UNIS Hanoi’s Weekly Community Newsletter Volume 21, Edition 33, Friday 29 May

tintuc@unishanoi.org

Notes from the Head of School (p.2)

Congratulations Class of 2015 (p.3-4)

Notes from the Elementary School

Principal (p.5)

ES Drama Production (p.6)

Library News (p.5)

Francophone photo competition (p.7)

MYP Arts Exhibition (p.8)

HS Sports Awards (p.9)

MRISA Middle School Volleyball

(p.10-11)

Saturday Soccer Spring Tournament

(p.12)

Healthy and Safe Swimming (p.13)

“Through the Lens’ Exhibition -

Photo Order (p.14)

Job Opportunities (p.14)

NEXT WEEK MONDAY, 1 JUNE Executive Committee Meeting, 8:00-9:30, Conference

Room Advancement Committee Meeting, 12:00-14:00,

Conference Room

TUESDAY, 2 JUNE MS Sports Awards Ceremony, 15:45-17:15, Theatre

WEDNESDAY, 3 JUNE SMP Task Force Meeting, 7:00-8:30, Conference Room

THURSDAY, 4 JUNE UNIS Music Academy Registration for 2015-2016 (Full

Year Classes ONLY), 4-5 June ES Moving Up Morning, 10:00-11:30

FRIDAY, 5 JUNE Community Education Spring Session Ends

Grade 8 Promotion Ceremony, 12:30-13:30, Centre for the Arts

HS Dance/Drama Performance, 18:00-19:00

SATURDAY, 6 JUNE SAT Testing (HS)

COMING SOON MONDAY, 8 JUNE MS Leavers Assembly, 12:30-13:30, Theatre

TUESDAY, 9 JUNE SCO Faculty and Staff Appreciation Breakfast, 7:00-9:00,

Centre for the Arts Foyer Grade 5 Moving Up Ceremony, 9:00-11:00, Theatre Grades 1,3,4 Class Parent Lunch, 11:20-12:00 Grade 5 Pizza Lunch, 12:20-13:45 HS Leavers Assembly, 12:30-13:30 Board of Directors Meeting, 17:30-20:00, Community

Room

WEDNESDAY, 10 JUNE Discovery Class Parents Lunch, 11:00-12:00 Grade 2 Class Parents Lunch, 11:20-12:00 K1,K2 Class Parents Lunch, 12:00-12:30 Middle School Day, 12:00-14:30 ES Leavers Assembly, 13:15-14:15, Sports Centre

THURSDAY, 11 JUNE ABRSM Music Exams, 11-13 June All School Assembly, 11:15-11:40, Sports Centre Early Dismissal, 11:30

FRIDAY, 12 JUNE UNIS Hanoi Summer Break, 12 June - 18 August

IN THIS WEEK’S TIN TUC - The Highlights...

Following the death of one of our Tech

Officers, Mr. Thai, in April, several parents

approached me expressing interest in

wanting to give a contribution to the

family. We appreciate your patience as we

have worked to sort the details and

mechanisms related to the establishment of

a memorial fund for Mr. Thai. We are now ready to accept

funds.

The prevailing

sentiment has been

for the money to

be directed to the

benefit of his three

children. We have

written to the

mothers of his

children and they

have concurred

with this

idea. Therefore, it is now time to contribute for those who

wish to do so. Once the collections have finished (end of

September 2015), we will divide the amount by three so

each child receives an equal share. The funds will be given

to the mothers as a single payment to each of them in early

October 2015 for them to manage according to the family

needs.

People who wish to give with cash or via credit card can do

so now or later at the Business Office.

All donations will be accepted through the end of

September 2015. Donors and amounts will be anonymous

to the family.

As we plan for next year, we have been reviewing food and

labor costs and the general economic trends as we consider

cafeteria pricing for next school year. We have completed a

thorough review of all factors. Below is a review of the

recent history of price increases. You will note that our last

increase was in 2013. We also looked at the amounts other

international schools in Hanoi were charging.

