Reflector 2008

Remember When...

REMEMBER WHEN... ReFLECTOR 2008—Dalat International School—Penang, Malaysia

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People’s Lives p. 6 Sports p. 58 Academics p. 80 Groups p. 110 Advertisements p. 136

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REFLECTOR 2008 Volume 46 Dalat International School Tanjung Bunga 11200 Penang, Malaysia Tel.: (60) 4-8992 105 Fax: (60) 4-8902 141 E-mail: office@dalat.org Website: www.dalat.org Population: 406 Students

135 Staff

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EGS straight, Justin Suen lands after his shot as Kevin Pyee lines up for his. Eyes following the ball, Seok Kyo Oh and Kendall Stenlund wait for the rebound. Everyday before school, students who arrived early would entertain themselves on the basketball and tennis courts and the playground, beginning another busy day.

The End of a Long Break

Together Again

“It’s so good to see you! I missed you so much!

How was your summer?” Cat Foster shrieked as she caught Sheena McLeod in a welcoming hug on the first day of school.

As the new school year began on our island paradise, you looked for friends from the last school year; so you could welcome them back and catch up with them after the long break.

Memories of the distant past, when you still counted yourself in elementary school, surfaced. You could remember when, in the good ol’ days, you and your friends would pick up where you had left off like nothing had happened. Change—which had so many implications in the “real” world—didn’t have many effects on the carefree days of elementary school.

Memories of middle school centered on when you and your friends tried to “act cool.”

You could remember when you forced your excitement at seeing your friends down in order to fit in. “Hey. What’s up?” your friend would say.

“Not much,” you replied. “You?”

Eanother MBRACING each other, Cat Foster and Sheena McLeod greet one after a long summer. “It’s really hard to leave everyone I love at school—especially my roommate,” said Foster. Students couldn’t contain the joy they felt at seeing friends from the previous year although they knew that school loomed just ahead.

He would, with hands in his pockets, say, “Nothing much.”

Small changes that didn’t matter to anyone became catastrophic events which decided the fate of the known world in middle school.

You remembered when, in high school, you and your friends would, as soon as you saw each other, begin planning out every weekend for the next six weeks. Shopping trips to Queensbay, movies runs at Gurney, and lazy days at friends’ houses took prominence over “trivial” things like chemistry homework.

As you snapped out of the daze reminiscing had taken you, you couldn’t help but think about some of the bad times you had experienced.

You realized that this new year as well—despite the fun activities you had planned—would present difficulties and challenges, many of which would differ from those you had faced before.

So you decided that no matter what changes happened—like the new spring break, renovations to the campus you loved, and the new faces that accompany a growing student body—they would not decide your year.

When things didn’t look too bright, you would remember when life looked much worse.

Surely that knowledge would keep you going because you realized that, “It doesn’t end here.”

—By Kyle Ladner

...Opening

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Waking Up to a New Year

Promise of Better Times

A new day dawned, a day that held promise that would soon die away. As you slammed your hand down on your alarm clock—which had so rudely awakened you—you thought about the day before when you had gone to school just to see people. Coming onto campus then had felt like stepping into a new world. You heard the crashing of the waves on the beach and wondered how you had survived an entire summer without that comforting sound. Although the campus itself hadn’t changed that much, your perspective had.

You decided that you needed to put extra effort into your classes, especially the ones that you didn’t do well in last year. You realized that you didn’t have to confine your efforts to school work; you could also put a little—if not a lot—of work into all the other aspects of school.

You would work harder in everything: in drama you would learn your lines twice as fast as anyone else, in sports you would push yourself three times as hard as anyone else, and in forensics you would go above and beyond what people expected of you. You wanted to push yourself to

R USHING to arrive on time to his eighth class of the year, Joshua Peace clutches his Health textbook. “I can’t believe that I just started my senior year,” said Peace. “It’s like I’m on the last leg of a marathon, or something.”

