UNIS Hanoi’s Weekly Community Newsletter Volume 21, Edition 13, Friday 14 November

tintuc@unishanoi.org

Notes from the Head of School and the Board of Directors (p.2)

Scholarship Fund Launch (p.3-4)

From the Admissions Office (p.6)

IB Diploma Programme Info Session for Grade 10 Parents (p.6)

Grades 3-5 Athletics Morning Photo Special (p.7)

Library News (p.8)

Singers United Shine! (p.9)

Service Learning News (p.10-12)

Youth Sports Soccer Festival (p.12)

Community Education. Spring Session Recruitment (p.13)

School Health Centre News (p.13)

Used Books WANTED! (p.14)

HIWC Bazaar. Buy your tickets NOW! (p.15)

NEXT WEEK… MONDAY, 17 NOVEMBER THIMUN Singapore, 17-22 Nov University Info Session, 13:20-14:00, Common Room JV Boys Basketball vs. HIS, 16:00-17:30, Sports Centre JV Girls Basketball vs. HIS, 16:00-17:00, Sports Centre

TUESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER Korean Community Meeting with the Head of School,

8:30 - 10:00, Community Room Scholarship Annual Campaign Community Info Meeting,

14:30-15:30, Community Room

WEDNESDAY, 19 NOVEMBER Finance Committee Meet, 7:00-8:30, Conference Room Scholarship Annual Campaign Community Info Meeting,

19:00-20:00, Community Room

THURSDAY, 20 NOVEMBER Teacher Appreciation Day Board SMP 2015-2020 Task Force Meeting, 7:00-8:30,

Conference Room University Info Session, 13:20-14:00, Common Room MS Season 2 Sports Begins - Soccer, 15:45-17:30, Sports

Centre IBDP Parent Info Night, 19:00-20:00, Community Room

FRIDAY, 21 NOVEMBER Board Campus Development Task Force Meeting, 7:00-

8:30, Conference Room

SATURDAY, 22 NOVEMBER No Community Education and Saturday Soccer

SUNDAY, 23 NOVEMBER HIWC Bazaar, 10:00-15:30

COMING SOON MONDAY, 24 NOVEMBER MSHS Art Exhibition, Centre for the Arts, 24-28 Nov Grade 1 Exhibition, Centre for the Arts, 24-27 Nov Book Week, 24-28 Nov ASA and UMA Session 2 Start Advancement Committee Meeting, 7:00-8:30,

Conference Room

TUESDAY, 25 NOVEMBER Grade 2 Trip, 8:30 - 14:00 School Community Organisation Meeting, 8:30-10:00,

Community Room MS Band Concert, 18:00-19:00, Theatre

WEDNESDAY, 26 NOVEMBER Grade 1 Performance for Parents, 18:00-19:30, Centre

for the Arts

FRIDAY, 28 NOVEMBER ISPP Invitational Swim Meet, Cambodia, 28-30 Nov SCO Used Book Sale, 28-29 Nov MSHS Parent Coffee with the Counselors (for leaving

families), 8:30-10:00, Community Room Grades 3-5 Winter Party, 16:00-17:30, Centre for the Arts

SATURDAY, 29 NOVEMBER Community Education Autumn Session Ends Saturday Soccer Autumn Tournament

SUNDAY, 30 NOVEMBER Peter Goverde Memorial Tennis Tournament, Tennis

Courts

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

We are hosting another APAC event this

weekend – Orchestra – and there is an

opportunity for the community to see not

only our students in action but the 70 or so

students from the other 5 APAC schools in

attendance. On Saturday evening

starting at 18:30 in the Theatre, there

will be an APAC Orchestra Concert for one hour. I

highly encourage you to come, bring the children, and enjoy

this high level performance of orchestra music. It will also

give you an idea of what we are trying to achieve in our

Arts programme by raising the bar for our students. You

must have tickets so please stop by the Co-Curricular

Activities Office on the 2nd floor of the Administration

Building (B7) to get them.

