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ContentsCategorized by the colourof the header bars

Student Stories

My first experience

Start of a new term

Lead by example

Jiang ShaHigh School

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Chinese New Year

Chinese people all around the world love to celebrate the

Spring Festival, which is an important event for all.

The great traditional festival often starts on thelast day of the old year in the lunar calendar andlasts until the tenth day of the new year. Duringthis long holiday,people have a lot of fun, but themost famous and traditional experience ismaking dumpling.

Making dumpling is not only an ancient custom,it has over a thousand years of history,but it isalso very popular. Almost every family will makedumpling to celebrate the Spring Festival. I was

quite surprised when I found out that we wouldbe taking part in this activity in Shelton this year.

On a Sunday afternoon,I went to the schoolcanteen to make dumpling with the otherstudents and Miss May. The Auntie who works

in the canteen made the casing of the dumplingusing flour and water,then we made the body ofdumpling by stuffing the meat and wrappingthem perfectly .Some of us got the opposite ofwhat we wanted ,we expressed our creativityand talent by making dumpling into many weirdshapes. Some of them were similar to some-thing that had been chewed. Only the Auntieand Miss May did a good job. Our results werereally funny.

We made a total of nearly 200 dumpling and weate them for dinner that very evening. We werevery happy to partake in the interesting activityand took some photos as keepsake. All in all,itwas a nice experience in our Spring Festivalholiday.

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Chen Shuo

Sujendra

Start of a new term

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My first experienceShiella Deani

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Hello there, my name is Shiella Deani. I just moved here to Singapore thisJanuary. I come from Indonesia.

was really excited about the school and myew friends but I also wondered, whether I

will be able to adapt here? The first fewweeks I was pretty stressed and lonelybecause I did not have any friends, but then

got to know my class mates and manyothers, and realized them to be very kind

nd Friendly. The teachers too were verypatient and no matter how many times wesked things to be explained they will

explain.

When the CCA Clubs were started I joinedhe Gavel Club which is the Junior Club ofhe Toast Masters' Club. I have always lovedhe art of public speaking and that is what

we learn in this club. We learnt publicpeaking. I was voted as the Treasurer of the

Club which made me very happy.

Our Gavel Club will be adopted by the RadinMass Toast Masters Club who will guide usin our operations. ToastmastersInternational (TI) is a nonprofit educationalorganization that operates clubs worldwidefor the purpose of helping membersimprove their communication, public

speaking and leadership skills. Through itsthousands of member clubs, ToastmastersInternational offers a program ofcommunication and leadership.

The first club grew from Smedley ClubNumber 1 founded by Ralph C. Smedley onOctober 22, 1924 at the YMCA in Santa Ana, California , United States . But now, Toastmaster has served over 250.000 members in108 countries through its over 12.500 clubs.Every Toastmasters club meets on a regular

basis, at least 12 times a year. Each clubmeets for an hour, sometimes up to twohours, depending on the club. Eachmeeting has a structured format, withvarious members participating in thedifferent roles in the meetings. The meetingis run by a Toastmaster of the Day (TMOD or

TME for Toastmaster of the Evening).

The International Speech Contest is anannual Toastmasters contest that runsthrough all levels of the organization.Starting with club-level contests in the earlymonths of the year, contestants proceedthrough higher levels until reaching thefinals at the Toastmasters annualconference. Winners of this contest areawarded the title "World Champion ofPublic Speaking."

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Start of a New TermDileeni Bowatte

High SchoolShelton College International

he first day saw New students and Formertudents returning from their home countriesf China, Thailand, Russia, Indonesia,Vietnam, Malaysia and others with greatxpectation and enthusiasm to beginnother Academic Year.

Shelton High

School

International

reopened on 11th

of January with its

usual style and

even betterorganization

he school also welcomed the New

cademic staff who we know would nurturend mold us into the better persons that wexpect our selves to be.

chool started with the morning Assemblyonducted by the Principal Mr Teh.whoxplained the school regulations. His gentledvise was taken into heart by all thetudents.

ext week gave way to another exciting firstor the school. The CCA and COA Clubs weretarted. The role of the CCA and COA is helphe students to gain confidence in

hemselves and to improve their leadershipualities. To bring out their inner talents and

o create platform where there students canraw on their various strengths.

