Newsletter1_2014

www.epts.satitpatumwan.ac.th Issue. 2, July 2014

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EPTS SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT NEWS

CANADA ENGLISH SUMMER COURSE 2014


EPTS CLUBS : AMNESTY CLUB, JAZZ CLUB, THE WEATHER STATION CLUB
THE ENGLISH
INTENSIVE COURSE
FOR NEW M.1

HEALTHY BODY HEALTHY MIND PROJECT

CITIZENSHIP PROJECT : TOY DRIVE & BAKE SALE






































EPTS WORLD CUP PROJECT
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THE ENGLISH PROGRAM FOR TALENTED STUDENTS PATUMWAN DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL, SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY

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“EPTS,





the Pride of PDS ”




Founded in 1997, EPTS is the pride of Patumwan Demonstration n
School. "EPTS" stands for the English Program for Talented Students. .
Yearly EPTS graduates con irm their impressive talents and we celebrate e
their successful accomplishment in the irst step of their tertiary y
education. On behalf of PDS, I am absolutely delighted that they are our r
immensely satisfying by-products. Annually we hold a party to celebrate e
their success, “Congratulations! You’ve made it”.
As the director of PDS, I promise to support and encourage our EPTS S
students to excel themselves. In my view, each letter in the “EPTS” ”
is abbreviated from these four meaningful words: “ E = Ethics; P = =
Professional ; T = Teamwork ; S = Smartness ”. I am certain our future e
EPTS graduates will increasingly live up to all our expectations.

Ajarn Orapin Kanungsukkasem- Director r


EPTSCURRENT “EPTS Activities on School Calendar, Academic Year 2014”

Issue. 2, July 2014 April 21- May 17 : EPTS Summer Camp for New M1 Students at PDS and in Korat
1 Cover "EPTS World Cup April 21- May 20 :EPTS Summer School for M2 Students in Canada
April 21- May 19 : EPTS and Regular Program Students’ Summer School in England
Project 2014" May 3 : Meeting of Foreign teachers & Head of Departments in Regular Program
2 EPTS, the Pride of PDS June 9 : Back to School Day, 1st Semester, 2014
3 EPTS World Cup Project June 16, 23 : Google Apps’ Workshops
2014 July 4 : World Cup Project
4 Guest Speaker Model of July 7 : Wai Kru Day
Drug Resistance July 8 : A Guest Speaker’s Talk for M6 Science Program from Mahidol University
4 New Lab Equipment July 9 : A Guest Speaker’s Talk for M4-M 6 volunteers from the Amnesty Thailand
July 15, 18
: M2 students' Toy Drive and Bake Sale Activities : Citizenship Project
4 The EPTS Weather Station July 18 : “Congratulations! You’ve made it!”
club Update July 19 : EPTS Parents Meeting Day
4 PDS Jazz Club July 21 : M5 Students' Mathematics Survey
5 Green Toy Library Drive July 28- August 1 : 1st Semester Midterm Examination
5 Creative Sparks Junior August 7 : M 4 Students' Social Studies Field Trip
5 Healthy Body Healthy Mind August 7 : Australian Mathematics Competition
5 EPTS Amnesty Club August 23 : Parents Meeting Day ( Whole School)
6 M.1 English Intensive September 29- October 6 : Final Examination
October 20
: Back to School Day, 2nd Semester, 2014
Course2014 November 15-16 : English Kids Camp
7 The English Summer Course December 8-12 : 2nd Semester Midterm Examination
in Canada 2014 December 21-27 : Satit Samakkkee
8 Congratulations to EPTS 12 February 2-6 : M6 2nd Semester Final Examination
March 2-9 : M1-M5 2nd Semester Final Examination



EDITORIAL SPECIAL THANKS TO
Writer & Information Ajarn Orapin Kanungsukkasem
Ajarn Robert Bradley Burch Assistant Professor Chaisak Leelajaraskul
Ajarn Kyle Dreher Assistant Professor Duangchai Chongthanakorn
Ajarn Craig Wardman Ajarn Amornpan Rangsritienchai
Ajarn Adam Bodley-Tickell Ajarn Rollin Miller
Ajarn Jason Sore Ajarn Richard Beattie
Ajarn Robert Mike Casto Ajarn Nathapat Prangkratoke
Ajarn Kim Unger Ajarn Nithiz Onkaewmanee
Ajarn Paranee Noisaeng Chanaichon Smitthileela (3/342)
Ajarn Phittaya Wongsuwannnakorn for EPTS World Cup Project Pictures
Ajarn Natthanan Tanthanawat Mr. Jirat Tantiwetchakul (Parent of Nutcha Tantiwetchakul M.3/341)
for Publishing
Graphic & Art and all EPTS Teachers
Ajarn Tanapa Rotkoet


