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APIS UPDATE Issue.3 May 2012 ĚĚƌĞƐƐ͗ ϱϮ tŽůŐLJĞͲƌŽ ϰϱŐĂͲŐŝů͕ Nowon-gu, Seoul, Korea 139-852 tĞďƐŝƚĞ͗ ǁǁǁ͘ĂƉŝƐ͘ƐĞŽƵů͘Ŭƌ
by Steve Massiah, Elementary Principal
Time moves quickly, when hard working people come together and accomplish Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĚĞĂů͘ dŚŝƐ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶƐ ǁŚLJ ƟŵĞ ŚĂƐ ŇŽǁŶ ďLJ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ǁŚLJ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ǀĞƌLJ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů LJĞĂƌ Ăƚ W/^͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚĂƌLJ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƚŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŽƵƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĨƵůů LJĞĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ZĞĂĚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ tƌŝƚĞƌ͛Ɛ tŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ Đůŝŵď ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ producing is at the highest level I have seen in an elementary school. This has ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĨĂĐƵůƚLJ ŝŶ ĞŵďƌĂĐŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ǁŽƌŬ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽƵƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŚĂƌĚ Ăƚ ĂĐŚŝĞǀŝŶŐ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶĐĞ͘ tĞ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ Ă ŶĞǁ ŵĂƚŚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ŶĞdžƚ LJĞĂƌ͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ƉŝůŽƟŶŐ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ďĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ŐŽ ďĞLJŽŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ ŵĂŝŶůLJ ĂŶ ĂůŐĞďƌĂŝĐ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ͘ KƵƌ ŶĞǁ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞdžƉůĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŵĂƚŚ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂůŐĞďƌĂŝĐ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ͘
^ĐŚŽŽů ǀĞŶƚƐ͗ :hE ^ĞŶŝŽƌ 'ƌĂĚƵĂƟŽŶ June 2 Summer School June 11
tŝƚŚ ŽŶůLJ Ă ĨĞǁ ƐŚŽƌƚ ǁĞĞŬƐ ůĞŌ ŽĨ ƐĐŚŽŽů͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ŵƵĐŚ ƚŽ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚ͘ KŶĞ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂůĞŶĚĂƌ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂŐĞ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶĮƌŵ ƚŚŝƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ LJĞĂƌ Ăƚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƚŽ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ĨŽĐƵƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĮŶŝƐŚ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ƉůĂŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ / ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůLJ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ĞĂĐŚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ child read and write over ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ ,ĞůƉ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ďŽŽŬƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĞǀĞů ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ĞdžĐŝƚĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͘ ŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌŝƉƐ͘ ,ĂǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŬĞĞƉ Ă ĚŝĂƌLJ͘ ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƌĞĂĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƐĐŚŽŽů ďƌĞĂŬƐ ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ĐĂŶ ĚĞĐůŝŶĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘ Finally, I would like to sincerely thank the parents of our commuŶŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͘ tĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ĚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ LJŽƵ͘ / ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ǁĞůĐŽŵŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƵŐƵƐƚ͘ Elementary Calendar Updates: WƵďůŝƐŚŝŶŐ WĂƌƚLJ ĨŽƌ WĂĐŝĮĐ WĞŶĐŝů 'ƌĂĚĞ dŚƌĞĞ DƵƐŝĐĂů ;ĨŽƌ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐͿ – Auditorium ^ DƵƐŝĐ ŽŶĐĞƌƚ – Auditorium ŽŶĐŽƌĚŝĂ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŚŽƌƵƐ – APIS Gym 'ƌĂĚĞ dǁŽ DƵƐŝĐĂů ;ĨŽƌ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐͿ <' DŽǀŝŶŐ hƉ ĞƌĞŵŽŶLJ ʹ > ^ &ŝĞůĚ ǀĞŶƚ Θ Y 'ƌĂĚĞ &ŝǀĞ DŽǀŝŶŐ hƉ ĞƌĞŵŽŶLJ – Auditorium ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝƐŵŝƐƐĞĚ ^ƵŵŵĞƌ ^ĐŚŽŽů ďĞŐŝŶƐ
&ƌŝĚĂLJ DĂLJ ϭϴ ;Ϯ ƉŵͿ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂLJ DĂLJ Ϯϯ ;ϵ ĂŵͿ &ƌŝĚĂLJ DĂLJ Ϯϱ ;ϭϬ ĂŵͿ &ƌŝĚĂLJ DĂLJ Ϯϱ ;Ϯ͗ϯϬ ƉŵͿ DŽŶĚĂLJ DĂLJ Ϯϴ ;ϭϬ ĂŵͿ DŽŶĚĂLJ :ƵŶĞ ϰ ;Ϯ ƉŵͿ dƵĞƐĚĂLJ :ĂŶĞ ϱ ;ϴ͗ϯϬ Ăŵ ƚŽ ϭ ƉŵͿ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂLJ :ƵŶĞ ϲ ;Ϯ ƉŵͿ &ƌŝĚĂLJ :ƵŶĞ ϴ ;ϭϮ͗ϯϬ ƉŵͿ DŽŶĚĂLJ :ƵŶĞ ϭϭ ;ϴ ĂŵͿ
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