School Update
Dear PY Community,
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he Primary Years (PY) has had an amazing start to our 2018-2019 school year! Already, many incredible events have taken place and we are looking forward to embarking on yet another adventure with all students, teachers, parents and staff! From building more school spirit in our school and eradicating bullying, to the most recent suspenseful Student Council Elections, the primary years have rolled up their sleeves early this year in order to make a real difference in our school as well as our world. Here are just a few updates that have transpired over the past few weeks.
Flag Raising: The location of our PY Flag Raising assemblies the start of a Monday Flag Raising. We love to has been changed to the PYP Gym. This new share all of our students’ achievements and enjoy area has provided our students, teachers and hearing from the community! parents with lots of benefits, including shade from the sun, airconditioning to keep everyone cool, seating space for all, as well as technology in order to display and showcase all the amazing news that happen from week to week. Students can now enjoy listening to the most recent updates in complete comfort and are encouraged to speak to their teachers if they too would like to add anything to our flag raising announcements. Parent are also more than welcome to share their information by emailing, for example their child’s accomplishments, by sending an email to flagraising@concordian.ac.th two days before
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No Bullying at Concordian! On Friday, September 14th, 2018, the PY Parent community was invited to attend a special information session on “Bullying” in the amphitheater. The session was led by Mr. Yuri with the help of our counselors and other members of our pedagogical leadership team as part of our Child Protection policy. We had over 100 PY parents show up, who learned more about the school’s definition of bullying, how bullying cases are handled at Concordian and some of the policies in place. Parents were also provided with resources and had an opportunity to ask questions related to the topic. If you did not get a chance to take part in this session, please feel free to contact Mr. Yuri (yuri@concordian.ac.th), who will provide you with further information covered on the day. Everyone at Concordian is dedicated to eradicating bullying and to ensuring that our students know exactly what to do in order to learn and play in a safe and happy environment. Student Council (a.k.a. STUCO) Election: On Friday, September 14th, 2018, our PY students participated in this year Student Council Elections. The energy on this event could be felt from the moment one walked into the Grand Theater, and it was immediately evident that this was the best student council election Concordian International School has ever witnessed! Weeks prior to this main event, G1-G5 students worked hard on their speeches, rehearsed in front of their classmates, and were chosen by their peers as possible candidates. Posters were made and hung in the hallways, speeches finalized and Matmook (G4), Pim (G5), Cheeno (G4), Mind (G5), Pete (G4), Katie (G5), Pao Pao (G4), Mark (G4), Miki (G5) and Burger (G5), were ready to give it their all on the big stage of the Grand Theater.
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Their speeches, filled with incredible ideas and persuasive reasons for why they should be chosen, shocked and amazed us all! At the end however, there could only be five winners. Introducing Pim (G5) as this year’s secretary, Katie (G5) as our Media Officer, Mind (G5) as our Treasurer, Pao Pao (G4) as our Vice President, and last but not least, Burger (G5) as our 2018-2019 Student Council President! We are all very proud of each and every candidate for being a risk taker and want to wish them all lots of success in the future. We know you will accomplishment great things this year! For those candidates that did not win, remember that you are AMAZING and deserve a big round of applause. We all encourage you to continue to try again in the future and never give up! Now that the elections are over, the real work begins. We are looking forward to all the amazing action that will come from our PY Student Council. We know they will continue to come up with great ideas on how to improve our school, as well as how to promote our school’s mission statement with dignity, integrity and compassion in order to make a real difference in the world. 19 CONCORDIAN
Mr. Yuri Primary Years Vice Principal of Student & Faculty Affairs
G7-U basketball girls
Athletics News
Hustle and heart set us apart. It's the Grade 7-U Girls basketball team’s greatest strength and what drives every practice and every game. Go Dragons! - Coach Tatiana
Track and Field News T
he Grade 5 & under, as well as the Grade 3 & under Track and Field teams are underway. Coach Mari and Coach Jared had over thirty students participate in the first practice! The students had a lot of fun as they warmed up, stretched with partners, ran relays and then the finale was racing the 100 metres against their age group. WE LOVE THE NEW TRACK!!! The team practices every Wednesday and Friday after school and we meet outside the PY gym. The final meet will take place in early December so we look forward to further running, jumping and throwing development over the next few months!
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e were so happy to share in the excitement of your graduation day and we are so proud of all of you! It was a remarkable journey watching the fifth graders grow and become more independent and confident. MYP is very lucky to have a group of such compassionate and courageous students who will continue to contribute by making a positive impact at Concordian. All the best in MYP! Sincerely, Your 5th Grade Homeroom Teachers
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PY End-of-Year Concert
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT MUSIC May 24, 2018
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hat an absolute thrill to watch and hear such endearing and incredibly talented PY students perform! The varied and unique mixtures of musical selections and styles; the students’ high spiritedness, energy, and creativity; the dazzling costumes; and the dynamic participation of the crowd - a splendid early summer treat to us all! Thank you Mr. Sebert, Mrs. Maricor, Ms. Beverly, Ms. Jed, Ms. Candy, Ms. Marily, Mr. Jared, all our technical and sound staff, and all our homeroom teachers and teaching assistants for helping make this event a really enriching music learning celebration. Bravo!!!
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