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EPTS WORLD CUP PROJECT




- A.Jason

The M1-M3 World Cup project combined all three Matthyom lower
levels (210 students) into an activity to represent the 32 teams
playing in the 2014 World Cup. The project brought together the
Geography curriculum for the lower levels (M1 Asia & Paci ic, M2
Europe & Africa and M3 North & South America) into a real world
event. All 32 countries were marked on their exhibitions in varying
degrees of dif iculty (M3s obviously being marked on more dif icult
components than the M1 students).
However this project was not only about grades. It was also
about the students learning Social Studies in an enjoyable and
knowledgeable way. The main World Cup event, held on Friday 4th
of June, was the climax of the 3 week project that had included lunch
time quizzes on a knockout basis (eventually won by the M2 group
Netherlands),student displays and of course the highlight was the
fashion show, won by Mexico.
All in all, everyone seemed to have a lot of fun and in the process
learnt about their respective countries and the other countries
taking part. It was great to see so many students putting so much
energy and creativity into this project and being able to gain
valuable knowledge about the Geography and cultures of countries
from around the world. It's just a shame, we have to wait 4 years
until the next World Cup. rld Cup.















Pictures by Chanaichon
Smitthileela (3/342)














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The EPTS EPTS Science Department News
Weather
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- A.Craig Models of Drug Resistance
NASA scientist Dr. Lin Chambers has just n Chambers has just - A.Adam
con irmed our irst video conference Ajarn Adam's M6 science class was recently
of the year for Friday, July 18th during treated to a guest speaker from Mahidol University.
period 1 with all of our M1 students. The
video conference will also include some Wirichada Pan-ngum, Ph.D., works in the Mahidol-
of our M3 students giving a presentation Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU)
about tourist attractions in Thailand. and specializes in mathematical modeling of
Teachers are of course welcome to attend. disease transmission and treatment. Much of her
current work is associated with malaria in many
Our NASA Student Cloud Observation of the surrounding ASEAN nations. During her
Online Project (SCOOL) was such a seminar, she discussed methods of determining
success last year that it has been expanded pathogen resistance in various disease models.
to include all of our M1 students this Much of this information ties in to the current
year. Each classroom is responsible for topics the students are learning in some of their
one satellite, and the students have been M6 classes.
making daily weather observations at the
same time their satellite is over Bangkok. Dr. Pan-ngum also gave our students some insight
Their data is then uploaded to NASA and into what is involved in doing scienti ic research
used to validate the satellite data set. as a career option. She explained the importance
of teamwork and collaboration as a basis of most
This project provides the students with scienti ic research. She encouraged our students
a unique opportunity to combine their to work on these skills now and develop them
academic and scienti ic skills while over time. Our students thoroughly enjoyed the
engaging with a signi icant international seminar and asked several insightful questions
research project. concerning her rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrresearcch and
concerning her research and life as a scientist.
For more information please visit the Weather
Station Club Moodle page under 'Activities and
Clubs' or the NASA SCOOL Project homepage New Lab Equipment!
at:http://scool.larc.nasa.gov/
- A.Mike
Current weather observations from our EPTS Just in time for the new semester, our two science labs received more than
weather station can be found 400,000 baht in new science equipment. Some of the main equipment included
at:http://www.weatherlink.com/user a spectrophotometer, spectrometers, several new microscopes and many pieces
/epts/index.php?view=main&headers of physics equipment. This new equipment will enable our students to not only
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better understand their current topics but will also allow them to perform more
advanced research in the coming years. Additionally, this will better prepare them
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personal-weather-station/dashboard? for a future in university science courses. Expect some fun and exciting research s. p
ID=IBANGKOK26 to come out of our labs soon!
The PDS Jazz Club is a creative platform for student musicians to learn to express s
themselves through musical improvisation and to learn the rich heritage of the e
jazz idiom. For the past nine years Aj. Kyle has conducted the club's activities, s, PDS
which have included after school Jazz Club; M.1, M.4, and M.5 Jazz Music elective ve
subjects; PDS Jazz Workshop with Grammy Award winning jazz legend Ernie Watts; ts;
series of CD productions based on the studio recordings for which the students act Jazz Club
an annual jazz digital recording project in a professional recording studio; and a

