Friday, 30 april 2009

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Shuanggang, Jinan District
Tianjin 300350 P.R.China
Tel: 86 22 28592001
Fax: 86 22 28592007
Email: info@istianjin.net
www.istianjin.org

Dear Students and Parents,

I would like to begin this week’s newsletter by thanking all of the
community members who were involved in the wonderful ‘Roaring THIS WEEK IN BLAZE
20s’ PFO function at the Nikko Hotel on Saturday night. An enor-
mous amount of time and effort went into planning the event and I
cannot thank those responsible enough – it really was a night to
remember and a wonderful celebration of the shared community
Director’s Note
spirit of our parent and faculty.
Swine Flu
I sent out two announcements to our community earlier this week
Notices - Grade 12
regarding the potential threat of a global influenza pandemic that Exams, Secondary
might result from the current Swine Flu outbreak. Obviously we are
all deeply concerned about the possible implications of such an out- End of Semester
break and as the guardians of your children during the school day all Assessments
of us here at IST are acutely aware of our responsibility to ensure
that we provide a highly controlled, low-risk environment for us all. In
response to these concerns and to the steps being taken by WHO
and many other health agencies, IST escalated its Influenza Prepar- Grade 5 Exhibition
edness Plan to Stage 3 on Wednesday.
Although the Stage 3 procedures associated with ensuring that the
school remains a safe and carefully controlled environment may
PFO News
occasionally appear to make things a little less convenient we do
hope that all community members understand the reasons for the
procedures we have implemented and that you will all actively ACAMIS Soccer
support the school’s efforts. I have outlined below some of the main
steps that we have taken to secure our environment as well as
identified again some of the key ways in which you can support the Sports Brief
school in safeguarding our community from this global threat.
• We have formed a Swine Flu Health and Safety Preparedness
Committee Dairy Dates
• All hygiene and cleaning procedures have been reinforced and
strengthened.
• Students and community members have been educated about Sports Dates
the disease and about ways in which we can help prevent its
spread, including basic hygiene techniques such as hand-washing
and using tissues. We strongly encourage you to reinforce this
further with your children, ayis, and drivers. Weekly Menu

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International school of Tianjin newsletter FRIDAY, 30 APRIL 2009

NOTICES - REMINDERS - ANNOUNCEMENTS

Good luck to the Grade 12 students

After many years at school, and two years in the Diploma Programme, the final written examinations for
Grade 12 students begin next Monday. We wish all the Grade 12 students all the best for their examinations.

Please note that the examinations will be held in Han 3 and we would appreciate the support of all the
members of the school community by keeping noise to a minimum in that area when the signs are displayed
to indicate that an examination is in progress.

Secondary School End Of Semester Assessments & Exams

11-22 May 2009
Dear Secondary Student and Parents,

The Secondary School end-of-semester final assessments and exams will take place from Monday 11 -
Friday 22 May 2009. Detailed schedules will be given to students today. In addition, students and parents
will receive a copy of the “Conduct for Examinations” document.

Grades 6-7
11-22 May: All assessments and exams will take place within scheduled class times. Regular
classes will continue while these assessments occur.

Grades 8-10
11-19 May: In-class assessments for IT, DT, Drama, Art, Music and PE.

20-22 May: Two-hour exams in the gym for English, Chinese, French, German, Korean, Humani-
ties, ESL/Humanities, Mathematics and Science.

Grades 11 and 12
Grade 11 and 12 students have their own examinations during May (grade 12 students have formal IBDP
examinations on various day between May 3 and May 21, and grade 11 students share exam facilities with
them from May 11 to May 20). All will have received their full schedule details by now.

Thanks for your attention.

Mr. Bill Elman

Secondary School Principal

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International school of Tianjin newsletter FRIDAY, 30 APRIL 2009

Grade 5 Exhibition Update

Greetings from Grade 5,

Get ready, here it comes! The grade 5 Exhibition is coming your way next week, May 5-8. As we sit in our class-
rooms and look around at the emptiness, listening to the hollow echo of footsteps on a bare tiled floor, it’s hard to
imagine that within hours the emptiness will be transformed into a visual
symphony of color and information.

This week we carried out some of the ‘Action’ we had decided on for our
Exhibition. We made and posted videos, we wrote emails, we made post-
ers, we made board games and we had bake sales to raise money. Many
of you supported us and we thank you very much for this support. Your
support helped us adopt animals, donate to good causes, and to raise
awareness of issues close to our hearts. Many, many thanks!

Next week will see the fruits of

our labors. We have so much to
show you. We will be putting to-
gether our displays over the next two days. The event will be supported by
the IT department, who will oversee the computer needs of each group. Our
classes will be a hive of activity. We have two days to get our displays up
and to have them ready to display to our parents, and our fellow students .

