epi high school magazine 2014

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Welcome to the 2014

EHS Magazine

This year, we the year 10 students have the opportunity to share with you what has been hap-pening at EHS in 2014. We have worked hard to capture the Epi High School spirit while picking up new computer skills along the way. Each of us had a hand in taking the photos, writing the passages, and designing the pages you will read. Staff and students have overcome many challenges together and everyone has learned valuable things that will change lives. Us students would like to acknowledge the teaching staff for their effort in educating us, as stu-dents and as the leaders for tomorrow. So relax, and enjoy revisiting the interesting events which happened this year through the pic-tures and student entries about EHS. I am wishing you all the best a prosperous happy new year 2015 and enjoy your reading.

The Year 10 Class of 2014


A Message From Our Principal It is such a tremendous delight for me to be back at Epi high School this year, 2014 and especially to be given this great opportunity to greet you all once more and welcome you to the 2014 School Magazine. In spite of a few discrepancies experienced by the school, this year has proved again to be a successful school year. Staff and student teamwork has been awesome. However, since putting together a school magazine as this requires quite an effort, I would like to acknowledge and congratulate all those who have participated in bringing this magazine together again. May I take this moment to extend my special grati-tude towards Ms. Lynn Overmyer who has taken the initiative and effort to involve her year 10 students to produce such a magnificent creative piece of work. Having recognized the numbers skills incorporated into this product, it is my hope that those of you who have contributed in terms of articles for the magazine will continue to build on your creative potentials and participative capacities to be more successful and advanced in the future. May I take this splendid moment to also wish our final year students every success in their final examina-tions and to our continuing students, vie us your best in your examinations. Since this is Ms. Lynn Overmyer's final month with us, I wish to express our special thanks and gratitude once more towards her whole heartedly input to Epi High School as the final Peace Corps volunteer in our IT partnership program. We have been so fortunate to have her with us and will miss her dearly but our hearts will remain in touch. The computer lab she has established with the help of her organization, Peace Corps Vanuatu has and will continue to advance the school in the years to come. May she take our love with her back to her family in Michigan and our times and fun shared together will remain… I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a very pros-perous new year, 2015!!! May God Richly Bless you all!!

Mrs. Makin Valia Principal, Epi High School 2014


A DESCRIPTION OF EHS!! Epi High School is a very nice school situated beside the sea coast. There are about 28 buildings in the school area. Apart from this buildings we have 3 boys dormitories and 4 girls dormitories. The roofs of all the buildings are painted in greens and the walls in white-green. The school contain 200 students and 14 teaching staffs members and goes from class 7 up to 12. Epi High School is well decorated with yellow lilies, trees and colorful flowers. The school has a football field which is 100m wide, and a volleyball court. You can see the great deep ocean very blue and shiny in front of the school. When the sunsets to the west, the beams of the sun face the school and the school turn yellow in color and really look attractive. When sitting inside the classroom, you can hear birds singing sweetly in the trees around the school. When looking out through the windows of the classroom you can see canoes, ships, yachts traveling on the smooth ocean. When its dark and the generator is on you can see the lights and it looks as if you are in a town. Epi High school is a really nice school. Oh! what a lovely school we have ! EPI HIGH SCHOOL!

WORKING HOURS After classes on Mondays we have working parties. Sometimes it happens when all the students walk down to walavea for farm work on Fridays. Thursday afternoon after classes is detention hour. Students play sports after classes on Wednesdays. That is volleyball and football.

PREP HOURS! Students usually had 2 two preps during school days. First prep begins at 5:30pm-6:30pm then second prep begins at 7:30pm-8:30pm. Two prep on Sundays . The first prep begins at 5:30pm-6:30pm and it is compulsory and second is optional. One prep on Saturday that begins at 7:30am-8:30am and it is option-al for Sabbath-keepers only, otherwise all preps are compulsory.

