IMPACT 35 by Concordian International School
31/10/2022
Concordian International School's October 2022 Back to School issue covers K3 and Grade 5 graduations (including 2021 makeup ceremonies), EY and PY Sports Days, the Wai Kru Ceremony, and national Thai classical music competition wins. It also features CISMUN I — the first in-person MUN since 2018 — G5U Boys Basketball AISAA Champions, MYP service programs, and an alumni spotlight on Mook (Class of 2014).
Issue 35 of IMPACT, the magazine of Concordian International School in Bangkok, is the Back to School Issue, dated October 2022. Edited by Dessy Delevaux, it marks the school community's return to on-campus life for the 2022-2023 academic year as Covid-19 restrictions eased. Welcome-back messages open the edition from Founder and Director Varnnee Chearavanont Ross, Head of School Laurent Goetschmann, Thai Principal Ajarn Vichitvong Chanarat, and Board of Trustees Chairperson Dr. Chawin Chantharasenawong, alongside greetings from the elementary and secondary leadership teams.
The Elementary section revisits ceremonies held at the close of the previous year, including the K3 and Grade 5 graduations on 22 June 2022 and make-up graduations on 15 June 2022 for the K3 and Grade 5 Classes of 2021. It also covers the September 19-23 PYP Back to School Week, EY Sports Day (9 June 2022), PY Sports Day, the Wai Kru ceremony on 29 September 2022, the Moon Festival, and profiles of PYP Coordinators Kerrie Adams and Craig Martin. A feature on Thai classical music celebrates national-competition winners Hui Hui (G12), Tiger (G7), Don (G5), and Dol (G5), and the edition introduces the new 2022-2023 faculty.
Athletics returned with the AISAA league: the G5U Boys Basketball team went undefeated as League Champions, the G5U Girls took second place, the G7U Girls finished first in league play and third at the tournament, the G7U Boys won the AISAA Championship (final 26-5), the JV Boys football team were co-champions, and Varsity volleyball completed a development season.
Further features cover the Celebrating Our Dragons student-achievement showcase, the first in-person CISMUN since 2018 (over 100 attendees), Middle and High School Student Governments, clubs including World Scholar's Cup, Operation Smile and Canducare (which raised 290,000 baht), G6-G10 service programs, bonding trips to Pattaya, interviews with the Luesukprasert and Lodrel Wangchuk families, and an alumni spotlight on Napassorn Piamkulwanich (Mook), Class of 2014, co-founder of Siam Koosuel Co., Ltd.