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Contents

Partnership and Exchange Program 03 We are the ‘ Champions’ : Zaman Wins 04 Follow Your Heart 06 Line Up Four Competition 08 Each Color For Each Day 10 Organ Model-making Competition 12 Faithful Feelings of a Scavenger 14 Physics Club 16 Second Term Midterm High School Top Ten 18 Second Term Midterm Middle School Top Ten 19 Birthday Party 20 Paper Plane 22 Class 8-B Students 24 Gravity Car Race Parents’ Celebration Event 25 Physics Gravity Car Race T-shirt Design 26 Physics Gravity Car Race Video Clip 27 Mother 28 End The Battles 29 Periodic Table Design Contest 30 Our Marvelous Trip 32 Body Talk : Students Mask Performances 34 Triathlon 35

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By Cihan Kazanci (PE Teacher) On March 1st 2013, Zaman Unive event with the cooperation of the rsity hosted an important National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC).

With the participation of 300 students from CIA First, PSE, a Japanese school, RUPP, Zama n Schools and National Athletes who represented Cambodia in the London Summer Olympic Games 2012, a partnership was sig man Schools. Through this partn ned between NOCC and Zaership, there will be exchange programs aimed at disseminatin g Olympic values.

The purpose of this partnership is to: -Establish a mutually benefic ial relationship between Zama n and the NOCC - Increase cooperation between Zaman and NOCC - Promote Olympic values, ide als and solidarity young students - Enhance the awareness of the Olympic Movement students.

Thanks to Zaman University for providing this opportunity.

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We are the ‘ Champions’

By Cihan Kazanci (PE Teacher) March 30th was a big day for Zaman Football team. During Cambodia International Schools’ League Football Season, which started in the beginning of March, we won 5 matches and only lost 3. After 8 games, all the teams from international schools in Phnom Penh gathered at Northbridge’s campus for the final games. We played 4 nerve-wracking matches on that day.

Here are the scores: Zaman- ISPP 4-3 Zaman- Hope 4-1 Zaman- Northbridge 5-0 Zaman- Logos 0-0

The last match with Logos was unforgettable, if we had lost, we would not have been the champions. However, by means of our players’ faith, we made it! It was a great season for us with a fully motivated team. I’m proud of my players who will be remembered as Zaman’s first champion football team with a great success in their first year. Congralations guys!!

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’ : Zaman Wins Students’Comments Mr. Cihan chose me to be the team captain. So I had a big responsibility. I had to get to know my teammates better. I had to cheer them up. You guys wanna know why we won?

Because we played with our whole heart and soul. The tournament brought us friendship, joy and teamwork. (Proseuratanak Thin 12-C) It is true that during the group stage matches, we didn’t play very well; losing 3 matches.But when we played in the tournament games, we all tried our best to play and yeah we won.(Kang Sour Lim 12-C) In the group stage games, we played like it was a one person game. Because we didn’t know each other well, but after many training and practice sessions, we became one team. (Pros Pich Mao 9-B) I have learned a lot of things from this tournament. I have learned that football is not a one person game.We need good teamwork to win the game. And due to our teamwork, we have achieved success. Having good players is not enough to win, but good teamwork is. (Sovan Piseth Suon 12-C) Due to our teamwork, we achieved our goal. (Young An Or 12-C) It was a rocky tournament for us. But in the end we won the cup with sweat and hardwork. (Sophea Sok 12-C).

I never thought that we could win the trophy. But in the end, we did manage to win the trophy. (David Bunna 12-B ) Well, it was so amazing and without good teamwork we might not have won the championship. (Monyreach Chin 11A) Thanks to our coach, Mr. Cihan, who put us through harsh training, which has led us to victory. (Rathboros Oeur 12-C)

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By Sothira​Toch 12E Like many other girls my age, I am still not sure where my life will take me in the next ten years. Having said that, I am incredibly sure of two things, firstly, ten years later I will be ten years older for sure, and more importantly, how my life will be in ten years will be determined by the decisions I am making right now.

Following one’s heart is never as simple as it sounds. I attempted to take the courageous gesture once and told my parents that I do not want to pursue Business and instead go for a career in Science. As you can probably imagine, their reaction was not very pleasing, sometimes one look from your parents can shatter all your hopes and dreams. I was ready to forget all the things I want to be, and do whatever it takes to not feel like a disappointment. I started doubting myself, I started questioning everything, and more importantly I started losing myself and the idea of who I am.