With all of this analysis now completed, we have decided

that there will be a modest increase of 5000VND in the set

lunch price starting in August 2015. The last price increase

was in August 2013. Also, when benchmarking our prices

against international schools in Hanoi, we find that we are

well within the range of what other schools charge.

35,000 35,000 40,000 40,000 50,000 50,000 55,000

40,000 40,000 50,000 50,000 70,000 70,000 75,000

45,000 45,000 60,000 60,000 80,000 80,000 85,000

50,000 50,000 60,000 60,000 80,000 80,000 85,000

As part of our cafeteria service next year, we are pleased to

announce that we plan to install a salad bar option for next

year for MS/HS Students and Adults sometime during the

year. This is something that had been suggested in the past

by our Health, Nutrition and Wellness Advisory Task Force

and we are pleased to be able to finally have it as a healthy

nutritional option. We will also continue to enhance the pay

card option to slowly eliminate the need for paper

vouchers. Finally, J&J is continues to be committed to the

UNIS Hanoi comprehensive food safety programme and

follows the food acquisition guidelines and preparation

requirements of the School.

Finally, I want to reassure parents that our Nurse and

Principals are monitoring the heat index and we are keeping

children under cover or in air-conditioned spaces during

breaks and recess when necessary. This kind of heat for

this long at this time of year is unprecedented and we are

doing what we can to keep students safe and healthy.

Respectfully,

Dr. Barder hos@unishanoi.org

The UNIS Hanoi Board of Directors and the UNIS Hanoi staff wish the graduating class of 2015 great success as they

prepare for their new challenges at university. We are proud of their hard work and commitment. On behalf of the UNIS

Hanoi Community, we wish them well.

First row (L-R): Jae Young Joanne Yoo, So Hee Jeong,

YoungNan Kim, My-Linh Tran, Kenna Valles, Raelign

Gaille Rosales Powell, Khánh An Vũ, Sze Kate Tang,

Kristel Louise Duka Valle, Thu Hà Trần, Tuệ Mẫn Kiều,

Hoang PhuongLan Pham, Veronica Lê Phương Anh Lai,

Haeji Noh, Quỳnh Anh Đỗ, So Yeon Jeong

Second row (L-R): Morgun Lê Nguyễn Phước Nghiêm,

Thanh Lê Sỹ Vương, Nhật Minh Nguyễn, Soya Kanemaru,

Tae Jun Park, Dương Đăng Nguyễn, Hưng Bá Nguyễn,

Mavindra Ramantya Mayerfas, Vân Thu Đỗ, Việt Đức

Hoàng Thân, Vũ Bùi Nguyễn, Na Young Kim, Min Jeong

Kang, Do Hee Kim, Vera Azul Wörner, Minh Anh Nguyễn

Third row (L-R): Victoria Cortés Freeman, Parawin

Gillian Vallely, Trung Thành Trần Trọng, Animesh

Sakorikar, Je Kyun Yu, Nam Thành Nguyễn, Vũ Anh

Phạm, Lam Doan Le, Quang Huy Nguyễn, Erwin Ieszer

Z. Escalante II, Soo Hyun Park, Kien Nguyen, Isaac Chng

Zhi Ping, Ye Jun Jung

Forth row (L-R): Sebastian Meissner, Jonas Christian

Fiebrantz, Trung Quang Vũ, Lennan Sarathchandra, Devin

Cheong Ming Hoong, Kim Lan Mallon, Kasper Aarkvisla

Henaes, Vikke-Elmeri Malinen, Angelique Tran Yen Nhi

Somers, Dương Thùy Vũ, Nghĩa Bảo Trương, Nhi Xuân

Nguyễn, Renato Restelli, Leshem Gerrit Cohen, Sonwabise

Pulo, Patrick Healy

UNIS Hanoi Graduates have received offers of acceptance from the following universities:

Canada Carleton University McGill University Queen's University University of Alberta University of British Columbia * University of Ottawa University of Toronto * University of Waterloo * York University Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology University of Hong Kong * Japan International Christian University Korea Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology * Seoul National University * Sungkyunkwan University Netherlands Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University University of Groningen* Philippines Ateneo de Manila University Qatar Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar United Kingdom Durham University Goldsmiths College, University of London Imperial College London Keele University King's College London Lancaster University London Metropolitan University * Manchester Metropolitan University Oxford Brookes University Regent's University Royal Holloway, University of London * University College London * University for the Creative Arts at Epsom

