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EsDesign donates FlossFirst Credit Card Dental Floss to Ban Jing Jai orphans
Stuart Saunders of EsDesign, Pattaya, has donated
sufficient dental floss to Ban Jing Jai Orphanage, Pattaya, for each of the
children. Stuart also attended the school and taught the children how to
clean their teeth properly, so that they should never get cavities. “With
good care, your teeth can last 500 years,” said Saunders. “Cavities are the
main hazard for children.”
 Stuart
Saunders teaches the children at Ban Jing Jai about good oral hygiene.
“Amongst older people, poor oral hygiene, resulting in gum disease, is
implicated in many heart attacks and strokes, as oral bacteria get into the
bloodstream, triggering clotting; a 200% higher risk of heart attack, and
250% higher risk of stroke has been found. The website realage.com predicts
6.4 years longer life with good oral hygiene. With our floss we also offer a
money back guarantee against oral halitosis, when used as directed,” he
said.
FlossFirst is also a great promotional item, with an amazing 50 M of floss
in a thin, credit card sized pack; clients carry it for months, with your
graphics, photos & maps, contact details & website proudly displayed.
EsDesign has a quantity of floss available for schools & orphanages at no
charge, and they can teach how to use it and provide educational materials.
Call them at 08 6138 8654.
This little fellow has got the
hang of it already.
Stuart, after donating enough
dental floss to Ban Jing Jai Orphanage, Pattaya, for each of the children,
explains how it works.
The children listen intently
to their lesson on keeping their teeth healthy.
Lions Club donates bicycles to School #6 students
The students are all
smiles upon receiving the new bicycles from the Chonburi-Pratamnak
Pattaya Lions Club.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Tasanee Khakhay, president of the Chonburi-Pratamnak Pattaya Lions Club,
Chapter 310-C, on October 6 led Lions Club members in presenting seven
bicycles to Pattaya School #6, with school director Mrs Waree Thaichanya
receiving them on behalf of the pupils.
Somsak Naksonti, former president of the Lions Club division, said that
the intention was to provide bicycles for students who live far from the
school. The Lions Club also plans to donate bicycles to Ban Nongsakngaew
School.
Mrs Waree said that the school would distribute these bicycles to
students who live far away, so that it would be more convenient for them
to come to school.
Pattaya School #6 is located in Nongprue sub-district, and provides an
education to children from kindergarten class 1 to secondary school
class 3. At present there are 1,175 students.
Students win scholarships and go forward to Wild Orchid national contest
Deputy Mayor Wutisak
Rermkitkarn presents scholarships to the 8 winning students.
Noppadon Chaichana
Deputy Mayor Wutisak Rermkitkarn on October 6 presided over the distribution
of eight scholarships to students in the primary and secondary school
classes who have passed the selection process for the Wild Orchid Project of
2006.
All of these students will be Pattaya City representatives for a future
national competition.
The test was divided into two levels. The winners in the primary school
class each received 1,500 baht scholarships and honorary certificates, and
the secondary school class winners each received 2,000 baht scholarships and
honorary certificates.
The winners were further divided into four groups. The Thai language group
winners were Ms Kanika Arampra from Pattaya City School #8 and Ms Orathai
Prombun from School #3. The social studies group winners were Ms Juthathip
Saribut from School #5, and Master A-non Sriubol from School #10. The
mathematics group winners were Master Kittiwut Jorkkaew and Master Napat
Phumsamut from School #9. The science group winners were Ms Ploychompoo
Yoosabai, and Ms Tatsinee Saenasing from School #3.
All eight students will be Pattaya City representatives and attend the
country competition in Bangkok next month.
Sattahip Vittayakom School joins ‘dream school’ project
Puangpetch Kanyabal,
chairwoman of the evaluation committee at the One District, One Dream
School project, and a group of education officials visited Sattahip
Vittayakom School.
Patcharapol Panrak
Sattahip Vittayakom School has been selected under the One District,
One Dream School project to become a model educational institute that
offers high quality education to those of lesser income or who live in
the remoter areas where good educational standards are hard to maintain.
A group of education officials visited the school on September 29, led
by Puangpetch Kanyabal, chairwoman of the evaluation committee at the
One District, One Dream School project.
The group included Jakrapong Suwanrassamee, deputy director of the
Chonburi Basic Education Committee Office in Zone 3, Miss Saowanee
Supornsook, evaluator from the central administration of the project,
Chatchai Buranapong and Suksan Sai-Ngarm, both professional educational
supervisors, and Orapong Asa-eua, secretary of the project’s
coordination center.
Sattahip Vittayakom School director Jamnote Plong U-dom welcomed the
visitors to the school, which is located in Na Jomtien sub-district,
Sattahip.
Poramet Ngampichet of the Chonburi Education Committee reported on the
readiness of the school to participate in the project, saying it has
great potential to fulfill its role as a dream school.
The One District, One Dream School project started in 2003, and is aimed
at developing the quality of schools in all districts.
One model school is established in each district as part of education
reforms to support children who wouldn’t normally have the opportunity
to benefit from higher educational standards.
A dream school has to follow a pattern of high standards throughout,
including administration, management, and development of the curriculum.
The schools focus on all elements of the learning system, including the
provision of equipment, technology and communication methods.
