Dear valued Students, Parents and Colleagues,

The savory aromas of my Thanksgiving dinner fade from my kitchen and the Christmas music starts to play. Colorful lights, vibrant yard decorations and frost grace my chilly Massachusetts neighborhood. As I ready my snow equipment in preparation for the first storm, I am reminded that our students must prepare for the second half of their term.

Mid-term reports have been sent home; parents and students now have an opportunity to officially take stock and evaluate efforts to date. Even though routines have been made and the half way point is celebratory for all, now is not a time to forget goals once set. As the holidays bring much fun, we must remember to stay focused and orient ourselves to stay on our desired path for success. In fact, we are approaching the New Year’s holiday and it is common practice to set resolutions for the upcoming year. This is a time to turn inward for self-reflection in a search for needed self-improvements. This is a time for forward thinking and planning.

However, this is not to say that fun cannot still be had. Now is also a time for students to celebrate their abilities beyond the classroom. The upcoming Ivy Global Talent Show gives all of our students an opportunity to share their unique abilities. It is important we encourage our youth to turn into well-rounded individuals both in and outside of the classroom alike. I
encourage us all to play as hard as we work.

Acknowledge your efforts to date, but recognize that we are only halfway to the end-of-term finish line. If you stay focused, you can rest assured that the Ivy Global finish line will be awaiting your triumphant arrival. Please remember that success is always there for the taking, but the choice to grasp it is purely yours! 

The end of the year is always the most anticipated time for many of us. Halloween has just passed, Christmas is approaching, and soon, we will bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new one. During this time, everyone is busy preparing for work to quickly reunite with family, including a winter that may be cold but is truly warm. However, this simple happiness is not something everyone can have. Just take a moment to look around, and you will see that while many students are excited not to go to school, there are children who no longer dream of the day they can go to school. Another year has passed, yet nothing has changed. These children still lack proper nutrition, live in a warm family, and do not receive the education they deserve to change their future. For them, dreaming of something grand is unimaginable. It is too far-fetched.

Therefore, the Student Council of Ivy Global School has officially launched the "Tết Yêu Thương" project. Collaborating with the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation - a non-governmental organization with a mission to rescue children and women from human trafficking and forced labor, and Green Life - a non-profit environmental protection organization, the Ivy Global School Student Council wants to contribute to helping these children rise from difficulties, build dreams by providing school supplies packages to help them have a better future.

🌟 Parents can contribute to the children in the following ways:
1. Contribute to the children via MOMO or bank transfer:
✨ The Bi Dragon Package - 50,000 VND: Includes essential learning tools such as notebooks, pencils, erasers, etc.
✨ The Bo Dragon Package - 150,000 VND: Includes The Bi Dragon Package and other items such as exam papers, rulers, crayons, etc.
✨ The Big Dragon Package - 200,000 VND: Includes The Bo Dragon Package and other items such as purple ink pens, ink bottles, notebook labels...

2. Buy environmentally friendly products to support the project (Without additional costs):
Parents have contributed 21% of the product value to the project fund for every product purchased at Ivy Global School.
Products from Green Life - a non-profit environmental protection organization established in 2018 - sold at Ivy Global School are selected based on the criteria: environmentally friendly, essential in daily life, and affordable.

3. Share this project to raise awareness of child protection by sharing on personal social media platforms!

"Aiming for the future, love does not fade." Let's spread warm love to the little ones in these last days of the year so that they can also enjoy a fulfilling Tet. For more detailed information, please visit the program's official website.

‼️‼️‼️ HOT HOT HOT ‼️‼️‼️
  ❤️‍🔥 𝐈𝐆𝐒’𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 - The nationwide playground is ready to open to welcome the most talented contestants to participate and shine.
IGS's Got Talent 2023 is a place to find talent and a playground for all students to express themselves, conquer all barriers, and confidently shine. In particular, the TOTAL VALUE OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS IS UP TO OVER 3 BILLION VND.
After nearly a month of searching, we received almost 500 registrations and many excellent works.

Round 1: Unveling has showcased many amazing talents. Now, the voting for the Round 2: Delicacy, is officially open. This your chance to support your favourite talent and help them advance to the Final Round: Be The Spotlight.

Round 2 will be a new journey, where you can connect, make friends, appeal for vote, and receive feedback from judges. Thi is also an opportunity for you to grow and reach your full potential.

Ivy Global School would like to thank you for your enthusiasm and for delivering emotional and talented performances. We wish the best of luck to the contestants. Keep working hard, stay focused, and shine with your excellent talents!


🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations and thank you to the contestants participating in IGS's Got Talent. Hope the contestants will have the most thorough and perfect preparation for their work!

DISCOVER THE "SECRETS" OF YOUR CAREER AND FUTURE ORIENTATION RIGHT FROM HIGH SCHOOL - WHY NOT?

Free registration for students from grade 7: https://cte.ivyglobalschool.org/2023
▪️ How to choose a career when you don't know what you like?
▪️ Should you choose a major based on passion or career opportunities?
▪️ How do you choose a school that has a suitable learning environment?

