EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING STUDENT ASSEMBLIES

The post pandemic easing of social distancing allowed the high school to restart weekly assemblies during the 2022-2023 academic year These assemblies, which are planned and facilitated by Student Council and Student Ambassadors, serve as a visible and important avenue for increasing student ownership and student agency in the high school As a result, students created community building and celebration events for the larger communityreinforcing and perpetuating student leadership in the school

Assemblies serve as a singularly important community event featuring student announcements, celebrations of academic and athletic achievement, and friendly competitive contests between different advisory groups. Each assembly reinforces our identity as Hilltoppers and emphasizes the value of community at SJA Jeju.

During the 2022-2023 academic year, high school students from SJA Jeju ventured abroad for the first time to experience new countries and cultures and to apply their learning in novel and unique settings.

In March, SJA Jeju's MUN team headed to Tokyo to participate in an MUN conference at the American International School of Japan.

In May, art students from SJA Jeju also traveled to Tokyo to explore landscaping, architecture, urban design, animation, and character and set design.

These trips and the many more that will follow in the years to come, underscore the need and importance for students to be exposed to novel ideas and concepts outside of the classroom This