S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 | P A G E 1 THE SHARK TIMES YHIS Student Newspaper
Club Advisors Mr. & Mrs. Jeffers
Shaina Kim (g12) Neo Kim (g12) Cathy Lee (g10) Elly Yeo (g8) Club Leaders/Writers Editors/Writers M E E T O U R S T A F F !
Frank Lee (g6) Meeya Mueller (g6) David Lee (g11) Dennis Park (g10) Formatters/Writers Writers W H A T ' S I N S I D E T H I S N E W S P A P E R :
Introduction of Shark Times Members - 1 Student Council Retreat 2019 - 2 Secondary Fall Camp 2019 - 3-4 Kate Yoo (g7) Aaron Kim (g9) Family Movie Night 2019 - 5 Media Review; Aladdin Summary - 5 Olivia Victoria Mid-Autumn Festival 2019 - 6 Kim Lee The Beginning of UEFA Champions League - 7 (g8) (g7) Meeya's Super Duper Chocolate Marshmeellows - 8 Hotel Del Luna - 9 Students of the Month - 10 World News - 11 Teacher of the Month/Teacher Wordsearch - 12 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 | P A G E 2
STUDENT COUNCIL RETREAT 2019 Written by: Neo (G12)
On August 23rd and 24th, YHIS Student Council went to StuCo Retreat to build stronger relationships with each other, to talk, and to plan for the future to make improvements for the school.
On Friday, August 23rd, Student Council members played games to get to know and understand each other. They also pondered on talking about leadership as representatives of the school. The most important thing that the Student Council members did was setting our school’s mission statement: "The YHIS Student Council exists to develop outstanding servant leaders by representing students’ voices, unifying the student body, and positively impacting our school to form a flourishing community." The mission statement unquestionably reinforces the role of members of the Student Council as the representatives of YHIS. On Saturday, August 24th, Student Council members planned future activities of YHIS. The Zoom calls with other iSC schools’ Student Council members were interesting and efficient. This was impressive as Student Council members were able to receive various ideas from students from different schools.
Marketing Director David Lee commented that the Zoom call with StuCo members from the other iSC schools was a refreshing experience because it made him feel as if he was a businessman, talking to five different leaders. He also added that although there were some moments where they were out of things to say, he was glad to be the one to lift the dying atmosphere up to help each other.
President Neo Kim mentioned that he first thought the position of Student Council president was to peacefully rule over other members of the Student Council, and even the school. However, through the StuCo Retreat, he learned that the Student Council exists not to rule over a group of people, but to serve them.
Grade 8 representative Elly Yeo said that the retreat could be improved by students having more time on the Zoom call, as they only had a chance to talk with Qingdao. She also added that having more opportunities to interact with other StuCo members would improve our group. S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 | P A G E 3
SECONDARY FALL CAMP 2019 Written by: Neo (G12)
From August 29th to 30th, YHIS secondary students went to fall camp. This camp was for all students in 6th to 12th grade, and it took place in Penglai at the MaJiaGou retreat center. The purpose of the trip was to build community and a sense of unity within the YHIS secondary student body. The students spent two full days together at the retreat center, participating in team-building activities such as creating a team chant and a team name.
On Thursday afternoon, students played a game called "Scavenger Hunt." This game required them to take plenty of ridiculous photos and videos as a team. After that, students had free time. They played outdoor sports and indoor board games with their friends and teachers. Also, many snacks were provided to students. In the evening, they had discussion time within the advisory groups. It was a good chance to get to know each other better.
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SECONDARY FALL CAMP 2019 Written by: Neo (G12)
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On Friday morning, students had a fun time playing laser tag and exploring the park at MaJiaGou. In the afternoon, they participated in team-building activities. This time was special because everyone got wet. Everyone enjoyed playing with water in the hot weather. It went well as nobody got hurt from slipping. Finally, the Student Council led students in an advisory group competition of charades, which was fun to play and, of course, hilarious to watch. Every student was satisfied with the event done by the group. It was a good time to see the potential of the Student Council.
