UNIS Hanoi’s Weekly Community Newsletter Volume 19, Edition 22, Friday 08 February

Next Week... Tet Holidays 09 - 17 February. School Closed.

Coming Soon... Monday, 18 February

● School Resumes

Tuesday, 19 February

● ISIS Family workshop 17:30, Community Room

Thursday, 21 February

● MRISA Junior Soccer Tournament, HIS 21-24 February

● Finance Committee Meeting 07:00 - 08:30, B7

● Advancement Committee Meeting 08:30 - 10:00, B7

● Curriculum Transition Meeting for Grade 5 Parents

18:00, B8

Friday, 22 February

● ASA Session 3 Registration 22 - 24 February

Saturday, 23 February

● UNIS Hanoi Aquathlon

Coming Soon... Tuesday, 26 February

● Community Event with Peter Brown 18:00 - 19:30, B10

Wednesday, 27 February

● APAC Drama Festival -Seoul Foreign School, ends 3 Mar

● APAC Band-Hong Kong Int’l School, ends 3 Mar

● Kindergarten PAC, 09:00 - 10:00, B10

● Community Meeting: Values & Beliefs, 19:00 - 21:00, B10

Thursday, 28 February

● UNIS Hanoi MUN Conference 28 Feb - 2 March

● ECC Parent Info Session 14:00, ECC-Room G27

● Information night for G5 Exhibition, 18:00 - 19:00, B7

tintuc@unishanoi.org

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

Notes from the Board of Directors (p.2)

Admissions for 2013-2014 (p.2)

Notes from the Middle/High School Principal (p.3-4)

Kindy PAC. Save the Date! (p.10)

Peter Brown. Coming Soon... (p.11)

25th Birthday Alumni Project (p.11)

ISIS Family Special (p.12-13)

We had a lovely Tet Celebration (p.5)

NEW! Uniquely UNIS Auction (p.6)

Notes from the Middle/High School Assistant Principal (p.7)

Tet Bags Thank You (p.14)

UNIS Tree Nursery (p.15)

Spring Fair. Book Now! (p.16)

New Year...New Drum (p.17)

Grade 5 Curriculum Transition Meeting (p.8)

ECC Parent Info Session (p.8)

UMA News (p.8)

100 Day Celebration (p.6)

After School Activities News (p.19)

APAC Swimming (p.20)

MUN Host Families Needed (p.22)

Job Opportunity (p.23)

Notes from the Board of Directors

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I

would like to wish everyone "Chúc Mừng

Năm Mới" and hope that the new year of

the snake brings good health and happiness

to all members of our UNIS Hanoi

community.

The Board looks forward to meeting many

of you at the community meeting scheduled Wednesday

February 27, 7pm Black Box, Centre for the Arts when

we will be sharing with you the first draft of the values and

beliefs statements. These statements are being compiled

based on everyone’s input at the recent focus groups.

Sarah Garner, UNIS Hanoi Board Chair

We wish best of luck to

Umi Ahmad Solihin (9MA)

Who left UNIS Hanoi this week

Notes from the Middle High School Principal

Dear MSHS Families,

Greetings from the MSHS. Working day in and day out with over 500 students and 70 teachers can be fairly

stressful and can often leave one’s head spinning just trying to keep up the beehive of activity inherent in

secondary schools. But there are times when you just have to sit back and enjoy the moment! One such

glorious moment took place on Thursday when the MSHS Vietnamese language students presented a Tet

assembly for our community. Dressed in regional fashion students sang traditional Tet songs, presented

comedic skits, and gave the audience a brief and informative introduction into Vietnamese cultural and

traditions. Congratulations to all students involved and to Vietnamese language teachers Ms. Hoa and Ms. Xuan for their

wonderful direction.

The HS held its Semester 1 Awards Assembly on Wednesday and it was an upbeat affair designed to honor those students

who reached academic and personal excellence. The MSHS community would like to congratulate the following students:

Grade Level Awards:

Please enjoy a relaxing and fun filled Tet break!

Chúc Mừng Năm Mới,

Pete Kennedy, MSHS Principal mshsprincipal@unishanoi.org

Grade 9

Learner Laureate – Chi Hyun Ryu

Leadership – Michael Emblem

Citizenship – Nhi Trinh

Humanitarian – Asare Buahin

Grade 10

Learner Laureate – Melanie Beek

Leadership Award – Veronica Lai

Citizenship Award – Tae Jun Park

Humanitarian Award – Sara Curcio

Grade 11

Learner Laureate – Mana Muchaku

Leadership – Chi Mai

Citizenship – Partho Mondal

Humanitarian – Jamie Trees

Grade 12

Learner Laureate – Andrew Kim

Leadership Award – Laura Ramoso

Citizenship Award – Yong Kamila Ahmad Solihin

Humanitarian Award – Izziany Mohd Jamil

Notes from the Middle High School Principal

Grade 9

Bui Vu Yang Seung Yoo Phung Mai Kim Min Ji Lee Hyun Ji Ryu Chi Hyun Escalante Vince Jose Kei-ko Fiebrantz Lena Buahin Awua Shankar Anushka Lachman Ewa Dung Pham Thao Muchaku Mai Obayashi Chihiro Trinh Nhi Nguyen Linh Vo Linh

Academic

HONOuR ROLL

Grade 10

Tran My-Linh Cheong Devin Lai Veronica Jeong So Yeon Jeong So Hee Nguyen Minh Anh Senanayake Darikha Do Van Hamer Ruan Do Quynh Anh Fiebrantz Jonas Noh Hae Ji Kim Na Young Than Viet Vallely Gillian Yoon Hye Lin Mallon Kim Lan Nguyen Duong Beek Melanie Park Tae Jun Curcio Sara

