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Exciting new school year begins at Regent’s
Regent’s Students
looking for adventure on Koh Chang.
Katrin Puutsa
School has only just started again for students, but the
there is a busy atmosphere already. Year 13 students are off to Koh Chang,
to the Regent’s own IDEALS Outdoor education centre to work on their science
projects and to enhance their CAS (Community, Action and Service programme).
After school activities start shortly. Students are also preparing
activities for the upcoming Jester’s Fair, Clean up the World, and Picnic in
the Park for Peace.
This week has also been the ‘Campaigning Week’ for
various leadership positions in the student body, who have been busy
preparing speeches, gaining ideas for posters and other media to get maximum
support. Campaign week is a perfect example of how the school teaches and
promotes the Round Square Leadership and Democracy Pillars. Students not
only have the opportunity to gain a position and to display good leadership
skills but also learn about voting systems, which provides them with
valuable skills for the future.
To encourage more people to vote, the students can vote
online on the school’s virtual learning environment, where beforehand, they
are given the chance to once again remind themselves of the candidates and
their strengths by looking at their profiles and re-read their speeches.
It’s an exciting time to be at the Regent’s!
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Daido, Drop-in Center organize ‘young farmers’ seminar
Rev. Peter Pattarapong Srivorakul, Rev. Michael
Picharn Jaiseri and Daido’s Thaworn Pimphra open the workshop.
Manoon Makpol
Daido Co. marked the eight-year anniversary of the death
of Rev. Raymond Brennan by organizing a “young farmers” workshop at the
Father Ray Drop-In Center.
Rev. Peter Pattarapong Srivorakul, president of the
Father Ray Foundation, Vice-President Rev. Michael Picharn Jaiseri and
Daido’s Thaworn Pimphra were on hand to open the Aug. 20 workshop that also
featured dance performances from children and paying respects to a statue of
Brennan, who founded the Drop-in Center and the Redemptorist schools and
orphanages.
Students were taught the principles of HM the King’s
sufficiency economy philosophy and techniques such as how to use PVC piping
to grow mushrooms, kale and green oak.
Following lessons, students enjoyed a dog show from the
Sunak Santichok Farm as well as lunch from area restaurants.
Bangkok Hospital Pattaya
seminar focuses on prenatal care
The seminar draws a
healthy crowd.
Manoon Makpol
Bangkok Hospital Pattaya offered expectant mothers
nutrition and other prenatal care tips in a workshop aimed at growing
healthier babies.
Hospital Assistant Director Dr. Siharat
Lohachitranont and pediatrician Dr. Natsiri Sangsuksawang welcomed
mothers to the Pattaya hospital Aug. 27 for the one-day seminar
co-sponsored by Mead Johnson Co.
Pediatrician Dr. Natsiri
Sangsuksawang provides expert advice.
The workshop was aimed at stimulating child
development both in the womb and after birth through healthy eating and
closely watching babies’ movements.
Natsiri said nutrients such as folic acid, calcium,
iron and vitamins all enhance the senses and intelligence of the fetus
and can also make delivery smoother.
Bangkok Hospital’s Pediatric Center has a staff of 15
doctors that specialize in delivery and infant care, including
conditions such as asthma and allergies.
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IB diploma students from
St Andrews International School create a “Living Machine”
IB students at St.
Andrews International School, Green Valley are busy creating a “Living
Machine” biotechnology water purification system.
Maura, Year 12 IB
student
Recently a group of IB students from St. Andrews
started planning a “Living Machine”.
Living machines are water filtering systems that are
based on natural and organic water cleansing. Generally, a living
machine consists of 3 main tanks; one for ciphering off solid materials,
one containing algae and one out of which plants grow. The principle
behind this method is that once all solid waste is gone, algae will
remove some of the main impurities. Then, depending on the type of water
that you want to cleanse, you have plants which use those basic elements
growing in your last tank. This will all depend on the type of waste you
are using.
Students check the living
machine for leaks.
The IB group at St. Andrews has built a medium-sized
prototype in one of the Science Labs. We added a separate filter between
the first two tanks containing carbon. Broken up bricks add surface area
to the third tank for the plants we have growing in there. It allows the
roots to hold onto something and is the perfect environment for mosses.