University of Bath University of Birmingham University of Bristol * University of Buckingham University of Edinburgh University of Exeter University of Gloucestershire University of Hertfordshire University of Hull University of Kent * University of Manchester * University of Nottingham * University of Portsmouth University of Reading University of Sheffield University of Surrey University of the Arts London University of the West of England, Bristol University of Warwick United States of America American University * Arizona State University Babson College Bentley University * Binghamton University Boston University * Brandeis University California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Long Beach Clark University * Clarkson University Dartmouth College Denison University Emerson College Emmanuel College Emory University Fisher College Fordham University * Franklin and Marshall College Georgetown University * George Washington University * Hofstra University Indiana University at Bloomington * Ithaca College Johns Hopkins University Lewis & Clark College Liberty University Manhattan School of Music Mannes College of Music Mount Holyoke College New York University *

Northeastern University * Pace University, New York City Rollins College San Diego Mesa College San Diego State University Santa Monica College Savannah College of Art and Design Suffolk University University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis * University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles * University of California, San Diego * University of California, Santa Barbara * University of Chicago University of Connecticut University of Denver University of Georgia * University of Iowa University of Mary Washington University of Massachusetts, Amherst * University of Michigan University of Minnesota, Twin Cities * University of New Hampshire at Manchester University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of Washington * University of Wisconsin, Madison * Vanderbilt University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Tech Wellesley College Wesleyan University Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute *

Not all decisions were known yet.

* Signifies multiple students Acceptances.

School Name in Bold denotes UNIS Hanoi student to enroll.

As the school year draws to a close, we

become increasingly mindful of the

children and their families who are moving

on from UNIS Hanoi this June. It is never

an easy time and so our ES Counselors, Mr Tom and Ms

Nissa have systems in place to help community members of

all ages come to terms with the pending changes in their

lives. The children who are leaving have already begun

meeting with either Mr Tom or Ms Nissa to help them

adjust and look forward to their move. Parents have also

been well served with transition meetings with the

counselors. We hold a special Leavers’ Assembly in the last

week of term for all the ES students and staff to bring

some positive closure and say goodbye formally and thank

them all for their contributions to UNIS Hanoi during their

time here. This year this will take place on Wednesday

June 11 at 1.15pm in the Sports Centre and all parents are

welcome to attend.

We also must consider the needs of the children who are

staying. They are coming to the end of their time in their

current Grade Level and are beginning to anticipate

changes for next academic year. In the recent past, the ES

has informed the parents and children of their new class

placements for the following year by email just before the

new academic year begins in mid-August. This year, as last

year, we will inform the children before they leave for the

long summer break.

With this in mind, the teachers have been carefully

considering groupings for next year. For new families who

may be unaware, we do mix the children’s groupings every

year as they pass from one grade level to the next. In such

a transient population this enables us to continuously

ensure each class is a well-balanced group with a mix of

gender, cultural and linguistic background, learning styles

and differences. The teachers have spent many hours on

this quite challenging task to create this balance whilst

ensuring that each child is with social peers with whom

they collaborate well. The mixing of class groups also helps

establish a grade level identity and community as well as

individual homeroom communities and children are able to

develop and maintain a broader range of friendships across

the whole age group. It also helps new children integrate

more quickly as the class they enter is newly formed rather

than being a group that has been together for several years.

Thursday June 4 will be the morning that the children

find out which class they are going to be in next year. The

Grade 5 Students have their “Stepping Up” day when they

have a day of taster lessons in Middle School. This seems

like the ideal time for us to do a shortened version of that

for our ES students. The children will spend part of the

morning in their new classroom, with their new teacher

and their new classmates getting to know each other and

finding out more about what next year will be like. (All ES

leavers will have this time together with the counselors and

some of the specialist teachers focusing on their needs for

transition.) We do have some new teachers coming in next

year who will not be here on June 4. During this

Transition Time, their place will be taken by one of our

outgoing teachers who has really good knowledge of the

relevant grade level and can whet the children’s appetite

really well for next year. In addition, the incoming teachers

are all preparing and sending something for the children to

share that day, so they will all get to know something about

their new teacher. Each class will jointly construct a letter

to be sent to the new children who will join the class in

August, welcoming them and having them feel hopefully

more excited and less nervous about their move to UNIS

Hanoi.