Grade 11

Vu Thien Barbara Trees Jamie Lee Ju Youn Lee Ji Hoon Le Son Stephens William (Will) Do Quynh Anh Hoa Phong Nguyen Hai Anh Ho Minh Yoon Eel Hee Muchaku Mana Prytz Lucas Sohn Seung Hyun Le Phuong van den Brink Jessica Tam Hiong Lin Lee Dong Heon Tang Maximilian Sugimori Kanji Mondal Partho Evans Aincre Nguyen Tuan Anh Le Hai Anna Hyun Kyung Hyea Tagomori Hanna Mai Chi Satpathy Shefali Tran My Ko Eun Bee (Cindy) Hwang Hyun Su

Grade 12

Ha Hai Teranishi Masatoki Soderberg Jimmy Davies Ruby Senanayake Dehaja Kimura Ayaki Nyberg Yanik Kim Young Jin Tang Zhen Wayne Kim Da Hyeong Emblem Kelly Jo Tae Hee Porter Charlotte Tran Le-My Dluzniewska Monika Beard Ellen Kim Bum Soo Cohen Sariek (Sarig) Banglorewala Shraddha Kim Andrew Le Huong Giang Ngo Minh Pham Linh Nishimura Haruka Yang Na Yeong

Tet Celebration

Notes from Advancement Office

BIRTHDAY UPDATE

Our BIRTHDAY BALL is approaching – Make sure you have the date marked in your calendar: APRIL 13. We

will be launching the event details after Tet and it promises to be a wonderful community celebration as well as a lot of fun

and fundraising… Get ready to party!

Our goal is to make a Birthday Gift which will support those most in need in Vietnam for the next 25 years! And most im-

portantly, will also engage our students and build meaningful connections in our community through Service Learning.

Last week we announced our UNIQUELY UNIS AUCTION – an auction of our community’s time and talents!

It is a celebration of what we all have to offer! It will also only be open to UNIS Hanoi community members for bids.

ALREADY CONFIRMED FROM FACULTY…

A round of golf with the Head of School

Dr Chip Barder will host a round of golf at one of Vietnam’s top courses.

Handyman for the Day

Director of Operations, Dave Porter, will set your home straight.

Digital Scrapbooking Class

HS Physics teacher Ingrid Renneberg will introduce this beautiful hobby.

Personalised Perfume!

ES French teacher Clemence Barbier (La Dame Clemence) will consult and create a perfume just for you!

French Cheese and Wine Tasting

With her French husband, Director of Advancement, Emma Silva will host a ‘guided tour’ from their homeland.

NEW! Tandem Tour with our Cycling Supremo!

A fun trip out with Director of Technology, Ed Gilbreath and his tandem

ALREADY CONFIRMED FROM PARENTS…

Personal Style Review

Wardrobe Review & Personal Shopping tour

Knitting Masterclass

Either beginners, starting again after a long absence or looking to tackle something more difficult.

Cooking Whizz!

Learn to cook a delicious new menu and then enjoy eating it!

Private Yoga Class

75 min private hatha yoga class for absolute beginners to intermediate-level practitioners

NEW! British Beetle Drive Bonanza

A traditional Games Night for teams of 4 – Fun for all the family!

These are just a few of the wonderful ideas that our parents and faculty have already come up with… But anything goes!

Contact the UNIQUELY UNIS team on advancement@unishanoi.org with any questions or with your ideas.

YOUR TIME AND TALENTS CAN CHANGE SOMEONE’S LIFE THOUGH THE

BIRTHDAY GIFT FUND!

Emma Silva, Director of Advancement doa@unishanoi.org

Cafe Du Lac

Westlake TET Specialties Buffet 8th -13th February

Come as a family or with a group of friends and enjoy our daily lavish TET buffet with fresh Nha Trang Blue Lobster, all your favorite local seafood and imported meat as well as house made Banh Chung and 6 interactive live cooking stations. Enjoy our Traditional Vietnamese Dragon dance to bring in the Year of the Snake on the 10th

VND 1, 075, 000 ++ per Adult excluding beverages

VND 1, 290, 000 ++ per Adult including free flow of beer, wine and soft drink

VND 2, 365 000 ++ per Adult including Moet Chandon

Saigon Restaurant

A Celebration of TET - February

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a range of specially designed TET celebration menus custom designed by Chef Thang and his culinary team. Signature dishes include Deep fried minced beef and green rice, Wok fried soft shell crab, Salmon gilled in Pandan leaves and Steam live Garoupa and Pink Birds nest soup and stir fried lobster

TET Celebrations menus start at VND 840,000++ per adult

50% for children 6 -12 Children under 6 Eat Free

Don’t forget to ask about our special TET Hampers from Le Gourmet

For more information or to make a reservation, please call us at (04) 6 270 8888 or email culinary.hanoi@ihg.com

From Our Birthday Sponsor For Our Community

Next week after the Tet holiday you will receive information concerning this year’s Grade 6 – 11 Trips that

will run from March 18 to 22. The Grade Level Trips provide an invaluable opportunity for your child(ren)

to interact with the local community, to have the curriculum extended in a meaningful and productive

manner and to interact socially while living and working together in a way that is not possible during the

regular school day. It is an expectation that all students from grade 6 through to grade 11 will attend and

participate fully. It is very important that all students have a copy of passport and visa along with their

consent forms completed, signed and returned to their homeroom teachers no later than Friday

February 22.