as musicians, photographers, CD cover designers, and public relations of icers. On - A.Kyle
March 19th 2014 Aj. Kyle took his M.4 and M.5 Jazz Bands once again to Vintage
Studio for a recording, and the CD production has inished just in time for the irst
parents' and teachers' meeting of the 2014 academic year. Please visit the booth at
the rear of the auditorium. Thank you for your support.











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Green Toy Creative Sparks


Library Drive Juniornior - A.Kyle

- A.Kim
M2 Students will take part in the annual "Green Toy
Library Drive", the week of July 15th. Both classes
will be baking or cooking food products to help raise
money for the project. The students need to raise
25,000 baht to set up a toy library. The second step in the process of setting
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up the toy library, is to give good used toys, games, puzzles, or books, or to ,p , ,
buy new and give to the program.
Along with the responsibility of making food
products and selling them, students will learn For the past past
citizenship perseverance, responsibility, trust- ive years EPTS have
worthiness, fairness and planning skills. Students published an annual anthology of
will be collecting toys till the middle of August. If f student writing entitled Creative
you would like to donate, just drop off toys in the Sparks. This year Aj. Kyle has
box in front of room 313. initiated with his M.1 Creative
Writing students the Creative
EPTS Healthy Body Sparks Club, or Creative Sparks Jr.
for these new students to practice
Healthy Mind and explore expressing their ideas
through writing. The club had their
- A.Paranee irst meeting during lunch time on
July 9th 2014, and they will meet
This is a counselling project for students, teachers, and parents who would subsequently at the same time
like to explore more about themselves in order to make a full development in each week in the Jazz Music Room.
lives in almost every aspects. Our counselling sessions have two professional Activities will include reading, book
experts in children and young adults: Dr Jom, the psychiatrist, and Ms sharing, illustration concepts and
Pisinee, the psychologist who will provide useful advice and support in every skills, creativity and problem solving
session. The program runs on Friday twice a month. Anyone interested in this activities, and (of course) writing!
program, please feel comfortable to make an appointment in advance with
Ajarn Paranee, project coordinator, or you can let the class teacher know for
further appointment.


Amnesty International is the world’s
largest human rights movement,
with over three million supporters
worldwide.Its fundamental mission - A.Brad
is to create awareness of human The EPTS Amnesty
rights issues, to campaign for people
who are suffering from injustice International Club
and to act for people in distress.
The EPTS Amnesty International Club was started three years ago to help promote
student awareness of global human rights issues both in and out of the classroom. It
kicked off its irst meeting of the 2014 school year on Wednesday, July 9. Ms. Nawaphon
Supawitkul, an Amnesty International activism of icer, provided a brief overview of what
Amnesty International is about and then led the students through a fun classi ication-
type game, which helped them connect human rights to their lives. After that, the
students were shown a video clip about the individual- at- risk case of Mr. Chiou Ho
Shun, a Taiwanese man who has been wrongfully imprisoned on murder charges for over
twenty three years and is currently on death row. The students s
were encouraged to participate in a letter writing campaign to try y
and persuade the Taiwanese authorities to allow a fair retrial.
Some M6 students are taking charge of organizing and d
promoting EPTS Amnesty International club campaigns and d
events for the 2014 academic year.For more information, ,
please contact Jub or Namtan in room 6/511. They are e
currently working on setting up a Facebook page that ttttttttttttt
should be up and running sometime in the near future.



