A Report on the ‘Novels For Nepal Bazaar’

                On the 10^th of December 2011, a few leo’s from the Leo Club of Assunta, Damansara Jaya, Taman Petaling and Taman Sea came together to help out at the Arts for Grabs bazaar that was held at Annexe, Kuala Lumpur. The whole purpose of this bazaar is to raise funds to build a library in a school in rural place in Nepal.  Secondhand books were sold at the bazaar to raise the funds needed.

All the Leo clubs have had a bookdrive in their own schools so that the books can be sold.

                At around 10 am, all the Leo’s gathered at a&w. As soon as everyone arrived, we walked to the LRT station which was just opposite with the many bags and boxes of books that were supposed to be sold at the bazaar.

                We bought out tickets and we were off to the Central Market. They were very surprised with the amount of books that we brought over. As soon as the books were sorted according to how much it was going to be sold at, we wrote notes to the children in Nepal. All these notes will be given to the children during their next visit.

                The bazaar was a great success. And the Leo Clubs will continue to help them raise the funds that is needed to ensure that a library will be built for the children in Nepal.

Report by,

Leo Desiree Tan

A Report on Christmas Carolling 2011

                      On the 12th and 13th of December, Leos from SMK Assunta, SMK Taman Petaling, SMK La Salle and Petaling Jaya Integrity gathered to spread the Christmas cheer to several orphanages and old folks homes around PJ. Practices for carolling were held at Cameron Towers on the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 28th and 30th of November. During that time, Leos practiced tirelessly to perfect their singing and to prepare for the upcoming project. Many even gathered to pack hampers and donations which were to be presented to the homes. Each orphanage received a hamper and some donations while the old folks homes received fruit baskets and donations.

                      After much planning and preparation, the project day arrived. Leos gathered in the Assunta school canteen for lunch at 11.30am before leaving for their first destination. Grace Villa Homecare was a cosy little home that housed the elderly from multiple backgrounds. Many of them were very happy to see the carollers and some even joined in to sing. The next home the Leos visited was Bellevue Residential Homecare. The Leos once again spread out to face all the residents of the home and filled the place with the Christmas spirit. Next, the Leos decided to take a rest at Lotus PJ State. Finally, they visited Praise Emmanuel Children’s Home. The children were very much excited to see Santa Claus and his bell as he entered the home. Everyone joined in and sang the carols and later, the kids were treated to a round of games and prizes. To end it all off, each kid got to take a picture sitting on Santa Claus’ lap while receiving their very own Famous Amos gift bag.

                      The following day was very much like the first. It all started with the Leos gathering at school for lunch at 11.30am. Then, the first home they visited at 1.00pm was Phyllis Caring Home. The Leos carolled along with the residents and were very much happy to greet everyone ‘Merry Christmas’ while belting out Feliz Navidad. The next home they visited was Precious Home. Every child was filled with glee as Santa came walking down the road, ringing his bell. Before they knew it, carols had been sung, games had been played, prizes had been given, presents had been presented and pictures had been taken. The Leos who left reluctantly were soon heading for their break at an Indian restaurant in Section 4, which was really near to the next home. It begun to drizzle as the Leos entered the very last home, Trinity Children Centre but that did not dampen their Christmas spirit! The children were overjoyed when Santa had a round of Santa Says and Statue Dance which earned them several prizes. After getting their gifts and taking a few pictures, the children had to say goodbye to the Leos as they boarded their bus to head back to SMK Assunta. The Leos reached the school at 6.00pm and were very tired after two long days but all the hard work and practice paid off after seeing so many happy faces this Christmas season. We hope that next year’s carolling is as much of a success as this year’s one.

Report by,
Leo Kendra Hema

Novels For Nepal Bazaar

Hey Leo's!

These are the details for the bazaar:

Date: 10th & 11th December 2011

Venue: Annexe (behind central market)

Time: 11am - 8pm

For those that have already signed up, please do let me know what days you can help us out and we can work out the timing for you.

