SUNWAY CITYAPRIL 2019

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSPage 5

NEW PARENT & STUDENT COUNCIL COMMITTEEPage 6 & 7

INVASION page 4

HOGWARTSMIDDLE SCHOOL

CAREER WORKSHOP Page 7

IB BALI EXCURSIONPage 6

Dear SIS Community,

We suddenly find ourselves already at the mid-point of the semester, wondering “how did it go by so quickly?” yet again. Seems so each semester doesn’t it? Well, after some delays and challenges having new teachers get their proper approvals for both our campus and Sunway Iskandar, we are back to fully staffed and I must first thank all parents and guardians for their patience and understanding of circumstances that are out of our control.

It never ceases to amaze me how every teacher here at SIS steps into the void to fill in a time of need or to volunteer to go above and beyond, and it is always for the good of the students and school. We are truly blessed with a professional and dedicated team of educators that are always wanting to help students achieve and excel and they are a group that I am proud to be associated with.

Speaking of high quality teaching staff, I want to send out a very large thank you to all the teachers who put in many hours of hard work after our March 2018 Ontario Ministry of Education inspection. As a result of the efforts of both SIS and CIMP staff, our April 2019 virtual inspection could not have gone better. Our Ministry inspector was completely satisfied that previous areas have been addressed thoroughly and impressed with the overall quality of the Canadian programme here at SIS. It was a very proud moment for all of us here and is a testament to the quality of education that your children are receiving here at SIS.

We have already had a number of field trips and adventures and it seems like I am signing permission forms and proposals every week. Both teacher-led and student-led activities are providing ample opportunities for cultural, community and curriculum connected experiences. Also, for the first time, we will have middle school students travelling to Macau with Mr. Vidotto and Ms. Picanco to compete in the Canadian Classsic 2019, sports competitions against other Canadian schools from Asia, including our friends from SIS Sunway Iskandar.

Finally, I want to again extend condolences to the family of Jeany Tan Ying Fei. Jeany passed away on the evening of March 22nd, 2019 after battling cancer for a considerable time. Jeany started with SIS several years ago in Grade 7 and the outpouring of emotions and memories from staff and students are testament to the wonderful impression she made upon everyone in SIS. She was always wanting to return to see her friends and SIS family during her illness and will always be remembered fondly by all of here in SIS. Heartfelt thoughts and prayers to all affected by Jeany’s passing and blessings to Jeany for her too brief time with us and her family.

Wishing you all a good year ahead!

Best Wishes,

PrincipalHeath Kondro

heathk@sunway.edu.my

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

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Principal Office

IBDPCoordinatorMark Milberg

markm@sunway.edu.my

Deputy PrincipalMichael Owen

michaelo@sunway.edu.my

AcademicCoordinatorNathan Shier

nathans@sunway.edu.my

SIS’s curriculum and practices are consistently reviewed to ensure that we are following the most updated best practices, meeting all regulations, and addressing the future needs of our students. Our staff consistently follows current trends as set by the Ontario Ministry of Education and in collaboration with administration, creates action plans to incorporate those trends that are most appropriate into the classrooms. The application of educational technology continues to be one of SIS’s strongest points.

Each student is assigned a Google Classroom account that they use throughout the school year. Students are working with Google Apps for Education, TurnItIn, Educreations, Peergrade, and many others. Our teachers have put incredible effort and thought into the use of educational technology over the years and have developed comprehensive eBinders that curate lesson plans, class materials, and resources into a bank of professional knowledge and best practices that is easy to navigate and to use. Our administration continues to provide professional development through the use of curriculum meeting and sharing sessions as well as mentoring sessions for our new teachers to become confident and masterful teachers when using the many Ed-Tech tools we have available in our toolboxes.

SIS’s commitment to applying technology for stronger connections and collaboration between teachers and students continues to grow on our foundation of a decade’s worth of professional knowledge and development.

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2019 began in a flurry of excitement and the first quarter of Grades 7 & 8 as well as the mid-term for Grades 9 – 12 has already came and gone. Time moves quickly when there are so many good things happening in regards to academics at SIS!

Here you will find some academic updates that details some past events at SIS.

