SFS Today - March 2013

March 2013 Volume 4 Issue 3

SFS TODAY

Seoul Foreign School, centered in Christ, inspires educational excellence & promotes Christian values, personal integrity & responsible global citizenship through a dynamic international experience.

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Back row from left to right: Hyejoon Lee, Michael Kang, Jane Hong, Jae Hyun Kim, Ms. Cathi Wiebusch & Mrs. Lauren Jackson Front row from left to right: Mrs.Youngen Lee, Jeanne Lee, Alice Morandy, Eunnie Lee, Sarah Hahm & Janice Kim Absent: Woo Sung Andrew Kim & Ms. Kate Reynolds

In February, 10 of our SFS High School students were recognized for excellence in writing and art, receiving regional awards in the International category of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (USA) for 18 pieces of writing and 7 pieces of fine art. US accredited international schools worldwide are included in this category.

List of Award Winners Grade 9 Sarah Hahm Gold Key (poetry) Jane Hong Gold Key (poetry)/ Honorable Mention (fiction)

The prestigious Scholastic Awards began in 1923. Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford and Joyce Carol Oates all received Scholastic Awards as teenagers.

The competition is open to students from grades 7 -12 whose submissions are juried by “luminaries in the visual and literary arts”. They look for works that “best exemplify originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal voice or vision”.

Grade 10 Hyejoon Lee Gold Key (memoir) Jeanne Lee Silver Key (memoir) Michael Kang Silver Key (memoir)

Five SFS students won Gold Keys, presented to the top 7-10% of submissions. The other 5 received Silver Keys and honorable mentions, given to the next 10% of submissions.

This number of Awards is unprecedented in SFS history.

Congratulations to the talented and hard-working winners!

Grade 11 Jae Hyun Kim Gold Key (poetry) Eunnie Lee Silver Key (fiction)/ Honorable Mention (memoir) Woosung Kim Silver Key (poetry)/ Honorable Mention (poetry) Alice Morandy Honorable Mention (poetry)

Grade 12 Janice Kim 4 Gold Keys (Painting/Drawing) 3 Silver Keys (Painting/Mixed Media)

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On the final day, SFS’s commitment and hard work was rewarded with 8 team members breaking into the finals for their respective events.

In the finals, all of the students gave wonderful performances and the coaches were proud of their efforts. For the second consecutive year, the SFS team placed second overall, an outstanding achievement.

First Place: Oral Interpretation – Reca Sarfati First Place: Debate – Bryan Kim and Akash Ramanujam

The Seoul Foreign School’s Forensics team “THE SILVER TONGUES” travelled to Brent International School in the Philippines for this year’s APAC tournament. The team looked forward to the competition as well as the chance to spend time with other students interested in speech and debate.

This year’s SFS team was a mixture of

Recently, Y5C in the British School started a collaborative global project about rhinos.

The aim of the project is to raise awareness

seasoned APAC representatives and a significant number of new faces. The level of competition was once again very high and, over three days, the SFS students gave their all.

Each day they experienced ups and downs, but the team was strong and it was wonderful to see team spirit and support for each other grow each day.

about the decreasing population of rhinos in South Africa. The students are trying to persuade the government to stop this tragedy from happening.

The schools participating are from all around the world, like Asia, America, the UK, and others! South Africa is the host country and a teacher called Karen Stadler started this project because she was horrified about this reality!

Second Place Tie: Extemporaneous – Bryan Kim and Ian Kim Second Place: Solo Acting – Reca Sarfati The rest of the team Andrew Kim, Sarah Hahm, Peter Lee, Junee Kim and Justin An all competed brilliantly, with the majority making it to the finals.

The purpose of this project is to protect the world’s rhinos from poachers. We need to protect these animals, otherwise rhinos will be extinct by 2022 and your children’s children will never see a rhino in a natural habitat! Let’s save these animals!

Written by Andrew LEE, Y5C

“It was very interesting learning about the rhinos and why we should save them.”

Rachel Stones, Y5C These are the links for our work: Our wiki: http://5crhinoproject.pbworks.com Project wiki: http://saveourrhinos.wikispaces.com/

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Finally, students tested that relationship out and made predictions on how far the robot would go.

When they eventually ran the robot for 30 rotations, because the NXT robots are so accurate, they got amazingly close to that distance figure. Students later followed up by graphing the data, and this was a nice visual to confirm their findings.