Leo Assunta,

Roar!

Leo Leadership Camp 2011

The leo's that are going for the Leo Leadership Camp are:

1) Jessie Rose

2) Krystle Tan

3) Crystal Yap

4) Maizura

5) Hadhira

6) Hemalaxmi

7) Desiree Tan

8) Monica Tan

9) Natalie Yaw

10) Charis

please be at a&w by 7.30am. please be punctual.

The attire would be your leo t-shirt, jeans and sport shoes.

Also bring a sleeping bag as its not stated in the form.

Dont forget your forms too!

Leo Assunta,

ROAR ROAR ROAR!

Selling of muffins during the form 1's registration day

On the 17^th of November 2011, a few Leo’s met up in school at around 7.30a.m. to bake mixed fruit muffins which were going to be sold during the Form 1’s registration day. When everyone arrived, the Leo’s went to the cooking room to start baking. We had a lot of help from our teacher advisor, Puan Betty as well as Lion Malcolm. They helped us measure the ingredients and thought us how to mix them all together properly.

When the batter was ready, we lined the trays with cupcake liners, and the batter was put inside. The trays were put into the 4 ovens that were preheated and it was left inside until the muffins turned golden brown. We took out the trays and left it to cool. After a whole day of baking, we managed to bake a total of 270 muffins and we definitely couldn’t have done it without the help of our teacher advisor and Lion Malcolm.

When the muffins were cool enough, the Leo’s packed them into clear plastics of 3 and the top was staplered. We decided to sell each packet for RM 3. While it was still warm, we went around selling the muffins. The teacher’s were very supportive towards our project. Some of them bought as many as 6 packets! The rest of the packets were kept to be sold the next day during the registration.

On Friday, the 18^th of November 2011, which was also the registration day for the incoming Form 1 students, a few members from the Leo club went around selling the muffins to the parents and students.

It was from 9.00am till 12.00pm. The aim of this project is to raise funds to buy a new projecter for our school. A total of 10 Leos helped out to sell. Parents, students and teachers were generous enough to buy. After successfully selling a total of 270 cupcakes, we packed up and passed the money to our Vice President, Leo Jessie Rose. We were really exhausted at the end of the day, but had loads of fun selling muffins and working together.

Written by,

Leo Desiree Tan & Leo Rebecca Raj

Upcoming Projects!

Title : the novels for nepal

Date : 1st to 15th of December 2011

Venue : Lake Titiwangsa

* books for donation are needed, project points will be awarded.

* its a joint project with dj, taman sea, tp and PJI

* ppl for the shifts are needed

* call desiree tan at 016-6550599 for more information

Title : christmas carroling project

Date : 12th and 13th December 2011

Time : 12pm-6pm

Venue : children and old folks homes

*Meet in school at 12pm sharp

*call kendra at 012-2293932 for more information

* books, clothes, toys, toiletries and food for donation are needed, project points will be awarded.

*Leos that are interested are required to come for the caroling practices. The details are as such:

Date and time : 21/11/11 , 9am-12pm / 23,25,28,30/11/11, 9am-1pm

Venue : Cameron Towers Function Hall

A Report on Movie Marathon 2011

On the 19th and 20th of October 2011, along with the 4th and 9th of November 2011, the Form 3 Leos were excited to carry out their first project since the PMR examination. This project was aimed at raising funds for the upcoming Christmas Carolling project which will be in December. On these four dates, Leos worked tirelessly to prepare the AV rooms for the proper cinematic viewing. The Leos worked together to carry chairs and arrange tables within half an hour before students started piling in for the much anticipated movie.

Movies such as Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Beastly, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2, X-Men : First Class, Insidious and Red Riding Hood were shown throughout this project. Each movie was priced at RM1. Students were very happy to spend time with their friends, watching a movie while still contributing to charity.

