The document provides information about upcoming events at Phoenix School in Vietnam including a Moon Festival, preparation program information day, and school holidays. It also introduces new staff members and teachers at the school and shares updates from students and classes.

1. Coming Events
Moon Festival
Next Friday
Sept 25, 4:00pm
Western High School
Preparation Program
Information Day
Saturday, October 9
(Details coming)
School Holidays
Christmas Dec 19-Jan 3
Tet Feb 5—Feb 14
Hung Kings Memorial
Apr 18
Reunification Day &
Labor Day
Apr 30—May 3
Newsletter of Phoenix School
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WORK OF HEART
Number 12, September 2015
Hue, Vietnam 33/9 Nguyen Hoang, Phuong Kim Long, Thanh Pho Hue
Tel: (85-54)6564 839 Fax: (84-54)3519 617
Email: phoenixschoolvn@gmail.com
Websites: www.phoenixeducation.asia
www.fundraisingforeducation.net/
With the new year having just begun, Phoenix School’s fifth year of
operation, the school continues to grow and develop. We now have a
new pre-school class, making five pre-school classes altogether, a new
grade one class, a new grade three and a new grade four student and two
new grade seven students.
On Friday, September 4, we celebrated the commencement of the new
school year. Our Principal, Mr Cao, read a letter from the Prime Minis-
ter of Vietnam, Truong Tan Sang , and children released helium bal-
loons with messages attached about their wishes for the year ahead.
Hòa chung niềm hân hoan, phấn khởi của học sinh trên cả nước bước vào một
năm học mới, Trường Mầm non, Tiểu học & Trung học Cơ sở Phượng Hoàng
với năm hoạt động thứ Năm đã tổ chức lễ khai giảng năm học mới 2015 –
2016. Trong 5 năm qua, Trường đã đạt được nhiều thành tựu và đang trên đà
phát triển. Năm nay, Trường có 5 lớp Mầm non và có thêm các học sinh lớp
Một và lớp Bốn Song ngữ; các bạn học sinh mới lớp Bảy Quốc tế .
Trường đã tổ chức buổi lễ chào mừng năm học mới vào thứ Sáu, ngày
4/9/2015. Thầy Nguyễn Cao - Hiệu trưởng nhà trường đã đọc thư của Chủ
Tịch Nước Trương Tấn Sang nhân ngày khai trường, các em học sinh đã viết
và gắn những điều ước của mình theo những chùm bong bóng lên bầu trời để
chúng được bay xa và vươn cao hơn.
Off to a Great Start
Chào mừng ngày khai trường

2. My Name is Becky. I am 26 years old and come from England. I have
been with Phoenix for four months now. I love Vietnam, and am enjoy-
ing my time here, exploring the city and working with some brilliant
teachers and children. I have worked in education for 5 years now, 3
years at home in England working in private schools and 2 years working
in Asia. I am looking forward to working with Phoenix School as we
grow!
Xin chào. My name is Darren and I'm one of the new teachers at Phoenix
School. I came to Hue 5 months ago after teaching in Thailand for 2
years and have been enjoying the place ever since. I come from Ireland,
where I studied Interactive Multimedia in Tralee. I enjoy traveling and
meeting new people and experiencing different cultures. I've lived in
Thailand for over 3 years and Canada for 2 and now look forward to
working and living in Vietnam.
Hello everyone! My name is Mai Thi Linh. I have just finished at Hue
University College of Foreign Languages. At present, I’m working in the
Pre-Kindergarten class. Previously I had been a teaching assistant for 2
months during the Summer School. I realize that children are very lovely
and innocent. I feel love for the kids and like my current job that I am do-
ing. I was very happy when I was received this position at Phoenix school.
I hope that everyone can help me so that I become a better teacher.
My name is NGUYỄN THỊ NGỌC GIÀU and I’m Music Teacher here at
Phoenix. I have a Bachelor of Music Education from Hue Academy of
Music. I’m a hard worker, lively and professional with a lot of experience
in teaching. I’m equally comfortable as a team player and I like to have
new challenges. My skills, my discipline, my seriousness and my re-
sponse will be my strengths.
Meet Our New Staff
My name is Ngoc. I'm 24 years old. I have studied at the Hue University
of Pedagogy. Currently I am working in the education field -one Phoenix
school is good and healthy. The school has teachers, staff enthusiasm,
and dedication. I am teaching Grade 2 and Grade 3. I will endeavor to do
my best to complete the task.

