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Garden students win Maths Challenge
The winning Team:
Luqman, Arjit, Vishal, and Rohit.
Paul Chesters
Garden International School hosted the Team Maths
Challenge for students in Years 7 to 11. Each team had four members, which
could include a maximum of two from Upper Secondary (Years 10 and 11).
Upper left: Part, Ben B.
Lower left: Yash, and Arpan.
The Challenge lasted a whole day and 20 teams took part:
Fifteen from GIS, three from Regents and two from REPS. There were five
different rounds, and in each round students were not allowed to use a
calculator.
Our winning team of Rohit, Luqman, Vishal and Arjit did
extremely well all day, and finished several points ahead of the
second-placed team of Ben Bartlett, Parth, Arpan and Yash. Third and fourth
were teams from Regents, and fifth was the Korean Tigers which consisted of
Robert, Rain, Sarah and Hui Eun.
These students are all superb Mathematicians; the six
older students all took their IGCSE in May and we are sure that they have
all achieved high grades.
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Thai teams wins gold at
computer science olympiad
Presentation of the IOI Flag by president of
IOI, Arturo Cepeda to Dr. Giuseppe Colosio, chairman of the IOI Italy
Committee.
Theerarak Suthathiwong
Two Thai computer science students won the team gold
medal at the 23rd International Olympiad in Informatics, which wrapped up
late last month at the Royal Beach Resort.
Pasin Manurangsi of Bangkok Christian College and Sorawit
Suriyakarn of Mahidol High School in Nakon Pathom placed 14th and 24th in
points overall, but took home the Kingdom prize for team effort at the July
22-29 competition.
Wichaya Kamolvichit of Triam Udomsuksa Bangkok School won
a silver medal and Lapanachai Jirachupan won a bronze.
The triumphant Thai team.
One of the most prestigious computer science competitions
in the world, the IOI consists of two days of computer programming, solving
problems of an algorithmic nature. Students compete on an individual basis,
with up to four students competing from each participating country.
This was Thailand’s first time hosting the completion,
with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva opening the games in one of his final
acts in office. Thailand has fared well in the competition over the years,
taking home 13 gold, 27 silver and 33 bronze medals. Paisin, who won a gold
this year, also took home a gold in 2010 in Canada and a silver medal in
2009 in Bulgaria.
Pasin said he was pleased with finishing 14th and that
his accumulated 524 points was more than he expected. He added he was happy
to see Thailand host the contest, as it might trigger more interest in
computers among Thai youths.
Sorawit said this was his first year competing, but that
he planned to be back next year in Italy, hoping to score better than 24th.
The Pattaya games came to a close with a “Colourful
Pattaya Beach Party”-themed dinner at the Royal Cliff’s Infini Pool. The
evening featured many interactive activities and performances to entertain
the guests.
Prime Minister Abhisit
Vejjajiva opens the games in one of his final acts in office.
The party also celebrated the olympiad’s first-ever
perfect score, awarded to the Pattaya competition’s overall winner, Gennady
Korotkevich of Belarus. He beat out China’s Fan Haoqiang by just one point.
Pavel Kunyavskiy of Russia finished third and Felipe Souza of Brazil fourth.
Royal Cliff General Manager Joachim Grill presented the
resort’s “Green Certificate” to Kanchit Malaivongs, chairman of IOI 2011,
and to Tatchai Sumitra, chairman of the sponsorship committee. The “Green
Certificate” is awarded to selected organizations for having taken steps to
help safeguard the environment and reduce global warming.
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Pattaya signs up next class of
students to protect environment
Pattaya’s next generation
of environmental conservationists listen intently to the mayor (not
shown) talk about Pattaya’s “Green Class Network”.
Manoon Makpol
More than 100 students from Pattaya and Chonburi
schools became the third group of youngsters to join up to conserve
energy and protect the environment as part of Pattaya’s “Green Class
Network”.
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome opened the July 22 training
camp at Banglamung School. Project director Naris Jittiruangkiat and 50
teachers welcomed the students from Pattaya’s 11 public schools and
other private and state-run institutions in Chonburi province.
The project aims to raise awareness about
conservation, with the goal to getting youngsters to change not only the
way they think about the environment, but their behavior as well.
Pattaya will support the program by sponsoring field
trips to such places as the Provincial Electrical Authority’s generating
station.
Soi Siam Country Club post
office presents funds to Ban Jing Jai.
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Motorbike raffled at New Inn / Pattaya Sports Club Charity Night
A happy lady sells raffle
tickets.
