Concordia students on a field trip to Nhat Tan Bridge, the Japanese-built bridge to the airport and new Concordia campus site. A special thanks to the Yoshinari family for hosting and leading the trip!

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As another season comes to a close, we take a look at how our Boys and Girls Soccer teams did and talk to Concordia coaches about what moments they are most proud of.

3 MODEL UNITED NATIONS

When students from around the world gather together to talk about global issues, you better believe Concordia Hanoi students will be there too.

GO CONCORDIA SOCCER!

LADY CONCORDIA SOCCER PLACES IN HANOI TOURNAMENT

We caught up with the Concordia soccer coaches to see how their teams have been doing this past winter. “Our team had a really great season this year,” smiles Coach Patrick Frerking. “The boys seemed to just really click at the Hanoi Tournament and the girls placed second overall, only losing one game by a single goal. I was very proud of the players.”

The Concordia Soccer teams will wind down their season with two sets of games on February 13 against HIS and February 18 against UNIS. Make sure to come out and support your Concordia players. Good luck team and GO CONCORDIA!

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HS MODEL UNITED NATIONS IN SHANGHAI

Students from the three Concordia sister schools- Concordia Shanghai, Concordia Hanoi and Hong Kong International School came together for a lead-ership weekend filled with team building games, social work with Crossroads Inter-national, activities on learn-ing to reduce their carbon footprint, and an overall good time in Hong Kong.

Five Concordia High School students represented the Dominican Republic this year in the annual Model United Nations Conference in Shanghai. Students became well versed in political, economic, and social issues of each of their representative countries and served as a delegation of ambassadors to negotiate those country’s interests on the “United Nations” stage, made up of students from around the globe.

Pictured above from Left to Right: Back row: Will Breedon, Hyewon Cho, Front Row: HP Gailey, Moeka Yoshinari, and Tonhi Nguyen.

MS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG

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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT CONCORDIA?

A huge thank you to the Concordia Modern language department and students for sharing what the Lunar New Year is all about in both the Chinese and Vietnamese traditions.

TET AssemblyFun!

Concordia is growing! A huge welcome to Mr. Lynch who joined the

faculty this past month in order to accommodate our growing Grade 1

group.

Grades 2-5 sing Traditional Mandarin songs for parents.

Our MC hosts for the event- Andrew and Chris.

Festive dress from Grade 4 students SuBin and Nam.

Congratulations to the students on the Honor Roll this semester! From Left to Right: back row- Josh Winkelman, Rebecca Yang, Joy Shin, Mikayla Bloemberg, Gracie Byun, Dat Nguyen, Chris Byun, Grace Ong, Daniel Shin; front row- Lizzie Winkelman, Tonhi Nguyen, Sofia Ortiz, Michelle Frerking, Moeka Yoshinari, and Daisy Roberts. Not pictured: Olivia Atria, Jenny Seol, Hyewon Cho, Victoria Atria.

PARENTS- INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL ACTIVITES NEEDED! MARCH 7All parents are invited to share their culture by providing an educational activity- whether it is from your passport country, acountry you lived in, or just a country that you would like to share. Contact Concordia PSO Mom Aimee Cima to sign up for an activity or join the International Festival planning meeting on TUESDAY, February 18 at the school @ 9am Students are encouraged to wear clothing that represents their country or culture on March 7.

PSO COFFEE MORNING AT THE KITCHEN- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 @10 AMCome celebrate Valentine’s Day with other parents in our Parent Support Organization (PSO) Social Coffee Morning at the Kitchen, at #30 To Ngoc Van in West Lake. This event is free and open to all Concordia parents so we hope to see you there!

To share an event in the next newsletter, please contact Lia Garcia at communications@concordiahanoi.org

FEBRUARY EVENTS:

Welcome Back Students- Happy New Year!

Session 3 ASAs

PSO Parent Coffee @ Kitchen/ Boys & Girls Soccer vs. HIS

Happy Valentine’s Day

Vietnam Technology Conference for Educators

PSO Planning Meeting for Int’l. Fest/ Boys & Girls Soccer vs. UNIS

Boy & Girl Scouts at Concordia (Open to the Hanoi Community)

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Concordia Volleyball Season Begins

Session 3 ASAs

Concordia Upper School Presents the Comedy “Rebootilization”

MARCH EVENTS

Concordia International Festival- Parent help needed!

Concordia All-School Field Day

A COMEDY IN TWO ACTS BY ALAN HAEHNEL

Concordia International School Hanoi Middle and High School

Present

February 28, 2014

6:30 PM

Concordia Auditorium, Duy Tan, Hanoi Tickets:

Adult: 20,000 VND Child: 10,000 VND (ages 12 and under)

!Tickets can be purchased by emailing your reservation to

secretary@concordiahanoi.org or purchased directly from the school office