In the Middle School, both Mr. Allen and Mr. Schaffer always like to try and find fun, hands-on activities wherever possible for students to learn science and math concepts.

This time, students were given the opportunity to apply what they had learned.

After calculating what the circumference of the wheel of the robot would be, using the diameter of the wheel and pi to do so, students were asked to predict how far the robot should go with one full rotation of the wheel. After that they created a data table, and collected data for the distance

the robot would travel, for up to five rotations of the wheel. What the students would find is that their data should be directly proportional, and that there is a constant of proportionality, mainly 17.2 cm.

“I think the robot lab was a great learning experience. We learned about proportions in a very fun way using robots... This was one of the best math labs yet!”

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The AMC 8 is a mathematics competition open to all Middle School and Key Stage 3 students designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem solving skills.

Students prepared ahead of time by practicing problem- solving from former competitions.

“After I finished writing the test, I felt so proud of myself. It wasn't because I knew I'd gotten This year the competition was all the answers correct, but held on Tuesday, November 13, because I had taken the 2012. There were 56 participants challenge, and I wasn't afraid to in the competition this year. Most try again. I'm going to try AMC of the problems are designed to next year as well, and I'm proud challenge students and offer that I tried the AMC 2012" problem solving experiences beyond what is offered in a Isabella Cho, Grade 6T typical math class.

Every year, each class in the British School has an assembly which parents come to watch.

Recently, Y5C performed at an assembly about bullying called “Bullies Anonymous”.

The assembly centered around bullying and how to stop being bullied if it happened to you. The audience learned about all the types of bullying: verbal, physical and social.

There were also some ex-bullies that shared why they stopped bullying. Each bully sang a song, which meant there were some duets and solos. I felt really nervous singing a duet, but when I finished I felt more confident so I joined the Senior Choir. The audience really enjoyed the assembly and the teachers did too.

Written by Tamar Levy, Y5C

“It was really fun performing and rehearsing together and having big hits on YouTube” Winnie Shon, Y5C You can view Bullies Anonymous on our official school YouTube channel: seoulforeignschool4u

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On the final day, SFS’s commitment and hard work was rewarded with 8 team members breaking into the finals for their respective events.

In the finals, all of the students gave wonderful performances and the coaches were proud of their efforts. For the second consecutive year, the SFS team placed second overall, an outstanding achievement.

First Place: Oral Interpretation – Reca Sarfati First Place: Debate – Bryan Kim and Akash Ramanujam

The Seoul Foreign School’s Forensics team “THE SILVER TONGUES” travelled to Brent International School in the Philippines for this year’s APAC tournament. The team looked forward to the competition as well as the chance to spend time with other students interested in speech and debate.

This year’s SFS team was a mixture of

Recently, Y5C in the British School started a collaborative global project about rhinos.

The aim of the project is to raise awareness

seasoned APAC representatives and a significant number of new faces. The level of competition was once again very high and, over three days, the SFS students gave their all.

Each day they experienced ups and downs, but the team was strong and it was wonderful to see team spirit and support for each other grow each day.

about the decreasing population of rhinos in South Africa. The students are trying to persuade the government to stop this tragedy from happening.

The schools participating are from all around the world, like Asia, America, the UK, and others! South Africa is the host country and a teacher called Karen Stadler started this project because she was horrified about this reality!

Second Place Tie: Extemporaneous – Bryan Kim and Ian Kim Second Place: Solo Acting – Reca Sarfati

Finally, students tested that relationship out and made predictions on how far the robot would go.

When they eventually ran the robot for 30 rotations, because the NXT robots are so accurate, they got amazingly close to that distance figure. Students later followed up by graphing the data, and this was a nice visual to confirm their findings.

In the Middle School, both Mr. Allen and Mr. Schaffer always like to try and find fun, hands-on activities wherever possible for students to learn science and math concepts.

This time, students were given the opportunity to apply what they had learned.

After calculating what the circumference of the wheel of the robot would be, using the diameter of the wheel and pi to do so, students were asked to predict how far the robot should go with one full rotation of the wheel. After that they created a data table, and collected data for the distance

the robot would travel, for up to five rotations of the wheel. What the students would find is that their data should be directly proportional, and that there is a constant of proportionality, mainly 17.2 cm.