The CCA and COA clubs include the GavelClub, Science and Maths Club, English Club,Art Club, Computer Club, Badminton,

Athletics, and Basketball. The Clubs willfunction with their own Presidents, VicePresidents, Secretaries and other Committeemembers with a Teacher acting as a Mentorand an Advisor.

Another New for the School was theestablishment of the Prefect Board. Underthe guidance of our Principal Mr Teh theBoard was formed and will Mr. Puang En Lunwill be their Advisor. The Head boy is PatrickSamuel and he will be assisted by the DeputyHead boy Hao Wen Yuan. Lee Chu Yeum waschosen as the Head Girl and will be assisted

by Guo Si Yu, the Deputy Head Girl. TheSecretary of the board is AlexandraMerenkova with Shiella Deani being, theTreasurer.

To recognize the achievements of theStudents Academic and otherwise a newsystem Merit and Demerit system was

introduced. Merits will be awarded for anystudent who shows exceptional performancein any field. While Demerits would make astudent pause on negative behaviour, theMerits would encourage them and wouldrecorgnize the hard work and talent.

The dawn of the Chinese New YearCelebration started with a Talent Show andPerformance by the students which includeda variety of numbers in Dance, Song and evenMagic.

School broke off for the Chinese New Year Vacation on 12th February, with Studentsgoing home, yet with the anticipation ofreturning back to their wonderful School.

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Lead by ExampleCheyenne

High SchoolShelton College International

Let me tell you We Prefects are a group of students who areselected by Teachers and approved by our School Principalto maintain students discipline and make sure school rulesare obeyed.Being a prefect, a leader, means that you accept theresponsibility to be a role model among students.

When I was told that I was selected as the Head Girl, my firstfeelings were of shock and panic. I had never being a leaderbefore and I did not think that I qualified enough to be theHead Girl.

But then I thought, well the Teachers have trust in me I willnot let them down. This gave me courage and strength.

After a period of time, I found that being a leader is not ashard as I thought. I started to gain confidence and realizedthat I can be a good leader. I became more hardworking thanbefore and stopped complaining about going to schooleveryday because I know that I need to be a good examplefor other prefects.

As the Head Girl of Shelton High School, I realized that some people might not

even know who a prefect is, leave alone what they do.

I really appreciate our principal, Mr. Teh and Ms Melanie for giving me this opportunity. Also, I want to thank our Head boy and my ColleaguePatrick Samuel, our Board Chairman, Chin Pong. They are the ones who encouraged me in giving me confidence about being the Head Girl.

Being the Head Girl of Shelton High School is carrying a lot of responsibilities BUT it is fun.

This is the first year our school has Prefectorial Board, I wish that we can be the role model for those prefects who will take theseresponsibilities from us in the the future.

In my Multimedia module, I learnt about design, lines, shapes, spaces,values, textures and colour. I also learnt how to use softwares which allowme to edit and manipulate videos, photos, sound and html. I was taughthese skills by my lecturer.

I used all of my skills which I learnt with the above programs to create afilm about FREEDOM for my assignment. I combined 2 separate images

to create an effect like I was in a Langkawi beach with a picture of my selfwhich I took in Singapore. I applied video techniques like a crawl ordissolve to make my video appear nicer and to make it look moreprofessionally done. I even added in sound effects like adjusting andcutting a music clip to complement my video.

MultimediaPro Akkhosuwan

CollegeShelton College International

My name is Pro Akkhosuwan and I'mcurrently doing my Advanced Diploma inMass Communication.

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FedexVanessa

CollegeShelton College International

I was taught various editing and designing skills with the help of programs like Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Audacity and AdobeDreamweaver. We live in a society where designing plays a major role in our lives. Every advertisement or picture we see was designed by anindividual to capture someones attention.

