UNIS Hanoi’s Weekly Community Newsletter Volume 21, Edition 14, Friday 21 November

tintuc@unishanoi.org

Notes from the Head of School (p.2)

Do you have plans for the weekend? Help us plan for the future!(p.2)

Notes from the Middle & High School Principal (p.3)

From the Admissions Office (p.3)

The Scholarship Fund (p.4-6)

Book Week. Join us now! (p.7)

Grades 3-5 Winter Party (p.8)

Middle School Concert (p.8)

Festive Fundraiser. Coming soon! (p.9)

MS MRISA Basketball (p.10)

Saturday Soccer Tournament (p.10)

Anyone for Tennis? (p.11)

Used Books Sale. Calling ALL PARENTS (p.12)

SCO All Parent Meeting (p.13)

Flu Away (p.14)

NEXT WEEK… MONDAY, 24 NOVEMBER MSHS Art Exhibition, Centre for the Arts, 24-28 Nov Grade 1 Exhibition, Centre for the Arts, 24-27 Nov Book Week, 24-28 Nov ASA and UMA Session 2 Start Advancement Committee Meeting, 7:00-8:30,

Conference Room

TUESDAY, 25 NOVEMBER Grade 2 Trip, 8:30 - 14:00 School Community Organisation Meeting, 8:30-10:00,

Community Room MS Band Concert, 18:00-19:00, Theatre

WEDNESDAY, 26 NOVEMBER Grade 1 Performance for Parents, 18:00-19:30, Centre

for the Arts

FRIDAY, 28 NOVEMBER ISPP Invitational Swim Meet, Cambodia, 28-30 Nov SCO Used Book Sale, 28-29 Nov MSHS Parent Coffee with the Counselors (for leaving

families), 8:30-10:00, Community Room Grades 3-5 Winter Party, 16:00-17:30, Centre for the Arts

SATURDAY, 29 NOVEMBER Community Education Autumn Session Ends Saturday Soccer Autumn Tournament

SUNDAY, 30 NOVEMBER Peter Goverde Memorial Tennis Tournament, Tennis

Courts

COMING SOON MONDAY, 1 DECEMBER CIS/WASC/IBO Accreditation Visit to UNIS Hanoi,

1-3 Dec University due dates for Grade 12 students JV Boys' Basketball vs CISH @ UNIS , 16:00 - 17:30 JV Girls' Basketball vs CISH @ UNIS , 16:00 - 17:30 High School Band/Orchestra Concert, 18:00 - 19:30

TUESDAY, 2 DECEMBER MS Boys' Soccer vs CISH @ UNIS, 16:00 – 17:30 MS Girls' Soccer vs CISH @ UNIS, 16:00 – 17:30 Board of Directors Meeting, 17:30 - 19:30, Black Box,

Centre for the Arts

THURSDAY, 4 DECEMBER Scholarship Champions Orientation and Training (in

English), 08:15 - 09:15, Community Room, B7 Augustana College Info Session, 13:20 - 14:00, Common

Room, B5 MS Boys' Soccer vs BIS @ BIS, 15:30 – 17:30 MS Girls' Soccer vs BIS @ BIS , 15:30 - 17:30

FRIDAY, 5 DECEMBER Festive Fundraiser, 18:00 - 19:30, Canteen Entrance

SATURDAY, 6 DECEMBER SAT Testing (HS), 6-7 Dec

IN THIS WEEK’S TIN TUC - The Highlights...

A brief reminder that the HIWC Bazaar is

this coming weekend on our campus on

Sunday, 23 November from 10:00-15:30.

We hope you will all be able to come out

and enjoy this once a year event which

raises funds for some wonderful charities

and provides an opportunity for

outstanding food and entertainment from all over the

world.

I would also ask that all parents be sure to fill out the

anonymous School Survey (for which you have all

received email and SMS reminders) which is highlighted

below. We now have 6 years of data and hope to add to it

with this year’s results. Of course, the data has more

meaning when more people participate so please make the

effort to complete this survey as we try to increase the

participation rate from the current 20% who have done it

already. We make use of this data every year in our

planning. And finally, THANK YOU to all of you that

have already taken the survey!

Respectfully,

Dr. Chip Barder, hos@unishanoi.org

The survey deadline is now extended until Monday 23

November.

Please check your email inbox for an email reminder today

from the Head of School Office with the survey link and

code.

Go to www.endicottresearchcenter.net and enter the

provided code.

