Issue No. 8 (3 December 2021)

Last month we were delighted to welcome back onsite our annual student-led Diwali Night event. The event consisted of a grand show, merged with loads of music and dancing. This year the show was about the Ramayana: the ancient epic, alongside many lively dance performances. This event supports World Vision, a charity that works with children and families who are facing hardships and gives them financial support (as well as other forms of support) to help them overcome their hardships and difficulties. This year the Diwali Team managed to raise an outstanding sum of HK$14,871.25. Please read more about the evening in the separate newsletter HERE

We would like to congratulate all of the HKAYP Silver students that took part in their first Silver level hike on 27th November 2021. It was a lovely day and the weather was perfect for hiking. All the students successfully completed the 18.5km of the trail, which went over some very steep hills and rough terrain. All of the HKAYP teachers were very impressed with the students’ map reading and navigational skill, as well as their maturity and commitment to the HKAYP program. Well done! 

 Our next camp is a 3 day 2-night camp scheduled to take place on Thursday 24th February – Saturday 26th February.

Listen to what Year 12 students, Anna Nishakova and Ines Chiu Gonzalez have to say on RTHK’s Trash Talk about their project regarding the issue of unsustainable pens. As part of a SIS team they were one of the top 3 schools in Hong Kong to secure funding at the Nature Works Pitch Day in Oct 2021. Listen HERE

We would like to acknowledge Ariana Chan, Year 10 for her highly professional performance of Bach’s Violin Sonata, No 1, Fuga. We are very excited to follow Ariana’s progress, as her musical maturity is beyond her years.

Congratulations to Adrian Lin, who came 3rd in the Blue Cross Insurance 2021 Hong Kong Open Fencing Competition in the weekend.