Information will be emailed to parents during the

afternoon of June 4 letting them know who the new

teacher will be and the names of the other children in the

class. Through discussions with the SCO representatives,

we are hoping that this early release of information will also

enable us to have specific class parents in place before the

end of the year in readiness for the New Families

Orientation in mid-August. If you are interested in being a

class parent for next year, please contact the Community

Liaison Officer, Nathalie Grun (clo@unishanoi.org) in

the Advancement Office once you receive your class list.

Carole Denny, esprincipal@unishanoi.org

On Saturday May 23 at 5.30pm, Grade 4 and 5 students

presented their Drama Production that they had been

working on during the last ASA session. The community

was treated to a wonderful evening of entertainment by the

students. Their hard work and commitment really paid off.

Thank you to all who came and supported this event. We

look forward to doing it again next year!

3,679 DUE THE UNIS HANOI

LIBRARY!

PLEASE RETURN YOUR LIBRARY

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Thank you to all the participants of the Francophone Photo

Competition!

The photos are now all exhibited at the Library until June 8!

Please come and look at the work of our students and

teachers and see France in Ha Noi through their eyes.

Grade 6: Vicente Valdes Pineda

Grade 7: Shim Young Kim

Grade 8: Adelaide Charlier

Grade 9: Niamh Cosette Gerdes

Grade 10: Travis Ramlow

Grade 12: Jae Young Yoo

Teacher: Jennifer Prescott

Merci de votre participation et nous espérons que vous

participerez l'année prochaine pour célèbrer la semaine de

la Francophonie avec nous! Vicente Valdes Pineda

Adelaide Charlier Jennifer Prescott

Join us on Friday 5 June at 6:30pm for an Evening of MYP

Arts in the Center for the Arts. The audience will have the

opportunity to enjoy dance, drama, music, design and visual

art in one jam-packed night. Act 1 is a performance of

"Greece! The Musical" by a marvelously talented group of

singers, dancers and actors from Grade 6-7. During

intermission we invite guests to sip tea and coffee while

browsing through the Visual Art & Design Exhibition in

the foyer before returning to the theatre for Act 2 entitled

“Dancer’s Sky” featuring original choreographies of Pop &

Lock, K-Pop, Hip-Hop, Lyrical, Jazz Funk, and Bollywood

created by students in the grade 9-10 dance class.

Admission is free for this magnificent evening of fine and

performing arts.

This past week, UNIS Hanoi

student-athletes, their coaches and

parents attended the year-end HS

Sports Awards Ceremony. The

event was a wonderful opportunity

to recall the highlights of what has

been another successful year of

UNIS Hanoi sports. Our

programme continues to evolve and improve each year. As

we highlight the wonderful opportunities from this year, we

also look to a bright future for Phoenix Sports.

During the Awards Ceremony, each coach presented

“Coaches’ Choice Awards” to members of their team who

they felt were worthy of special recognition. In some cases

athletes were identified as being the Most Valuable or

perhaps the Most Improved, but the final criteria for the

selection of the award was left to individual coaches. The

following athletes were presented with medals by their

coaches:

Varsity Girls Volleyball – Gillian Valley & Saskia Brennan

JV Girls Volleyball – Irsalina Mohd Jamil & Tra mi

Varsity Boys Volleyball – Matteu Motyl & Henryk Le Hai

JV Boys Volleyball – Colin Beard & Ki Hyun Lee

Varsity Boys & Girls Tennis – Daniela Oporto Lujan & Jae

Min Yoo

Varsity Girls Swimming – Vicky Cortes Freeman & Minh

Anh Nguyen

Varsity Boys Swimming – Soya Kanemaru & Philip Lange

Varsity Girls Basketball - Nina McLean & Kianna Freeman

JV Girls Basketball – Sorcha Hamer & Jessica Heaton

Varsity Boys Basketball – Jed Edwards & Vu Bui

JV Boys Basketball – Kent Escalante & Abhimanyu Singh

Varsity Girls Soccer – Rosaria Battista & Ly Ann Foster

JV Girls Soccer - Afia Adu-Gyamfi & Minh Anh Nguyen

Varsity Boys Soccer – Hieu Nguyen & Pedro Montalban

San Jose

JV Boys Soccer – Ujwal Kumar & Colin Beard

Two student-athletes were selected as the UNIS Hanoi

High School Athletes of the Year. In order to be

considered for this award, candidates were required to meet

the following criteria:

1. Participation on at least 2 JV and/or varsity sports

teams

2. Display the qualities of sportsmanship and leadership

3. Maintain academic eligibility

4. Demonstrate a high level of skill and athletic ability

High School Girl – Saskia

Brennan

High School Boys – Jed

Edwards

Congratulations to all of our

high school student-athletes

on their accomplishments

while representing UNIS Hanoi in the competitive sports

arena this year.

The Activities Team would like to express our gratitude to

all members of the community who supported our

programme and made this year a success. Have a great

summer.

Please note – the Middle School Sports Awards Ceremony will take

place this coming Tuesday (June 2nd), starting at 3:45 in the Centre

for the Arts Theatre.

Last weekend in Vientiane, Laos, the Girls Middle School

Volleyball ended the season with a MRISA Championship

against Northridge International School, Cambodia (25-23,

29-27). The team, which consisted of eight 8th grades and

two others, played well under-pressure. They learned how

to play consistently under-pressure by playing against our

high school girls. These games allowed the girls to

understand how to play together and come from

behind. Additionally, the girls met with Coach Moyale for

extra practices before school on Fridays and a few

Saturdays. The MRISA Team, as well as the Blue and

White Teams, had a success Festival in April. All the girls

improved their skills and understanding of the game. The

Volleyball Season was a success for all the girls and their

coaches.

What a roller-coaster tournament for the Phoenix boys

team. Coming in, we were as prepared as we could be and,

like the girls team, had spent the season developing an

attacking philosophy that played to our strengths. The first

match against VIS caught everybody by surprise as they

played a low-error game and got most of their serves in. We

may have under-estimated them and in doing so let them

sneak past us in three sets. Our next game was against our

arch-rival, ISPP, who had a similar philosophy to us, with a

strong front court and accurate service game. By this stage

the boys had not quite adjusted to the 36 degree heat and

had had their energy sapped away. This affected their

concentration and they made some uncharacteristic errors,

losing in two sets. The final game of pool play was a chance

for redemption and everything was poetry in motion as our

attacking game finally clicked and we cut through SSIS in

straight sets.

Going through to the finals day, we had momentum and

our first match against NISC reflected this as our attack,

defence and serving all aligned. We got an early lead and

did not relinquish it for the remainder of the match. The

semi-final saw a rematch against ISPP and both teams

bought their A-game, putting on a show of fantastic full-

court volleyball that was a pleasure to watch. This was also

helped by a strong 3rd set victory. The spirit was high

leading into the final, which was to be against the surprise

package of ISE. This team too played a low-error, low-

attack game and were very accurate with their serving and

ball-placement. We won the first set built on a steady

backcourt and confrontational front court. The second set

went to an unprecedented 29-29 tie-break, which ISE

seized with both hands. The momentum had shifted in the

third set with a season of outdoor fitness work still not

preparing us for maintaining focus when tired. Little

mistakes let the opposition back in and they wrestled the

victory from right out under our noses.

The boys were gracious in defeat and rallied together for

the rest of the weekend to enjoy their well-earned runners-

up placing.

As a team we had strong backcourt, led by Quang An, a

authoritative front court of Kevin, Will, Nikhil, a deadly

service from Kristof, Neo and Jae Chan an efficient setting

core of Austin, Peter and our fearless leader, Rohan.

Their volleyball at times was scintillating and always played

in a positive frame and that is what they should remember

from MRISA 2015.