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M1
M1 English intensive courseEnglish intensive course 2014 2014












During April 21st - May 17th, 2014
our EPTS held the English intensive
course for new M.1 students under
the theme "EPTS 18 Survivors".
This course aimed to help all 70
students to improve their English
and prepare them to be ready in
EPTS program. There were several
core subjects taught by foreign and
Thai teachers including English,
Mathematics, Science, Computer
and Technology. Moreover, all
students attended the camp at
the Greenery resort, Khao-yai to
experience more activities and
help them to adapt themselves to
new community of teachers and
friends. The closing ceremony was
held at school and the students
performed the English shows to
their parents. This intensive course
was a successful project and the
students learned a lot from our
academic and joyful activities.
- A.Paranee










































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The English Summer




Course 2014



in Canada





The English Summer Course for M.1 (Academic Year 2013 )
in Langley District , British Columbia, Canada
during 21 April - 19 May 2014







































































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MR.KAN EKSOMBATCHAI KAN International School of Enginerring, Chulalongkorn University
MS.NAPASORN THAVICHAIGARN NAN Nano Engineering, Chulalongkorn University
MS.PATHITTA SIVAMARD FA INDA, Chulalongkorn University
MR.PASIT LERTRATANANON GEM International School of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University
MS.CHANITSATA THITATHANA MEW BALAC, Chulalongkorn University
MS.THAYIKA HAYRABUT AOM B.B.A., Chulalongkorn University
MS.NITCHAKANT PHISPHAHUTHARN MINNIE B.B.A., Chulalongkorn University
MS.WANWARES BOONKONG PIPPIN B.B.A., Chulalongkorn University
MS.CHANANIT KRONGCHON MOD-TA-NOY BBA Chulalongkorn University
MR.PAN NGAMSANGRAT PAN Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University
MR.WATTHANA PHILUEK TEE BBA, Chulalongkorn University
MS.PIMPILAI WONGSANGANAN PIM BBA, Chulalongkorn University
MS.PHANTHILA SAENGTHONG MOOK International School of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University
MS.THANIDA LERTWATTANAKICKUL MAI Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy Chulalongkorn
University
MS.MACHCHIMA WONGKUPRASERT KEEKI EBA, Chulalongkorn University
MR.VATUNYOO ROONGWATANAPAK EARTH EBA, Chulalongkorn University
MS.PATHAMA TACHATANITANOMT PRAIR The Faculty of Communication Art International Program,
Chulalongkorn University

MR.PHANUCHAI CHANATURAKARNNON HONG International School of Enginerring, Thammasat University
MR.NATTAPONG SUKUMDHANAKUL NAT International School of Enginerring,Thammasat University
MR.SATIN PISANWALERD NEW B.B.A. Thammasat University
MR.THAM SAWETKITTITHAM GUIDE Economics, Inter Thammasat University
MR.CHARUDEJ LERTSUMITKUL ANG BBA Thammasat University
MS.PIMVIPA KUNANUSORN FON Faculty of Law International Program, Thammasat University
MR.PIRIYAPONG NHUTHEP NOOK Global Studies and Social Entrepreneurship (GSSE),
Thammasat University
MS.PUMIRAT PINGKARAWAT PROUD Faculty of Law International Program, Thammasat University


MS.HATAIPAT SRESTHABUTR PLOY Thai Government scholarships offered by OCSC, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
MR.PAWEEN PITIMANAAREE WINNER Oversea Scholarship from OCSC
MR.PONGTHIP SRIVARANGKUL FOLK Interdisciplinary Engineering, Purdue University
MR.CHAYATORN PUGKHEM FOTO Faculty of Engineering, Puedue University
MS.TATPICHA CHUENKONGKAEW MAI B.B.A., MUIC
MS.NUSSABA VISATEMONGKOLCHAI NUSS Biomedical Engineering, Princeton University
MS.PRALFAH RATCHATAVITAYAKUL FAH Management, George Mason University
MS.RAKSARAT VORASUCHA ROONG Architecture, Cornell University
MR.TEERAPAT SUWANWATANA TUM Facultry of Dentistry, Western University
MR.POJCHARA SRIVICHARNKUL PONG Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management,
Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
MR.BHUMIPAK AUEWARAKUL LUKE-MAI Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and
Applied Science
MR.CHAWIN WARAKUL WIN Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol
University
MS.PIYACHAT SAENGSAWANG MEILY Faculty of Veterinary Science, Mahidol University
MS.WORAPAN SUKHASAPHA PRAEW Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University
MR.PATCHARAPHON ARUNWATTHANANGKUL JADE Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
MS.WARATCHAYA PANJAPAKKUL VIEW Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

MS.INTUKARN TRAIVORAKUL NICE EEBA, Kasetsart University