At the end of each movie, Leos would group together to clean up the AV rooms and rearrange the tables and chairs. Some Leos even sacrificed their time to stay back after school to make sure the AV rooms were in order before leaving. The Leos overcame many problems throughout this project and learned the true meaning of team effort to get the job done.

On the last day, Leos even sold marshmallows and chocolate to raise extra funds to reach our target. This sale was a hit amongst the Form 3s and was sold out before the end of recess. All in all, this project was a huge success and we hope that the incoming Form 3 Leos will get to carry on this tradition with equal success.

Report by,

Leo Kendra Hema

Meeting!

There will be a meeting tomorrow. The details are as such :

Time : 1.10p.m. to 2.30p.m.

Date : 9th November 2011

Venue : to be confirmed

*attendance is compulsory

*wear leo t-shirt and vest if not a fined will be given

*bring a notebook

Leo Leadership Camp!

The LLC camp is finally here! Its an opportunity you DON'T wanna miss! Forms will be given out by this week. So, hurry and write your names on the Leo board! :D

Spaces are LIMITED!

Date: 3rd to 8th December 2011

Camp site: Kem Bina Semangat, Kuala Kubu Bharu

Registration Fee : RM265

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask Desiree (4SC2) :)

A Report on The ‘Light For Hope’ Project

On the 24^th of October, the Leo Club of SMK Assunta paid a visit to the Agathian’s Shelter. It is an orphanage for boys. The Light for Hope project was organized to help the shelter get ready for the upcoming Deepavali celebration. A total of eleven Leos took part in this project.

The Leos were gathered in school by 8.30 and we left for Agathian’s Shelter. At 9, we started off with an ice breaking game. All the children were told to stand in a circle with the Leos and introduce themselves. Leo Azarelle who was holding a rolled up newspaper passed it to one of the boys. Then, she would scream the name of another boy as the boy in the middle would try to hit his leg. It was an interesting game and everyone had fun.

After everyone had their turn, we moved upstairs to start decorating the home. The Leos had prepared block letters reading ‘Happy Deepavali’ and more. All the children gathered together and coloured the letters with crayons and colour pencils that the leos provided. A few of the older children even drew their own illustrations and put it up on the walls.

Once the children were done with the colouring, we asked them to design a ‘koolam’. ‘Koolam’ is an Indian decoration out of coloured rice symbolizing happiness and joy. The older children drew out a huge pattern and then helped the younger ones to decorate it with the coloured rice we had brought. All the Leos were amazed by the creativity of the boys. They had drawn and coloured the ‘koolam’ all by themselves. With the extra rice, a group of five boys made another ‘koolam’.

All in all it was a great day. Everyone had fun and we really bonded with the kids although most of them could only speak in Tamil. We were glad that we took part in the project because we had made the kids very happy.

Report by,

Leo Dhivyaa Mailvaganam

A Report on the ‘Happy Deepavali Gifts’

On the 19th of October 2011, The Leo Club of SMK Assunta made some Deepavali gifts for the teacher’s of our school in conjunction of the Deepavali celebration. The Leo’s thought of many interesting ideas but we finally came to a conclusion and decided to give the teachers Laddu which was placed in a lovely small golden bag with a small card wishing all the teachers ‘Happy Deepavali’!

The Leo’s went all out to get the materials that were needed to make the gifts. We ordered about 120 pieces of Laddu and bought 120 bags to put the laddu into. The Leo’s managed to get both the the Laddu and the bags for very reasonable prices. After a whole day looking for these items, the Leos went to one of our houses to get the packing started. One of the Leo’s were assigned to print out small cards saying ‘Happy Deepavali!’ on it with the Leo logo on the far right side of it. After it was printed out, the Leo’s cut it out one by one and placed it in each bag.

The Leo’s managed to finish packing the gifts really fast because they worked together and delegated well. The gifts were then counted and placed in a small box so that it would be easier to be carried around and given to the teachers. On the 21st of October 2011, a few Leo’s went around giving the teachers the Deepavali gifts and wished them all ‘Happy Deepavali!’. The teachers were really touched and happy when they received the gifts. They thanked the Leo’s too. Pictures were taken on that day as well.

