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The students’ dynamic performance ignited the stage with their diverse talents, creating an exciting atmosphere that filled the mall with energy. The band set the tone with a mix of drums and wind instruments, captivating the audience peering down from the railings above. Then, the dance crews took over and brought in more energy with their hip-hop moves and confidence. Finally, the choir harmonized with The Lion Sleeps Tonight and Over the Rainbow, leaving a lasting impression on the audience.

The success of cross-collaboration between the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ campuses was evident, and the performances showcased the students’ diverse talents. Overall, it was a memorable evening that highlighted the school’s commitment to excellence and the arts.

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At ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½, the first day is more than just a date on the calendar. It’s a momentous occasion that holds a special place in the hearts of students, parents, and educators alike. From the giggles of our youngest learners in nursery to the confident strides of our high school seniors, the first day of school marks the beginning of an incredible journey filled with excitement, growth, and boundless opportunities. In this article, we’ll take you through the unique experiences of students at every stage, from nursery all the way to high school, as they embark on their educational voyage at Wells. Highlighting the unique experiences each age group encounters:

Nursery: A World of Wonder and Exploration

Elementary School: Building Blocks of Education and Friendships

Middle School: Transitioning and Self-Discovery

High School: Embarking on the Path to Adulthood

From the first tentative steps of nursery to the confident strides of high school, the first day at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ is a tapestry of experiences that weaves together learning, growth, and inspiration. As a community, we embrace and celebrate each milestone, nurturing young minds with care and compassion. The memories of these cherished first days become a testament to the unwavering commitment of our educators, parents, and students, who together create an environment where every day is an opportunity to learn, flourish, and reach for the stars.

GONA NARULA

AUGUST 2023

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We celebrated the richness of culture and diversity, taking our participants on a fascinating journey of exploration. With a focus on embracing different traditions and customs, we engaged in cultural workshops, where children’s activities and perspectives foster understanding and respect among the group. Our middle school group even tried their skills at making ravioli.?

As we delved into the wonders of nature, we embarked on an adventurous exploration of various habitats. Our young learners discovered the unique ecosystems and the incredible creatures that call these habitats home. Through hands-on activities, such as scavenger hunts outside and observing small creatures, they gained an appreciation for the delicate balance of nature and the importance of preserving our environment. Our talented and passionate team of instructors made sure that each day was filled with joy, laughter, and learning.?

As we bid farewell to this year’s Summer Fun Program, we cherish the lasting memories created during our exploration of culture, habitats, and the enchanting world under the sea. It is our hope that these experiences have inspired a sense of wonder and curiosity for the world around us in each young heart that took part in our program. We also hope that our students built strong friendships with new and old friends and got to know their new teachers better.

We’re already excitedly planning for the next summer, where we hope to create even more magical moments for everyone involved! Don¡¯t forget to join us next June-July for another eventful and exciting summer program.?

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BANG NA

??Wells Bang Na students were thrilled to have parents join them for the big Halloween celebration! The PTO generously offered their time and talents to the creation of a haunted house, goody bags, tattoo station and much, much more! The group Zumba dance launched our celebration and was led by one of our Grade 1 Mom’s. It was a big hit for all the kids and helped us kick off the event in style! In the afternoon, primary students enjoyed spooky stories read by one of the Grade 3 parents. .?

CHONBURI

At Wells Chonburi, our teachers and staff had been working as a team for over a month to ensure that the school was decorated as spooky as possible for the Halloween festivities, from the doors to the bulletin boards to the photo backdrop. On Halloween Day, parents could participate in the Halloween selfie booth when dropping their children off in the morning. A fashion show was hosted to give students an opportunity to show off their creative costumes, and prizes were given to the students with the most creative, scariest and best overall costumes. This was followed by a dance party, and a rotation of booths with various Halloween themed activities for students to enjoy, including arts & crafts, a haunted house, and a scary story reading tent. Finally, at the end of the day students came together to watch a Halloween movie and enjoy some popcorn together. Watch .?

ON NUT

At On Nut Campus, our primary students enjoyed trick-or-treating around the school and our middle school homerooms worked together collaboratively to design three haunted houses in our school for students of all levels to enjoy. The students put a great deal of effort and creativity into creating interactive experiences which added some extra fun and scariness to the school day. A costume contest was held for middle and high school students and teachers for scariest, funniest, most creative, most sustainable costumes. The students really enjoyed participating in the events and a new tradition of visiting haunted classrooms.

