Volume 7 Summer 2006 The Alumni Magazine of HKIS - Hong Kong ...

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HKIS 40TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND REUNION JUNE 14-19TH, 2007 Help us celebrate this milestone in HKIS History - RSVP now! It is in partnership that the HKIS Alumni Association and the 40th Anniversary Planning Committee announce the HKIS 40th Year Anniversary Reunion. Activities planned include “Walking Tours” around Hong Kong, “Decade Dine-Around” eating at Hong Kong restaurants we once frequented, and much more! For many of you, visiting the Tai Tam and Repulse Bay campuses will be a walk down memory lane. It will also be a chance to see new expansions and additions since you last bounded down the hallways to and from your lockers and classrooms. Please visit http://dragonnet.hkis.edu.hk/reunion/ for the latest information on who is attending, download- 11 ing registration forms, and other reunion news.
HKIS Spearheads St. Baldrick’s Day in Hong Kong Sean Kligler at Delaneys On Tuesday March 21st, 2006 at Delaney’s Bar in Wan Chai, 15 Hong Kong International School employees and students joined a number of brave and goodhearted souls in giving up their hair for the most worthy of causes - childhood cancer research. The event honored Sean Kligler, a 4th grade HKIS student who battled childhood cancer at age five. Sean is better now, though the sad fact is childhood cancer kills more than five children every month in Hong Kong with 120+ new cases each year. Funds raised went to the Children’s Cancer Foundation (CCF) of Hong Kong. An agreement was reached that all funds donated to St. Baldrick’s Foundation will be used to assist major public hospitals in Hong Kong to perform research and upgrade equipment in pediatric oncology. Jackie Chan and Sean Kligler In the fall of 2002, Jackie Chan was in New York City on a promotional tour for “The Tuxedo” when he visited Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. It was there Mr. Chan met a five year old boy named Sean who was being treated for a rare form of childhood cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma. Mr. Chan spent some time talking with Sean and took a photograph with him. Fast forward to three weeks ago when Sean’s Dad Richard - the driving force behind Tuesday’s event - tracked down Jackie Chan’s company in Hong Kong and sent a letter and email to him describing Sean’s battle and his eventual victory. His letter also thanked him for lifting Sean’s spirits during this trying chapter of his life. He went on to state that Sean was happy, healthy and living in Hong Kong. Richard included with the letter the picture of Jackie Chan and Sean in 2002 and recent pictures of a healthy Sean in Hong Kong. The next morning the Senior Vice-President (SVP) of Jackie’s company called and told Richard that Jackie was on location in Kowloon making a movie. When he came back to his office, she set him up for a big surprise. First Jackie read the letter and the SVP showed him the photograph of them at the hospital. Jackie said he clearly remembered Sean from that visit and was happy to hear he was doing well. Then she showed him the recent pictures of Sean in Hong Kong and she said that happy didn’t even begin to describe Jackie’s reaction. First there was a big “Wah!!” and then Jackie pulled everyone within reach over to the computer screen to see the photos. “He was overjoyed”, she said. “Put this story on the website!!” “Send Sean some t-shirts!!” “Print me out those pictures.” Jackie then proceeded back to the movie set with the pictures to show everyone and decided since he could not make it to Delaneys, he would send autographed hats and photographs of himself to be auctioned. Editors Note: Background information on St Baldrick’s Foundation In 1999, three reinsurance executives reminded each other about their professional and personal good fortunes and debated how to “give back to society.” They decided to turn the famed St. Patrick’s Day party into a benefit for a good cause. But what could they do that would really turn the heads of their industry colleagues? Since children lose their hair during cancer treatment, it was decided they would shave their heads in return for financial gifts. They planned to raise “US$17,000 on the 17th” of March 2000. Actually that day over US$104,000 was raised! Since that first event, St. Baldrick’s Foundation has raised over US$12 Million and is the world’s largest fundraiser for childhood cancer research. The St Baldrick’s Foundation has a clearly defined mission in that the funds it contributes are required to go to research in finding a cure for childhood cancer or to fund Fellowships to train aspiring researches for careers in pediatric cancer, whereas other foundations spread out the funds in many other areas besides research. St Baldrick’s Hong Kong website can be viewed at: http://www.stbaldricks.org/location_detail.asp?citycode=CHHKI06 Jackie Chan’s Website features Sean Kigler: For your reading pleasure, visit www.JackieChan.com and scroll to the bottom of the Home Page and click on the link with the picture of Jackie and Sean. Sean and sister, Jill 12
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Page 3 and 4: HKIS...The Early Years... Memories
Page 5 and 6: Message From The Alumni Board Presi
Page 7 and 8: Homecoming 2006 was held on January
Page 9 and 10: HKIS “Christmas in California”
Page 11: Back to the future: Jeremy Evans (C
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Page 19 and 20: Erin and her husband at the Repulse
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Page 23 and 24: I am also happy to report that Marc
Page 25 and 26: Rachel Koehneke: Rachel will gradua
Page 27 and 28: Bin Lo David Lu Karen Macquarrie Ro
Page 29 and 30: Claudine Michaut Denise Moden Shery
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