The online survey takes only 10 minutes to complete but

data will help shape our school’s future.

Your opinions are important to us. We need

your help to make your school the best it can

be…

The survey can be taken in 12 different languages.

For any questions please contact Director of Advancement, Emma

Silva doa@unishanoi.org

Hạn cuối Khảo sát trực tuyến UNIS Hà Nội được chuyển

sang Thứ Hai 23/11/2014.

Để tham gia Khảo sát, Quý vị vui lòng xem đường dẫn và

mã đăng nhập trong email Hiệu trưởng nhà trường gửi

hôm nay.

Truy cập www.endicottresearchcenter.net và điền mã đăng

nhập.

Chỉ cần tối đa 10 phút để hoàn thành cuộc Khảo sát,

nhưng ý kiến của quý vị giúp chúng tôi định hướng tương

lai của trường cho cho con em chúng ta.

Ý kiến của quý vị rất quan trọng để tiếp tục

cải thiện ngôi trường cho con em chúng ta.

Quý vị có thể thực hiện Khảo sát bằng 12 ngôn ngữ khác nhau.

Mọi thắc mắc xin gửi về Director of Advancement, Emma Silva

doa@unishanoi.org

Dance Class (Photo: Tim Barnsley)

If your family intends to leave UNIS Hanoi at the end of the first semester, please

submit an Admissions Withdrawal Form.

School will close for the winter break on Friday 12th December.

The last day of the first semester is Friday 16th January.

Upon confirmation of your departure, we shall guide your family through the

withdrawal process.

If you require any further assistance, please email admissions@unishanoi.org or

contact Admissions staff on 37581551 extension 8217 / 8220 / 8732.

Dear MSHS Families,

Greetings from the MSHS. I would like to

congratulate our APAC Orchestra, APAC

Choir and MRISA Basketball squads on

splendid festivals and tournaments. I am

happy to report that UNIS Hanoi was

represented extremely well! Participating in

APAC and MRISA events is important for students and

our programme. Competing against and collaborating with

peers from other international schools helps our students

build relationships, set goals for the future and more fully

understand the level of excellence needed to succeed. I do

hope you had the opportunity to attend the APAC

Orchestra concert hosted at UNIS Hanoi last Saturday

night? The level of musical talent on stage in the Fine Arts

Centre was simply amazing.

UNIS Hanoi is proud of our students and their

accomplishments whether they be in the classroom, on the

athletic field, in service learning or in other aspects of

student life. It is no different when it comes to university

placement. Members of the Class of 2014 were accepted to

34 of the top 100 universities in the world. This is quite an

accomplishment given the current level of competition for

university acceptance. 100 Top Universities in the World

To assist our students in the selection process we invite

universities to make campus visits. So far this year we have

had 72 universities on campus to provide information for

our students. Universities from Canada, US, UK, Singapore,

Japan, Ireland, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland, France,

and Vietnam were on campus and eager to speak with

UNIS Hanoi students. If parents/guardians would like to

attend a university presentation you are most welcome.

Upcoming university visits are posted in the TinTuc.

Please be alert for UNIS Hanoi sponsored university

placement sessions that may be appropriate for your child.

Developmentally appropriate university planning sessions

will be announced via email and in the Tin Tuc. Should

you have any questions please feel free to contact our

University Counselor, Scott Leoffler at

sloeffler@unishanoi.org .

Warm regards,

Pete Kennedy, MSHS Principal

mshsprincipal@unishanoi.org

"Creating opportunities to transform futures"

The UNIS Hanoi Scholarship Programme was launched to

celebrate the School's 25th Birthday.

Our Scholars describe their experience at UNIS Hanoi as

the turning point in their lives or the shattering of a shell to

release their potential. We want to create more

opportunities to transform more futures.

Our goal is to raise $2.5 Million USD over the next five

years to create three new Scholarships in perpetuity.

Six week campaign – Between Winter Break to Tet

Break

Every family in our community will receive a personal

invitation to make a gift with clear payment options

All faculty and staff will be invited to participate and

make a gift

Every alumni family will be invited to participate and

make a gift

Gifts can be split into multiple payments

Families can pledge their gifts for 1-5 years

More than one gift can be made

Families or individuals may choose to donate

anonymously

NO GIFT IS TOO SMALL! This campaign is about

achieving our goal TOGETHER at all levels of gifts

from $1 to $+10,000.

(Watch the film - click above)

Our Annual Campaign for The Scholarship Fund is about

what we can achieve when we all work together as a

community.

