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ISE performs well at RIS Forensics meet
Each year RIS hosts a forensics, or speech, tournament
for high school students. Schools from Bangkok, Chiang Mai, India and our
local International School Eastern Seaboard compete at this event.
 (Left
to right) Top: Tashina and Nakita Cedolin, Masayuki Kobayashi, Aditya Van
Daalen. Bottom: Ms. Brunhilde, Yei Won Lee, Jacky Mucha, Eva Fleming, Emma
Gjers, Ms. Wood.
Students gain great experience by performing in front of
audiences and observing very talented peers. Students from ISE participated
in several categories of the competition.
Nakita Cedolin competed in the impromptu speech category.
She had only one minute to prepare a three to five minute speech on a given
topic.
With
good friends on our team, there is no stopping us!
Aditaya Van Daalen did an oral interpretation. He read a
humorous selection about dogs and cats from George Carlin’s book “Napalm
and Silly Putty”.
Emma Gjers performed a solo act from the play The Effect
of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Mariglods by Paul Zindel.
Who said
forensics has to be boring?
Two students wrote their own original speeches and read
them to the audience. Yei-Won Lee spoke about a Korean historical kingdom
now claimed by China to be part of its history and identity. Masayuki
Kobayashi informed the audience about Japanese anime and why we should
support its production.
There were two pairs of duet actors. Tashina Cedolin and
Eva Fleming performed a mother/daughter piece from the play A Roomful of
Roses, while Nakita Cedolin and Jackey Mucha performed Career Counseling,
where an honor student gets street advice from the school counselor.
ISE acting students all made it to the semi finals in the competition.
Nakita and Jackey went on to win fourth place in the finals. Congratulations
to all on a job well done!
GIS Sports Day was loads of fun
Sohini Goho
The long awaited Sports Day at Garden International
School (GIS), Rayong was a gala event that started punctually at 8:00 a.m.
on the 26th of February ’05. A whole lot of hard work had gone into the
preparation and finally the day arrived and one could see the students,
teachers and parents looked all geared up to take on the world!
The
highlight of the day was also the presence of Anand Panyarachun, the
ex-prime minister of Thailand, who is also GIS chairperson.
The arrangements were impressive with tents put up for
the three houses – Gecko (Green), Cobra (Blue) and Tiger (Red). The
students looked excited in their colourful house T-shirts. The tracks were
well made out and the track events and the field events were well
organized.
The fun races for the little ones were a great success,
with the parents, teachers and of course Miss Ruth Grant, GIS principal on
the mike, encouraging and cheering for the excited children. The favourite
race was of course the “sweety race” that all children of the primary
section were looking forward to – the reward being double – the sweet
and the ribbon!
The
favourite race was of course the “sweety race”.
The senior children seemed to be having an equally
fun-filled day with events like long jump, shot put, tennis ball throw,
triple jump, slow bike race and of course the track events.
The constant reminders to the participants to drink
plenty of water and keep replenishing themselves with burgers and
ice-creams showed the customary GIS touch.
The highlight of the day was also the presence of Anand
Panyarachun, the ex-prime minister of Thailand, who is also GIS
chairperson. A tree planting ceremony was held in the school premises where
Anand Panyarachun planted saplings.
The day ended at around 1 p.m. The children went back hot and exhausted
but with happy memories to brighten up their weekend. But despite the heat
of the day, the Sports Day at GIS, Rayong was a grand success.
Students develop skills at St. Andrews School, Sathorn Sports Day 2005
St. Andrews International School, Sathorn Campus recently organized a
Sports Day for their students. Children from the age of 2 years old up to
10+ years old all took part in the event which was separated in two separate
days, one for the Early Years students and one for the Primary Year
students.
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were some really fast jets in the running race.
For the early year students the theme was
“Transport.” All the teams were named after different vehicles. The
staff even dressed up as the conductor from Thomas the Tank Engine!
The children enjoyed running around the mountain,
collecting tickets from the aeroplanes, putting out the fire with the fire
engines and finally there were some really fast jets in the running race.
Parents were also asked to join in all the fun and games.
The
Green team came through as champions.
The Primary Year students were involved in different
obstacle races throughout the morning. The final scores were combined for
the St. Andrews Sports Day Trophy, so each of the four teams gathered the
day before to make their flags, banners and shakers. They also learnt
different chants and songs to support their team.
The competition was full of energy and enthusiasm from
all the students, teachers and parents who came in to support their
children. The Green team finally came through as champions.
St. Andrews International School, Sathorn Campus,
promises ‘Leaders of tomorrow created at St. Andrews today’. Sports Day
is just one area of the school’s activities where the students can combine
and develop their decision-making skills, group working skills,
communication skills, creativity and the application of their knowledge to
the daily experiences in school.
Subway restaurants grand opening, one year anniversary Pattaya
A Subway restaurant has opened on Beach Road in January. The new
restaurant is located in Tipp Plaza on Beach Road between Soi 10 and Soi 11
and features access from Second Road, Tuscany decor, large seating capacity,
ample free parking and a large patio. The restaurant will be having a grand
opening on April 2, 2005 with a buy one get one free promotion.
Subway Pattaya Carrefour is also celebrating their one
year anniversary on the same day. The restaurant it located in the Carrefour
Home Pro food court on Pattaya Klang Road ground floor. The same buy one get
one free promotion will be in effect.
The Subway chain is famous for its made-to-order footlong
and 6-inch sandwiches. Sandwiches are served on Italian, wheat and a variety
of seasoned breads that are baked fresh daily in each restaurant. Hot and
cold subs are available with an assortment of meats, cheeses, vegetables and
condiments, all added per customer request. Subway’s “7 under 6” menu
features seven sub sandwiches with 6 grams of fat or less. The chain’s
gourmet-inspired “Selects” line of sandwiches features exclusively
prepared sauces, which can be used to complement any sandwich on the menu.
Subway restaurants also serve a variety of fresh salads and fresh baked
cookies.
“I am excited to be able to bring Subway’s delicious,
fresh products to the people of Pattaya,” says Ogden, owner of the new
sandwich shop. “I look forward to meeting the residents and invite
everyone to stop by and try our world-famous submarine sandwiches.” The
restaurant is open from 07:00-03:00 seven days per week.
Subway restaurants was founded in 1065 in Bridgeport,
Connecticut by then 17-year-old Fred Deluca, with a $1,000 loan from family
friend, Dr. Peter Buck. Subway is the world’s largest submarine sandwich
franchise, with more than 22,900 locations in 81 countries. Subway has
recently surpassed McDonald’s in the number of restaurants open in the
United States and Canada and has been named the number one franchise
opportunity in all categories by Entrepreneur magazine in its Annual
Franchise 500 ranking for 2004 for the 12th time in 16 years.
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