MEET OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS!

Head of Content Department

Thomas

🏅Main Achievements:

– Coauthor and editor of a to-be-published fantasy fiction novella (2023)
– Valedictorian (2022)
– Top 1 Recipient and Highest Average for Vietnamese Literature Subject Award at the Canadian International School (CIS) (2022)
– Experience with many Global Issues Network (GIN) Clubs (Anti-Human Trafficking, Anti-Bullying Project) and organizations on and off campus
– Winner of Chain Storytelling at the Saigon Literary Arts Festival
– Competed in various writing competitions throughout the course of high school

Head of Middle School Training

Apolline Dubois Nguyen

🏅Debate achievements:

– Won the Middle School NSDA Vietnam Qualifier debate tournament in 2022
– Made it to quarterfinals for the SSIS Fall Invitational debate tournament in the High school Novice division in 2023
– Participated in numerous offline and online debate tournaments

🏅Extracurricular achievements:

– Earned Black belt in taekwondo
– Made it to the top 5 percent of the Pivotal Essay contest in 2023 (https://www.ssis.edu.vn/…/ethical-exploration-apollines…)
– Has been playing tennis for 5 years and is currently enrolled in the SSIS girls varsity team!
– Speaks 4 languages (learning Chinese)
– Is passionate about writing, playing chess (occasionally), playing music, and much more