Newsletter - YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College
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Newsletter - YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College
Volume 3 January - March 2013 Principal’s Welcome Newsletter Dear Students, Teachers and Parents, Welcome back after the Easter holiday. It is appropriate to take time to reflect on the fact that we are now closer to the end of the year than we are to the beginning. It is amazing how fast time has flown this year. Talk around our school is now focused on final school examinations, external examinations, Enrichment Week, Graduation Dinners and Graduation Ceremonies. Much has happened since I last wrote to you all in early December. We have just finished a series of examinations, in fact four separate sessions of examinations, and yet there seems to be no time at all before we once again go into ‘examination mode’. We’ve had school based examinations for students in non-examination years (Forms 1 - 3 and Form 5) then ‘mock exams’ for students in our examination years with our Form 4, Form 6 and A1/A2 students all taking examinations at different times. I can’t help but think that this is terribly disruptive to our school as a whole, with there always seeming to be some students in regular classes whilst other students are in examination mode. To this end I have made some changes to the way we construct our school calendar for next school year. The first semester, school based examinations as well as the ‘mock examinations’ for our external examination students will all be at the same time next school year, in late January. Effectively, this means that all students in all year levels will be in examinations over the same 8 day time period, in late January. There will of course be quality teaching and learning right up until the examinations begin and then the whole school will take their examinations at the same time. At the end of the examination period the whole school will then break for the Lunar New Year holiday. With both Chinese (Lunar) New Year and Easter falling at different times from year to year the creation of an effective school calendar presents as a yearly challenge but one that I feel is worth taking up for the good of our entire school community. I’ll explain some details of the changes to our new school calendar later in this article. Further details of the new calendar, along with the new calendar itself, will be shared with everyone later this school year. Competition for places in our Form 1 class for next year, the Class of 2019, has been very competitive. We have had approximately three students applying for every one place we are able to offer. This is both very satisfying that so many families desire to trust us with their child’s education but at the same time it is difficult to have to disappoint so many families when we say that we are unable to enroll their child. For me personally it is one of the most difficult times of the year. 1 Principal’s Welcome Another change that will occur for next years’ Form 1 students is the timing of the Bridging Course. Every year our new Form 1 students attend a two week bridging course to help to identify and rectify any gaps they may have in their learning, specifically in Mathematics and Chinese. The program has been successful, but in recent years it was also been held at the start of summer. This created a couple of problems. First of all not all primary schools (local and international) finish at the same time for the summer so some students were leaving early to attend our two week course while others were waiting around for it to begin. However, the more important issue for me was the real fear, borne from conversations with students, parents and teachers involved that having such a course, then going on a 5 week holiday before returning to start the new school year, was that a serious amount of information was lost or ‘forgotten’ over the break. To that end I have relocated the bridging course to the last two weeks before we start the new school year. The course will run from 19th August and finish on 30th August. This means that our new Form 1 students will finish their bridging course on the Friday and start the new school year with the rest of our community two days later on 2nd September. It is our hope that the learning undertaken in this course will then be of great value and that the rate of retention will be significant as the gap between the end of the summer course and the start of the new school will be reduced from five weeks to merely a weekend. Recently we hosted a very successfully received Parent Teacher Conference program. These conferences presented as a tremendous opportunity for parents and teachers to get together and have informative conversations about the academic progress of our students. I was especially impressed with the number of students who attended these conferences with their parents. Personally I feel very strongly that students should attend these conferences. Put simply it is their progress that is going to be the focus of the conversations, why shouldn’t they be a part of these discussions. Previously I mentioned a new calendar change I, along with our teachers, will implement for next year. This will also have implications for Parent-Teacher(-Student) conferences for next year. In the 2013 - 2014 school year we will, as a school, move away from a ‘term based’ school year. The idea of having three terms yet having semester examinations didn’t seem to fit, especially as how first semester is currently 60 days long and second semester is 90 days long. So we will roll out a ‘quarter based’ structure for teaching, learning and assessment in the 2013 - 2014 school year. There will be four quarters across the year with Quarters 1 & 2 forming Semester 1 and Quarters 3 & 4 forming Semester 2. A report card will be issued at the end of each quarter. How does this apply to our Parent-Teacher Conferences? Well as impressive as they were and as positively as they were received there was, to me, one simple drawback. They were too late in the year. 2 Principal’s Welcome Having parents meeting with teachers, for the first time, to talk about the academic progress their child was making, in February, when we started the year in September is just too late. So next year we’ll have two sets of Parent-Teacher Conferences, one in late November (early in Quarter 2 to discuss Quarter 1 progress) and one in May (early Quarter 4 to discuss Quarter 3 progress). In this way it facilitates an open and informative dialogue between the school and home with respect to the progress a student is making, incorporating both commendations and recommendations for areas of, and strategies for, improvement. Such conversations will serve to be vitally important, not to mention inherently useful, with a view to an examination period (either school based or external) that will be approaching in a few months after these conferences. I also wanted to share with you that there is a large number of our teachers (26 in total) who have joined me in looking at our school timetable. The current structure is a source of significant stress for many of our students and teachers. There are so many lessons in the day with very short change over times between lessons. On many occasions we are moving close to 1,000 people around the school in the same five minute window. These teachers have volunteered their valuable time and expertise to work with me after school on a number of occasions to research and look at various options for introducing a ‘block scheduling’ option for our school timetable. Put simply a block schedule involves having longer teaching lessons across a day but as our school day would start and finish at approximately the same time there would be fewer lessons in a day. One option, and I stress only one option being considered, would be to switch from 8 x 40 minute lessons in a day to 4 x 80 minute lessons in a day. Block schedules also operate on a cycle basis as opposed to the current ‘days of the week’ model, so students and teachers would refer (for academic lesson purposes) to