Overall, the trip laid a foundation of school unity which we will continue to build on throughout this school year. Students and staff all had an enjoyable time, and the fall trip was a perfect way to get the school year off to a great start. S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 | P A G E 5
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT 2019 Written by: Aaron (G9)
On September 6, 2019, Family Movie Night was held from 7:30 p.m. to 9:10 p.m. The movie night was distinct from original movie nights as students enjoyed watching a movie with their families and their friends.
The movie that students and parents watched was "Aladdin," which was released on May 24, 2019, in the United States. It was produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The movie is a remake of the folk tale "Aladdin." It is famous for the magic lamp that the owner rubs with his/her hands to make the fairy "Genie" comes out and grant the owner's three wishes. The main character, Aladdin, used his wishes wisely as his choices resulted in true love with Princess Jasmine. Furthermore, the movie also gives people the message "To be yourself".
Dinner, which many students, teachers, and parents enjoyed, was provided by YHIS and parents who brought foods and desserts for students. The movie played on the school field. YHIS provided mats for families so that people could sit and watch the movie comfortably. Some inconveniences were having a small screen and having no subtitles, making it hard for some people to understand, especially for Korean and Brazilian families.
Neo Kim, the 12th-grade school president of YHIS, commented that the family movie night went very well as no one got injured and a lot of people enjoyed the movie. He said that the best part of the family movie night was that students and their families had chances to watch the movie together. He also added that many students and their parents purchased from the Student Council's market, where Student Council members sold beverages, snacks, and a lot of popcorn!
Indeed, Family movie night was a great time!
MEDIA REVIEW; ALADDIN SUMMARY Written by: Frank (G7)
There was a boy named Aladdin from Agraba who was a thief. Zafar told Aladdin that if he took a lamp in a cave then he would give him everything, but he got trapped in the dangerous cave trying to retrieve the lamp. He rubbed the lamp and met Genie who told him about his three wishes! He used his first wish to get out of cave but he didn’t rub the lamp, so it actually did not count as a wish. After he got out, he wished to become a prince because he loved a princess that could only marry a prince by law. Unfortunately, Zafar found out that the prince is actually Aladdin, who is not a prince at all. He used Genie’s second wish to save his life. Zafar stole the lamp and wished to become the most powerful man in the world by becoming a genie. He didn’t realize that he would actually be imprisoned in a lamp and to whoever find it. After Zafar went away, Aladdin wished for Genie to be free, like he promised, instead of wishing to marry the princess. But after the princess became sultan (king), she did away with the law that a princess must marry a prince, so she could marry Aladdin! S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 | P A G E 6
MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2019 Written by: Elly (G8)
Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important Chinese festival after Chinese New Year. It is on August 15th in the lunar calendar and is also known as the Moon Festival as the full moon on the day is the brightest and the roundest. Mid-Autumn Festival has 3000 years of history from Zhou dynasty when people sang and danced together under the bright full moon.
On September 12th, 2019, YHIS students and YIA students celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival together by making moon cakes. They learned about the new type of moon cake that people eat without baking, and also about how to make moon cakes.
Moon cakes are a special food that people eat in the Mid- Autumn Festival. They are round to exemplify the full moon. As people worship the moon, they sacrifice moon cakes as the offering. Gathering with family members and eating moon cakes is the celebration that symbolizes the reunion of the family. On Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese people go back to their hometowns and gather with their family members to spend the festival, as it is one day of public holiday for everyone. They make moon cakes, enjoy the lion dance, and have fun watching lantern shows. People also give moon cakes to their relatives, friends, family, and people whom they are thankful to, wishing them a long and happy life.
The legend of the Chang E goddess is the most popular story of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The story is as follows; there was a man called HouYi who had a medicine that would make anyone who eats the medicine become a god or a goddess. He gave the medicine to his wife, Chang E, to keep the medicine secret. However, Peng Meng, who desired to be a god, forced Chang E to give him the medicine. Since Chang E wanted to prevent a bad person to become god, she ate it and flew to the moon. As HouYi missed Chang E, he sacrificed moon cakes on August 15th annually. Nowadays, people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival to be thankful for the yields they harvest. The Mid-Autumn Festival has settled into the history of China. S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 | P A G E 7
BEGINNING OF UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Written by: Dennis (G10)
Champions League is the contest to discover the best European soccer team. The contest awards the winner gets fame and wealth with the prize of €82,450,000 (about 90 million dollars). Champions League is starting its new season with an opening match on September 18th of Inter Milan vs. Slavia Prague and Lyon vs. Zenit. About three months break after the last contest's final between Liverpool and Spurs, Champions League is ready to come back again to the whole world's football lovers and to start its long journey until April 2020.
