International Refugee Day at UWCSEA East Campus - 12
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The Voices for Refugees Focus Group on East Campus hosted a day of action and awareness-raising events on 20 June in honour of World Refugee Day . Students, staff and parents were able to listen to a range of speakers, sign the UNHCR petition , read more about the challenges faced by refugees from...
East Campus, Community, Scholars, Service
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The Voices for Refugees Focus Group on East Campus hosted a day of action and awareness-raising events on 20 June in honour of World Refugee Day . Students, staff and parents were able to listen to a range of speakers, sign the UNHCR petition , read more about the challenges faced by refugees from...
East Campus, Community, Scholars, Service
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Congratulations to East Grade 9 student, Samantha Sayson, who earned a bronze medal for Fencing Under-14 Girls Epee at the 2017 Singapore Youth Olympic Festival. The tournament was held at the Singapore National Fencing Centre in OCBC Arena on Sunday, 2 July.
Despite not being top ranked after...
East Campus, High School, Sports
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On the 15 June 2017, several UWCSEA students had the honour of presenting their projects to the Duke of York who was visiting UWCSEA Dover Campus. On the day of the visit, the IDEAS Hub was transformed into a mini exhibition space, with several groups of students presenting their innovative...
Dover Campus, Community
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A gap year can take many forms, from an opportunity to travel the world to a chance to gain work experience before heading off to university. But for Samay Bansal (UWCSEA Class of 2016) who will join Tufts University’s Class of 2021, it was a way to contribute to a cause that mattered to him.
“I’...
Dover Campus, Alumni, Service
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The Voices for Refugees Focus Group on East Campus hosted a day of action and awareness-raising events on 20 June in honour of World Refugee Day. Students, staff and parents were able to listen to a range of speakers, sign the UNHCR petition, read more about the challenges faced by refugees from...
East Campus, Community, Scholars, Service
752
It is Saturday, 2pm. A group of volunteers is getting ready to brace the sun and carry on with the work at the East Campus’ rooftop. They have been meeting weekly for the last seven weeks to build a hydroponics set up at the roof. Today, the expectation is high: the group planned to complete...
East Campus, Community, Sustainability
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20 June 2017
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East Campus, 19 June 2017
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“… I’m a bit hesitant to because I don’t think there genuinely is a dichotomy between what we had here and the real world. This is also real. And if ever anyone ever tried to convince you that the experience that you had in this school was like a cocoon or a bubble, that it was rampant idealism,...
East Campus, High School, Alumni
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“… I think it’s important to recognise just how incredibly lucky we are to have been students of a school that looked beyond grades, achievement, and personal success. We’ve learnt to think critically, and fostered the UWC values by engaging with communities, both local and global, through Service...
Dover Campus, High School, Alumni
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Kimheang Chham ’16 recently completed a gap year before she begins her university career as a UWC-Davis Scholar at Luther College in Iowa, USA. A five-year UWCSEA scholar from Cambodia, Kim joined UWCSEA East as a Grade 8 student when the campus opened in 2011.
Just one year following graduation,...
East Campus, Alumni, Scholars, Service, UWCSEA Foundation
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Visionary. Open-minded. Charismatic. Supportive. Empowering. These are just a few of the words used to describe founding Head of East Campus, James Dalziel. Arriving in Singapore in 1999, James joined UWCSEA as the Middle School Principal on Dover Campus in 2006. He was appointed Head of East...
East Campus, Community
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Our service is called ‘Drum Therapy with Hougang Care Centre’, but it’s much more more than just playing drums. It’s about enjoying our time together with the Hougang Care Centre members. The best feeling we get while we’re there is making the members laugh, knowing that we have the ability to...
East Campus, High School, Service
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Special Olympics Singapore Badminton Outreach is a nonprofit organisation which works with special needs individuals to give them the opportunity of experiencing athletic competition in a friendly, safe environment.
Every Thursday evening, our group gathers together in a sport halls on campus to...
East Campus, High School, Service
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An array of competitions, workshops, experts talks, after school activities and hosted events have made for a dynamic and productive first year at the IDEAS Hub on Dover Campus. The Hub opened in August 2016 with a mission to provide a place that inspires and supports our community to explore,...
Dover Campus, Technology, UWCSEA Foundation
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When Dover Campus embarked on an extensive building and renovation plan from 2010–2015 it did so with a clear objective to ‘walk the talk’ by putting environmental stewardship at the forefront of the plans. This meant in part developing (and redeveloping) buildings to have the lowest possible...
Dover Campus, Sustainability, Technology
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Dover Campus, 14 June 2017
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Every Tuesday afternoon, rain or shine, we, a group of Grade 11 students, congregate for our Local Service at the Infant School pool. We work with a group of mentally challenged individuals to enhance their social abilities by teaching them swimming skills. They are part of an organisation called...
East Campus, High School, Service
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