THONGLO

¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Thong Lor and Wells Onnut grades 1-2 had a mystical and bone-chilling time at our annual Halloween event. We channeled our inner spooky and cute Halloween characters as we danced to the tunes of our favorite Halloween hits, followed by a school-wide fashion show to present their ¡°boo-tiful¡± costumes, and bravely walked through a haunted house!? Students joined together to participate in various Halloween activities throughout the day. It was a very memorable day for all of our students, teachers, staff, and parents.? We would like to thank everyone who made this event so spooktacular! .?

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As the country¡¯s education systems strive to move forward in a post-pandemic world, Wells athletes have been waiting in eager anticipation for the return of inter-school competition. This week, our Seahawk Volleyball teams excitedly opened their 2022-2023 campaigns with matches scheduled against some very familiar rivals.

VARSITY SEASON OPENER AGAINST TRADITIONAL RIVAL ICS

On Thursday, September 8, both our boys and girls varsity volleyball teams took the ¡°quick¡± drive to International Community School Bangkok (ICS) to start off their season. A young team with no senior leaders, our boys started out visibly nervous, dropping their first set to a much more confident ICS Eagles team. However, that early setback was enough to light a fire under everyone as the Seahawks dominated sets 2 and 3. After giving our novice players some game time in set 4 allowing ICS to tie it up at 2 sets apiece, our starting team put it away in the tiebreaker set to win the match at 3-2 (16-25, 25-16, 25-16, 23-25, 15-5).

Our varsity girls, also made up of mostly young players, showed clear improvement over previous years and pushed the much taller ICS team to a tiebreaker set as well. However, after a series of back-and-forth rallies, our Lady Seahawks came up just short, losing the tiebreaker, 15-17, and the match, 2-3.

JV TEAMS GO UNDEFEATED AGAINST POWERHOUSE SCHOOLS ISB AND NIST

On the very next day, Friday, September 9, it was our junior varsity volleyball teams opening their seasons at a tri-school meet hosted by ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ (ISB) in Nonthaburi. Being very young with all players being Grade 9 and below, the teams entered the meet anxious and untested. However, after the dust settled, both teams came out victorious and, for now, undefeated.

On the boys side of the gym, our Seahawks had to come from behind in set 1 before dominating set 2, first winning against the ISB Panthers, 2-0 (25-21, 25-17). Their second match was very similar, starting slow and clawing their way back in set 1 before dominating in set 2, defeating the NIST International School Falcons, 2-0 (25-23, 25-16).

The girls matches were much closer with the Lady Seahawks prevailing in a tiebreaker to defeat host ISB, 2-1. And in the second match against NIST, our girls were down 21-23 in set 2 before surging at the end with 4 straight points to win the set 25-23, and the match, 2-0.

INTRODUCING THE TEAMS

VARSITY BOYS – Sena Nakamura (Gr 11, Setter/Outside Hitter), Asahi Fukuura (Gr 11, Setter/Middle Blocker), Bijay Pun (Gr 11, OH), Kenshin Ushikubo (Gr 11, OH), Haruto Kagei (Gr 11, MB), Japan Kittayachaiyawat (Gr 11, OH), Pema Thinlay (Gr 11, OH), Rafael Jung (Gr 10, OH), Rishi Sharma (Gr 10, Libero)

VARSITY GIRLS – Azra Omur (Gr 12, MB/OH), Tingting Hemmondharop (Gr 12, MB), Bianca Castillo (Gr 11, Libero), Ally Gu (Gr 10, OH), Preme Mongkolprasert (Gr 10, OH), Jimin An (Gr 10, OH), Alia Abdelwahab (Gr 9, Setter), Rishika Bhattacharya (Gr 8, Setter)

JV BOYS – Alan Khorana (Gr 9, Setter/OH), Sharan Khorana (Gr 9, OH/MB), Leo Rhie (Gr 9, OH), Veeranan Luthra (Gr 9, Libero/OH), Aoi Wakahara (Gr 9, Setter/OH), Omar Abdelwahab (Gr 8, Setter), Don Charoenvisal (Gr 8, MB), Devansh Barnwal (Gr 8, OH), Vivan Jain (Gr 8, OH), Junyoung Moon (Gr 7, OH/MB), Jason Moon (Gr 6, Setter)

JV GIRLS – Alia Abdelwahab (Gr 9, Setter), Anne Fukuura (Gr 9, Libero/Setter), Alisa Kupari (Gr 9, OH/MB), Hayeon Kim (Gr 9, OH), Mayu Suenaga (Gr 9, OH), Yebin Sung (Gr 9, Libero), Fehmiya Syeda (Gr 9, OH), Manao Yasaki (Gr 9, OH), Hrishika Bhattacharya (Gr 8, Setter), Aom Vetchayanvivat (Gr 8, OH/Setter), Fleur Varntjes (Gr 8, OH)