School Letter AwardsIt is with great pride that we can continue to see School Letter Awards being sought after by our students. By participating and demonstrating excellence in academics, community service, athletics, co-curriculars and the many events held at SIS, our students continue to collect points that demonstrates the values that SIS embodies: Nurturing Minds. Building Character.

This semester we were proud to recognize our winners of the SIS School Letter Award. Congratulations Pranay Prem and Eealyn Lee Yong Jia for earning the letter award and top-tier trophy. Congratulations Goh Li Shi, Yee Rae Lyz and Siti Syireen for earning the letter award and the mid-tier plaque. Finally, congratulations to Tee Yen and Teh Pei Ling for earning the letter award. Please continue to shine and grow with your outstanding contributions!

This award is considered the most prestigious award an SIS student can earn and therefore includes all aspects of student life – including community involvement and extra-curricular participation.

Interim Reports / Letters of CommunicationPersonalized email communications have been sent to the parent(s)/guardian(s) of students who are experiencing learning difficulties in their respective courses. These communications are designed to identify specific barriers to learning, suggest targeted actions for intervention, and overall engage parent(s)/guardian(s) to become partners in supporting improved learning outcomes.

Ontario Secondary Schools Literacy Test On March 28th, 2019 students wrote the Ontario Secondary Schools Literacy Test (OSSLT). After months of planning, preparation, workshops, and targeted literacy instruction, we are confident that our results will exceed a 70% pass rate. Results will be released by the Ontario Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) in June 2019.

Last month, our Second Year IB students travelled to Bali, where they cleaned a beach, learned about Balinese culture, and learned how to cook delicious Balinese food. They are now hard at work finishing the reports on the investigations that they have completed for their Humanities, Science, and Math courses, and they continue to work on their Extended Essays.

Our First Year students recently travelled to an elephant sanctuary to help clean and feed the elephants. They have begun developing ideas to research for their extended essay and develop ideas for their CAS projects.

Many of our graduates from our IB Graduates of 2018 who chose to attend universities in Malaysia have begun classes, and letters of acceptance have begun to arrive for those students that will pursue post-secondary education in Canada, Australia, Europe and the United States.

Current students & parents, especially in Grade 10 who are interested in joining IB in January 2020 should meet with me soon to find out if IB is the right choice. If you have questions about IB, you may also email me at markm@sunway.edu.my directly to get those questions answered.

From The Desk

The Middle School Student Council and the Library Committee teamed up to organised the Harry Potter Week in March.

The objectives of the Harry Potter Week is to:

There were many activities arranged to hype the Week, namely Guess the Number of Jellybeans in the Jar, Hogwarts House Votes, Harry Potter Movie Screening, Harry Potter Theme Day, Daily Harry Potter Trivia, Middle School Quidditch Game, and Food Sale. The library was also elaborately decorated with Harry Potter merchandises, coupled with tantalizing Harry Potter potion drinks display.

On Tuesday and Thursday, the library was transformed into a cozy mini movie theatre, screening Harry Potter movies, complete with a snack stand selling popcorn and drinks.

Harry Potter fever escalated as the week progressed when the Library Committee visited Middle School classes daily with secret envelopes of Harry Potter Trivia which the students responded eagerly.

The week ended with a bang on Friday with magically dressed Harry Potter wannabees participating in the theme day and SIS’s first-ever Quidditch Cup, where fake brooms run amok and pretend flights take place.

A special shout out goes to Team 7 Alpaaca and Team Nutrition Break 2, who battled it out in the final championship match. It was also a great way to end off a week of Harry Potter themed contests and events.

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HOGWARTS INVASION! 22 - 27 March 2019

GRADE 9 ARTISTS IN THE MAKING.

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Encourage literacy awareness among studentsTo promote library services in the SIS communityTo inculcate the culture of reading as a positive activity among students and staff

Grade 9 student artists were having an art exhibition inspired by the famous Canadian landscape painters who called themselves the Group of Seven. This exhibition offered the Grade 9 students the opportunity to examine and explore artistic concepts and at the same time respond creatively to each others fine art pieces. They studied colour, the utilization of colour, and their task was to reproduce one of the Group of Seven scenes and the outcomes were spectacular.

