Summer Holidays!

      As you all should know, hopefully, it's the summer holidays! School came to a close with a bang at SJI Independent, where SJII had their annual Sports Day. The points for results came close, with Yellow house leading by a mere 5 points, followed by Green house. However, despite the better team winning, there will still be next year to beat Yellow house.

      Some have gone back to their home country, or on their family vacations; a group of G11s have gone to Krabi and survived, and the G12s are getting ready for their IB exams.





      May this 7 week holiday help revive all that need reviving, and give those who need time to heal, time to heal from the past half year of IB life.

End of 4th June Week

What's Happened:
  Of course, the most eventful this week was the Senior School Inter-Tutor-Group Soccer Tournament. The Senior Council hopes you have had lots of fun as well as bonding time with your tutor group. Cheers to Forlando, our Sports Secretary, as well as people who helped referee and manage individual events, to make this all possible!
 
The results:
      First place: 12HBa
      Second place: 11GWK
      Third Place: 11ASc

  Also, the Assisi Carnival was held on 29th May.

What's Going to Happen:
  Arts Week — the whole of next week. You have been given the paper with the Arts Week schedule. Major events are stuff like the Drama night on Wednesday 7:30 to 9:30pm, and Fashion Festival (?) on Thursday 5:30pm. Tickets should be available at the door.
  Yearbook Photos — Also, the final decision,
Tuesday 8th June
       12EMW — 8 10
       12RRa — 8 20
Wednesday 9th June
       12NDh — 8 10
       12HBa — 8 20

Also, the holidays are coming up yay!

End of 28th May Week

    Today is Vesak Day! Also, this week was an eventful one for most.

What's Happened:


Blood Donation Drive — on Tuesday. To those who gave their blood away, thank you. You've saved a life. To those who tried but failed, don't worry, you can save lives other ways. To those who didn't donate, it's okay, you can do so next time!
Rock the Earth — An awesome night of awesome awesomeness. To those who didn't go, too bad.

What's Going to Happen:

Inter-Tutor Group Soccer (2&3 June) — Prepare yourselves, we need to beat the teachers!

Grade 12 Fitness Test (9 June) — Can you shave off 2 months of NS?

Sports Day (11 June) — Go PrimaryColours+Green!

G12 Yearbook Photos — 12EMW, 12RRa, 12HBa on Tues 8 June. 12NDh on Wed 9 June

Morning Schedules of Last 3 Weeks

    The school holidays are coming up! Yay! The morning schedules are now different compared to the usual format. 
    It is now as seen below (included are important events):


Week One (this week)

Mon, 24/5  - Whole School Vesak Day Assembly (School Hall)

Tue, 25/5  - G11 & G12 Assembly (Glass Hall); 2-6pm Blood donation drive (Glass hall)

Wed, 26/5 - Tutor Group 12DMa 12NDh Yearbook Photos

Thu, 27/5 - Catholic Assembly; 7-9pm Rock the Earth (Assembly Hall)

Fri, 28/5 - Vesak Day Holiday

Week Two (next week)

Mon, 31/5 - G11 & 12 Assembly (Glass hall)

Tue, 1/6 - Tutor Group; 6pm SUTD talk (Glass hall)

Wed, 2/6 - Tutor Group; 3-6pm Senior School Inter-tutor group Soccer Tournament

Thu, 3/6 - Catholic Assembly; 3-6pm Senior School Inter-tutor group Soccer Tournament

Fri, 4/6 - G11 & 12 Assembly (Glass hall); Grade 12 reports issued to parents

Week Three (ARTS WEEK)

Mon, 7/6 - G11 & 12 Assembly (Glass hall)

Tue, 8/6 - Tutor Group; 12EMW, 12HBa, 12RRa Yearbook Photos

Wed, 9/6 - Tutor Group; 12NDh Yearbook Photos, G12 Fitness Test (3:30pm, Mr Toh, Volleyball Court)

Thu, 10/6 - Catholic Assembly/Tutor Group; Completion of CAS consultations

Fri, 11/6 - 8am-12noon Sports Day

    And that's the schedule for the next few weeks before holiday. Good luck to all those with IAs and tests and stuff. Three weeks left, hang in there!


Edit: G12 fitness test has been added. 12RRa Yearbook Photo-taking date on June 8, 12NDh on June 9.

End of 21st May Week

What's Happened:


    OBA Founder's Day Dinner — on Saturday 15th May, the Lasallian schools came together to celebrate the day in which St John Baptist de La Salle gave us a future, and made all this possible. Dinner followed the Mass which was held in the chapel, where traditions were remembered and carried out.
    Founder's Day Celebration — on Monday morning, the whole SJII community was reminded yet again of their school's heritage. Once again, thanks to all those who put their effort into this event!
    Grade 11 Evening — on Tuesday night, Ms Daver enlightened the G11s with the dawning of their futures. The most important things universities are looking for are Academic Strength, Academic Curiosity and Interest, Study Skills and Work Habits, and Proven Enthusiasm and Commitment to ECAs. The G11s are advised to think about what they want to study, which system suits them best, the cost, and what the application process entails.
    Movies and Musicals Night — on Thursday night, the music department showed SJII their stuff, dressing in various movie characters, some as Indiana Jones, or Men in Black.