Report by,

Leo Charmaine Ho

Upcoming Projects!

Dear leos,

Below are the details for the upcoming project, 'Light Of Hope'

Date : 24th October 2011

Time : 9-11 am (meet inside the school compound, Gate C at 8.15am SHARP)

Attire : leo t-shirt, jeans, and sport shoes

Place : Agathian's shelther home

People who signed up for this project

1. Kendra Hema

2. Isabelle

3. Azarelle

4. Natalie Yaw

5. Desiree Tan

6. Jessie Rose

7. Krystle Tan

8. Kavitha

9. Kimberley

10. Dhivyaa

11. Karen

12. Rebecca Raj

13. Hemalaxmi

* please check your emails as a permission slip has been sent to you and please print it out, fill it in, and bring it on monday ok. :)

* If you have any problems, please call NATALIE YAW (016-9973592) OR AZARELLE

(012-6380923)

THANKS !

ROAR!

A Report on the 'World Food Day Programme' at Taylor’s College

Last Sunday, on the 16th of October, the Leo Club of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Assunta were one of the many clubs and societies around PJ that attended Taylor’s College World Food Day program. This event, usually held in the U.S, was the first of its kind in Malaysia. The reason for this program was because hunger and malnutrition is widespread in the world. In order to help,Taylor's Education Group (TEG) pledged to pack and donate 1,000,000 meals through TEG World Food Day, they held a series of Meal Packaging Events at Taylor's University and Taylor's College campuses as well as Sri Garden Schools on 16 October 2011.

Most of the Leos that took part were Form 3’s. Some of them took the bus provided by the school to get to the college while others decided to come on their own. Once we got to Taylor’s College, the Interactors, Leos and a few normal students that also volunteered were ushered into the auditorium. There, we were given a briefing about what we would have to do.

Once the briefing was over, everyone moved to the hall where we would pack the meals. This was where the real fun began! About 12 people were assigned to a single line and there were about 22 lines. At the top of the line, there were huge plastic containers filled with soy protein, rice, dried vegetables and nutrient-filled flavoring. Four people would work together at that station, filling in the small packets with the food. Once they were done, a runner would bring the packets over to the weighing and sealing station.

At the weighing and sealing station, each packet would be measured so that its weight is between 165 to 175 grams. Once it was measured, it would be sealed and another runner would carry the sealed packets over to the counting and boxing station. There, exactly thirty six packets would be boxed and cellophane-taped. Everyone who volunteered worked tirelessly together and we finished packing about 360, 000 packets. We even finished it half an hour early!

Before we left Taylor’s College, we took pictures and bought the World Food Day T-shirt. All in all, it was a great experience! We had a lot of fun working together and hey, it was for a good cause. In the future, we hope more programs like this will be held.

Report by,

Leo Dhivyaa Mailvaganam.

Attention!

ATTENTION ALL LEO MEMBERS,

tomorrow(14/10/11) there will be a photoshoot for ALL LEOS form 5's and form 4's. PLEASE WEAR YOUR FULL LEO UNIFORM

and stay back until 1.30p.m. THANKS

A Report on The Assunta Symphonic Band Installation

On the 23rd of September 2011, The Assunta Symphonic Band invited the Leo club to attend their installation which was held in the school hall. A few of our Leo’s attended this event to give them support. Before entering the hall, the leo’s had to register at the registration table at the entrance of the hall.

The Installation began at around 1.30p.m. when the guests of honour arrived. It started off with a speech by the outgoing president, Bue Lim. Then, certificates were given out to all the outgoing members. The installation was continued by a few very interesting performances by the band members themselves. First, there was a full band ensemble and they played a piece called Mongol 800. This performance was followed by a woodwind ensemble and a brass ensemble performance which played another piece called ‘Baby Elephant Walk’. Then, ‘The Entertainer’ was performed by all the form 4 band members.

