IMPACT 25 by Concordian International School

Issue 25 of IMPACT, the magazine of Concordian International School in Bangkok, is the Summer Issue dated June 2019, closing out the 2018-2019 academic year. Edited by Megan Ames, it opens with greetings on the Royal Coronation of His Majesty King Rama X and messages from editor and Board of Trustees Chairperson Dr. Chawin Chantharasenawong, who highlights ongoing faculty professional development, the completion of new state-of-the-art sports facilities, and a football clinic by Bangkok United FC players.

The centerpiece is the university acceptance list for the Class of 2019. As of May 2019, the 39 graduating students earned acceptances across the United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, China, Australia, Thailand and beyond, with the infographic noting figures including 197 total offers, 50% from the World's Top 100 universities, 100% of students gaining places, and 10 Thailand universities represented. Named institutions include Cornell, UC Berkeley, Imperial College London, King's College London, Chulalongkorn and many others.

The edition surveys a wide spring of athletics. Highlights include the G10U Girls winning both the Basketball league and AISAA tournament, the G7U Girls winning AISAA Football, Putter winning the AISAA boys Tennis title, Coach Earth taking three silver medals at the First Southeast Asian Masters Swimming Championships, and Concordian winning the 3rd Annual Earth Day football tournament for the third year in a row. EY and PY Sports Day are also featured.

Arts and activities span the Grade 11 charity concert Always On My Mind, which raised 100,000 baht for Ban Dek Ramindra; the Grade 10 High School Musical fundraising toward the Class of 2021 School Build's 400,000 baht goal; The Voice of Concordian Chinese Singing Contest Season Three; Beauty and the Beast and a Talent Show; a two-week exchange program with students from Shanghai; Chinese writing contests; Temple Fair 2019; Thai MUN VI; Songkran celebrations; and World Scholar's Cup, where 24 students earned 35 junior-division and 68 senior-division medals. An expanded Service Learning section covers Operation Smile's Mae Hong Son trip and grade-level service projects.