days by numbers, such as today is a Day 1, Day 2 or Day 3 as opposed to a Monday or a Tuesday. Of course we’d still use the days of the week for all ECA and other afterschool events. This timetable taskforce group has been working for months now on this challenge. We are researching academic journals for best practice around the world whilst at the same time we are looking at what other successful schools are doing both here in Hong Kong, around Asia, and also in wider regions of our world. The overarching rationale for this work is simple – to facilitate the delivery of quality teaching to enable enhanced and prolonged student learning. All recommendations from this ‘timetable working group’ will be tabled at the school leadership team who will, in concert with feedback from the School Supervisor and the SMC (School Management Committee) make decisions about which option to implement. I do wish to clearly point out however that any changes to our existing timetable would not take effect until the start of the 2014 - 1015 school year. Our existing timetable structure will continue for at least next school year. A schools’ timetable is fundamentally important in the operation of a school, it drives the school both inside and outside the classroom, and so any change needs to be very carefully thought through, researched and examined, anticipating any potential drawbacks and then how these can be overcome. Even once a new structure has been agreed upon it is prudent to allow teachers and school leaders to have at least an academic year to plan for the changes in terms of teaching scope and sequence within the realms of both academic and pastoral frameworks. 3 Principal’s Welcome Our students are continuing to excel across a number of endeavors, both academic and sporting. In the 64th English Speech Festival, open to schools across Hong Kong, 5 pairs of our students in the Dramatic Duologue category claimed all three of the top prizes, Champions, Runner-up and 3rd Place across two consecutive days. Congratulations to Georgina Medd (3A) and Shannon Tjon (3H) who were named Champions on the first day of the competition and to Heulwyn Jenkins (3K) and Kim Thuy Gordon (3K) who were named Champions on the second day. In the Annual Music Contest, hosted by the Buddhist Fat Ho Memorial College our school singing group, the ‘Trebles’, successfully defended the Championship they won last year by repeating as the Champion group on this year’s competition. Congratulations to the following students: Kleyr Ombao (6Y), Zarah Lingan (6A), Ysabelle Trujillo Jose (6A), Isaak Manuel (6C), Nicholas Serneo (6Y) and Jealdrin Madrid (5C). At the recent Islands District Invitational Cup for Cheerleading, our senior school team, Blue Phoenix, was successful in winning the overall Invitational Championship. Congratulations to all our cheerleaders. In other events around the school in the last few months we hosted a very successful Blood Donation Day in cooperation with the Red Cross of Hong Kong. In excess of 100 people, students, teachers and staff donated blood and I thank all those who did so to help so many in need in the wider Hong Kong community. The Humanities Department hosted a series of events around Chinese New Year to help to explain to our community who are from a non-Chinese background, the history, cultural and significance of many of the traditions that are a part of the Lunar New Year celebrations. The Science Department hosted a very successful ‘Chemistry Corner’ across a number of days in an effort to take science ‘out of the classroom’ and show many of its uses in everyday life. The number of hands on activities and demonstrations were very popular and well received by the wider school community. The Languages Department also combined together to host a very special ‘Language Week’, just before the Lunar New Year holidays. Activities were held at lunchtimes at various locations around the school, many of which were hands on activities that allowed all students to participate in many of the cultural practices of the counties that are part of our languages program. All languages we offer, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and French participated on different days in a very successful program. 4 Principal’s Welcome At this time of the year we also have to say goodbye to different year levels as they leave us to prepare for their final external examinations. A few weeks ago we fare welled our Form 6 students (HKDSE) and in a week or so we’ll say goodbye to our A2 students (GCE-A Levels). Both these groups will not return to school in an official capacity until their graduation ceremony in June. We wish all these students the very best as they prepare for these challenging examinations. Our Form 4 students (IGCSE) will also depart soon, along with our A1 students (AS Level GCE), for external examinations but they will return to us in late May, once their examinations are over. As we move forward these last few days, towards the Easter break, I encourage all our students to maintain their focus, to continue to strive for excellence in all your classes, to continue to work with your teachers so that you can enter any examination, internal or external, with a sense of calm and grace, confident that you can use the opportunity to demonstrate the learning you have mastered these last months. To those travelling over the Easter break, I wish you safe travels and a great time with family and friends. I wish you all every blessing for the Easter season. I look forward to welcoming everyone back refreshed and recharged after Easter. Adrian Price Principal 5 Admissions Admissions The first two rounds of admission interviews for the 2013 – 2014 school year were completed in November and January. As the school’s popularity has grown in the local community, so has the demand for places. Since many parents are very keen to send their children to the school, the number of places is once again heavily over-subscribed. As a result, applications are now closed. With this increased demand for places and the limited number of Form 1 places offered by the EDB, the admissions process has become even more selective as we strive to maintain a high quality, mixed culture and diverse student body. In the current intake, the school has already accepted students from numerous countries, including the USA, UK, India, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Korea, Japan, the Philippines and other East Asian countries, in addition to local students from Hong Kong. New students will come and register in the school on the 11th and 12th July. Ms. Diana Lo Assistant Principal (Admissions & Student Data) 6 Academic Matters Local Curriculum The NSS/IGCSE Options Evening was held on the evening of 8th March. About 260 Form 2 students and parents, representing approximately 120 families, attended this event. The turnout, which was among the highest of similar events, showed that both students and their parents were eager to learn more about the Integrated Curriculum on offer and how they could make subject choices. The Integrated Curriculum, offered by the school for students in Forms 3 and 4, combines the content of the local curriculum with the IGCSE curriculum. In the Integrated Curriculum, besides the core subjects of Mathematics, English, Chinese/French/Spanish and Liberal Studies, students can also choose three elective subjects to study in Forms 3 and 4. All students will then sit IGCSE examinations in these subjects in April/May 2015. At the end of Form 4, students will then choose to continue with the local curriculum or apply to study GCE ‘A’ Level subjects for the last two years of school, after which they will sit for either the HKDSE or the GCE ‘A’ Level examinations. Once again this year, seminars were held at lunch time and after school so that Form 2 students could learn more about each elective subject. During the seminars, interested students had an opportunity to ask questions and discover whether or not they are suitable to study the subjects at Forms 3 and 4. The turnout in each subject seminar was encouraging showing again that students want ownership in their choices and study. Most students have already returned their Choice Form to the school, and by mid-May, the school will announce the allocation of subjects to them. HKDSE Examinations Form 6 students have started their HKDSE examinations and teachers have been busy providing extra tutorials and revision classes for during this. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of the Form 6 students every success in their examinations, and pray that they will be able to approach them with confidence, knowing that they are well prepared. Mr. Alfred Chan Deputy Principal (Local Curriculum) 7 Academic Matters International Curriculum GCE ‘A’ Level Information Evening About 140 parents and students attended the GCE ‘A’ Level Information Evening on 28th February, representing approximately 53% of all families in Form 4. During the evening, students and parents learned more about the UK GCE ‘A’ level programme and listed to presentations about each of the 12 subjects currently on offer. Teachers also provided information about possible career paths and university destinations. There was also an opportunity to ask questions. As a DSS school, the YHKCC us permitted to offer an international curriculum in Forms 5 and 6 as an alternative to the HKDSE curriculum, as long as students predominantly follow the local curriculum. As a consequence there are at most 80 places available on the GCE ‘A’ level programme. The deadline for submitting applications was on the 25th March and over 100 applications have been received. Applicants will be informed of the result by late April. International Examinations In just over one month, all students in Form 4, GCE A1 and GCE A2 will be sitting their IGCSE and GCE AS/A Level examinations. Since the school is now a registered centre for both Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) and Edexcel, all international examinations will be held in the school. The main examination period starts on 7th May and finishes in mid-June. There are a few examinations which take place earlier, including speaking exams for various language subjects and the controlled tests for IGCSE and GCE AS Level Art and Design. The last day of school for GCE A2 students is on the 19th April. Form 4 and GCE A1 students will be on study leave from 29th April until 24th May. Students on study leave are encouraged to come into school to study, attend extra lessons or find teachers to ask questions, but they must do so in full school uniform. All students, except for those in graduating GCE A2 classes, also have to wear full school uniform when sitting their examinations. Students have been given Statements of Entry for both CIE and Edexcel examinations. The Statements of Entry list all of the subjects that students have been entered for and the date of each paper. Detailed timetables showing the exact time and venue of each examination were distributed to students and uploaded to the school website before the Easter holiday. Since effective revision programmes start at least 6 weeks before the date of the first examination, students are strongly encouraged to immediately start preparing seriously for these vitally important examinations if they have not already done so! 8 Academic Matters The Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) website is a good source of support materials and advice on how to revise more effectively: www.cambridgestudents.org.uk For students in Form 4, acceptance onto the GCE ‘A’ Level programme will depend to a large extent on their performance in the IGCSE examinations. For GCE A1 students, the results of the AS Level examinations will be used to make predicted grades which go on the confidential reference written by the school for university applications. Regular lessons resume for Form 4 and GCE A1 students on 27th May and will continue right up until the end of June. There is no final examination for students in Form 4 and GCE A1. GCE A1 students will use this time to get a head start on their A2 studies. There are still some IGCSE and GCE AS/A Level examinations during this period and students are only permitted study leave on the day before each examination. Mr. Andrew Higgins Deputy Principal (International Curriculum) 9 SGDS SGDS The Heads of Year, Class Teachers and Social Workers continue to aim to provide exceptional care for students by responding to various needs and concerns. A number of plans have been devised to help students embrace the school culture, vision, mission and values, and raise greater awareness of their social responsibilities. Students are discovering the positive power of community and how, if we all work together for the betterment of the school, amazing things can be achieved. For a sustained period of time, and without the help of janitors and canteen staff, students were encouraged to take greater responsibility for the school environment in terms of hygiene, cleanliness and respect for school property. Having to do this for themselves also taught students to appreciate what the janitors and canteen staff do for them on a daily basis. We will continue to promote the message of social responsibility with a view to developing an even greater sense of community and mutual respect. The school is delighted to receive support from parents in the community. As teacher-parent relationships continue to grow stronger, we are seeing a positive impact in the lives of students. Parental support is especially needed to help children negotiate the use of new technologies. The inappropriate use of social networking sites as Facebook, Instagram, and so on, is a matter of ongoing concern. We can obviously only monitor this during school hours and we would invite all parents to regularly address cyber issues with their children. Proactive steps can help students avoid many of the issues that could potentially arise. The Mentorship Programme To continue to help and support younger students to make the transition into secondary school, the Mentorship Programme organized two enjoyable activities in January and February. A friendly ‘Dodgeball’ event and a ‘Bread Pudding Class’. A total of 31 students participated in the Dodgeball activity. The mentors explained the rules to Form 1 students and helped them get involved in the game. All of the students and their mentors enjoyed the activity, which promoted teamwork and co-operation. During the cookery class, students enjoyed making the delicious pudding together. 10 SGDS Harmony Ambassador Scheme By reflecting on previous experience, the Harmony Ambassadors designed and planned visits to help the elderly. The programme was well planned and the team members were very cooperative. Students showed their love and care for the elderly and smiles were shared by all. A ‘Closing Ceremony’ was held in February where students shared their memories and happiness together. One of the students particularly mentioned such joy and satisfaction that will never be forgotten. A reunion will be held during an overnight camping activity in July and students will also discuss and plan service activities for next year. A visit to the mentally disabled hostel was co-organized with the Community Service Club. Students and patients enjoyed playing many games together. A total of 19 students volunteered to join this activity. The degree of care and maturity shown by the students involved was all the more impressive because it was obvious that they learned and understood more about the needs of the mentally disabled and the challenges they face every day. In May the Harmony Ambassadors are planning to visit elderly people who are living alone. All students from Forms 1 to 3 are welcome to join. An important workshop called ‘Choose to Refuse’ was arranged for Form 1 and 2 students. The workshop cultivated peer support skills among students to help them to provide support to others who have been bullied. Form 2 students were educated on the dangers and risk of pre-marital sex though the ‘Teenage Pregnancy Workshop’. A young mother came and shared about her experiences as a teenage mum. Finally, students will soon have a chance to participate in different kinds of adventure activities to enhance their self-esteem and problem solving skills. At the end of the programme, students will have a chance to learn and serve others by providing services. Ms. Diana Lo & Mr. Thomas Moore Head of SGDS 11 Student Achievements The 64th English Speech Festival (14th December and 15th December) Form 3 IGCSE Drama students demonstrated outstanding dramatic skills by winning the 64 th Speech Festival (Dramatic Duologue Category) on 14th and 15th December. Students competed against various other schools and achieved the top three positions. Boys and girls, congratulations! 