I would also like to remind you that our campus will host

the HIWC Bazaar on Sunday, 23 November. While we

must give the campus over for the weekend, the benefits of

partnering with such a dynamic and worthwhile

organisation is well worth it. The projects funded from the

Audit Report for 2013-2014 School Year

The Board is pleased to advise that the

School's auditor, Ernst&Young (E&Y), has

reviewed and audited the School's financial

statements for the school year ended 31st

July 2014. The E&Y audit report states

that the financial statements give a true and

fair view of the School's financial position and

performance, and are in accordance with International

Financial Reporting Standards. The audit report can be

viewed here . Parents who wish to know more about the

financial statements are invited to contact Len Archer,

Director of Finance and Operations at dof@unishanoi.org.

Best regards,

Nandini Oomman, Vice Chair

Bazaar are aligned well with our expansive service

programme and we are pleased to be able to support the

effort. Plus it is a lot of fun to come and enjoy the food,

entertainment, and socializing. It is truly an international

event which is again in line with our mission, values and

beliefs. So I hope we will see you here on the 23rd.

Finally, as you will see in another part of this Tin Tuc, we

believe we have a path forward that will not only enable us

to have the library open during Saturday Soccer and

ComEd activities, but also have it open on all Saturdays

during the school year when school is in session. But the

outcome depends on the willingness of parents to give an

hour of their time on a Saturday to be a parent volunteer in

the library and ensure that things run smoothly. We hope

we get enough volunteers to be able to open the library

soon.

Respectfully,

Dr. Chip Barder, hos@unishanoi.org

Grades 3-5 Athletics Morning Photos: Tim Barnsley

"Creating opportunities to transform futures"

The UNIS Hanoi Scholarship Programme was launched to

celebrate the School's 25th Birthday.

Our Scholars describe their experience at UNIS Hanoi as

the turning point in their lives or the shattering of a shell to

release their potential. We want to create more

opportunities to transform more futures.

Our goal is to raise $2.5 Million USD over the next five

years to create three new Scholarships in perpetuity.

Six week campaign – Between Winter Break to Tet

Break

Every family in our community will receive a personal

invitation to make a gift with clear payment options

All faculty and staff will be invited to participate and

make a gift

Every alumni family will be invited to participate and

make a gift

Gifts can be split into multiple payments

Families can pledge their gifts for 1-5 years

More than one gift can be made

Families or individuals may choose to donate

anonymously

NO GIFT IS TOO SMALL! This campaign is about

achieving our goal TOGETHER at all levels of gifts

from $1 to $+10,000.

Our Annual Campaign for The Scholarship Fund is about

what we can achieve when we all work together as a

community.

We hope that every family will make a contribution.

We hope that every teacher and staff member will

make a gift.

We hope that all our alumni families will join us and make a

donation.

Our goal is to have 100% of our families, faculty, staff and

alumni make a gift to The Scholarship Fund.

We hope to receive a range of gifts from 1 USD to

+10,000 USD and every gift will help us achieve our goal

together. Each family, each individual member of our

community can make a difference.

We can reach our first annual goal, If EVERY family made

a gift of 105 USD!

Imagine what we can achieve together! The Annual

Campaign is about a community sharing a vision and

everyone making their own contribution, at their own level,

to achieve that goal.

Only you can decide what is the right level gift for you.

We welcome gifts from companies and we will be

developing a special recognition package.

We will be actively seeking investment from companies as

we build our campaign over the next five years.

Please contact our Director of Advancement, Emma

Silva , if you would like to make a connection to The

Scholarship Fund for a corporate donation.

Our primary goal is to mobilize our own direct UNIS

Hanoi community.

However, we also accept gifts from those outside of our

School community who are inspired by the vision of our

Scholarship Programme and who want to contribute as a

Friend of the School.

We celebrate all gifts to The Scholarship Fund as

philanthropic acts of generosity.

Find out more on The Scholarship Fund website:

www.unishanoi.org/scholarshipfund

Or attend one of our community meetings:

Tuesday, November 18 at 14:30

Wednesday, November 19 at 19.00 (Vietnamese only)

Chương trình Học bổng UNIS Hanoi ra đời nhân dịp kỉ

niệm 25 năm thành lập trường.

Những học sinh nhận học bổng của chương trình chia sẻ

rằng trải nghiệm của các em tại UNIS Hanoi là bước ngoặt

cuộc đời, hay giống như việc phá bỏ cái vỏ bọc để giải

phóng những tiềm năng của mình.

