MIS WEEKLYIssue 7, December 5, 2016TODAY’S LEARNERS, TOMORROW’S LEADERS

Upcoming Events:

Dec 1 - 7 Semester 1 ExamsDec 15 Holiday ProgramDec 16 End of Quarter 2 (Half Day) Report Cards go homeDec 19- Winter HolidayJan 6

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Sports News

On the 25th November, MIS had three separate football teams participate in a football tournament at Yangon United Football Club. Teams came from Network, British School of Yangon and Dulwich College of Yangon. The three teams were our U-9, U-11 and U-13 teams. Each year level played at least three matches. Coach Emmett led the U-13 team to 1st place as they went undefeated and also had the most goals scored out of all the teams. Coach Charles led the U-11 team to 1st place also with an undefeated record. Coach Cory and the U-9 team had 3 draws and one loss, placing 5th. A very good job by all three teams as they have worked hard to prepare for this tournament. Congratulations Griffins!

On Saturday, December 3, the Griffins had their MISAC U-19 Girls' and Boys' Football tournaments. Coach Maureen and the girls played at MIS and Coach Emmett and the boys played at MISY. On the girls side, the Griffins drew a tough pool with both MISY and Network for preliminary games. They lost two close games with scores including 2-0, 1-0. The girls ended up placing 3rd which was amazing for their first year as an organized team. They are a young team and most of them will be returning for the U-15 season.

For the boys, they had six different teams join the tournament including AIS from Mandalay. They had an amazing win over Network which went to a penalty shoot out with the score of 5-4. Their second match was a well deserved win over AIS with the score of 2-0. The boys faced a tough and much older MISY team

in the championship match. With a goal coming from leading scorer Tor, MISY was a little too much for the Griffins as they finished in 2nd place overall with a final score of 3-1. Congratulations to both teams for finishing well and working extremely hard during the season.

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Spelling Bee for years 7-10 Year 7 will be in the "Junior" division, Year 8-10 in the "Senior" division. This will be a house competition with points awarded. 2 rounds of the spelling bee will be here at MIS, the final 2 will be as part of Horizon's annual spelling bee.

Word lists will be distributed to all students in years 7-10.

Round 1: In English classes, there will be a written spelling test on these words the last day or two before the Christmas holidays (English teachers will give more info to students). The top students will advance to...

Round 2: On our first day back from the holidays (Monday Jan 9), there will be an oral round of the spelling bee during the afternoon HR class time for the top students from the written round. This will be a middle school assembly, so all students will be present to watch/cheer on their teammates. Winners will advance to...

Round 3: At Horizon school on Saturday January 14, a written test similar to the one at MIS. Top students will advance to...

Round 4: At Horizon, immediately after the written test, there is an oral round similar to the one at MIS.

In each division, there are cash prizes for the top 3 places at Horizon (70,000 kyat, 90,000 kyat, and 120,000kyat)

More detailed info can be found here:http://horizon.com.mm/activities/spelling-bee

Intoducing Dr KhinDr Khin (Khin Thandar Lwin) is the new medical officer

at MIS, she was generous enough to answer a few

questions for our newsletter.

Where did you attend medical school?

University of Medicine 1, Yangon

Do you have a medical specialty?

I’m a general practitioner

Where did you work previously?

At the Sedona Hotel, as Medical Officer.

How did you come to work at MIS?

By a colleague’s recommendation.

What is it like for you to work in a school?

I enjoy it!

Please collect a car sticker at Admissions or Reception if you do not have one!