3. My name is Pham Vu Phuong Duyen. I am from Hue City. I graduated from
Hue University College of Foreign Languages with a Bachelor of English
Language Teaching in 2014. After graduation, I did a part-time job as a
translator at the Centre for Environment and Agricultural Development Re-
search (NGO) in Quang Tri province. Besides, I had a short-term contact to
be an English Teacher at Thuan Loc Primary
School. I have worked as an ESL Adminis-
trator at Phoenix Education since May, 2015.
Hi everyone! My name is Quynh (the name
of a kind of flower). I am 24 years old and
come from Quang Tri which has many well-known historical monuments,
like Vinh Moc Tunnel. I’ve just graduated from Hue University of Foreign
Languages with a Bachelor of English. I worked as a tutor when I was a stu-
dent. I’ve worked as a teacher of English for three weeks in Dong Ha City. I
like to read in a coffee shops when I have free time. My favorite slogan is ―
Nothing is impossible‖. That is the reason why I always try my best to learn
from everyone I meet.
Hello everyone. My name is Tien. My full
name is Nguyen Thi Ha Tien. I’m 24 years
old. I graduated Hue University of Education
and now I’m a Kindergarten Teacher at
Phoenix School. I’m very happy to be a
member of Phoenix School because every-
one at our school is very friendly and help-
ful. I love the children very much and I want
to be a good teacher.
Hello, everybody! My name’s Quy. I graduated at Thua Thien Hue College
of Education. I’m a new Kindergarden teacher at Phoenix school. I really
love the kids, that’s the reason why I work here.
My name’s Tu. I’m a Primary Teacher at
Phoenix School. Now, I’m teaching Grade One. I finished the primary edu-
cation programme at Hue Pedagogical University and I’m studying the mas-
ters course to develop my skill. Being a teacher is a wonderful thing! Let’s
try calculating. On average per year, maybe I’ll teach 20 students. I will
have taught 600 students over 30 years. Each person will have on average a
family for 4 (father, mother and 2 sons) in the future. So I will influence at
least 2400 people in my life, or even more. Thinking about it they will be-
come a meaningful people in the life, that is
awesome!
My name is Nguyễn Thị Kim Thanh Chi. I come from Hue and I graduated
from Hue University of Foreign Languages. I am so happy that I had the
opportunity to work here. This is a good environment for me to improve my
English skill. Besides, I also learn many useful things from my friends and
colleagues. And I will try my best to finish my work.

4. Hi I’m Nike and I come from Sweden. For people who don’t know me I’m a former student at Phoenix. I
went to Phoenix Education the first two years that it was running, 2011/12 to 2013/14. My grade 6 and 7
years were spent here and along those two years there came people and memories into my life that I won’t
ever forget.
Last spring, around May 2015, I came back to Phoenix for two weeks. In Sweden, in eighth grade, we have
this thing called ―Prao‖ weeks. Prao is a kind of assignment that we have in school. Students need to spend
two weeks in a work environment to prepare us for real work in our adulthood. Some of you might have
already guessed where I chose to have my Prao.
I chose Phoenix because I know things here from before and I also wanted to see how it had moved forward
and also to widen my mind. I know from a student’s perspective how the school runs but I wanted to see it
from a teacher’s perspective. Everyone at Phoenix opened up their arms and welcomed me again. The two
weeks at Phoenix were spent by following teachers and their lessons. I got to meet the kids. Games were
played and I could slowly see how the kids interacted more and more with me. All the kids were fast learn-
ers and I got to see the different methods that were used for each age group. The teachers adapted for every
child’s needs and it shows how much work they put into it.
I was so happy with my stay at Phoenix, it has taught me loads. I’d like to give a special thanks to the
teachers and the employees at the school. Thank you for letting me follow you guys in your work and I’m
already longing to be back soon.
Niki Returns to Phoenix

5. ↓
Phoenix Education has begun coop-
eration with Saint Mary’s High
School in Pennsylvania, USA, and
has entered into an arrangement
where we will send up to five stu-
dents a year to study at Saint
Mary’s. This school year just begun,
Phoenix Education has arranged for
two students to commence their
Grade 10 studies at Saint Mary’s,
Bob and China. Bob of course is
well known to everyone at Phoenix
because he completed Grades 6 to 9
at our school and China is from Ho
Chi Minh City.
Phoenix Students in America
Bob and China with Mr Bob Troha (JT’s
father) & Ms Kim Schlimm (head of Inter-
national Studies) at Saint Mary’s High
School in Pennsylvania, USA.