A link to up-to-date documentation regarding the trips, including copies all forms, will be sent out in the very near future.

Trip destinations by grade:

Grade 6 - Cuc Phuong

Grade 7- Mai Chau

Grade 8- Ba Vi

Grade 9- Ba Be

Grade 10 - Sa Pa

Grade 11 - Hoa Binh - V- Resort

During the same time, our grade 12 students will be involved in the Mock Examinations. The schedule for these

examinations will be released shortly but certainly preparation for these examinations should be an increasing priority over

the next few weeks.

Christina Powers, MSHS Assistant Principal mshsaprincipal@unishanoi.org

Notes from the MSHS Assistant Principal

Notes from the Director of Learning

Grade 5 Parents’ Curriculum Transition Meeting

We are starting the preparation for our grade 5 students to move up from the Elementary School to grade 6

in the Middle School! This is a big transition for both our grade 5 students and parents and involves academic

as well as social/emotional changes. The move from Elementary School to Middle School is an exciting time,

and in order to ensure that students are successful with the transition we like to start the transition

discussions with parents early on in the process.

In order to help begin to prepare you for this transition, we will be holding a Curriculum Transition meeting for all Grade 5

parents on Thursday February 21, 2013 in the UNIS Hanoi Library.

At this meeting you will meet the MSHS Leadership team and begin to learn about the curriculum structure in the Middle

School. One of the key pieces will be to understand the Language options and Creative Arts options for your child for next

academic year.

We hope to see all Grade 5 parents at this event!

Grade 5 Parents’ Curriculum Transition Meeting

When: Thursday, February 21 2013 at 18:00

Where: UNIS Hanoi Library

Who: All grade 5 parents (no students please)

Meagan Enticknap-Smith, Director of Learning dol@unishanoi.org

ECC parents, please join us on Thursday February 28 at 2 p.m. for our next ECC parent-teacher session.

Mary Pool, our Speech and Language Therapist will lead a discussion focusing on young children’s eating skills and the effect

on speech development.

Please RSVP hsayerssanchez@unishanoi.org to confirm your attendance. The session will be held in the in the PYP meeting

room (ECC B11 G27).

Hedi Sayer-Sanchez, Grade level Coordinator

Early Childhood Centre Parent Info Session

UNIS Music Academy lessons will be on hold until Monday March 11. This is due to the Music

Academy following the same schedule as the ASA program. There will be no scheduled lessons from

February 18 to March 8.

During February 18 to March 8, make-up lessons will be available for missed lessons from Semester

1. Missed lesson times need to be coordinated with Ms Cham in advance via email –

maassistant@unishanoi.org

Wishing all the Music Academy students and parents a very Happy TET and all the best for the New year.

Elizabeth Druitt, UMA Coordinator edruitt@unishanoi.org

UNIS Music Academy News

100 Days of School

On Wednesday the Grade 1 children celebrated the 100th

Day of School. The day started with a photo of them all in

the shape of 100. This was followed by some shared

snack. The children then participated in a variety of

activities all connected to 10. There was counting to 100 in

different ways, finding and ordering all the numbers to 100

and hanging them on a line, making lines of 100 cubes,

playing a Vietnamese game with 100 counters that had to

be picked up using only your index fingers, a heart outline

of 100 pieces, a board game racing to 100, a treasure hunt

to find numbers and colour them in on a chart where a

secret picture then emerged and a story about 100 Hungry

Ants. Phew! The 100th day is certainly a busy one!

Julia Hatch, Grade 1 teacher jhatch@unishanoi.org

Notes from the High School Counselors’ Office

College Visits Coming Up at UNIS Hanoi. Don’t miss the date!

Webster University (US) - February 26th 2013

Savannah College of Art (Hong Kong) - February 27th 2013 (For Students intersted in Art)

Business Faculty/Hong Kong Polytechnic University - March 05th 2013 (For Students interested in Business Degree)

Canadian Education Fair - March 08th 2013

Gold Smiths/University of London - March 11th 2013 (For Students interested in Art)

International College of Hotel management (Australia) - March 14th 2013 (For Students interested in Hotel Management)

Durham University - March 22nd 2013 (Ranking 05th among UK institutions)

For brief introduction about the institutions, please follow this link.

Kindergarten PAC

Visitor at UNIS Hanoi

Caldecott Honour Award Winner

Author and Illustrator

Peter Brown

AT UNIS HANOI February 25 to March 1, 2013

Author Peter Brown will be visiting

ES and MSHS students

UNIS Hanoi Community Evening Event

February 26, 2013

18:00, Center for the Arts

My name is Bryony Rickard and as a Grade 10 student I have to complete a Personal Project. My Project is to get in contact with our alumni through the use of a quick, simple online form so that our current community can hear what our school was like over the last 25 years.

If you know anyone or you are someone who knows anyone I could get in contact with who has any interesting stories then please contact me! Thank you!

Bryony Rickard, Grade 10 Student

Nationality: Vietnamese

Where are you living now? HCMC

What are you doing now (job/studying)? Working

What year(s) [eg. 2010-2012] were you at UNIS and what Grade level(s) were you in at that time? 1997-2002, grade 7 - 12

What is your favourite memory from UNIS Hanoi? Playing soccer for UNIS team and finally winning the soccer tournament during my last year!

What was the best advice a UNIS teacher gave you? You need to work hard.