Students started the year strong, looking forward to the rewards that their hard work would reveal.

the point that you couldn’t do any better.

Thinking about the future caused you to think about what would drive you in the coming school year. Would pressure from parents or peers or your own desire motivate and push you? As you pondered the question, you realized that you would rather be driven by your own power.

Reaching that decision helped you to realize that you would go through phases where life seemed like it had reached rock bottom, places where you couldn’t, or wouldn’t, crawl out from.

You realized that though you could ask people for help, even your closest friends might fail you.

Even the adults that you trusted would not come through all the time. And at times, even your parents would not realize that you needed them; but all of these sources held valuable information.

You realized that you wouldn’t—couldn’t—live life on your own, so you decided to use all available resources to help you succeed.

But you also realized you needed help from someone infallible. Someone perfect, whose reach could completely enfold you in times of weakness, in times of pain, and in times of sorrow. You realized that only God could fit this criteria. So, after smashing down the snooze button on your alarm clock, you got out of bed and prepared yourself for school armed with God’s faithfulness and the knowledge that it doesn’t end here.

—By Kyle Ladner

...Opening

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The Ways We Played Reflections on our Daily Lives

play Four-square atop the bleachers. “I like spending time with my friends after school because we find lots of ways to have fun,” Mariana Moss said.

Students of all ages enjoyed hanging out after school to play foursquare, pick-up basketball, and football; but other students contented themselves by chatting with friends in the shade.

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nhaling deeply as his friends Kohei Shimizu and Brendan Frentz encourage him, Joshua Peace prepares to blow out his birthday candles. “I can’t believe they went through all the trouble of planning a surprise party for me,” said Peace; “it makes me feel special.” Students often went out of their way to make sure their friends birthdays didn’t go unnoticed.

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...People’s Lives Division Page

JEFFREY HOKYO

CAT FOSTER

As Mariana Moss sits idly watching, Erica Dass and Rebekah Steinkamp

You can’t remember the last time an evening went so horribly. First, the bus took so long that by the time you arrived at Chilis, your date, Rachel, didn’t want to wait for the main course; instead, she settled for an iced tea. Then you found your seats at the movie theatre late, missing the first 20 minutes of “Hairspray.” Your evening ended when Rachel, disgusted at the evening, caught a taxi alone; and as you wearily rode the bus back, you let your mind wander.

Memories all the way from kindergarten surfaced. Smiling, you recalled the play-dates you mom used to organize with Tyler, Katie, and Josh, your best friends in kindergarten.

As you pictured their faces, you laughed as you relived the birthday parties that you had attended with them.

Blending in with memories from kindergarten came those from elementary school. You remembered the first “secret” club that you and Stevie formed; it didn’t have tons of members but you belonged to it. You remembered when you and Jared almost killed a stray cat; you both expressed so much remorse that you swore abstinence from animal torture for a whole week; and then the next day you almost killed a young puppy. Laughter at that

memory dissipated as you recalled your music teacher. She had put you through hours of suffering that you now— looking back—grudgingly appreciate.

With excitement, you conjured up your middle school years. You remembered when you and Tim bought the same jeans and the same shirts as the coolest high schoolers Joel, Ted, and Chris. You recalled when you experimented with skateboards for the first time and all the scrapes that you acquired to prove it. You remembered when you watched “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” in theatres; but you couldn’t remember any of the other movies you saw in middle school.

Laughingly you still remembered when, for the first time in your high school career, you went on a date. You still can’t figure out why you ended up at the arcade, but you do recall that you lost every round of Dance Dance Revolution you played. You recollect when you went to the Golden Screen Cinemas with Sarah for the first time. The movie didn’t turn out well, but your date did. You even splurged and rode the taxi home together.

What a far cry from this your most recent date! “Oh well,” you thought as you dived into the covers that night, “it doesn’t end here.”