14th December Prize Name Champions Georgina Medd (3A, 20) and Shannon Tjon (3H, 27) 2nd Place Jenner (3M, 12) and Nicholas Mehta (3M, 19) 3rd Place Alexandra Manktelow (3C, 15) and Jaycee Somers (3K, 26) 15h December Prize Name Champions Heulwyn Jenkins (3K, 17) and Kim Thuy Gordon (3K, 10) 2nd Place Chiraag Hiranandani (3H, 7) and Samantha Pyburn (3H, 21) Chiraag and Samantha won the 2nd place in the competition on 15th December Kim and Heulwyn won the Champions in the competition on 15th December 12 Student Achievements The Inter-school Table Tennis Competition (Tsuen Wan and Islands District) (27th December and 28th December) The school’s Table Tennis Team (Grade A) achieved a great result in the Interschool Table Tennis Competition (Tsuen Wan and Islands District) on 27th and 28th December 2012. Both the boys’ and the girls’ teams ended the competition with intense games, and the girls team finally brought the Silver medal home! Many thanks to all the supporters who attended the competition on both days. CIE Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards (24th January) Four YHKCC students received awards from Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) for exceptional academic achievements in the AS and A Level examinations. The categories for the CIE Outstanding Cambridge Leaner Awards are: 1. Top in the World 2. Top in Hong Kong 3. High Achievement 4. Best Across Top in Hong Kong Name Subject LI Kai Yan Ellen Highest mark in Hong Kong for Cambridge International A Level Business Studies Yoshiya OHASHI Highest mark in Hong Kong for Cambridge International AS Level Mathematics Ana Paula ESPINOSA MOOSER Highest mark in Hong Kong for Cambridge International AS Level Business Studies 13 Yoshiya achieved the highest mark in Hong Kong for Cambridge International AS Level Mathematics. Student Achievements High Achievement Name Subject LI Kai Yan Ellen Highest mark in Hong Kong for High Achievement in Cambridge International A Level Chemistry Tirion Eilir Haf JENKINS Highest mark in Hong Kong for High Achievement in Cambridge International A Level Art and Design Ana Paula ESPINOSA MOOSER Highest mark in Hong Kong for High Achievement in Cambridge International AS Level Spanish Language Best Across Name Subject LI Kai Yan Ellen Highest overall mark in Hong Kong for Best Across Three Cambridge International A Level CIE Results for October and November (24th January) Three students received their results for AS / A Level examinations taken in October and November 2012. All three students self-studied for these exams and all of them achieved Grade A. Name Subject Amritveer KAUR A Level Hindi Butt Zahra ARSHAD A Level Urdu Paula Andrea ENCISO MURICA AS Level Spanish Language (with Distinction in speaking) Paula achieved Grade A in AS Level Spanish Language (with Distinction in speaking). 14 Student Achievements English Debate Competition (31st January) Stronger rebuttals and tight teamwork won the day for YHKCC’s junior team in the Hong Kong Secondary School Debating Competition debating final in the Western District on 31st January. The team, composed of Form 1 to 4 students, competed against a more experienced team, TWGHs Chen Zao Men College. Speaker One Dika Rukma (2A) (Best Speaker Award) Speaker Two Chloe Jang (4Y) Speaker Three Ali Imran (2Y) Supported by Ethan Jansen (1Y), Tom Bremer (2A), Kamalpreet Kaur (1Y) 15 Student Achievements Islands District Cheerleading Team Competition 2013 (2nd February) The school’s Cheerleading Team, Phoenix, sent two teams to participate in the 2013 Islands District Cheerleading Team Competition on 2nd February. Blue Phoenix, the varsity team, came home with the 1st Runner-up trophy in the Islands District Cup and Champion in the Invitational Cup. This is the first year that Phoenix also entered a junior team and it was a very good experience for Red Phoenix to compete against the best teams in the Islands District. Immediately after the first round of competitions, the teams who placed 1st and 2nd in the Islands District Cup competed against teams from other districts in the Invitational Cup. Blue Phoenix entered the Invitational Cup Competition as the 2nd seed, but they displayed a very high level of sportsmanship, pulled together as a team and delivered a flawless routine beating the 1st seed from the Islands District and winning the Championship. Very well done, boys and girls! The school’s Reading Competition (19th February) Congratulations to all students who participated in the school’s Reading Competition, which ran from November 2012 to January 2013. Student Class Jaskaran Singh 1M Lam Ho Yin A1Y Sumala Kate Anne 1Y Lee Sze Lok Chelsea 1C Rai Re Jaya 1H The class winners are: Champion 1Y (93 books checked out) 1st Runner-up 4M (44 books checked out) 2nd Runner-up A1Y (35 books checked out) 16 Student Achievements Inter-school Rugby Championships (Hong Kong Island and Kowloon District) (23rd February) At the Inter-school Rugby Championships (Hong Kong Island and Kowloon District), the school's Rugby Team achieved the 1st Runner up in the Cup Level for B Grade Boys. We are especially proud of the team members because this is the first time that the B Grade Boys Team has played in the 7’s and it was the best result ever at this level. Annual Music Contest (organized by the Buddhist Fat Ho Memorial College) (11th March) The school's Singers' Group, 'The Trebles', won the Championship in the Annual Music Contest organized by the Buddhist Fat Ho Memorial College. Congratulations to The Trebles! Members of the Trebles Kleyr Ombao (6Y) Zarah Lingan (6A) Ysabelle Trujillo Jose (6A) Isaak Manuel (6C) Nicholas Serneo (6Y) Jealdrin Madrid (5C) 17 Student Achievements The school’s Reading Competition (18th March) Congratulations to all the students who participated in the school’s Reading Competition, which ran from December 2012 to January 2013. The top five readers are: Student Class Lee Sze Lok Chelsea 1C Jaskaran-Singh 1M Subba Cizu 1Y Kaur Lovepreet 1Y Kaur Ravneet 1M The class winners are: Champion 1Y (93 books checked out) 1st Runner-up 4M (44 books checked out) 2nd Runner-up A1Y (35 books checked out) 18 Student Achievements Outstanding Academic Achievement (2012 - 2013 First Semester) Students with an average level of attainment of A/L5 or above in the Mid Year Examination Report will be awarded a certificate of Outstanding Academic Achievement. Form 1 Name Class Class No. ASTON Elizabeth Margaret 1Y 1 BAUTISTA Gabriella Vera Reyes 1Y 2 HERRERA Alfred Quismorio 1Y 8 JANG Lawten Jeremy 1Y 10 KAUR Komalpreet 1Y 13 KAUR Lovepreet 1Y 14 SHEN Katie 1Y 22 SINGH Navrose Kaur 1Y 23 SUBBA Cizu 1Y 24 ALBERTS Jasmine June 1M 1 CHAN Ian 1M 2 KAUR Ravneet 1M 7 KWAN Yee Ting 1M 8 MOHAMED Zakiya Noohu 1M 15 YEUNG Shu Yi 1M 23 YEUNG Sum Yu 1M 24 YUEN Mau Chun 1M 25 ABBAS Rauszen Ocean Annika 1C 1 DATWANI Aryan Chandan 1C 4 HERNANDEZ Romeo Jr. Gomez 1C 6 PARIL Nicole Phillip 1C 14 SAN GABRIEL Moira Immanuelle Gonzales 1C 19 SUZUKI Shiena 1C 21 CHEUNG Yuk Yu 1A 2 GURUNG Sarina 1A 7 LABAUSA Jan Nicolette Aquino 1A 10 LEDDA Jacques Cipriano 1A 12 LO ESCOTO Johann Benson 1A 15 19 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. GANESH Vikram 1A 24 CHAN Chun Hei Steven 1H 3 MOHANASUNDER Revathi 1H 18 SAMSON Olivier Tian Long 1H 22 CHENG Bin Yang 1K 8 MAK Chi Hang Christopher ONG Kyna Francine Yap 1K 1K 19 24 Name Class Class No. AU Wing Ying 2Y 2 GRANGER India Katherine Vajra 2Y 9 IMRAN Ali Adnan 2Y 12 Form 2 PONCE Enrique Fong 2Y 24 TSANG Chuman Samantha 2Y 28 DE GUZMAN Almira Bianca Santos 2M 7 MANUEL