Up to this point, you might think that for a person who is telling people to follow their hearts; I am not doing a very good job myself. You are right, I am still struggling. Even with all my parents’ support, I am still scared, scared that the choice I make will turn out to be wrong. Then on some of my good days I would ask myself, what’s the worst that can happen? I might

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not be able to live in a gigantic mansion, but I’ll still be doing what I love.

In Cambodia, if you are sick and you have enough financial resources, chances are you will seek medical treatment in Vietnam, Thailand or Singapore. I honestly do not know if all the stories of medical misconduct made by Cambodian doctors are true, but given the lack of medical and scientific research in our country, we all have a reason to believe them. It goes without saying that we need more medical and science experts but why are parents so against their children studying to become those medical and science experts? Why don’t they want their children to study science? I can’t speak for any parents, not even mine, what I am about to tell you is purely based on my observations.

It was my mother’s dream to become a doctor but she did not get to live that dream because she did not pass the medical school entrance exam. But it was not because she did poorly on the test, it was more a matter of not having any relatives working in the medical institute. In fact, I think my mother would have made a better doctor than the banker that she is today. My mother focused all her hopes and dreams on becoming a doctor, she was crushed when it did not happen; I guess not wanting me to go through the

our Heart same pain is one of the reasons why she was against my career choice.

From a parent’s perspective, all you could possibly ask for is for your child to have a great life. After all, your children are your legacies. From the looks of things, scientists are not well-appreciated, so I don’t blame my parents for having my best interest at heart. It would be so much easier for me to go down the same path as all my mother’s colleagues did; the path that my mother has already paved for me. Then again, easier does not necessary mean greater.

Fortunately, a year ago I was able to have an eye-opening talk with Dr. Rethy Chhem of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Having survived the Khmer Rouge, he fought against all the odds and pursued his dream. As a Cambodian professor and scientist, he could understand me in a way that my parents never could.

He asked me a very important question that cast away my doubts; “Can you honestly tell me that you see yourself being a businesswoman?” The answer is an astounding “No”.

“No”, it took me a pretty long while to be able to get myself to say that because I know it is the only answer that matters.

Throughout it all, I learned that if I cannot bring myself to believe I can do this,

I should not blame others for not having faith in me. I, a Cambodian girl, can pursue a career in science; in fact being Cambodian is all the more reason to do it.

And once you start believing in yourself, it shows. And once people see all the strength and determination, they will have no reason to doubt you. I was able to do things my way, apply to the major I love, to the universities of my choice, all that with full support from my family.

And that to me is the biggest satisfaction of all.

For now, one chapter of my journey ends on a high note, I was accepted to my topchoice university, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the one that I would not dare to mention to anybody, even to myself, half a year ago. I certainly would not have been able to do this alone; I would like to thank all my teachers for all the editing, encouragement and especially to one who had written a recommendation that brought me to tears.

I would like to thank my four incredible best friends, three that put up with me through all the stressful times and one that went through all the essays and restless nights, as well as all the girls in 12E. Last but most certainly not least, I would like to thank my mom and dad for putting their faith in me despite all odds.

I have told you my part of the journey.

Now, are you ready to embark on yours?

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LINE UP FOUR COMPET Category “A” Winners

Category “C” Winners

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GIRLS Catogory "C"

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Name & Surname Seng Chea So Oudom Try Alan Lim Sokkong Ang Name & Surname Pagnrith Va Sma El Kob Lisaiya Math Kim Hav Dy Name & Surname Meng Heang Try Vann Lydeth Chen Young Chhay Ung Sovannarot Kang

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Each Color F

By Rithirot Sokhom 8B Although city folks don’t tend to observe the tradition as much anymore, it is not unusual to attend a function and see all the women wearing the same color hols, phamuong and sarongs (types of skirts) on a given day. This is because each day of the week corresponds with a planet, and each planet has a personality of its own. So each day has a color which clothing should correspond to.

Here is the poem that explains the days:

Red is for Sunday,

Orange truly looks like a beautiful moon,

Purple is reserved for Tuesday,

Wednesday is the green of the lieb plant

Thursday is the yellowish green of the leaves of a banana palm

Happy Friday is blue and must be tidy,

Saturday is the color of ripe pring (a type of plum) according to the ages Cambodian traditional dress is usually a silk or cotton sampot or hol (types of skirts) and an embroidered collarless top for women and a sarong for men, although many people nowadays, especially in the city, reserve these outfits for special occasions and wear Western clothes when going about their daily routines. Mrs​Keo Narom, a researcher and writer at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, sites a document compiled in the 1960’s by the Buddhist Institute of Cambodia as the best explanation of the choice of color for each day. “We dress by giving consideration to each planet’s vehicle and personality,” she said.