Champions League is an annual club football competition. It’s also known for one of the most prestigious tournaments and competitions in the world. If we go back to the time when it first started, Champions League was introduced in 1955 as "European Champion Club's Cup," and has had its current name since 1992. In the Champions League, the 32 European teams are drawn into eight groups of four teams and play against each other twice in a group stage. Then two teams advance from each group to the 16th round. They keep playing in the knockout stage until they get eliminated by another team.
There are some interesting facts and records of Champions League. Which team has been the most successful throughout history? Which player has scored the most? Each year, each of the 32 teams in the competition gives their best efforts to be the champions. However, only one club gets the seat of the winner. The club having the most trophies is Real Madrid, winning 13 final titles, followed by Milan with 7 titles and Liverpool with 6. Liverpool is also the previous champion of the contest, winning the finals by 2 to 0 against Tottenham. The reason people are so enthusiastic about the Champions League is that they can see most of the world-class soccer players showing their excellent skills. Some of these famous soccer players are Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Salah, Mbappe, etc. All these players participating in the Champions League make plenty of reasons for the fans to get excited. Within these players, Ronaldo has been all the time the top-scorer, scoring 126 goals followed by Messi with 112 goals.
On August 29th, there was a draw for the 2019-2020 UEFA Champions League group stage.
The first kickoff took place on September 17th -18th, that would lead the competition until the final in April 2020. Are you ready for some football nights?
If you would like to find more information about the Champions League, check out https://www.uefa.com/. S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 | P A G E 8
MEEYA'S SUPER DUPER CHOCOLATE MARSHMEELLOWS Written by: Meeya (G6) and Kate (G7)
Ingredients: Chocolate, Milk, Marshmallows, Sprink les, Container, Bowl, Whisk, Plates, Sticks
Chocolate Whisk Mar shmallows Spirinkles Milk
1. Smash the chocolate 4. While waiting for the melted chocolate, put the marshmallows on each stick
5. Take them out and stir it 2. Pour the milk until chocolates are all covered
6. Dip the marshmallows in the melted
chocolate milk (ours were red chocolate, so it 3. Put it in the microwave for 2 min. looked like Halloween treat)
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ENTERTAINMENT: HOTEL DEL LUNA Written by: Olivia (G8)
Hotel Del Luna is a dark fantasy romance drama that deals with ghosts. The main actors are Lee Ji-eun and Yeo Jin-goo.
The drama starts with revealing a hotel located in the middle of Seoul in 2019. The hotel seems like an ordinary, old building, but it shows a distinct feature at night where dead people usually visit this hotel as guests. 1300 years ago, Jang Man-wol stopped the time and started to operate the hotel for dead people. One day, Goo Chan-sung's father was almost dying while he was stealing, Jang Man-wol saved him. In payment, Goo Chan-sung's father promised that he would make his son as staff of Jang Man-wol's hotel. Jang Man-wol took Goo Chan-sung to her hotel, and he became a general manager of Hotel del Luna. While he was working, he dreamed about Jang Man-wol’s past. In Jang Man-wol’s past, there were Goo Chung-myung, Princess Song-hwa, and Yeon-woo. In perspective of Jang Man-wol, her friend, Yeon-woo was dead because of Princess and Goo Chung-myung, so she killed both of them. After 1300, today, Man- wol's best friend, Yeon-woo and the Princess who Man-wol hated, became a couple. Finally, Man-wol and Chan-sung knew each other's whole heart and became a couple. Jang Man-wol could drink alcohol which Mago made, and became a boss of this hotel again, but she didn't and perished. A long time passed, Man- wol, Chan-sung, Kim Seon-bi, Ji Hyun-joong, and housekeeper were rebirthed, and Chan-sung and Man-wol become a couple even in the world of rebirth.