After all the performances, the installation of the junior and senior members took place. All the new board members of the year 2011/2012 were then called up to receive their name tags. Miss Boey, the teacher advisor of the Assunta Symphonic Band was called up to give her speech. Her speech was a very touching one and it made the outgoing form 5 band members feel appreciated and happy with what they did for the school and themselves throughout the year. Last but not least, a very special video presentation which was made especially for the outgoing band members was shown.

The guests were then invited to have refreshments which was prepared at the back of the hall. The installation was a success and we hope for the best for the new board members of the Assunta Symphonic Band. The leo’s then went home at around 3.30p.m. after such an enjoyable installation.

Report by,

Leo Desiree Tan

A Report on IJN with Raya kids

12 Leos from the Leo club of SMK Assunta, accompanied by their Lion and teacher advisor, Lion Ivan and Puan Betty, were driven to the Institut Jantung Negara. The Leos then met up with the manager in-charge of the children’s ward, Mr. Bala. Mr. Bala then took the Leos to the 5th floor, where they waited for the children in the lobby. The leos were greeted after a while by a group of 5 children ranging from the age of 1 year to 13 years. The eventful day kicked off with the children loosening up with the children. The leos then helped the children with the drawing of the national flag. After the children had completed their drawings, the leos took out a few books and helped them with the reading part.

Two of the kids insisted on completing their drawings eventhough the other younger children were reading books. Once the children had toned down, they arranged themselves in a circle with the help of the leos. The leos and the kids then played three games which they all enjoyed, including ‘Broken telephone.’ The final event with the kids on this eventful day, was the card-making session, in which the children made ‘Hari Raya’ cards. While the children were engrossed in their card making, Leo Jessie took the opportunity to hand out ‘ang pow’ packets to the 5 children. After the kids received their ‘ang pows’, A few leos made their way into the wards, where they gave all the children the ‘duit raya.’

Before saying goodbye to the children, Leo Mei Kuan distributed sweets from a basket to all the children present. Mr. Bala then treated the leos to lunch at his office. Once the leos had donated 4 bags of books to Mr. Bala generously donated by a few of them, they bid their farewells and made their way to the carpark. On the ground floor of the hospital, Leo Jessie managed to hand out the remainder of the ‘ang pow’ packets to most of the children she came across. Leo Mei Kuan also managed to clean out the basket of sweets before the leos left. Photos were taken before the end of the day.

Prepared by,

Leo Melvina

Upcoming Projects!

Title : A Visit to IJN Children's Ward

Date : 24th September 2011

Time : 10a.m. till 12a.m.

Venue : Institut Jantung Negara

Attire : Baju kurung/Baju Kebaya

*please be in school by 9.15 a.m.

*please bring RM 5

*for more enquiries please see Leo Melvina Mayuri , 4 Sc 1 and if youre interested to go for this event please sign up on the leo blog

THANK YOU (:

School Leo board to be revamped

Any ideas you'd like to share for our school Leo board?

Send in your designs to Leo Cynthia Low of 4 Science 1

You get one project point per design you hand in! So hurry up and start and start designing!

For any furthur enquiries please see Cynthia Low 4 Science 1

p.s. a sketch on an A4 paper will do

THANK YOU (:

ATTENTION!

Dearly beloved Leos ,

We will be collecting things like biscuits, drinks etc etc to make a hamper.

If you would like to donate, please give it to Chew Kah Ann from 4 Sc 4 you have the whole of this coming week to donate your items

Project points will be awarded if you donate ;)

Thank you!

A Report on Riang-ria Project at Precious Home

The Leo club of SMK Assunta went for a visit to the precious home at Petaling Jaya on 7th September 2011, Wednesday. There were a total of 6 leos whom attended the project. Not forgetting lion advisor Lion Ivan and guest Lion Malcom. We arrived at around 2:30pm at precious home and we were welcomed with a sweet warming smile by the kids there. After we settled everything down. We than start off the project with ice breaking by the introducing each other.

