2013 CIRCULAR TO PARENT 3
TO : ALL PARENTS
DATE : 4 March 2013
CIRCULAR NO. : 06/DIR/13
SUBJECT : Circular to Parents – March 2013
1. The school continues to impress upon the students the importance of wholesome character development, which means that intellectual development and excellent performance are important but must go hand in hand with other pursuits particularly the development of soft skills, caring attitude, and ethical behaviour. It has been stressed in the assemblies that a safe and healthy physical, social and psychological environment must be maintained and that all students must uphold and observe healthy practices such as civility, and respect for one another and the staff.
2. Discipline
i. Coming to school late: some students still come to school late for various reasons. Parents are reminded to ensure that their children reach the school and be in class before 7.30 am
ii. Serious offences have also occurred, for example smoking. The school will continue to be vigilant to ensure that similar offences will be stopped. Parents are also reminded to check on their children’s behaviour so that questionable habits may be discovered earlier before they become difficult to stop.
3. School Uniforms
It is noted that most students are now wearing the right school shoes, which is white. Shoes with thin, black/coloured lines are alright, but those with large coloured – or multi-coloured stripes are not allowed. Please be reminded that proper white stockings must also be worn. Thank you for co-operating with the school.
4. Security & Security Pass
A teacher lost her hand bag in a theft case in the school on 28th February. The culprit was seen but it was around 4.00 pm (ie peak hours) and the guards thought that he was a parent. The school has already identified his image through our CCTV and will make a police report. To ensure better security in future, please note that parents coming to the school are requested to wear your security pass for identification purposes when necessary.
Note: All parents who do not yet possess this security pass are requested to collect the application form from any of our schools immediately or download the application form from our website: www.lodgeschool.edu.my and submit this together with a copy of your and your spouse’s/driver’s passport-sized photographs within 1 week of the date of this circular for us to make the pass.
5. Sports
Sarawak Age-Group Swimming Meet
10 students of Lodge National Primary and Secondary Schools were selected to represent Kuching Amateur Swimming Association. 3 students from the International School are either qualified or selected by KASA to represent the Association.
Netball
Lodge Primary School became the champion in the Inter-School Under-12 Netball Competition. Congratulations to them and thank you to the teachers.
Squash
Charlize Goh won the Girls Under-12 Inter-School Competition held on 20-23 February. Charlize Goh and Gregory Chan were selected to represent Sarawak in the Inter-State Squash competition in Malacca.
6. Swinburne Inter-School Debate
The Senior and Junior teams have done extremely well. The Junior C Team comprising Torrence Chen, Chloe Chew and Janice Wang became champions in their category. In the Senior Category, Katherine Jackie Yin Gumal (5B) was chosen as the best English speaker and the best debater, and Jerry Tan was the 4th best speaker. The 2nd, 4th, and 5th best speaker awards for the Junior Category were also won by our students. Congratulations to them!
7. Inter-House Sports Meet & Replacement Holiday.
This will be held on Sunday, 17th March at SMK Tabuan Jaya. The following Monday, 18th March is a Replacement Holiday, thus the school will be closed except the Kindergarten.
8. Inter-School Sports Meet
The Inter-School Sports Meet will be held from Tuesday, 19th March. Our students who will represent the school must continue their training for this purpose. Thank you to parents for your co-operation.
9. International Award Installation Night
This will be held on Saturday, 9th March at 7.00 pm. at Lodge National Secondary School hall. A total of 139 students will receive bronze medals and 93 students will receive silver medals. The ceremony will be officiated by a representative of the Director of the Department of Youth and Sports, Sarawak. It is hoped that these students will continue with the activities under this programme to qualify them for the Gold Award.
10. 1ST Term Holiday Break
The First Term Break will fall from Saturday, 23rd March to Sunday, 31st March. The school will reopen on Monday, 1st April, 2013.
11. Payment of Fees for 2nd Term
Parents are reminded that the last date for Payment of Fees for 2nd term is Thursday, 28th March, 2013.
Thank you.
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RIJENG AK JAHET
Director
Lodge Group of Schools