About EHS


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Staff Kitchen Staff House Workshop School bell Water tanks Classrooms Girl’s dorm Ablution Technology rooms Administration Library


Epi High School

Students 2014

Knowledgeable, beautiful Educated, helpful, instructing

Epi High School You gave me a prosperous future

By: Rosie Korah


Year 7

Year 8


Year 9

Year 10


Year 11

Year 12


Mrs. Makin Valia Mr. Risa Mr. TIto

Mr. Gideon

Mrs. Yvette M

Mr. Albert Mrs. Jenny J

Mr. Kolika M Mrs. Judy

Mr. Emory D Mr. Allan Y Ms. Lynn

Teaching Staff


Mr. Yonsen Savo Mr. Avock James Mrs. Roberts Mr. Thompson

Mr. Timothy Ben MR APIA Ms BANIE BEN

Ms. Julie Mr Patrick Mr MICHEAL

Ancillary Staff


Study study study! Academics is our main priority at Epi High school, and we prove it by studying from sun up to sun down. Some of our favorite classes: Agriculture, Food technology, and French. Bonjour!

Academics


Saturday Night

Activities

We will never forget: Shake baby shake, the red squirrels from library character show, world dance night, choir com-petition, quiz night, drama night, and of course the Maori dancer!


In the month of August our Talent Night gave our students the opportunity to come out and show their talents. We had eve-rything from dance groups to singing groups to bands-We discovered that the students at EHS are super talented!

Talent Night 2014


Epi high school students competed in athletic events to celebrate the 2014 children’s day.

Epi high school watched the 2014 World Cup. Awo Nema!

We had many visitors at Epi High School Epi high school students competed in dance, sing-ing, and many other competitions.

EHS NEWS

New computers arrived and our lab was moved to a big new room. No pleple lo wok.


2014 Athletics


Us students keep active between classes. Wednesday sports days prepared us for our athletic competitions. 24 July all houses competed in ball games. During 30th July 2014 Epi High School Stu-dents Celebrated their Independence by play-ing field events.

“Make it Red!”


Motto: Proverbs 16:3: Ask the lord to bless your plans and you will be successfully in carrying them out

EHS Houses: Otai, Eretoka, Sako, Namaliu, Valawa, Kamatoe and Kumolo are our homes away from home. In them we meet our brothers and sisters who we rely on for everything. We appreci-ate our house prefects and housemasters and housemistresses for their guiding light, and are honored to be a part of our house.

Our Houses


Motto:

Want Some thing

Notice something

Do something

Get Something


Motto: Running Towards The Goal And The Aim Is To Win

Motto: Win Or Lose Shout For Joy


Motto: Cooperating To-

gether Aim High But Stay

Low

Motto: Working Together Aiming High


Imaginary Squad It happened in the day When we got the name

But we were friends Since this year.

Sweets chances that let steps

abroad How rich and great the time we

spend Through the wild years that will

pass We grow young as we are now

WE the imaginary squad Around the school campus we

had this name WE are the imaginary squad But we move in action with

Laughter, with us is the greatest thing

Over distance you can hear us

WE had our ups and downs To-gether we overcome trials

WE come from different houses No matter what may come our

way WE the imaginary squad.

School life will perish But we will continue to live With memories of our times Together at Epi high school We will love each other in the present and the future We the imaginary squad…

Lopanga P.

Student Work From drawings to poems to final goodbyes, EHS students and staff leave you with final notes.

For You For you for you I would stop swearing For you for you I would do something re-ally brave Like going to the farm or Amending my errors I would climb the highest mountain And walk across the is-land of Epi for you Because of you, I did it for you. Linah Tasso

Epi High School doesn’t Mean you gain nothing

But something to prosper

you In the fu-ture like a rose Flower that blooms Every

Day Poem and

drawing By:

Josian Kenneth

Friends are like MathsFriends are like Maths Sorrow to Subtract Happiness to add

Enemies to di-vide

Friends to Multi-ply

Thouth we have experienced

rough times we have managed to get

through it all. Though we have our differences our similarities

are what count most.

Though we have shed tears at times having hood laughs and

giggles is what keeps us going. There we have made many

friends out here There has never been on like you!

To all the students at EHS!

