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Greg Mason, University and Career Counselor SWIS, was the guest on SWIS ROC Radio today to update us on the outstanding successes achieved by the 2019 SWIS students in their college applications.

For more information on this you can also read an earlier article by the School Director, Ally Wu; https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TR8IiusSSylJzP-o7y7frQ

This week on June 12th, marked a historical day at SWIS with the inaugural graduation ceremony of the first cohort of Diploma Program students (32). A ceremony was held at SWIS to mark this historical occasion and to celebrate their achievements.

For more information and pictures you can read all about the event http://szdaily.sznews.com/MB/content/201906/13/content_670304.html?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0

In this podcast Greg Mason and I congratulate the students and we wish them well in their future endeavors beyond SWIS.

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#SWISROCRADIO finally went on their long awaited and highly anticipated tour of the far flung fields of Shekou. The venue for their road trip was the salubrious environs of Le 5 Chefs where they were warmly greeted by Claudio!

On this first sports podcast of their local tour, Leonard (ICT Integration) and Youngman (Athletics Director of SWIS) were joined by two local celebrities (in their own minds) from Shekou International School Carlos Galvez and Nathan Lil.

The podcast mainly focuses on the mens' passion for sports, the reasons behind this and their backgrounds in many different sports. We hear a lot of information about their achievements through the years as well as their thoughts on many different topics.

The aim of this podcast was to get staff members of SIS & SWIS together to enjoy a fun podcast together with the hope of developing closer links between the two groups for future projects such as the upcoming Inspire Citizens Conference at SIS in September (this is mentioned by Nathan from 40:00-47:00 on the show). For more information about this project follow Steve Sostak & Aaron Moniz on Twitter.

Guest Biographies

JoshUA Youngman, an Iowa farm boy, is the current Athletic Director at Shen Wai International School. He spent the previous five years in Jakarta, splitting his time between two schools as a teacher and Athletic Director. Originally from Iowa (USA), Josh grew up playing football (soccer) and basketball. He played football collegiately, while beginning his coaching career at the local high school. He has now been coaching for 13 years, both football and basketball. Josh attained his CAA (Certified Athletic Administrator) endorsement in December 2018, after completing his M.S. in Athletic administration in May 2017.

JoshUA has implemented many new initiatives in his role at SWIS. His weekly sports reports on the official school sports subscription on WeChat have been excellent (Search RocAthletics on WeChat) and his weekly sports podcasts have been well received by the community.

Carlos Galvez completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Guatemala where he grew up competing in tennis and equestrian events. He played Division 1 tennis for a long time and competed in international junior equestrian events. Sports have always been very important to him which is why he decided to become an educator and instil health and fitness knowledge in young learners. He's taught in Guatemala City, Milan and currently Shekou international School (SIS) Shenzhen. He’s married to Ceci-Galvez Gomez and they have two wonderful children together.

Nathan Lil is a long suffering Arsenal fan (like myself) from USA. He is the Middle School Assistant Principal at Shekou International School (SIS). Nathan worked for over 15 years in America before joining SIS.

We hope you enjoy the show and I look forward to recording more podcasts in the future with Nathan and his team.

Sadly, Carlos and Josh are moving to new jobs in August; we wish them and their families the very best in their new posts in Vietnam and India respectively.

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'So you've decided to move to China....what now??'

This is the first in a series of podcasts aimed at helping new members of staff and the extended community before/during and after their move to Shenzhen.

We will try to answer some of the key questions new members of the community will have about;

Housing - Campus/Off Campus
Medical - What to bring
Social Life - Bars/Restaurants/Sports
Shipping
Shopping
Transport
Banking

We will hear from singles, couples, couples with children, staff who live on campus, staff who live off campus so that you can get a wide and varied selection of information.

As with all our podcasts on #swisrocradio, they're pretty rough and off the cuff!

On this episode we hear from Brian and Lena who moved to SWIS from Mozambique with 18 cases of luggage.....and two young children. I don't envy them!

If you have specific questions that you would like answered please add them to the Google Doc (with some information about yourself!) that will be emailed to new staff this week.

We hope that we can help you in any way with your move to SWIS/Shenzhen/China and make the transition a little bit smoother with helpful information while attempting to make you laugh. ***Unfortunately Podcasts don't come with subtitles so if you can't understand an Irish accent maybe #swisrocradio is not the show for you!!***

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This Podcast is recorded in Chinese; it was also recorded in English and can be accessed at;

https://anchor.fm/eugene-leonard/episodes/SWIS-Webwise-Parent-Ambassador-Group-Presentation---English-e3q7s7/a-adjcge

The SWIS Webwise Parent Ambassador Group had their first Parent Presentation last Friday 19.04.2019 in the Theatre at SWIS.

