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"When people start encouraging each other, not only does it spread and bring hope and joy to those in the community, it also has a direct benefit to the encourager."
Over the last two weeks of school I have been focusing on the topic of encouragement and challenging us to be more encouraging. I have highlighted how important encouragement is in the life of individuals and the community as a whole. We have seen that it can help people persevere, face tough challenges and trials, and make a difference in people’s day, week, month, and or lives.
The amazing thing about encouragement is that it has a ripple effect. If people start to encourage each other it spreads and then other people start encouraging each other. Not only does it spread and bring hope and joy to those in the community it also has a direct benefit to the encourager.
In his book Winning with People John Maxwell tells the following story from Dan Clark’s life that I believe illustrates the reciprocal effect that encouragement has on people:
Dan Clark recalls that when he was a teenager, he and his father once stood in line to buy tickets for the circus. As they waited, they noticed the family immediately in front of them. The parents were holding hands, and they had eight children in tow, all behaved well and all probably under the age of twelve. Based on their clean but simple clothing, he suspected they didn’t have a lot of money. The kids jabbered about the exciting things they expected to see, and he could tell that the circus was going to be a new adventure for them.
As the couple approached the counter, the attendant asked how many tickets they wanted. The man proudly responded, “Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adult tickets so I can take my family to the circus.”
When the attendant quoted the price, the man’s wife let go of his hand, and her head drooped. The man leaned a little closer and asked, “How much did you say?” The attendant again quoted the price. The man obviously didn’t have enough money. He looked crushed.
Clark said his father watched all of this, put his hand in his pocket, pulled out a twenty-dollar bill, and dropped it on the ground. His father then reached down, picked up the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder, and said, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.”
The man knew exactly what was going on. He looked straight into Clark’s father’s eyes, took his hand, shook it, and with a tear streaming down his check, replied, “Thank you, thank you, sir. This really means a lot to me and my family.”
Clark and his father went back to their car and drove home. They didn’t have enough money to go to the circus that night, but it didn’t matter. They had encouraged a whole family. And it was something neither family would ever forget.
God has created us in such a way that when we encourage other people we ourselves are encouraged. You can’t help it, it is not why you do it, but what a person gets back from encouraging others, is encouragement. What a wonderful gift it can be.
Enjoy the giving and receiving of the gift called encouragement.
Have a great weekend,
Karl Steinkamp
Head of School
Love is in the Air
Day of Prayer
Your Annual Fund Gifts are Already at Work!
ES and MS Parent Teacher Conferences — New Trial Software
End of X-Block Session
Music News
ACSC Tournament Games
The Senior Scribble 2018–19
Seaside Café - Lunch Menu
The Last Laugh |
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Love is in the Air
사랑은 공기 중에 있어요-발렌타인 데이 사전 주문 안내
爱在空气中
I “heart” you! This Valentine's Day say it with heart-shaped balloons and love-wrapped chocolate chip cookies.
PTO Valentine’s Day Pre Sale have begun! Come and pre-order your Valentine tokens of love* at our table near the Junior Class store, Tiki Hut. Send special messages of love, appreciation, and thankfulness to your besties, friends, and even to our wonderful staff and family!
*limited stock
Day of Prayer
On Tuesday, February 12, one of Dalat’s accrediting agencies, the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), is sponsoring a global Day of Prayer. This year’s theme, to know the love of Christ, comes from Ephesians 3:18. Dalat will participate by taking time throughout the school day to pray for people in Dalat, Penang, Malaysia, and the world. We encourage parents to take some time on Tuesday to pray for Dalat and for Christian schools around the world. We will also have prayer stations available in the Vintage Chapel throughout the day, and parents are invited to come to the Chapel to pray individually or in groups.
Your Annual Fund Gifts
are Already at Work!
여러분의 연감 기금이 이미 사용되고 있습니다 !
你的年度礼物已经在工作了
Many thanks to those who joyfully supported Dalat’s Annual Fund. Here are a few more things that your gifts have made possible for our students. We will continue to share throughout the semester the fruits that have come from the tree of generosity from the Dalat community. Thank you for loving our students!
Your support helped to purchase micropipettes (shown below), that students use to practice picking up tiny and exact amounts of colored water and to retrieve small samples.
In the photo here you can see the mini-PCR, which takes DNA samples and makes millions of copies of a small segment of DNA so that it can be analyzed.
This is a gel electrophoresis machine. Students use the micropipettes to load the copied DNA fragment into the gel electrophoresis machine and then it will pull apart the DNA so that different fragments could be analyzed. This gel showed that all of us had the gene for being night-owls and only one did not have that and was an early-bird!
Thank you very much for giving our High School Science program the resources needed to explore our world in bigger and better ways!