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our mentor teachers who
gave up their time to help us out. A very big thank you to you all. We all
invite you to come see our displays and performance next week.

We hope you have a restful May holiday,

The Grade Five Team.

PFO NEWS

The IST PFO Spring Ball Fundraiser held last Saturday was a roaring success! It was a fun, well-attended community
social gathering. It was also fantastic to see so many people get in the spirit and tap into their inner flapper and/or
gangster while they supported a worthwhile cause. We are still tallying the donations and will be able to give a full
report on funds raised at the next PFO Parent Meeting on May 6th. The PFO would like to extend a big thank you to
all of those who supported this event; the attendees, the students and teachers who created donations for silent auc-
tion, community individuals who donated personal items, and the corporate sponsors that generously donated funds to
help make this event such a success.

If you forgot to order a picture from the photographer, it's not too late! You can go online and follow these steps to
select photos that you wish to order - Step 1: login to http://www.philipstudio.cn, Step 2: Click on "Client" button; key
in the user name and password; both user name and password are "20090425, Step 3: Click on thumbnail to view
large image, Step 4: Click "selection" for your favorite photo, Step 5: Add your comments and leave your contact &
click "submit" button. If you have any questions, you can contact the photography studio via their website as listed
above, or phone Philip Xiao at 138-021-90107 (English) or 23259806 (Chinese).

The next PFO Parent Meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. in the cafeteria on Wednesday, May 6th. Bus transportation
will be provided from Ao Cheng at 8:00 a.m. to transfer parents to the school. In addition, a bus will leave the school
at approximately 10:30 a.m. to transport parents back to Ao Cheng. We hope to see you there!

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International school of Tianjin newsletter FRIDAY, 30 APRIL 2009

 
 
 
  Sports BRIEF

U14 Boys Basket Ball Tournament Updates - by Tomson Chen 

 
It was an excellent evening as IST U14 BB Boys thrashed Rego 60-21 on April 16.

IST started the game out slow, and by the first quarter players were already getting tired, due to the fast pace
of the game, with IST leading only a mere 10 points. But soon it all changed as IST changed tactics and the
goals came smoothly. With Young Jin, Dong Bum
and Hyeong Chan contributing greatly. But the score
doesn't tell the whole story, Rego also upped their
play causing IST's defense all sorts of problems, but
in the end IST's hard work was paid off.

We must also applaud Hunter for his exceptional ef-

forts, making it to the game by the 3rd quarter after
doing extra work at school! It is wonderful to see
such a committed player like him on the team.

Bringing up the stats now! Hyeong Chan leading the

score charts and the boards with a total of 18 points
and 8 redounds followed y Dong Bum and Young
Jin. Beautiful last quarter action with everyone ex-
ploding with points, a notable mention to WeiZe,
Joong Hun, Jeong Il and TaeGyun.

In total IST notched 103 points over Rego on aggregate. Congratulations to IST!

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It was a busy month as IST went to TangGu to visit Teda in a match. This time, IST missed two of it's vital
players; YoungJin and DongBum. Despite their absence, IST still won, but the results showed that they were
sorely missed as IST only finished with a 7 point lead. The end result was 29-22.

The game was very tough, especially just after the first quarter, with nail-biting results as IST only managed
to keep up by one point, a buzzer beater attempt by WeiZe, but it was just unfortunate not to land in. Teda
showed us that they truly are a tournament contender, but IST's winning mentality kept them in the game,
even though we were always leading by few points, we managed to keep up our play. There surely will be
many aspects to train on after the match.

A good effort from all the players, and a special congratulations to Ryoei, who scored a stylish lay-up and to
Tae Gyun, who owned the rebound chart, getting 4 rebounds. Congratulations to all the players and we hope
that IST will be able to keep up their wining streak and hopefully end up as the champions in the upcoming
tournament on Saturday.

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Email: info@istianjion.net www.istianjin.org
International school of Tianjin newsletter FRIDAY, 30 APRIL 2009

SPORTS DATES

See the ACAMIS Flyer included in this newsletter.

Sat. May 9 ISAC MS BB Tournaments: U13B @ WAB, U13G @ ISB, U14B @ TIS, U14G @
IST, U12B @ BCIS by BISS

Fri May 15 Elementary Track and Field @ WAB, 2:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.

Go Blaze!!