We hope that every family will make a contribution.

We hope that every teacher and staff member will

make a gift.

We hope that all our alumni families will join us and make a

donation.

Our goal is to have 100% of our families, faculty, staff and

alumni make a gift to The Scholarship Fund.

We hope to receive a range of gifts from 1 USD to

+10,000 USD and every gift will help us achieve our goal

together. Each family, each individual member of our

community can make a difference.

We can reach our first annual goal, If EVERY family made

a gift of 105 USD!

Imagine what we can achieve together! The Annual

Campaign is about a community sharing a vision and

everyone making their own contribution, at their own level,

to achieve that goal.

Only you can decide what is the right level gift for you.

We welcome gifts from companies and we will be

developing a special recognition package.

We will be actively seeking investment from companies as

we build our campaign over the next five years.

Please contact our Director of Advancement, Emma

Silva , if you would like to make a connection to The

Scholarship Fund for a corporate donation.

Our primary goal is to mobilize our own direct UNIS

Hanoi community.

However, we also accept gifts from those outside of our

School community who are inspired by the vision of our

Scholarship Programme and who want to contribute as a

Friend of the School.

We celebrate all gifts to The Scholarship Fund as

philanthropic acts of generosity.

Find out more on The Scholarship Fund website:

www.unishanoi.org/scholarshipfund

Or attend one of our community meetings:

Tuesday, November 18 at 14:30

Wednesday, November 19 at 19.00 (Vietnamese only)

Chương trình Học bổng UNIS Hanoi ra đời nhân dịp kỉ

niệm 25 năm thành lập trường.

Những học sinh nhận học bổng của chương trình chia sẻ

rằng trải nghiệm của các em tại UNIS Hanoi là bước ngoặt

cuộc đời, hay giống như việc phá bỏ cái vỏ bọc để giải

phóng những tiềm năng của mình.

Chúng tôi muốn tạo thêm nhiều cơ hội thay đổi tương lai.

Mục tiêu của chúng tôi là gây quỹ 2,5 triệu USD trong

vòng 05 năm tới để tạo ra 03 suất học bổng mới vĩnh

viễn.

Chiến dịch gây quỹ trong 06 tuần – sau kì nghỉ đông đến

trước Tết

Mỗi gia đình sẽ nhận được thư mời đích danh về việc

đóng góp kèm lựa chọn phương thức thanh toán

Toàn bộ giáo viên và nhân viên sẽ được mời tham gia và

đóng góp

Các cựu gia đình cũng sẽ được mời tham gia vào chiến dịch

www.unishanoi.org/scholarshipfund

Quà tặng có thể chia thành nhiều lần

Các gia đình có thể làm cam kết đóng góp trong 1 – 5 năm

Mỗi người có thể tặng nhiều hơn một lần quà

Gia đình hoặc các nhân có thể chọn cách đóng góp không

ghi danh

KHÔNG CÓ MÓN QUÀ NÀO LÀ QUÁ NHỎ! Điều

quan trọng của chiến dịch này là nhằm CÙNG NHAU

đạt được mục tiêu bất kể đóng góp là 1 USD hay +10.000

USD

(Nhấp chuột ở trên để xem phim)

AI CÓ THỂ ĐÓNG GÓP? BẤT KÌ AI CŨNG CÓ THỂ ĐÓNG GÓP!

Chiến dịch thường niên của chúng tôi cho The Scholarship

Fund (Quỹ Học bổng) chú trọng việc cả cộng đồng cùng

hợp sức để đạt mục tiêu.

Chúng tôi hi vọng mỗi gia đình đều tham gia đóng góp

Chúng tôi hi vọng mỗi giáo viên và nhân viên sẽ tham

gia đóng góp.

Chúng tôi hi vọng các cựu gia đình sẽ tham gia và đóng

góp.

Mục tiêu của chúng tôi là 100% các gia đình, giáo viên,

nhân viên, cựu thành viên đều tham gia The Scholarship

Fund

KHÔNG MÓN QUÀ NÀO LÀ QUÁ NHỎ!

Chúng tôi hi vọng sẽ nhận được những món quà đóng góp

trong khoảng từ 1 USD đến trên 10.000 USD và mỗi

món quà đóng góp sẽ giúp chúng ta cùng nhau đạt mục

tiêu. Mỗi gia đình, cá nhân trong cộng đồng đều có thể tạo

nên điều khác biệt.

