When JoshUA (SWIS) met Carlos & Nathan (SIS) to talk Sport!

05/23/19 • 48 min

#SWISROCRADIO finally went on their long awaited and highly anticipated tour of the far flung fields of Shekou. The venue for their road trip was the salubrious environs of Le 5 Chefs where they were warmly greeted by Claudio! On this first sports podcast of their local tour, Leonard (ICT Integration) and Youngman (Athletics Director of SWIS) were joined by two local celebrities (in their own minds) from Shekou International School Carlos Galvez and Nathan Lil. The podcast mainly focuses on the mens' passion for sports, the reasons behind this and their backgrounds in many different sports. We hear a lot of information about their achievements through the years as well as their thoughts on many different topics. The aim of this podcast was to get staff members of SIS & SWIS together to enjoy a fun podcast together with the hope of developing closer links between the two groups for future projects such as the upcoming Inspire Citizens Conference at SIS in September (this is mentioned by Nathan from 40:00-47:00 on the show). For more information about this project follow Steve Sostak & Aaron Moniz on Twitter. Guest Biographies JoshUA Youngman, an Iowa farm boy, is the current Athletic Director at Shen Wai International School. He spent the previous five years in Jakarta, splitting his time between two schools as a teacher and Athletic Director. Originally from Iowa (USA), Josh grew up playing football (soccer) and basketball. He played football collegiately, while beginning his coaching career at the local high school. He has now been coaching for 13 years, both football and basketball. Josh attained his CAA (Certified Athletic Administrator) endorsement in December 2018, after completing his M.S. in Athletic administration in May 2017. JoshUA has implemented many new initiatives in his role at SWIS. His weekly sports reports on the official school sports subscription on WeChat have been excellent (Search RocAthletics on WeChat) and his weekly sports podcasts have been well received by the community. Carlos Galvez completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Guatemala where he grew up competing in tennis and equestrian events. He played Division 1 tennis for a long time and competed in international junior equestrian events. Sports have always been very important to him which is why he decided to become an educator and instil health and fitness knowledge in young learners. He's taught in Guatemala City, Milan and currently Shekou international School (SIS) Shenzhen. He’s married to Ceci-Galvez Gomez and they have two wonderful children together. Nathan Lil is a long suffering Arsenal fan (like myself) from USA. He is the Middle School Assistant Principal at Shekou International School (SIS). Nathan worked for over 15 years in America before joining SIS. We hope you enjoy the show and I look forward to recording more podcasts in the future with Nathan and his team. Sadly, Carlos and Josh are moving to new jobs in August; we wish them and their families the very best in their new posts in Vietnam and India respectively. SWIS ROC RADIO (on tour) #swisrocs #swisrocradio #swisroc #swisShenzhen

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'So you've decided to move to China....what now??' This is the first in a series of podcasts aimed at helping new members of staff and the extended community before/during and after their move to Shenzhen. We will try to answer some of the key questions new members of the community will have about; Housing - Campus/Off Campus Medical - What to bring Social Life - Bars/Restaurants/Sports Shipping Shopping Transport Banking We will hear from singles, couples, couples with children, staff who live on campus, staff who live off campus so that you can get a wide and varied selection of information. As with all our podcasts on #swisrocradio, they're pretty rough and off the cuff! On this episode we hear from Brian and Lena who moved to SWIS from Mozambique with 18 cases of luggage.....and two young children. I don't envy them! If you have specific questions that you would like answered please add them to the Google Doc (with some information about yourself!) that will be emailed to new staff this week. We hope that we can help you in any way with your move to SWIS/Shenzhen/China and make the transition a little bit smoother with helpful information while attempting to make you laugh. ***Unfortunately Podcasts don't come with subtitles so if you can't understand an Irish accent maybe #swisrocradio is not the show for you!!*** SWIS ROC Radio Listen, Like, Learn

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Outstanding Results for SWIS Students in 2019 College Applications

Greg Mason, University and Career Counselor SWIS, was the guest on SWIS ROC Radio today to update us on the outstanding successes achieved by the 2019 SWIS students in their college applications. For more information on this you can also read an earlier article by the School Director, Ally Wu; https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TR8IiusSSylJzP-o7y7frQ This week on June 12th, marked a historical day at SWIS with the inaugural graduation ceremony of the first cohort of Diploma Program students (32). A ceremony was held at SWIS to mark this historical occasion and to celebrate their achievements. For more information and pictures you can read all about the event http://szdaily.sznews.com/MB/content/201906/13/content_670304.html?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0 In this podcast Greg Mason and I congratulate the students and we wish them well in their future endeavors beyond SWIS. SWIS ROC RADIO Listen, Like, Learn