Luz Isannia TANG Chun Shing Alden YOO Ha Yeon 2M 2M 2M 19 27 30 ITO-LOW Alexander Zenso 2C 9 KAUR Jasmeen 2C 10 SO Suet Yiu 2C 24 TORIO Nastassja Isabella Escueta 2C 28 BARNETT Mia Sui 2A 3 GILL Sunveer Singh 2A 11 GURUNG Anuva 2A 13 MATHEWS Cris Jude 2A 18 MCCALL Alexandra Ashley Diane C. 2A 19 NEWNES Shanenn Lanceroy 2A 20 MASHUD Mehek 2H 14 SCHULZ Anne-sophie Maryse Ehrentraud 2H 20 SY-SIONG Stephanie Piamonte 2H 23 HA Brendan 2K 8 KORANI Lavisha R. 2K 13 MOHANASUNDER Phurnnee PANDIT Pal Prakashchandra 2K 2K 21 24 20 Student Achievements Form 3 Name Class Class No. TAKESHIGE Takumi MANUEL Luz Isaganielle Q. NAMAKKAL RAGHAVENDRAN Ajit Krishna SZE Ling Kim Bezalel CHANG Jae Woo HALDER Adytya Reuben LEONCZEK Madeleine Jane KOH Ting Kang 3Y 3C 3C 3C 3C 3A 3A 3H 25 16 17 21 30 12 16 11 Form 4 & Form 5 Name Class Class No. JANG Chloe Emily 4Y 9 GUO Kamilla Kwong Hon 4M 11 CHENG Hon Lam Teddy 4M 5 LEE Tin Lok Joshua 4M 16 MISHRA Maneka 4M 19 KAUR Ramanpreet 4M 12 CLARKE Sky 4M 7 ONG Alyssa Arielle Noelle Yap 4C 18 DHAKAL Soyena 4C 2 HAKIM Samuel 4C 8 SIVAKUMAR Gayathri 4C 24 KOTWANI Monisha 4C 11 GURUNG Sijan 4C 7 YOON Solhae 4A 32 GOROY Susanne Mikhaela Bonabon 4H 10 LAM Yui Kong 5Y 11 21 Student Achievements A1, Form 6 & A2 Name Class Class No. MIYAKE Yuka A1Y 12 WAHYUDI Fadilla Ramadhani PURDY Lydia Ly REYES Aleaa Rae Dominique Alvarez LAU Bo Yee JENKINS Seren Hedd Bluebell HERNANDEZ Tricia Nina Gomez LAN Xi Yuen Alexandria GILL Chaman Kaur LEE Lok Yin EGLETON Zoe Michaela DIAS Brad Hagen CHIU Wen Han MANUEL Melchor Isaak Quejarro LINGAN Zarah Mae Katrina Bayan SMITH Michelle Anne JAYAKODY R A Madavi Nadishani NG ICHIKAWA Emi ESPINOSA MOOSER Ana Paula ROBERTSON Chonoa Alisha YAU Christopher William Chun Wah A1Y A1Y A1Y A1M A1M A1M A1M A1C A1C A1C 6C 6C 6A 6A A2Y A2Y A2Y A2M A2M A2M 23 17 18 10 7 6 9 12 17 9 5 2 13 10 15 10 13 3 10 17 SARENAS Patricia Louise L A2M 13 22 Student Achievements Outstanding Effort (2012 - 2013 First Semester) Students with an average effort score of 4 or above in the Mid Year Examination Report will be awarded a certificate of Outstanding Effort. Form 1 Name Class No. ASTON Elizabeth Margaret 1Y 1 BAUTISTA Gabriella Vera Reyes BENTLEY Crozman J DIEGO Krishca Nicole Habala HERRERA Alfred Quismorio INGLIS Rosemary JANG Lawten Jeremy JANSEN Ethan Luke KAUR Komalpreet KAUR Lovepreet LAMA Izzamaya Sayre MOORE Anthony James OSAMA Yahya PANSARI Ani SAMUELS Brandon Miles Stradmoor SHEN Katie SINGH Navrose Kaur SUBBA Cizu SUMALA Kate Anne ALBERTS Jasmine June CHAN Ian INGLIS Imogen JASKARAN-SINGH KAUR Ravneet KWAN Yee Ting MA Kai Chun MAGUIGAD John Christopher Lucing MOHAMED Ali Hassan MOHAMED Zakiya Noohu 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1Y 1M 1M 1M 1M 1M 1M 1M 1M 1M 1M 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 2 4 5 7 8 11 12 14 15 MONSOD Hope Jeremiah P. 1M 16 23 Student Achievements Form 1 Name Class Class No. SINGH Gurpartap 1M 20 SUEN Wai Shan ABBAS Rauszen Ocean Annika CHANG Jae Sung DATWANI Aryan Chandan GUNAYON Bill Julian HERNANDEZ Romeo Jr. Gomez KAUR Gurkiranjit LEE Sze Lok Chelsea LEWIS Michoulimef NG Man Lok PARIL Nicole Phillip RAJBHANDARI Kavita SAMSON Giancarlo Oviedo SAN GABRIEL Moira Immanuelle Gonzales 1M 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 1C 21 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 13 14 17 18 19 SANTOS Eugene Jerald SUZUKI Shiena THAPA Arun TOOR Komalpreet Kaur CHEUNG Yuk Yu DAGUM Jeffrey Robert Villena DIXON Sophie Maria FENTIMAN Emil Daryll Palana GURUNG Jennifer GURUNG Sarina LABAUSA Jan Nicolette Aquino LAI Ho Yin LEDDA Jacques Cipriano LEWIS Gabriel Ignacio LO ESCOTO Johann Benson MAMODIYA Anirudh MOHAMED SAID Mohamed Raakin 1C 1C 1C 1C 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 20 21 22 23 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 O'BRIEN Rhys 1A 18 24 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. SINGH Satveer 1A 20 TAO Si Ying Rachel 1A 21 UNDERWOOD James Guy Si 1A 22 GANESH Vikram 1A 24 WINGERTSAHN Philip Michael Man 1A 25 WONG Lok Lai Lyric 1A 26 WONG On Lei 1A 27 YUEN Ka Sum 1A 29 BRAR Auntarpreet kaur 1H 1 CASTILLO John Gabriel B. 1H 1 CHAN Chun Hei Steven 1H 3 CLARKE Elizabeth Jessica 1H 4 COLLETT Joel Nathan 1H 5 DAHLBERG Elsa Kristina 1H 6 DASWANI Neeraj Vashi 1H 7 DENNIS Grace Hope 1H 8 FORD Aubrey Nicole 1H 10 FUNG Mo Tin Timothy 1H 11 GUPTA Divyansh 1H 12 LEE Kyu Suk 1H 14 MALKANI Alisha Sailesh 1H 16 MANSUKANI Sahil Mahesh 1H 17 MOHANASUNDER Revathi 1H 18 RUSTEMEYER Patrick Evan 1H 20 SAGARA Chika 1H 21 SAMSON Olivier Tian Long 1H 22 SHAIKH Amaan 1H 23 SINGH Deepinder 1H 24 SIT Hei Ching 1H 25 SRIWICHIEN Thatchaya 1H 26 SUN Shing Hei Manfred 1H 28 JONES Kara Tui 1H 30 25 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. AGARWAL Arpit 1K 1 AMARANATHAN Arvind 1K 2 ANG Kylie Jazrelle Delos Santos 1K 3 BALTAZAR Carlos Inaki Dulig 1K 4 BARNETT Libby Joanna 1K 5 CHENG Bin Yang 1K 8 COWNIE Skye Jade Tien Yu 1K 9 DASWANI Kunal 1K 10 DEEN Saif 1K 11 HO Pui Hin 1K 13 HO Shun Yan 1K 14 IAFETA Tiara Quaver 1K 15 MAK Chi Hang Christopher 1K 19 MANOHARAN Gayathry 1K 20 MENDONCA Manav 1K 21 MUROTA Sagiri 1K 22 NOEL Dorian Desire 1K 23 ONG Kyna Francine Yap 1K 24 PYBURN Stephanie Jane Nicomedez 1K 25 SOLIVA Samuel Endaya 1K 26 SUWANDI Ryan Loe YUEN Valerie Ludmila Siu Lei 1K 1K 27 29 Student Class Class No. AU Wing Ying CHEUNG Marcus Levan CHOW Ho Fung CONCEPCION Bernie Garcia DE ZILVA Sadithi Chamisthra GRANGER India Katherine Vajra HARLING Ryan Jack 2Y 2Y 2Y 2Y 2Y 2Y 2Y 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 IMRAN Ali Adnan 2Y 12 Form 2 26 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. KAUR Chanpreet 2Y 13 LAU Sennett 2Y 14 LEE Jaehee 2Y 15 LO ESCOTO Sean Zachary 2Y 17 LONTOC Kirsten Ashley B 2Y 18 MANGENTE Maria Angelica Avecilla 2Y 19 MARTINEZ Keisha Mei Maglaque 2Y 20 MEJIA Lee Anne Claire Mercado 2Y 21 MOLATO Roi Jezreel Pelobello 2Y 22 PONCE Enrique Fong 2Y 24 SACAY Kyle Benedict Abbott 2Y 25 SANTOS Angelique 2Y 26 SUNITHA PRATHEEP Arjun 2Y 27 TSANG Chuman Samantha 2Y 28 VILLAVERDE Jana Gutierrez 2Y 29 AYMAN Md. Hasib-bin-rahman 2M 1 BRAR Harshdeep Singh 2M 2 BUXANI Dhiresh Mukesh 2M 3 CHOW Hei Lam Lois 2M 4 CHOW Ka Hei 2M 5 DE GUZMAN Almira Bianca Santos 2M 7 FOGGO Natasha Alyson 2M 8 HEERA Rishabh Jimmy 2M 9 HOPE Saffron Tyler 2M 10 ITO Mako 2M 11 JAUHARI Manvi 2M 12 JOHNSON Laura Elizabeth 2M 13 JOSHY Leonard 2M 14 KOT Pak Chuen Seth 2M 15 LASTIMOSA Alec Jaren Opolentisima 2M 16 LEUNG Cornelius 2M 17 LIMBU Namsang 2M 18 MANUEL Luz Isannia 2M 19 PANCHO Julienne Denise Fajardo 2M 21 RANVEER KAUR 2M 22 SIERRA Juan Manuel STUFFLEBEAM Alyssa Yung 2M 2M 25 26 27 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. TANG Chun Shing Alden 2M 27 YEW Zhong Zhen Reuben 2M 29 YOO Ha Yeon 2M 30 CADENAS Kayla Andrea Tuazon 2C 3 GILL Jashanbir Singh 2C 8 ITO-LOW Alexander Zenso 2C 9 KAUR Jasmeen 2C 10 KAUR Manveer 2C 11 LEONCZEK Eloise Mae 2C 13 MCAUSLAN Jamie Maisie 2C 16 SHARMA Prateek 2C 22 SHER Tamara Anne 2C 23 SO Suet Yiu 2C 24 TAPIA-FRAITES Diego 2C 26 TORIO Nastassja Isabella Escueta 2C 28 WONG Ka Shun 2C 29 YIP Yu Hay 2C 30 ASWANI Lakshya 2A 2 BARNETT Mia Sui 2A 3 BEAN Charlotte Pavinee 2A 4 BHAVNANI Jorden Karen Cartledge 2A 5 CHAN Yuen Wai 2A 7 GILL Sunveer Singh 2A 11 GURUNG Anuva 2A 13 KELLY Jasmine Margaret 2A 15 KODANGADA PONNAPPA Ketan Bopanna 2A 16 LIU Xin Yi 2A 17 28 Student Achievements Name Class No. MATHEWS Cris Jude MCCALL Alexandra Ashley Diane C. NEWNES Shanenn Lanceroy NG Hiu Laam Iris RAGANAS Gayle Anne Bagamano 2A 2A 2A 2A 2A 18 19 20 21 23 RUKMA Andika Bagas Mustika Wardhana 2A 25 SIMMONS Aidan Glenn CHAN Yuen Ching DADLANI Rahil Purankumar ESPINOSA MOOSER Santiago GAGANJOT-KAUR HAM Jeong Eun IMTIAZ Faiqa LAU Yat Wing LEE Si Wing LOPEZ Elihu Gabriel Ventura MASHUD Mehek RUHA Tristan Putra SADHWANI Nandini Kumar 2A 2H 2H 2H 2H 2H 2H 2H 2H 2H 2H 2H 2H 27 2 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 18 19 SCHULZ Anne-sophie Maryse Ehrentraud 2H 20 SINGH Gurwinder SY-SIONG Stephanie Piamonte WONG Lik YU Neilsen Rae Louise AZWAR Joel Raymond BERGAS Janica Therese V. CHOITHRAMANI Rahul Prakash DIXON Scott Michael 2H 2H 2H 2H 2K 2K 2K 2K 21 23 25 27 1 3 5 6 HA Brendan 2K 8 HOBSON Liam David 2K 9 HUI Tsz Lok Lachlan 2K 10 HUNTER Ruby Mae 2K 11 KEUNG Stephanie Wing 2K 12 KORANI Lavisha R. 2K 13 LAM Jenkan 2K 15 29 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. LO Hang Hei Jordan MAHMOOD Faiza MAN Maggie Ka-kei MOHANASUNDER Phurnnee 2K 2K 2K 2K 17 19 20 21 NAVEZ Falak Asghar NG Ming Nok Enoch PANDIT Pal Prakashchandra TAKESHIGE Ai URMENETA Juan Paolo 2K 2K 2K 2K 2K 22 23 24 26 27 RAMOS Alyssa Mae Fuentes 2K 28 Form 3 Name Class Class No. DUTTON Tasha Rhea ERRINGTON Beth Morgan 3Y 3Y 3 4 GAGNI Almond Rae HARRIS Hazel Allicoy 3Y 3Y 6 9 LEE Hong Yui MA Jung Wah Jasper 3Y 3Y 11 12 MANLANGIT Donna Renee S. MOORE Adeline Jody 3Y 3Y 13 14 NEPOMUCENO Nicole Martin OHASHI Kaho 3Y 3Y 15 17 OLSSON Christopher Sven PUN Chiela Mae 3Y 3Y 18 20 SAMSON Guillaume Tian-Bao SAMY Isaac Sun Xie-zheng 3Y 3Y 22 23 SO Lok Kwan TAKESHIGE Takumi 3Y 3Y 24 25 TILIJA Danish VISHNU-RAMESH-BABU CASTILLO Samuel Jacob B. 3Y 3Y 3Y 27 29 31 30 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. BAJWA Ravina Kaur CASTILLO Sarah Caroline B. CHOW Alvarez Camilla GURUNG Prithivi Emmanuel LAU Pui Pui LEE Kit Chun MANKTELOW Alexandra Mary MANUEL Luz Isaganielle Q. 