7. In the new School Year, our class has 13 members, 10
boys and 3 girls. Everyone named us “lollipop”
because we look like candy which are sweet and
nice. We are all handsome boys and beautiful girls.
Welcome to our class!!
Lollipop Class
We are studying English with our Foreign
Teacher!
We are learning English songs
together!
Every Thursday afternoon, we go swimming with our friends and parents. We
love swimming because it is makes fun!!
Members in our class:
* An Nhien
* Hoang Hai (Lucky)
* Quang Hung (Yoho)
* Khanh Hung (Tin)
* Thanh Long (Sony)
* Phuoc An (Kaka)
* Bao Khang (Sydney)
* Thien Chau (Saphire)
* Nam Khanh (Mark– xu)
* Bao Ngoc
* Quy Bach (Gon)
* Tuan Kiet (Ren)
* Khoi Nguyen (Face)

8. Students are writing the treaty to stick on the balloon on the first day of school
Back To School
All stu-
dents and
teachers at
Phoenix
School pre-
pare for
ceremony
of the new
Teachers and students of Pre—
Kinder prepare for the release of
wishes to the sky.

9. Welcome to the New School Year 2015-2016
HappyBirthday!
Thao Chi’s Birthday King’s Birthday

10. Rainbow Class
Welcome a new school
year at Phoenix school.
Rainbow Class students
are very happy and ex-
cited to go to school eve-
ryday. We hope that we
will have a lot of fun and
success in school year.

11. LỚP MỘT-SONG NGỮ
My name is Khuong. I’m learning in Grade 1 at Phoenix
School. I have a lot of friends here. They are very
friendly, lovely and funny.
Em tên là Khương. Em đang học lớp Một tại trường
Phượng Hoàng. Em có rất nhiều bạn bè ở đây. Các bạn
ấy rất thân thiện, đáng yêu và hài hước.
My name is Minh. I’m learning in Grade 1 at
Phoenix School. Every day I get to earn
many new things. I really like this school.
Em tên là Minh. Em bắt đầu học lớp Một tại
trường Phượng Hoàng. Mỗi ngày em được
biết thêm nhiều điều mới lạ. Em rất thích
ngôi trường này.
My name’s Khanh Linh. I have learned at Phoenix
school since Kindergarten and I continue studying at
primary Phoenix School.
Em tên là Khánh Linh. Em đã học Mầm non tại
trường Phượng Hoàng. Năm nay em tiếp tục học lên
Tiểu học ở đây
My name is Monica. I have learned at Phoenix
School many years since my Kindergarten days.
Going to school everyday I am really happy!
Em tên là Monica. Em đã học ở trường Phượng
Hoàng nhiều năm liền kể từ khi em còn học Mầm
non. Mỗi ngày đến trường đều thật là vui!
Hi! I am Đại An! My teacher can speak Vietnamese and Eng-
lish. I like that very much! I have many friends in class.
Xin chào! Tôi là Đại An! Giáo viên của tôi có thể nói được
tiếng Việt và tiếng Anh. Tôi thích điều đó rất nhiều! Tôi có
nhiều bạn bè trong lớp.
Hello. I am Andrew! I can speak English and
Vietnamese because I was born in USA.
Xin chào Tôi là Andrew! Tôi có thể nói tiếng Anh
và tiếng Việt vì tôi sinh ra ở Mỹ.

12. BILINGUAL GRADE TWO
LỚP HAI —TIỂU HỌC SONG NGỮ
My name is Bao Anh . I have learned at the Phoenix School for two
years. This year I have a lot of friends. I like this school a lot.
Em tên là Bảo Anh. Em đã học tại trường Phượng Hoàng được hai
năm. Năm nay, em có rất nhiều bạn bè. Em thích ngôi trường này
rất nhiều.
My name is Ngoc and I study Grade 2! I
really like to listen to my teachers!
Tên tôi là Ngọc và tôi học lớp 2! Tôi
thực sự thích lắng nghe giáo viên của
tôi giảng bài!
Hello! I am My Ky. Every day I am so happy
to go to Phoenix School. I love my teacher
and friends so much.
Xin chào! Tên của tôi là Mỹ Kỳ. Mỗi ngày tôi
rất vui khi đến trường Phượng Hoàng. Tôi yêu
thầy cô và bạn bè rất nhiều.

