4 minute read
Faces of EARCOS
Faces of EARCOS Welcome New EARCOS Trustees, Heads, and Schools >>
Thomas Farrell Joe Beeson Vice President Trustee David (D.J.) Condon Patrick van Kampen, Ph.D. Trustee Head of School
Kaohsiung American School Yongsan Int’l School of Seoul Canadian Academy Yogyakarta Int’l School Stephen Wilkin Head of School Mt.Zaagkam Int’l School
50 Gijang-daero, Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun, Busan 619-902, South Korea Mr. Stephen Palmer, Principal
Oberoi International School
Oberoi Garden City Off Western Express Highway Goregaon (East) Mumbai - 400063, India Dr. Vladimir D. Kuskovski, Head of School http://oberoi-is.org/
In Memoriam >>
+ Robert D. Wenger
Concordian International School administration, teachers, staff, students and parents mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Mr. Bob Wenger, who passed away on April 22, 2012. Bob had been battling cancer for more than a year. Throughout his entire illness Bob never lost his warm smile, his good humor, or his ability to positively influence the school community – fellow administrators, teachers, students, and parents.
Bob joined Concordian in August 2010. He brought a wealth of experience as a teacher, counselor, and as a long-time administrator, both in the US and at international schools. Bob had served as an elementary school principal at the Venable School in Virginia, USA, at International School Manila in the Philippines, at Taipei American School in Taiwan, at AIS in Budapest, Hungary, and at the Canadian Academy in Kobe, Japan. After being retired for a few years, Bob found that he wanted to return to international school administration. Concordian International School was fortunate indeed that Bob agreed to come out of retirement and to serve as our Elementary and Middle School Vice-Principal.
He was always willing to share his knowledge and expertise, and a joke and a laugh too. He truly cared about the teachers, the students, and the school. All those who interacted with Bob on a regular basis will surely miss his wise counsel, his common sense, his warmth, and his sense of humor. He spent countless hours talking and listening, supporting, encouraging, and nudging all of us to do and to be our very best.
At a memorial service held at the school in late April, Bob’s colleagues and friends honored his memory and his service to Concordian with words spoken from the heart, song, and dance. We know that Bob surely would have loved the song and dance!
The Concordian community extends our heartfelt condolences to Bob’s wife Lisa, his four sons, his two step-children, his seven grandchildren, and his entire family.
+ Damian Johnson
Suzhou Singapore International School (SSIS) and the Association of China Mongolia International Schools (ACAMIS) are recovering from the tragic loss of Damian Johnson who was both Athletics Director at SSIS and the Chair of the ACAMIS Athletics Director network.
During his career, Damian worked as a PE teacher at; Karabar High School, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia (1996-2000); Sponne School, Towcester U.K. (2000-2001) and the British International School Cairo (2001-2004). Damian was then appointed Head of Physical Education & Athletics Director at the International School Brunei (200406) and later Dean of Students at Amman Baccalaureate School, Jordan (2006-08).
Damian moved to China in 2008 to take up the position of Athletics Director & Head of PE at Beijing BISS International School. In August 2012 he commenced his new position as Athletics Director at SSIS Suzhou. During his time in China, Damian made a huge impact on schools and sports across the region
In the words of an ACAMIS Board members; “He was so warm and personable that everyone looked forward to a chat and came away feeling good. Even though we have all lost a friend and colleague, I am certain that even after such a short time at SSIS, he will have made a great impact and will leave lasting memories with staff and students. We pass on to his parents and relatives our condolences at their loss, but also that he led a very good life in China as a role model for teachers and young people that will be remembered for years.”
A memorial for Damian was held at SSIS on November 5, his funeral took place in Sydney Australia on November 14th. SSIS and ACAMIS would like to thank all of our friends and colleagues for their support of Damian and of our organisations these last two weeks.
PE teachers should submit their application to present to their ETC Teacher Representative.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE 11th Annual 2013 EARCOSTEACHERS' CONFERENCE MARCH 27-30 Presenters: Jean Blaydes Madigan (Keynote) Ted Temertzoglou Carolyn Temertzoglou Dr. Debra Berkey Concordia International School Shanghai American School FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT www.earcos.org/etc2013/
The 2013 EARCOS PE Institute will feature four highly respected P.E. professionals covering k-12 topics from action based learning, healthy active living, to individual assessment. The pre-conference, to be held on the Shanghai American School Pudong Campus on March 27, will feature all four presenting throughout the day, as well as two educational aquatic sessions. The main body of the conference will run on March 28-30 at Concordia International School. The conference will include top workshop PE teachers in the EARCOS region as well as the four presenters. Transportation to the SAS/Pudong Campus will be provided.
Thanks to the following PE committee chaired by Jon Wrzesinski(SAS), Cheryl Fullerton(PRIS), Becki Bishop(CISS), Gaile Rockey(ISBangkok)
