Earlier this year KIS Students in Year 9-11 recently succeeded in reaching the summit of Mount Kinabalu. The climb to the top of one of the regions tallest mountains is far from easy, but KIS students throughout history have managed to make the strenuous journey to Lows Peak. Indeed one of our present staff members made the very same journey as a KIS student over 20 years ago. Karen MacLeod was a student at KIS in the 1980’s and is now our Learning Support Assistant in the Primary School. Karen left KIS in 1988 when her family moved to Hong Kong and she finished her education at an English International School there. Work experience placements in child care and supervision inspired her to do an NNEB course at Chichester College in England between 1993-95 incorporating a Diploma in Child care and education. Karen then worked at Thomas A Beckett First School for seven years as an Early Years Teaching Assistant. In 2002, Karen moved back to Kota Kinabalu where she took on a voluntary role at the Princess Ann Orphanage helping to look after the younger children and babies. She continues to volunteer at the Orphanage until the present day, but in 2003 Karen also returned to a full-time position at KIS as a classroom assistant, before ultimately moving to her present role of Learning Support Assistant at the beginning of the current academic year. It’s been a roundabout journey, but we are delighted to have Karen back with us here at KIS!