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 1 2 5 7 9 10 15 16 NAMAKKAL RAGHAVENDRAN Ajit Krishna 3C 17 RAMANI Anjali Raj SIU Yui Leung SZE Ling Kim Bezalel TAYLOR Joshua Jie-Sum TSANG Ka Long YEUNG Chun Hei Matthew CHANG Jae Woo TANG Vasti DE GUZMAN Geraldine Noelle Mangonon FLEMING George Andrew GUILLAR Miguel Pocholo Largo GURUNG Sabita HALDER Adytya Reuben LEE Sin Tung LEONCZEK Madeleine Jane MALL Abhisheak MEDD Georgina Lily Anne MONSOD Briar Faith Paez NAIR Jisha Lokanadhan 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 3C 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 3A 19 20 21 23 25 29 30 31 7 8 10 11 12 15 16 19 20 21 22 NALBO Alisha 3A 23 NG Tsz Lam TAIKE Miyuki COEBERGH Mark Alexander JIMENEZ Jeff Michael Ryan JOSE Laurella Cano KOH Ting Kang 3A 3A 3H 3H 3H 3H 25 28 4 8 9 11 31 Student Achievements Name LEA Cabanca May MORAIS Ana Patricia Pacheco PORTUGAL Jon Pofer Fermo PUN MAGAR Pratik PYBURN Samantha Michaela Nicomedez STEPTOE Samantha Irene YU Stephen Jr Prejola ANDRES Beatrice Mayimisabel Felix AU Chung Heng BERNARDO Jericho CHAN Schwalt Charles D'ABREU Taja GORDON Kim Thuy HEMNANI Suraj Manoj HERRERA Joshiah Quismorio HOTCHANDANI Sneha JENKINS Heulwen Lavender Eos LONTOC Lenar Mitchell B. Class 3H 3H 3H 3H 3H 3H 3H 3K 3K 3K 3K 3K 3K 3K 3K 3K 3K 3K Class No. 13 16 19 20 21 26 29 1 2 5 6 8 10 12 13 14 17 19 Name Class Class No. ABDELRAHMAN Sophia 4Y 1 CHAN Louise CHAN Sean 4Y 4Y 2 3 DALUZ Kier Jose 4Y 6 HUI Cathan Alexander 4Y 8 JANG Chloe Emily JENNER Natasha Mae Allagay 4Y 4Y 9 10 KAUR Kajoljot 4Y 11 KIM Jae Myung 4Y 12 LEE Chien Chi 4Y 14 Form 4 32 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. LO Kei Sum Sabrina 4Y 15 MAK Wai Ling 4Y 16 PAUL Debanwita 4Y 17 PON Lok Yin 4Y 18 RICK Charles Michael 4Y 19 SAYAMA Toshiki 4Y 21 SHAHZAD Hafsa 4Y 22 SRAN Ranjot Singh 4Y 24 TSANG Hoi Yau 4Y 25 YAU Mei Lam 4Y 28 YEW Xi Wei Deborah 4Y 29 MOK Chung Kwan Anthony 4Y 30 ANDRIGHETTI Allissa Marie 4M 2 CHAN Shut Yan David 4M 4 CHENG Hon Lam Teddy 4M 5 CLARKE Sky 4M 7 FUNABASHI Rina 4M 10 GUO Kamilla Kwong Hon 4M 11 KAUR Ramanpreet 4M 12 LEE Tin Lok Joshua 4M 16 LEUNG King Chi 4M 17 LI Tsz Ching 4M 18 MISHRA Maneka 4M 19 TSANG Ho Hin 4M 25 WAI Lap Kan 4M 26 ANCIANO Bianca Ysabela Ruiz 4C 1 DHAKAL Soyena 4C 2 DSOUZA Craig Jude 4C 3 FRAGINAL Rino Raphael Pimentel 4C 5 FRANCISCO Bianca Therese M 4C 6 GURUNG Sijan 4C 7 HAKIM Samuel 4C 8 KAM Nathan Daniel Ka Shun 4C 10 KOTWANI Monisha 4C 11 LI Tsz Lun 4C 13 MICHAELIS Inbar 4C 16 33 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. OMBAO Grace Balingit ONG Alyssa Arielle Noelle Yap PONCE Lorenzo Fong RUKMA Asti Kusumawardhani SINGH Harmandeep SIVAKUMAR Gayathri STREICHER Ira Janine TABASSUM Farah YIP Jennifer ALI Abdul Rafay CHUNG Christabel Lok Yan DAHLBERG Anna Karolina ESPINOSA MOOSER Andrea Nicole FRASER Khali KANG Jioh LEUNG Ring Chin Howard MAGHINANG Marnhel Abustan MORAIS Alexander Pacheco RUSSELL-WARE Nicole Paula T SINGH Harsimrat CHOI Fung Chak YOON Solhae 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 17 18 19 21 23 24 26 27 31 2 5 6 7 8 11 15 17 19 23 26 31 32 CADANO Kassandra Theresa Buensuceso 4H 2 CHEN Yu Yam CHEUNG Cheuk Tung CHEUNG Miu Chin FERNANDES Charleston Brendon FOGGO Tabitha Anne 4H 4H 4H 4H 4H 4 5 6 7 8 GOROY Susanne Mikhaela Bonabon 4H 10 HOU Ho Wai KIMA Vanessa S. KU Sin Ki LAU Sze Wing LUPTON Ross James SANORJO Nyx Elaine Bicua SANTOS Zachary Keith Lustre 4H 4H 4H 4H 4H 4H 4H 13 15 16 17 20 24 25 34 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. SUBBA Almon TAM Chester Sek Yin TAYLOR Claire Gwyneth TUN Than Zin Alfred WADHWANI Krishna Prem 4H 4H 4H 4H 4H 27 28 29 30 31 HAVEKOST Lesley-ann Aliza 4H 33 Form 5 Name Class Class No. CHEUNG Wing Yu 5Y 5 CHIU Yiu Tong HO Sean Lok Sung KWAN Chun Hei 5Y 5Y 5Y 6 7 9 KWOK Chek Ting LAM Yui Kong LAW Tin Ching 5Y 5Y 5Y 10 11 12 LI Tsun Ho NG Tsz Ling PUN Ryan 5Y 5Y 5Y 13 14 15 SIN Po Yin WONG Pok Wai YAU Cheuk Ki 5Y 5Y 5Y 16 20 22 BAENS Raizel Dominic Emmanuel Lapena 5M 1 DE LEON Pauline Mae FUNG Kin Wing GURUNG Relina 5M 5M 5M 3 6 7 IP Man Hong LAU Ho Wai MEGINO Michel Angelo Razon 5M 5M 5M 8 11 14 TRACY Vanessa Amber WASEEM Aimen 5M 5M 16 18 UNCIANO Tricia Marie Bertos 5M 20 35 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. ANGELES Caira Camille 5C 1 INCIONG Francesca Battad 5C 6 LEUNG Pak Wai 5C 9 MADRID Jealdrin Cortez 5C 10 PACLIBAR Marion Jemlette 5C 11 SALEN Kyle Calvin Villagorda 5C 12 SHIMADA Kohei 5C 13 TAM Lut Ting 5C 14 WONG Ka Wai 5C 17 YANEZA Roxanne Maningas 5C 18 ZANG Jiayuan Billy 5C 20 LOGINOVA Olga 5C 21 CHAN Lam Cheung Jimmy 5A 5 MANUEL Melchor Isaiah Quejarro 5A 12 ROMANO Michael Andre Valentin 5A 17 SRIVASTAVA Rashika 5A 19 WU Sum Yu 5A 21 YAU Yi Lam 5A 22 YUNG Yiu Kwong 5A 23 Name Class Class No. BABANI Vanisha CADANO Mike Gregory Buensuceso CHAU Kin Yu 6Y 6Y 6Y 1 4 6 CONNOLLY Charmaine Michelle 6Y 8 Form 6 36 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. DELA CRUZ Mark Jemil Ricalde 6Y 9 LAU Yui Leung 6Y 10 LEUNG Sik Man 6Y 11 ODDIE James Christopher Bea 6Y 16 PHAY Kang 6Y 18 RASHED Rene 6Y 19 BUENAFE Mary Grace P 6M 1 HO Sophia Lok Wei 6M 5 HUNG Sze Ki Abby 6M 6 LAW Jason 6M 7 MAN Janice 6M 14 SHUM Cheryl Wood Yee 6M 15 SIU Ka Yi 6M 16 YEW Xi Yan Abigail 6M 22 CHEUNG Tsz Ying 6C 1 CHIU Wen Han 6C 2 CHUNG Ho Woon 6C 4 DIAS Brad Hagen 6C 5 FUNG Kuen Lee Queenly 6C 7 LEE Shu Yui 6C 10 LEE Sum Ming 6C 11 LIM Ming Wei 6C 12 LIN Hiu Yin 6C 13 LIU Tsun Wang 6C 14 YOUSUF Muhammad 6C 22 BERNARDO Ericson 6A 1 BORGHIN Snowy 6A 2 IMRAN Sarah Arifah 6A 7 JOSE Ysabelle Trujillo 6A 8 LINGAN Zarah Mae Katrina Bayan 6A 10 MANUEL Melchor Isaak Quejarro 6A 13 NG Shefield 6A 14 ROMERO Joshua Mario Mastrili 6A 17 SUTIPANYO Nattaporn 6A 19 TANG Tsz Kin 6A 20 37 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. DELA CRUZ Mark Jemil Ricalde 6Y 9 LAU Yui Leung 6Y 10 LEUNG Sik Man 6Y 11 ODDIE James Christopher Bea 6Y 16 PHAY Kang 6Y 18 RASHED Rene 6Y 19 BUENAFE Mary Grace P 6M 1 HO Sophia Lok Wei 6M 5 HUNG Sze Ki Abby 6M 6 LAW Jason 6M 7 MAN Janice 6M 14 SHUM Cheryl Wood Yee 6M 15 SIU Ka Yi 6M 16 YEW Xi Yan Abigail 6M 22 CHEUNG Tsz Ying 6C 1 CHIU Wen Han 6C 2 CHUNG Ho Woon 6C 4 DIAS Brad Hagen 6C 5 FUNG Kuen Lee Queenly 6C 7 LEE Shu Yui 6C 10 LEE Sum Ming 6C 11 LIM Ming Wei 6C 12 LIN Hiu Yin 6C 13 LIU Tsun Wang 6C 14 YOUSUF Muhammad 6C 22 BERNARDO Ericson 6A 1 BORGHIN Snowy 6A 2 IMRAN Sarah Arifah 6A 7 JOSE Ysabelle Trujillo 6A 8 LINGAN Zarah Mae Katrina Bayan 6A 10 MANUEL Melchor Isaak Quejarro 6A 13 NG Shefield 6A 14 ROMERO Joshua Mario Mastrili 6A 17 SUTIPANYO Nattaporn 6A 19 TANG Tsz Kin 6A 20 38 Student Achievements A1 Name Class Class No. ABUNDO Patricia Denise BERNAL Miguel Adryan Jaring CHAN Lok Yung A1Y A1Y A1Y 1 2 3 GUZMAN Maria Ariana Bergas GYAWALI Krishna A1Y A1Y 4 5 IVANCHENKO Anna MA Pak Wai Perry A1Y A1Y 6 10 MEDALLA Christopher Alix MIYAKE Yuka MUSHTAQ Mashal A1Y A1Y A1Y 11 12 13 PARK Jin Hee PURDY Lydia Ly A1Y A1Y 14 17 REYES Aleaa Rae Dominique Alvarez SIMMONS