After School Athletic Program is off to a

Great Start!

The first semester after school athletic program is up and running. This fall, there are many opportunities for our students to participate on a sports team. Right now we are playing U-15 Boys and Girls Basketball, U-19 Boys Football, and U-11 Boys Football, Bench ball and Handball. We are also looking to start up U-15 and U-19 Boys

and Girls Volleyball.

Here are the dates for friendly games with other international schools. We are now in the process of scheduling additional friendly matches with other schools in the Myanmar International School Activities

Conference (MISAC) along with other international schools in the

region.

Here is a list of the games that we currently have scheduled. We are still adding games so the coaches will be in touch with you and your

children about any changes in the schedule:

(View the last page No.: 7)

October 2015 WE ACT RIGHT!

NEWSLETTER

WORLD VIEW

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MIS –Myanmar International School

Welcome to our new Newsletter that will be posted on our website monthly. We hope you enjoy it. This year besides following the International Cambridge Curriculum with its accreditation, MIS is in process of obtaining certification from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). WASC accreditation is a rigorous process. In order for MIS to be recognized as a credible school, we need accreditation from a governing authority such as WASC. With WASC accreditations, our students will graduate with a high school diploma – especially as they apply to colleges and universities. (page 2)

Your participation is essential to MIS

(page 2)

– page: 4)

WE ACT RIGHT!

Upcoming Events

26-10-2015 to

31-10-2015

02-11-2015

05.11 / 05.11-

2015

20-11-2015

26.11. /

27.11.2015

04-12-2015

26-10-2015

to 31-10-2015

Thaingyut Holiday

Notes of concern go

home

Parents Teacher

Conferences (Half-

day)

SPORTS DAY

Full moon of

Tazaungmone

(School Holiday)

Christmas Holiday

Program

Thadingyut Holiday

There are still other nurturing values:

“...freedom, opportunity and prosperity, fairness, open

two-way communication, community building, service

to community, and cooperation in a community, trust,

honesty.“

- George Lakoff, Don’t Think of an Elephant) –

Educational corner

October 2015, No. 1 MIS NEWS

WASC accreditation is a rigorous process

According to the WASC guidelines, the

accreditation process is aimed at:

1. Assuring the educational community, the

general public, and other organisations and

agencies that MIS has been successfully

reviewed under WASC Commission Standards.

2. Promoting deep institutional engagement

with issues of educational effectiveness and

student learning.

1. 3. Developing and applying Standards to

review and improve educational quality and

institutional performance.

Election –

Student

Council

Secondary

School

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Read more about our new Travel and Tourism IGCSE course, which started

this year for the first time. The syllabus develops practical skills across a range

of working roles and provides a global and local perspective on travel and

tourism. Students gain an overview of the huge and still growing industry,

and learn about popular destinations, costumer care, working procedure,

travel and tourism products and services marketing etc.…

(Our Travel and Tourism IGCSE-Course, Year 10 on their first Excursion at the

SEDONA HOTEL – page: 5)

All of the stakeholders at MIS including parents, students, administrators, the owners and the greater school community are working together through this process to deliver the very best educational experience to our students. Over the next few months, MIS will reach out to you

for your valuable input as part of

the WASC process.

2015 is a year of growth for the

MIS Secondary Student Council. Newly

elected president, year 12 student Yar Zar

Min Htet (Frankie), beat his opponent year

10 student Sandy Myo Min by a margin of

only about 50 votes. There were some challenges to the election, held Friday

October 2. Many students had been dismissed to attend a friendly basketball

match, but organizers are confident the margin is wide enough to declare a winner.

Under Frankie's leadership, the

Student Council hopes to work on establishing some lasting organizational

structures to help meet student needs in the future. They are working on developing

new student activities such as newspaper

and yearbook clubs, additional sports, and social events for upcoming holidays such as

Halloween. The Secondary Student Council

also hopes to collaborate with the Primary

Student Council on initiatives to increase school spirit, improve the appearance and

cleanliness of the school buildings, and support existing volunteer and charity work

done by student clubs. Upcoming events include a spirit

week, uniform design competition, a survey

on the needs of the student body, and a social agenda including a repeat of last

year's successful spring Prom. Student

Council meetings are held each Tuesday

after school from 3:40 to 4:30 in room 203

with advisor Ms. Alexie Russ. Anyone wishing to share an idea with the student

council is encouraged to contact the

secretary and communications officer,

Lily (Aye Thura Phyo, representative

from 9.1).