—By Kyle Ladner

People’s Lives

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“Picking up M&M’s with chopsticks… Oh man!

I really liked it!” said Andrew Jo excitedly.

Activities didn’t only happen quietly in their seats, but the seniors enjoyed an eating competition as well to help them understand cultural transition.

“I had to eat a whole jar of mayonnaise, and it made me puke after that game! But it was a good experience,” said Junho Choi not very happily.

“Some people got to eat good food such as chocolate bars or dried prunes, but I had to eat olives!

Mr. [Tim] Parsons made me drink the juice as well, or else I couldn’t go back to my seat!” Ashley Nam described with tears in her eyes.

“I enjoyed the speeches by the alumni because we got to hear different issues that they had to face during their college years,” said Nam. “In the evening there was another meeting! Right before we headed back to our room, I thought, ‘I’m gonna fall asleep,’” Marigan Dyck said with a yawn.

The next day, after the seniors finished all the meetings, activities, and time with friends, they headed back to school.

“It was good to see what is coming up in the next few months of my life. It is true that I got somewhat scared and worried after this retreat, but at the same time I decided to be hard on myself and get ready for next year!” said Jeff Hokyo.

After the retreat Dobbie walked away from Paradise Hotel, and as she started making plans for the weekend, she remembered all the things she’d learned over the past few sessions.

—By Kohei Shimizu

Remember When... ...the seniors were gone for a day?

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ECAUSE of the rush for time, Ashan Dias finds it hard to pick up M&M’s using chopsticks. During the Senior Transition Retreat, the seniors not only attend meetings, but they also enjoyed playing random activities, which helped them to relax.

“It was awesome to be the oldest at school.”

—Sheena McLeod “I enjoyed being the oldest at school because I got to ‘rule’ for a day!”

—Kat Kang “I didn’t feel anything different from usual except the campus was so quiet without them.”

—Cindy Wang “I will miss them, but I am looking forward to being a senior next year!”

—Rami Lee “That was the saddest and also the most quiet day for me! I am going to miss the seniors next year when they leave...”

—Sung-Bum Kim

KOHEI SHIMIZU

“Where is the conference room?” Amber Dobbie asked her friends as they wandered around the hotel grounds before the first meeting began.

Seniors had the opportunity to learn how to make the transition from high school to college easier at the Senior Transition Retreat, an overnight seminar at Paradise Hotel from 21-22 February.

The second semester proved a stressful time for the seniors, but they found it helpful to prepare for the future as they attended the meetings.

One of the activities involved watching “Cast Away,” which showed how preparing for next year could “save their lives” as they moved on to a different stage of life, college.

The video told the story of a man who got stuck on an island with no people around. He attempted to leave the island; but because he did not prepare beforehand, he failed to do so.

On his second attempt, because he had a better raft and more preparation, he finally made it to a different island.

“By watching that video, I got a bit scared; but it also reminded me that preparing is very important,” Paul Wang said.

Joy Li added, “The activity of finding my own values was pretty neat too! I admit that it was very hard to pick two values out of 40 value cards, but it helped me learn more about myself.”

Most of the activities contained “hidden values” or “messages”; the seniors, however, did play a game that had nothing to do with transition but simply for the sake of entertainment.

They had to roll a die and then pick up M&M’s with chopsticks each time they rolled a six.

LANCING at their Value Cards, Cindy Hsieh and Miho Kawabata try to pick their two most important values. After the meetings, the seniors participated in a variety of activities that Mr. Tim Parsons and Mrs. Jacki Steinkamp planned for them. Most of the games helped the seniors understand the concepts that they discussed during the retreat.

