KIS Seoul Spotlight

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Family Hike and BBQ
Date : 2015/12/12 | Author : kisseoul | Views : 2004
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Gaelic Football at KIS: Shanghai Tournament Chapions
Date : 2015/11/18 | Author : kisseoul | Views : 2134
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Thai Traditional Dance Performance
As part of the Thailand - Korea Cultural Exchange Programme, a group of Thai dancers, ages ranging from 8-17 years old, came to visit Seoul Campus! We were pleased to welcome these young girls from the Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University's Arts and Culture Centre in Bangkok, Thailand to our school. Ms. Koong, the Director at Absolutely Thai, spoke to our students about the cultural dress, various regional dances, language, and traditions in Thailand. Absolutely Thai is a company that specializes in Thai and Southeast Asian traditional performing arts. Before the dancers began, our students from Libya sang their national anthem and two other students shared information about Chinese traditions and holidays. Mixed in-between graceful dances, Ms. Koong taught the audience how to say “hello” and “thank you” in the Thai language. She also mentioned that the original name for Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, is the longest name of all capital cities in the world! A Thai girl impressively said the entire name. It was a name none of us could easily repeat, but Charlotte, a first grade student at KIS, tried her best to repeat it! (Look at the end of the article for the full name.) Just after, Ms. YoonHee Kim, our Korean and Library teacher, as well as several of our students were called up to the front to try on Thai pants. These resemble harem pants. Ms. Koong showed us how Thai people have the option of wearing these pants at different lengths. Surprisingly, these pants are a large piece of fabric tied around an individual. As you can see in the photos, the Thai girls were dressed in breathtakingly beautiful garments. The movements in the dances were fluid and precise. We were so happy to experience the Thai dancing culture and look forward to more cultural exchange programs in the near future! Bangkok’s original name: Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prast
Date : 2015/11/11 | Author : kisseoul | Views : 2204
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International Day Fair at Seoul Campus
Seoul campus had our annual International Day Fair on October 8th. We had 13 amazing country  booths for students to visit - Korea, USA, Canada, China, France, Libya, Kuwait, Ecuador, Japan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and New Zealand. Students, families, and teachers were able to experience various activities including playing traditional games, doing crafts, taking pictures, and sampling different kinds of food from all the countries. Students were holding their passports to get visas from all those countries and they got 5 Phoenix points if they had visited all the countries. We also had Taekwondo presentation and Takkyeon - Korean traditional martial art - mini lessons for all the students in Seoul Campus. Many Parents volunteers helped the fair to introduce their home culture and run many activities   for students. It was very thankful to have all those wonderful parents who were willing to help us! Pangyo Chinese and French students gratefully joined the fair and they made the fair more enjoyable. Teachers at Seoul Campus also volunteered to represent their home countries as well as guide students during the fair. We sincerely appreciate all your help and support! International Day Fair was a huge success and everyone who joined on that day enjoyed the fair very much. Seoul Campus students, families, and teachers feel truly lucky to have this wonderful chance to celebrate and share our diverse cultures from all over the world!  
Date : 2015/10/22 | Author : kisseoul | Views : 2081
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Engaged Students in the Design Center
Last year we set out to modify our units by making meaningful connections between the content within our curriculum and applicable real world problems.  One of our goals with these changes was to increase applied learning opportunities for our students.  The first step was cross curricular unit development, this was done in conjunction with the creation of our new Design Center.  The focus of all this work was centered around creating engaging units of study that are supported by our science, technology and design time classes.  We are already seeing positive impacts from this initiative, our students are starting to view themselves as creators, designers and engineers.  During Robotech Club prior to Chuseok break, I touched base with grade 1 student, Surin Kim and asked her about what she was working on, and she responded "I am an engineer."  I followed up with the question, "What does an engineer do?" and Surin's response was perfect, "I see a problem and I find a way to fix it."
Date : 2015/10/05 | Author : kisseoul | Views : 1917
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Seoul Campus PTO - Off to a Great Start!
Our first PTO meeting of the year was a huge success, we had our largest parent turn out in two years!  The meeting started with a variety of student presentations. Our grade 3-5 students preformed a song they had been working on in music with Ms. Sterner, a few of our grade 5 boys presented a math game called 24, and two grade 3 students; Chloe Choi and Yuha Lee did presentations on current events happening around the world.  It was a wonderful to see our students perform and present, they were confident in front of a large group of adults and peers.  After the presentations the parents and teachers came together to talk about our upcoming school wide events.  The major topics were International Day on October 8th and our Halloween festivities which is fast approaching.  We established a Halloween subcommittee, the three member team is going to help plan the festivities and put teams together to run the game booths.  More information will be coming out soon about how you can get involved as a volunteer on Halloween! As a parent, please consider attending future PTO meetings, this will help us build a better community for our KIS families. Our next meeting will be of particular importance because we will talk about committee positions-president, vice president and treasurer. We will also go over the structure of how meetings will be run and how decisions will be made, meeting norms and goals.
Date : 2015/10/05 | Author : kisseoul | Views : 1867