Organisation. Do bring
spending money for shopping and lunch.
If you would like to buy an ao dai (traditional Vietnamese
dress) for your ECC/ES child for TET Festival, please
bring their measurements.
Please note, because of the nature of this trip we are we are
unable to accommodate children, or toddlers.
Please register for this trip by January 23rd HERE
For questions, please email [email protected]
The UNIS Spring Fair is the largest event organized by the
School Community Organization. It’s about the UNIS
community getting together with our kids and having fun
while sharing our cultures. The THEME this year is ….
THE FARM !
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.
Click HERE to be part of the FUN!
Cultural Booths (previously Country Table): Get
together with families from your country/world region and
organize a booth to celebrate the cultural diversity at UNIS
Hanoi. This is the soul of the event and it would be
wonderful to have all community groups represented.
Please contact Natascha Senftleben at
Do you have a Family Business? If so, Spring Fair 2015
Small Business Booth is for you! Places are now available to
UNIS Hanoi Community business owners. Whether you
are parents, faculty, staff or students, you are welcome at
this year's Spring Fair. So hurry and reserve your spot! For
more information and to request a spot, email Clarissa Hu
-Andersen at [email protected]
Spring Cleaning in order? Time to clear out your house
and make space for new junk! Book a space quickly at our
popular Flea Market by contacting Malin Niklasson at
Want to see more games and activities? Share ideas of
fun games you have seen around the world and let’s make
them happen! For as many ideas we have, we need parent’s
help running the games, contact Christina Back at
Transforming the campus…The Farm Art Workshop!
Get the family together on January 24th and create
decorations the Spring Fair! Find us in the Centre for the
Arts (Room 108 – upstairs) from 9.30 – 11.00am!
REGISTER HERE!
Any other questions, ideas, comments….just email Claudia
Marinzi at [email protected]
Stop by the school shop to pick up a
new mug. Perfect for your morning
coffee/tea, as gifts or to use as a
work cup for only 100,000VND!
And while you're there check out the
rest of our bottle collection!
In the last 2 weeks, the School Health Center has noted
increased number of students complaining of respiratory
and gastrointestinal symptoms and ‘just generally feeling
tired’.
Here are some healthy reminders to have healthy and active
kids:
1. Start the day with a healthy breakfast. A good breakfast
provides energy and will help keep you alert and
attentive in class. Highly sugared foods leave you
feeling tired soon after eating. Remember that your
school performance is also influenced by what you eat!
2. Get plenty of sleep. Students need 8-10 hours of sleep a
night to be productive in school.
3. Get at least 30 minutes of exercise every day, during
recess and at home. Go for a daily walk with a friend, a
parent , or your pet . Exercise helps our bodies to be
strong, flexible, and resilient.
4. Wash your hands often. Keep nails short. Keep hands
away from your face, mouth, and nose where germs can
enter your body. Washing hands is the number one
defense against infectious diseases.
5. All sick children are to stay at home especially if they are
exhibiting respiratory and gastrointestinal
symptoms. Call your doctor or school nurse for advice.
6. Create a daily schedule for: waking up, eating breakfast,
arriving to school on time, doing homework, enjoying
free time, having dinner with the family, bathing, and
packing up for the next day. Time management will do
wonders to a very hectic student life!
School Health Center