Winners:

Best Dressed (Middle School) - Loh Zhi Ling

Best Dressed (High School)- Branko Chatzkelowitz

‘Count the Jelly Beans in the Jar’ Contest - Faye Yong

HOUSE CUP - Slytherin

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Hall of Fame

CONGRATULATIONS SIS!

SIS Team (3rd Place Overall)Rayhan Adyl Puthucheary (2nd Place Individual)

All students qualified for the Asian International Championship

Pascal, Cayley, and Fermat Mathematics Contests27th February

National Academic Quiz Bowl Tournament19th January

Chew Hui Lin (Highest at SIS; Top 25% worldwide; Ranked 237th out of 30784)Lim Han Jun (Top 25% worldwide)

Lim Hao Bin (Highest at SIS; Top 25% worldwide)Samuel Peter Hong (Top 25% worldwide)

Lim Chee Lam (Highest at SIS; Top 25% worldwide)

Angie LiewMSSD Cross Country

U18 Girl’s : Bronze

Gan Yeong JinMSSD Taekwondo U15

Individual : Gold Mix Pair : Gold

Eng KelvyMSSD Badminton U12

Individual : Silver

Loh Kai XingMSSD Table Tennis Girl’s U15

Individual : Bronze

Arniesh Chai Sasheedran MSSS Swim U15 Boy’s

50m, 100m, 200m Backstroke : Bronze

Zhang LongMSSD Table Tennis U18 Boy’s

Individual : Bronze

Cherry Yeo Trixie Poon Malaysia Open Dancesport Championship 2019

Bianca Lim Shyin YiiWorld Aesthetics Group Gymnastic -

World Cup & Challenge Cup II in Singapore:Senior Category : 6th Place

Junior All Girls Single (Samba, Chacha, Rumba, Jive) : Silver

Junior E Latin (Chacha, Jive) : Silver Adult All Ladies Single (Samba, Chacha,

Jive) Junior (Latin) : Bronze

Junior Solo Girl Single (Paso Doble, Chacha, Jive) : Gold, (Rumba) : Silver

Junior All Girls Single (Samba, Chacha, Jive, Rumba) : Silver

Junior Solo Girl Single (Samba), Adult All Girls (Samba, Chacha, Jive) : Bronze

Tee Yen, Siti Syireen, Eealyn Lee Yong Jia

School Letter Award Grade 9 Subject Award Grade 10 Subject Award

Grade 11 Subject Award Grade 12 Subject AwardTop-Tier Recipients:

Serene Aimee Tan Diwen - 423 ptsPranay Prem Dakhshanadaran - 404 pts

Mid-Tier Recipients:Carina Anne Gnanou - 274 ptsRoshni A/P Jeyaraman - 259 pts

Eealyn Lee Yong Jia - 247 ptsTham Chun Hong Jonson - 228pts

First-Tier Recipients:Goh Li Shi - 212 pts, Tee Yen - 198 pts,

Siti Syireen Nabiehah - 186 pts, Yap Zhi Qian - 183 pts,Yee Ray Lyz - 176 pts, Allister Yap Ke Min - 171 pts,

Khaw Wei Ni - 155 pts, Teh Peh Ling - 152 pts

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Spotlight

On 27th March - 1st April, 13 of IB Year 2 students and 2 teachers travelled to Bali as part of their Creativity, Activity, and Service (CAS) trip. They cleaned the beach and learned about Balinese culture and food.

On 20th March, all Grade 7 students laced up their hiking boots, filled up their canteens, and set out for a totally different learning experience. Under the canopy and out of the classroom, students enjoyed a peaceful, yet challenging morning of hiking at Bukit Gasing Forest Park, PJ. The trip was organized as a cross-curricular learning opportunity, with students tasked with reflection activities based on the science and physical education curriculum. The students didn’t see any tigers or elephants, however they did run into an unexpected guest while at the first viewpoint.... Mr. Kondro!