Chúng tôi muốn tạo thêm nhiều cơ hội thay đổi tương lai.

Mục tiêu của chúng tôi là gây quỹ 2,5 triệu USD trong

vòng 05 năm tới để tạo ra 03 suất học bổng mới vĩnh

viễn.

Chiến dịch gây quỹ trong 06 tuần – sau kì nghỉ đông đến

trước Tết

Mỗi gia đình sẽ nhận được thư mời đích danh về việc

đóng góp kèm lựa chọn phương thức thanh toán

Toàn bộ giáo viên và nhân viên sẽ được mời tham gia và

đóng góp

Các cựu gia đình cũng sẽ được mời tham gia vào chiến dịch

www.unishanoi.org/scholarshipfund

Quà tặng có thể chia thành nhiều lần

Các gia đình có thể làm cam kết đóng góp trong 1 – 5 năm

Mỗi người có thể tặng nhiều hơn một lần quà

Gia đình hoặc các nhân có thể chọn cách đóng góp không

ghi danh

KHÔNG CÓ MÓN QUÀ NÀO LÀ QUÁ NHỎ! Điều

quan trọng của chiến dịch này là nhằm CÙNG NHAU

đạt được mục tiêu bất kể đóng góp là 1 USD hay +10.000

USD

AI CÓ THỂ ĐÓNG GÓP? BẤT KÌ AI CŨNG CÓ THỂ ĐÓNG GÓP!

Chiến dịch thường niên của chúng tôi cho The Scholarship

Fund (Quỹ Học bổng) chú trọng việc cả cộng đồng cùng

hợp sức để đạt mục tiêu.

Chúng tôi hi vọng mỗi gia đình đều tham gia đóng góp

Chúng tôi hi vọng mỗi giáo viên và nhân viên sẽ tham

gia đóng góp.

Chúng tôi hi vọng các cựu gia đình sẽ tham gia và đóng

góp.

Mục tiêu của chúng tôi là 100% các gia đình, giáo viên,

nhân viên, cựu thành viên đều tham gia The Scholarship

Fund

KHÔNG MÓN QUÀ NÀO LÀ QUÁ NHỎ!

Chúng tôi hi vọng sẽ nhận được những món quà đóng góp

trong khoảng từ 1 USD đến trên 10.000 USD và mỗi

món quà đóng góp sẽ giúp chúng ta cùng nhau đạt mục

tiêu. Mỗi gia đình, cá nhân trong cộng đồng đều có thể tạo

nên điều khác biệt.

Chúng ta có thể đạt mục tiêu của năm gây quỹ thường niên

đầu tiên nếu tất cả gia đình đều tham gia và MỖI gia đình

đóng góp 105 USD!

Hãy tưởng tượng những gì mà chúng ta có thể cùng

nhau đạt được! Chiến dịch gây quỹ thường niên nhấn

mạnh về việc cả cộng đồng cùng chia sẻ một tầm nhìn

chung và mỗi người đều tham gia vào hành trình đóng góp

theo khả năng của mình, để đạt được mục tiêu chung.

Chỉ có bạn mới tự quyết định được mức đóng góp nào

là phù hợp với mình.

QUÀ ĐÓNG GÓP TỪ DOANH NGHIỆP

Chúng tôi hoan nghênh những món quà đóng góp từ các

công ty và sẽ có gói thông tin vinh danh riêng cho nhóm

này.

Chúng tôi tích cực tìm kiếm các mối quan tâm đầu tư từ

các công ty trong quá trình xây dựng chiến dịch gây quỹ

trong 5 năm tới.

Vui lòng liên hệ Giám đốc Phát triển, Emma Silva

nếu bạn có thể làm cầu nối cho việc đóng góp tài trợ từ

doanh nghiệp với The Scholarship Fund (Quỹ Học bổng)

CÁC MÓN QUÀ ĐÓNG GÓP TỪ NHỮNG CÁ

NHÂN KHÔNG PHẢI LÀ PHỤ HUYNH, HỌC

SINH, CỰU THÀNH VIÊN HAY NHÂN VIÊN

UNIS HANOI THÌ SAO?

Mục tiêu hàng đầu của chúng tôi là khuyến khích và tạo sự

quan tâm từ cộng đồng trực tiếp - UNIS Hanoi.