(https://innovation.swis.cn/swis-webwise-parent-ambassador-group.html)

SWIS家长特使们于上周五（4月19日）在SWIS小剧场举行了第一次家长讲座。

This was their very first presentation and they did an amazing job. We had just over 60 SWIS parents in attendance which is a great start.

本次讲座取得了巨大的成功。共有超过60名家长出席。

Joyce Ma, Qin Qin, Fei Fei and Santy Patel were the presenters.

此次讲座的家长特使们共有四位：Joyce Ma, Qin Qin, Fei Fei，和 Santy Patel 。

It was a workshop 'For Parents by Parents'.

此次家长讲座来自家长，服务家长。

In this podcast you will hear all about the roles and responsibilites of this group, why we meet, what we do and how you can join along to our monthly meetings.

在SWIS ROC电台中，您会了解到家长特使的角色和责任，我们为何成立家长特使、以及如何加入我们。

You will hear some tips and advice from the parents on both podcasts as well as some personal experiences from Santy and Joyce (in the English version in the link above).

您也将了解到我们给您的一些贴士，以及Santy和Joyce分享的个人故事。

All the Digital Citizenship resources are available to all parents on this Padlet;

https://padlet.com/eugeneleonard101/SWISwebwisePARENTambassadorGroup

It is our intention to set up a Digital Citizenship WeChat Subscription in the coming months for easier and faster access to resources.

所有关于数字公民的资源都在这里：Padlet。我们也将在近期创建一个关于数字公民的公众号，方便家长们更快捷、方便低获取各种资源。

In the podcast they talk about the need to focus on the quality of the Screen Time not the quantity and also on the 4'c of Innovation and Learning;

我们希望家长们能够更多关注孩子们如何使用屏幕时间，而不是用了多长的屏幕时间。同时，也也希望家长更多关注创新学习的四个C：

•Creativity and innovation创意创新

•Critical thinking批判思维

•Communication交流

•Collaboration合作

You can also find out more about technology at SWIS including STEM activities such as Coding&Robotics at https://innovation.swis.cn

您可以通过登录该网站：https://innovation.swis.cn
了解更多SWIS的信息科技，包括STEM、编程和机器人课程。

Come and Join the SWIS Webwise Parent Ambassador Group; for more information contact your class parent representative.

欢迎各位家长成为SWIS家长特使。详细信息，请咨询您孩子所在班级的家长代表。


Ms.Rene and I would personally like to personally thank all the parents who attended the monthly sessions of the SWIS Webwise Parent Ambassador Group since October and especially the parents who took on the responsibility of presenting on Friday.

我亦谨此感谢自去年十月份以来，坚持每月出席SWIS网络沙龙的家长特使们，特别是上周五举行家长讲座的四位特使。


Congratulations; you all did a great job.

祝贺你们，这场家长讲座非常成功。


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This morning at SWIS, Matt Manfredi from Long Island in New York was the guest on SWIS ROC Radio.

We hear a little bit of information about his family; his mother and father, Lois and Dante and his wonderful daughter, Kayley in Hanoi (who eats snails....).

Matt has been an educator for 18 years and it does not show in his youthful appearance!

On the 11&12th May at Level 5, Shekou, Matt will lead a workshop designed to explore the use of student-centered, discussion-based education described as the Harkness method. It’s a collaborative approach to problem solving and learning. This method was created and is used daily at Phillips Exeter Academy located in Exeter, New Hampshire. Phillips Exeter has been consistently ranked as one of the top ten best prep schools in America.

https://www.exeter.edu/exeter-difference/how-youll-learn

For more information and tickets; https://www.eventbrite.com/e/let-go-using-the-harkness-method-to-let-go-of-control-in-your-classroom-tickets-46641008512

It was enlightening listening to Matt explain the Harkness method in greater detail and it was very obvious that he is very passionate about it and is eager to share more details with the participants at the workshop.

Matt finally admits (we all knew) that his hero is Tina Turner. It was a fitting way to end the show.

We hope you enjoy the show and if you would like to find out more information about the Harkness method or if you'd like to meet Matt in person (?) then pop along to the INS department at SWIS Shenzhen https://www.swis.cn.

Finally, as mentioned on the show, well done to Spurs on their success last night against Man City (tough to say as an Arsenal Fan). We have two happy Spurs fans at SWIS today and one very unhappy Ringrose.

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We were joined on the show today by our SWIS MYP Maths Teacher Spyros Kitsionas (the very first Greek on SWIS ROC Radio!) and David a student from the MYP.

They spoke about the Middle School Basketball and High School Football teams.

We also heard a little bit of background information about Spyros including his basketball exploits, his University days in Wales, and his memories of his beloved country Greece winning the 2004 European Cup in Football.

We hope you enjoy the show.

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