Champs! Page 11 Volume #2 Issue #1 November 2013 100% Student Produced News High School Student Council Haunts BFS Spring Hwang spider, and pumpkin ghosts scarily greet- ed all the shivering students as they ―AHHH!‖ The screams of walked into the room. students echoed throughout Ms. Goldman leads high school stu- the basement hallway as dent council and she loved the creative the zombie in the haunted house burst out process, ―In the beginning, we started of the cemetery. On November 1st the brainstorming ideas for the storyline, Student Council organized a haunted ghosts, and decorations. Every member of house for a finale of the 2013 Halloween student council contributed and worked celebrations. Many students from kinder- together very well. The Haunted House garten to middle school took the challenge seemed to take shape after about 3 days. I to go visit the spooky haunted house. The was proud of student council‘s first big members of student council are very project this year. The haunted house thankful for the school-wide support they looked great!‖ Student Council President Louis Kim ready to scare received. They feel the haunted house was Student council member Heenha Kim a great success. will have memories of this event forever, students‘ ankles seemed very scary, yet The student council members stayed ―I would say that the best part was the entertaining. It made me laugh a lot.‖ after school every day for a week to design Blanket Ghost who blocked the students Student Council would like to thank and decorate the haunted house. They from getting out of the haunted house.‖ the PTO and Ms. Gawboy for participating collaborated with Ms. Gawboy who con- Reflecting on the effort she put into this, and supporting the design of the Haunted tributed her creative ideas to come up Heenha mentioned, ―The hard part was House. The BFS student body should also with many different characters like the that we had to control the level of scar- be recognized for participating and cele- Mad Scientist, the Blanket Ghost, and the iness depending on the age group of stu- brating Halloween together. The haunted Bleeding Zombie. Student Council was dents. At times the ghosts scared the stu- house was one of the most memorable mo- also able to borrow Halloween decorations dents a lot. Be we hope this remains a fun ments from Halloween 2013. Now that from the PTO. memory for all of them.‖ Halloween is over, all the wandering All the windows of the basement Sumin Kim from grade 12 said, ―The ghosts and spiders are looking forward to room were covered with black paper in Blanket Ghost played a big role in scaring scaring you again next year. order to prevent light from coming in. Plus the students all the way till the end. See- some spooky Halloween music, a big hairy ing the Blanket Ghost wiggle and grab ID Cards Make BFS Life Easy Danny Cho lunch. Also, it is important for lunch.‖ the cafeteria staff because they If a student forgets to Hey kids, did can plan out how many stu- bring their ID, Chef Oscar you know that dents eat lunch and what kind points out that, ―Those that do the new dan- of lunch is popular.‖ As Mrs. not have an ID card can just go gling ID cards Lund points out, the ID cards to the office and get a lunch around your neck aren‘t just not only help the students, but pass.‖ for twirling during a boring they also benefit the school. The new ID card is lecture? They actually serve The cafeteria staff now has useful outside of the cafeteria many important purposes at very accurate data and statis- as well. Students can now be our school. BFS and our new tics on lunch consumption, so identified by teachers more lunch company, Pulmuone, they can prepare the perfect easily. Students can remember have implemented an ID card amount of food each day. each other‘s names with less system for going through the Mrs. Lund has previ- effort. Students and teachers ous experience in schools with- alike think that it adds to the line in our cafeteria. This is a Students use the new IDs at lunch new procedure for the current out ID card systems and sees general unity and positive at- 2013-2014 school year and be- an additional benefit, ―In other mosphere of the school. Camer- Table of Contents yond. The ID card system places, students had to bring on Beck in 12th grade says, ―I Shark News 1-3 serves a multitude of purposes. money every day instead of actually like the lunch checker Shark Features 4-6 BFS principal Mrs. having these cards. If you did- and ID card because it only Shark Music 7 Lund says, ―The ID card is to n‘t bring the card you would takes a split second to check Shark Fun 8-10 ensure that children who paid not get any food. However, at and that in turn helps out the Shark Sports 11 for the lunch plan get their BFS the new ID card makes whole school.‖ Shark Fin 12 students worry less about 1 Shark News It’s Elementary, My Dear Students ―The spelling bee is fun because we can Elementary News by Elisha Kang learn words that we can use in our lives and it feels good to win.‖ SKAC Spelling Bee nd It‘s the fall, so spelling bee fever is 2 Grade Music Video in the air at BFS. Elementary and mid- In other elementary news, Ms. nd dle school kids are exited about this Schmidt‘s 2 graders are starring in a year‘s competition. Two winners from music video. The high school MMJ2 each grade level will represent our class brought the youngsters down into school at a large SKAC competition on the new media studio and filmed them December 3rd which takes place at KFS singing a tune. in Kwangju. ―It was fun because I felt like I It takes a lot of work to be suc- was a real movie star,‖ commented cessful in the spelling bee. Fifth grad- Kennedy Ciara Edwards, one of the er Amy Jung grade 2 students that sang in the vid- reflected on eo. past success, ―I The students were adorable as studied at night they sang ―If You Want to Sing Out, and I used Sing Out‖ by Cat Stevens. Look for the many dictionar- video on the BFSTV youtube channel ies.‖ She walks and our school‘s facebook page. the walk, win- ning her grade level BFS competition again this year, and she will represent Mr. Payan‘s class at KFS. Winners of the SKAC spelling bee can receive a medal and a mone- tary scholarship. If you want to win, follow more of Amy‘s advice, ―Be calm, and don‘t get nervous or talk too fast, or else you might misspell a word.‖ Success at the spelling bee is a 2nd graders making a music video big deal to our students. Amy shared, Middle School Bytes Jordyn Johnson upon the previous year. Middle school stu- dent council supervisor, Ms. Lund, says, The fourth Thursday of ―The High School student council will be November means only adding a personal touch to Thanksgiving one thing - Thanksgiv- this year by facilitating a ‗What You Are ing. It‘s time to sit down with your fami- Thankful For‘ project. They will encourage lies and friends, tell what you‘re thankful students to think about what they are for, and enjoy delicious holiday food. The thankful for, write it, and post it to share middle school student council has been with our BFS community.‖ working their turkey feathers off planning After the fabulous lunch provided by the annual BFS Thanksgiving festival the PTO, the students will head back to that will occur on November 28th. class where a game of Turkey Bingo will MS student council planning Thanksgiving The festivities begin with students be played later in the afternoon. Each enjoying a lovely lunch prepared by Chef student will be given a bingo card and opportunity to put a personal touch on Oscar and some food donations from the playing chips and they will listen atten- this year‘s Turkey Bingo. After all, PTO. You are guaranteed to walk away tively as an announcer calls out a number Thanksgiving is all about togetherness with a super full stomach. The meal fea- over the loudspeaker. Once a winner is and family —s o that is what we are doing tures turkey, stuffing, potatoes, an assort- determined, the winner must literally – strengthening our BFS family.‖ exclaims ment of desserts, and so many more good- gobble like a turkey all the way down the Ms. Lund. ies. 8th grader Soomi Lee is excited about hall to the front office where he or she is BFS students look forward to this the big meal, ―I liked the turkey and des- awarded a holiday cookie. event each year. Middle and high school serts from last year‘s feast and I can‘t wait “Turkey Bingo will be better this year student council members are prepared to for this one!‖ because middle school student council will make this year‘s Thanksgiving festival The main goals of every Thanksgiving be making homemade chocolate chip cook- another memorable event. festival are to make it fun and to improve ies. We thought this would be a really fun 2 Shark News Got the Munchies? Look No Further! Gihun Lee before school for your friend‘s next birthday mentions, ―A great benefit of the Snack celebration.