Who was your favourite teacher and why? Mr. Jacobsen, he was my IB History teacher and also my soccer coach. I was never really into history, but it became one of my favorite subjects even though he was probably the hardest teacher.

How did you get to school every morning? walk, school bus, motorcycle

Who were your best friends and are you still in touch with them? Waleed Matin and Janice Teo amongst many of my good friends, and I still keep in touch with a lot of them

How did you and your friends like to spend your free time? Playing sports and partying :)

What is your favourite memory/place in Hanoi? I was born there :P

Getting In Touch Project

Nationality: USA/Spain

Where are you living now? Hong Kong

What are you doing now (job/studying)? Fauna conservation volunteer

What year(s) [eg. 2010-2012] were you at UNIS and what Grade level(s) were you in at that time? Only 1 year, the 1996-1997 school year, 7th grade for me at the time

What is your favourite memory from UNIS Hanoi? I loved Olympic day at Hang Day stadium. I was so impressed by the fact that we were competing in an actual stadium. We even had team shirts printed out, with numbers and everything. I didn't win any medals but it was good fun.

What was the best advice a UNIS teacher gave you? It's not a particular word of advice I remember, but insight into the cultural differences inherent in an international school. I remember one of our teachers telling us how he could tell that some of the students were suffering from physical violence at home, but that it was difficult to take action: in America or Canada a teacher could be sent to jail for failing to report signs of parental abuse, but in Korea physical punishment was considered normal. He said it in the best possible way, in hopes that the students suffering abuse would come talk to him privately, but without singling anyone out. It helped me understand the cause of the violent behavior I had seen in some of my classmates.

Who was your favourite teacher and why? Mrs Auckland, my History/Geography teacher (and English? sorry, it's been so long...) She was warm and encouraging. As part of a presentation I sang a silly little song I had written for the occasion and she was delighted.

How did you get to school every morning? I took a small school bus, like a mini-bus, but that was the easy part. The hard part was crossing the hectic stream of bicycles and motorbikes on Tai Ha street to get to the bus stop.

Who were your best friends and are you still in touch with them? My best friend was Trent, an Australian kid in my class, and his little brother Ben was best friends with my little brother (both in 5th grade). Other friends I remember were Gabriel (French), Sarah (Thai), Rowan (Australian), Frank (Dutch), Ashley (American). I also had my first girlfriend at UNIS, Ida (Danish), and my first heartbreak when she dumped me a week later. I'm bad at keeping in touch but my brother has been in contact with Ben and Trent through Facebook.

How did you and your friends like to spend your free time? In between classes or during a free period we would buy snacks from the Tuk Shop on the first floor and eat them on the nearby couch in the hallway. They sold crispy little Nem for 100 dong each, or 1 US penny at the time.

What is your favourite memory/place in Hanoi? The Swedish Bar (not exclusively for Swedes) was loads of fun. UNIS families would gather there on weekends for drinks and hamburgers. There was a pool, and just next door, a mini video game arcade (3 or 4 machines total). I also loved the zoo, where I often went with my brother and Ben and Trent, who lived right next door at the Daewoo, though at the time I didn't realized how badly neglected most of the animals there are... There were bumper cars, and you could hand feed the elephants (my brother almost got crushed once).

What is your claim to fame? Oh, I don't want to be famous.

Any other good/funny stories? UNIS used to share a building with 2 other schools: a French school and a Vietnamese school. There were bars separating our school from the Vietnamese one at the hallway junction by the Tuk Shop. In between classes we could see each other through the bars. Sometimes we would yell and insult each other, but it was mostly peaceful. Also, my brother's grade had class in a temporary one-story building outside the main school. During monsoon they missed a few days of school because of flooding but we didn't, and I thought it was 'so unfair'. Some kids got leeches.

Tech Director Tidbits

Normally at this time of year the weather is so miserable that I would be happy to be inside writing this short item for the

UNIS Hanoi Community. However, the beautiful weather this week has challenged my resolve to be task oriented.

Please take some time to access ISIS Family in order to confirm that your ISIS Family installation works before ASA sign-

ups in two weeks. This will also be a good time confirm that your Guardian Information is correct. Please follow these steps

to access ISIS Family:

1. ISIS Family works with PC (IExplorer, Firefox, Chrome) or Mac (Safari, Firefox). ISIS Family does not work with

Chrome on a Mac.

2. If this is the first time you have run ISIS Family from your computer, make sure that the Microsoft Silverlight plugin is

installed (version 5.1 or later) by going to: http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/ If you have don’t have Silverlight or

you have an old version it will ask you to download and install the latest version:

3. Run ISIS Family in your browser, by going to the URL: http://isis.unishanoi.org/isis_family/isis_family.html

4. Enter your ISIS Family Username and Password at the prompt (the same

password sent to you for Report Cards, Conference signups, and ASA

Signups).

Note: No @unishanoi.org after your username, as when you log into the

UNIS Hanoi portal!

Your password is a 6 digit number unless you have changed it. If you

changed your password and have forgotten it, please call UNIS Hanoi Tech

Support (04) 3758 1551 ext. 8601 and ask to reset your ISIS Family password.

Old version of

Silverlight installed

on your computer

Click here to

download

new version,

then install.

Tech Director Tidbits

5. On the right hand side Family panel, click on the rectangle with your name and photo.

6. When you sign-in and click on your picture you will see the following screen:

7. You can review your Guardian Information and submit information corrections by clicking on Change on the left side of

the menu bar. Once you have made the changes click “OK” at the bottom of the Change Request screen.