The explanations for the days: • Sunday (T’ngaiattik) is the vehicle of the Sun. Sunlight to Khmer is seen as red, bright and strong enough to have an effect on people’s feelings.

• Monday (T’ngaichann) is the day of the moon. The moon is seen as orange, representing a peaceful heart and victory.

• Tuesday (T’ngaiangkear) is the day of Mars. Mars can be nasty and stubborn, unlike

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For Each Day the soft moon. To offset this, we wear violet, which is a mixture between red and dark blue.

• Wednesday (T’ngaiputh) is the day of Mercury. Mercury is impartial and even-tempered-never ferocious. People choose various colors for this day, but the most popular and the one that is generally seen as most favorable is the green of the lieb plant’s leaves (a tree with edible leaves that are pale in dry season and turn a brilliant, vibrant green in wet season. It is often eaten with Khmer noodles, sour dishes and in kroeung, or spice pastes).“What everyone does agree on is that Wednesday’s color should be a combination of red mixed with blue, white and earthy tones to represent the soil,” Mrs Narom said.

• Thursday (T’ngaiprohoh) is the day of Jupiter, the planet which we believe is the guru planet for magic, literature and natural phenomena on this planet. For this reason we wear yellowish green, which represents nature, flora and fauna. The type of green that best reflects Jupiter should have yellow in it to reflect flexibility, blue to represent progress and white to represent purity. Many people believe Thursday is the most auspicious day for their children to begin studies and that things are learned more quickly on this day of the week. It is an auspicious day, and a day the majority of ceremonies are scheduled for.

• Friday (T’ngaisok) is the day of Venus. “Venus is powerful but not spiteful like Mars or Saturn can be. His job is to ensure people are happy and he always maintains an air of tolerance. If he gets angry, he never loses his temper. The best color to represent him is a dark, rich blue,” she said. Friday is believed to be the most happy of days, a day when people should dress especially neatly, and a good day for moving into a new house.

• Saturday (T’ngaisau) is the day of Saturn. “He is compassionate and will assist those who please him. However, if he gets angry, he will destroy whoever or whatever caused his rage,” she said.

Khmers used to call Saturday Saukheung (angry Saturday) or Sausoi (sorrowful Saturday). To offset this, we believe it is best to wear the color of ripe Jambolan plums, called pring tum-a combination of red and dark blue.” Children born on Saturdays are believed to be at risk of suffering sorrow if they displease Saturn, so parents will often invest in rituals to please the planet and ward off potential disasters should the child fail to live up to the planet’s expectations. “If someone does not have the correct color for a particular day, they can substitute pring tum for any of the other days,” Mrs Narom concluded. For mourning and funerals, pring tum, black or white are all suitable colors. Other countries have slightly different ideas of colors and corresponding days they should be worn, but Cambodians staunchly hold to their belief in their auspicious colors. So next time you are at a formal function, look at the clothes the women are wearing and see if you can pick what day of the week it is from their attire.

Source: http://www.leisurecambodia.com/news/detail.php?id=182

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By Pich Bopha Nouv 11F (First Place) A competition for Biology, the Organ Model-making Competition was pinned on our school notice board. We were asked to make a model of any organ we liked. We had difficulties choosing what to make. We then challenged ourselves into making a huge model of a skeleton. It was several days before the result was announced. We were all really nervous as all the competitors’ projects were very cool. When the teacher announced our names, we were all speechless. Our skeleton had won first place.

By Mihrimah Burcu Kapukaya, Sopheavatey Peov, Sodalin Soch 11F (Second Place) Making a heart model is an awesome job. Although it was hard and we needed to spend a lot of time on it, we enjoyed doing it. We decided to choose a heart model to enter into the competition because we think that the heart is one of the most essential organs of the human body. The materials we used were foam, pipes and plastic containers. We made it all colourful with some paint and used marker ink to show the blood passing through the heart. We loved the whole project from the bottom of our (model) heart.

By Nipisey Long 11F (Third Place) The Organ Modal-making Competition is a competition to develop and improve students’ knowledge. Even though we only won third place, we all enjoyed what we got because it was the result of our own hard work. I hope that the school will organize more competitions as a challenge!!!

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Faithful Feelings

By Sokha Chen 9E

Faithful Feelings of a Scavenger

As I was founded, opened my eyes I realized I was at my beneficial work place.

As the dawn was founded, I was always there Till the twilight has gone, then I decide to go home.