We also added a fourth tank at the end which serves
the purpose of testing the water quality. It contains fish, which are
very sensitive to water conditions and water snails. These snails can
survive in and out of water; therefore they are a perfect indicator of
the water quality. If they move out of the water, you know the water
quality isn’t to their liking and we can use our data loggers to test
the water quality. This means we can keep working on this prototype
until everything works - then we can start planning a large living
machine.
We did not spend a lot of money making this
prototype. Standard pipes were used to interconnect the tanks and the
filter. We removed the tops of standard 18 liter water bottles so we
could use them as our tanks. The construction is held up by a system of
pipes that add a lot of stability. By using gravity to move water from
one tank to another, we did not have to resort to using any pumps.
This living machine is part of our Creativity, Action
and Service projects for our IB Diploma, and all our students are
documenting the process as we go. We are hoping to build a full sized,
working Living Machine soon that can be used in our school.
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Sattahip Rotary Club offers lunch,
donations to mentally impaired children
Rotary Club of Sattahip President Wirot
Tuangcharuvinai presents a donation to Plutaluang’s Wat Khao Bai Sri
Special Education Center.
Patcharapol Panrak
The Rotary Club of Sattahip provided lunch and
much-needed funding for mentally impaired children at Plutaluang’s Wat
Khao Bai Sri Special Education Center.
Club President Wirot Tuangcharuvinai led the
contingent of members who provided lunch, drinks and soft drinks to the
85 children being cared for at the center. They also donated money,
dried food and chips to the caretakers.
Parent-Teacher Association President Bunchu
Muangmaithong said 30 of the children suffer some sort of neurological
impairment. They and 55 autistic kids have been left at the center by
their parents who have gone off elsewhere to work, Bunchu said.
Rotarians provide lunch
for the mentally challenged children.
How lucky are you?
A few more years before they can drive, but
someone will drive
away in a brand new Toyota Vios.
Derek Franklin
The Father Ray Foundation is organizing the first
ever Father Ray Lucky Draw, and they have gathered prizes totaling more
than one million baht. There are prizes for everyone, including two
iPads, ten MP3 players, one computer, three cameras and two
blackberries.
Top prize is a brand new Toyota Vios. Second and
third prizes include one of four motorcycles and four pieces of gold
each worth 25,000 baht.
You could soon be flying
to a weekend of luxury.
Prizes have also been donated by Bangkok Air, Dusit
D2 Hotel Chiang Mai, Amari Koh Samui, Anantara Si Kao Resort Krabi,
Royal Cliff Beach Resort, Centara Grand Mirage, Horseshoe Point and Siam
Bayshore.
Vouchers can be won for meals at two of Pattaya’s
best restaurants; Mata Hari and Linda’s. While the BBQ seafood buffet at
the Siam Bayshore and the English fare at Sammy’s Bar will give you an
unforgettable meal.
Vouchers can also be won for horse riding,
tae-kwando, dance, English language and art classes. Tiffany’s,
Alangkarn and Underwater World have donated thirty pairs of tickets,
green fees for Pattana Golf Club can also be won and these prizes can be
yours if you spend 100 baht to buy a ticket for the Father Ray Lucky
Draw 2011.
The draw will take place on Sunday October the 9th at
Central Festival Beach Pattaya. Tickets cost just 100 baht, and all
proceeds will go to help the 850 children and students with disabilities
currently living and being educated at the Father Ray Foundation.
Tickets can be purchased at the Father Ray Welcome
Center on Sukhumvit Road. Call 038 716 628 or email [email protected]
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Picnic in the Park for Peace
All proceeds will go to the children living
at the Father Ray Children’s Village.
To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11
terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the Regents
School will be hosting a Picnic in the Park for Peace on Sunday the 18th
September at the Father Ray Children’s Village.
Picnics are being planned in many countries to
remember this tragic event, and people will be coming together for an
afternoon of music and reflection.
The blind students will
be performing for the picnickers.
Entertainment at the Picnic in the Park for Peace
will be provided by the choir from the Pattaya School for the Blind, The
Regents Soul Band, Abundant Life Home B-Boy Team, Ralf & Naufal and
many, many more guests. There will be clowns, face painting, a
playground and bouncy castle for the children.
