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Regent’s School welcomes incoming exchange students in term 3
Paul Crouch
Being part of the Round Square organization enables the Regent’s
School to offer an exciting and hugely rewarding international exchange
programme. Every academic year the Regent’s community welcomes up to four
international exchange students from one of the other 80 Round Square
Schools around the world each term.
 Kritti
from India, Jaco from South Africa, Rebecca from Australia, Newton from
Germany, and Tyler from Australia.
We also encourage our students to go out on exchange to these schools and
spend between four weeks to three months experiencing life and cultures in
totally different learning environments and countries.
This year we have had Mae in Year 8 spend over a month in the USA at the
Athenian School and Amit in Year 11 will be spending his July and August
summer holidays at the Daly College in India.
This term in particular we are lucky to have five wonderful students on
exchange with us at Regent’s. They have brought energy and diversity to our
boarding houses and the school community and we will be very sorry to see
them go at the end of the academic year.
The photo shows Kritti from India, Jaco from South Africa, Rebecca from
Australia, Newton from Germany, and Tyler from Australia. They have had the
chance to participate in all of our school programmes and activities and
will also attend numerous Round Square projects during RS Week at the end of
June.
Many thanks to Mr. Carolan and the boarding staff for making the students
feel so welcome.
Free school buses this term
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Students in Pattaya are getting ready to use the free school bus
service being provided by the city on selected routes this semester.
 Deputy
Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon outlines the free school bus service.
On May 18 Deputy Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon said the free school bus
service for students in the city would help reduce parental expenses and
students can travel to school more easily and conveniently.
Regular buses with fans are being leased from a private company for
school servicing.
Three routes in Pattaya area start from Sukhumvit Road, Pattaya City
School 1 then to schools 2, 3, 4, 5 and last stop at City School 7.
A second line begins at City School 8 heading toward Sukhumvit Road,
then turns left to Pattaya Klang, exits at Sukhumvit, turns left to
Pattaya 3rd Road and turns right to South Pattaya Road then straight
ahead to City School 8.
The third line starts at Pattaya City Hall, turns left to Sukhumvit Road
then Banglamung Police Station to Naklua then straight ahead to City
School 9.
Buses leave at 6.30 a.m. and 8 a.m. and return at 3.30 and 4.30 pm. with
a teacher present on each bus to take care of the students.
Wattana said that on Sukhumvit Road where there are many schools, six
buses would be provided and two buses for the remaining lines in the
first three months of the service.
Ten buses will be eventually used on the school runs with the city
continuing to monitor progress of the new service.
YWCA and Thais 4 Life
help poor students
(Back row, L to R) Graham
Anderson, committee member of Thais 4 Life, Wisa Chimdee, committee
member of the YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center, David Kerridge, committee
member of Thais 4 Life, Wally Pickering committee member of Thais 4
Life, and Nittaya Patimasongkroh, president of the YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya
Center, present scholarships to poor children with good scholastic
results.
Sawittree Namwiwatsuk
YWCA joined with Thais 4 Life to present 39,600 baht in scholarships to
poor children in the Banglamung area.
On May 19 at the Diana Garden Resort, YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center held
its third meeting of May, led by President Nittaya Patimasongkroh.
Former President Dujduan Ruangwettiwong, committee member Wisa Chimdee
and members attended.
The meeting distributed 22 scholarships to students under the Warm
Family Project. There are two scholarships for each school in Banglamung
District with 1,800 baht in scholarships, a total of 39,600 baht.
The schools are Wat Bunsamphan, Bannkok, Wat Suthiwaram, Ban Banglamung,
Piew Cham Wittayalai, Pattaya School #8 and #9, Mabprachan, Nawang,
Thunglahan and Tungkrad.
Nittaya said that the scholarships were supported by the Thais 4 Life
Project, represented by committee members Wally Pickering, David
Kerridge and Graham Anderson.
“The project was initiated in 1990 with the purpose of supporting
children for them to have an opportunity for education so that they will
be good citizens. Over the years, this project has donated 500
scholarships … they are distributed annually at Mike Shopping Mall and
are valued at 1,800 baht each,” Nittaya said.
David Kerridge said that Thais 4 Life has been operating for eight years
as a private charity to support citizens and children in need.
“Thais 4 Life is always happy to cooperate with other organizations such
as the YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center and Ban Jing Jai to support society,”
he said.
Rotary donate computers, air-cons, necessities to Mercy Center
Saksiri Uraiworn
The Rotary Club of Pattaya has donated computers and
air-conditioners to the Mercy Center Foundation valued at more than
700,000 baht.
 Children
at Mercy Center now have computers to help them learn life skills.
On May 13 at the foundation, the Rotary Club of Pattaya led by its
president, Gerard Porcon, and other Rotarians presented school equipment
and a variety of other supplies to Fred and Dianne Doell, Mercy Center
International directors.
Porcon said that this donation was made possible with the cooperation
from the Rotary International Marching Grant and the Rotary Club of
Pattaya, realizing as always underprivileged children’s need for
education.
The school equipment comprised 10 computers, eight air-conditioners,
consumer goods and 15 uniforms for children valued at 716,100 baht.
Kanokkorn Kaimuk from the Mercy Center Foundation said that the
equipment would help the children with their education so that they
could lead better lives. The Foundation has 21 orphans from 1 - 12 years
of age, a nurse, a caretaker, a tutor and a housekeeper.
These children were found abandoned in Pattaya communities or coming
from families with problems such as parents with drug dependency and
insufficient income.
“This kindheartedness goes a long way to support the children’s
educational development and morale of all workers here,” he said.
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