Get to know your newly elected STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBER!Teacher Advisors : Mme. Brooks, Ms. Bidwell, Mr. Tam1. President - Jonghyun Sohn (Henry), Grade 102. Vice President - Juho Lee, Grade 113. Editor - Loo Hong Lee, Grade 114. Secretary - Erika Chee Yu Ying, Grade 115. Treasurer - Lim Chee Lam (Jacky), Grade 116. Publicity Officer - Jonathan Spears (JT), Grade 117. Arts Representative - Lee Eunjin (Jenny), Grade 118. Sports Representative - Masato Taki, Grade 10 9. Sports Representative - Justin Kuan, Grade 11 10. Social Actions Representative - Angie Liew Pei Yee, Grade 1111. Social Action Representative - Bianca Lim Shyin Yii, Grade 1012. Grade 11 Representative - Harry Teoh Zi Yin, Grade 1113. Grade 10 Representitive - Shimba Onishi, Grade 1014. Grade 9 Representative - Eng Gelson, Grade 915. IB Representative - Hoyoung Jin (Ted), IB Year 116. Hostel Representative - Cho Hyun Young (Rachael), IB Year 1

IB YEAR 2 BALI EXCURSION.

HIKE UP THE BUKIT GASING FOREST PARK.

THE HIGH SCHOOL STUCO 2019.Introducing

In Loving Memory ofJeany Tan Ying Fei

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Spotlight

The Middle School Career Workshop was back again on 15th March! An assemblage of panellists who are experts in their field filled the classrooms, energized the minds, and touched the hearts of eager students. The workshops covered an array of fields, from arts, technology to science.

It was a day for the students to let their hair down and express their creative side composing sugar artwork on a cookie

canvas, splashing bold bright colours on batik fabric and articulating what is in their heart on white woven fabric.

On the technology side, students learned to make a game in 30 minutes, tinker with electronics and sensors and play a university home-grown game.

The prize for most popular workshop goes to Chef Anges Sushi Making workshop, featuring colourful displays of dramatic seaweed smiley faces.

SIS Grade 8 Edward Liew Min Yu came as 1st finisher for the 11-12 years old Male category which consist of 1.2km Run, 3km Bike, and another 1.2km Run at Powerkids 2019 at Putrajaya on 2nd March 2019 morning.

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Three SIS Middle School students, Ewan How Yi-Hang, Aidan James Wong Joon Choy, and Loh Zhi Lin, participated in the recent Sunway Velocity Mall Annual Spelling Bee Competition in early April with Mr. Jonathan Williams as the teacher advisor and one of the judges of the event. SIS students did a wonderful job and took home the consolation prizes!

EMERSIVE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.

SPELLING BEE

WELCOMING THE NEW PARENT COUNCIL EXECUTIVE.

POWER-EDWARD

Chairperson : Elizabeth WongSecretary : Khor Kim Heong

Treasurer : Maggie ChinMiddle School Representative : Emma Baulch, YoungHa Yoo, & Joy Gan

High School Representative : Janice Choo, Elham Shahriari, & Shanthni K. Kanagasabai

IB Representative : Audrey Lee

If you want to volunteer or to contribute towards our activities, kindly email parentcouncilsis@imail.sunway.edu.my 2001 - 2019

Special Talk by Ps. Ignatius

French Week

Meet-the-Teacher Night

Orientation Day - Jan 2019

SIS Open Day - April 2019

Progresssion Day

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Updates

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Contributors:Woo Sze Leng Nicholas Law Sylvia Kwong Atikah Zainal A’abidin Lim Ann Lay Tan Lai LingHenry Sohn Jonghyun Nicholas Vidotto Elizabeth WongNorhayati Saad Mimi Atikah Leong Whye Lock

Editorial Team:Low Fun Fun Shahina Shahar

Upcoming Events:1st - 5th May Green Team Trip3rd - 4th May SEA DECA Conference10th - 11th May The SunDown (SIS Interact Club)16th May Teacher Appreciation Day27th May - 1st June Application Week4th - 7th June Hari Raya Break14th June SIS Grade 12 Graduation Day 17th June - 15th July Semester Break1st July - 5th July Asia Leadership Youth Camp 201916th July Orientation Day (July 2019)17th July First Day of the Semester3rd August IB Exploration Day19th - 23rd August SIS Career Week