Diary Dates

Thurs 30, April Wed 27, May

Thursday Night Live MYP Personal project Exhibition
Get Fit your way in May— PFO Committee Meeting
fitness event for Elem Thurs 28, May
Thursday Night Live
Fri 1, May — May Day Holiday Fri 29, May
Secondary Spring Formal
4-21, May
IB Diploma Final Exams
Wed 6, May
PFO meeting
Mon 11, May
Elem & Sec End of Semester
ESL End of Yr Assessments & Exams
Fri 15, Sat 16, May
Chinese Staff PD
Sat 23, May
Sports Day

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(Continued from page 1)

We have introduced strict controls on sick students and staff members coming to school in an attempt to
ensure that flu bugs remain at home. This includes a mandatory 5 day stay at home period if sent home by
the school nurses and compulsory clearance by the nurses before re-entering school.
• Contingency planning for home study have been initiated.
• We have secured our physical environment by restricting access to the campus and buildings:
1. Only students, staff, parents, IST contracted personnel, personal drivers with IST driver identifica-
tion cards, and essential suppliers are now allowed to enter the IST campus. All other visitors are
now required to wait for an authorized member of the school staff to approve entry to the campus.
2. IST employees and parents who do not have their IST identification cards are required to wait for
an authorized member of the school staff to approve their entry to the campus.
3. Personal drivers and essential suppliers are not allowed to enter the school buildings.
4. People who have visited regions declared to have human to human transmission of Swine Flu are
prohibited from entering the campus without the approval of an authorized member of the school.
5. All members of the community entering the school buildings are required to sanitize their hands
upon arrival and have their temperature taken. Anyone with a fever or exhibiting flu-like symptoms
is checked by a school nurse and is likely to be asked to leave the campus.

Entry to the school building is only permitted via the two main student entrances at the front of the
building. After 8:30AM visitors to the campus can now only enter the building via the main foyer.
Students entering the campus using the Original County gate must enter the building via the front
entrances. The gymnasium and rear entrances cannot be used and the elementary entrance is
only open for arriving students and parents until 8:30AM.
I remain highly optimistic that the current threat will soon pass and that our community will not be adversely
affected. I do hope that you too are able to remain calm and optimistic and that you will work together with
the school as we act to address the concerns and fears that accompany such unsettling news.
I wish all members of our community a most enjoyable May Day Holiday and look forward to seeing you all
back in school next week.

Warm regards,

Steve Moody,
Director.

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Hosted by Nan Jing
International school
23 April – 26 April 09

ACAMIS SOCCER
ACAMIS SOCCER 2009
I have attended 14 of 15 ACAMIS high school lead 3-2 on clean shot goals from
sports tournaments over the past 5 years, and Ollie Werner-Hickey, Ariel Lin,
it is great to see the IST students who at- and Janey Fryer, finishing the
tended the tournament full of enthusiasm after game tied 3-3
the usual positive experience of traveling with
• The IST girls playing to a 0-0 tie
school friends, playing in a friendly competi-
with tournament second place
tive sports tournament, staying with host fami-
finisher ISB
lies, and making friends with the other student
athletes from international schools around • The IST girls dedicating the
China. Below are some highlights of ACAMIS 5th/6th final game to Ariel Lin who
soccer 2009 at could not play due Olivia attacking .
Nanjing Interna- to injury, then fin-
tional School: ishing the game
tied 0-0, and win-
• The IST
ning the game 1-0
boys 3-2
after two overtime
record in
periods with a great
pool play to
run to goal down
finish in 4th
the right side by
place
Janey Fryer. When
• Goals from she got off a great
Seung Lee shot that was
Choi, Hong stopped by the
Jae Kim, goalie, Janey con-
and Ha Jong Lee on two well hit long tinued to follow the play and
shots of over 30 meters scored by kicking in the rebound
• The IST boys beating tournament winner
YCIS – Shanghai in the pool play Congratulations to the IST student
• The IST girls coming back from being athletes for another great ACAMIS
down 2-0 at halftime to NIS to take the sports tournament experience!
Mr. Fitzgerald