UNIS Hanoi will offer an ISIS Family workshop on Tuesday, February 19 at 5:30 pm in the Community Room of B7. We will have Tablets available for you to practice signing in to ISIS, checking your Guardian Information, practice accessing documents and signing up for ASAs. Please confirm your attendance by emailing me at techdirector@unishanoi.org, before close of business on February 18th, so that we can have enough Tablets available for the workshop. Tet is wonderful time to enjoy Hanoi. Happy New Year! Ed Gilbreath, Director of Technology techdirector@unishanoi.org

Click on your

name & photo

Thank You

Dear Elementary School Parents and Students

Thank you for supporting

local children at Tet Time!

On Monday the 29th of January, students and

teachers visited two communities who live by the

Red River. The students handed out Tet Bags to

children and families in those communities which

had been donated by students and parents from

Discovery to Grade 2.

On Sunday, February 3, students and teachers

visited young boys supported by Blue Dragon at

their regular Sunday Soccer Games at Long Bien

Stadium.

They handed out Tet Bags of Love full of gifts

donated by students and parents from Grade 3 to

Grade 5..

After giving the gifts, we saw many happy and

delighted faces!

…THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT…

Saussage Sizzle

We have moved to our

new location!

Your UNIS Hanoi Sausage Sizzle is now serving our

WORLD FAMOUS products behind

the B-4 Sports Centre.

Fresh brewed coffee, tea, water, soda, popcorn

and sausages will be available on

Saturday from 9:00 to 11:30

Community Garden News

ANNOUNCING THE UNIS HANOI

TREE NURSERY!

This year saw the very beginnings of what we hope will

become a significant UNIS Hanoi Service Learning

initiative. The Community Garden group has began the

first UNIS Hanoi tree nursery! Last year, David Buckner

was in contact with a forestry organization that is

marketing certified ecologically sustainable forestry

products from the central highlands of Vietnam. This

group gifted the UNIS Hanoi Community Garden with the

seeds of 11 types of forest trees, indigenous to Vietnam.

The group also collected tree seeds from an additional 3

types of ‘street’ trees in Hanoi.

Last spring the MS Community Garden students planted some of these tree seeds in the MSHS garden to see how they

would do. The plants have flourished and the students have dug up the first baby trees to donate. These saplings have been

delivered to Blue Dragon, who will include them in their TET gift deliveries to a rural school, outside Hanoi, where Blue

Dragon is sponsoring several students. The Blue Dragon organizers were able to choose from a list of available trees, that

the Garden Group put together.

Future plans include the expansion of the tree nursery, a more detailed photo and description ‘catalogue’ for tree recipients

to choose from, and continuing the donations of greenery to sites in and around Hanoi!

Community Turbine Project

Our recent bake sale was a huge success! Over 2 million VND was raised. This was enough to

buy another electricity generator. Thank you to all the folks who bought the goodies.

Our next fundraising event will take place on the second Tuesday after Tet break (the 26th of

February). CTP will be hosting a Sausage Sizzle! We will be selling hot dogs and drinks during

the first break and at lunch time.

Come show your support and enjoy a hotdog!

For more information about our CAS group visit our Facebook page:

School Community Organisation News

SPRING FAIR 2013

Celebrating 25th Birthday! Saturday March 16, 11:00-15:00

UNIS Community

Commercial Table Needed

We invite any UNIS Parent or Staff with a small business to

sell at the Spring Fair. The cost for a commercial stall is 2

million VND for 4 tables, no power. Commercial Stall

holders must purchase entrance tickets for all staff. The

deadline for registration is 22 February. For information,

please contact the Commercial Tables Coordinator, Liz

Druitt at edruitt@unishanoi.org.

Garage Sale/Used Item tables

This extremely popular area is for UNIS families and staff

wanting to sell used items. If you will be leaving Hanoi, a

second hand table is a great way to quickly downsize before

the packers come to move you. Lighten your load at the

SCO Spring Fair. Share a table with a friend or have your

own. The cost is 1,000,000 VND for 2 tables, no power.

Garage Table holders must purchase entrance tickets. The

deadline for registration is 22 February. For information,

please contact the Garage Sale/Used Item Tables

Coordinator, Liz Druitt at edruitt@unishanoi.org.

International Food Table

at the Spring Fair

Have a Favorite Dish you want to share? Don’t have a country table at the Spring Fair?

No need to feel left out! Bring a dish for your country and join us at the

International Table! International Table is for everybody

who does not have their own country table but would still

like to participate and be represented at the Spring Fair.

Please contact Michiko (michikokadono@gmail.com) if

you are interested in participating.

All are welcome!

SCO Boutique News

Open hours: Monday and Thursday: 15:00 to 16:00 Tuesday and Wednesday: 08:00 to 09:00

We are preparing for our Spring wear and would like to

invite parents and students to share with us:

What is your opinion on our current new clothes

products in terms of selection, colours and designs?

What else do you suggest the boutique should produce

or sell?

We have produced some new designs of clothes including

the colorful PE girl shorts, Polo and Baseball Long-sleeves,

long-sleeves slim fit, sweatpants and sweatshirts. Also some

merchandise, i.e. swimming towels, picture frames, etc

We can’t wait to here your ideas and suggestions. Please

email us at SCO@unishanoi.org. Your opinions count!!!

New Drum in the Centre for the Arts

On display in the UNIS Hanoi Centre for the Arts foyer is a new ‘large’ Traditional Vietnamese Drum.

This Drum is a gift from the SCO which was received through the 2013 SCO Grant submissions.