Time passed, but still I was the same 50 priceless cents provided me a handful of rice, To feed my family; 12 hungry siblings.

My life had no twinkle, but I never ever gave up There was always a crowd, but no solace where I worked.

They timidly, completely felt shame, disgusting While I was filling, my fingers full with the dirty rubbish Which they have thrown away.

I did it tragically, everyday, as my family had nothing But there was no shame on me because we were unattractive.

When I smiled, there was a lie, just imitative smiles They thought completely we were rubbish when we were in need.

My life was hopelessness and pennilessness through those times Why could I not claim a better life like those people?

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s of a Scavenger Analysis of the poem Whenever I started to open my eyes, I was always at my work place. My life was totally different from the others who woke up and had such a healthy breakfast before going to school.

For me, I woke up early and went to work with an empty stomach. As the sun rose that was the time that I had to start my work. I worked without breakfast and lunch for 12 or 13 hours, but for the rich people they complained that they were really tired when they came back home from school.

As the time passed from year to year, my life was getting worse and worse because I needed to work whether it was rainy season or dry season or there was smoke round us. Even if I felt so dizzy, I still had to work because of my family status. I had only one word in my mind which was “working”. I worked and got only 50 cents per day for 12 or 13 hours. 50 cents provided me with a handful of rice which we made into porridge for our dinner. A handful of rice was not for 1 or 2 people but for 12 members in a family. Just tasting the porridge soup, we felt perfectly full and delighted. We looked extremely thin and smelt like rubbish. The other people thought we were completely rubbish to them but our solutions were to walk away and cry in our hearts. And we thought “Don’t feel sorry for that because this is what our lives are for”.

Sometimes I wanted to commit suicide but I couldn’t because of my poor, little sister’s sweet voice in my ear. I heard her say she needed me and wanted the rice and thought about going to school one day. My family members always thought I was happy and smiled at them even if I was in such a really bad condition. Actually, it was a lie on my face whenever I smiled.

The smiles were a complete lie because they were just imitative smiles and my tears dropped heavily and deeply in my dead heart. And I asked the world,“can I demand a better life”, to be a simple person in a simple family? But, the answer was only, “trying and struggling”.

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Physics club is one of the clubs in the academic program. It is organized by Mr. Mustafa Ozgur. He has arranged many exciting projects like unfixing the monitor and the keyboard, doing some experiments related to physics such as experimenting with placing water balloons on a lit candle. We also watched videos related to the science fair project. He also arranged an activity for us to go to Zaman University and visit the civil engineering department. We met the head of the civil engineering department, Mr. Maksat. We

By Rothvichet Poch 8B got to ask each other ques Doung Seth Samang 8B tions about subjects related

Ravirith Meth 8B to engineering like static and strength of material for building, fluid mechanics, infrastructure engineering, mechanical engineering and structural engineering. We also learned about the tallest skyscraper in the world, which is in Dubai. We also learnt about some of the equipment in the engineering laboratory. Shear Test apparatus is one of them, that is used for measuring the stress of the soil before constructing.

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Physics Club is a club where future physicists gather together. We chose this club specifically because most of us want to have a future career in the field of physics. We slowly learn about physics in this club such as experimenting with balloons, gravity and air pressure.

On the 5th of March, 2013, we went to Zaman University to learn about Civil Engineering. There we met Mr. Maksat, the Head of Civil Engineering. We asked some questions about engineering and we were really surprised. Before we came and met Mr. Maksat, we thought that engineering was only about building things. But now we know that engineerBy Oussa Chea 8B ing is divided into several sec Mony Vuth Ly 8B tions such as Civil Engineer Rithirot Sokhom 8B ing, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Structural Engineering.

After a coffee break we went to visit the Engineering Lab. There was a lot of equipment there such as Concrete Hammer, Soil Squeezer, Drying Oven, Compression Machine, Concrete Strength Measurer and Concrete Curer. We learned a lot of things there because Mr. Maksat explained a lot of things to us and we kind of understood. After we were finished visiting we all went back to school peacefully.

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By David Ty 8B On the 16th of January, 2013 we had a class birthday party with our friends where we gave gifts to each other. We were very happy when we gave gifts to each other. We had fun eating cake together and taking pictures.

Thanks to our homeroom teacher, Mr. Mustafa Ozgur, and teacher Nurmurat. I hope next year we can do it again.

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By Mony Vuth Ly 8B At 12 noon we all gathered at the conference hall for the birthday celebrations. We exchanged our own gift with the partner who we had picked randomly. I was really delighted and pleased.

