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Leadership makes changes to next year’s club schedule

Leadership makes changes to next year’s club schedule

Erin Choi, Reporter | Apr 21, 2023

On April 6, high school vice principal Chris Del Vecchio sent an email to all high school students announcing news about the club renewal process. 41 out of 45 clubs that applied for renewal were successful...

Alumni perspectives: tool to combat student stress

Alumni perspectives: tool to combat student stress

Joseph Chun, Design & Production Editor | Apr 17, 2023

During April, counselors are inviting SIS alumni to speak about their profession and education—a change that could help equip students with healthier mindsets by shedding light on the “bigger picture”...

Middle school band participates in KIMEA Honor Band Concert

Middle school band participates in KIMEA Honor Band Concert

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Editor in Chief | Apr 13, 2023

On April 11, 19 middle school band students traveled to Korea International School to participate in the annual Korea International Music Educators Association (KIMEA) Honor Band Concert. Students auditioned...

SIS hosts soccer game, Let It Glow

SIS hosts soccer game, Let It Glow

Waan Choi, Copy Editor | Apr 13, 2023

On April 5, SIS hosted a home soccer game against KIS, which was followed by Let It Glow, this year’s homecoming event.  The boys team lost with a final score of 0-2, despite the team's steadier...

On April 6-7 and April 10-12 during office hours, the SIS Chess Club held chess tournaments in the high school atrium for students.

SIS students participate in four chess tournaments

Jack Lee, Reporter | Apr 13, 2023

On April 6-7 and April 10-12 during office hours, the SIS Chess Club held chess tournaments in the high school atrium for students. Rules included playing in a Swiss-style tournament, meaning no players...

Overall winners, two of whom are Kaden Lee (10) and Joseph Chun (11)

MAΘ Competition Team participates in NEAMC

Joseph Chun, Design & Production Editor | Apr 4, 2023

From March 17-19, members of the Mu Alpha Theta (MAΘ) Competition Team participated in the North East Asian Mathematics Competition (NEAMC) hosted by North London Collegiate School Jeju. The competition...

Ken Liu shares his wisdom with SIS

Ken Liu shares his wisdom with SIS

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Apr 3, 2023

On March 23, famous short story author Ken Liu visited SIS through Zoom to talk about his career journey and his passion for writing. A-day English students were all invited to listen in. The majority...

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...

Bora Chung interview

Woojune Kim, Co-Editor-in-Chief | Mar 23, 2023

On March 20, author Bora Chung visited Seoul International School. Here is a transcript of TTONL's interview with her. Q: You’ve studied Polish and Soviet literature and taken inspiration from their...

Mu Alpha Theta hosts Pi Day

Mu Alpha Theta hosts Pi Day

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Editor in Chief | 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...