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Dragonwaves was started as a way to document the HKIS home learning journey during the time of COVID-19. Hear from teachers, counselors, principals, students, parents, and community members about their perspectives on this unexpected and profound experience. The podcast series is produced by the HKIS Advancement Office.
Episodes
Friday Jun 10, 2022
23 Years and Counting: Vincent Li ’73
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Vincent Li ’73 sat down with HKIS’s Advancement Office to reflect on his involvement with HKIS, first as a student 55 years ago, then as an alumnus and member of the Board of Managers. Vincent talks about HKIS as a collaborative community of learning, and what drives his 23-year streak of giving to the Annual Fund.
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
A Fine Farewell: Student Life Transformed
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Lauren Fine will retire from HKIS after 17 years of service in the High School. Tune in to hear about Lauren's journey from South Africa to Jerusalem to Hong Kong and how she transformed student life in the High School at HKIS. A counselor at heart with a strong commitment to service, Lauren cultivated a culture of gratitude and servant leadership in the student body and has left a permanent mark on the shape of our High School.
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Fleeing Ukraine: An Alum Aids Refugees in Budapest
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine, forcing 3 million refugees to flee the country. About 200,000 of these have entered Hungary, including alum Bonny Pratt ’92’s adopted home Budapest. Bonny witnessed this influx, and knew she had to act. So she started to volunteer to support those who needed help, and write about what she was witnessing. Hear from Bonny about what she’s been doing to help, and how her time at HKIS helped set the foundation for her to act in this historic moment. You can read more about Bonny’s work here: https://gofund.me/1fc6f791 and here: https://gofund.me/dcc19a9c. Thank you to all the students who submitted questions for Bonny to answer.
Monday Mar 14, 2022
#MyFreedomDay @ HKIS: Ending Modern Day Slavery with CNN
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Can students end Modern Day Slavery? That’s what CNN believes! Since 2016, HKIS has been participating in My Freedom Day, CNN’s annual campaign to raise awareness about modern day slavery. Ahead My Freedom Day 2022, Dragonwaves revists interviews following activities in 2021: First, it sheds light on how My Freedom Day came to HKIS in the first place through an interview with alum Ella Hurworth ’18; second, it dives into a conversation with High School students Yuan Tseng, Chiara Jeong, Vivian Huang, and Faith Yih about their activities and the HKIS Against Human Trafficking club (starts 13:15); and finally it closes with an interview with three Middle Schoolers, Ariane Lee, Mayuko Kawase, and Tori Kim (starts 24:50). Everyone had insightful things to say about the activities surrounding My Freedom Day, and what they’ve learned about the issue in the process.
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
The HKIS Quartet Boys
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Four eighth-grade students formed their own Middle School club and learned how to play in a string quartet. Each individually accomplished in their instruments, the group learned the ropes of chamber music and entered a Hong Kong-wide music competition representing HKIS, and achieved the highest honors in their category. Hear from Caleb, Deron, Benji, and Jayden on their journey.
*Music excerpt from String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Opus 18, No. 4 (First Movement) by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Benjamin Diao, Caleb Chung, Deron Lin, and Jayden Choi.
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Connie Kim: Three Years of Middle School
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Dr. Connie Kim joined HKIS as the Middle School principal in 2019 amidst social unrest in Hong Kong and the following 2020 pandemic crisis. Over the past three years, Connie fought fires, got her Ph.D., all while laying the foundation for exciting Middle School developments. Hear directly from Connie Kim as she shares her heart for HKIS and what she sees for the future of our Middle School before she heads to Hanoi to become the Head of School for Chadwick International School Hanoi in August 2022. Connie shares the thinking behind the new bell schedule, how student choice is built into the day, and why the incoming Middle School principal was her first pick!
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Perseverance: An HKIS Olympian in the time of Covid
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Tune in to hear HKIS alumna Jamie Yeung '15 talk about her journey to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games representing Hong Kong in Women's Swimming. Jamie is interviewed by fellow HKIS alumna, Gigi Choy '14, who is an SCMP reporter. This podcast is a broadcast of the Virtual Alumni Event held in September 2021.
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
I Never Thought I‘d Be A Pastor
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Kevin Kusunoki '08 is the Pastor of Young Adult Ministry at Island ECC, one of the largest English-speaking churches in Hong Kong. Kevin recalls his days at HKIS, where he was a social butterfly and student class president. He talks about the pressures of High School students and why this generation of young adults are positioned to mobilize the Gospel, which he hopes can speak into today's challenging culture.
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Dragon Shop is ONLINE!
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
The Dragon Shop, located at the heart of the Tai Tam campus, is where parents and students shop for uniforms, school supplies, and HKIS-branded merchandise. After a long-awaited launch, our beloved shop is online! Kurt Racine, the Interim President of the Booster Club, talks about the journey to go online, his vision for the shop, and how the shop will support its ultimate mission to support school spirit. Visit the Dragon Shop online at https://hkis-dragon-shop.myshopify.com/. Alumni abroad: Shipping is local only for now. Stay-tuned for overseas shipping options down the road!
Thursday May 27, 2021
PhoeBUS 14: A Senior Project
Thursday May 27, 2021
Thursday May 27, 2021
Every year in May, HKIS seniors must give a presentation on a yearlong independent study of their choice to student and faculty panels. Topics range from poetry anthologies and robotics projects to cooking blogs and Hong Kong expeditions. This year, Phoebus Wong '21 decided to refurbish a retired Hong Kong Citybus...and bring the bus on campus. Hear from Phoebus on how he went about buying, refurbishing, and bringing a Bus 14 onto the HKIS High School campus.