We all took memorable pictures. After exchanging gifts, we went to the canteen for lunch and cake which our teacher had ordered. It was very tasty and it was very big. This has been one of the most memorable moments in my life.

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By Mustafa Ozgur (Physics Teacher) Aerodynamics

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What makes a paper airplane fly? Air — the stuff that’s all around you. Hold your hand in front of your body with your palm facing sideways so that your thumb is on top and your pinkie is facing the floor. Swing your hand back and forth. Do you feel the air? Now turn your palm so it is parallel to the ground and swing it back and forth again, like you’re slicing it through the air.

You can still feel the air, but your hand is able to move through it more smoothly than when your hand was turned up at a right angle. How easily an airplane moves through the air, or its aerodynamics, is the first consideration in making an airplane fly for a long distance.

Drag & Gravity

Planes that push a lot of air, like your hand did when it was facing the side, are said to have a lot of “drag,” or resistance, to moving through the air. If you want your plane to fly as far as possible, you want a plane with as little drag as possible. A second force that planes need to overcome is “gravity.” You need to keep your plane’s weight to a minimum to help fight against gravity’s pull to the ground.

Thrust & Lift “Thrust” and “lift” are two other forces that help your plane make a long flight. Thrust is the forward movement of the plane. The initial thrust comes from the muscles of the “pilot” as the paper airplane is launched. After this, paper airplanes are really gliders, converting altitude to forward motion.

Lift comes when the air below the airplane wing is pushing up harder than the air above it is pushing down. It is this difference in pressure that enables the plane to fly. Pressure can be reduced on a wing’s surface by making the air move over it more quickly. The wings of a plane are curved so that the air moves more quickly over the top of the wing, resulting in an upward push, or lift, on the wing.

The Four Forces in Balance Long flights come when these four forces — drag, gravity, thrust, and lift — are balanced.

Some planes (like darts) are meant to be thrown with a lot of force. Because darts don’t have a lot of drag and lift, they depend on extra thrust to overcome gravity. Long distance fliers are often built with this same design. Planes that are built to spend a long time in the air usually have a lot of lift but little thrust. These planes fly a slow and gentle flight.

Source: http://teacher.scholastic.com/paperairplane/airplane.htm

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Plane

By Haris Sles 9A

By Chamroeun Yuvady Keo 9F

Paper airplanes work through air friction and its positive effects. Making a paper plane is a fun game too. It’s a simple thing to do. All you need is one piece paper and you can design anything you want. Paper planes can fly for long distances. If you don’t have anything to do in your free time, you shoud try making one. They are not just for kids to play with, anybody can play, your uncle, your grandfather. If you want to know more just look it up on the internet.

I’m wondering have you guys heard about the paper plane project. I think some of you might have heard about it, but some might not. For this project, students had to participate individually to make one paper plane which should have a good design and have the ability to fly as far as possible. On the night after my Physics teacher told my class about the project, I sat in my armchair at home and thought what I should do about the paper plane. Then, suddenly something came into my mind!! I was thinking that it would be great if I prepared something to do with school. But then another thought came into my mind about fashion and then another and then another….!!! So, I felt a bit puzzled about what was going on. And then my aunt came and told me: It would be great if I could design my paper plane which is related to peace, happiness and celebration because that day, it was nearly New Year. After hearing my aunt’s words, I began to realize that she was right. My teacher would be amazed at my work if I did something which is not only good in design, but also meaningful.

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By David Ty​​8B Hello! My name is David Ty. I’m studying in class 8B. My homeroom teacher is Mr. Mustafa Ozgur. He is the best teacher for me. He spends his time for students. Before, we had a lot of activities. For example: having breakfast, KFC, swimming at the dormitory, sleeping at the dormitory for one night, having lunch etc. He wants us to have good relationships with each other.

Last week, I went to teacher Mustafa’s house for breakfast. I went to teacher Mustafa’s house with Ravirth, Oussa, Sunly, and Sonty. We ate hotdogs, nuts, eggs, orange juice, and bread with cheese etc. It was delicious.

I especially liked the bread with cheese.

I felt very happy and would like to say thank you to teacher Mustafa for spending most of his time with us, helping us, taking care of us, and teaching us everything.

By Rithirot Sokhom​​8B From the beginning of this academic year, class 8B have had a lot of exciting moments. We took part in many activities which were supervised by our homeroom teacher, Mr. Mustafa Ozgur to develop motivation in us. Sometimes, we have been to the dormitory for a night. We ate, slept, played together there and went to some shopping malls to buy something, play games and do many more things as we wanted.