Serena is selected to
the all tournament
team.
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Caption describing picture
or graphic.
The IST varsity soccer team went to Nan-
jing to participate in the D1 Soccer
ACAMIS tournament. Ion the starting
game, the IST boys played against Aus-
tralian International School from Hong
Kong. Even though the IST boys had
about 2 hours of flight, they showed their
ability by beating AISHK. Even though IST
played well the whole game, they couldn’t
score any goals until 5 minutes before the
end of the game. Right before the end of
the game, the striker, SeungLeeChoi,
scored which brought a victory to IST.
On Friday, the IST boys had 3 games.
The first opponent was Nanjing Interna-
tional School, which held this year’s soc-
cer ACAMIS. Since it was their home
field, they had a lot of supporters. As Nan-
jing students were cheering for their
school the whole time, it was hard for IST
boys to concentrate on the game, which
made them make some mistakes. As the
IST boys had some pressure from the
supporters, they gave 4 goals and lost the
game.
The second game on Friday was against
ISB boys. In this game, Martin McMulkin,
the coach changed the formation. The
midfielder HongJae Kim played as a
striker and YoungJin Lee, grade 8, cov-
ered his place. As HongJae was much
taller than the ISB boys, Martin
McMulkin’s plan went successfully.
As soon as the game started,
HongJae scored by faking the de-
fenders. As they were leading the
game, SeungLee scored one more
goal, which made sure IST’s vic-
tory.
The next game was against SSIS.
SSIS were much taller and wider
than IST boys. Since IST boys
played 2 games before, they could-
n’t play as good as they are.
Therefore they gave the other
team 4 goals consecutively and
lost the game.
Saturday was a big day for IST
boys. They had the first game
against YCIS boys who won this
tournament. However, YCIS boys
lost against IST boys without scor-
ing any goals. In this game, the
defender HajongLee, made an own
goal but HongJae Kim scored right
after Hajong made an own goal.
However, 5 minutes after HongJae
scored, DangWang scored another
own goal which made the boys
down. Even IST boys were losing,
they tried their hardest to win the
game. Then finally, SuYongIm,
who only in grade 8, scored an-
other goal by faking the goal-
Soccer ACAMIS
Tournament in Nanjing
keeper. As he scored, IST boys tried
harder to score one more goal. As
they tried hard, Hajong Lee could
score from 30m far from the goal,
which allowed IST to win the game
by one goal.
As IST boys beat YCIS boys, they
could go to the semifinal. In the
semifinal, IST had to play against
NIS again. Even NIS had home ad-
vantages and supporters,HongJae
Kim from IST scored the first goal.
However, as soon as the second half
started, NIS started scoring goals.
Therefore, the game ended by 3-1.
After the semifinal, IST boys lost an-
other game against SSIS even Ha-
Jong Lee scored a goal. Therefore,
IST boys ended the tournament in 4th
place.
The coaches: Martin McMulkin, Li Jie
IST boys: HongJae Kim, Seok-
gyunChoi, JungKwon Lee, SeWoong
Lee, SeungLeeChoi, Hajong Lee,
YoungJin Lee, SuYongIm, Christian
Bak, DongBum Kim, DangWan Kim.
Thank you to the coaches and IST
boys who showed great effort in this
tournament.
Hong Jae
Kim
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First and Last ACAMIS Trip

This was my first time trav-
eling to an ACAMIS event,
although I have helped
host ACAMIS tournaments
twice at IST. Nanjing Inter-
national School was very
well prepared for this tour-
nament. One of the things
they did to be well pre-
pared was to have a group
of student volunteers pick
us up at the airport. They
student volunteers were
very warm-hearted and
made our time at NIS easy
and smooth. The announcer station was
very helpful in keeping the games on time
and leading people to next station. Nanjing
is professional equipped with a nice soccer
field and comfortable benches that are
easy to move. These great ideas and oth-
ers made the tournament successful. I am
glad that I went on the trip to see another
school in action hosting a busy ACAMIS
tournament and to see the IST student ath-
letes compete and interact with all at the
tournament.
Guo Ying

It was my first time to go to power. In addition,

the ACAMIS. On the first
day we played very well.
When we played against
with AISHK,Seung Lee
Choi scored near the end
of the game.
I played defense with Ha
Jong and I realized that Ha
Jong is a really good
player. Also, he scored
even though he made own
goal.
Hong Jae scored
many times.
If I have more
chances to go to the
ACAMIS, then I want
to try to get a trophy.
I had lots of fun from
this ACAMIS tourna-
ment and it was a
new experience.

Over the past 3 years, I have participated 8 ACAMIS sports tour-

All of the games, Hong Jae Jung Kwon Lee
led the team mostly. He
showed his energy and
Hong Jae is selected to
the all tournament
team.
naments. Going to ACAMIS was always an exciting thing to me
because I could make new friends and compete with other
schools. This year’s ACAMIS was the last ACAMIS for me and it
was very successful. Most of our team members were young, but
we still could compete with other schools well and we beat this
year’s tournament champion YCIS easily. Those 8 ACAMIS tour-
naments were all great experience and I will never forget the time
I had in 8 tournaments.
Hong Jae Kim
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Ratatouille Grilled Vegetable Baked Beans Korean Vegetable Mashed Carrot

Baked Potato French Fries Sauteed Potato Mashed Potato Fried Rice

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