Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Damansara Jaya

The English language Society (ELS) is one of the main societies that the school is proud of. We have won numerous national titles over the years. In fact SMKDJ is the only school in Malaysia which has won the Datuk Sri Wira Cup 3 times, the Taylors University Debate 4 times and Help University College Debate 3 times. We have also produced outstanding public speakers who have won the JPS Public Speaking Competition, MPPJ Elocution Contest, Sri KL Elocution Contest and Sunway University Elocution Contest. We display the true spirit of Djians, ‘reach for the moon, even if you fail, you will fall among the stars’.

Board of Directors 2008

President : Winnie Tan

Vice President : Sulaiman Shafiq b. Abdul Munaff

VP Drama : Parvinder Kaur

VP DJournal : Hong Di-Anne

VP Debate : Neal Tan Jujian

VP Scrabble : Ng Rui Sheng

Secretary : Wong Yen Wei

A. Secretary : Nik Nor Zafirah

Treasurer : Avinash Subramaniam

A. Treasurr : Jayshendra Karunakaren

Notice Board : Daryl Teoh

Achievements

We, the SMKDJ English Language Society are a proactive society that constantly participates in all sorts of competitions. We have compiled a list of awards and achievements up to the 2008.

Debates

Year	Debate Cup	Debaters	Coaches/Teacher Advisors
2006	Taylor’s	Lee Su Lyn Ow Xin Dee Joel Wong Kae Wei Jonathan Lee Liang Hoong ( R )	Puan Koh Bee Lian Anton Atli Marc Jitab Andrew Loh Zhu An
2006	HELP	Choy Sher Rin Kalkena Sivanesam Adeline Michelle Mathew Ethan Tay Chen Ern ( R )	Puan Koh Bee Lian Anton Atli Marc Jitab Andrew Loh Zhu An
2005	Taylor’s	Law Weiliang John Lee Si Ang Kevin Chan Jun Zeng Nimalan Devaraja ( R )	Miss Magdalen Su Ai Tiing
2004	HELP	Law Weiling Serena Foong Mei Kwan Andrew Loh Zhu An	Miss Magdalen Su Ai Tiing Puan Shyamala
2003	Datuk Wira	Suraiya Abdul Munaff Andrew Loh Zhu An Tee Shern Ren Kang Kean Lee ( R ) Anton Atli Marc Jitab ( R )	Miss Magdalen Su Ai Tiing Miss Choong Chiew Har
2002	Taylor’s	Samantha Tan Yuh Huey Hansel Goh Chien Syrn Yvonne Tew Mei-Ni Yamuuna Punniya Moorthy ( R )	Puan Mary Ann Louis Puan Monica Choy
2002	Rotary	Samantha Tan Yuh Huey Li Lishi Evelyn Wong
2001	Datuk Wira	Rina Priya Ayob Samantha Tan Yuh Huey Jean Lee Si Zhen Hansel Goh Chien Syrn ( R ) Suraiya Abdul Munaff ( R )	Gloria Leila Ayob Puan Vasantha Menon Puan Monica Choy Miss Choong Chiew Har
2000	Taylor’s	Rina Priya Ayob Tee Su Ann Khor Chien Chern Jason Lim Tsu Yang ( R )	Puan Koh Bee Lian Puan Mary Ann Louis
1999	Datuk Wira (State Champions)	Shanti Maria Ayob Tan Min Ser Lee Zhiang Yang Tan Guo Jeng ( R )

Drama

English Society - Drama Team 2005
Drama Team 05

The Drama Team has been under the ELS for a few years now and we have been winning a lot of competition and we plan to win even more. The Drama Team of 2008 is preparing for the competition which will be held in the 8th of April. Lead by Parvinder Kaur, this team is working hard to make our school proud! This is the team who will be the cast and arew for this years drama team;

Cast:

Pete: Albert Foo (5 Kempas)

Rhea : Sophia Aliza (3 Angsana)

Finn : Lim Jia Hong (5 Belian)

Maya : Michelle Chan (5 Cengal)

Crew:

Director : Parvinder Kaur (5 Cengal)

A. Director : Winnie Tan (5 Cengal)

Stage Manager : Shaun Liew (4 Kempas)

A. Stage Manager : Alexander Liew (3 Angsana)

Sound Manager : Hong Di-Anne (5 Belian)

Lights Manager : Yap Tyron (3 Angsana)

Props Manager : Maxine Chin (4 Batai)

A. Props Manager : Calvin Tan (4 Batai)

Make-up Manager : Daeha Marissa (3 Cengal)

These are a few of the past competitions that we have won.

First Runner-Up, Inter-School Drama Competition 2006
Champion of INTI College Drama Competition Year 2006
Best Performer, INTI College Drama Competition Year 2006
Most Promising Female Actor, INTI College Drama Competition 2006

WE SHALL MAKE YOU PROUD!

General Achievements

‘Anugerah Persatuan Akademik Terbaik’ from the Majilis Penghargaan Kokurikulum SMKDJ 2006.

English Society - Goh Hwee Lynn
Goh Hwee Lynn receiving a gift

English Society - Inessa
Inessa receiving a gift

Weekly Agenda

DATE	EVENT
17/1/08	Annual General Meeting
31/1/08	Language Week: Preliminary Debate
14/2/08	Language Week: Debate Finals
	Drama Auditions & Try Outs
21/03/08	Taylor Debate: First Round (SMK Sultan Abdul Samad VS SMKDJ)
4/4/08	Official T-Shirt Designs
18/04/08	Fun & Games: Charades
2/5/08	Fun & Games: Storyboard
4/7/08	Fun & Games: Scrabble
18/07/08	Fun & Games: Treasure Hunt
1/8/08	Fun & Games: Fairytale
15/08/08	Fun & Games: From The Bucket

Spirit of DJians

ELS (English Language Society)