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ISSUE 8 MARCH’15 Newsletter Content Director’s Address 1 News from Vice Principal 2 Curriculum Dir Message 2 School wide events 3 EC & Elementary 7 MS&HS 11 PTSO 15 Classifieds 16 Calendar 17 BFS MonthlyBFS Wave BFS Elementary Choir at KIMEA - Seoul Foreign School A Message from the Director “Building Dreams through Bold Moves” Dear Parents, Students and Friends of Busan Foreign continue to strive for the best educational School, experience for our students. As we begin the fourth quarter, we are already well On a lighter note, spring has finally arrived! Along underway with our planning process for the following with the changing weather come more opportunities year. We plan to make significant investments in for outdoor recreational activities. various aspects of the school, including technology, I hope that you all take advantage of the spring furniture, facilities, and instructional materials. weather and enjoy the outdoors. Fitness is a very Moreover, we will be adding four new faculty important parts of a child’s development, so I positions at the school: an additional ELL support encourage you all to spend spring break participating specialist, a technology and media specialist, another in physical activities. “No citizen has the right to be high school mathematics teacher, and a full-time an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a elementary Spanish teacher. shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” - We have also recently completed our WASC self- Socrates study report and will have a visit from a WASC visiting committee in April. This report involves With kindest regards, introspection into our educational effectiveness, identification of our areas of strength and growth, and the development of a strategic plan to make the school even better. We have found the process of preparing this report to be very informative regarding our potential for growth in the future. Over the past few years, BFS has grown in substantial ways. We have expanded facilities, increased faculty size, and improved curriculum resources to improve learning throughout the school. As always, we BUSAN FOREIGN SCHOOL Embracing Diversity, Striving for Excellence News From Vice-Principal Saunders Hello Folks It's that time of year when most of our university acceptance letters are finally arriving. The last week in March is usually the final time for admission news! So far we have heard from 30 different colleges and universities and earned over 40 acceptances. This year's group of 19 seniors has also earned significant merit based scholarships. The class of 2015 has earned over $300K USD in merit scholarships over a four year period. Great job everyone! Here's a partial list of our acceptances so far. A complete listing will be on the website soon. ★ Indiana University (4) ★ Yonsei University (3) ★ University of Minnesota ★ University of Iowa ★ Hong Kong University ★ University of Illinois (3) High school juniors ★ Penn State University please remember the ★ University of Toronto ACT exam is in April ★ University of British Columbia and the next SAT ★ University of Waseda exams are in May and ★ University of Washington (3) June. Please see Mr. ★ UC Davis (3) Saunders if you need ★ UC Los Angeles assistance in ★ UC San Diego registering for these ★ UC Santa Cruz (2) exams. ★ UC Santa Barbara Curriculum and Instruction (Jon Lund) Do you ever wonder about how teachers figure out what to do each day with your children at BFS? What kind of planning takes place - if any? If you are reading this, then you are most likely aware of how lessons and tests are delivered by checking RenWeb or speaking with your child or e-mailing your child's teachers. You understand that your child's performance is being evaluated. But, did you know that our teachers are creating and documenting their teaching units using a thoughtful process called Understanding by Design? This intentional instructional framework provides your child with content, skills, and dispositions that help them not only succeed in learning, but targets all tests and evaluations to specific national and international school standards. All teachers at BFS are asked to align what they do in class with national American standards - standards that are internationally recognized as well. Our work in administration is to make sure that our teachers have the necessary skills and tools to deliver these planned lessons in the most effective manner possible. With this kind of attention to instruction, what's learned in our classrooms PreK 3 - 12 will be transferrable to new situations your child will face as they grow and develop. We believe that through this kind of planning, your child receives a world class educational experience. Page 2! SCHOOL