Dear Chinthes,

Our high school basketball teams secured second place in the Yangon Athletic Conference league last night. Please read below to see how their matches went this week.

Our middle school boys football team had a match against the ILBC International School on Wednesday. With the grade 6 students away on Chinthe Expeditions the squad was severely depleted. However, in true ISY spirit they played hard right to the end. Please read below for the match report. 

Today, tomorrow and Sunday ISY is sending a sizable Yangon Model United Nations delegation to Yangon International School. Continue reading below for information and what this is and how MUN is becoming a mainstay at ISY.

YAC Girls Basketball

High School Athletics

On Tuesday ISY traveled to the International School Myanmar for girls and boys high school basketball. On Thursday ISY hosted ILBC International School.
On Tuesday, after a delay the boys played first. The game kicked off with both teams scoring one after the other, keeping things really close. Right up until the last 3 minutes, it was anybody’s game, with the scores super close – ISM even got ahead of ISY for a bit. But then, in those last few minutes, ISY just took off and ended up more than 10 points ahead. It was a really good, tight game where both teams gave it their all.

On Thursday at ISY the boys played second this time. The game between ISY and ILBC was great and kicked off right on schedule. ISY got to play almost all our players, and everyone scored on the court. We won by a lot, and in the very last second of the game, Ty hit a 3-pointer right at the buzzer. It was an exciting game and a really good one before the final match.

On Tuesday the ISY girls’ team had a hard time starting off to a slow start and could never quite catch the ISM team. But Thursday’s match up against ILBC was a real thriller with both teams trading the lead until the final minutes where the Chinthes defense prevented ILBC from scoring and the offense got a few key shots to drop for an excellent victory.

YAC Boys Basketball

Middle School Athletics 

On Wednesday our boys middle school football team played ILBC International School at South Dagon field. With several players sick and the Grade 6 students on their Chinth expedition this would always be a tough assignment for our young footballers. ISY performed valiantly, showing grit and determination until the final whistle. Unfortunately the odds were stacked against us and we would lose 0-3 in the end. The MVP for the day was Demir (Grade 7).

Yangon Model United Nationas

This year the Yangon Model United Nations will be held at Yangon International School.
Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations where students play the role of delegates from different countries and attempt to solve real world issues with the policies and perspectives of their assigned country. For example, a student may be assigned the United Kingdom and will have to solve global topics such as nuclear non-proliferation or climate change from the policies and perspectives of the United Kingdom.

Our ISY students are traveling to YIS as delegates, chairs and note passes. ISY have students from grade 6 to 12 participating in this three day conference. The conference will start tonight, continue for a full day on Saturday and then a half day on Sunday. We wish the students well for the whole three days.

After School Activities 

Parents will be able to check their child(ren)’s ASA schedule on PowerSchool. They will also be able to check where and when the ASAs will be and who is the ASA supervisor. This information will be automatically updated as changes are made to the students’ ASA schedules.

The times for ASAs are as follows:

Elementary school ASA 2:20 – 3:05 PM
Middle and high school ASA 2:40-3:25 PM

SEASAC Information

What is SEASAC?
The Southeast Asian Student Activities Conference is the athletics and activities conference that ISY belongs to outside of Myanmar. Each year ISY sends students to athletic, Model United Nations conferences and arts festivals. These events are a very valuable opportunity for our students to connect with other like minded students across Southeast Asia. This section in the Athletics and Activities blog will outline some of the important information and general happenings around SEASAC events.

SEASAC Dates:
SEASAC MUN @ NIST, March 1, 2, and 3
SEASAC Softball @ BPS, March 22, 23 and 24
SEASAC Badminton @ UWCE, March 22, 23 and 24
SEASAC Music @ UWCE, March 15, 16 and 17

Swim Team

Here are the training times for our elementary, middle and high school swim teams.

ES Swim Team:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2:20-3:20 PM

MS and HS Swim Team:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 3:30-5:00 PM
Tuesday and Thursday 6:45-7:45 AM

Community Sport

Every Saturday a group of ISY community plays badminton and pickleball in the ISY gym. This is from 3:00-5:00 PM. 

If you are interested in playing either of these community sports please come along at the given day and time and you will be welcomed.

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ISY Sports Broadcasting

Last year a sports broadcasting club was started at ISY. They were able to cover some of our high school basketball games with great success. They produced a very professionally polished product.
This year they will cover our high school athletics for the whole year. If you are interested in this please follow the link below and this will lead you to the group’s Youtube page. So far the group has covered two high school volleyball games and some of the high school basketball games from last year.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzBh86SGxeV22RG6ZHYW2g

Questions or More Information

As always, if you have any questions about what is in this blog or anything else that you may think of related to activities or athletics please feel free to contact me at:

josullivan@isyedu.org

Kindest regards,

Mr. Jonathan O’Sullivan

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