VOICES
An Ivy Education Group Publication
Acknowledgements
Chief Editor Ja Wuttithamrong
Copy Editors Aaron Wu
Tim Lan
Yue Bian
Contributors Caleb Archer
Eugene Mudarisov
Jack Hsu
Kari King
Marissa Henkel
Matt Heyman
Ryan Cardwell
Victoria Li
Special Lucy Wu,
Contributor Beijing United Family Hospital
Consultant Tim Lan
Designer Helen He
Lea Peng
Content
01
03 Greetings
Founder’s Note
Note from the Editor
04
08 News
Ivy News
Ivy Training Institute Corner
10 DSS Recap
A Concert Series Like No Other: “Music Under the Stars”
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SPOTLIGHT
Ivy Graduates’ Personal Reflections: “Our Thoughts and
Dreams”
VOICES from our COMMUNITY
Kindergarten Corner: “From Pre-K1 to Kindergarten…An
Amazing Adventure”
Elementary Corner: Daystar Showcases its First PYP
Exhibition!
Elementary Corner: “…And So it Grows”
Middle School Corner: Week Without Walls
26 Art Corner
“Ivy Adventures”: Highlighting Ivy Academy Sanlitun’s Annual
Art Show
28 Education Corner
Daystar Athletics: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re
Going
30 Health Corner
Get to Know Your Child’s Bones
32 Special Edition of Snapshots
Congratulations to all graduates!
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Graduates from Ivy Education Group schools gather for their first ever group
photo!
Front row from left to right: Zimo Xu (KG graduate, Daystar Academy),
Tomoka Komota (KG graduate, Ivy Bilingual School), Yu Tianru (KG graduate,
MIK Kindergarten), Jojo Yang (KG graduate, Ivy Academy), Jamie-Leigh Chang
(Casa Graduate, Daystar Academy)
Back row from left to right: Bovi Woon (5th grade graduate, Daystar
Academy), Nanda Gremo (8th grade graduate, Daystar Academy)
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