13. BILINGUAL GRADE THREE
LỚP BA —TIỂU HỌC SONG NGỮ
Em tên là Cẩm Tú. Hiện nay, em đang học lớp Ba tại trường
Phượng Hoàng. Học mà chơi, chơi mà học. Việc học bây giờ
không còn trở nên quá mệt cho em mệt nữa.
My name is Cam Tu. Currently, I am in grade three at the
Phoenix School. ―Learning through play is fun to learn‖. The
school no longer become too tiresome for me. I’m not tired
anymore.

14. Grade Four
A WARM WELCOME TO AUSTIN
Grade 4 welcomes new student Austin
Huynh, who joins his new classmates
from Prestonburg, Kentucky in the USA.
Austin is 9 years old and likes playing
computer games and sports. He said “ I
really like my new school, I enjoy playing
outside in the playground, especially on
the slide.” Austin will join Shawnee and
B.J. in Grade 4. B.J. welcomed Austin
and said, “Austin is very funny and I like it
when he tells jokes.” Shawnee is happy
to have Austin in his class and said, “I’m
glad Austin is in our class because he is
fun to play with.” Welcome Austin!
What we are looking forward to this year
B.J. — I am excited to celebrate Halloween because I like dressing up and
spooking people! I am also looking forward to going on some field trips like
last year because I like going to new places.
Austin — I want to celebrate Thanksgiving here because people told me we
can eat Turkey here! I like mashed potatoes too. My brother will visit from
the USA in December, just before Christmas, so I’m excited about seeing
him.
Shawnee — I’m looking forward to Halloween because I like to get scared, I
remember last years haunted house and I want to see it again. I like
Christmas too because we get to set up the Christmas tree, and also Easter
when we get to collect and hide eggs.
(From L to R) BJ,
Austin and Shawnee

15. Hi, my name is Tyler and I am 11 years
and will be 12 in November. This is my
fifth year at Phoenix School and it is go-
ing very well. My best friend Bob has re-
cently left the school to go to America
and study but I have 2 new friends this
year that will keep me company and
they are Kiệt and Ngọc. I like to play a
lot of sports as well, that is what I love
to do. My favorite types of sports are
soccer, badminton, basketball and of
course baseball. I play it almost every
day unless if it’s raining or if it’s too hot
to play.
Let’s talk about subjects during school.
My favorite subjects in school are math,
science and English classes. In math I am
trying to do as much work as possible so
I can have a little bit more break time in
class and maybe a few math problems
when I do my homework. In science, we
did many experiments, which I also love
to do. We made a hover boat, a fire
tornado and water rockets …
Grade Six
I am excited for the Moon Festival, the
Halloween party, Christmas party and my
birthday. I am excited for these festivals
because they only happen once per year
and they are also very fun festivals. Du-
ring the Christmas holiday we get to re-
member all the Christmas songs, learn to
play them on the keyboard and perform
the Christmas plays. When the Moon Fes-
tival comes by every autumn of the year
depending upon the full moon of that
season, we get to eat some moon cakes
that my Mom made for the school, and
we get to do the dragon dance, make star
lanterns and play lots of games. For the
Halloween party we get to dress up in
different scary costumes and perform fun
songs and skits that David helps us with
and there are always games like every
other holiday.
Tyler Grade 6

16. Hello my name is Kiet. I am 12 years old. I am
from Hue and I study at Phoenix School. I am
very happy because I can learn English here. There
are a lot of teachers from many countries in the
world. They teach us English so we can go to other
countries to study. In here I like to play on the
computer and talk about my subject In my free
time I can read a lot of books in the library and in
music class, we practice singing and dancing as
well as as practicing keyboard. My favorite teach-
ers are Ms. Giau and Mr. Chris. In the afternoon I
study PE and karate. At lunch time I eat a lot of
food.
My name is Ngoc. I am 12 years old. I am from
Viet Nam. I study in Phuong Hoang School. I en-
joy studying in this school because I can learn
about many different things and practice English.
There are lots of teachers here to teach us. My fa-
vorite subjects at school are English and Science.
In Science, we can do many experiments. In Mu-
sic, the teacher teaches us how to play the drums
and different kinds of musical instruments. In the
library, I can read a lot of books. In my free time, I
often listen to music or go and play video games in
the computer room. At lunch time, I can have
lunch at the cafeteria. There are a lot of activities
and sports that I can do here. I like all holidays and
festivals in Hue.
Welcome to Grade Seven