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From Mrs Hawtree: Principal Dear GIS Community, A very warm ‘welcome back’ to all our existing parents, students and teachers, and a very special ‘welcome’ to our new students and their parents, and to our new teachers and their families. Pictures of all our new teachers can be found in this issue of the newsletter, and profiles of all our teachers and academic staff, new and ‘old’, can be found on the new staff section of our website. It was a real pleasure to meet so many of you at the event on 22 <strong>August</strong>, where I explained all of the exciting changes and developments happening at GIS this year, and we also had the opportunity to chat over delicious cheese and wine, kindly provided by Friends of Garden. There has been a real buzz around the school during the first couple of weeks, as students have started to experience the benefits of the developments, be these in terms of facilities (like the amazing new music suite) or in terms of the Wednesday afternoon activities programme, giving students a variety of opportunities to broaden their participation in the Arts, in Community Service, in cultural activities and in a whole host of competitions where they can demonstrate a range of skills such as teamwork and leadership. Our after-school activities programmes have also started, again comprising a wide range of events, with a particularly varied sports programme. Very shortly we will be publishing details of our community activity programme, and we hope that you will come along and join in some of these each week. We have had several parents volunteer to take on the new ‘Parent Champion’ roles, but we could still accommodate a couple more, so please do contact me via patoprincipal@gardenrayong.com if you are interested in joining this group, which will work with myself and the leadership team to help further improve areas such as communication with parents and community involvement. I hope that your children have enjoyed the first couple of weeks of this year as much as we have, and I look forward to seeing you again at one or more of the many events planned over the coming term. Looking at the calendar, it’s going to be a busy year! Best wishes, Mrs Dinah Hawtree Principal 2
Upcoming Events Whole School Sept 5: International Day of Charity Sept 20: House T-Shirt Day Sept 21: International Day of Peace Primary Sept 2: Year 2 trip to Forest Walk Sept 21: Parent conference, 2.30pm Sept 28: Year 2 trip to the Birds and Bees Resort Secondary Sept 12: Succeeding at IB, 7pm, Main Hall Sept 15: Art trip, Years 10-IB2 Sept 15: Mufti Day Sept 21: Year 11 and IB2 parent conference, 6pm, Main Hall Sept 18-22: IB2 students meet with Extended Essay supervisors Sept 27: Careers’ Day at GIS (together with REPS and GIS Bangkok), Years 10-IB2 Sept 29-30: Student Leadership Conference, Bangkok Many thanks to our generous GIS sponsors: Platinum Aditya Birla Encounter Church Indorama 3
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Page 5 and 6: CHEESE AND WINE AT PARENT INFORMATI
Page 7 and 8: GIS WELCOMES OUR NEW TEACHERS K.Wan
Page 9 and 10: From Mr Walsh: Head of Primary Dear
Page 11 and 12: MEET GIS’S NEW PREFECTS The new P
Page 13 and 14: From Mr Share: Head of Secondary De
Page 15 and 16: CAREERS’ DAY@GIS GIS will be host
Page 17: The battle to be House champions go

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