Chúng ta có thể đạt mục tiêu của năm gây quỹ thường niên

đầu tiên nếu tất cả gia đình đều tham gia và MỖI gia đình

đóng góp 105 USD!

Hãy tưởng tượng những gì mà chúng ta có thể cùng

nhau đạt được! Chiến dịch gây quỹ thường niên nhấn

mạnh về việc cả cộng đồng cùng chia sẻ một tầm nhìn

chung và mỗi người đều tham gia vào hành trình đóng góp

theo khả năng của mình, để đạt được mục tiêu chung.

Chỉ có bạn mới tự quyết định được mức đóng góp nào

là phù hợp với mình.

QUÀ ĐÓNG GÓP TỪ DOANH NGHIỆP

Chúng tôi hoan nghênh những món quà đóng góp từ các

công ty và sẽ có gói thông tin vinh danh riêng cho nhóm

này.

Chúng tôi tích cực tìm kiếm các mối quan tâm đầu tư từ

các công ty trong quá trình xây dựng chiến dịch gây quỹ

trong 5 năm tới.

Vui lòng liên hệ Giám đốc Phát triển, Emma Silva

nếu bạn có thể làm cầu nối cho việc đóng góp tài trợ từ

doanh nghiệp với The Scholarship Fund (Quỹ Học bổng)

CÁC MÓN QUÀ ĐÓNG GÓP TỪ NHỮNG CÁ

NHÂN KHÔNG PHẢI LÀ PHỤ HUYNH, HỌC

SINH, CỰU THÀNH VIÊN HAY NHÂN VIÊN

UNIS HANOI THÌ SAO?

Mục tiêu hàng đầu của chúng tôi là khuyến khích và tạo sự

quan tâm từ cộng đồng trực tiếp - UNIS Hanoi.

Tuy nhiên, chúng tôi cũng sẽ hoanh nghênh những món

quà đóng góp từ những tổ chức cá nhân ngoài cộng đồng

trường – những người đồng cảm với tầm nhìn của Chương

trình Học bổng và từ đó muốn được đóng góp với tư cách

là một Người bạn của cộng đồng trường.

Chúng tôi trân trọng tất cả đóng góp cho The Scholarship

Fund (Quỹ Học bổng) như là nghĩa cử từ thiện hào phóng.

CÂU HỎI? Vui lòng xem ở mục The Scholarship Fund trên website:

www.unishanoi.org/scholarshipfund

Hoặc tham dự một trong các buổi họp cộng đồng của

chúng tôi:

Thứ 3 ngày 18/11 lúc 14:30

Thứ 4 ngày 19/11 lúc 19.00 (bằng tiếng Việt)

“Tạo cơ hội để thay đổi tương lai” www.unishanoi.org/scholarshipfund

Monday-- Bring your Best Loved Reading Buddy to

School Day

Tuesday-- Poem in Your Pocket Day

Wednesday-- Curl up and Read with your Favorite

Book Pajama Dress up Day

Thursday--Share a Book with a Friend Day

Friday—Book Character Dress up Day

DEAR time, Displays, and special story time events.

Would you like to participate? There are two

opportunities for parents/ guardians to enjoy Book Week

with your child:

Multi lingual Story bites! Stories shared

in Home Languages during ES lunch.

Mystery Reader Surprise your child with

a story to share during their library

lesson.

(Please click on the links for more

information and sign ups!)

IMAGI ANIMATION STUDIOS/IMAGI CRYSTAL/TEZUKA PRODUCTION COMP/ Album / Universal Images

Group. Britannica Image Quest with permission. 19 NOV. 2014. Students have the opportunity to create a Superhero

from their own imagination which is connected to the

PYP Learner Profile or an Attitude. This is intended to

be an original creation and can be shared in the form of a

drawing, sculpture, diorama, character bottle, puppet etc.

Students need to include their name, class and

description of the PYP- Superhero connection (which

Learner Profile or Attitude). Entries are submitted to

Ms. Conroy in the Library for display until the UNIS Hanoi

winter break.

“I love Books” CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 NOV. 2014

The ES Student Council is organizing an exciting event for

Grade 3, 4 and 5 students

Winter Party

The ticket sales will fund pizza, drinks and ice lollies for the

students.

Any extra will be donated to charity.

Tickets are on sale each recess time from the ES office

Students must bring a parent reply slip by Wed 26th and

must be signed out by an adult.