Caleb Jang, Grade 7SH

The rest of the team Andrew Kim, Sarah Hahm, Peter Lee, Junee Kim and Justin An all competed brilliantly, with the majority making it to the finals.

The purpose of this project is to protect the world’s rhinos from poachers. We need to protect these animals, otherwise rhinos will be extinct by 2022 and your children’s children will never see a rhino in a natural habitat! Let’s save these animals!

Written by Andrew LEE, Y5C

“It was very interesting learning about the rhinos and why we should save them.”

Rachel Stones, Y5C These are the links for our work: Our wiki: http://5crhinoproject.pbworks.com Project wiki: http://saveourrhinos.wikispaces.com/

“I think the robot lab was a great learning experience. We learned about proportions in a very fun way using robots... This was one of the best math labs yet!”

The AMC 8 is a mathematics competition open to all Middle School and Key Stage 3 students designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem solving skills.

Students prepared ahead of time by practicing problem- solving from former competitions.

“After I finished writing the test, I felt so proud of myself. It wasn't because I knew I'd gotten This year the competition was all the answers correct, but held on Tuesday, November 13, because I had taken the 2012. There were 56 participants challenge, and I wasn't afraid to in the competition this year. Most try again. I'm going to try AMC of the problems are designed to next year as well, and I'm proud challenge students and offer that I tried the AMC 2012" problem solving experiences beyond what is offered in a Isabella Cho, Grade 6T typical math class.

Every year, each class in the British School has an assembly which parents come to watch.

Recently, Y5C performed at an assembly about bullying called “Bullies Anonymous”.

The assembly centered around bullying and how to stop being bullied if it happened to you. The audience learned about all the types of bullying: verbal, physical and social.

There were also some ex-bullies that shared why they stopped bullying. Each bully sang a song, which meant there were some duets and solos. I felt really nervous singing a duet, but when I finished I felt more confident so I joined the Senior Choir. The audience really enjoyed the assembly and the teachers did too.

Written by Tamar Levy, Y5C

“It was really fun performing and rehearsing together and having big hits on YouTube” Winnie Shon, Y5C You can view Bullies Anonymous on our official school YouTube channel: seoulforeignschool4u

The Elementary School has adopted a new mathematics program. Math in Focus is based on the methods used in Singapore for teaching and learning mathematics.

This approach is much more than just the textbooks, it also includes a shift in mathematical practices that slows down the curriculum to allow students to go deeper into each concept.

One year ago, SFS adopted the Common Core Standards in Mathematics from the United States. The Math in Focus textbooks and the Singapore Math approach mesh completely with these new standards. The Singapore Mathematics approach is

Students in Grade 7, held an Ancient China Art Exhibition on January 31.

Exhibitions were held in two different sessions covering six dynasties of China’s history. Working in pairs, students created displays of artifacts with accompanying audio clips and interactive maps by using technological tools such as ’Sound Cloud’ and ’Interactive Google Maps’. Their work answered two essential questions from the unit: 1. What events and turning points are important in history and why?

2. How do historians know about what happened in the past?

derived from an education system that focuses on thinking and places a strong emphasis on conceptual understanding and mathematical problem solving. The scope and sequence of the curriculum is well articulated and follows a spiral progression.

All of these components are necessary to achieve our new standards.

The pedagogy (how teachers teach) is based on students progressing from concrete to pictorial and then to abstract representations. These methods help the majority of students acquire conceptual understanding of mathematical concepts.

math concepts taught in the classrooms.

This session helped parents experience and solve real problems that our students are experiencing in their classrooms.

“Math in focus parent sessions were very informative and gave me a good understanding of the new math approach. The pictures and tools helped me conceptualize and visualize what my children are learning in class. Now I feel I can help my children with their math at home.“ Nicole Stevenson, Grades 1 & 3 Parent

On March 6 ES hosted a parent chat for Grades 3 -5 with classroom teachers demonstrating and teaching

“It took a long time to prepare for this project because you had to explain and have everything ready beforehand. It was a unique and different experience preparing for this project.”

Jules Lee, 7SK

All visitors were invited to bring their own earphones to view and listen to the pre-made audio clips just like if one was visiting a modern museum.

“It was challenging to make the artifacts ourselves and also recording everything within one day. However, we learnt a lot and know what artifacts look like in a museum.”

