The Phoenix FlyerThe weekly news source for Korea International School

18 November 2011 - Issue 14

Upcoming Dates to Note:

November 19 ES PTO Swimming

November 19 MS Swimming @ Osan MS

November 23 Half Day

November 24 &25

No School

November 30 Basketball @ Osan

December 1 HS Winter Showcase

December 3 MS Swimming @

SFS

December 3 Basketball @ KIS vs. DAHS

Think Green...Each ton (2000 pounds) of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4000 kilowatts of energy, and 7000 gallons of water. This represents a 64% energy savings, a 58% water savings, and 60 pounds less of air pollution!

Thanksgiving Holiday Edition

High School Winter Showcase

-Thursday, Dec. 1 from 5:15-7:30pm

-Featuring all the HS Bands, Choir, and Orchestras.

-Food will be sold before the show and during intermission.

Musicians from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra visited KIS on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The HS strings and wind ensemble had a great time rehearsing in the PAC with these talented musicians.

From the Elementary School...

Elementary School

From Pangyo ES Library...

Ms. Burkhart, ES Library

REMINDER! REMINDER! REMINDER!Students who remain after school must either be in a classroom with a teacher, in the library with permission, part of a club activity, in the B3 waiting area, or under a parents supervision. !There is no playing in the Blue Area, the Roof-Top, the KG Playground, or in the Gym area after school.

Pajama day was terrific fun and it was great to see the students cozy and warm! Thanks Student Council for helping to plan and organize the school spirit days! KIS has spirit!

KIS was truly fortunate to have storyteller Tanya Batt visit! She wowed and dazzled students, teachers, and parents with her stories and antics. A special thanks to ES PTO for supporting this initiative. Our students are so fortunate to have these opportunities.

Thanks for sending in all the canned foods and non perishable items for our food drive. All the food collected will go to support local shelters. This is just another way we exhibit citizenship in our community.

Next week we will start the Autumn Break. Wednesday will be a 1/2 day and students will go home at 12:00. There will be no school on Thursday and Friday. We’d like to say “HAPPY THANKSGIVING” to our families who celebrate this holiday.

Each week the 5A student's come and read to the Kindergarten students. This has been a very positive experience for both classes. We have so much fun with reading that we decided to get crafty. Together we decorated turkeys with dried pasta noodles, marshmallows, leaves, balloons, glitter and much more, the students got very creative! The turkey's look amazing and all the kids did a fantastic job! They can be viewed on the 2nd floor of the elementary school. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Photos courtesy of Mrs. Carscadden

Kindergarten!Photos from Tania Batt@ KIS this week.

Elementary School PTO

ES PTO Winter Party Coming December 2, Friday

All Elementary students, teachers and their families are invited to the Winter Party from 3-5 pm at B-1 ES Building. Come enjoy free food and drink and have great fun with the many activities planned - Magic Show, Picture with Santa, holiday arts and crafts, face and nail painting, holiday tattoos, festive games, lucky draw and more. You will be treated to a Surprise Teacher Event! Who knows, may be you get to shoot sponge bobs at your favorite teacher!!

We hope to see you and your family there!

Saturday Swimming Program The ES PTO offered for the first time Saturday Swimming Program in November. Response had been great. Over 50 ES students started to learn swimming with our qualified teacher volunteers from November 5. A big thank you to Ms. Krista King for being the lead teacher organizer, to Mr. Barry Jenkin for his enthusiastic support, and to the coaches for sharing their time with the kids. Everyone has fun, check out the pictures here!

ES PTO Thanksgiving Turkey Have you seen the Thanksgiving Turkey collages outside the cafeteria? Students from each grade helped decorate the turkeys by writing what they were thankful for on the turkey feathers. Come check out your child's thanksgiving note!

ES PTO would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all teachers, staff and parents who volunteered their time and energy to plan and organize many exciting PTO activities that have greatly enriched our children' school life!

Gaepo Campus

We had a great time at Olympic Stadium. Students, teachers and volunteers helped to coordinate and run the first ever Gaepo Olympic event. It was epic! Not only did everyone have a great time, but the children were able to participate in many events in an amazing venue. A great big thank you goes out to Mr. C for organizing and facilitating all aspects of the day. Well done.

Photos courtesy of Mr. Rich

FARM FIELD TRIPGaepo kindergarten classes mooo-ved over to the Nongdo Farm for an amazing day of milking cows, feeding calves, making ice cream and also string cheese. It was warm and sunny so we could even enjoy an outdoor picnic!

