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Kyoto Gaidai HIgh School 2011 edition ICA TIMES KGN tennis team dominates Kyoto Championships by Ra O The Kinki tournament was held on funny things and laughing.” said Sa Ts Nineteen members of the KGN tennis the same day as the KGN school festi- “When I heard that the KGN tennis team got team played in the Kinki Tennis Tour- val. “What a coincidence! Why the number one , I felt so excited! Congratulations, nd nament in Tonboike, Osaka on Septem- same day?” said many of Sa KGN tennis team!” said Mi Ha o, 2 ber 15th and 16th. Ts ’s classmates. year ICA student. The team had played in a Kyoto tour- As a result, she practiced hard in ten- nament before Kinki, and achieved nis club, and also helped to prepare the number one in Kyoto. It was first time class display when she had time. for KGN girl members and boy mem- The KGN tennis club’s practice be- bers to both go to the Kinki Tourna- fore the game was quite hard, according ment. to the team. They practiced after class “The boy’s final game’s atmosphere and held training camps. But they got was so nervous. We all watched it and over it with by helping each other and cheered them on. When they won, all gained a victory. “ I was so relieved cried, including the audience and the when we won. ” said Sa Ts i. KGN tennis team celebrating their victory. player’s parents. We were moved “ The KGN tennis team’s members deeply because it was first time for are very friendly. Except during the KGN’s boys tennis team to be ranked practicing time, we are always doing 2ICA’s magical world number one.” said Sa Ts , a 2nd of Harry Potter Mr. Durning volunteers in Miyagi by Ri Sh by To Ma The students of 2ICA at KGN High School have taken part in the display, tenji, of the 55th This summer, Mr.Durning went to School Festival by decorating their classroom in Ishinomaki which is a small coun- the style of the movie Harry Potter. try town in Miyagi prefecture for As one of the big events of this School Festi- three weeks and Fukushima prefec- val, the theme of the displays this year was mov- ture for three days to volunteer as a ies. 2ICA students were given Harry Potter as member of the IDRO Japan their topic. (International Disaster Relief Or- They have prepared for the festival since the ganization) which is a volunteer school began by doing things such as discussing about the idea of decoration in homeroom time, group in Kyoto. buying materials. The students used their leisure According to Mr.Durning, on July Mr.Durning and IDRO volunteers in Miyagi . time, staying after school and on weekends to 31st he arrived in Tokyo and on make the base of the whole work. All the stu- August 1st he arrived in Ishino- IDRO Japan made a base camp on the dents devoted themselves to the project. moki, where he worked as Camp third floor of Funakoshi elementary school The idea is that they would make the class- Director for IDRO Japan’s work in Ishinomaki Ogatsu Peninsula because the room like the Platform 9 3/4 which appeared in camp. first floor and the second floor were de- the film. They stuck brown paper to a thick piece Mr.Durning and other volunteers stroyed by tsunami. Fifteen to twenty vol- of cardboard and put the cardboard on the class- fixed the windows, floor, furniture unteers stayed there. room door to make it like the entrance of the and torii (shrine gate) and so on. According to Mr.Durning, they had magic platform. Mr.Durning had to buy food and three main tasks. First was to tear down the Posters of Harry Potter were put on the wall cook the dinner, work as a driver buildings which are dangerous. Second was outside of the 2ICA classroom. Small colorful and register the new volunteers as to clean houses in mud. (They took out the lights were placed on the platform wall. Inside director. floor boards, took out mud and put back the the classroom, the movie Harry Potter was Mr.Durning said, “Miyagi people floor.) Third was to clean the debris. broadcasted again and again. have really strong mind. They are Mr.Durning said, “When I am in One of the 2ICA students who joined in this positive! And, nature’s power of Kyoto, I have to think about so many activity said,” I didn’t have enough time to work on the tenji, because I had club activities. The recovery was very amazing. things, but in Tohoku, things we have to do The flowers were blooming in the others worked hard, and I think this one is better are very clear which is to recover from the than the one last year.” rubble and there were birds and disaster and everybody is working hard for animals.” the same goal. It was easy for me to focus. Mr.Durning said he decided to go People in Miyagi made me feel very posi- to Tohoku around the beginning of tive. I thought I was helping them, but they ICA TIMES June and before he went, actually helped me.” 2-3 KGN News 8-9 Features he joined charity concerts and char- 4-5 KGN Festival 10 Fashion If you are interested in 6 Editorials 11-12 Entertainment ity events and raised some money “IDRO Japan”, check it out! 7 National 13-14 Sports to prepare for the volunteer work. www.idrojapan.org - 1 - ICA Times KGN NEWS 2011 edition Students learn foreign languages at KGN by Ta Ka KGN high school students Ta Ki a stu- nd in the 2 year begin learning for- dent who is taking the Spanish eign languages other than Eng- class said, “Studying Spanish- lish, twice a week, as part of the helps me increase my English school curriculum for the vocabulary.” That is because Course of International and Cul- both Spanish and English share tural Studies. a lot of similar words. Students choose one foreign No Ow who is also tak- language from three choices, ing the Spanish class said, Chinese, Spanish and French. “Studying other foreign lan- This year the most popular class guages simply could be helpful was Chinese. The population of for us when traveling around Spanish teacher, Ms. Tsukada teaches Chinese speakers is the greatest the world.” her class number all over the world and Students will continue to also it is now counted as one of study the same language in 3rd the official languages of the year, and they can even try offi- KGN for three years. She thinks United Nations. cial language exams, similar to that learning foreign languages can The second most popular was the Eiken exam. broaden students’ outlook to the Spanish, which is spoken by Teachers who work at world so itis very nice. She said, “If approximately 400 million peo- Kyoto University of Foreign we know Spanish, it can be useful ple, including both native speak- Studies are invited to KGN for to communicate with Spanish ers and second-language speakers each language class. speaking people who live in foreign in forty-four countries in the A Spanish class teacher, countries, but also those who live world. And it is also used in the Ma Ts has been in Japan.” United Nations. working in the Spanish class at School ghost appears in KGN classroom and halls by Ka Ar Many times a ghost has literature teacher, said, appeared in KGN and there “When I thought I had shut have been many witnesses. the staff room at night, I Usually KGN’s ghost has heard flushing water from remained hidden every day. the dark lady’s toilet.” However, witness Yu Hi Mr. Yamazoe, a classic said, “When I was Japanese literature teacher, studying in a classroom on the said, “When I went to the first floor in 2010, I saw a toilet on the second floor at woman’s ghost who was stand- midnight, the toilet next to ing at the back of the class- me flushed.” room. When I went to the toilet Mr. Matsui said, on the first floor, I heard a “When I was in the staff “don don don don” sound rap- room at midnight, the bell idly.” According to Hi rang.” , the woman had long hair There have been many with bare feet. witnesses in KGN, so you Another witness, Mr. Ko- don’t know what might be Can you see any ghosts in the ICA class mura, a modern Japanese next to you. room? - 2 - ICATimes KGN NEWS 2011 edition KGN Sports Course to go to Guam in November by Ha Io The Sports Course school trip will change from One of the Sports Course students said, “I like Saipan to Guam from this year. About 60 students Guam better than Saipan.” Another student said, “I’m and teachers from grade 2 will go in November, stay- looking forward to going to Guam with my classmates ing for one week. because I think it’s a very fun place.” Saipan was very popular among the Sports Mr. Kogane, a Sports Course teacher said, “The Course students, but it took a long time to get to Sai- students will have a lot of activities, for example, pan because there were no direct flights from Kansai they will go scuba diving and they must get a scuba airport. So their teachers decided to go to Guam from diving license.” this year.