Int'l Hope School Bangladesh Uttara Senior Section

Thursday, March 2, 2017

GRADE 10 STUDENTS SWIMMING POOL ACTIVITY

Summer is almost around the corner and the weather is getting hot. Now is the perfect time to go for a swim in the chilled pool complex of Diabari.

SENIOR GIRLS SECTION STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN CSIAMUN 2017 IN KOREA

ITHS Senior Girls Section students participate in the prestigious CSIAMUN at CheongShim International Academy.

Since 2009, CSIAMUN has been encouraging participation from all over the world, including Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh, Taiwan, China, and Australia. CSIAMUN provides a great opportunity for students to learn skills for diplomacy, negotiation, and interaction with students from other cultures. During the three days of the conference, delegates achieve essential skills such as teamwork, proposing individual ideas, and argue for their preferred stances. Students interested in diplomacy and / or international relations, wishing for fluency and public speaking skills, and seeking an chance to participate in international conferences will find CSIAMUN to be the perfect opportunity.

The three day event is held at the prestigious CheongShim International Academy which is one of only 40 esteemed schools part of Round Square educational Association. Model United Nations is a convention in which students imitate actual summits and international conferences in which students take the normal role of each country and conduct meetings in English on important international events of the year.

This year 4 students participated in the event namely Anika Saiara ALi, Tahreema Islam Turna, Aniqa Anan Niha and Montaseer Ali Anika. On the first day, they were assigned committees by the Chairman and Deputy head of the MUN during which time groups discussed about the agenda of the day. The Bangladesh team from ITHS was assigned two topics: tackling the inequalities of free trade in developing nation and diminishing the consequences derived from Al Niño. Afterwards the delegates gave a 90 Seconds opening speech which was mandatory for all before moving on to the 6 hour long lobbying session. During this time, Delegates have to 'lobby' to get more support for their cause such as passing helpful research notes to the proposition while 'wooing' oppositions to change sides. Students talked about the free trade resolution on the 2^nd day and about Al Niño on the 3^rd day.

After the exhausting but enlightening event, students enjoyed an amazingly colorful cultural event featuring showcases from each participating country. From Bangladesh Turna and Anika performed a mesmerizing dance to traditional Bengali music. The students also really enjoyed popular KPOP dances. There was a cultural workshop in which students got to know about Korean cuisine, Fashion and many more. The group along with Head of Section Mr. Idris Koken, visited popular tourists hotspots in Seoul the capital of the South Korea. They visited the famous castles and towers while shopping and enjoying the local cuisine.

6TH BANGLA OLYMPIAD AWARD DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY

International Turkish Hope School (ITHS) has been organizing Inter-school Bangla Olympiad for the last six years. It takes place in February, the month of International Mother Language Day, among the students of most prominent English Medium Schools from Dhaka and Chittagong. Aim of Bangla Olympiad is to increase awareness of Bangla among international curriculum students.

With the involvements of the prominent intellectuals, artists, linguists, academicians and media personnel, the Olympiad gained an enormous momentum within a very short time. Patriotic feelings clustered around Bangla Language passion and it accelerated the number of schools in this year as well. 1414 students from 58 different schools (and 84 unites with considering the schools’ branches) participated in Bangla Olympiad for competition on February 11, 2017 at ITHS Main Campus.

After the competitive day among 1414 students, on February 18th we had the Grand Gala Event and Prize Giving Ceremony with the involvement of numerous eminent figures in Bangladesh to handover the certificates, cash award and medals of the winners and to commemorate International Mother Language Day. Chief Guest Honorable Cultural Minister of the Govt. of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, special guests Honorable State Minister for Power and Energy, and Honorable State Minister for Telecommunications and IT, and Guests of Honor Director General of Bangla Academy Prof. Dr. Shamsujjaman Khan were present in the event that day.

List of Students from Senior Girls Section awarded in 6th Bangla Olympiad Gala Event

International Turkish Hope School (ITHS) has been organizing Inter-school Bangla Olympiad for the last six consecutive years. It takes place in ‘shahid’ month, February, the month of International Mother Language Day, among the students of most prominent English Medium Schools from Dhaka and Chittagong. Last year alone, 33 English medium schools, with the total number of 940 students competed in the final rounds of the event.

