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HSSG: International Day x Foodie Fest I
nternational Day x Foodie fest was an exciting student festival that took place after school, on Friday November 20th. As this was a predominantly student-run activity, students across all of high school and middle school participated by setting up booths. First of all, the International day section of the festival consisted of each grade in high school being assigned to different countries, and 3 middle school booths, splitting the middle school houses into groups of two. Each group would create a booth, filled with either food or cultural items from that country. Everyone present was free to go to any booth and get a taste of the food, do an activity, or get a souvenir from the country each booth showcased. Some students also distributed food and items to people walking around the festival. It was a truly wonderful experience to try foods and cultures from different countries, broadening our cultural diversity. Below are some thoughts from students who were a part of the festival! Title (G12): On International Day, the HSSG collaborated with multiple clubs to create a wonderful Foodie Fest. As class representative of the seniors, I worked with my friends to create the jeopardy trivia representing our given country for international day. Since we are representing Australia, we decided to dress up as Koalas and Kangaroos while some senior HSSG members joined by a few people dressed up as zoo keepers. My overall thought of this event is that the concept of celebrating the food and culture of different regions around the world really showcase the diversity of beliefs in human nature.
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Angie + Kyla (Grade 9): On International Day, the HSSG collaborated with many clubs to produce this fantastic festival! Many grade levels represented different countries and handed the different foods of that certain country. My class (2024) represented Korea. Our booth had different selections of Korean food that were distributed for free to all the people walking by. We had foods such as Kimchi fried rice, kimbap, and Korean noodles. There were a few memorable clubs that handed out food and drinks! They all tasted really good. Overall, it was a really exciting and amusing experience. We should definitely do this again next year. Sybert (G12): The International Day x Foodie Festival event celebrated world cultures and good eats! Chin (G12): On international day X Foodie festival, we explored different culinary techniques, which were implemented into creating appetizing and tasty dishes. Sybert, Lisa, and I were assigned the role of MC’s, explaining the origin of the Foodie Fest project and its purpose of being a charity fair to raise money for building a library in rural areas. This cultivated my confidence and my speaking skills. I also tasted several dishes from different booths, exploring different cuisines of different cultures and different implementations of diverse culinary techniques. It was a great experience, I hope the upcoming classes can hold more Foodie Fests in the future!
Next, since the festival was a combination with the foodie fest, students from the cookbook club set up multiple booths selling their own cooking, which was really delicious! They sold foods such as fried ice cream, corn salad, bacon croquette, etc. The food was paid for using festival coupons which were bought in advance, and the food was made completely by the students. I personally really enjoyed all the foodie fest food, and it really showcased the hard work and talent to cook for the members from the cookbook club, with the complex dishes and the students selling and bringing attention to their foods.
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I think the overall idea for the festival was really cool, because it’s great to see the high school student government, middle school student government, and clubs collaborate and come together to create a festival where everyone, students and teachers alike, to relax, have fun, and eat scrumptious food. Another really cool aspect of the festival was that people assigned to different countries were wearing the country’s traditional clothes, and they were passionate about spreading the culture of the different countries. I think this experience allowed people from different grades to be able to connect, and more cultures introduced to the students. It was a really fun festival, and we all hope to be able to be a part of it again next year!
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HSSG: Online Talent Show By: Momae (G11, HSSG Media Officer) This year’s talent show was like no other. Due to Covid-19, our talent show was held online. Students and teachers were encouraged to submit their talents through different digital mediums such as pictures, text, video, and recordings. This opened the opportunity for non-performance artists and people with hidden talents to showcase their passion and hard work through technology. 2021 Online Talent Show allowed students and teachers to compete in 4 categories. Here are the winners of each category: Most Unique Act goes to rising stardom, Prinn (Grade 9) debuting in his original rap titled bye2020. The Best Act of the Year and the Best of High School award dominated by TOFU (Kyla, Tin Tin, JJ, AA, Kimi, Beam) (Grade 9) with their band performance videotape. Best of Middle School award goes to Khaomai (Grade 7) with his melodic piano arrangement of When You Wish Upon a Star. Here’s an overview of the submission that made it to our 2021 Online Talent Show:
1st Row: Flower and Art (Fiona, 11), Baking (Tia, 11), bye2020 (Prinn, 9), Drum Cover (Gumpan, 10), Band Performance (Hydrogen: Burger, Pote, K, Khaomai, Richy, Pai, 7), Say You Won’t Let Go cover (Poon, 10)
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field, Pao Pao, Hana, Candy, 6), When You Say Nothing at All cover (Marijoy), Lay Me Down Cover (Tleyesung ‘Title’, 12)
4th Row: Singing cover (Jenny, 10), La vie en Rose cover (Jade, 11), You Are The Reason 2nd Row: She Used to Be Mine cover (Ling, 8), (Pei Pei, 7), Wondering cover (Sanjana, Sybert, Fukashigi no Carte cover (Khaojao, 10), Rhythm Tleyesung, 12), Guitar cover (Korn, 11), Star Game osu!mania (Otto, 11), Rhythm Game Cytus cover (Shana, 11) (Robin, 12), Band Performance (Bobby Addams, Link to 2021 Online Talent 10), Band Performance (TOFU, 9) Show: https://sites.google.com/ 3rd Row: Rhythm Game Beat Saber (Keith, concordian.org/2021cistalent10), When You Wish Upon a Star instrumental show/home cover (Khaomai, 7), Valerie duet cover (Kopi (Please use your school email) Susu: Aaron and Melina), Band Performance (BlackWhite: Cheeno, AI, Yuro, Choné, Gar-