4. Promoting within institutions a culture

of evidence where indicators of

performance are regularly developed and

data collected to inform institutional decision-making, planning, and

improvement.

5. Developing systems of institutional

review and evaluation that are tailored to

the school’s mission and vision.

6. Promoting the active interchange of

ideas among public and independent

institutions that furthers the principles of

improved institutional performance, and

educational effectiveness. The process of peer review is one of the great things about

the WASC process. Everyone concerned

about the education of our students is involved.

ESL News October 2015

The ESL department has a number of new members this year! While Sein Sein

and Ms. Mya have been teaching ESL at

MIS for several years, others are new to the department this year. Linda Caradori

is the new Secondary Coordinator this year. She worked in the US for several

years as an ESL teacher and then taught English Language Arts in Panama for 2

years before coming to Myanmar.

Pictured from the left are teachers; Ms. Claire, Ms.

Sein Sein, Ms. Htet Htet and Ms. Linda

October 2015, No. 1 MIS NEWS

Meet new Teachers at MIS School

Our new Teacher’s Profile

Sabrina Himley

Music, Primary

Mehran Manshadi

Year 5-A

Brittani Wynn

HS English

Pamela Campbell

Primary ESL Coordinator

Alexie Russ

Secondary Social Studies, HS Sociology

James Elkins

Secondary English / ESL

Jet Odrerir

Year 1-B

Snezana Gruson

HS Chemistry

Kimberly Helen Grant

MS Science/ Food and Nutrition

Jennifer Dobson

Year- 3-B

Emmett Grogan

Year 5-B

Harris John Gruson

Secondary English / Drama

Cory Jay Callin

Year 3-C

Linda Caradori

Secondary ESL Coordinator

Stuart Lloyd

HS Biology

Justin

Secondary, PE Asst.

School

Patrick Saint (Rick)

MS English

Robert Crutchfield

Curriculum Coordinator/

WASC Coordinator

New Teachers and Assistants of 2015 – 2016 Academic Year

We would like to warmly welcome our new staff to the school. MIS has been growing rapidly over the last couple of years and greater number of classes means that more teachers are needed to support our

educational programmes. Our new teachers have a wealth of international experience, which they are more than happy to share with the students. We are one quarter into the school year and it’s wonderful

to see all the progress, - be it academic, language skills, sports or social interactions. We are looking forward to an even greater progress in the months to come!

Win Lei Phyo

Secondary English Asst.

Alex Datsyuk

Lab Technician

Charles Emerson Vernon

Primary PE

YuYu Manshadi

Science Assistant

Paulas Piera Elauria

Secondary School Maths

Win Win Mar

Librarian Assistant

Brian Jacob

Year 6-C

Liane Aw

Sec Music Asst.

La Pyae Win Htun

Lower Primary Librarian

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October 2015, No. 1 MIS NEWS

On October 5th,

we traveled to

one of the affected

areas, Yowa village

in Hmawbi Township and

distributed supplies directly

to 100 families affected by

the flooding. It was a great

opportunity for MIS and the

students to make a

difference in our community

and we are grateful for all

the support from MIS family.

from Mya Myint Kyi (Better Tomorrow Coordinator)

MIS “Better Tomorrow Club”

Secondary School

MIS students take

action to help the

community

Our first activity this year

was a fundraiser to help

victims of the floods that

devastated much of

Myanmar in July 2015 and

affected nearly one million

people. On September 4th,

“Better Tomorrow

members”, together with

both the Secondary and

the Primary students, raised

more than 1,900,000

Kyats through activities

including a non-uniform

day, a bake sale, henna

painting as well as direct

donations from the

community. The students

put in a large amount of effort in this activity.