This Drum joins the traditional Gong that is also on display in the foyer. Next year it is hoped to complete the collection

with a traditional Vietnamese Bell…..

Photographed with the Drum are the UNIS APAC Band musicians who will be traveling to Hong Kong at the end of

February.

Please come and visit the Centre for the Arts to see and hear this new drum.

Many thanks to the UNIS SCO,

Elizabeth Druitt, Centre for the Arts Manager edruitt@unishanoi.org

AMIS Festival

I'm Yerim Kim from 8MH and last week, I went to Beijing

to perform in an honor orchestra called AMIS.

AMIS stands for the Association for Music in International

Schools and it's a festival where people all around the world

meet up to perform with you. There are three branches to

this; band, strings and choir. This is my second year going

and in the first time, I went there as a representative from

the International School of Manila, Philippines and this

year, I went to represent UNIS Hanoi. This year, it was

hosted in ISB and out of the 77 schools who were

registered as AMIS schools, 23 attended it from North

Africa, Europe and Asia. It's such an amazing opportunity

to play with such talented people all around the world! The

standards are really high and so the orchestra and the choir

sounds really good! This year was a extremely special

because for the first time ever in AMIS for middle school,

they joined choir and strings together. Because it was its

first time, AMIS decided to commission a composer(Ken

Berg) for him to write a piece for us that it called 'I Choose

the Light.'

Georgia Basset, one of the founders of AMIS says, "You

can become friends through music." I think that this is

absolutely true because going there gave me a chance to

make friends who are from different parts of the world.I

also got to see 10 of my friends there while I was at Beijing

so it was even more special for me. It's really cool how

people may come from different regions of the world and

speak different languages but through music, you can come

together as a whole. The finale concert that we had on

Saturday night was phenomenal because the harmony of

the different parts of the orchestra just worked

magnificently. It's a really fun experience to have overall

because, as I have said earlier you get meet new people

while making harmony with them as well. Lastly, I just want

to thank UNIS, Mr. Dirk Kraetzer, Ms. Giang Dang, Ms.

Giang Ngyen and Ms. Elizabeth Druitt for helping me to

prepare for this festival.

Ye Rim Kim

Notes from the Activities Office

ASA Swim Information for NEW Families

A “Warm Welcome” to new families joining UNIS this school year from the Activities Office and the Aquatics department! Our UNIS

Aquatics Coordinator, Ms. Ella Jaranova, would like to share some information with you regarding the Aquatics programs at

UNIS.

All UNIS students have a variety of opportunities to improve their swimming skills during PE swimming lessons and

through participating in After School Activities (ASA). The 3rd and final ASA session of this school year starts on March

11th. All students will receive information regarding PE swimming lessons from their PE teachers. Information regarding

the various ASA Swimming opportunities will be sent to you by the UNIS Activities Office. This information will include

details about how to register online. Registration will take place starting at 7:00am on Friday, February 22.

In order to register for ASA Swimming, students need to be assessed to determine their level. Without being assigned a

swimming level, a child cannot register. Please note that testing to determine your child’s swimming level is only required

for those ES students who are interested in registering for ES G1-5 swim groups for ASA Session 3. The time and day for

testing is Monday, February 18th from 15:30-16:30. New students not planning on swimming during ASA 3 will be

assessed during their PE lessons.

Parents of ES students please –

Inform aquatics coordinator and class teacher on the day about the fact that your child is attending the test

Inform transport coordinator Mr. Lai that your child won’t be taking regular bus home (only in case if she/he usually

takes the bus)

Pick up your child after school and accompany him/her to the pool area

Parent(s) or nanny will be expected to stay at the pool for the whole time during the test and to organize their own

transport afterwards

Bring swim suit, swim cap and towel for your child. FYI -Water at the pool is heated.

Looking forward meeting you at the pool!

Kind regards,

Ella Jaranova, Aquatics Coordinator ejaranova@unishanoi.org

After-School Activities – Session 3 Starts Soon

After-School Activities (ASAs) are for students in Discovery through Grade 12. All UNIS parents and students in Grades 6-

12 should be checking their emails for information regarding the final ASA session of the school year. Everything that you

will need to know about registration and the activities that are available will be explained in that communication.

Registration for Session 3 will start on Friday, February 22 at 07:00 and will close on Sunday, February 24 at 23:59

(midnight). All registration will take place on the ISIS Family online system via the UNIS Portal.

If you are unfamiliar with how registration works on the ISIS Family online system, there will be an information session on

Tuesday, February 19 starting at 17:30 in the Community Room (Rm. 104, 2nd floor of B7).

When is ASA Session 3? The 3rd ASA session for the 2012-13 school-year will begin on Monday, March 11th and will

continue for nine school weeks, ending Friday, May 17th. Please do not hesitate to contact the Co-Curricular Activities

Office if you any questions or if you would like to contribute in any manner! I wish you all the best in the coming school

year!

Dirk Kraetzer, Director of Activities da@unishanoi.org

APAC Swim Meet

First APAC medal of this school year arrived to UNIS!

This year APAC Swim Meet was held in Beijing (China) at the International School of Beijing; schools participating

included the International School of Beijing, Brent International School Manila, American International School Guangzhou, Concordia

International School Shanghai, Shanghai American School/ Puxi, Seoul Foreign School, Shanghai American School/ Pudong and the Western

Academy of Beijing.

