IMPACT 39 by Concordian International School

Issue 39 of Impact, the Winter Issue dated March 2024, captures a season at Concordian International School framed around the Chinese Year of the Dragon. Editor Dessy Delevaux introduces a packed line-up of whole-school celebrations, including the Loy Krathong Festival held on November 27th, the PTA's Festival of Love on December 8, 2023 under a Candy Wonderland theme that drew more than 1,000 participants, the 8th Chinese Temple Fair, the Voice of Concordian Chinese Singing Contest Season 8, Centerstage@13, the Freaky Fun Festival, Holiday Spirit Week and the K2 & K3 Share Bears music concert. Through charitable contributions, the PTA facilitated 555,000 baht of medical equipment for a hospital, comprising 255,000 baht of equipment plus an ICU ultrasound machine valued at 300,000 baht.

The School Update section highlights Concordian's first-ever DP Fair on October 18, 2023, and a new Grade 9 exchange partnership with Keystone Academy Beijing beginning in 2024-2025, alongside the existing 4th Grade 9 exchange with ECNU's No. 2 High School in Shanghai. The University Counseling Office reported acceptances from competitive universities including Cornell, Brown, Oxford, UCL, UBC, Toronto, Chulalongkorn, Tsinghua and HKU. Secondary students also took part in a Chinese Speech Contest, the third Speak! English Public Speaking Competition, and a literary writing event for inclusion in a 21st anthology.

The Showcase section features the musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, the Winter Choir Concert, the Christmas Big Sing at Aksra Theater, and the secondary Instrumental Music Winter Concert. Athletics coverage spans EY, PY and Secondary Sports Days, a chess tournament, 25 medals at the AISAA Grade 3U Track and Field Meet, and the Girls Varsity Football team winning both the AISAA League and Tournament. Week Without Walls trips ran from Hua Hin and Khao Yai to Sukhothai, Siem Reap, China, and the Grade 11 School Build in Phitsanulok, completed for the first time since 2019. Service clubs and family interviews round out the edition.