Then we played a game using a blanket. The leos and kids were divided into 2 groups which was group A and B. The game goes this way, which is each group have to say out the name of the opposite group representative after the blanket was released.

We also had a dancing game arranged for them. Continued by a game of twister and a game of UNO cards. At around 4pm, the kids had their tea-time. We gave them each a plate of biscuit, chocolate donuts biscuits, kuih lapis, a box of milo and puding.

Lastly, we took a few photos with the kids and gave them all each party pack. We head back to school at around 4:30pm. Ending the project by saying our goodbyes to the kids. The leos were all glad that we had a oppoturnity to attend the project. It was fun and so last but not least, we thank Lion Malcom, Pn. Betty, Desiree’s mother for driving us there and Lion Ivan for attending the project with us.

Report by ,

Leo Noraine

Upcoming projects

Dear Leos, these are the upcoming projects
*If you are interested please sign up on the leo board asap :D

LEO CLUB OF BERJAYA UCH METRO (OMEGA) FORMATION CEREMONY

Date : 10th September 2011 (Saturday)
Time : 2.00p.m – 5.00p.m
Venue : Lecture Theatres of Berjaya University College of Hospitality
Level 11, Berjaya Times Square, West Wing,
No.1 Jalan Imbi, 55100 Kuala Lumpur.
Attire : Club Uniform with Vest / Formal

SAMBUTAN HARI RAYA & PESTA TANGLUNG

Date : 10th September 2011 (Saturday)

Time : 4.00p.m. - 11.00p.m.

Venue : Stadium MPSJ

A Report on the Bookmark for the Form 3’s and 5’s

On the 15^th of August , the Leo Club of Smk Assunta had a project which was organized by the Form 4 Leo’s after school. All the Board members which totals to 12 members took part in this project. The purpose of this project was to create a small paper notes creatively placed inside pens and bookmarks wishing the Form 3 and 5 Leos sitting for the PMR and SPM Examinations good luck.

The Leos that were involved gathered at 5 Science 2 at 1.30pm. They started off by cutting the paper into pieces and fitting it into the pens. Then, the bookmarks were laminated and cut according to its shape. Once done, the pens were hooked onto the bookmarks.

On the 25^th of August, the bookmarks were given out along with the pen to the Form 3’s and 5’s. The Leos showed their gratitude to the other Leos who so caringly made these bookmarks.

Report by,

A Report on the Formation of the Leo Club of Methodist College KL

On the 13th of August 2011, a few leos from Assunta Secondary School attended the formation of the Leo Club of Metro Methodist College KL (O). The event was held in the colleges’ auditorium.

The leos took the LRT together to get to the college. When we arrived at about 10.30 a.m., there were a few leos from the college who were waiting at the LRT station. We were then ushered by them to their college. When we reached the auditorium, we found a place to sit and soon after all the other leos from the other clubs arrived, they began the installation. The event began with the arrival of the Lions and one of the Lions that were present was Lion Nelson. Then, they had a short introduction about their newly formed club and followed by the roll calls.

Without wasting any more time, the incoming Leo’s were called up on stage to be inducted. The induction of the new members was done by Leo Kok Sheng. The Leos were given a vest and a nametag. Then, a slide show presentation was shown to introduce the incoming board of directors. It was then their turn to come on stage. Lion Nelson did the honours of inducting the board of directors. After the induction, the Leo President of the Leo Club of Methodist College Kuala Lumpur was invited on stage to give her first speech.

Next were the performances. It started off with a lovely singing performance by one of the Leo’s accompanied by someone playing the guitar and violin. The next performance was a very interesting and entertaining dance performance which was done by a few other Leo’s.

At around 12.30p.m, the installation was adjourned and the Leo’s were led to the canteen for some refreshments. The installation was a very successful one.

Prepared by,

Leo Kah Mun.