Natasha Crystal A1Y A1Y 18 19 URMENETA Leon Miguel URS Surya Vijay WAHYUDI Fadilla Ramadhani A1Y A1Y A1Y 21 22 23 PANDIT Harshal Prakash HERNANDEZ Tricia Nina Gomez A1Y A1M 25 6 JENKINS Seren Hedd Bluebell JIANG Ziyu LAN Xi Yuen Alexandria A1M A1M A1M 7 8 9 LAU Bo Yee LIU Chung Yan A1M A1M 10 13 MA Iris Jody MORIYA Yuki A1M A1M 14 15 RANA Jneth SUNG Evelyn Che Ting TAYLOR Hannah Jie Hin A1M A1M A1M 16 17 19 USHA-RANI A1M 21 YUNG Lok Kan Samuel A1M 22 ZAINAB A1M 23 AGUSTIN Margarita Louise Punzalan A1C 1 CHIU Yuen Tung A1C 5 CHUNG Emma A1C 7 39 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. EGLETON Zoe Michaela FYZEE Zainab Aamina GILL Chaman Kaur IAFETA Octavia Teuila KHAN Ayla Ahmed LEE Lok Yin LEUNG Augustina SADHWANI Resham Kumar SEN Dominic Christopher So A1C A1C A1C A1C A1C A1C A1C A1C A1C 9 11 12 13 15 17 18 19 20 WONG Mikaela Arrianna A1C 24 Name Class Class No. BELL Christopher Espino BUTT Zahra Arshad FERNANDEZ LAU Lucia Azahara GURUNG Ashreet HARLING Julia Mei Mcgregor IFRAH Junie-Llene JAYAKODY R A Madavi Nadishani JOVER Patricia Garcia LUPTON Lewis Muir NG ICHIKAWA Emi SEN Ann Kristine So SMITH Michelle Anne A2Y A2Y A2Y A2Y A2Y A2Y A2Y A2Y A2Y A2Y A2Y A2Y 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 TORANZO LOPEZ Claudia Andrea A2Y 16 A2 40 Student Achievements Name Class Class No. DE VILLA Joshua Nicholas Paez ESPINOSA MOOSER Ana Paula MANLANGIT Doner Ralph Superable OHASHI Yoshiya PEDREGOSA Herald Israel Capayas ROBERTSON Chonoa Alisha RYAN Aileen SARASWATI Nadya Tasya SARENAS Patricia Louise L THIBAULT Morgan Emily YAU Christopher William Chun Wah ARORA Mannat Shaminder Kumar A2M A2M A2M A2M A2M A2M A2M A2M A2M A2M A2M A2C 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 17 2 CONCEPCION Brian John Michael Cunanan A2C 3 LIMBU Rona TSE Ah Yan A2C A2C 9 15 VACHHA Rohinton Ariez A2C 16 YUE Serena A2C 17 41 School Events Blood Donation Day (21st January) Relatively fewer people donate blood in the winter, making it the most difficult time of the year for the Hong Kong Red Cross. The recent lingering cold weather coupled with a sharp increase in blood demand from hospitals has adversely affected blood collection. As a result the current blood inventory is severely insufficient. To help with this shortfall in donations, the YHKCC held its Annual Blood Donation Day on 21st January in the school hall. It attracted a total of 100 participants, including senior form students, teachers and staff, who showed their enthusiasm, love and care by giving their precious blood. The YHKCC sincerely thanks all the blood donors in this event and we look forward to seeing more and more students and teachers next year! 42 School Events Humanities Department Activity - Chinese New Year (8th February) The Humanities Department organized an activity to introduce traditional Chinese customs to students. During this fun activity, Liberal Studies teachers taught students how to write couplets and the meaning of traditional Chinese food. Most students enjoyed the activity by writing couplets and tasting traditional Chinese food. 43 School Events Languages Department Activity - Language Week (4th February - 8th February) Before the Chinese New Year holidays, the Languages Department spent a week focusing on various cultural aspects associated with the languages that students learn. In order to create a joyful and interesting atmosphere, the Department selected ‘Celebration’ as the theme for the Language Week. Many students enjoyed this delightful week by participating in a variety of games and by learning some daily phrases in different languages from countries including Japan, China, Spain and France. The games included the following: 1. Chinese Tou Hu’ Game: ‘Tou Hu’ is an ancient Chinese game. Participants have to throw arrows into a pitch pot. The more arrows that are thrown into the pitch pot, the higher the chance to win the game. Grasshopper Making with a Leaf: A teacher demonstrated the techniques of using a leaf to make a grasshopper. New Year’s Parade: To celebrate Chinese New Year, a ‘New Year’s Parade’ was organized. Students dressed in traditional Chinese costumes and blessed teachers and students by giving out red packets containing. chocolates. 2. Japanese Japanese Jenga: They introduced a very popular game ‘Japanese Jenga’ to our students. They really enjoyed hitting the Japanese Jenga from the bottom to the top. Wish Making: Students wrote down words of blessing in different languages and made wishes in the Japanese traditional way. It showed sincerity from students. 3. Spanish Baby Jumping: In Spanish culture, ‘baby jumping’ is a fun way to bless all new born babies. Since we didn’t have any real babies in the school, students experienced this culture by jumping over ‘baby dolls’! Piñata: Piñata is a game played annually in the school. Students very much enjoyed this fun activity and were all excited to get candies at the end. 4. French Petanque: In this French game, players have to try to get a ball close to a target. Students had a lot of fun playing this game with the French teachers. 44 School Events 45 School Events Student-Teacher Conference (20th February & 23rd February) 46 School Events 47 School Events 48 School Events Science Department activity - Chemistry Corner (1st March) The Science Department organized a ‘Chemistry Corner’, which included different interesting and exciting experiments. Chemistry teachers gave demonstrations and also allowed students to conduct all these funny experiments themselves. After school, there was another experiment called “Soap making”. Students were shown how to convert vegetable oils into soaps. Different fragrances and dyes were added to the soaps to make them more appealing. Students had a great time with the teachers and enjoyed the activities a lot. 49 School Events Vanguard Student Visit (8th March - 17th March) To provide an excellent opportunity for our students to develop their English and Global communication skills, seven students from Vanguard College of Canada visited our school from 8th March to 17th March. This is Vanguard’s ninth year visiting our school and it has always been a rich sharing between our two schools for the benefit of all involved. This year was the second year we had the opportunity to provide Homestay for the seven Vanguard students, so that they may spend more time with our students developing friendship and the cultural exchange as well as modeling the speaking of English in real world situations with our students. The Vanguard Students worked with our students all week and had a wonderful time getting to know our students. “We just want to work hard and serve the YHKCC community. We want to make friends with the students and help them to know that they have friends in Canada!” exclaimed Vanguard Team Leader, Ms. Jillian Greig. We had collaborated with many departments in the school to come up with an enriching activity week. These include: Form 5 student-led tour trips, discussions in PRS classes, Form 2 PSE lesson on Canadian school-life, English Assisted Language (EAL) tutoring, Form 3 Canada City career training event, Form 2 Canada English Language Olympics, Form 1 Introduction to Canada programme, and an all-school Assembly with Vanguard performances. “I really liked how the Vanguard Students were passionate in working with our students. They wished they could stay longer and get to know our students better. Some even cried as they were leaving,” expressed Jessica Choi, Deputy Head of The English Department. It was a great time of teaching and learning during Vanguard’s visit. We can’t wait until they come next year! I want to thank the Vanguard students for coming and visiting our school. In my four years of meeting these students, all of their activities were very creative and fun! I hope I can meet them next year!” said Yau Mei Lam, a student in 4Y. 50 School Events 51 School Events Macau Excursion Scheme (11th March - 13th March) Form 5 students enjoyed a very exciting and wonderful Macau excursion between 11th March and 13th March. In the excursion, students investigated the historic sites such as the Ruins of St. Paul and the A-Ma Temple in the city of Macau. They have gained great insights in the hybridization amongst local, Portuguese and European cultures and understood more on how historical sites are being protected and transformed from an ordinary building to extraordinary historical establishments. Besides cultural study in the city with heavy Western European taste, students also had great times with their peers and classmates. They understood more with each other through building up team spirits and coordination in the amazing race session on the second day of the excursion. Though our excursion lasted for only 3 days, the joy, happiness and those amazing memories will last long and inscribe into our secondary school lives. 