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While some fly overseas for sports, there are others that fly overseas to compete in... maths. That was an experience for 15 UWC Dover high school students on the final days of school before the half term break. The World Mathematics Championship (WMC) Qualifiers or SEAMC is an annual three day...
Dover Campus, High School, Academics
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While some fly overseas for sports, there are others that fly overseas to compete in... maths. That was an experience for 15 UWC Dover high school students on the final days of school before the half term break. The World Mathematics Championship (WMC) Qualifiers or SEAMC is an annual three day...
Dover Campus, High School, Academics
2594
Once the lockdown started, feelings of discomfort and isolation were creeping up into my mind. There was no doubt that other people around me were feeling the exact same way. During my time at home, I decided to create something to help provide some interesting insights into the coronavirus...
Dover Campus, High School, Student work
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Getting up at 6.30am to catch the school bus is no easy task. I gather all of my willpower to drag myself out of bed and get ready for school instead. It’s 7am; my school bus arrives in two minutes. I throw on my uniform and dash out the house. I hear the bus engine steam and its heavy doors...
Dover Campus, East Campus, Community, Student work
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Finishing up our 20th year of Service in the midst of a global pandemic has been challenging to say the least!
PACE Local Service is part of PACE (Parents’ Action for Community and Education), a volunteer parent-led organisation that falls under the Service umbrella of the College,...
Dover Campus, East Campus, Community, Service, Student work
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On Saturday, 23 May 2020, the UWCSEA Class of 2020 graduated through virtual ceremonies for both campuses. UWCSEA East celebrated 244 students representing 41 nationalities including 15 scholars, representing 41 nationalities. The UWCSEA Dover Class of 2020 included 333 graduating students with...
Dover Campus, East Campus, High School, Alumni
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“I never saw a book with characters like me in them.” - Hanna Alkaf. Publishing is facing a colossal issue, and it’s up to the authors and readers/consumers to solve it for the next generation.
Publishing is a blank page and one that has a distinct lack of colour. For so many people, the books...
East Campus, High School, Academics, Student work
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Image above: A workshop at Olmos Prison, Argentina. Photo by Ezequiel Putruele of El País Newsletter
The vibration of Martin Suarez’s phone resonated within the bottom of his coarse pocket. As he held the phone in his trembling hands, he whispered out the name on the display. Mr Suarez’s heart...
East Campus, High School, Academics, Student work
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The author of Weight of Our Sky, a riveting story that contrasts many books around the world that we are all familiar with; incorporating Hanna’s culture and language, further enhances its page-turning storyline. She is the first Malaysian author to win the Freeman Book Award and does not only...
East Campus, High School, Academics, Student work
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I thought that this would be two weeks without English “classes”, and at the end all I had to do was to write an article, submit it because I had to, all for an assignment.
I did not expect to come out of the two weeks learning new things about myself that were so personal. I also least expected...
East Campus, High School, Academics, Student work
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According to statistics, 5 students per class at UWCSEA East have or will experience sexual violence.
To many people living in the very safe environment Singapore provides, the idea of sexual assault can seem distant and abstract. Even in the era of #MeToo, sexual assault is still shockingly...
East Campus, High School, Academics, Student work
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It is the 7th of July and the United States and the Netherlands’ Women’s Soccer Teams are playing in the finals of the Fifa World Cup. Both are unrelenting in their pursuit of the cup. The defending champions and the reigning European champions play determinedly, and the USWNT ended with a hard-...
East Campus, High School, Academics, Student work
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UWCSEA East is one of the most sustainable buildings in Singapore, but is it enough?
“He aha te mea nui o te ao. He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.”
What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people.
In the middle of the whirlwind of busy lives in Singapore...
East Campus, High School, Academics, Student work, Sustainability
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As youth, we are constantly being pushed and moulded to fit the box. The box our parents want us to be in, our teachers, peers, coaches, anyone with a say in our lives wants us to do what they think is right for us. Not often do we get the chance to indulge ourselves in exiting the boxes and...
East Campus, High School, Academics, Student work
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This year’s Writers’ Fortnight - an annual event that takes place during High School English lessons in late January - gave our Grade 9s, G10FIBs and Grade 11s much to think about.
Our writer-in-residence
All three year groups got to spend time with this year’s writer-in-residence,...
East Campus, High School, Academics
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Many excellent musicians have graduated from UWCSEA with some becoming professional players, our String Orchestra Programme is continuing this tradition. The programme is inclusive, all students who play an orchestral string instrument from the beginning skill level to the most advanced can...
Dover Campus, Middle School, High School, Academics, Activities, Arts
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Congratulations to Dover Grade 12 student Kayris, scholar from the USA, who has been awarded a prestigious Morehead-Cain scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill (USA). The four-year Morehead-Cain scholarships are awarded to exceptional high school graduates who...
Dover Campus, High School, Academics, Alumni, Community, Scholars, University Advising
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Global concerns and services in UWCSEA have been a thriving project for many and it is quite clear that every service is reaching out to make a change. In the process of asking different services how they thought they were making an impact, it came up that a very big aspect of generating change...
East Campus, Service, Student work
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For season 1 and 2, our group had an amazing experience with PPIS 1 Childcare Centre. We were organized and had very open and flexible ideas. Our aim was to give the children confidence and to create wonderful memories with them. As a group, we danced together to create a lively atmosphere and to...
East Campus, High School, Community, Personal and Social Education, Service
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