Throughout the three days, 200 High School swimmers from all over Asia from nine different schools competed; some

swimmers broke APAC records, beat their personal bests and broke records from their own school. UNIS took ten

swimmers to the APAC including Cian Hamer, Do Quynh Anh, Brooks Armstrong, Emma Simson van Dijkhuize, Hao

Shern Lee, Jackson Wood, Jamie Trees, Joya Tabe, Nguyen Hiep and Nicolas Wipf. Each swimmer had many

accomplishments; every swimmer set a new personal best in at least one of their events. Emma Simpson van Dijkhuize won

UNIS’s first APAC swimming medal, coming in third place in the 100 meter breaststroke, she also made it into the A

final and won 6th place in the 50m Breaststroke. Jackson Wood and Nguyen Hiep set new UNIS swim team records in

multiple events including 100m Freestyle, 50m /100m Backstroke, and 50m Breaststroke. The boys 200m Freestyle relay,

which included Cian Hamer, Jackson Wood, Joya Tabe and Nguyen Hiep made it into the A finals coming in sixth place.

The girls, Emma Simson van Dijkhuize, Brooks Armstrong and Do Quynh Anh, also had a major accomplishment of

winning the Girl’s Sportsmanship Award.

Not only did UNIS’s swimmers have fun swimming and making friends from

new schools, they also toured the Beijing 2008 Olympic Park including

National Stadium Bird’s Nest and famous swimming pool known as “Cube”.

Some swimmers were able to see snow for the first time.

Thanks to the ISB for hosting APAC swimming this year and their host

families, UNIS swimmers had an amazing trip and swim meet.

Thank you to the coaches – Prashad Abeysighne, Ella Jaranova, Brian Healy,

Kim Esaiasson for coaching and preparing the team for the successful event.

Brooks Armstrong, Grade 11 student and member of APAC swim team.

All results, APAC records and photos could be found on Aquatics Page.

Congratulations to the coaches and

members of the UNIS APAC Swim team

for their recent success at the APAC Swim

Meet in Beijing. Most notable was the third

place medal, UNIS’s first, earned by Emma

Simpson van Dijkhuize in the 100M

Breaststroke. The team achieved many

personal and team bests during the meet.

UNIS was also presented with the Girls’

Sportsmanship Award. Job well done by all

UNIS swimmers!!

Dirk Kraetzer, Director of Activities

2013 UNIS “Girls” Soccer Tournament

A week after the MS Boys had their local soccer

tournament at UNIS, it was the turn of the UNIS girls to

take to the field. Last weekend, (February 2) UNIS hosted

a Girls Invitational 7-aside Soccer Tournament.

What made this event unique was the fact that it included

three boys’ teams. In order to challenge the UNIS MRISA

girls and provide them a level of opposition that would

best prepare them for their up-coming MRISA tournament,

it was determined that playing against teams of the

opposite gender was the best solution.

The MRISA girls played against the Grade 6-7 Boys from

UNIS and two local teams comprised of Grade 5 boys

(Lomonoxop and Thanh Cong). The two grade 5 teams

might have been small in stature, but they more than made

up for that with their skill level and work rate. In the end,

it was the UNIS boys who provided the biggest challenge.

Lead by their coach, Mr. Humphries, they beat the girls 1-0

in round robin play. The two teams met each other again

in the tournament’s championship game. This time the

game ended 0-0. After 5 minutes of extra-time, the game

remained tied. The winner would be decided by penalty

kicks. In a reversal of their earlier game, this time the girls

came out on top, winning the penalty shootout 3-2. Both

teams played very well and deserved to be congratulated.

Good luck to the MRISA Girls and their coaches, Ms.

Ferra and Ms. Bohanon, as they attempt to retain their

MRISA title at HIS the week after the TET break. The

tournament, which also includes the UNIS boys, will be

played at Xuan La Stadium, on February 22-23.

Playing in a 3-team event at the same time was the UNIS

Phoenix Girls, HIS Tigers and Phu Dien School. Each

team played 2 games, with the UNIS girls coming from

behind to tie HIS 2-2 and then proceeding to defeat the

team from Phu Dien 4-0. This meant that the UNIS girls

finished play with the best record. Congratulations to both

the players and their coach Pho Nguyen.

Dirk Kraetzer, Director of Activities da@unishanoi.org

UNIS Blue MS Girls Soccer Team

UNIS MRISA Junior Girls Soccer Team

IN SEARCH OF HOST FAMILIES FOR

THE MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE

Dear UNIS Hanoi Community,

As you may be aware UNIS Hanoi students are involved in many wonderful Co-Curricular activities (including sports, the

arts, MUN...etc.). Through our association with MRISA (Mekong River International Sports Association) and APAC (Asia

Pacific Activities Conference) UNIS students travel to many events. We also do our share of hosting events.

Providing guest students with homestay accommodations is what makes these events possible. When a school hosts an event

they must reach out to their school community and ask parents and teachers to take students into their houses for the

duration of the event. Without host families the costs of these events would be much higher and students would not

experience another culture fully, which is one of the event aims.

UNIS is looking forward to hosting our annual Model United Nations Conference this year from February 27th-March

3rd, 2013 (Wednesday-Sunday). We must find host families (houses) for 90 visiting students. Please can you take these

students into your homes as other schools have done for us in the past. If you have the space in your homes to host 1 or 2

or even 10 guests we would greatly appreciate your assistance.

All that is required of host families, is that the visiting students stay 4 nights with your family and that you give them

breakfast each morning and 3 dinners, and then every morning send them off to UNIS and make arrangements for them to

return each evening. Each day the students will be busy participating in the conference and they will not be your

responsibility until evening.