Kaila Lawton, 7T

March 2013 Volume 4 Issue 3 After a long morning of On Friday, February rehearsals, the MS 1, SFS Choral Director KAIAC Festival Choir Mrs. Allison Lyso and performed the three twenty-one of her top choral selections at an Middle School singers afternoon concert, where had the chance to share parents, community their musical gifts members, teachers, and at Gyeonggi Suwon other students had the International School chance to hear the choir's (GSIS) for the Middle performance.

School KAIAC (KoreaAmerican Interscholastic Activities Conference) "It was lovely to have Choir Festival! The our SFS students KAIAC choir consisted of participate in the MS almost 125 students from KAIAC Choir a variety of KAIAC festival. The chance for schools throughout TOP: William Lee, Lauren Chang, Rachel Lee, Kyung-Min Yoo, Jonathan Hu, Gia students to sing and Kang, Ghye Brown, Chris Thies, David Kim & Mrs. Lyso Korea, including Seoul collaborate with a MIDDLE: Chloe Son, Helena Park, Courtney McKee & Candace Shih International School, variety of students and FRONT: Tara Kim, Annika Son, Janice Hahn, Jules Lee, Tonny Shim & Andrey Tan Korea International NOT PICTURED: Sun-Hoo Park & Kaila Lawton directors allows them to School, Chadwick further develop their International School, own musicianship skills and share the Seoul Foreign School, and Gyeonggi joy of music-making."

Suwon International School.

Chloe Son was selected from more than Allison LYSO, 20 other hopefuls and performed her solo MS Music/Choir Teacher in the opening portion of song "Oye".

In preparation for the festival, students learned three festival repertoire.

In the Elementary School our social studies program incorporates an inquiry-based philosophy which among other themes, incorporates a study of economics.

This past month our 4th grade students showcased their culminating activity: A TOY FAIR. Leading up to this event students developed an understanding of office dynamics, resources, scarcity, production, and marketing through a dynamic hands on approach to instruction. Students enjoyed real life examples to help them create the meaningful context in which they developed concepts into prototypes for new toys.

The exhibits at the TOY FAIR demonstrated the multidisciplinary skills in literacy, technology and mathematics, that our students had used throughout their exploration of the market place.

"It was fun to be creative and to use our imaginations on the Toy Fair Project. I learned to be responsible and work together with my table group."

Maguire Lee, 4T

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, among numerous others. Please view his website http://nicbishop.com/ to see books he has published, examples of his fabulous photos, and to read details on his unique upbringing. Like many of our students, Mr. Bishop is a former TCK (Third Culture Kid).

Author and nature photographer, Nic Bishop, visited our school during March 6-12. He presented vivid, eye-catching photos and told humorous stories of what it took to capture those images. Mr. Bishop is a skilled and knowledgeable scientist who was able to engage readers of all ages in the wonders and mysteries of the science world.

Students were able to buy his books and get his autograph during his time at SFS. We thank Nic Bishop for his wonderful photos and stories!

“It was exciting to listen to a real author speak to us about his life. It was like reading a biography, except it was a lot more interesting. I am inspired by his talk and want to be an author or a photographer. I enjoyed his talk very much.”

Jun Seob Shim, Y6C

SFS TODAY

Seoul Foreign School, centered in Christ, inspires educational excellence & promotes Christian values, personal integrity & responsible global citizenship through a dynamic international experience.

“His photos make me feel like I’ve been shrunk down to see the tiniest animals.”

Ella Teather, 4L “I was inspired that Mr. Bishop earned a PhD in science, but he was then able to apply that knowledge into areas that he loved like travel and photography.”

Michelle Kim, Senior

“I was really impressed with all the

interesting creatures and the research he did so he really knew about how they actually move, live About Nic Bishop: He is the author of more than sixty books for children. He has and eat. Amazing!”

Andrey Tan, 8R received the Orbis Pictus Award, two Orbis Pictus Honor Awards, and the

The British School had a KS2 Talent Show and the hosts were Mr. Corben and Ms. Gardner. To start the show, all the teachers did Gangnam Style. I was really surprised and everybody laughed. I was in the audience and a few people from my class joined the talent show.

The judges were Mrs. Foord, Ms. Pena and Mr. Barnas. There were a lot of singers and piano players. A few students played the guitar, there were some magicians and there was a gymnastics group called ‘The Backstreet Girls’.

There were about nineteen acts in the show altogether.