‘It was fun drama, and it was good because the drama which had this kind of genre was very rare, and I wish that Korea make more of drama with horror and romance, it was fun!’
For those of you who watched this drama, I hope that you enjoyed it! S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 | P A G E 1 0
STUDENT OF THE MONTH Written by: Cathy (G10)
T he first student of this month is Meeya Mueller, who is an energetic student in 6th grade. Meeya enjoys reading books and playing sports, especially running and playing football.
One thing she likes about YHIS is that she can learn a lot about different topics. She also added that she was glad to have science as a school subject as she became a middle schooler. Meeya mentioned that her life goal is to stay healthy and become healthier. Lastly, Meeya commented that she thinks that she talks a lot with her friends and classmates.
STUDENT OF THE MONTH W ritten by: Kate (G7)
Another student of the Month is Neo Kim, who is the new YHIS Student Council president. He commented that as a student council president, he feels the student body recognizes him and that he would love to see satisfaction in our school on students' faces.
Neo likes to read books and watch videos related to science or space, as his favorite subject is science. He is a big science lover who was in a science intelligence program when he was a middle-schooler in Korea. He also won a lot of awards in the scientific field.
Neo always tries to treat everyone equally and support others when they are in trouble. He also always tries not to show his anger when he gets annoyed. He mentioned that he wants to live his life without regret like William Frederick Halsey Jr., his role model, who participated in World War II as a general. He wants his life to be full of enthusiasm for trying different challenges. He desires to achieve a lot of things such as becoming a building owner, going on a space trip, skydiving, buying a house in Hawaii, driving a tank, owning an airplane, and meeting celebrities.
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WORLD NEWS Written by: David (G11)
In the afternoon of September 25, 2019, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a region located over borders of Pakistan and India. According to Urban Geography Specialty Group, it seems the epicenter was located 120 kilometers away to Southeast from Islamabad, or the capital city. India’s medias reported that the vibration was perceptible even at the capital of India, New Delhi. Medias also reported photos of the region, such as collapsed buildings, uprooted trees, cars sunk in the fissures in the ground, and more.
The earthquake itself killed 22 people, including children, and injured more than 300. The Pakistan government announced via Twitter that Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, expressed deep concern about the incident and ordered all departments to support the area immediately. The Pakistan military reported that the aviation and medical support team has been dispatched in the area.
This incident is compared to a past earthquake incident at the same region in 2015 and 2005, when each case caused casualties of 400 deaths and 70,300 deaths with stronger magnitudes of 7.5 and 7.6. Pakistan suffers frequent earthquakes due to its geographical characteristic of having two tectonic plates – the Eurasian plate and Indian plate – beneath its territory. S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 | P A G E 1 2
TEACHER OF THE MONTH Written by: Meeya (G6) & Kate (G7)
Let us introduce our teacher of the month, Mrs. Jeffers, who is an English teacher, and also our Newspaper Club's advisor. Her full name is Alyssa Michelle Jeffers, and she became an English teacher because she likes to write and read, which is also why she decided to lead the Newspaper Club.
Mrs. Jeffers attended Liberty University in Virginia, USA, where she started dating Mr. Jeffers, even though she first met him when she was ten. They have been married now for eight years! She is very happy that she married Mr. Jeffers.
Mrs. Jeffers has learned to love China and is very satisfied living here. Her and her family have been in China for three years, and this is now their fourth year. She gave birth to their son, Abel, in China, who is two and a half years old now, and they have a four-year-old daughter, Lydia.
Mrs. Jeffers likes to read, run, do photography, and go to the beach!
YHIS TEACHERS WORD SEARCH Created by: Victoria (G7)
T H E S H A R K T I M E S
Student Writers, Editors, & Formatters: Frank (G6), Meeya (G6), Victoria (G7), Kate (G7), Olivia (G8), Elly (G8), Aaron (G9), Cathy (G10), Dennis (G10), David (G11), Shaina (G12), Neo (G12) Advisors: Mr. and Mrs. Jeffers