What's Going to Happen:


Blood Donation Drive — Tuesday 25th May. Remember, your blood needs to get out more.
Rock the Earth — Thursday 29th May 7PM. Get your tickets at the entrance!
Vesak Day — Friday 30th May. Don't come to school, it's a holiday.
Inter Tutor Group Soccer — Wednesday & Thursday, 2nd & 3rd June. Maybe this time we'll beat the teachers...

Senior Council Roles

  Following Founder's Day Dinner, SJII was introduced to the Senior Council of 2010-2011 with their respective roles.

President — Ivor Tan

Vice President — Joshua Lourdesamy

Administration — Louisa Quek

Arts — Gerard Lee

Communications — Lim Dao Kai

Faith — Glen Koh

Service — Perry Kwan

Sports — Forlando Tambunan

Special Projects — Maria Arulraj

Student Welfare — Vincent Tanutama

  Invested with great power, comes the great responsibility in which these people have stepped up to face, for the benefit of the student body. May they successfully serve SJII with the Lasallian spirit and leadership.

End of 14th May Week

What's Happened:
    As some of you may know, Friday 14th May was the Founder's Day Dinner, where SJII Senior School, accompanied by Brother Thomas Lavin as well as a number of representatives from other schools joined us in the investing of our new Senior Council.

    During the dinner, Senior Council President of 2009-2010 Bradian Muliadi, Vice-President Amanda Ang, as well as emcee Ricardo Seah introduced the new council, and the present council officially handed down their roles. As the current council put the blazers on their new council, a second benchmark was set, and a second benchmark to be reached.

Amanda Ang (left) and Bradian Muliadi (right)

What's Going to Happen:

• OBA Founder's Day Dinner (Saturday 15th May 6PM @ School Hall)
• Founder's Day Celebration (Monday 17th May Morning Assembly @ School Hall)
• Grade 11 Evening (Tuesday 18th May 6PM @ Glass Hall)
• Rock the Earth Music Concert (Thursday 7PM @ Glass Hall

Senior Council Election Results

Your voices have been heard, your prayers have been answered, and your votes have spoken.

SJII proudly presents the following students as the Senior School Councillors of 2010-11:

-Dao Kai Lim
-Forlando Tambunan
-Gerrard Lee
-Glen Koh
-Ivor Tan
-Joshua Prashad
-Louisa Quek
-Maria Arulraj
-Perry Kwan
-Vincent Tanutama

SENIOR COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Congratulations to the following Grade Elevens who have been successfully elected into Senior Council:

(in no particular order)

Maria Arulraj
Joshua Prashad
Perry Kwan
Ivor Tan
Louisa Quek
Gerard Lee
Glen Koh
Lim Dao Kai
Vincent Tanutama
Forlando Tambunan

Please be reminded that Senior Council Retreat begins on the weekend of the 7th of May.

The Senior Council wishes to thank all Grade 11s who put themselves up for nomination and hopes that they will continue to lend their support to future Senior School events.

WEEKLY UPDATE (17/04/2010)

SENIOR COUNCIL NOMINATIONS
As of 3pm yesterday, senior council nominations have been closed. Campaigning starts next week! Good luck to all candidates!

FOUNDER'S DAY DINNER
Tickets are on sale at the General Office with Aunty Glenis ($25)! Also, all interested in performing for Founder's Day Dinner are welcome to contact Mitchell or Matthew (:

FIRESIDE CHAT
What are the benefits and dangers of running charity organisations like corporations?"
Find out the answer on the 5th of May, 4.30pm at the Lasalle Room! Mr. Willie Cheng, chairman of Caritas Singapore (An umbrella organisation for all Catholic charities in Singapore) will be coming down to share his experiences with us.

NIGHT STUDY FOR G12S
Night study for G12s is being put on hold for the moment, until the examinations draw nearer. Those who wish to continue using the classrooms after the library closes may speak to Koon Peng.

PROM
Please pass $100 to Christopher Yuen as soon as possible! (:

WEEKLY UPDATES (19/03/2010)

These 2 weeks have certainly been eventful for the Senior School.

X- Campus Run
Congratulations to the Teacher's team for coming in first! (Again!)
Hearty congratulations to the winning tutor groups!
2nd Runner - Up : 12 RRa and 12 NDh
1st Runner - Up : 12 EMW
Overall Winners: 12HBa
Most supportive tutor group: 11ASc

"All you need is love" concert
A big thank you from all performers to all who turned up to support our concert! The next musical event of the year would be Rock Night (27 April) followed by Movies/ Musicals Night (20th May)! We look forward to seeing you there!

