A new year of school...

Welcome back to the 2015-16 school year.

We have many new students starting at TCIS this year. Please make sure to make them feel welcome, informed and included about what is happening around TCIS.


At our first chapel, Mr Telly Kongolo had a surprise in store for us. He used his potting wheel to make a pot during chapel.

 

He showed us how to make something beautiful and reminded us that this earthly beauty is nothing compared to the beauty that God created when he made all of us. He reminded us of how God has sculpted our bodies and lives and how much love and attention he has put into us. So while we enjoyed Mr Kongolo's fabulous artwork, we also reflected on the marvel that each of us is to God.
It was a great way to start the year.
Below is a time-lapse of the last part of the pot sculpting.

Below are some pictures of Grade 8 starting the school year!

End of the year...

It was hard to say goodbye to so many friends from Grade 7 last June...

One weekend in May...

Grade 7 students were part of the All- Stars Basketball teams that travelled to play at KIS on Saturday 16th May.

Grade 7 students were also playing tennis at TCIS in  Jamboree.

...and then there was Ifest.

Mrs Ferguson's and Ms Waddell's homeroom sold smoothies to raise money as their service project.

Here are some of the students involved.

Grades 6-8 Music evening in the Performing Arts centre .

Congratulations and thank you to Mr Samuel Wright and Ms Jinjoo Lee for their time, energy, skill and patience with our students during this Semester of ensemble classes. The music evening was absolutely outstanding in quality!

Below is the culminating piece from the evening where the Strings and Concert Band came together to form a TCIS 6-8 Orchestra.

They played a newly arranged piece by Mr Wright called "Sherlock"

I also managed to capture a few of the parents who came to watch their children perform.

Students of the Month for April

Congratulation to our 2 winners of Student of the Month for April.

Rebecca Walther:

A wide variety of people have been impressed with how this student has made the transition into TCIS. Eager to serve and support others in their learning, this student demonstrates plenty of the learner profile attributes. She is principled in her interactions with others and her behaviour around the school. She is caring in the way she helps a wide range of students. She is a communicator by being a vocal contributor, but also a good listener in a variety of group settings. She shows excellent self-management skills in her classes, processing information carefully and solving problems when she needs to. While many of the activities we offer in intramurals are new to her, that has not stopped her from jumping right in and giving her best. She is a positive risk taker by pushing herself past her boundaries each day to learn and excel. This student certainly is a humble leader and good role model for others.

Daniel Park: 

This student is a leader in their own right, determined to succeed, and earnest in their efforts. He has the ability to make others feel at ease through his kindness, gentle spirit, sense of humour and fun. Many of his peers and teachers appreciate these caring attributes as they can lighten the moment or ease the tension at times. He has shown a consistent work ethic throughout the year and is finishing strongly by applying himself to all of his classes. He shows he is balanced by involving himself in various ways with a variety of students and showing value in his work in all of his classes. He is a great listener, paying attention to details, taking on the feedback he is given on his work, and trying his best to apply it. He happily accepts the challenge of any new ideas or activities and gladly works with a wide variety of students within his peer group demonstrating he is open-minded. He makes people feel included and valued, and makes TCIS a friendly place to be.

Homeroom service project...

This semester during homeroom time, Grade 7 have been planning and conducting activities to serve and help others.

Mrs Rodriguez's homeroom have been collecting books for children of North Korean defectors. They collected books from the Elementary school and visited classrooms to explain what they were doing.

Mr Yuan's homeroom planned, organized and ran a lemonade stand after school to raise money.

Mrs Ferguson and Ms Waddell's homeroom will be running a booth at IFest!

Protest song from Music

Grade 7 students have been working on developing their own compositions relating to the specific theme of 'protests' in music.
Today during the assembly after chapel, one group performed their composition.