WIDE EVENTS Valentine’s at Busan Foreign School Busan Foreign School started getting ready for Valentine’s Day at least a month before the event. Candy Grams for everyone!!! The Student Council allowed students to purchase them and ensured they would be delivered to friends and teachers on the 13th. The PTSO also organised the Elementary Valentine’s bingo, which this year also included early childhood students. With over 100 students the PTSO was extremely glad so many parents and teachers volunteered and help the children with their bingo cards. THANK YOU for making this day so special! Page 3 SCHOOL WIDE EVENTS Student of the Month (ELC&ELE) - Quarter (MS&HS) PHYSICAL ESLR (Dec-Jan) SOCIAL ESLR (Feb-Mar) INTELLECTUAL ESLR Pk3 : Edward Kim Pk3 : Justin Dalope 6th :Anastasia Kim K4 : Shiou-bin Wang K4 : Mohannad Zaylaee, Tiana 7th : Jena Lee K5 : Amber Slootweg, Sean Bae Körner, Sandra Park 8th : Ruth Chung 1st : Mark Menshov, Yusei Kawana K5 : Shaurya Sharma, Kristina 9th : Jee Hyun park 2nd : Ethan Poppe Kuryndina 10th : Ashley Chuung 3rd : David Park, Nashita Alam 1st :Eugene Chun, Abdullah Alotaibi 11th : Jeong Min Park 4th : Nikita Lysenko, Stanley Cho 2nd : Kylen Elliot, Beongsoo Kim 12th : Sunny Cho 5th : Sharin Kim, Danil Galkin 3rd : Jacob St.Peter, Sona Park 4th : Michael Choi, Gahyun Kim, Erika Kim 5th : Jasmin Slootweg, Patrick Kim Page 4 US Consul general Visit On Thursday March 12th, U.S. Consul General Roberto Powers (head of the Consular Section at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul) came to Busan Foreign School and shared information about the processes in place regarding American citizen services, evacuation procedures, and security support for US citizens. The Consul reminded U.S. citizens to register with STEP (Smart Traveler Enrollment Program) and welcomed feedback on improving the consular services in Busan. We thank Consul general Roberto Powers for spending the time to meet with us. 3rd-12th Grade Track and Field After a very successful inaugural season last year, BFS again will be offering Track and Field starting in April. Sprints, distance races, relays, shot put, and running long jump are just a few of the events athletes may choose from. The annual meet at Sajik Auxillary Stadium In Busan will be on Tuesday, May 19. Page 5 Upcoming birthdays April & May April 15th May 14th Choi, SungMin (Michael) (G4H) Jeong, Jihun (G8) Jung, Su In (Amy) (G6) April 17th Jung, DaHyun (Claire) (G2) Kim, Jin (G6) May 16th Poppe, Benjamin Spencer (GK5) April 21st Kim, Jangkun (G8) Lossiah, Aaron William (G7) May 18th April 22nd Galkin, Danil (G5) Cho, Stanley A (G4B) May 19th April 24th Carmona, Christian Marco (GK5) April 1st Yang, Brian K (G7) Park, Jee Hyun (G9) Moon, Michelle Chewon (G5) Park, Jane (G7) Galkin, Maksim (G6) April 26th Cho, Mina (G8) May 23th April 4th Chun, David Sanghyun (G1) Lee, Jae Won (G12) April 27th Kang, Dain (G11) Park, Jinsoo (G3) April 6th Lee, Chaejeong (Jena) (G7) May 24th Lee, Seongyeon (G11) Lee, Jian(Diana) (G5) April 28th April 7th Lee, Yunji (GPK3) May 25th Shin, John (G3) Yoshihara, Noriaki (G5) May 6th April 8th St.Peter, Jacob William (G3) May 27th Poppe, Ethan Andrew (G2) Sharma, Shaurya Rohit (GK5) May 9th April 9th Jugenheimer, Lei (G12) May 29th Jang, Michelle (G11) Ha, Jong Woo (Tony) (G9) Wang, Yun-Ting(Tina) (G10) April 10th May 10th Lossiah, Adam James (G11) Kim, Byeong-Soo (G2) April 13th May 11th Park, SiEon (Sean) (G5) Jung, Su Jin (Rachel) (G6) Congratulations to Amy Jung (Grade 6) -right on the picture- for winning the Republic of Korea Scripps National Spelling Bee competition. We are so proud of you Amy! And we wish you the best of luck as you go to the World Championship in Washington DC representing all of Korea. In order to make it to the top spot Amy had to beat out 57 other competitors, including grade seven and grade eight students. Page 6 EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY Early Childhood (EC) 100th Day of school Pre-K 3 and K-4 students are 100 days smarter! We celebrated the 100th day of school on February 11. We started the day by sharing our family homework, where students made posters with 100 of an object. Our students had some great, creative posters, including ones with 100 tea bags, 100 marbles, 100 pom pom balls, 100 pieces of taffy, and 100 stickers! They look great on our bulletin board. Then, we continued the celebration by making treat bags with 100 treats inside, making a 100 day crown, making 100 hand prints, and finding 100 cubes on the playground! School Buddies The next day, we celebrated the 101st day of school with our book buddies in Mr. Z’s class. Since it was the 101st day of school, of course we learned about the book 101 Dalmatians! We made 101 dots on a dog, and watched a little bit of the movie.