Tag: Angela Park

School News, Student Life

Nepal VASE trip brings hope to members and locals

By being challenged physically and spiritually, the Nepal VASE trip members were able to widen their world views and strengthen relationships. Part of training for the trip to Nepal involved lots of hiking in Korea. “We have climbed some of the hills in the surroundings of the school,” said Mr. Laroche a week before Spring break. Training sessions also involved lengthy devotions in which Mr. … Continue reading Nepal VASE trip brings hope to members and locals

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Sports, Student Life

A Bond Unbreakable: A Story of Four Senior Girls

Victor Jeong, Co-Editor-In-Chief In middle school, friendships are “more based around ideas like, ‘do I like you?’ or ‘I hope that person likes me’,” commented Angela. “High school is a much different story.” Fitting in is something that everyone must inevitably go through in high school. An at times daunting task, finding refuge amongst each other has helped form an unwavering bond between Angela Park, … Continue reading A Bond Unbreakable: A Story of Four Senior Girls

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Academics, School News, Student Life

Freshmen reflect on their first semester of Upper Secondary School

By Sunny Cha, and Grace Shin, News Editor Freshmen skillfully adjusted to a drastic transition from Lower Secondary to Upper Secondary School. Increased workload, complex schedules, and pressure to compile a lavish resume for college are just examples of the new adjustments freshmen have been going through. Freshman Taewoo Kim, emphasized the exacerbating academic pressure. “Sixth grade, seventh grade and eight grade were just a … Continue reading Freshmen reflect on their first semester of Upper Secondary School

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Fall Sports, Sports

Off-season Knights place fifth in ACSC soccer tournament

By Angela Park, News Editor In the weeks preceding Oct. 21, a selective group of students battled through schedule conflicts to form an off-season soccer team, placing fifth amongst unfamiliar teams, in the Asian Christian Schools Conference (ACSC) held at YISS.  Due to the team being formed off-season, “it was almost like a whole new team, with missing last year’s seniors,” acknowledged defending sweeper, Justin … Continue reading Off-season Knights place fifth in ACSC soccer tournament

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Entertainment

Popular Restaurants in YongTong

By: Angela Park, News Writer   ItPlate ItPlate is known for its big plates and large sum of food served; one plate order can feed up to three people and only costs 17,000 ₩ per plate! It’s most famous plates includes the BBQ steak.  If you’re looking for something a little more oriental, try the pork pilaff! It is made a wonderful fried rice dish mixed with … Continue reading Popular Restaurants in YongTong

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School News, Student Life

Teachers care beyond the classroom

By: Angela Park, News Writer GSIS students claim that close student-teacher relationships are something more than special and are relatively common. As a relatively small community, GSIS has a student-teacher ratio higher than that of other schools. This allows teachers and students to create more intimate relationships and get to know one another on a more personal level, “whereas that might not always be true … Continue reading Teachers care beyond the classroom

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Fall Sports, Sports

Low athlete numbers force boys Junior Varsity volleyball to get creative

By: Angela Park In an effort to save the boys Junior Varsity [JV] volleyball program, two varsity swing players and five eighth graders volunteered to fill in the vacant positions. The shortage was not a surprise to many. Coach of the JV team, Mr. Dalton, said, “I expected, given the fact that we are a smaller school this year, that there would be some issues … Continue reading Low athlete numbers force boys Junior Varsity volleyball to get creative

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School News, World News

SAT cheating scandal in Korea

News Writer, Angela Park Rumors erupted during the early morning hours of May 1 that the May 4 SATs (Standard Assessment Test) were canceled due to the illegal obtainment of materials for commercial benefits from SAT preparatory hagwons. By the afternoon of May 1, this rumor quickly became truth when Collegeboard sent out emails to all May 4 SAT registrars confirming the cancelation with the … Continue reading SAT cheating scandal in Korea

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Student Life

Myanmar VASE trip creates new relationships

Angela Park, News Writer During Lunar break, a handful of students and teachers departed for Myanmar with one goal in mind: to bond and make meaningful relationships with the orphans of Myanmar. After a six hour flight and 10 hour bus ride students prepared themselves for five days of intense relationship building which consisted of playing soccer and  Jok-Gu, worship and dancing, making playdough and … Continue reading Myanmar VASE trip creates new relationships

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