Welcome to MIS Secondary! This academic year has brought with it a variety of new programmes, activities and opportunities for our students. Our IGCSE programme has been expanded to include courses like Sociology, Travel and Tourism, Food and Nutrition and Additional Mathematics. The Model United Nations club is in its second year and this year the students will have a chance to participate in a local as well as an international conference. The Electives programme offers over 20 practical courses that help reinforce our focus on developing the ‘whole’ student using a variety of engaging and motivating activities. Our sports programme has gotten off to a great start with many inter-school games scheduled as well as possibilities for participation in regional tournaments. All in all 2015-2016 promises to be an exiting learning adventure and I’m looking forward to this rewarding educational journey together with you.

Dear Parents and Students,

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The rooms were

stylish, cool and very

comfortable as well.

We explored all of

SEDONA, and viewed

many types of rooms

they had and it was fun and entertaining.

We later on took a rest in the Business

Lounge and took pictures of the mira-

culous view of the Inya Lake from the top

of the astonishing building.

Later on we came across the swimming

pool, which was gigantic. If I could have

one wish and more money, I would love to

spend my birthday party at the swimming

pool. After the swimming pool, we stumb-

led upon the large buffet. It had cakes,

sushi, curry, juices and many other deli-

cious dices. The hotel gave us baked goods

as a present. The two-hour trip was educa-

tional, fun and very interesting as well. I

hope we can visit other hotels and location

for educational purposes. (TT- Students Y10)

A special Travel and

Tourism

Class

The students of MIS Secondary

participate in mathematics contests

every year. Last year they

participated in MATHEMANIA

2014 PUZZLE CONTEST and

SASMO (Singapore and Asian

Schools Math Olympiads) 2016. In

these contests, 5 students Hein Thant

Sin (1st place), Sabai Myo Min (3rd

place), Kay Thwe, 4th place, Nam

Seung Hyun (10 th place) were

winners of Mathemania Puzzle

Contest and Sabai Myo Min got a

Bronze Medal in SASMO 2016.

This year 25 students from Secondary

participated in MATHEMANIA

2015 PUZZLE CONTESTS which

was held on 6th of September 2015.

Two of our students became winners.

From Year 11.2 Hein Thant Sin

(Ivan) is awarded as the 12th winner

and Sabai Myo Min (Jasmine) is

awarded as the 15th winner during

the award ceremony at Horizon

International School.

Next

month 12 of our

students will be

participating in an International

Canadian Math Contest called

2015 SUN LIFE FINANCIAL

CANADIAN OPEN

MATHEMATICS CHALLENGE.

We hope they will show their mathematical talents in the

competition. Good Luck!

Explore the SEDONA Hotel

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Secondary School

Travel & Tourism Class

visits SEDONA Hotel

(07-10-2015)

The luxurious Hotel showed us its

suites, management style, its facilities

and its mouth-watering buffet with

delicious international and traditional

food. The tour around the hotel

started with an overview of the hotel

by members and managers to answer

our questions about entertainment,

facilities, services, changes and future

developement. Afterwards, they

showed us the big ballroom, which

they rent out per hour or per day.

Also the hotel provides conference

rooms that can be utilized by

ccompanies for workshops and/or

seminars. Pricing is negotiable. The

price for 1 hour Seminar without

extra services started by 120 USD.

News from Mathematics

Department

October 2015, No. 1 MIS NEWS

ESL - Department

The Student Council for Primary

School is in Session! Group

Collaboration and

Individual Skills

Primary School

Two representatives from each class 4-6 have

already started their meetings to discuss the agenda items for this year. Please meet the

following primary school student council representatives:

4 A Min Thuta and 4 A Michelle Yuan.

4B Yovraj Sing Bajwa and Su Lin Let Htoo.

4C Chan Myaw Zaw Thaw and Kaung Myat Tun.

5A - Haily and Oscar, 5B - Henry and

Hriddhima (Robin).

5C Leila and Louie.