52 School Events Library Activities: ‘Meeting the Author’ Session, Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival 2013 (20th March) The F.1 and F.2 students joined the Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival on 20th March. They met Mr. Andy Briggs from UK in the Hong Kong Central Library Lecturer Theatre. Mr. Briggs is the author of the Tarzan series. He talked about how he became a writer in an animated Tarzan presentation. The students enjoyed the book talk very much. 53 School Events 10th anniversary celebrations - Fundraising Walkathon (23rd March) The 10th anniversary celebration activity of YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College - Fundraising Walkathon came to a successful close on Saturday 23rd March with over 200 walkers including students, parents, staff and their friends. All donations will be used to support various capital improvement projects. Officiating at the opening ceremony of the Walkathon, Dr. Alice Yuk, JP, School Supervisor first welcomed all guest, parents, students and friends to the Walkathon. She expressed her gratitude of the continuous support from the parents since the school established in 2003. She spoke of the objective of walkathon is not only to raise funds, but also to unite the stakeholders of the school community. The school will reach another success when parents, teachers and students “walk” through together as a team. Mr. Anthony Li, JP, District Officer (Islands) of Home Affairs Bureau, spoke next and said, “YHKCC has developed to become an international style DSS school in order to meet the needs of Hong Kong as an international finance centre and Asia world city. I believe that the school will continue to fly and scale new height.” Following the opening ceremony, Mr. Anthony Li, JP, Dr. Alice Yuk, JP and Mr. Adrian Price, Principal pressed the starter horns to kick start the walk and led the walkers to “march” to the starting point. The fundraising walk started at the school, then proceeded around a trail loop in Shek Mun Kap. It is a safe and friendly trail walk for people of all ages for the enjoyment of a uniquely tranquil and picturesque environment in Tung Chung. The afternoon continued with inter-house cheerleading competitions and family barbecue to enhance the communication between students, parents and teachers. The school campus was filled with the spectators and the cheerleaders of the four houses: Morrison, Taylor, Williams and Chambers. They were fueled by the energy they received from the crowd and dazzled the entire crowd. Taylor House won the Championship, Chambers House was awarded the Best Costumes Award, the Best Chant Award went to Williams House and Morrison House. We wish to thank all those who sponsored this event. The donations truly make a positive impact on the capital improvement projects. We also wish to thank the parent volunteers who worked behind-the-scene on the day of the event. In this 10th anniversary, it is great to continue to receive such a strong support and encouragement from parents, students and the local community. The school will continue to strive to achieve its mission to provide a quality international style education to the local and expatriate community. 54 School Events YHKCC would like to thank the following parents for their continuing support and generosity for the fundraising Walkathon. For donations over HK$5,000 or more, the School will erect a commemorative plaque on the wall of the newly constructed Music Block. Over HK$5,000 Class Class No. Name of Student Name of Parent(s) / Donor(s) 1A 24 Vikram Ganesh Magnet Partnership Ltd 1M 1 Jasmine June Alberts Alberts PE & KM 1M 22 Zachary Villegas John Villegas 4M 24 Ton Tai On 6M 18 Ton Shuk Wai Chiu Chun Yin Class Class No. Name of Student Name of Parent(s) / Donor(s) 1A 3 Jeffrey Robert Dagum Rosa Villena Dagum 1A 7 Sarina Gurung Ms. Kala 1A 8 Louk Jackson Mark Jackson 1C 17 Kavita Rajbhandari Rebecca Johnston 1H 11 Fung Mo Tin Timothy Fung Shu Kau 1H 14 Lee Kyu Suk Sung Eun Young 1K 11 Saif Deen Farveen Fathima 1Y 20 Ani Pansari Kanchi Maya Pansari 55 School Events Class Class No. Name of Student Name of Parent(s) / Donor(s) 2A 15 Jasmine Kelly 2A 17 Liu Xinyi Su Wei 2C 30 Yip Yu Hay Kadowaki Kikuko 2H 20 Anne Sophie Schulz Isabelle Dupin 2K 4 Erik Sean Terence Best Erik Hans Best 2K 14 Faisal Laiba Tanira Faisal 2K 22 Falak A. Navez Akhter Navez 2K 23 Ng Ming Nok Ng Chi Sing 2Y 4 Marcus Cheung Levan Wendy Cheung 2Y 6 Bernice Garcia Concepcion Bella M Garcia 2Y 7 Sadithi De Zilva Chandrika Mudali 2Y 24 Enrique Fong Ponce Rina Fong 4Y 32 Leung Hok Yan Adrian Leung Kai Tak A1M 11 Lee Chun Lok Chan How Yee Halina Chamber House Taylor House Morrison House Williams House 56 School Events 57 School Events 58 School Events 59 School Events 60 School Events Singing Contest (27th March) The annual music contest was held on 27th March. Contestants gave their best and thrilled the excited audience with their superb singing talent. Solo Samuel Jacob 3Y Morrison Aleaa Rae Reyes A1Y Morrison Rachel Tao 1A Williams Group Champion Trebles Jealdrin Madrid 5C Williams Kleyr Ombao 6Y Williams Ysabelle Trujillo Jose 6A Morrison Zarah Lingan 6A Williams Isaak Manuel 6A Chambers Nikko 6Y Chambers Yvonne Fraser 3Y Taylor Aloise Nocedo 3M Morrison Nielle Whetton A2M Morrison Cheyenne Whetton 4Y Taylor Cheyelene Fontanilla Singh A2C Taylor Lewis Lupton A2Y Morrison Seren Jenkins A1M Williams 1st Runner-up Yvonne & AJ 2nd Runner-up Collide 61 School Events Band Champion Hakuna Mataa Jordan Lee 3K Williams Reana Bachiller 3M Taylor Paolo Agabon 3M Taylor Jeff Jimenez 3H Taylor Samuel Hakim 4C Morrison Sean Yoo 3M Morrison Lorenzo Ponce 4C Taylor Alfred Thun 4M Morrison Jensen Kwan 4Y Chambers Joshua Azwar 4M Morrison Keith Castro 5A Morrison Emma Chung A1C Williams Timothy Tsui 5M Taylor Brian Concepcion A2C Taylor Surya Urs A1Y Chambers 1st Runner-up The Truth Cake 2nd Runner-up Sky High House Champion Williams 1st Runner-up Taylor 2nd Runner-up Morrison 62 Campus Development Music Block & Promenade Built at a cost of HK$25.5 million, the two-storey Music Block & Promenade will be opened in late April 2013. It has 2 large Music Studios and few practice rooms for lessons and performance practices, as well as a Careers and University Counselling Centre. The promenade gives ample space for students to enjoy an open view of ball games on the field at the back of the school, and also provides an area for relaxing and eating lunch 63 Campus Development The basketball court will be resurfaced and repainted during summer holiday. The artifical turf pitch will be re-turfed during summer holiday. Mr. Dion Chen Deputy Principal 64 Campus Development Photo Frame Mr. Dion Chen Deputy Principal 65 Media Coverage Young Post (SCMP), 7th January Around DB (January 2013 Issue) 66 Artists of the Month 67 Upcoming Events April - May 2013 Swimming Gala Student-Teacher Conference (F.1 - F.3 & F.5) Date: 30th Apr Date: 19th Apr Last School Day (A2) Date: 19th Apr Staff Development Day Date: 22nd Apr TSA Oral Exam (F.3) Date: 24th Apr & 25th Apr Labour Day Holiday Date: 1st May Buddha’s Birthday Holiday Date: 17th May Resume School (F.4 & A1) Date: 27th May Study Leave (F.4 & A1) Date: 29th Apr - 24th May YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College Address : 2 Chung Yat Street, Tung Chung, N.T Tel : 2988 8123 Fax : 2988 2000 Email : info@ymcacc.edu.hk Website : www.ymcacc.edu.hk 68