Moreover, we visited friends’ house and had lunch with their families. We went to Zaman University for Zunsef Science Fair, Solidarity Event and more. For long holidays, we went to Sihanouk Ville together and we also had some small activities when our teacher visited our house.

Besides that, we went to IBC to buy stationery and did class decoration. We did once joined in with a school activity called the Gravity Car Race.

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Gravity Car Race Parents’ Celebration Event

By Seng Hap Ouk​​7A After the Gravity Car Race, our teachers invited our parents on a Saturday to come to the school to say thanks for all the help they had given us with our challenge and had given us full support on every school activity. It was a great thing for the teachers to interact with the parents so they can communicate and quickly know what is happening around the school. It was a great opportunity to show our parents what we can do so they can be proud of us.

The celebration of the Gravity Car Race was a great and fun thing because we can get to spend quality time with each other and have a lot of fun. It was a great cause and the cake was so big that even 25 students couldn’t finish it. We all had a great time and were proud that we had won the race.

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By Uddam Pen​​12B The Physics Gravity Car Race T-shirt Design Challenge (PGCRTDC) is a competition that requires each class to create a design to represent their classes during the Gravity Car Race. The winning design might be based on originality, concept and visual attraction, probably.

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My class mainly focused on the word “Gravity” which is the force that moves the Gravity Cars. I started a rough sketch drawing Earth as the load. As for the car’s eyes, I took references from Disney’s Cars Movie while retaining features of typical Gravity Cars. I gave the car a doggish-personality kind of look. What I wanted to imply here is that when the car chases after the load, it moves like a dog chasing after its tail.

After I finished the design, I submitted the design to a T-shirt print shop.

It was pretty expensive, since I had put many different colors in the design. Soon after, it was revealed that my class was the winner of this competition.

The prize was 3 large coke bottles and a beautifully decorated cake with an excessive amount of cream on top. We then went with the prize on our hands to the soccer field to take pictures. That was where one unforgettably fun time occurred. Other winning classes also stayed on the soccer field and ate the cake like normal people do, mature and peaceful. We instead raised hell with a cake fight, it was a frantically “whoopee!” experience. It seems ridiculously immature since we’re 12th graders, but we are still young at heart. In the end, we cleaned up the mess we had made.

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By Pichsen Darong Leng​​12C I’m glad to have taken part in the Physics Gravity Car Race Video Clip Challenge. A week after the Physics Gravity Car Race competition, Mr. Gurkan, our physics teacher, told us (12C) that “there will be a video competition about the gravity car race”. If anybody wants to join the competition, just bring their hard drive and Mr. Gurkan will copy the videos for you.

At first, I didn’t want to join the competition because some of my classmates were interested in the competition more than I was. A day later when they came to class they said “We’re too lazy to do the video” then they asked me to do it.

As I had accepted the challenge of editing the video, I worked very hard on it. I spent many hours to finish the video. After the video was edited successfully I submitted it to Mr. Gurkan.

There were a few mistakes in the video and he asked me to re-edit it. It took me two hours to re-edit the video then I submitted it to him again. I never expected that my video would get the first place.

A day later, Mr. Gurkan told me to go to his room after lunch. As I opened the door and went inside his room, he told me that my video had won the first place and I was surprised. He said that “next week he will try to prepare a cake to celebrate for 12C”. As the celebration day came, myself and all of my classmates carried a very big cake and 3 bottles of coke to the football field. We had a lot of fun and we also took a lot of pictures as well. We as a class are very glad to have won first place in the video competition.

You can watch the video on: www.physicsfield.com

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By Khunmanuth Buth 9E

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Mother Mother, sister always you, Protecting me and family, too.

You’re my hero, all that I need, Your heart, your love like a growing seed.

Once in a while we may fight, But you’ll always be here in my heart days and nights.

You were there when I was down, You were there where I have grown.

You’re a great mother, you will always be, You live here in my heart, inspire the best in me.

Although things might change in the future, I wanted you to know that you’ll always be my TREASURE. Analysis of the poem This poem is about everyone’s hero, a mother. I’m writing this poem to remind everyone of how lucky they are to have their mother standing right beside them every day.

A mother is the only person that’ll care for you from the moment you’re born. She protects you from everything that you’re afraid of. My mother is the most precious person in my life. We fight sometimes because I don’t really understand her heart. As I ‘have grown older, I’ve started to understand her more. She cares for and loves us without asking for anything in return. She is my treasure because she is one in a million. Every mother is a child’s very precious treasure. Technically, I wrote this poem because I love my mother and I know that every child in the whole world also feels the same.