Tuy nhiên, chúng tôi cũng sẽ hoanh nghênh những món

quà đóng góp từ những tổ chức cá nhân ngoài cộng đồng

trường – những người đồng cảm với tầm nhìn của Chương

trình Học bổng và từ đó muốn được đóng góp với tư cách

là một Người bạn của cộng đồng trường.

Chúng tôi trân trọng tất cả đóng góp cho The Scholarship

Fund (Quỹ Học bổng) như là nghĩa cử từ thiện hào phóng.

CÂU HỎI? Vui lòng xem ở mục The Scholarship Fund trên website:

www.unishanoi.org/scholarshipfund

Hoặc tham dự một trong các buổi họp cộng đồng của

chúng tôi:

Thứ 3 ngày 18/11 lúc 14:30

Thứ 4 ngày 19/11 lúc 19.00 (bằng tiếng Việt)

“Tạo cơ hội để thay đổi tương lai” www.unishanoi.org/scholarshipfund

If your family intends to leave UNIS Hanoi at the end of the first semester, please

submit an Admissions Withdrawal Form.

School will close for the winter break on Friday 12th December.

The last day of the first semester is Friday 16th January.

Upon confirmation of your departure, we shall guide your family through the

withdrawal process.

If you require any further assistance, please email admissions@unishanoi.org or

contact Admissions staff on 37581551 extension 8217 / 8220 / 8732.

All Grade 10 parents, please join us on 20

November at 7pm in the Community

Room to attend an introduction to the

Diploma Programme at UNIS Hanoi. You will

be provided with a basic overview of the

Diploma Programme, further insight into the

courses that are being offered and a brief

outline of the core requirements of the

Diploma Programme.

Preparation for the DP Programme and

course selection is about to commence for our

current Grade 10 students and this evening is

intended to begin the information process for

this very important decision making. The

International Baccalaureate’s (IB) Diploma

Programme is a challenging two year pre-

university course, which leads to a qualification

that is widely recognized by the world’s leading

universities.

UNIS Hanoi sports field was filled with energy, joy and

beautiful sunshine when Grades 3-5 students gathered this

morning for the annual Athletics Meet. Thank you and

congratulations all the teams for their wonderful effort,

especially Tigers who came first today. Enjoy the photo

special of the event!

Photos: Tim Barnsley

There shall be daily and week long activities and

events across the ES and MSHS.

Here’s a preview of what’s to come!

Monday-- Bring your Best Loved Reading Buddy to

School Day

Tuesday-- Poem in Your Pocket Day

Wednesday-- Curl up and Read with your Favorite

Book Pajama Dress up Day

Thursday--Share a Book with a Friend Day

Friday—Book Character Dress up Day

For the ES, please check you grade level

blogs for more details!

Commons.wikimedia.org

In response to the request from the UNIS Hanoi

community, the UNIS Hanoi Librarians and Library

staff are working to coordinate a solution allowing the

Library to re-open on Saturdays for UNIS Community

members.

In order for this to occur we need your

help!

If you are already often on campus on Saturdays, or if you

just want to help out, please contact us about helping to

provide oversight for a few Saturdays or regularly, for a one

-hour shift or the entire morning.

After an orientation meeting, this exciting volunteer

opportunity will entail welcoming and signing in UNIS

Hanoi community members, making sure that everyone in

the library understands and follows library behavior and

usage guidelines, and helping the assigned UNIS Hanoi

library staff with keeping the library tidy and ready

for Monday morning classes.

A regular meeting will be held to continue orientation to

the Library (there's more here than you might think!) and to

address any issues.

We hope to have a trained group of helpers ready in the

next couple of weeks. If you are willing to volunteer in

support of the Library, please email Debby Wells-Clinton

(mshslibrarian@unishanoi.org) or Julie Conroy

(eslibrarian@unishanoi.org).

Last Friday Nov 7th in the Black Box, Singers United

preluded ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ with their own premier

performance of “ON THE RADIO”. This was a mini-

musical filled with songs over the last 50 decades, which

became famous in America through listening to the radio!

Marvelous Minh at the microphone and Jivin’ Judy along

with all cast members kept us hopping along with fun facts

about songs and music that made history.