By Annie Mahit


First Day at School It’s my first day at school And the kissing hand is what we read It’s about a raccoon Who did just as his parents said Like the raccoon's first day at school I was scared and a little shy But because of what you say I was brave and got by All through the year I’ll make things for you So as I changed and learned You can see my growth Too. End of School School times are almost over We’ve had a lot of learning We’ve had a lot of fun We’ll say goodbye to teachers We’ll put our books away Our school year is over now Its summer time let’s play. BY: VICKY.N

By Marcellyne Marcel

A Sp

Arkle Way up

High one To make all

Your wishes upon High in the night time sky blinking like a broken

Traffic light shinning above us likes a canopy With holes punched in it growing bright

Each night we look up at them In amazement they hold our

Hopes and dre Ames their tw Inkle assures us that every

Thing will be alright. St Ar

E.H.S Situated in the heart of Laman Bay is where she lay. Too many Vanuatu leaders go by the name E.H.S I will always have a space In my mind and heart forever I can’t thank her enough For the shelter and education she provided Oh how wonderful if I would someday Share the same experience I had with her Through good and bad times. Every one she raised will always remember her. Too bad every one who knew her Will one day have to say goodbye From the day she opens her doors To raise boys and girls of Vanuatu Until now and the days to come They all have their own stories Of how they went through and downs with her May the heavenly father bless her. Provide her with the needs and wants To grow bigger and stronger in her days to

come Goodbye E.H.S… BY: BOB. M


FRIENDS

Hi, Friends When the departure time

comes You will always remember

the Good and bad time we Spend together at EPI

HIGH SCHOOL And keep this as a memory

LOVE YOU ALL FRIENDS

BYE BYE... FROM: SALOME JIMMY

Friends Friends are all about love A friend is all about unity

Friends sometimes are sad Friends sometimes are happy

But when secrets are told Friends become enemies

Oh my dear friends! When friends end

Life continues……… BY: JOSEPHINE YOAN.

HOW LAMAN ISLAND GOT ITS NAME. Long ago there lived a father and mother and their two daughters named Kamatoe and Kumolor. They lived in a little island of Ma-lekula named Malvaveng island.One day, there was a big feast on the mainland and the family was invited to the feast. But the father decided to send her two daughters back in the island to look after the animals. When they were out at the feast, the place started to get dark so the father decided to send the island away, because he was afraid the young boys would steal his two daughters. So he sang a song and say that the island will run away if the first hen cried the will stop so the two girls live by themselves on the island. One day there is a man from Emae who floods on a heap of co-conut to the island, the man’s name was Tabonga and is running around the bushes when Kamatoe went to feed the pigs she found him and take him home. When Kumolor found the boy she hit Kamatoe and said that she wanted to marry him so the two sisters hit each other and the boy stopped them and said that he would marry both of them. So he married the two sisters and they had children, and changed the name of the island to lamanu island,which means the island of birds and the genera-tions go on till today. By: Kathleen Valia


MY SCHOOL Epi high school, Epi high school

Remember when you were young The cries and echoes of youth

Coming to seek your sweetness From the flowers of your young

Sweet and tender plants. Now those days are gone

Your youth is slowing fading Fading away the will come.

When you are gone Epi high school we will remember

you from the depths of our hearts

Our shouts and laughter are gone We will leave with great sorrow

But you are still the memory The only memory of our education

Your name will never leave us You will always be ours. BY: SALOME PAKOA.

WISH NOT FOR EASE OR TO DO AS YOU PLEASE If wish worked like magic and plans worked that way, too and if everything you wish for whether good or bad for you immediately were granted with no effort on your path. You’d experience no fulfillment of your spirit or your heart. For things achieved easily lose their charm and meaning too. For it is life difficulties and the trials time we go through that make us strong in spirit and endow us with the will to surmountable and to climb the highest hill so which not for easy way to win your heart desire for the joy in overcoming and with understanding flood and fire for to trumph over trouble and grow stronger with defeat is to win the kind of victory that will make your life com-plete. BY: MARY ABEL.

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Friends share things and care for

each other. They live in school during great

and bad seasons. Through bad times and good

times but friends always stay to-gether to encourage each other.

Friends always love each other as long as they live together.

Friends are the greatest gift in the whole world.

BY: ANNIES T, LILY RU, SUSAN L, LILY A.

Friends Forever. It was like yesterday when

We were together as friends At Epi High School

And now we are apart from each other

I just want to say thank you for all the laughing

Joking Sharing

And walking We had together

I wish that someday we will meet Someway

That only God knows. God Bless You EHS.

Bye Friends, Love you all.