Back row from left to right: Hyejoon Lee, Michael Kang, Jane Hong, Jae Hyun Kim, Ms. Cathi Wiebusch & Mrs. Lauren Jackson Front row from left to right: Mrs.Youngen Lee, Jeanne Lee, Alice Morandy, Eunnie Lee, Sarah Hahm & Janice Kim Absent: Woo Sung Andrew Kim & Ms. Kate Reynolds

Written by Mollie Wilcox, Y5C

“It was very enjoyable and was so amazing!”

Rachel Stones & Natasha Huibers, Y5C

You can view ‘Gangnam Style, SFBS style’ on our official school YouTube channel: seoulforeignschool4u

In February, 10 of our SFS High School students were recognized for excellence in writing and art, receiving regional awards in the International category of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (USA) for 18 pieces of writing and 7 pieces of fine art. US accredited international schools worldwide are included in this category.

List of Award Winners Grade 9 Sarah Hahm Gold Key (poetry) Jane Hong Gold Key (poetry)/ Honorable Mention (fiction)

The prestigious Scholastic Awards began in 1923. Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford and Joyce Carol Oates all received Scholastic Awards as teenagers.

The competition is open to students from grades 7 -12 whose submissions are juried by “luminaries in the visual and literary arts”. They look for works that “best exemplify originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal voice or vision”.

Grade 10 Hyejoon Lee Gold Key (memoir) Jeanne Lee Silver Key (memoir) Michael Kang Silver Key (memoir)

Five SFS students won Gold Keys, presented to the top 7-10% of submissions. The other 5 received Silver Keys and honorable mentions, given to the next 10% of submissions.

This number of Awards is unprecedented in SFS history.

Congratulations to the talented and hard-working winners!

Grade 11 Jae Hyun Kim Gold Key (poetry) Eunnie Lee Silver Key (fiction)/ Honorable Mention (memoir) Woosung Kim Silver Key (poetry)/ Honorable Mention (poetry) Alice Morandy Honorable Mention (poetry)

Grade 12 Janice Kim 4 Gold Keys (Painting/Drawing) 3 Silver Keys (Painting/Mixed Media)

www.seoulforeign.org

March 2013 Volume 4 Issue 3 After a long morning of On Friday, February rehearsals, the MS 1, SFS Choral Director KAIAC Festival Choir Mrs. Allison Lyso and performed the three twenty-one of her top choral selections at an Middle School singers afternoon concert, where had the chance to share parents, community their musical gifts members, teachers, and at Gyeonggi Suwon other students had the International School chance to hear the choir's (GSIS) for the Middle performance.

School KAIAC (KoreaAmerican Interscholastic Activities Conference) "It was lovely to have Choir Festival! The our SFS students KAIAC choir consisted of participate in the MS almost 125 students from KAIAC Choir a variety of KAIAC festival. The chance for schools throughout TOP: William Lee, Lauren Chang, Rachel Lee, Kyung-Min Yoo, Jonathan Hu, Gia students to sing and Kang, Ghye Brown, Chris Thies, David Kim & Mrs. Lyso Korea, including Seoul collaborate with a MIDDLE: Chloe Son, Helena Park, Courtney McKee & Candace Shih International School, variety of students and FRONT: Tara Kim, Annika Son, Janice Hahn, Jules Lee, Tonny Shim & Andrey Tan Korea International NOT PICTURED: Sun-Hoo Park & Kaila Lawton directors allows them to School, Chadwick further develop their International School, own musicianship skills and share the Seoul Foreign School, and Gyeonggi joy of music-making."

Suwon International School.

Chloe Son was selected from more than Allison LYSO, 20 other hopefuls and performed her solo MS Music/Choir Teacher in the opening portion of song "Oye".

In preparation for the festival, students learned three festival repertoire.

In the Elementary School our social studies program incorporates an inquiry-based philosophy which among other themes, incorporates a study of economics.

This past month our 4th grade students showcased their culminating activity: A TOY FAIR. Leading up to this event students developed an understanding of office dynamics, resources, scarcity, production, and marketing through a dynamic hands on approach to instruction. Students enjoyed real life examples to help them create the meaningful context in which they developed concepts into prototypes for new toys.

The exhibits at the TOY FAIR demonstrated the multidisciplinary skills in literacy, technology and mathematics, that our students had used throughout their exploration of the market place.