Middle School Band (Photo: Noi/Aaron Joe Santos)

Dear UNIS Hanoi Community Members,

On Saturday 29th November UNIS Hanoi will be

hosting the Saturday Soccer end of season tournament. On

offer will be a feast of sizzling soccer skills so please come

along to support our young players. Matches commence at

08:15 and will run until 12:30.

If you have any questions regarding the tournament please

contact saturdaysoccer@unishanoi.org

Kind regards,

Saturday Soccer Team

It is not often that a basketball team

achieves excellence, but that is exactly

what the 2014 MRISA Boys Basketball

team achieved. The 2013 season ended

with a devastating loss and head coach

Jon Trebesch told his team, “You guys

have a choice, you can be satisfied with

being a good team or you can work hard this off season

and be great.” The next morning the players’ response was

loud and clear as all members of the team were seen

shooting baskets at UNIS Hanoi before school. This hard

work continued throughout the off season and all eight

returning players arrived at practice with an improved skill

set and confidence.

From the first day of practice it was evident that this group

of young men wanted to be great. They worked hard every

day at practice and showed the desire to get better. Many of

the players carried basketballs around school and worked

on their individual skills whenever they had time. This

desire to be great became reality as the MRISA Boys

Basketball team completed an undefeated season and

dominated the competition at the MRISA Tournament in

HCMC this past weekend. The team went 5-0 and won all

games by more than ten points, including winning the

championship by 20 points. All the hard work and

dedication over the last year led to a team that achieved

excellence.

Community Education (ComEd) Programme is planning

for the Spring Session 2015. If you would like to offer

ComEd a class, please send your

proposal to comed@unishanoi.org by 17.00 Friday, 28

November 2014.

ComEd is a programme of activities in the areas of

cooking, movement, language, arts and culture, skill

building, swimming... that UNIS Hanoi offers to the wider

local community. ComEd has 2 sessions in a school year:

Autumn Session (September – December) and Spring

Session (January – May). Our aim is to provide

opportunities for people of all ages to gain new skills,

expand their knowledge, have fun and to bring the

community together.

This isn’t the US Open. It’s not Wimbledon. It’s better

than that!! And if you’re a tennis player, you don’t want to

miss out!! The UNIS Hanoi Tennis Courts will be full of

tennis enthusiasts on Sunday, November 30th as players

from the UNIS Hanoi community gather to remember a

former staff member, Mr. Peter Goverde. Peter brought

the passion of tennis to the students of UNIS Hanoi and

loved to play the game of tennis with everyone and

anyone! He is missed by those who had the pleasure of

knowing him and this event is held in his memory.

The 2014 Peter Goverde Memorial Tennis

Tournament will be divided into 2 portions:

All play will be doubles (with mixed doubles being the aim).

UNIS Hanoi community members are encouraged to come

out to enjoy a fun day of tennis. If there are heavy rains on

Sunday, the tournament will be re-scheduled.

The plan is for all play to be in a mixed-doubles

format. Students will play in 3 separate divisions:

Elementary

Middle

High

Adults will also play with a variety of different players

throughout the afternoon in mixed doubles.

Registration for the tournament is on the UNIS Portal

You can register by going to -

Grade 4-5 Tennis Tournament

Middle School Tennis Tournament

High School Tennis Tournament

Adult Tennis Tournament

A limited number of places will be available in each of the

divisions. Registration will be on a first come, first served

basis. A waiting list will be established and if openings do

become available and we will contact those who are next in

line. Closing date for registration is end of the day on

Tuesday, November 25th.

This tournament is organized specifically for the UNIS

Hanoi community, so registration will be limited to UNIS

Hanoi students, parents and faculty/staff.

We look forward to your participation and an

enjoyable day of tennis! That’s what Peter would have

wanted!

Regards,

Tarique Al-Iesa, UNIS Director of Activities

da@unishanoi.org

Book collecting is well under way and the contest is looking

fierce. K2CA has pulled ahead in the ECC with 103 books

donated thus far. The leader in the ES is 3NO with 357

books! In the MS 6NC is currently winning with 137

books. Tallies from the HS are still pouring in, so show

your pride in your homeroom and donate today. There are

still two school days left to donate, and the contest is close,

so please remember to bring in your books by Tuesday,

November 25th.

CALLING ALL PARENTS. We desperately

need help to sort all these fabulous books your families

have donated. Please sign up HERE. Remember

for every 1 1/2 hour shift you work you will have the

opportunity to pre-buy one child's book before the rest of

the community. We especially need parents with

other language knowledge as we do not always know how

to sort or price books in the various languages.