With the involvements of the prominent intellectuals, artists, linguists, academicians and media personnel, the Olympiad gained an enormous momentum within a very short time. Mrs. Jasmin Munni, Bengali teacher of ITHS Senior Girls Section, was the one of the coordinators of this event. Patriotic feelings clustered around Bangla Language passion and it accelerated the number of schools in this year as well.1414 students from 58 different schools (and 84 units, considering the schools’ branches) are participating in Bangla Olympiad for competition today at ITHS Main Campus. 1414 students are competing in 10 halls for 6 categories today.

Gala Event with Prize Giving Ceremony is going to be held on 18th February, 2017, at the main campus of ITHS, which is located at Uttara, Dhaka.

In this context, Honorable Cultural Minister of the Govt. of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh has given his kind consent to grace the occasion as Chief Guest at Gala Day on 18th February, 2017. Moreover, Honorable State Minister for Power & Energy and Honorable State Minister for Telecommunications & IT have provided their consents to be the special guests at Gala Day.

Director General of Bangla Academy Prof. Dr. Shamsujjaman Khan is also among the guests of honor of this 6th Bangla Olympiad, besides Prof. Dr. Syed Monzurul Islam, Prof. Dr. Abu Yousuf Md. Abdullah, Prof. Dr. Khaled Hussain, Prof. Dr. Ziaur Rahman, Prof. Dr. Sadeka Halim, Magician & musician Jewel Aich and Poet Farid Kabir are there as Advisors of Bangla Olympiad and as distinguished guests.

Judges of different items of this event are: Al Monsur, Anjam Masud, Arman Parvez Murad, Bijori Barkatullah, Chanchal Chowdhury, Dahlia Ahmed, Dr. Farhana Akhtar (JU), Dr. Khalad Hossain (JU), Dr. Mashiur Rahman (DU), Fahmida Nabi, Farid Kabir, Ivan Shahriar Shohag, Kabir Bakul, Kumar Bishwajit, Maruf Raihan, Masum Reza, Mehbooba Mahnoor Chandni, Munmun Ahmed, Najib Tareque, Nowshin Nahrin, Ripon Khan, Rokeya Prachi, S.I. Tutul, Saberi Alam, Sadi Mohammad, Saju Khadem, Samina Chowdhury, Sarmin Sultana Lily, Sharmin Nahar Lucky, Shimul Mustapha, Sufi Faruq Ibne Abubakar,SM Saiful Islam,Sufi Faruq Ibne Abubakar, Sujit Mustafa, Tapan Chowdhury, Tareen Jahan,Tashdik Nomira Ahmed and Tushar Das.

We would also like to mention here that, this event is inspired by the International Festival of Language & Culture, where in the last 13 years a significant number of the Bangladeshi English Medium school’s students have participated in Albania, Australia, Germany, Mongolia, Morocco, Philippine, Romania, Thailand and Turkey. In addition, these events and participation are being organized and sponsored by International Turkish Hope School since the birth of Bangla Olympiad.

ITHS always has been expressing profound admiration to the heroic language martyrs who had enabled the World to celebrate the 21st February as the International Mother Language Day since its establishment. As the day is being celebrated enthusiastically in different parts of Bangladesh with various cultural activities, ITHS also organizes such cultural events in order for the students to be mindful of rich Bangla Language and culture. Evidently, this philosophy and awareness programs have been playing a significant role in their upbringing and providing an opportunity to display our heritage in International Festival of Language and Culture platforms.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

GREAT ACHIEVEMENT IN NATIONAL BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD

'KalerKantho Biology 017 Festival organized by Subhasanghera reader forum took place on 3rd February 2017. A Major part of the festival was its prestigious Biology Olympiad held in the premise of Bangladesh Agriculture University.

At 10 am, Kaler kanthara executive editor and a prominent writer Mustafa Kemal, greeted the candidates and wished them well. Bangladesh Biology Olympiad Central Committee were also present during the event as well as president. Md. Shahidur Rashid Bhuiyan, Vice-President, Monirul Islam, adviser Jiban Krishna Biswas, adviser Professor. AKM Golam Sarwar and adviser of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the vice-chancellor of Science and Technology University (Gopalganj) Mr. Nazimuddin.

We are happy to announce that, Zainab Tanzim, Grade 9 student of our school secured the second position in Kaler Kantho Biology Olympiad 2017. We congratulate Zainab for her outstanding success!