6A - Poe Hay Thar Sunn and Thiri Myo Min.

6B - Catherine Khin Thet Htar and Evan

Tun Htet Min.

6 C - Alyssa and Khant Zin Thaw. Pamela

Campbell is the teacher Adviser for the Primary Student Council, with the

assistance from Su Nanda.

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Right now, our upper primary

is doing their basketball unit.

We are learning about the

basic rules and fundamentals

of the game.

Most importantly, the

students are learning

appropriate social skills by

working in various sizes of

teams. This is where they can

demonstrate sportsmanship,

group collaboration and

individual skill development.

Charles Emerson Vernon,

PE Teacher

Sein Sein has been teaching ESL at MIS for several Years and is currently

responsible for the year 11 students. She teaches Reading Comprehension as an

elective. Htet Htet was a teacher’s assistant last year and has been promoted to

ESL teacher this year. She is responsible for the year 8 students. She is also teaching an elective class in English Conversation and Reader’s Theater.

While this is Claire’s first year in ESL, she has been a teacher here at MIS for

the past 3 years. She taught in the primary for three years before joining us in secondary.

James and Harris have both generously taken on ESL classes to help us with

the overload and their talents are welcome! James is from Australia and teaches

8th grade English and 7th grade ESL. (more on page 2)

The students have been presented with three agenda items: School Spirit, Fundraising and

creating a recycling Green Team. These students have many ideas and are full of

energy and enthusiasm! They have formed

committees and have presented this information to the student body. On

September 4th, primary school students assisted with the fundraising efforts of the

Better Tomorrow high school leaders in their

efforts to raise money for Myanmar flood relief. In the primary school over 800,000

kyats were donated, and altogether Better

Tomorrow raised over 1,500 USD. From this

experience, the Primary Student Council

learned what big impact small contributions could make. This effort has motivated the

Primary Student Council to organize more

fundraising activities.

Ms. Pamela Campbell, Primary ESL

EDUCATINAL CORNER

Results are published next issue!

Sport School Date Location Basketball Boys and Girls U-15 ISY 10/2/2015 Fusun Gym

Football Boys U-19 Network 10/5/2015 MIS

Basketball Boys U-15 YIS 10/5/2015 Fusun Gym

Basketball Boys U-15 MISY 10/6/2015 MISY

Table Tennis Boys and Girls U-15 and U-19 YIS 10/7/2015 YIS

Football Boys U-11 ISY 10/9/2015 ISY

Football Boys U-19 Yangon Academy 10/12/2015 MIS

Basketball Girls U-15 MISY 10/13/2015 MISY

Basketball Boys U-15 Yangon Academy 10/14/2015 Fusun Gym

Football Boys U-19 MISY 10/19/2015 MISY

Basketball Girls U-15 Yangon Academy 10/20/2015 Fusun Gym

Basketball Boys U-15 Network 10/20/2015 Network

Football Boys U-19 YIS 11/2/2015 YIS

Basketball Boys U-15 Network 11/3//2015 Network

Basketball Boys and Girls U-15 MISY 11/9/2015 Fusun Gym

Football Boys U-19 MISY 11/11/2015 Fusun Gym

Football Boys U-19 Network 11/16/2015 Network

Basketball Boys and Girls U-15 MISY 11/23/2015 Fusun Gym

Football and basketball practice will take place

after school (3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.) on

Mondays and Wednesdays. There will also be

additional practice time on Tuesday, Thursday

and Friday as required by the coaches.

Volleyball and cross-country practices are still

being scheduled.

Mr. B. Crutchfield

Please remember to fill out and sign the

Permission Form if your child is going to

participate in an after school sport.

Thank you for your support and we look

forward to seeing you and your child at the

games. If you have any questions, please do not

hesitate to contact me.

October and November Friendly Games

No. 20, PyinNyaWaddy Street,

Yankin Township, Yangon, Myanmar

Phone: + 95-1-558115-18

Fax: +95-1-558119

Email: info@mis-edu.com

www.mis-edu.com

FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL

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MIS-NEWS- October 1 / 2015