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Chess without Borders 2

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In Asia, students were accepted by The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , National Taiwan University , Korea University, Chulalongkorn University, Mahidol University, Thammasat University, TheUniversity of Melbourne and Monash University . All the listed universities are the leading universities in each country. Happy Learning, Body-Mind balancing and Being Well Mannered is always emphasized by Dr. Yao-Lang Chang, the chairman of ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ and EverClever Education Group. Students at Wells are not just focusing on their academics studies, but also encouraged to participate in different activities. They are taught how to be active, polite, and creative. ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ has helped their students blossom into independent thinkers fully equipped to face the challenges of the world. ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ is not just accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), but also offers IB courses where students can select different elective courses according to their interest.

Students and teachers are always encouraged by Dr. Chang whose educational philosophy is ¡° We need to improve day by day and never be self-satisfied¡±. Therefore enabling Wells to successfully carry out its vision of being globally recognized for its supportive and innovative educational programs that empower each student to achieve his or her highest potential. Wells is driven by the idea that to study is like a boat sailing against the current, it must forge ahead or it will be driven back. Once again, congratulations to Wells, moving towards becoming one of the world renowned schools in Asia.

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Wells on Facebook (): The majority of Wells updates are provided through the school’s official Facebook page. In addition to photos, documents and news, the site archives milestones in the school’s history, beginning with its founding in 1999. Please browse through the page and feel free to contribute with comments and updates of your own!

Wells on Twitter ( and @wellsschool):?A powerful communication tool, the Wells Twitter account is used primarily as a means of informing the Wells community, sharing current school events and opportunities, and celebrating student accomplishments. The Twitter feed provides the Wells community with personalized insight into the updates, events, experiences, academics, and co-curricular activities happening in our three campuses.

Wells on YouTube (): In addition to many Wells-related videos that highlight events, competitions and student achievements, the Wells YouTube page links to videos of Wells in the news. Many of the best student-produced videos for classes and public service projects also become part of the school’s video library.

Wells ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ (): Produced by Pearson, the largest education company in the world, ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ is a student information system that enables teachers to manage student attendance, assignments and grades through an online interface. All Wells students are issued a ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ account after enrolling at one of the campuses, and both students and parents are able to access using their personal log-in information.

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In the recent article “,” Education Week succinctly encapsulates the seriousness of students¡¯ activity on the internet. While poor social skills and behavioral choices have always been an issue in seeking admission to universities, never before have the lives of students been made more public than they are in the information age. As the article observes, 24% of admissions officers at universities access applicants¡¯ publicly-available pages online to determine whether they possess the social responsibility that universities often see as an indicator of success. Even grimmer for students is the fact that half of those officers cited negative discoveries that did sway them in the consideration process.

While the dangers for high school students certainly merit consideration, they are not the only ones in danger of misuse. Middle school students and even those in primary, both increasingly connected online, face equally troubling risks. Not understanding the structure of sites such as Facebook and other social networking options, many children post photos, comments and private information freely, failing to recognize that virtually anyone can access that content if the proper privacy settings are not in place. Viewing these sites as separate from their offline lives, they do not realize that the effects of vulgarity and cyber-bullying can be just as damaging and permanent as public behaviors.

Like practically every other modern school, Wells has faced cases in which students have posted questionable photos, made offensive comments or verbally abused others. In such cases we have made every effort to implement appropriate consequences and counsel students in order to help them understand the severity of those actions. However, even more effective is the involvement of parents, who can play a major role in teaching their children responsible, prudent online behavior. By simply being aware of the dangers and having a frank talk with your children, you can turn a potentially hazardous technology into a valuable social tool. Even more valuable is venturing with them onto the internet by creating your own social network profiles and connecting to them online.

Despite the many issues that have arisen around students¡¯ access to the internet, the reality is that they face a new world that many of us did not face as children. Rather than ignore the matter or seek to block them entirely from a part of their lives that will not simply go away, the best approach is to work together to educate them to be responsible online citizens. If you would like help in connecting with your children online or learning how to monitor their actions, feel free to contact a school counselor or administrator. Facebook itself provides useful tips for parents and additional links at , and simply Googling ¡°internet tips for parents¡± produces a large number of useful sites, each of which offers advice on teaching children how to responsibility access the internet.

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