Celebrating Language & Culture

With this year’s theme being ‘Celebrating Language & Culture’, our language clubs organized a special Language & Culture week to spread awareness about the diverse range of languages spoken by our community members.

Currently, we have six cultural/language clubs: ASL club, Chinese club, Desi club, Japanese Club, Korean club and Thai club. These clubs collaborated to create a fun week celebrating languages through different activities like teaching Thai to teachers, performing the National anthem in ASL, or teaching various languages and cultural games to younger students. ASL taught community members how to sign different emotions in American Sign Language, as can be seen in .Ìý

During International Day, the main focus was investigating how people celebrate different cultures and languages around the world. Primary shared their bulletin boards, which explored languages around the world and middle and high school students and clubs hosted informative booths with interactive activities from various countries and regions around the world.

There was also a flag parade with community members proudly displaying their flags and celebrating diversity as a community. Performances from various cultures were given by Wells performers, including Korean club, Desi club, breakdance club, our teachers, parents and other talented performing artists in our school community.

Service for Operation SmileÌý

Initiated by our Wells SerWIS Club, a majority of the proceeds raised from our homerooms and student-led clubs were donated to , and proceeds raised with our class and club booths were donated to this and other club-related causes as part of our community emphasis on service.Ìý

Overall, International Day 2023 turned out to be a huge success and an exciting day of collaboration, community, and celebration among all of our staff, students, teachers, and parents in which smiles and laughter demonstrated our shared sense of community and diversity. A very special thank you goes to Ms. Kan, our Visual & Performing Arts Department, our language clubs and everyone else who contributed their hard work and effort into creating a very memorable event!

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On Tuesday, November 8th, the Wells community gathered at Wells On Nut Campus for International Day 2022: Global Rejuvenation! International Day is a day for the entire school to come together and celebrate the diversity of our student, teacher, and staff population, as well as recognize, appreciate and learn about other cultures around the world. This event nicely aligns with our ESLR of Global Citizenship and the IB concept of ‘international mindedness’. In an increasingly diverse world, our goal is to continue to remain open-minded to worldwide diversity and differences, and to practice acceptance and respect as an international attitude.

Global Rejuvenation

With this year’s theme being ‘Global Rejuvenation’, the celebration was focused on the celebrating of a rejuvenation of life and culture around the world in a post-pandemic world. We explored how countries and regions celebrate rejuvenation in various ways, with the central question being: In our post-pandemic world, how do we celebrate ‘rejuvenation’ around the world? This theme was reflected through a flag parade, interactive booths, activities, workshops, performances, and a range of international food! Performances from various cultures were given by Wells performers, including Korean club, Thai Dance club, our teachers, and other talented performing artists in our school community.

Service Component

Initiated by our Wells SerWIS Club, a majority of the proceeds raised from our homerooms and student-led clubs were donated to , which operates over 20 projects in the fields of education, child abuse, and welfare of the elderly and slum youths. They carry out this service through community kindergartens, educational sponsorships, rehabilitation centers, in-home support, traveling puppetÌý troupes, a local credit union and regular activities at our Klong Toey center.

International Day 2022 turned out to be a huge success! After a few years without our annual celebration of cultures, it was a big day of collaboration, community, and celebration among all of our staff, students, and teachers, in which smiles, laughter and fun demonstrated the rejuvenation within our own community and around the world.

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On Friday, October 11th, the Wells community gathered at Wells On Nut Campus for International Day 2019: United & Connected! International Day is a day for the entire school to come together and celebrate the diversity of our student, teacher, and staff population, as well as recognize, appreciate and learn about other cultures around the world. This event nicely aligns with our ESLR of Global Citizenship and the IB concept of ‘international mindedness’. In an increasingly diverse world, our goal is to continue to remain open-minded to worldwide diversity and differences, and to practice acceptance and respect as an international attitude.

United & Connected

With this year’s theme being ‘United & Connected’, the celebration was focused on the characteristics that unite us as humans across cultures and continents! We explored how countries unite within and across countries and borders through the following themes: food, shelter, clothing, education, language and leadership/government. What do we all have in common, and what unites and connects us across countries and cultures? This theme was reflected through interactive booths, activities, workshops, performances, and a range of international food. Performances were given by various Performing Arts classes, Korean club, Thai Dance club, breakdance club, and other talented performing artists in our school community.

ÌýService Component

Some of the proceeds raised from our homerooms and student-led clubs were donated to Cancelling Cancers, Ìýa student led organization which aims to raise funds to support immunotherapy research at the . CUSB was founded in 2016 with the support from Chulalongkorn University and The King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital to conduct research and development in immunotherapy treatment. It has the mission to provide accessible and affordable immunotherapy treatment for all the Thai people.Ìý

Our SerWIS club also raised money for , whose special guests also joined us in our ‘United & Connected’ celebration.Ìý

International Day 2019 turned out to be a huge success! It was a big day of collaboration, community, and celebration among all of our staff, students, and parents, in which smiles, laughter and fun demonstrated the unity and connectedness within our community.

