Ivy Collegiate Academy March 2015 Parent’s Day On Sunday, March 8, 2015, ICA held its annual spring parents day. ICA welcomed over 250 parents, grand parents, relatives and several dogs. Parents were entertained with student performances by Cindy Lin ‘15, Natalie Chang ‘16, and Justin Ko ‘18. The ICA Strings, Flute Club, French Singers and the Academy Singers also performed. Parents visited with teachers and also were invited to visit the International Day house displays. Outstanding Speech Team Performances ICA’s Speech and Debate Team traveled to Tainan to compete in the IBST Annual Speech and Debate competition. Every student attending earned recognition. In middle school duet acting: Cindy Wu and Wendy Wu– 1st Place In upper school duet acting: Chih-Hao Wang ‘16 and Sandy Lin ‘16– 1st place In upper school duet acting: Mira Tenzin ‘17 and Yvonne Hsing ‘17– 3rd place In Dramatic Interpretation: Cindy Lin ‘15– 1st place In Editorial: Michael Chou ‘16– 2nd place In Creative Story Telling: Shunem Wu ‘15– 3rd place In Extemporaneous Speaking: Barron Chiu ‘16– 3rd place Overall, outstanding performances by ICA students. Ryusuke Takes 1st Place Ryusuke Kobayashi ‘16 won the AST cross country competition. Ryusuke also took 2 first place finishes in the Men’s 1500 meter run and 3000 meter run at the Morrison Academy International meet on March 28, 2015. Ivy Collegiate Academy March 2015 Marimba Places 2nd ICA’s Advanced Marimba finished 2nd in the National Competition held at National Yunlin University of Science and Technology. Badminton Takes 3rd Place The Varsity Badminton Team traveled on March 12 to Beijing to participate in the ACAMIS International Badminton Tournament competing against 24 school and 235 players. ICA placed 3rd. MUN to Harvard United Nations The Model United Nations Team participated in Harvard University Model United Nations in Beijing. Gilder Lehrman Institute Scholar Mr. Hickel, History teacher at ICA has been chosen a Gilder Lehrman Institute Scholar. Mr. Hickel will attend Gettysburg University this summer to study the Civil War through American Culture and Historic Landscapes. The course will be taught by noted Civil War historian, Peter S. Carmichael. Up Coming Events ICA will closed for its annual spring break on Friday, April 3, 2015 at 1pm. Boarding students should plan to return on Sunday, April 12 by 6 pm for dinner. Classes will resume on Monday, April 13 at 8 am. Ivy Collegiate Academy No. 320, Lane 165, Sec. 1, Tan-Hsing Rd., Tan-Tzn Dist., Taichung City 427, Taiwan (886)4-2539-5011 ext. 283 http://ica.ivyjhs.tc.edu.tw/
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