RACHEL YU

Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong +852 9390 3354 rachelyu@cdnis.edu.hk

EDUCATION
Canadian International School of Hong Kong
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2005 - Present

Honour Roll Certificate in Grade 7, 8, 9 (2014 to 2016)

Honour Roll Certificate (IB MYP Grade of 5 or higher in all subjects taken with one exception)
Citizenship Award in Grade 7 and 8 (2014 and 2015)
Citizenship Award (Chosen in the class based on demonstration of support, encouragement,
assistance towards peers and the characteristics of the IB Learner Profile)

ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE

CLUBS
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Member of the Junior Choir

2008 - 2012
An ensemble from Grades 3-6 who have sung for school events, and each year at the Canadian
Commemorative Ceremony in Sai Wan Memorial
Junior Student Ambassadors
2013 - 2015
A club with Grade 7 to 8 students that aims to make new students feel welcomed and to
strengthen the relationships between each grade
Member of The Reading Tree
2016 - Present
Aims to establish a transferable English curriculum in order to support learning environments
within the local and global community
Member of the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
2016 - Present
Aims to raise awareness about the 8 Millennium Development Goals
Member of the 1st Hong Kong Canadian Scout Group
2008 - Present

COMMUNITY SERVICE
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Placed poppies at the Sai Wan Memorial during the Canadian Commemorative Ceremony in December
to commemorate those who fought for Hong Kong (2013 to present)
Built garbage bins in a rural area to help the community in Guizhou, China (2011)
Played games with primary school children in Chang Rai, Thailand (2014)
Visited and performed to elders at Kaohsiung Cheng Cing Nursing Home in Taiwan (2014)
Repaired tulous and make mud bricks to build tulous in Fujian, China (2016)
Volunteered to help clubs UNICEF - selling cotton candy, and The Reading Tree - sell elephant pants
during the schools annual Family Fun Fair (Nov 27, 2016)

ACTIVITIES
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Regular Swimming (weekly)

2008 - Present
Art Program at CreativeKids
2005 - Present
Committed to advance and advocate creative development in children and teens, bond families
and mobilize communities with integrative art, design and architecture programs