Gaepo Campus

ASC

All teacher run clubs have come to an end this week. Only Taekwondo Club will continue. If your child is in Tuesday Taekwondo Club then their assessment for advancing to the next belt will be on November 22. Parents and family members are welcome to come and witness the assessment, which will include a board breaking activity. If your child attends Monday Taekwondo then there assessment day will be held after the break on November 28. Again, families are invited to attend.

THANKSGIVING DAY FEAST

Wednesday, November 23 from 11:00 to 12:00 p.m. our students and teachers will be taking part in a traditional style Thanksgiving Day Celebration. Families are welcome to come in and take photos and learn about an American Tradition. Thank you in advance for sending in 8000 KRW to help cover the cost of the feast.

Wednesday is an early dismissal day. Buses will be leaving campus at 12:20 p.m. Enjoy a four-day weekend with your children. School will resume on Monday, November 28th.

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American Families at KIS!

Photos courtesy of Mr. Rich

Middle School

! Students in Ms. Bogart’s 7th Grade English Classes have been packing their suitcases! Luckily, they aren’t leaving K.I.S.-- but rather packing suitcases for a main character in their Independent Reading novels. By starting each class period with 15 minutes of Independent Reading time, students have had the opportunity to get lost in a book, visit the library, or work on Personal Vocabulary lists. Each quarter, students are expected to complete at least one Independent Reading Book, and they recently completed their first quarter book projects and presentations. Students were to imagine that the main character of the novel was going on a journey. Based on a close reading of the novel, they were to create a suitcase full of tangible and intangible items that the character might take on a trip. The outside of the suitcase consisted of a luggage tag, tickets to the destination, and a character passport full of textual evidence regarding appearance and background information. Inside the suitcase, students created a packing list of 5 essential travel items, 3 strong quotations, 3 specific character traits, a precious memento that the character could never travel without, a T-shirt with a slogan that tells something about the character’s personality, actions, or beliefs. Several class periods were spent brainstorming and designing each element of the suitcase culminating in a final suitcase composition. Over the past two weeks, students have also been practicing their oral presentation skills. They prepared presentation outlines, practiced their presentations in from of their group members and were reminded to rehearse at home. After gaining confidence, each student stepped to the front of the classroom to present their Independent Reading novel, character, and suitcase on a mission to inspire classmates to find future Independent reading books. Ms. Bogart’s students are reminded to keep reading and that the second quarter Independent Reading book is due on Monday, November 28th when we will be starting our next exciting book project!

Pictures courtesy of Ms. Bogart

Last Friday eight members of Mrs. Hanley’s Speech and debate club went to a Forensics Jamboree at TCIS (Taejon Christian School) in Daejeon. Kindly Mrs.Hu accompanied the debate team and Mrs. Hanley to TCIS. It was a two hour bus drive and much studying and preparing for the debates occurred on the way there. The debate teams knew the topic for the past month. The topic that they would debate was Do smartphones enhance learning? They had to prepare both sides of the argument as they would not know which side of the argument they would have to take until the coin toss before the debate. The four teams were Yanni Cho and Sara Han, William Lee and Helen Ro, Jun Park and Derek So and Mirae Hong and Cassie Jeong. They represented KIS well and gained valuable debating experience from the event.

Middle School

Helen Ro, Yanni Cho, Sara Han, Mirae Hong, Cassie Jeong, Mrs.Hanley, Derek So, William Lee, and Jun Park

Counselor’s Cornerwith Mr Webster...

http://mscounselor.phoenix.wikispaces.net/

Being a Counselor is all about providing support. That support is mostly directed at students but often times it is extended to staff and to parents. What that support looks like depends greatly on the needs of the students but it usually comes in the form of time. Time to listen to concerns and time to help manage tasks. Of course counselors are far from alone in providing this support; teachers give all their time throughout their day to this and parents give their time to their children when they are away from school or at home. So when student support is needed the first thing to be considered is who is giving the individual their time.! Many times it is clear that families aren't spending enough time together. Why is this? Certainly student's schedules that involve after school hagwons, tutors and studying limits the amount of quality family time. Parents also express being too busy to spend time with their kids. I have no clear solution but I will ask parents to do the same thing that teachers ask of students: look at how you spend your time and set priorities. Set time aside that you can spend with your children doing something fun that everyone enjoys. Let them know that you're interested in what's going on in their life and validate their concerns. When we think support we often lean to another hagwon or more studying but the best thing we can all do is give our time.