This was a unique experience to perform ‘theatre in the

round’ in the black box where the cast had to perform to all

four sides of the audience, developing skills in stage

performance, delivering lines and using body and facial

expressions.

Singers United is a Choir mixed with elementary students in

Grades 4 and 5 who rehearsed just once a week after school

for eight weeks for this show. They worked tirelessly for

this production in lunchtimes at school and deserve every

success they achieved.

A delicious Cast Party with Parents in the ES Music room

after their performance was the concluding celebration at

the end of their ASA 1 Mini-Musical experience. Most then

moved to the theatre to watch the HS production of ‘Little

Shop of Horrors’.

Thank you to all Parents, Teachers and Staff who made the

effort to attend this musical performance and support

Singers.

Singers will gladly repeat their musical performance on

stage at 11am at the Christmas Bazaar on Sunday, Nov

23rd. See you there!

If you want to catch Singers United performances, check

out our performance dates:

Sunday, Nov 23, HIWC Bazaar at UNIS

Hanoi, 10:50 - 11:10am

Friday, Dec 5, Festive Fundraiser at UNIS

Hanoi, 5 - 7:30pm

Saturday, Dec 6, InterConintental, 3 - 6pm

To support ES Service Learning Miss Sally and Miss Ngoc

organsied a trip to Mai Dich Kindergarten where a group

from Singers United and Beginner Band had the

opportunity to interview teachers about the school's music

programme.

These students are helping to organise Festive Fundraiser:

Stars and Lights this year and will be preforming at the

event on Friday December 5th.

Part of the proceeds raised this year at Festive Fundraiser

will go towards supporting music education at this

kindergarten and building partnerships between the

kindergarten and the UNIS community.

The students worked in small groups asking prepared

questions to inquire about what kind of music program the

school currently has and what type of program they would

like to develop. The group demonstrated good

communication and inquiry skills by listening and recording

information and asking follow up questions. The students

and teachers were then invited into the kindergarten's

boardroom where they compared their findings and

enthusiastically posed further questions.

It was an exciting trip for ES Service Learning and a good

opportunity for the students to drive their own Service

Learning experience.

Krista Ramsay, ES Service Learning Coordinator

kramsay@unishanoi.org

The Walkathon ASA group are just back from visiting the Blue Dragon Centre. We were shown around and got to play table

tennis, card and board games with some of the Blue Dragon children and had a great time.

Please don't forget to give your sponsorship money to your child. Alternatively you can

make a donation online at the following link. Your support is greatly appreciated.

www.bluedragon.org/unis-walkathon/

UNIS Hanoi fielded a small team of 6 riders for the 13th annual

Koto Bike Ride. UNIS Hanoi is the gold sponsor of this annual

fundraiser to support the great work that KOTO does in Hanoi.

The riders (about 250 in total) left UNIS Hanoi around 8am and

cycled 54km to Đồng Mô Lake in Ba Vi. The route was a

meandering, scenic one, taking the riders through lovely

countryside and small villages, where we were greeted by

cheering kids wanting to high five us as we rolled by.

Koto did a great job in organizing the ride, having Koto flag

people along the route to keep us on track and providing a tasty

snack part way and a lovely lunch with musical entertainment at

the finish.

Donna Bracewell, MS Learning Support & Grade 7 Level Leader, dbracewell@unishanoi.org

Hanoi International Schools

Activities Association

On Thursday 13th November nearly one hundred Grade 4

and 5 students from four international schools participated

in a Soccer Festival hosted at UNIS Hanoi. This festival

was the first of its kind and it was very pleasing and

encouraging to see the sportsmanship on offer, level of

ability and enthusiasm on display.

Congratulations to all the UNIS Hanoi students who

participated. They conducted themselves very well on the

field, played some great soccer and ‘did the Phoenix proud’.

Adrian Hubbard, Co-Curricular Activities Manager,

ccamanager@unishanoi.org

Community Education (ComEd) Programme is planning

for the Spring Session 2015. If you would like to offer

ComEd a class, please send your

proposal to comed@unishanoi.org by 17.00 Friday, 28

November 2014.

ComEd is a programme of activities in the areas of cooking,

movement, language, arts and culture, skill building,

swimming... that UNIS Hanoi offers to the wider local

community. ComEd has 2 sessions in a school year:

Autumn Session (September – December) and Spring

Session (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.

