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MN Bulletin Dates for Your Diary 27th October 2015 Award Ceremony
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29 October 2015 Graduation Night
2nd November 2015 Sukaneka Interhouse
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Editor’s Note The Graduation Night is going to be held on the 29th of October at Magellan Sutera, Kota Kinabalu. Parents, relatives and friends are welcome to join. Tickets on first-come, first-serve basis are available for purchase at the school office. Please be informed that there are slight changes in the 2016 Maktab Nasional Fee Structure as shown on pages 6, 7, 8 and 9. All the best to our SPM candidates who will be sitting for their examination in
less than two weeks time. Be kindly reminded that students whose year-end average is less than 50% need to take the re-sit exam scheduled on the 7th to 11th of December.
Ninis Giloi-Yapp
The Dates for Your Diary displays the upcoming events and activities. Let’s team up to create an exciting and memorable finale of another academic year.
Bazaar 2015 3rd November 2015 Basketball Interhouse
This year, a school bazaar fund raising project was held at our school grounds on the 5th of September 2015. Maktab Nasional collaborated with her sister school, Taska & Tadika Datuk Simon Fung, in organizing this event.
4th November 2015 Futsal and Handball Interhouse
All classes, together with the Learning Centre and Teachers’ Club, opened their own booths during the bazaar. There were not only food and drinks stalls but also games, bouncing castle, pony riding and jumble sales.
5th November 2015 Badminton Interhouse
6th November 2015 Report Card Day
Thank you to the DJs for entertaining the crowd with their musical selection and karaoke sessions that day. The money raised from the sales during the bazaar would be used for upgrading the school computer laboratory and for building a gazebo, a resting place for our students.
The school would like to take this opportunity to thank all teachers and students for their undivided commitment and amazing generosity. An overflowing gratitude to all parents who had been very supportive throughout. Without you, this event would not have turned to be a tremendous success. We are looking forward to next year project which is a musical performance by our talented students. See you then! Alexander Funk The Principal
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Uniform Body Camp 2015 The annual Uniform Bodies Camp was held at Shittim Camp in Tamparuli on the 28th, 29th and 30th of August. The camp was attended by 70 students and 17 teachers. The objective for this yearly camp is to instil moral values and to create team spirits among the participants. The 3-day camp was heavily scheduled with various activities. On the first day, we had Station Games. We were divided into groups of 10. Each groups was assigned to complete a set of 12 tasks such as Balancing Beam, Tarzan Swing, Spider Web, 10 – Feet Wall and Army Crawl. In the evening, we had a delicious barbeque. Next day, we had jungle trekking. Equipped with a compass and some ropes, we bounced through thick forests, climbed up steep hills, pranced through plantation fields and crawled on hanging bridges. It was a tedious yet exciting trekking. Upon arrival at our destination, we had to build fire and used it to cook our own lunch. After a hearty meal, we took a dip in the nearby river. That night, after our Cultural Segment, we were taught how to tie ropes and set up tents. We had a competition on the third and final day. Each group set up a campsite using only the materials provided. Marks were based on the strength, creativity and neatness. All groups managed to build tents and some even made campfires. Before departing, we teamed up to clean the place and took many group photos. The friendship, experience and knowledge gained during the camp are priceless. I believe that all of us who were there at the camp would never forget such an educational and fun-filled camp in the years to come. Claire Yong (4 Modesty)
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Prom Night 2015 The long awaited Prom Night 2015 was held on the 21st September at Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Resort, Kota Kinabalu. The organizing committee, the MN Student Council 2015, under the leadership of the Chief Minister Mr. Kevyn Lee, had worked together to make the prom night possible. The program was advertised through posters many weeks before the actual date. Maktab Nasional Prom Night is a formal party to celebrate the Form 5 students who are in their last year in our school. This party is meant to give them the opportunity to have memorable time with each other as well as their juniors. There were more than 80 students and teachers who attended the party that evening. They came in their best attires and some chose to come with dates. Thanks to the MC, Ameerjeet Singh Chahal, for making the prom night alive and fun. Below is the list of students who were awarded with the honorary titles. Xenia Lee : Best Dress Choy Ming Kit : Prom King (Upper) Clare Yong : Prom Queen (Upper); Ian Cheng : Prom King (Lower) Serafina Chong : Prom Queen (Lower) Trevor Alvin Yaacob (4 Modesty)
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KK Music Festival 2015
Congratulations! Alpha Omega, our very own school band, won first place in the Combo Band category during the KK Music Festival 2015 which took place on the 20th of September at Shangri-la Rasa Ria Resort, Kota Kinabalu.
Trevor, Maktab Nasional’s Budding Concert Musician I, Trevor from Form 4 Modesty, registered for two competitions. In the Modern Piano Higher Level, I won the Championship title. Whereas in the Baroque/Classical Piano Higher Level, I was the 1st Runner Up. The judge for both categories was Mr. Loo Bang Hean, a famous Malaysian concert pianist. Earlier, on the 25th to the 27th of June 2015, I also had the privilege to attend the RTM-UMS Orchestra Workshop conducted by University Malaysia Sabah and Radio Television Malaysia’s Performers.
On Sunday, the 4th of October, I joined the Borneo Performing Arts Festival 2015 at Shangri-la Tanjung Aru Resort, Kota Kinabalu. Many participated in the various competitions such as Piano, Strings, Guitar, Classical vocals, Chinese Pop Vocals, Choir, Drama, and Speech.
practice in between was the main item on the first day. The second day was largely spent for practice and a full rehearsal for the final concert that took place the following day. The concert was indeed a great success. It was attended by more than 1,000 music enthusiasts from all over Sabah and was aired on RTM News. It was my first experience playing in an orchestra conducted by
YBhg. Datuk Mokhzani Ismail, the famous Malaysian Jazz Pianist and Conductor. Musically, I feel I am one step closer to my dream after attending the workshop. A brief introduction of each orchestral instruments with a sectional
Trevor Alvin Yaacob (4 Modesty)
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Mighty Minds
Hands-on-Challenge
Posing with Yang Berhormat Tuan P. Kamalanathan, Malaysian Deputy Minister of Education 1 for the news media and audience are winners of the 2015 Mighty Minds National Challenge Grand Finals. (Photo courtesy of Cindy Gadalon, proud mother of Joseph Petrus.)
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On Friday, October, 2015, our Maktab Nasional Mighty Minds Team comprising of Form 3 students, Joseph Petrus, Matthew Chin, Form 1 student, Ira Lajium and Teacher Normala, along with the students’ parents and siblings flew to the nation’s capital, Kuala Lumpur to participate in the 2015 Mighty Minds National Challenge Grand Finals which was organised and sponsored by The Star Newspaper and RHB Bank.
Speaking and presenting before the 3 Judges from Microsoft, The Star Newspaper and RHB Bank.
The actual competition was held the following day on Saturday, 3rd October, at the Bintang Ballroom in the Mid Valley Cititel Hotel. As you can see from the photo above, our team was one of the top 5 winners in the Lower Form Category. We won the 5th place in this National Challenge. Prior to this event, our very same Maktab Nasional team beat 162 or so other secondary school teams from throughout Sabah to win the 2015 Mighty Minds Sabah State Challenge Championship for Lower Form Category and which was held at Suria Sabah on Saturday, 22nd August, 2015. Needless to say, we can’t wait to participate in next year’s Mighty Minds Challenge again. Teacher Normala
Being interviewed by the news media after winning 5th place in the National Challenge.
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