It is difficult to pinpoint a part of the year where SIS students struggle the most. Sometimes, it is the AP season for the upperclassmen when they spend days sitting in the test center. Other times, so-called...

When any SIS student receives a PowerSchool notification of a poor summative grade, a typical response is to immediately criticize his or her teacher’s supposedly “unfair” grading system. Amid their...

Even within leadership teams, there are leaders. Last month, the High School Student Council (HSSC) held an election for its executive positions, namely, the President, Secretary, Treasurer, Project Coordinator,...

Red Cross Youth (RCY) and Amnesty International, two humanitarian clubs at SIS, hosted a presentation by Doris Wong, who is currently working at a humanitarian organization for disaster risk reduction...

SIS hosted the Harvard Model Congress (HMC) Young Global Leaders Program, an interactive program in which students from grades 6-12 learn various skills regarding leadership and communication. The program...

When working towards practically anything at SIS, whether it be an executive position in a club or an academic excellence award at the end of the year, students find themselves amidst intense competition...

The Winter Concert at SIS is a cherished annual tradition that combines the holiday spirit with the SIS community’s shared love for music. Led by organizers Julia Kim (Strings Director), Mary Kate Maney...

SIS held the 2024 Korea Council of Overseas Schools (KORCOS) conference on Nov. 9 to give teachers an opportunity to share insights on their experiences in the educational field. The annual gathering,...

We have all done it before—trying to pull the greatest “all-nighter” and cramming two weeks’ worth of material into a single night. As we try to juggle academics with extracurriculars such as sports...

The long awaited “Alice in Wonderland” play, staged on Oct. 30-Nov. 1, invited students, teachers, and parents to a whimsical adventure to Wonderland. For an hour, the audience accompanied Alice struggles...

On the SIS website, the matriculation list from each year is generally impressive, with names of Ivy League schools and top 20 universities scattered across the page. These results drive many students...

Numerous clubs collaborated in planning and executing various events for the Fall Festival including a haunted house, jack-o-lantern-making stations, and a D$Q performance, among others. The highly-anticipated...