IMPACT 7 by Concordian International School
28/04/2014
IMPACT Issue 7 (Summer 2013) from Concordian International School covers the G10 musical 'Unleash' raising over 100,000 Baht for a school-build charity, TISAC sports results including a badminton championship sweep, UKMT gold/silver/bronze mathematics awards, Harmony 2013 UNESCO youth peace festival, G11 Ranong barge trip, and Concordian becoming an official HSK Chinese proficiency testing centre in Thailand.
This Summer 2013 edition of IMPACT, the official magazine of Concordian International School in Bangkok, opens with reflections from Impact Editor Shelley Harris and a farewell message from Dr. James and Ms. Tresa to the Class of 2013 as its students complete the IB Diploma Programme and prepare for tertiary study. The issue celebrates academic achievement, including the UK Intermediate Mathematical Challenge, where Concordian students earned 3 Gold, 12 Silver, and 21 Bronze certificates, and victories at the Maths Challenge 2013 at Pan-Asia International School, where the G7 and G8 teams took first place. Fern (Bhornpat Waratrujiwong) of G5B was selected as one of twelve Junior Ambassadors representing Thailand at the Asia Pacific Children's Convention in Fukuoka, Japan, and Kanthida (Nenie) Kasemsetthasit of G2M won a Gold Medal in the Piano Duet category at the Yamaha Thailand Music Festival 2013.
The edition reports strong TISAC results across football, futsal, badminton, swimming, and volleyball, with the Seniors badminton team finishing first overall. A major feature covers Harmony 2013, a Youth Peace Festival held on March 10, 2013 at Mega Bangna, organized by Concordian and Pan Asia International School in collaboration with UNESCO Bangkok under the theme "Paths Towards Peace," with extensive reflections from the G10-G12 student team.
Arts and community highlights include the Grade 10 charity musical "Unleash," whose public performance raised more than 100,000 Baht for the "School Build" project; Love of Reading Week, during which PYP students read 34,829 minutes and CAS students delivered 473 books to the ARK School; an oil and pastel workshop led by wildlife artist Eric Wilson; PYP Center Stage; and the EYP, PYP, MYP and DP winter concerts.
The issue also documents the G11 Ranong barge trip, the G7 and G11 history field trip to Holy Rosary Church and Haroon Mosque, the G10 agriculture trip to Nakhon Ratchasima, the 10th TIEE Fair, an Andy Fletcher physics workshop, an Oxford Study Courses visit, and the launch of HSK Chinese testing, with 155 students registered for the first administration on March 24, 2013.