Picture courtesy of Mrs. Hanley

High School

Les Crêpes On Wednesday November 16th, Mr. Plamondon’s MS French classes and HS French 1 classes made “crêpes” (thin French pancakes). Students were given a recipe written in French that they needed to follow. With the help of classmates within their group, students made, cooked, and ate “crêpes”. Favorite toppings included fruit, chocolate syrup, Canadian maple syrup, and ice cream. The biggest challenge for students was to successfully flip the “crêpe” in the air and catch it again with the frying pan. Several students also made “crêpes” for their teachers.

Photos courtesy of Mr. Plamondon

Roving Reporter...Electromagnetism experiments in Ms. Sampaio’s 6th grade class.

Photos courtesy of Mr. Katz

Experience

Hello from Cafeteria! We introduced how to recharge the Cafeteria.

School cafeteria is another classroom

Place : Cafeteria Charge box

Time : 7:30 ~ 16:30

1. Registration: Register the lunch card to your ID card.

2. Recharge: Recharge your ID card with the desired amount.

" As of Dec 1, 2011 Minimum of 10,000 won per charge"

3. Payment: Place your ID card on the counter to pay your meal.

Payment option

Tanya Batt Visiting Storyteller Book and CD Order FormDue Monday, November 21st

Name_______________Class_______________

Title Cover Description Price Number Ordered

Total Price

The Barefoot Book of Faeries

A collection of Victorian-era stories, poems, and legends about fairies from Britain and Ireland, with accompanying CD. Grades Pre-K-3.

Hardcover with CD 20,000KRW__________Paperback with CD 16,000 KRW

The Fabrics of Fairytale

A collection of fairy tales from around the world, each involving a special piece of clothing. Includes audio compact discs. Grades 3-6

Paperback with CD 17,000 KRW

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Title Cover Description Price Number Ordered

Total Price

The Princess and the White Bear King

A princess travels east of the sun and west of the moon to save her beloved prince who has been placed under an enchantment by the marriage-minded Troll Queen. Includes a reading of the story on CD. Grades 2-5.

Hardcover with CD 18,000KRW__________Paperback with CD 10,000KRW

The Faerie’s Gift

A poor woodcutter, granted one wish in exchange for saving the life of a faerie, struggles to decide how best to use the wonderful gift--especially in the face of his family's many needs. Includes an audio CD. Grades K-5.

Hardcover with CD 18,000 KRW

# ordered_____ Total price__________

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MS Battle of the Books 2011-2012

Round 1 - Jan. 16 Round 2 - Jan. 18 Round 3 - Jan. 22

Black Radishes

After Ever After My Friend Flicka

An aimless

Wyoming teenager at odds with his practical father finds purpose when he befriends a wild filly. First published in 1940.

When an ordinary girl purchases a talking toad, she embarks on a series of extra-ordinary adventures. A “Magic Shop” book.

Paris in 1940 is not safe for Jewish families so Gustave and his parents move to a small town just across the border from Occupied France.

Jeffery has been cancer-free for over 5 years now, but that doesn’t mean that life is perfect. His first girlfriend, best friend and family still keep him busy.

Pair up into teams and register on the Secondary Library wikipage. Only the first 27 teams who sign up will be allowed to compete in the 2011-2012 Battle of the Books. November 7th: Teams can begin signing up.

November 14-18: Books will be sold outside of the cafeteria.

Jennifer Murdley’s Toad

Bartimeus, a wise-cracking djinni, finds himself in the 10th century and at the court of King Solomon with an unpleasant master and a sinister servant, where he gets into trouble with a magic ring.

School Library Journal’s Best Book of 2011

*Team registration begins November 7th*Books will be sold November 14-18 *The Battle begins the 1st week back from break - January 9/11/13 *There are openings for 27 teams*Prizes for all participants and grand prizes for the top 3 teams*Are you ready?

A chronicle of the life of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age 16, as he is brought up as part of an experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.

National Book Award Winner

Ah-Kim and her mother immigrate to New York where they work for Aunt Paula in a Chinatown clothing factory. Kimberly’s daytime life at an elite private school contrasts sharply with her factory job.

Alex Award winner

2011-2012 High School Reading Challenge

Battle of the Books

In the early 1990s, a boy with a mysterious past and the woman who cares for him endure a 5 year journey across the war-torn Caucus region, weathering hardship and unforgettable encounters with other refugees.

Batchelder Award Winner