Wat Wang Wa School officially receives new classroom
The kindergarten children
in Kleang received their new classroom from the Charity Club of Pattaya
on Friday the 13th of October.
Friday 13th was a lucky day for the Wat Wang Wa
School on the unluckiest day of the year!
The Charity Club have been raising funds to build a classroom in Kleang
through pub nights held at Jameson’s The Irish Pub, Witherspoon’s Bar &
Restaurant, private donations from Duane Pebworth of GessweinSiam Co.
Ltd., Bangkok, Tony Shuttleworth, an anonymous donation and Pattaya
Reality, with the remainder of the money coming from the gala dinner
held in September.
The School was started on August 15 and the Charity Club of Pattaya
officially handed it over to the Wat Wang Wa School on Friday 13th
October.
After the monks had blessed the classroom, speeches were made by the
principal of the school Mr. Kittilarp Meelarp, the Principle of Rayong
Education Institution Region 2 Mr. Nattaset Posrithong, and Police
Colonel Ittipol Ittisarnronnachai, Superintendent of Pattaya
Immigration.
Other honourable guests in attendance were Nimit Ongkhamarueng
Maythanee, mayor of Wang Wah Sub-district, Pratheep Pathibat, Wang Wah’s
village headman, and Narong Odthon, chairman of Wang Wah Sub-district’s
Council.
The classroom will be used for the kindergarten children. Before the
classroom was built the children were being taught in the open air. As
we all know the first steps of education are very important for any
child.
The classroom was kindly furnished by the Pattaya Immigration Charity
Drive, which you may recall seeing in the press a few months ago.
As the other pub night at Kilkenny’s and the finale at the Queen Vic
have already been arranged, the Charity Club of Pattaya will carry on
with those. The Charity Club of Pattaya will now use the money from the
pub nights for Christmas gifts and food for the children at the
Camillian Centre in December.
So don’t forget Kilkenny’s Friday October 27 and Queen Victoria Inn
Saturday November 11.
The Fobissea Music Festival at Garden International School 7th - 12th November 2006
by Andrew Watson
Esteban Escobar from Chile has three syllable rhythms running through
more than his name. A fan of ‘Latino’ music who has played guitar,
keyboard and the recorder in his time, he’s trilingual in more than
music; he speaks Spanish, English and French. A veritable polyglot, if
ever there was one.
 Esteban
Escobar; “Playing it his way”
He’s taking something called an ‘irregular’ bilingual IB diploma
(illustrating the tremendous flexibility afforded by a programme
tailor-made for students like Esteban) but there’s nothing irregular
about this young man. He’s been at GIS for a year, having arrived from a
place called Kitwe, in Zambia. Esteban is something of a dark horse;
whether it’s the travel or something innate I don’t know, but he’s
subtly self confident and quite obviously independent. With a sense of
humour as dry as the Atacama Desert, he’s refreshingly ready to air his
views, whether they are part of mainstream opinion or not. He’s no
Alpaca, (surely sheep? Ed.) that’s for sure.
The Fobissea music festival coincides with a round of internal
examinations and during this time, the usual pile of homework won’t go
away either; “It’s gonna be really hard” Esteban acknowledges. So where,
I wonder, do his priorities lie?
Without hesitation, he replies rather dangerously, “Fobissea, for the
experience. I don’t put too much value in exams. The experience of
actually managing something will be better than for instance, just
knowing how to calculate numbers”.
How refreshing to hear a student acknowledge one of the central tenets
of the IB CAS programme, that ‘learning that goes on outside the
classroom is just as important as that which goes on inside’. Which
incidentally, is not intended to give the impression that Esteban shies
away from academics; in fact, quite the reverse. Having studied computer
programming before he came to GIS, he’s currently teaching himself three
programming languages; computer graphics is a field he’d like to enter
when he’s older.
I should imagine that the world will be very much Esteban’s oyster; he
has an easy, personable manner about him and of course, he is extremely
well travelled. He explains that he liked Africa a lot, “The people were
really friendly, there was no crime and they spoke English.”
I was once on the verge of moving to Kitwe myself, but the quantity and
quality of the local Malaria put me off. Typically, Esteban was ready to
unravel my concerns for me. He declared, “I had malaria five times and
it wasn’t that bad”. I’ll take his word for it, thanks. He continued,
“It was better than having the medicine”. Thanks again. I’ll run with
the medicine myself but thanks all the same.
Getting back to the festival and what can it do for a young gun like
Esteban? “There will be lots of different people from different
countries coming so it will be a great way to meet people from other
parts of Asia and Thailand. I’m not from Asia so this culture is very
different from mine.” An opportunity, no doubt, for him to extend his
linguistic and musical prowess?
Watch TV coverage of the unfolding Fobissea festival at GIS every Friday
on PMTV.
For further information, please email music.fest@ gardenrayong.com or
check at the GIS website; www. gardenrayong.com
Asian University to host Open House Sunday November 12
Asian University and the College at Asian U are
opening their doors to anyone interested in finding out more about them.
There will be an Open House on Sunday November 12, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
All are welcome.
Asian U and the College are located on the same campus in Huay Yai
Tambon, Banglamung District, Chonburi Province on Highway 331, between
km markers 116 and 117 (on the road between Sattahip and Chachoengsao).
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