Wouldn't you love to see the joy on the children's faces

when they get to buy these much sought after books? Sign

up to help sell the books on Friday, November 28th and/

or Saturday, November 29th and you will see the joy these

books bring to our students. All the proceeds are going to

fund girls education through Room to Read, so your

valuable time is also helping those less fortunate.

Please send your children with money to school

next Friday, November 28th so they can buy some of these

wonderful books. Prices range from 10,000-50,000/book

and there is no limit to the amount of books a child can

buy.

The UNIS community is welcome to purchase adult books

anytime on Friday between 9am and 5pm and Saturday

from 8:30am to 12:45pm. Children's books can be

purchased after2:45pm on Friday, November 28th until

5pm, and anytime on Satuday morning.

A special thank you to the parents who came to our pre-

sort day and helped us already sort over 1000 books - hope

to see you again!

Sign up today, you'll be glad you did!

Please contact Lori Fairbairn

at booksale@unishanoi.org if you have any questions.

Applications for the UNIS Hanoi

Scholarship programme 2015-2016 are open

until 31 December

Full eligibility criteria, the timeline for the selection

process and application documents are available on

UNIS Hanoi website in both ENGLISH and

VIETNAMESE.

Any further questions, email to scholarships@unishanoi.org

On Thursday 20 November, Student Council

Representatives eager to show their appreciation for all of

their hardworking teachers, distributed delicious homemade

cookies from Donkey Bakery and orchid corsages to all

teaching staff at UNIS Hanoi . This was made possible by

the SCO.

Tuesday 25 November 8.30am-9.45am.

Community Room (Administration Building, room 102)

Got a question about ASA's, Youth Sports Programme

or anything co-curricular?

Want to hear about the first UNIS Hanoi Scholarship

Fund Campaign?

Join us with Special Guest Speakers; Tariq Al-Iesa, new

Director of Activities at UNIS, and Emma Silva, UNIS

Director of Advancement to learn more.

The SCO Used Book Sale is still in need of volunteers!

Sign up HERE to VOLUNTEER to get first dibs to

purchase books!

We will also update you SCO Project Funding

Applications and with the HIWC Bazaar in the air come

join us to find out more about the anticipated UNIS Hanoi

Spring Fair.

Or just come and have tea, coffee and a cookie and to feel

connected to what's happening at your child's school!

Everybody is welcome!

See you on TUESDAY

With temperature dropping in the past weeks, incidence of

flu has sharply risen on campus. This seasonal illness is a

contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses;

some cases are mild but others can become severe, with

serious outcome resulting to hospitalization or death.

Now that the flu season is here, and which could last until

March, the CDC is urging everyone to “Take3” protective

actions, and these are:

A yearly flu vaccination is the first and most important

step in protecting against flu viruses.

Vaccination can reduce flu illnesses and help avoid

doctors’ visits, and missed work and school.

Flu vaccine is recommended for everyone aged 6

months and older and high-risk persons including young

children, elderly, pregnant women and people with

chronic health conditions like asthma, diabetes or heart

and lung diseases. .

Vaccination is important for health care workers and

other people who live with or care for high risk people

to keep from spreading flu to these vulnerable group.

Children younger than 6 months are at high risk of

serious flu illness, but are too young to be vaccinated.

People who care for them should be vaccinated instead.

Hand washing is a powerful antidote to illness.Wash

hands with soap and water. If soap and water are not

available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.

When coughing or sneezing, cover mouth with tissue or

turn away from people, and cough into the shoulder or

crook of the elbow. Throw the tissue in the trash bin

after using.

Avoid close contact with sick people.

If having flu-like symptoms, stay home for at least 24

hours after fever is gone. Limit contact with others to

keep from infecting others.

Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth. Germs spread

this way.

Clean and disinfect surfaces and objects that may be

contaminated with germs.

Antiviral drugs can make illness milder and shorten the

time one is sick. They may also prevent serious flu

complications.

Studies show that flu antiviral drugs work best for

treatment when they are started within 2 days of getting

sick; starting the medication later can still be helpful,

especially if the sick person has a high-risk health or is

very sick from the flu.

See http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/freeresources/updated/

everyday_preventive.pdf and http://www.cdc.gov/

nonpharmaceutical-interventions for more information

about actions – apart from getting vaccinated and taking

medicine – that people and communities can take to help

slow the spread of illnesses like influenza (flu).

School Health Centre nurse@unishanoi.org