Understand yourself - Understand your profession as soon as possible! Let's explore career "secrets" through the #Career_Chat series "UNLOCK CAREER SECRETS" to get:

🎯 Have a career orientation suitable to your abilities and passions, taught by Career Guidance Experts.
️🎯 Discover career "secrets" from alumni from US universities, industry experts, career guidance experts, etc.
️🎯 Build the skills needed to pursue your goals
️🎯 Plan to win scholarships for your favorite major at leading universities in Vietnam and the world
🎯 Certificate of course completion issued by Ivy Global School if participating in all three workshops
🎯 IGS American Baccalaureate program scholarships up to 70% of tuition

CAREER TOPICS:
🔊 19:30 - November 24, 2023 | Media Production - A sustainable profession or a temporary trend
💻 19:30 - December 15, 2023 | STEM industry - Global job opportunities
💰 19:30 - December 29, 2023 | Digital Business - New and competitive
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Career Chat is a series of conversations with career experts. We desire to orient and build career thinking for middle-high school students before they choose a university's major and future career orientation. Throughout the program series, students meet University admission experts, alums from universities in the US, industry experts, career guidance experts, etc.
*The program is exclusively for students from grade 7.

🎨✨ Celebrating Vietnamese Teacher's Day at Ivy Global School!

🍎📚 Students poured their creativity into heartwarming drawings, expressing gratitude and heartfelt wishes to their beloved teachers. Below is the highlight of our IGS teachers trying to guess who is in the drawing from our cute students. Join us in cherishing these beautiful moments of appreciation and admiration.

Happy Teacher's Day to our incredible educators! 🌟👩‍🏫👨‍🏫 

Hey IGS-ers, where are you? Let's give a round of applause to these December bookworms:

🌟 Nguyen Hong Anh of class 1B1 sent us the story Mother who lives in a Boot - a story about a mother whose house is a boot!
🌟 Dang Minh Phuong (Diana), on behalf of class 6B4, sent us a self-composed story called "The Blue Boy" - a story about a boy with a problem with his intelligence. It's telling that the boy got space out because he is blue.
🌟 Class 6A2 Ngo Bao Linh introduces us to Gangsta Granny - A review of an extraordinary and funny book from David Walliams

Check out more videos from our beloved IGS students in this playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlKwk-jhVLwN4KZ-NUuscb_nvCllUYZQA&feature=shared

Let's celebrate Christmas and New Year 2024 by reading good books and sending them to Bookworm's Corner!

💡 The first talent exploration club at IGS - The Spotlight - brings the students an exciting session - Learn to Dance ❤️‍🔥Through 1.5-hour-exchange-session, students got to:

✨ Get to know different genres of dancing, especially hip-hop dancing (AY YO!)
✨ Discover the hip-hop world - It is not just a dance genre; it's a culture!
✨ Get the chance to learn one hip-hop-style choreography!

IGS believes that exposure to diversity in artistic fields helps each child find their passion to pursue!
Let's watch the highlight below!

Joining The Spotlight that is delivered by the Student Council this time is Ms. Lê Ngọc Mai Xuân. She is filled with a variation of skill sets that is demonstrated by her licenses and certifications in education, as well as a well-built experience from being a teaching assistant of Apax Lears, the Head of the English Team at STEAMe GARTEN, to being one of the most dedicated online educators of Ivy Global School.

In this podcast, not only that students learn more about education, but they can also have some useful pieces of life advice that Ms. Xuân has as a reflection from her own life story.

Perhaps for many youths, the largest question is “What should I do in the future?”. When childhood is over and it is time to make an imperative choice that dictates their lives, many feel anxious when having no specific orientation at all. Ms. Xuân herself has also been through that feeling. When asked about whether or not this career path is her dream job, she said “When I was a child, I actually dreamt to be a mermaid”, and that dream changed rapidly until she found herself not having a single idea of what she wanted to do as an adult.
Nevertheless, she also thinks that no one can ever truly choose exactly what their future can be like, and it is fine. Just go with the flow, do what you love, and make yourself happy.

Let’s all listen to Ms.Xuân’s sharing, to explore her career, and to explore yourself. ❤️‍🔥

👥 Đối tượng: Học sinh Tú tài IGS
👉 Link đăng ký tham gia: https://bit.ly/3sEGcJz

Workshop kỹ năng gây quỹ dự án xã hội là sự kết hợp của IvyPrep Education với InGenius nhằm giúp các bạn học sinh tìm hiểu và trang bị thêm cho mình thêm những kiến thức về cách thức xây dựng dự án xã hội, xây dựng chiến lược và quan trọng nhất, là kỹ năng để gây quỹ cho dự án của mình và cách giao tiếp một cách hiệu quả - thứ vốn được đánh giá rất cao trong mọi dự án. Với sự tham gia của các diễn giả nước ngoài đến từ tổ chức InGenius – một tổ chức chuyên về các kỹ năng cho học sinh đến từ Mỹ, Workshop sẽ đem đến cho các bạn một cơ hội tuyệt vời để có thể giao lưu và học hỏi trực tiếp từ các chuyên gia, lấp đầy thêm hành trang du học của mình với những kiến thức mới về các kỹ năng xã hội.

⏰ Thời gian tổ chức: 18:30, 12/09/2023
📍 Địa điểm tổ chức: Văn phòng IvyPrep, Tầng 3, 27 Lê Văn Lương, Quận Thanh Xuân, Hà Nội

⏰ Thời gian tổ chức: 15:00, 17/09/2023
📍 Địa điểm tổ chức: Văn phòng IvyPrep, 21 Lê Quý Đôn, Phường 06, Quận 03, Hồ Chí Minh