Platinum: Unplugged concert
The Student Council wishes to thank all who performed and attended the event. Proceeds would go to the Blue Dragon Foundation in Hanoi.

Cultural Carnival
Tickets are on sale at the General Office for $15!

World Movie Night: Persepolis
Movie Night will be held in the Drama Room on the 24th of March (Wednesday), starting at 6.30pm. No food and drinks are allowed. A $5 donation to the World Vision fund for Iraqi refugees would be greatly appreciated.

CAS forms
CAS forms for Grade 7 Camp and Welcome Week facils are to be handed in to Amanda (Grade 12) by the 25th of March. All forms handed in after that date would not be entertained.

Visitors:
Exeter University - http://www.exeter.ac.uk/
Camps International - http://www.campsinternational.com/

WEEKLY UPDATE (06/03/2010)

Platinum: Unplugged

Date has been changed to the 17th of March (Wednesday)

Rock Night:

The Environmental Council is organising Rock Night on the 27th of April! Do support your friends (:

Payatas trip:

Those interested in the Payatas trip, forms are available from the Grade Center. Deadline for confirmation is 11 March.

X-Campus Run:

Those interested in individual event (5 rounds around the school compound), please do not hesitate in letting anyone from Senior Council know!

X-Campus Run is on 11th of March! Come support your tutor group!

Night Study:

Night Study begins next week, Monday to Friday, 6-8pm. Subjects schedule is out on the Senior Council noticeboard.

This week, we had visitors from St. Joseph's University and 3 prestigious London colleges! Their website URLs are :

St. Joseph's University: http://www.sju.edu/
University College London (UCL): http://www.ucl.ac.uk/
London School of Economics and Political : http://www2.lse.ac.uk/home.aspx
Imperial College : http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/
King's College London : http://www.kcl.ac.uk/

WEEKLY UPDATE (26/02/2010)

Payatas Trip

Dear all interested in the Payatas trip to the Phillipines!

Date: 13-20 June
Location: "Smokey Mountain", Manila
Cost: $500 - $600

Note: Priority would be given to Grade 12s, to control the numbers going.

Please collect your forms from Ms Middleton, ASAP (:

X- Campus Run

X- Campus Run would be held on the 11th of March!
All tutor groups to submit a team! Race against your teachers!>:)

Unplugged

Acoustic Night would be held on the 12th of March! Do come and support your friends or simply to enjoy a night of good music (:



We had visitors from NYU Abu Dhabi and Northeastern University today.

The university website URLs have been provided below for your information:
NYU Abu Dhabi - http://nyuad.nyu.edu/index.html
Northeastern University - http://www.northeastern.edu/neuhome/index.php

London Colleges Talk

All interested in applying to university in the UK are encouraged to attend the London colleges talk on Monday, 1st of March, at 4.30pm (in the Glass Hall)

Australian Universities Fair

Please be reminded that the Australian Universities Fair would be held at the Glass Hall on the 19th of March.

Unplugged.

CALLING ALL MUSICIANS AND MUSIC LOVERS ALIKE!

The student council is organising Unplugged - a night of acoustic performances in aid of the Blue Dragon Foundation in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Date : 12 March 2010
Time : 6.30 pm - 8.00pm
Venue : Glass Hall
Ticket : Prices have yet to be confirmed.

All interested performers, please sign up with Bradian or Amanda from Grade 12 as soon as possible.

CONFIRMED PEER MENTORS (G11s)

CONFIRMED PEER MENTORS (G11s)

After much discussion, the Co-ordinating Team of Lasallian Peer Mentoring (St.Anthony's Primary School) has selected these 13 people to be Lasallian peer mentors.


MENTORS:
-Anthony Kong
-Benjamin Chen
-CJ Wong
-Clare Euphemia Lee
-Daniel Lim
-Elizabeth Lien
-Forlando Tambunan
-Gerard Alexis Lee
-Glen Kilian Koh
-Julian Lim
-Marcel Chuo
-Sharanaya Nair
-Vincent Tanutama


We would like to thank all those who have applied for peer mentoring but could not secure a slot. If you are still interested in mentoring, you may join the Lasallian Youths. As for all confirmed mentors, we expect you to come down to SJI International on Saturday 16/01/2010 (This coming Saturday) at 9A.M for an introductory session and workshop.


Yours Sincerely,

The Co-ordinating Team, Lasallian Peer Mentors

IB Diploma Results

Heartiest congratulations to our beloved IB pioneers, class of 2009, for their brilliant IB diploma results released on the 6th of January 2010. Of the 58 students in the year, 14 achieved 40 points and above, and almost half of the cohort attained 38 points and above. We especially want to congratulate top scorers Ian Chai and Desiree Leong for attaining 44 points! The challenge now remains for us, the class of 2010 and 2011 to carry on the legacy our seniors have left behind.




Our top scorers, Ian Chai and Desiree Leong.

Our top scorers with our Principal, Mr. Brian Christian. From left: Sandesh Kaur, Ian Chai, Mary Tay and Desiree Leong.