Monday 08.00 - 09.00

Monday 15.00 - 16.00

Tuesday 08.00 - 09.00

Wednesday 08.00 - 09.00

14.00 - 15.00

Thursday 08.00 - 09.00

15.00 - 16.00

The World Diabetes Day 2014 campaign marks the first of

a three-year (2014-16) focus on healthy living and diabetes.

This year will specifically address the topic of healthy eating

and its importance both in the prevention of type 2 diabetes

and the effective management of diabetes to avoid

complications.

The latest estimates from the IDF Diabetes Atlas indicate

that there are 382 million people living with diabetes

worldwide. By 2035, 592 million people or one person in

ten will have the disease. A further 316 million people are

currently at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with the

number expected to increase to almost 500 million within a

generation. What makes the pandemic particularly

menacing is that throughout much of the world, it remains

hidden. Up to half of all people with diabetes globally

remain undiagnosed.

These facts and figures reiterate the importance of urgent

action. Most cases of type 2 diabetes can be prevented and

the serious complications of diabetes can be avoided

through healthy lifestyles and living environments that

encourage and facilitate healthy behavior.

The key message is to raise awareness of how the healthy

choice can be the easy choice and the various steps that

individuals can take to make informed decisions about

what they eat. Special focus is placed on the importance of

starting the day with a healthy breakfast.

An awareness to promote immediate action to protect the

health and well-being of future generations and achieve

meaningful outcomes for people with diabetes and those at

risk is the key message on International Diabetes Day.

Key messages of the campaign include:

Make healthy food the easy choice

Healthy eating: make the right choice

Healthy eating begins with breakfast.

More information may be found at: http://www.idf.org/

School Health Centre, nurse@unishanoi.org

It's time to sift through your book collections and dig out

those books that you no longer need and DONATE

THEM to the SCO USED BOOK SALE!

The Competition is ON !

So far...our youngest class DTU is taking the lead! GO

DISCOVERY! Way to be an example to the bigger kids.

Please spread the word in your classes about bringing

books...the homeroom with the most books donated get a

SURPRISE book from the library!

Last year families donated close to 6,000 books. This year

we want to beat that record.

All books are wanted, all ages and all

languages (no out of date travel books

please). We ask that non-English books are

labelled on the inside cover in pencil what

language they are.

You will want to make room on those book

shelves, it's the SALE of the year!

This year our students wanted our donations

will support Girls' Education through Room

to Read. Check out the website and see how

your dust collecting books can actively make

a difference in these girls lives. When you

educate a girl everything changes.

Who will be the class with the most

books announced for this week?

We also need volunteers to make this day a

success. If you are able to give some of your

time please sign up here. For every 1 1/2

hour shift you sign up for we will allow you

to pre-buy a children's book

before the rest of the

community, so the more you

sign up, the better.

The sale will be

on November 28th and 29th.

Thank you for your anticipated support! If you have any

questions please contact Lori Fairbairn

at booksale@unishanoi.org

Applications for the UNIS Hanoi

Scholarship programme 2015-2016 are open

until 31 December

Full eligibility criteria, the timeline for the selection

process and application documents are available on

UNIS Hanoi website in both ENGLISH and

VIETNAMESE.

Any further questions, email to scholarships@unishanoi.org

In just over a week the biggest fundraising event in Hanoi

will take place on the grounds of UNIS.

On the 23rd of November from 10 - 15.30 Ten thousand

people are expected to support the HIWC Charity

Bazaar. The aim of the Bazaar is to raise funds for projects

that support women's and children's health, education and

community aid. Exciting entertainment, 42 representing

countries, 35 charities and over 40 commercial and services

tents and tables will be offering something for everyone!

UNIS Hanoi Service Learning groups will be there raising

awareness and funds for their projects as well!

A dedicated children's carnival will have games and

activities to suit all ages while parents and can browse

through all the offerings of the day.

The HIWC is still looking for more volunteers to help at

the gates, as security personnel or sell tickets! Please

contact bazaarvolunteers@hanoi-iwc.com to sign up!

Purchase your tickets everyday after school this week in

front of the canteen before it's too late.

Last year the event was sold out and people were turned

away so be sure to buy your tickets now!