On Saturday May 23 over 400 hundred participants and

nearly 80 coaches took part in theSaturday Soccer Spring

Tournament. Both players and coaches braved the blazing

heat as each team showcased their resilience and skills in

this year’s culminating tournament.

A huge THANK YOU goes out to all our dedicated

volunteers coaches whom without, this programme would

cease to exist. I hope to see you all returning next year.

Everyone loves a cool swim on a hot day. As temperatures

rise, most folks want to get into the water—whether at the

ocean, lake or pool. Having fun while you swim this

summer means knowing how to stay healthy and safe while

enjoying the water!

May 18–24, 2015 marked the eleventh annual Healthy and

Safe Swimming Week. It focused on how swimmers,

parents of young swimmers, aquatics and beach staff,

residential pool owners, and public health officials can

minimize the risk of recreational water illnesses (RWIs).

RWIs can be caused by germs spread by swallowing,

breathing in mists or aerosols of, or having contact with

contaminated water in swimming pools, hot tubs/spas,

water playgrounds, lakes, rivers, or oceans. RWIs can be a

wide variety of infections, including gastrointestinal, skin,

ear, respiratory, eye, neurologic, and wound infections.

Even when the levels of chlorine and other pool water

treatments are well maintained, they don’t kill germs

instantly. Cryptosporidium (or Crypto), the leading cause of

disease outbreaks linked to pools, can survive in a properly

chlorinated pool for more than 10 days. In 2011–2012, >70

outbreaks linked to pools, water playgrounds, and hot

tubs/spas were detected in the United States. Half of these

outbreaks were caused by Crypto. These statistics remind

us that the water we share and swim in is not germ free and

why it’s important for each of us to do our part to keep

germs, pee, poop, sweat, and dirt out of the water in the

first place.

To protect your health and the health of your family and

friends, here are a few simple and effective steps all of us

can take each time we swim:

• Stay out of the water if you have diarrhea.

• Shower before you get in the water.

• Don’t pee or poop in the water.

• Don’t swallow the water.

If you’re at the pool for the day, build in a break for kids

and adults at least every hour.

• Take kids on bathroom breaks.

• Check diapers, and change them in a bathroom or diaper

changing area—not poolside—to keep germs away from

the pool.

• Reapply sunscreen.

• Drink plenty of fluids.

These steps will help you minimize risk of illness and

maximize health benefits and pool enjoyment. Healthy

swimming is not just about the steps the pool operators

and pool inspectors take—so let’s all do our part to help

keep ourselves, our families, and our friends healthy this

summer and year-round.

Remember…Think Healthy. Swim Healthy. Be

Healthy

School Health Centre

UNIS Hanoi is inviting applications for the following

vacancies:

1. Part-time (40%) IB MYP English “B” Teacher

2. Part-time (40%) IB MYP Music Teacher - Specialization

in Orchestra/Strings

3. Part-time (40%) IB MYP Mathematics Teacher

4. Part-time (20% – 40%) IB MYP Dance/Drama Teacher

5. IB MYP Product/Digital Design Teacher (first semester

only)

6. Part-time (40%) IB MYP Music Teacher (semester two)

7. IB MYP English B Teacher - Maternity Leave Cover:

August – October (to be finalized)

1. Database Assistant

To view more information about these openings at

UNIS Hanoi, and to apply online, please visit our

website at www.unishanoi.org/jobs

All images in the exhibition, and all official photographs

from UNIS Hanoi events, for the 2014-15 school year are

available to order by visiting www.timbarnsley.com

To order any images, visit www.timbarnsley.com and

click on the relevant UNIS Hanoi folder then click on the

image you would like to order to see the file number.

Complete THIS FORM by filling in the folder name and

relevant number of the photograph, e.g. Through the Lens

Exhibition Images No. 5 or Spring Fair March 2015 No. 7

Return the completed form with payment in cash (200,000

VND per photograph requested) to the UNIS Hanoi

Advancement Office (upstairs B7 Room 102).

A high-resolution digital file will be sent to your email

within 3 working days. All orders must be received

before June 10.