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Bora Chung presents to English students

Meet Bora Chung, author of ‘Cursed Bunny’

Andrew Shin and Cherlin Kim | Mar 24, 2023

https://youtu.be/CKIJ1Yr2HEw On March 20, author of “Cursed Bunny” Bora Chung held meetings during English classes and Kaleidoscope to answer questions and interact with students. She is the first...

Mu Alpha Theta hosts Pi Day

Mu Alpha Theta hosts Pi Day

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Mar 22, 2023

On March 14, to celebrate the mathematical constant ?, which is approximately 3.14, Mu Alpha Theta held a pie eating contest in the atrium during office hours. There were seven contestants: Nathan Warkentin,...

Education for Gen Z: A new era of cheating?

Education for Gen Z: A new era of cheating?

Daniel Shin, Editor-In-Chief | Mar 21, 2023

Ever since ChatGPT took the world by storm last November, many braced for an impending educational apocalypse, suggesting that schools should learn to live with the artificial intelligence chatbot—an...

Culinary diversity bridges Chinese, Spanish classes

Culinary diversity bridges Chinese, Spanish classes

Daniel Shin, Editor-In-Chief | Mar 21, 2023

Spanish and Chinese classes prepared traditional Hispanic and Chinese dishes—from tanghulu to tacos—for a unique culinary exchange in the atrium on March 18. Chinese I-III and AP Chinese classes...

UYSC x Chess Club hosts chess tournament

UYSC x Chess Club hosts chess tournament

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Mar 17, 2023

Taking advantage of chess’s growing popularity in SIS, the United Youth Service Club (UYSC) and Chess Club collaborated to host a bracket-style chess tournament from March 13th to 16th. 32 students from...

Tiger’s Den cafe implements environmentally friendly stamp system

Tiger’s Den cafe implements environmentally friendly stamp system

Paul Moon and Kevin Kim, Reporter | Mar 15, 2023

Kevin Kim is a guest writer from Writing 11 Starting from March 15, the Tiger’s Den cafe in the cafeteria is implementing a new initiative to reduce the amount of single-use plastic cups being consumed...

On Feb. 28, SIS Ambassadors participated in the KAIAC choir festival at Gyeonggi Suwon International School (GSIS) to compete against other school choirs. (photo credit: Lesley Scott)

SIS participates in KAIAC choir festival

Jack Lee, Reporter | Mar 15, 2023

On Feb. 28, SIS Ambassadors participated in the KAIAC choir festival at Gyeonggi Suwon International School (GSIS) to compete against other school choirs. The Ambassadors received a platinum rating, the...

From Mar. 1st to 5th in Oman, SIS participated in a choir festival held by AMIS. (photo credit: Matthew Halter)

SIS choir travels to Oman for AMIS festival

Jack Lee, Reporter | Mar 15, 2023

From Mar. 1st to 5th in Oman, SIS participated in a high school choir festival held by the Association of Music in International Schools (AMIS) at the American International School of Muscat. Through auditions,...

SIS bands receive all platinum ratings at KAIAC Large Group Festivals

SIS bands receive all platinum ratings at KAIAC Large Group Festivals

Cherlin Kim, Managing Editor | Mar 15, 2023

On March 2, SIS hosted the KAIAC Large Group Band Festival where international students were graded from (best) platinum to (worst) merit by the Korea International Music Educators Association.  In...

SIS competes in final 2022-’23 Forensics tournament

SIS competes in final 2022-’23 Forensics tournament

Cherlin Kim, Managing Editor | Mar 13, 2023

On Feb. 3-4, SIS competed in the final KAIAC Forensics tournament for the 2022-’23 school year at GSIS. With medals awarded to individual winners and schools with the highest speaker points, competitors...

Don’t trip, give us grade-level trips

Don’t trip, give us grade-level trips

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Mar 13, 2023

Busan, Tokyo, Bangkok, Dubai, London, New York… There are limitless possibilities of cities that we could travel to if we had grade-level trips. In each city, students can make unforgettable memories...

Author Lee Min-Jin was invited as a special guest for this years NHD.

SIS hosts first in-person NHD in four years

Waan Choi, Copy Editor | Feb 28, 2023

On Feb. 25, SIS hosted National History Day (NHD) Korea 2023, uniting over 500 participants from more than 33 different schools. Students all over Asia from Korea to Taiwan came to participate in the competition....