Pearl Noh, College Counsellor
Beyond the Class of 2021’s early application results, Ms. Noh is pleased to announce that the Class of 2020’s Korean students’ outstanding acceptance results have recently been released.
The DRAGON'S DEN
2020-2021 9TH ISSUE (25 JANUARY)
Elizabeth Watson, College Counselling Coordinator
The SSIS College Counselling Department is delighted to announce that the Class of 2021 are already demonstrating impressive outcomes from the round of early university applications they submitted this fall. As of mid-January, 2021’s graduates have secured a total of 35 university acceptances.
ELEMENTARY
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Neil Thomson, Grade 4 Coordinator
On Tuesday 19th January, Grade 4 had the privilege to host their parents again for the second event of the year. The Where We Are in Place and Time unit is a collaborative unit with the Chinese teaching staff, where students explore culture and heritage.
Zeb Johnson, Elementary Principal
It will soon be time to celebrate Chinese New Year and with it the beginning of the Second Semester. We have been working hard on a number of exciting and important Second Semester initiatives that will support Elementary students and families.
Secondary
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William G., Grade 9
Throughout this project, it is reasonable to say that this composition of a song of advocacy has simultaneously been the most interesting as well as the most difficult composition that I have done throughout any musical experience that I have so far.
Craig Fulleron, Activities Coordinator
We were fortunate to attend a “Winter Recital” performance from some of our senior music students. Pianists, Ryusuke Nagao, grade 12 and Yeojun Jeon (Joseph) grade 9 with Cellist Yu Tang Tan also from grade 9. Repertoire choices were some of the most challenging for any musician, of any age to master. Each piece the students’ performed demonstrated the highest technical and musical skills.
Craig Fulleron, Activities Coordinator
The hardest song to write is a topical song with meaning, a song that advocates for a cause. Telling stories is one of the most powerful means that people have to influence, teach, and inspire. What makes storytelling so effective for learning? Storytelling forges connections among people, and between people and ideas. Stories convey the culture, history, and values that unite people.
Dirk Van Rooyan, G12 TOK Coordinator
Over the past two months all our grade 11 students attended two Theory of Knowledge (ToK) days. ToK is at the core of the IB curriculum and offers students the chance to reflect on the nature of knowledge.
David Hart, Head of Design
The students of Design at SSIS have been very proactive and busy this first semester preparing artifacts and visuals of their current Semester one projects. The work, currently on display in the SSIS Lobby, is a collective snapshot of learning across all MYP and DP courses.
Sherry Ji, Head of Chinese
On 12 and 13 January, SSIS presented two Secondary Chinese Learning Showcases. Throughout the events, parents visited classes to see first-hand what their children have been learning in Chinese. For students and teachers, it was also a good opportunity to demonstrate their learning outcome.
DRAGON COMMUNITY
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Bridgette Miller, Director of Marketing & Admissions
SSIS Alumni go on to do many amazing things following their time at SSIS. Today, we are pleased to highlight our first alumnus, in the SSIS Alumni Spotlight series, Jan Mertlik, who attended SSIS from 2010-2013.