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End The Battles

By Sevval Nurkokten 9E End the Battles People please stop the wars.

We are neighbors next door.

Fighting one another Is that worth struggling for?

Friendship, love, caring is what we need.

That’s the path to succeed.

Peace is easy to find, But when it comes to losing it, it’s hard to ‘come combined People can’t you see what’s going on?

Our earth is foregone.

Nations do you really want to live like this, ‘Cause our new generations will be pissed.

Isn’t our planet big enough to share?

There are many places which could be spare.

Humanity is important to mankind, Losing it is like being blind.

Let’s end the wars.

And sew the bores.

‘Cause we are all brothers and sisters, ‘Cause we are all a family, ‘Cause we are all united.

Analysis of the Poem We were assigned to write poems. My point was to write something essential and remind the people who we were so I was determined to write about wars and humanity because I wanted to let mankind see what they were doing to each other and that it has to end. That fighting was useless, that we could all live peacefully and in tranquility, that we could make a better place.

Please Stop!!!

I love peace!!!

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By Leaphear Ung and Molika Hong 8F 1st Place

There are many contests in school. I have joined in with quite a few of them. In fact, I like to join most contests if I can. Because it is one of my favorite activities and it also improves me a lot.

For example, my design and reading skills that are gained by researching those projects. Actually I’m not even good at chemistry, but I still chose this Chemistry Periodic table design contest.

I thought it looked fun.

First I thought of a few things to design like a t-shirt, hat, book, cup and pillow. But I thought it was a bit simple and maybe most of the other students in school will think of this too. It took me almost a week to think about what to design. This one will be the first idea, no one is going to have thought of it yet and that is a lamp, a lamp covered by the Chemistry periodic table. I finally chose this because I thought that it was really a helpful way to remember the chemistry formulas more easilly and I’m also not a student that really likes to study chemistry so I decided to put the periodic table on the lamp so when we sleep we can see it all the time also when we couldn’t sleep we would look at it and we could remember some of it. I designed it like an apartment and it looked nice in my opinion. After I had finished it I also used it for a week. I really love it because I could remember more formulas than I did before, I almost called it my second teacher.

Moreover I think it sometimes makes students become interested in Chemistry too.

When I heard that I had won the first place in the Chemistry Periodic Table Contest, I was really excited because it’s the first time that I had won the first place in a contest and it would be one of the happiest experiences for me in my life. Finally I want to say thank you to my Chemistry teacher who always supported my project. And I am happy to be her student.

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Design Contest Periodic Table Design Contest Winners (High School Category) ID

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Mongkol Monika Chhiv Nipisey Long Kim Sour Sam Raksmey Yung Tang Hy Meas Doronich Vutha Ponnarith Chith Monyreach Chin Sovithon Hin Pich Bopha Nouv Vorack Thyda Ney Serey Sopur Um Chhun Thy Thy Chin Sovannkannika Pheng

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Leaphear Ung Molika Hong Rothvichet Poch Seuchhav Ea Rithirot Sokhom Sopheavatey Peov Sodalin Soch

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Our Marvelous

By Keomony Sen 11F Thousands of pessimistic feelings randomly entered our minds on the night before our departure. It was our first-ever trip to somewhere far away without our parents with us. Indeed, we thought of many unfortunate situations that might happen, and it scared us to death. I never knew it would turn out to be unexpectedly fun.

On the morning of, we arranged to meet at school, along with our luggage for a 2-night trip.

And of course, we bought some snacks on the way. We missed our family and felt like this was going to be forever, but that was before we found that the whole journey was an interesting one. Even if it was just for 6 of us and 2 of our teachers, the trip was still enjoyable somehow.

We arrived in Siem Reap at around 1 PM, and we were exhausted after the long journey. We decided to take a short nap and then showered to get ready for a visit to the Cultural Village.

It’s a familiar place for us because we always visited it when we were young, but this moment was indeed special, with our friends and teachers for company. The funniest part of it was that we got lost and couldn’t find our way out. But we found it eventually. Although we were tired and our legs probably couldn’t stand another minute of walking, we still didn’t want to stop exploring. Therefore, we continued on to the night market, where we just wandered

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around to see the things and didn’t get a chance to buy anything at all. However, we got I LOVE CAMBODIA t-shirts for all. We went back to our hotel after that, and you could easily guess that we would climb into our beds, eager to sleep, but you would be wrong. We had no intention of letting that night pass by without feeling a bit of the cool water in the hotel’s blue swimming pool. We swam till 10pm, exactly the time when the pool closed. Nevertheless, the night seemed so long and lonely. We were waiting for another day to come when we could see new places and experience new kinds of happiness.

