St Joseph’s Private School

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News & Updates

14 – 22 March 2015

Education beyond the Ordinary

Palm Sunday – 29 March

Highlights

• Recycling Program – 3 April • Cor Amoris Sunday – 5 April • Sports Achievements • Field Trip – 2 April

Good Friday Easter

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St Joseph’s Private School, Kuching

Recycling Program

Projek Kitar Semula A collection of items for recycling was carried out on 27 February 2015. The amount collected : - aluminum cans: 124 kg - plastic mix: 17 kg - old newspapers: 2242kg - paper mix: 82kg - paper magazine: 30kg - black &white paper: 65kg - old corrugated containers: 84kg Total = RM1121.75

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Bake Sale

The final amount of RM4850.00 was handed over to the Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society from the Bake Sale carried out by Cor Amoris Charity Club on 7-8 February.

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Bake Sale

News Item in The Star, 10 March 2015 1/3

Students set up Cor Amoris to raise funds for the needy STUDENT charity body Cor Amoris has a long-term plan to help the needy and gain invaluable experiences for itself along the way. The club, comprising 14 to 16-year-olds from St Joseph’s Private School in Kuching, raised nearly RM5,000 last month. It conducted photo shoots in the lead up to Valentine’s Day and sold cookies and cakes at tHe Spring Shopping Mall before Chinese New Year. The club donated all the proceeds to the Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society. “It was a lot of fun even when we were organising it. It turns out planning takes lots of time,” said Germaine Cassandra George, the club president. Vice president Ong Rui Jie chipped in, explaining why they choose the cancer society. A year ago, she visited the cancer ward at Sarawak General Hospital. “I saw all these kids at the cancer ward with their families. Many were from different parts of Sarawak. Some parents had seven or eight kids back home, but were here just to take care of one child,” Ong said.

Students: Ong Rui Jie, Aloysius Pang, Germaine Cassandra and Gordon Yong Issue 2015/3 (March) 4/14

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Bake Sale

News Item in The Star, 10 March 2015 2/3

Students set up Cor Amoris to raise funds for the needy She began talking to her classmates about what she saw and how she felt. Ong and Cassandra then approached the school principal about forming a club. “We were told to join another club, which we did. But when we were there, we felt that club was more of a self-confidence building thing and not what we wanted to do, which was to raise funds,” recalled Cassandra. At the start of this school year, the duo – who had by now roped in more like-minded students – approached the school principal again.

The club, which has about 40 members, meets up every Wednesday afternoon in the school to talk about plans. On March 21-22, the club will hold a carwash with proceeds going to the Kuching Autistic Association. “We are hoping to raise RM1,500, charging RM15 per car,” said treasurer Aloysius Pang, who sees his participation with Cor Amoris as a step towards fulfilling his ambition of becoming a psychologist.

They explained their aim and plans, which included organising blood-donation drives and organ-donor pledging events.

Looking ahead, the club aims to run a booth at Sarawak Association for the Welfare of Intellectually Disabled Children’s annual sale. They have also talked about organising a “gotong royong” at the Cheshire Home.

Their proposals were accepted and supported. “In fact, it was our principal who came up with the name Cor Amoris, which is Latin for heart of love,” Cassandra explained.

But its biggest undertaking lies at the end of the year. It is a trip to visit a refugee camp at Chiang Mai, Thailand. It was proposed by Ong.

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Bake Sale

News Item in The Star, 10 March 2015 3/3

Students set up Cor Amoris to raise funds for the needy “We want to see how people live there. Maybe we can offer some help. The camp is mostly for refugees from Myanmar. It’s along the border,” Ong started explaining, but quickly turned her attention to the home of a less fortunate family she visited recently. “It was a dad living with his son in a wooden house. The wife is sick and has been in hospital. The family trades recyclables for a living. We were there as volunteers to help clean up the place. It was in a really bad condition.” “I tried to stay positive thinking about how this (clean-up) can help them. Children can’t study in situations like that,” Ong said.

Cassandra had similar stories to share why they started Cor Amoris. She talked about the sense of community whenever she returned to her dad’s kampung in Saratok, about 300km from here. “It feels a lot more like a integrated community there. In the city, you hardly know your neighbour. When my granddad passed away, everybody came.” The trio agreed Cor Amoris should be aimed at bringing that sense of integration back into the urban environment. Indeed, charity starts at home. 

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Sports Achievements 42nd Sarawak Swimming Age Group Competition, Sibu Amateur Swimming Association, 27 February – 1 March 2015, Kolam Renang Bukit Lima, Sibu

Zachary Tan Kian Phen (F2C) Silver – 400m Individual Medley, 200m Backstroke Bronze – 200m Individual Medley, 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 200m Breastroke

Zoe Tan Chia Chia (F4ScTheta) Gold – 400m Free, 4X100m Free Relay, 4X100m Individual Medley Silver – 200m Free, 200m Fly Bronze – 200m Individual Medley, 100m Fly

Benedict Ng Tian En (P3Faith) Gold – 100m Breastroke Silver – 50m Breastroke, 200m Individual Medley, 50m Butterfly Bronze – 50m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 200m Freestyle

Ashley Liew Tze Yee (P3Faith) Bronze – 200m Free, 200m Individual Medley Issue 2015/3 (March) 7/14

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Sports Achievements Clifford Tay Ye Jie (F2C) won silver medal in the Boys 13, 1st Leg-Bukit Jalil, 10th CIMB Foundation and Persatuan Squash Malaysia Rising Star National Junior Circuit 2015, 26 Feb – 1 Mar 2015.

Kulleh Tajang (P2Hope) – Runner-up in Boys 8 & below, 2nd Leg SportExcel National Junior Golf Circuit 2015, 28 February – 1 March 2015, Kelab Rahman Putra, Malaysia Issue 2015/3 (March) 8/14

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Sports Achievements Kejohanan Balapan dan Padang

MSSM Kuching 10 – 13 March 2015 Padang Jubilee

Duncan Lei Han Wen (F3C) Gold

Bronze

Triple Jump L15t and High Jump L15t

Larissa Ping Liew (F4ScPhi) Silver

High Jump P18t

Ling Jer Loong (F2C)

Discus L14t

Bronze

Emily Dawnelle Fenner (F2D) Bronze

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Come and support the upcoming Car Wash by Cor Amoris in aid of the

Charity Club

Kuching Autistic Association Resource and Education Centre (See poster on the right)

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Cultural Village Primary One and Five

Field Trip

13 February 2015

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Matang Wildlife Primary Three and Four

Field Trip

13 February 2015

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Samajaya Nature Reserve Primary Two

Field Trip

13 February 2015

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