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What is International Day?

International Day is a day for the entire school to come together and celebrate the diversity of our student, teacher, and staff population, as well as recognize, appreciate and learn about other cultures around the world. This event nicely aligns with our ESLR of Global Citizenship and the IB concept of ‘international mindedness’. In an increasingly diverse world, our goal is to continue to remain open-minded to worldwide diversity and differences, and to practice acceptance and respect as an international attitude.

Theme: United & Connected

Date: Friday, October 11th, 2019

Location: ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ – On Nut Campus

Time: 11 AM – 2PM

Join us in celebration of the characteristics that unite us as humans across cultures and continents! We will be exploring how countries unite within and across countries and borders through the following themes: food, shelter, clothing, education, language and leadership/government. What do we all have in common, and what unites and connects us across countries and cultures? There will be interactive booths, activities, workshops, performances, and a range of international food!

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On Friday, October 19th, the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ community gathered for International Day, our annual celebration of the diversity of our student, teacher, and staff population, as well as recognize, appreciate and learn about other cultures around the world. This event nicely aligns with our ESLR of Global Citizenship and the IB concept of ‘international mindedness’. In an increasingly connected world, our goal is to continue to remain open-minded to worldwide diversity and differences, and to practice acceptance and respect as an international attitudes.

The theme for International Day 2018 was ‘Wells World Festivals’. Our students, teachers, staff, and parents collaborated to prepare booths, activities, performances, and ethnic food to celebrate diverse festivals from around the globe. The students learned about various cultures through their traditions and meanings behind their respective festivals. ÌýOur primary students excitedly traveled around to the different booths with their specially-made passports to learn about each country and engage in fun activities from around the globe. Some of the festivals represented included Mexico’s Dia de los Muertos, India’s Holi festival, Korea’s Chuseok festival, and Philippines’ Pahiyas festival.

Our special guests and supporting charity this year was . ÌýAll of the proceeds raised from our student clubs and homerooms were donated to Camillian home, in support of their home and upcoming event, on Saturday, November 17th.

This year, we gathered many student, teacher and parent representatives for a flag parade to introduce our range of diverse cultures represented here at Wells. Everyone dressed up in their cultural wear and proudly waved their flags to kick off the performances.

The performances demonstrated a variety of cultural backgrounds and traditions, including Thai traditional dance, Japanese song and dance, and Indonesian clap dance. There was a special performance of ‘Shosholoza’ by our Visual and Performing Arts teachers and Head of School, Mr. Ray, as well as a Thai-Indian dance performed by some of our teachers and parents.

International Day 2018 turned out to be a huge success! It was a big day of collaboration, community, and celebration among all of our staff, students, and parents, in which smiles, laughter and fun were abundant.

Thank you to Wells teachers, staff, parents and students for your hard work, contributions and school spirit that made International Day 2018 a wonderful experience for our school community!

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International DayÌýis a day for the entire school to come together and celebrate the diversity of our student, teacher, and staff population, as well as recognize, appreciate and learn about other cultures around the world. This event nicely aligns with our ESLR of Global Citizenship and the IB concept of ‘international mindedness’. In an increasingly diverse world, our goal is to continue to remain open-minded to worldwide diversity and differences, and to practice acceptance and respect as an international attitudes.

The theme for International Day 2018 was ‘International Attitudes’. OurÌýinternational mindednessÌýstems from the attitudes we hold about international cultures and places. This year, we celebrated the various attitudes and mindsets that contribute towards making the world a better place, as reflected in our schoolÌýÌýand IB Learner Profile. Whether these are characteristics displayed by great leaders and figures, or national or worldwide perspectives, our attitudes are the way in which we can come together to understand differences and maintain peace for a brighter future.

International Day 2018 was a huge success! It was a big day of collaboration, community, and celebration among all of our staff, students, and parents. There was a diverse array of student and teacher performances, ethnic foods, many student led booths and fun activities, and parent-led workshops!

Thank you to everyone for contributing to the event’s success and positive energy!

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International Day is a day for the entire school to come together and celebrate the diversity of our student, teacher, and staff population, as well as recognize, appreciate and learn about other cultures around the world. This event nicely aligns with our ESLR of Global Citizenship and the IB concept of ‘international mindedness’. In an increasingly diverse world, our goal is to continue to remain open-minded to worldwide diversity and differences, and to practice acceptance and respect as an international attitudes.

Theme 2018: International Attitudes

Our international mindedness stems from the attitudes we hold about international cultures and places. This year, we wish to celebrate the various attitudes and mindsets that contribute towards making the world a better place, as reflected in our school and IB Learner Profile. Whether these are characteristics displayed by great leaders and figures, or national or worldwide perspectives, our attitudes are the way in which we can come together to understand differences and maintain peace for a brighter future.

Join us onÌýFriday, March 16th at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ – On Nut Campus.ÌýFor more details of the event and schedule, please refer to the followingÌý

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