The second day was our visit to Angkor Wat. We spent the entire day visiting many different temples, and it was awesome. The hot radiation from the sun, sweating, badly hurting legs, dry throats clenching for water, people could hardly say it was enjoyable at this point, but we still made it. It was an entire exhausting day but every moment was thrilling. We even climbed Mount Bakheng and had a singsong on the way back down. The day’s outing was finished off with ice creams from Swensen’s. Last but not least, we also had another pool party at night with our teachers and friends. We wished tomorrow would never come; the time for us to separate. However, we couldn’t stop time from flowing, and there came the day we had to say goodbye to Siem Reap. We checked out and headed for our bus. For home.

And that was it. Goodbyes were hard and every passing moment was regretful. I never expected this trip would turn out to be so enjoyable, at least I never thought I would enjoy it.

But I found that every moment was amazing, not just because of the place, but especially the people we had with us. All the memories are still opening in my head like it was just a day ago. I miss the time we had together, and I hope there will be another time like this. It was the most marvelous trip ever, especially with our friends and teachers with us, so that we could experience real happiness.

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Body Talk : Students Mask Performances

By Jemma Elizabeth Green (Drama Teacher) In drama we have been working with masks. This may sound easy but it’s not as easy as you think!

First I told the actors (students) to get into groups and create a piece of drama (to be performed as an exam piece).

They had to think about characters and a story line, which may not seem too hard, but then they had to learn how to use their bodies to tell the story, as they couldn’t talk. This is a form of Physical Theatre, where we use exaggerated moves and gestures with the body.

I told them to be creative with their pieces… they could be people, animals, elements, feelings…

They had to keep their masks facing the audience, and be very controlled at all times.

It’s hard to see clearly when you wear a mask, so safety was also important to ensure that accidents didn’t happen.

The students had great fun creating their masks and developing their stories and I had great fun watching their performances.

SOME QUOTES FROM STUDENTS: “Mask work is cool, fun and exciting, but its hard.” (Chan Pheanuk Mean 8-E) “It’s difficult because faces have to face the audience all the time and our emotions have to be shown by our bodies not faces.” (Rachny Toem 8-E) “Mask work is super hard!” (Soyean Chea 8-E) “Mask work is awesome!” (Pich Panha Tee 8-E) “It was hard to decorate the masks, but we enjoyed it.” (Meychou Sam 8-E) “Working with masks makes me feel proud” (Sokkeang Ny 8-E) “Its not hard, its not easy, but its FUN!!” (Puthina Keang 8-E)

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Triathlon – Swim Strong, Cycle Fast. Run to Win

By Cihan Kazanci (PE Teacher) Swim Strong, Cycle Fast, Run to Win A triathlon is a multiple-stage competition involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance disciplines. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall course completion time, including timed “transitions” between the individual swim, cycle, and run components. The word “triathlon” is of Greek origin from τρεις or trei (three) and αθλος or athlos (contest).

Triathlon races vary in distance. According to the International Triathlon Union, and USA Triathlon, the main international race distances are: 1. Sprint Distance: 750m swim, 20 km bike ride, 5 km run 2. Intermediate (or Standard) distance, commonly referred to as “Olympic distance”: 1.5 km swim, 40 km bike ride, 10 km run 3. Long Course 1.9 km swim, 90 km ride, 21.1 km run, such as the Half Ironman 4. Ultra Distance 3.9 km swim, 180 km ride, and a full marathon: 42.2 km run The nature of the sport focuses primarily on persistent and often periodized training in each of the three disciplines, as well as combination workouts and general strength conditioning.

The sport made its debut on the Olympic program at the Sydney Games in 2000 over the Olympic Distance Rules of triathlon Traditionally, triathlon is an individual sport and each athlete is competing against the course and the clock for the best time. As such, athletes are not allowed to receive assistance from anyone else outside the race, with the exception of racesanctioned aid volunteers who distribute food and water on the course. Triathlons are timed in five sequential sections: 1) from the start of the swim to the beginning of the first transition (swim time); 2) from the beginning of the first transition to the end of the first transition (T1 time); 3) from the start of the cycling to the end of the cycling leg (cycling time); 4) from the beginning of the second transition to the end of the second transition (T2 time); 5) and finally from the start of the run to the end of the run, at which time the triathlon is completed.

Results are usually posted on official websites and will show for each triathlete his/her swim time; cycle time (with transitions included); run time; and total time.

Some races also post transition times separately.

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