William Macey
Baan Jing Jai, the orphanage in Nernplabwan, are
hoping to move to new - larger premises in the next 2 years. With 65
children, where they are living at the moment cannot be considered large
enough to house everyone.
In the meantime life goes on and buying clothes and
food for children that grow at an alarming pace demands all of Piantah’s
time. Fortunately, many organisations, bars in and around Pattaya,
Pattaya Sports Club and Jesters contribute funds to help things along.
Gary, at the New Inn in Soi Khao Talo, wanted to help
Piantah and the children by inviting many of his friends to spend an
evening at the bar to raise funds to enable them to buy the essential
items needed at the orphanage.
A motorbike was donated and raffled, Gary provided
some delicious food, Pattaya Sports Club and the Post Office along Soi
Siam Country Club made contributions and the live music kept everyone
entertained until late.
Well done everyone!
If you would like to make a contribution to Baan Jing Jai of clothes,
money or anything that they may be able to use, contact Pattaya Sports
Club or Gary at the New Inn.
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Father Ray Day -
A date for your diary
Derek Franklin
The Father Ray Foundation is busy preparing for this
year’s Father Ray Day, the day Pattaya remembers the life and celebrates
the work of the late Father Ray Brennan.
Father Ray dedicated his life to the underprivileged
of Thailand, spending twenty nine years in Pattaya. He founded several
residential facilities to support orphaned, abandoned and neglected
children. Father Ray also founded two schools, a vocational school for
students with disabilities and another for young blind children.
This year the Father Ray Foundation is organizing a
week of activities starting on Sunday the 14th August. On this day the
Father Ray Children’s Home opens its doors and welcomes its friends and
supporters to visit the Home and see for themselves how their donations
are improving the lives of the children of Pattaya.
On Tuesday the 16th August, the eighth anniversary of
Father Ray’s passing, two events will take place and the Father Ray
Foundation extends an invitation to the people of Pattaya to attend.
At six o’clock in the morning the children, students,
staff and volunteers will offer alms to the monks from local Buddhist
temples. This will be followed by an exhibition of the work of the
Father Ray Foundation which will take place at the Redemptorist
Vocational School for People with Disabilities on Sukhumvit Road.
Later that day the annual memorial Mass and candle
light ceremony for Father Ray will be held at St. Nikolaus Church
Sukhumvit Road, starting at 6.30 in the evening. Each year several
hundred people arrive to remember a man who unselfishly did all he could
to change the lives of those in need.
The Father Ray memorial week culminates on Saturday
the 20th when the Thai Red Cross will arrive at the Redemptorist Center.
Many older children and students will be donating blood, and all Thais
and foreigners are invited to attend and donate their blood. Arrive at
the Redemptorist Center on Sukhumvit Road from 9.00-12.00, donate blood
and you will be rewarded with a cup of tea and a cookie.
The School for the Blind, Father Ray Children’s
Village, Father Ray Outreach Work & Drop-In Center and the Father Ray
Day Care Center are also opening their doors to their supporters, and
once again their supporters are welcome to visit.
More information can be found at www.fr-ray.org or
email [email protected]
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Asian University joins
UNESCO UNITWIN
(L to R) Ulrich Werner
(Asian U Director of International Development), Prof. Dr. Jinwon Ahn
(Chief Researcher at Handong University), Prof. Dr. Kee-Seon Yoo (Dean
of the Handong University Graduate School of Global Management &
Leadership), and Dr. Salam A. Hoshang (Dean of Asian U’s Faculty of
Business).
Ulrich Werner
Asian University joined the UNESCO UNITWIN network
(University Twinning and Networking), following an invitation by Handong
Global University, South Korea, the UNESCO host university for Asia. The
Agreement of Cooperation was signed at the occasion of the visit by
Prof. Dr. Kee-Seon Yoo, Dean of the Graduate School of Global Management
& Leadership at Handong Global University, and Prof. Dr. Jinwon Ahn,
chief researcher of the UNESCO UNITWIN project at Handong Global
University.
UNITWIN is the acronym for the University Twinning
and Networking Program. The Program was established in 1992 following
the relevant decision of UNESCO’s General Conference taken at its 26th
session.
The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Program was conceived as a
way to advance research, training and program development in all of
UNESCO’s fields of competence by building university networks and
encouraging inter-university cooperation through the transfer of
knowledge across borders. Since it was established in 1992, the program
has aroused great interest among Member States.
The UNITWIN program aims to be pertinent,
forward-thinking and to impact socio-economic development effectively.
So far UNESCO Chair and UNITWIN Network projects have proven useful in
establishing new teaching programs, generating new ideas through
research and reflection, and facilitating the enrichment of existing
university programs while respecting cultural diversity.
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