Since your conception, you are somebody

Since your birth, you are somebody Now you have been named

Ricardo Brown Renzo James John Mouthful as it may sound, you are

somebody The Lord has a plan for you

The Lord loves you Grandma Loves you too

For, You are my sweetheart You are my cuddly bear

You are my cutie You are my somebody

You are everybody You are just so special to me

And, you are just about everything to me.

By Makin Valia, Grandma

Little Girl miracle, Faithful GodLittle Girl miracle, Faithful God Time catches up in life so fast that I often remind myself that I’m married instead of being a single young man. Before I was married I encountered a tough challenge in my relation-ship with then the woman who would one day become my beloved wife. Family members did not agree that I should continue with my relationship. Negative points about the infertility of my partner is all they threw at me. This was a very important decision I had to make for my life. One good thing I learned in my friendship is that we discussed how we could overcome this issue in life. This challenge of my being not able to get pregnant and give birth to a child becomes the most discussed agenda in our discussion. After sharing many times about how God is working mightily in our lives, taking us far in study abroad, achieving a high standard of education, preparing us to fulfill his purpose for creating us, we turned our problem into faith in God. My partner and I were so sure that God would deal with that problem in our lives and that we would show others how faithful is he to keep his promises in the Holy Bible. Wedding plan proceeded although family members were not satisfied. I pronounced “ yes I do “ on the 14 of December 2012 in my own village. Now that I'm married, am I going to bear a child? Family members kept asking me that ques-tions. My answer to the questions was always positive. We put our trust in God to provide. Almost one year after our wedding, we get the answers to our prayers. My wife was pregnant. We were highly expect-ing a boy in the beginning. Surprisingly, the baby was a beautiful girl. Proverbs 16: 1-3 fulfills that God is the creator and he has control and the last saying to happenings in life. Rosida, Esbel, Kyla, Mugoro is a miracle to our family. We believe God has a Plan for her and we are praying to ask God to help us to take good care for her so that she can accomplish his plan in her life. God is a faithful God. He keeps his promises and never fails. The secret to making God faithful in fulfilling his prom-ises in your life is for you to trust him, Give your life to him, live a Christian life and you will see how God will use you in his services. By Mr. Makie


In here we mostly eat the same type of food every-day, that is bread and tea in the morning for break-fast, rice and tin fish soup for lunch time and the same in the afternoon for supper. Our main food is rice. we can’t go without rice. How-ever we sometimes eat boiled manioc, taro, kumala and banana to mix it up a little.

Even though we eat the same type of food everyday, we really enjoy our meals as a time to socialize and catch up with our friends. And I would like to say that the purpose for coming here is not to eat good food but to study hard for further education. In our technology class we learn all about cooking healthy, balanced meals. We also learn how to bake cakes. (I prefer the cakes!).

Meal Times


Our Designers Leisau Song Malonie Daniel Georgina Atis Lily Robert Ezra David Sam Fred James Albert Kenethy Yona Joel Vakou Richard Valia Edna Fred Tasso Donald George Whippy Abraham Joel Jason Nickson Lopanga Pakoa Salome Ruben Emmah Mbau Linet Bakon Lilly Apia Mary Abel Linah Tara Kathleen Valia Susan Liu Lily Ruben Ancylyn Awa

Trainers Alex Oli Apia Charley Betina JonFred Leitau Arthur Kenethy Yona

Photographers Alberto Nataniyau Annies Aru

Treasurers Alik Donald Viona Paul

Web Designers Patricia Bob Florinda Williams View more photos and accomplishments from this year at our website: Epihighschool.wordpress.com

We hope that you have enjoyed taking a look back at some of the shining moments at EHS in this year 2014. I would like to take this chance to acknowledge the students whose hard work made this magazine possible.

The Team

It was an absolute blessing to be given the opportuni-ty to live and work with such shining stars. These stu-dents are some of the most generous, fun-loving, and resourceful in the world. They welcomed me into their lives with open arms and I know that they will take what they have learned and experienced this year in and out of the classroom and design a better, brighter future for us all. Oh my brother, one day you will un-derstand what used to be misunderstood and you will see that you can if another can, can can. Olay Olay, Ms. Lynn Overmyer Peace Corps Volunteer ‘13-’14


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