KISC Alumni Newsletter

Wherever you are in the world: a very happy Christmas to all KISC Alumni! Another term has come to an end. This one has been short following the Dashain holidays and leading up to Christmas.

KISC Secondary (Grades 6-12) left Kathmandu and headed off to different parts of the country to engage in their respective Activity Weeks, which contained both serious and fun activities. Find the photos on KISC Facebook. Primary students stayed on the KISC site but had their own Activity Week focusing on the topic of ‘Kingdom Seekers’. Find the photos and the video on KISC's social media. Subscribe to the KISC YouTube channel to watch more videos.

We were privileged to welcome the British Ambassador and his wife in November. After a tour of the KISC Secondary and Primary site and an explanation of the work of KISC EQUIP, the Ambassador commented that we had a 'marvellous vibe on the campus'.

Alan Barker

International Donor Relations Coordinator

Hello fellow alumni! Do any of you old-timers recognize some of these faces? Joel Hafvenstein, Lauri Lind, Kristine Ottoson and I were all here in the 80's and 90's. Here we are 'hanging out' on some of the old playground equipment that is still in use at KISC. The school PTA is launching a fundraiser to help expand the equipment options here. Would you consider donating and helping out the next gen of KISC students? You can read more and give here on our GoFundMe page.

Katrina Bryant

Alumni/PTA

The earthquake that struck during the night of 3rd November hit the KISC EQUIP working area of West Rukum. While none of our partner schools suffered serious damage, some of the houses in the villages they are in were destroyed or damaged, leaving some of the students and teachers and their families homeless. KISC’s parent organisation, HDCS, along with the KISC team are developing plans to support the long-term recovery of the area.

The Kathmandu-based EQUIP teacher trainers have visited all the project areas during the term - Rukum, Lamjung and Sihara.

The regular KISC EQUIP newsletter was published recently. Follow the link to read.

If you are receiving this newsletter for the first time, having just signed up, welcome! If you have received it for the first time even though you signed up to the Alumni programme a while ago, then apologies! The mailing list was recently reviewed and a few errors were corrected.

The communications team have produced a 3-minute KISC promotional video. You can download and share it with your community. Here is the video link.

If you are planning a visit to Nepal and would like a tour of KISC, please get in touch - it would be great to catch up!

We would love to hear from you - where are you now, what are you doing, what’s happened since you left KISC? Or do you have any stories or photos from your time at KISC that you would like to share? There are many memorable events during the school year - sporting events, musical events, plays, Activity Week, electives - we would love to hear your memories!

We always need new staff at KISC! As a matter of urgency, we need teachers for French, German, History and English. If you know of anyone that would be interested, please circulate the website https://www.kisc.edu.np/vacancies and ask them to get in touch! Please also see the poster and display it if possible! Thanks.