We have seen this logo at least a thousand times. But, how many us have actually noticed an arrow in it? (Between E and x)

It is logos like this and intricate advertisements that keep me hooked onto designing. With Adobe Photoshop, I was able to learn how to puttogether an album cover in a few hours. With just a few clicks, a change of colour, some shadows, textures and a few lines, I was able to imitatean iTunes wallpaper with a more personal touch.

Just a few weeks back, I was doing the Multimedia module in the AdvancedDiploma of Mass Communications.

I love designing as I am able to share with someone, myidea and what I see from where I am standing. I am evenable to beautify a person or place by removing certain

flaws or adding more colour and life to the picture. I alsofind it fascinating how the amount of white space used,the curve of a letter, texture, font sizes and colours canwork together to form something so detailed, clever andbeautiful my very own masterpiece I might say.

My life in SheltonChen Shuo

CollegeShelton College International

My name is Chen Shuo from China.I have completed my studies inhigh school in China.

In Shelton College, I have completed my degree inInternational Business Management successfully. The schoollife is quite fantastic for me; school encourages us to show ourown abilities. Hence the school always gives us moreopportunity to grow up.

I have learnt a lot of knowledge of business management. Theschool is also giving us a platform to show our own capacities. I

faced very big problem especially in English. I have a lot ofpressure from the language. However, our schools teachersgive a lot of help to resolve the problem. I thank them verymuch for their teaching and helping.

In my class, I like my friends who all come from differentcountries which allow me to learn languages from all over theworld. I have learnt so many different cultures here. The schoolprovides us with extra activities such as, sports, music anddance entertainment. We also have computer labs, library andcanteen which allow all the students to use.

The school also gave me a lot of help, especially in finding a jobwhich I like very much during the bad economic crisis. I feel verygrateful for the schools positive attitude. Thanks again. At the

Chen Shuo

same time, I have also completed my six months attachment inSingapore. During the work, I have learned a lot from it, I really enjoyedmy attachment period. I have used a lot of business management skillsand methods. That is, gathering my schools knowledge and know moreabout business running.

I thank all staff of Shelton College International that helped me. I havelearnt a lot of new knowledge from that perfect educational

management. Thanks again for everything.

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My last course in Shelton College before mynternship programme was AdvanceDiploma in Business Administration.

The name of the company that I did mynternship was Juzz1 (Singapore) Pte Ltd andt specialises in Sony products. The workingexperience with my fellow colleagues wasgood. The colleagues whom I workedhelped me a lot when I first started my

raining and this allow me to understand indetail about different type of Sony productswhich our company specialises in.

The training provided by my BusinessDevelopment Executive supervisor alsohelped me to understand about differentSony product in our company and I alsoearn from him on how to run a business in acompany in our daily life as we are businessstudents. The memorable encounters withcustomers that I felt in my 6 months trainingwere very useful to me and I believe it willbenefit me in my future studies. Like how to

understand the customer needs which differrom each other according to their necessity

and their culture of living and also theirchoice of different electronic products inheir life.

The quality teaching method in Shelton isgood for students who specialise in businessfields or hospitality because the teachingover there is really in line with the business

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My Shelton experienceSujendra

CollegeShelton College International

My name is Sujendra Lal Maskey and I am from Nepal. I have completed mycertificate and diploma in business administration in Shelton Collegenternational, Singapore.

life in the world. Other than studying, I alsolearn to communicate effectively with myfellow school mates who are from differentpart of the world and it really allows me tounderstand the different culture.

My plan after my internship is to continuemy further studies which is higher degree.The message I would like to give my fellowschool mates is to work hard when you aredoing your internship because you will get

to learn a lot in future which you may nothave the chance to. It is really enjoyable tobe part of Shelton.

Now, I would like to say Thank you to Sheltonwith all my heart! This is the place whichnurture me into a young mature guy.Although I will be going to another countryfor my degree and will not be here anymore,but my heart will always be in Singapore withShelton College.

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