"It was fun to be creative and to use our imaginations on the Toy Fair Project. I learned to be responsible and work together with my table group."

Maguire Lee, 4T

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, among numerous others. Please view his website http://nicbishop.com/ to see books he has published, examples of his fabulous photos, and to read details on his unique upbringing. Like many of our students, Mr. Bishop is a former TCK (Third Culture Kid).

Author and nature photographer, Nic Bishop, visited our school during March 6-12. He presented vivid, eye-catching photos and told humorous stories of what it took to capture those images. Mr. Bishop is a skilled and knowledgeable scientist who was able to engage readers of all ages in the wonders and mysteries of the science world.

Students were able to buy his books and get his autograph during his time at SFS. We thank Nic Bishop for his wonderful photos and stories!

“It was exciting to listen to a real author speak to us about his life. It was like reading a biography, except it was a lot more interesting. I am inspired by his talk and want to be an author or a photographer. I enjoyed his talk very much.”

Jun Seob Shim, Y6C

SFS TODAY

Seoul Foreign School, centered in Christ, inspires educational excellence & promotes Christian values, personal integrity & responsible global citizenship through a dynamic international experience.

“His photos make me feel like I’ve been shrunk down to see the tiniest animals.”

Ella Teather, 4L “I was inspired that Mr. Bishop earned a PhD in science, but he was then able to apply that knowledge into areas that he loved like travel and photography.”

Michelle Kim, Senior

“I was really impressed with all the

interesting creatures and the research he did so he really knew about how they actually move, live About Nic Bishop: He is the author of more than sixty books for children. He has and eat. Amazing!”

Andrey Tan, 8R received the Orbis Pictus Award, two Orbis Pictus Honor Awards, and the

The British School had a KS2 Talent Show and the hosts were Mr. Corben and Ms. Gardner. To start the show, all the teachers did Gangnam Style. I was really surprised and everybody laughed. I was in the audience and a few people from my class joined the talent show.

The judges were Mrs. Foord, Ms. Pena and Mr. Barnas. There were a lot of singers and piano players. A few students played the guitar, there were some magicians and there was a gymnastics group called ‘The Backstreet Girls’.

There were about nineteen acts in the show altogether.

Back row from left to right: Hyejoon Lee, Michael Kang, Jane Hong, Jae Hyun Kim, Ms. Cathi Wiebusch & Mrs. Lauren Jackson Front row from left to right: Mrs.Youngen Lee, Jeanne Lee, Alice Morandy, Eunnie Lee, Sarah Hahm & Janice Kim Absent: Woo Sung Andrew Kim & Ms. Kate Reynolds

Written by Mollie Wilcox, Y5C

“It was very enjoyable and was so amazing!”

Rachel Stones & Natasha Huibers, Y5C

You can view ‘Gangnam Style, SFBS style’ on our official school YouTube channel: seoulforeignschool4u

In February, 10 of our SFS High School students were recognized for excellence in writing and art, receiving regional awards in the International category of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (USA) for 18 pieces of writing and 7 pieces of fine art. US accredited international schools worldwide are included in this category.

List of Award Winners Grade 9 Sarah Hahm Gold Key (poetry) Jane Hong Gold Key (poetry)/ Honorable Mention (fiction)

The prestigious Scholastic Awards began in 1923. Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford and Joyce Carol Oates all received Scholastic Awards as teenagers.

The competition is open to students from grades 7 -12 whose submissions are juried by “luminaries in the visual and literary arts”. They look for works that “best exemplify originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal voice or vision”.

Grade 10 Hyejoon Lee Gold Key (memoir) Jeanne Lee Silver Key (memoir) Michael Kang Silver Key (memoir)

Five SFS students won Gold Keys, presented to the top 7-10% of submissions. The other 5 received Silver Keys and honorable mentions, given to the next 10% of submissions.

This number of Awards is unprecedented in SFS history.

Congratulations to the talented and hard-working winners!

Grade 11 Jae Hyun Kim Gold Key (poetry) Eunnie Lee Silver Key (fiction)/ Honorable Mention (memoir) Woosung Kim Silver Key (poetry)/ Honorable Mention (poetry) Alice Morandy Honorable Mention (poetry)

Grade 12 Janice Kim 4 Gold Keys (Painting/Drawing) 3 Silver Keys (Painting/Mixed Media)

www.seoulforeign.org