I will be coordinating the hosting of this event. Please can you give back to this program and contact me by email now

(da@unishanoi.org) to let me know if you can host any visiting guests for this event. We need to put a list together now so

we are prepared for the conference and we need everyone to step up to help to make this event a success.

Please email me and let me know:

Whether or not you can host

Your name

The age & gender of your children

Your nationality

How many students you can host

What nationality/gender of students you would like to host

We will match nationalities and students ages as best as possible, but it isn’t always possible to meet all requests.

Many thanks for your continued support of the UNIS Co-Curricular Programme,

Dirk Kraetzer, Director of Activities da@unishanoi.org

MUN - Host Families Needed

Short term part time ES French Teacher 27 March – 14 June 2013

UNIS Hanoi has experienced steady year-on-year growth in our student population, which currently stands at over 1,000

students from 63 different countries. We are now accepting applications for a Short term part time (57%) Elementary

School French Teacher with the contract from 27 March 2013 to 14 June 2013. The incumbent will report to the

Elementary School Principal.

Duties and Responsibilities

To teach French to groups/classes of students within the school as determined by the curriculum needs of the school.

Provide for the students a differentiated programme of instruction that incorporates appropriate challenges and high

expectations of learners.

Deliver the curriculum within the agreed framework and philosophy of the school.

To assess and report upon student progress according to the School Assessment Policy.

To share in the overall responsibility for the academic progress, personal development, health and safety, discipline

and well-being of all students.

Participate in and organize meetings to support the curriculum.

Any other reasonable duties, as directed by the Principal.

Position requirements

Experience teaching in an international school

Internationally recognized teaching qualifications

Knowledge of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years

Programme

Cross-cultural exposure and understanding

Ability to work as part of a team

Strong skills in monitoring and follow through

Excellent organizational and time management skills

Strong computer skills

In return, UNIS Hanoi offers an attractive work environment, competitive remuneration, and professional development

opportunities. This is a local hire expat position, and no housing or relocation benefits will be provided.

Interested applicants please send your expression of interest, along with an up-to-date CV

and current referees to jobs@unishanoi.org

Only short-listed candidates will be invited for interview Application deadline: 8 Feb 2013

Ms Tran Thi Quyen, Human Resources Manager

United Nations International School of Hanoi GPO Box 313, Hanoi, Vietnam

Job Opportunity

Energize Schedule

If your child has any food allergy or

dietary restrictions, please let us know.

J.juniscanteen@gmail.com

Parents...please remember to send a lunch ticket or money each day with your Grade 1 and above child so he/she can purchase lunch. FYI: The Canteen does serve a vegetarian option each day.

Milk Product : Green Color

Pork : Red Color

Seafood : Blue Color

*** Main dish contains EGG

Canteen Menu for the week of February 18 to February 22

Western Set Menu

18*** Pork Cutlet w/Sauce Steamed Rice Cole Slaw Pound Cake Fruit / Milk

19*** Baked Penne w/Tuna Fried Eggplants Greek Salad Cinnamon Toast Fruit / Milk

20*** Chicken Quesadilla w/Salsa Sauce Potato Wedge Mexican Salad Orange Muffin Fruit / Milk

21*** Beef Gulash w/Spaetzle Rice (only ES) Apple & Frise Salad Raisin Cake Fruit / Milk

22 Sloppy Joe French Fried Potatoes Lettuce Salad Butter Cookie Fruit / Milk

Asian Set Menu

18 Indo Fried Noodle w/Chicken Grilled Vegetables Green Mango Salad Pound Cake Fruit / Milk

19 Stir Fried Beef (VN) Multi Grain Rice Tofu w/Tomato Sauce Cinnamon Toast Fruit / Milk

20*** Pork Chop Suey Steamed Rice Mexican Salad Orange Muffin Fruit / Milk

21 Pop Corn Fish Steamed Rice Apple & Frise Salad Raisin Cake Fruit / Milk

22 Tandoori Chicken Chicken Rice Mushroom & Paprika Butter Cookie Fruit / Milk

ECC Set Menu

18*** Pork Cutlet w/Sauce Steamed Rice Cole Slaw Pound Cake Fruit / Milk

19 Stir Fried Beef (VN) Multi Grain Rice Tofu w/Tomato Sauce Cinnamon Toast Fruit / Milk

20*** Chicken Quesadilla w/Salsa Sauce Potato Wedge Mexican Salad Orange Muffin Fruit / Milk

21 Pop Corn Fish Steamed Rice Apple & Frise Salad Raisin Cake Fruit / Milk

22 Sloppy Joe French Fried Potatoes Lettuce Salad Butter Cookie Fruit / Milk

Photos are from www.office.com, www.wikipedia.org and www.wikimedia.org

ENERGIZE HOURS (February 1 onwards)

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

Swimming Pool

06.15 - 07.45 17.45 - 19.45

No A.M. Swim

17.45 - 19.45

06.15 - 07.45 16.45 - 19.45

06.15 - 07.45 17.45 - 19.45

06.15 - 07.45 17.45 - 19.45

08.15 - 16.45 08.15 - 12.00 13.00 - 16.45

Fitness Room

06.00 - 08.00 16.30 - 20.00

06.00 - 08.00 16.30 - 20.00

06.00 - 08.00 16.30 - 20.00

06.00 - 08.00 16.30 - 20.00

06.00 - 08.00 16.30 - 20.00

08.00 - 12.00 13.00 - 17.00

08.00 - 12.00 13.00 - 17.00

Please note that the swimming pool and fitness room will both close from Friday, Feb 8 afternoon to Sunday , Feb 17 for Tet holiday.