ES and MS Parent Teacher Conferences
New Trial Software
초등, 중등 학부모 면담 – 새로운 프로그램 도입
家长教师会议记录
On Monday February 18, 2019, the elementary and middle school will be having parent teacher conferences. We are excited to trial a new convenient and easy to use software to conference appointments. Parents will be able to schedule their own conference times using the PowerSchool parent portal. For parents of more than one child, this tools will assist in arranging multiply conference times in both the elementary and middle schools. It is our hope that the software will enable parents to select the time(s) that are most suitable to their schedules, maximizing efficiency and convenience. Look out for a further email with detailed instructions on how to schedule your child(ren)’s parent teacher conferences.
2019 년 2 월 18 일 월요일, 초등학교와 중학교에서는 학부모 교사 면담이 있을 예정입니다. 저희는 회의 약속에 새롭고 편리하고 사용하기 쉬운 소프트웨어를 시험적으로 사용하게 됨을 알려드리는 바입니다. 학부모께서는 파워스쿨을 사용하여 회의 시간을 정하실 수 있습니다. 둘 이상의 자녀가 있는 학부모의 경우 이 프로그램은 초,중등 학교에 걸쳐 자녀에 따라 편하신 회의시간을 정하시는 데 도움이 됩니다. 학부모가 일정에 가장 적합한 시간을 선택하여 효율성과 편의성을 극대화 할 수 있기를 바랍니다. 자녀 (들)의 학부모 면담 일정을 세우는 방법에 대한 자세한 지침이 담겨있는 추가 이메일을 참조하십시오.
大叻小学与中学将于星期一，2月18日，举行家长教师会议。我们非常兴奋，我们将試用一个方便易用的会议预约软件。 家长们可以使用“动力学校门户“来安排自己的会议时间。至於 一些有多个孩子的父母， 此工具将有助于 安排小学和 中学 的“多个次会议” 时间。我们系望这个软件能帮助家长选择最适合他们的时间。使得效率和方便性最大化。
请关注你的电子邮件，我们将进一步详细说明如何安排你的子女的“ 家长教师会议“。
End of X-Block Session
On February 15 we will say farewell to another X block session. This session has brought many great memories and challenged us to think in ways that were outside the box. We watched incredible, hard-fought matches on the soccer field and learned how to win and lose well.
We are excited about the new round of X blocks that will start on February 25! The teachers are currently planning and prepping to make this set of X blocks something you will not want to miss. So get ready as we release the new list of X blocks — you may sign up for them on February 14 in the cafeteria!
Music News
음악 뉴스
音乐新闻
- Music recitals will be on February 27 at 5 p.m. in the Harbor Hall.
Students who play piano along — or any other type of instrument — are encouraged to participate. Register with front office from January 28 until February 20.
- Penang Primary Performing Arts Carnival will be on April 26 and 27.
Students in grades three and four may participate by signing up with Ms. Goh, and they will receive an email with details about this event. Only 30 students will be selected.
- AIMS (Association of International Schools Malaysia) Young Musicians of the Year Award 2019 will be hosted by Dalat this year on March 30 in the Harbor Hall.
This competition is open to AIMS member schools (more than 30 school in Malaysia are members) and is for all types of orchestral instruments, piano, voice, and acoustic guitar.
The event’s primary sponsor is the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), which is an examinations board and registered charity based in London which provides music examinations around the world.
Competition categories are:
Category A Primary
Category B Secondary
Category C Small Ensemble
Please see Ms. Goh for more information.
ACSC Tournament Games
Next week, live streams of some of the ACSC games will be posted at this link.
Here is the schedule for Wednesday and Thursday:
The Senior Scribble 2018–19
2018-19 12학년 스크리블
2018-19学长周记
 Each week, seniors write journalistic articles about current events or individuals within the Dalat community and publish them on the blog called The Senior Scribble. Read their fantastic coverage by clicking on the link: http://seniorscribble.blogspot.my
This week’s articles are written by Courtney Soon (Spirit Week) and Shannon Frohlich (Impact trip).
Seaside Café - Lunch Menu
February 11 - 15
MONDAY
Baked Fusilli Pasta with Red Meat Sauce, Bee Hoon Soup
Sandwich Bar - Peanut Butter & Jelly
Mixed Stir Fried Veggies & Salad Bar w/Dressing
Popsicles
Juice & Water
TUESDAY
ELEM-Bite-Sized Mild Beef Burgundy, Rice
Maggi Noodle Soup w/wontons and Sandwich Bar - Peanut Butter & Jelly
Carrots & Salad Bar w/Dressing
Cookies
Juice & Water
WEDNESDAY
Shepherd’s Pie, Fried Rice
Sandwich Bar - Peanut Butter & Jelly
Salad Bar w/Dressing
Popsicles
Juice & Water
THURSDAY
Chicken Vegetable Stew, Rolls, Beef Rendang Set
Sandwich Bar - Peanut Butter & Jelly
Salad Bar w/Dressing
Cakes
Juice & Water
FRIDAY
ELEM-Bite Size Mild Pork, Pineapple Pork & White Rice
Nasi Kandar Set and Sandwich Bar - Peanut Butter & Jelly
Salad Bar w/Dressing
Fruit
Juice & Water
The Last Laugh
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