St. Mary's KL Alumni Club

What a great start to 2026! Thank you all who participated in our Navigating Dementia Zoom Session. It is definitely an eye-opener. Those who would like a recorded video, do email the club and we will send you the link.

Now, let's get down to business. We want you, yes you, the MEMBERS, to organise your own activities. Do it with your housemates or your batch. Go for makan, picnic, sporting events; gather up anytime anywhere! Let's do something for each other and earn points for your house. Stay tuned for details!

We are truly grateful for the joy, the lessons, and the people who made this year special. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season and those who celebrate, a merry and beautiful Christmas 🥳🎄🎁!

Navigating Dementia: Awareness, Care, Hard Decisions & Support - Online Forum

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is estimated that around 8.5% of older adults, or roughly 260,000 people in Malaysia, are living with dementia. Dementia in Malaysia is a growing public health concern, with projections estimating up to 560,000 patients by 2030 and 825,000 by 2050, as the country becomes a super-aged nation. This has led the Ministry of Health to launch the Dementia Action Plan 2023–2030 to boost awareness, support, and care.

Many of us are at a stage in life where we have aging parents or grandparents. As dementia is a progressive disease, individuals may, over time, require increasing support in their daily activities. We also need to consider how we can navigate the dementia journey as caregivers and prepare ourselves should we or our loved ones be affected.

The St. Mary’s KL Alumni Club will be hosting an online forum, “Navigating Dementia: Awareness, Care, Hard Decisions & Support,” featuring Jennifer Soh from Managedcare, on 14 January 2026, from 8:30pm to 9:30pm. This session aims to raise awareness about dementia and provide guidance on how to better support our loved ones.

In this session, we will discuss:
• Early recognition, disease progression, and caregiving strategies
• Navigating difficult decisions related to treatment, safety, and long-term care
• Support resources and caregiver self-care essentials

This online forum will be conducted via Zoom and is open to both Alumni Club members and the public.

Registration is free, and everyone is welcome.
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/0WHvxVL-TN252wkIKSbv6Q

Agenda
8:30pm – Welcome by Charlene Liu, President of St. Mary’s KL Alumni Club & Forum Moderator
8:35pm – Navigating Dementia: Awareness, Care, Hard Decisions & Support by Jennifer Soh, Managedcare
9:15pm – Sharing & Q&A
9:30pm – End

Reflecting on the year that was and welcoming the one to come with open arms, we have successfully completed the first quarter of our term with flying colours🎉.

From informative forums, colourful carnivals to nostalgic reunions, we have made great memories and created countless smiles. It's not a matter of counting points, collecting donations or who's winning; it's in the bonding that makes us who we really are: a St. Marian. 💛💚💙❤️

So we are looking forward to a new chapter with more excitements. We look back with appreciation, moving forward with anticipation✨🥰

🥳Happy New Year!

Team 2025-2027

What a beautiful lunch we had with Ms Richards for our year-end gathering! Teachers and St. Marians from different decades updated each other and shared memories of our school. We even managed to squeeze in our school song!

Thank you, Ms Richards, for hosting us, thank you to the Alumni team for organizing, and everyone for contributing and joining us.

Wishing everyone the very best this holiday season!

Nothing could dampen the St. Marian spirit! True to our motto, the sun came out shining to nudge us towards its glory. Teachers, parents, volunteers and especially our beloved children, had a smashing time from the beginning to the end. Bouncy castle, bundled clothings, sand arts, wack the quack, petting zoo, karaoke, e-games cafe, Sanrio merchandise, St. Mary's 3D-printed keychains, benjo, fruits and desserts, pop corn, laksa, nasi minyak, ayam masak merah, oden, mee/meehoon goreng, keropok lekor, air balang were all SOLD OUT before the event was over. Massive turnout!

Here are the videos that we volunteers managed to record and some more photos. We had our hands full but it was really fun!

It started with some minor downpour but it ended with a bang!!! What a turnout. Food and drinks were sold out around 1.30pm and the teachers had to call reinforcements. But everyone managed to do their duties well so give yourselves a pat in the back ya!

Kudos to the PIBG, the School, parents and our ever ready alumni volunteers for making this Karnival Sanrio World a superb event.

More pictures and videos coming in later.

Interested in culture, history and ancient past? Join us at Voices from the Past on 17-December 2:30pm-5pm for an afternoon conversation organized in conjunction with Voices of the Past exhibition at Balai Seni Negara bringing stories of the past in ASEAN countries.

Speakers are architect Ngiom and sailor/explorer Daniel Zander with Q&A moderated by Melisa Wong, organizer and St. Mary’s alumna.

Exhibition guidebook: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/486ab612ff.html

Join us at the book launch ceremony of our fellow St. Marian and alumni club committee member, Ivlynn Yap, at MPH on 18-December 11:30am-2pm. Come hear her inspiring experience from her humble beginnings to owning her own company!

It's end of the year and the Membership Sale is back for one last time! 12.12 is your last chance to grab this offer!

Register as Lifetime Member for only RM85 (normal price RM105) between 12am to 11.59pm on 12 December 2025 and receive 10 points for your house!

Click here to register https://forms.gle/sJqFtzjKKAz2MX8dA

Take this final opportunity with discount and become a member right now!

The Pow Wow spirit is back? Reigning two-time Battle of The Houses champion Pope House is now in the top spot, cutting the Ladies in Red Playneans as Pringians continue to ignite their dynamites, with true blue McNeilians still steadfast and never giving up.

Keep them coming ladies. We'll see you soon at the last event for 2025, Year-End Gathering with Ms. Richards!

This is proof that the St. Marians spirit lives on!

As you might have known, our beloved club has been invited by our primary school PIBG to join hands in organising Karnival Sanrio World, which will be held this Saturday 13 December 2025. We were actually given a specific target: to sell at least 300 sets of coupons. And voila! Not only did we surpassed the target, the total amount of RM collected is more than 10% of the school's overall coupon sales target which is RM100,000!! Now that is superb teamwork!!

On behalf of the organising committee chairlady Puan Azraini, our SK PIBG YDP Mr. Aloysious, our SK headmistress Puan Siew, teachers, staffs and especially the students of SK St. Mary, I would like to express our utmost gratitude towards this benevolent effort in raising funds towards upgrading the school's facilities.

It is truly an honour to represent a club that is a force to be reckon with. I am truly proud of all club members and especially our House Captains; Ira (Pring), Siew Khim (Playne), Mimi (Pope) and Eunice (McNeil). Your hard work willl not go in vain.

Now let's go and have a joyful day at the Karnival!

Fiza
VP 2025-2027

P/S: Out of 508 coupon sets purchased, 374 will be given back to underprivileged students, teachers and staff of the school. I am in touch with PK HEM, Puan Jariyahtun to ensure everyone gets a chance to enjoy themselves during the Karnival. See you there!