The picnic will start at 3:00 p.m. and end at 7:00
p.m. Admission is 100 baht per adult and 50 baht for children. All you
need to bring is a mat or picnic blanket, food and drink, money for
raffle tickets and games, your singing voice and your dancing shoes.
The Father Ray Children’s Village is located on Siam
Country Road. Past 7-Eleven, under the red arch and take the first
right.
All proceeds from this event will help pay for a
multi-purpose sports court for the orphaned and abandoned children
living at the Children’s Village.
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REPS presents The Lion King
The entire cast of the Lion King takes a
break during rehearsal.
Dominic Halliday
REPS Head of Secondary
Last year, Rayong English Programme School presented
its very first full musical, the Wizard of Oz, to huge audience acclaim;
it is still a topic of conversation, especially with this year’s
upcoming show looming on the horizon. As a result of the success of last
year’s show, REPS is going a step further and is bringing the
award-winning Broadway musical, The Lion King to the Eastern Seaboard.
Telling the story of Simba, a lion cub born to
parents Mufasa and Sarabi, with an evil Uncle Scar waiting in the wings,
The Ling King has wowed audiences all over the world, both as a movie
and as a musical.
Appearing again on the GIS stage after her appearance
as Dorothy, we will see Maria Hannah C Quiwa taking on one of the great
feminine stage roles as Rafiki. Alongside her will appear Masahiro
Wakata as Mufasa, Shoshannah Levy as Sarabi, Glen Phacharaphon Oxford
and Jack Soanes as Simba, Senny Soanes as Mufasa’s majordomo, Zazu, and
Tom Dacre as their nemesis, Scar.
An extraordinary effort by staff in the costume and
set department (all full-time teachers) has created over eighty
costumes, puppets, masks and animals, all brought to life by some very
talented young people through their acting, singing and dancing. This,
combined with the renowned music of The Lion King, and many sounds of
Africa ensures that this will be a spectacular event, full of life,
colour and African vitality, all carefully put together under the
visionary direction of Amy de Nobrega.
The Lion King will be playing in the Garden
International School hall on Wednesday 14th, Thursday 15th and Friday
16th September, with all performances starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are
priced 150 baht for adults, and 100 baht for students & children, and
they are available from the main office at REPS or GIS. Tickets can also
be reserved in advance by emailing your ticket requirements to
[email protected] (you will receive a reply detailing available
ticket collection points and payment information), or by calling 038 030
803-4.
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YWCA awards hundreds of scholarships
Happy students pose for a commemorative
photo with their benevolent sponsors.
Manoon Makpol
Hundreds of students from 57 schools and colleges
received scholarships from the local chapter of the YWCA.
Nittaya Patimasongkroh, chairwoman of the YWCA
Pattaya Chapter, presented the scholarships along with Mayor Itthiphol
Kunplome, and Mike Group Managing Director Surat Mekavarakul at Mike
Shopping Mall Aug. 30.
Burapha University
Education major Phisamai Songsri receives her scholarship from Mayor
Itthiphol Kunplome.
Also attending were YWCA officials from Bangkok and
Chonburi, and Tami Kojima, wife of Japan’s ambassador to Thailand, who
delighted everyone in attendance by delivering a speech to the children,
in Thai, that she wrote herself. In it, she asked the children to show
their thankfulness to the sponsors and to YWCA by studying hard,
behaving well and becoming good citizens.
The YWCA’s Happy Family program attracted 86 sponsors
for its 22nd annual scholarship presentation. Among them was Monika
Podleska, chairwoman of the Plauderstunde German-language ladies club,
who donated 20,000 baht, and William Macey of the Pattaya Sports Club.
Awards were made to students with strong academic
records who demonstrated financial hardship.
Scholarships were given to 96 students from 11
Pattaya city schools, 201 students from 33 schools elsewhere in Chonburi
Province; six students from Banglamung Vocational School; 11 students
from Sattahip Technical College, two students from Ramkhamhaeng
University; and one student each from Thammasart, Kasetsart Bangkhen,
Sriracha Rajanagarindra Rajabhat, Rajmongkol Technology universities.
Burapha University Education major Phisamai Songsri said she felt
fortunate to receive a scholarship and thanked the YWCA for recognizing
good, low-income students.
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