KOHEI SHIMIZU

Walking the Plank

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Brendon MacIain Buntain, Penang, Malaysia

Brendan James Frentz, Penang, Malaysia

Class Excom 4; Choir 4; Band 1; Prayer Meeting 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 1; Industrial Arts Award 1; Bible Award 3; Foreign Language Award 3; Social Studies Award 3; National Honor Society 3, 4

Dorm Rep. 2, 3, 4; Choir 4; Drama 2, 3, 4; Forensics 2, 3, 4; Ambassadors 3, 4; Volleyball 3; Softball 4; English Award 2; REFLECTOR 3

StuCo President 4; Class Excom 3; Choir 4; Drama 4; Instrumental Lessons 1; Ensemble 4; Jazz Band 2, 3, 4; Ambassadors 2, 3, 4; Worship Team 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 2; Tennis 1; REFLECTOR 4; AMD 4

StuCo Class Rep 3; Teacher’s Ass’t 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2; Football 1; Basketball 1, 2, 4; Science Award 3

Choir 4; Drama 3; Badminton 2, 3; Ambassadors 2, 3; Football 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 2; Basketball 2, 3, 4; MSSPP Track 2; Floorball 2, 3

Caleb J. W. Caldwell, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Teacher’s Ass’t 4; Instrumental Lessons 3; Football 3, 4; Volleyball 2; REFLECTOR 4

Choir 3,4; Badminton 2; Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2; AMD 4

Becky Chiang, Penang, Malaysia

Junho Choi, Busan, Korea

Laura Marie Danneker, Bangkok, Thailand

Dorm Rep 4; Class Excom 1; Teacher’s Ass’t 1; Tutoring 2, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Drama 1, 2, 3, 4; Forensics 2, 4; Instrumental Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4; Jazz Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Ambassadors 1, 2, 4; English Award 1, 2; Science Award 1, 2; Bible Award 1; Math Award 1; Foreign Language Award 2; Fine Arts Award 2; AMD 4

Ashan Dias, Penang, Malaysia

Choir 4, Tennis 1; Industrial Arts 1, 2

Science Award 2

Class Excom 4; Teacher’s Ass’t 4; Choir 1, 3, 4; Drama 1; Instrumental Lessons 2, 3, 4; Badminton 1; Ensemble 3, 4; Ambassadors 2; Volleyball 3, 4

Amber Dobbie, Penang, Malaysia

Marigan Breanne Dyck, Pontianak, Indonesia

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Kirsten Faith Ann Gamble, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Jeffrey D. Tadashi Hokyo, Penang, Malaysia

Regina Jung Min Hong, Penang, Malaysia StuCo Officer 4; Choir 4; Volleyball 2, 3; Softball 4; Cindy Hsin Ting Hsieh, Sungai Petani, Malaysia

David Im Sung Hyun, Ulsan, Korea

Teacher’s Ass’t 2; Badminton 1, 2, 3; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 2; Basketball 2; Foreign Language Award 1,3; AMD 4

Andrew Jo, Penang, Malaysia

Teacher’s Ass’t 4; Tutoring 2, 4; Band 1, 2, 4; Jazz Band 1, 2, 3; Football 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 2; Basketball 1; Bible Awards 2; Social Studies Award 3

Sung-In Kang, Penang, Malaysia

Class Excom 1; Teacher’s Ass’t 3, 4; Choir 4; Football 1; Volleyball 1; Basketball 1

...Senior Transition Retreat

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Waves of Fun enemy. “Even though not everyone participated, everyone encouraged and supported us, so we bonded as a class very well!” said Li. The next day, after the battles on the paint-ball field, the seniors focused on water activities. Under the sun and with blaring music, classmates fought with each other for wake-boards. “I attempted water-skiing 50 times and failed every single time.

Even though I am still sore from it, I enjoyed my time in Phuket,” Kirsten Westergren said.

Marigan Dyck added, “Knee boarding was really hard, but I would have to say it was my most thrilling experience.”

The group not only participated in man-made water activities like wake-boarding and waterskiing, but they also entertained themselves on the beach. “Waves at the beach were incredible. It was really nice for surfing! I can never find waves like that in Penang,” Frentz said. The class also enjoyed tanning on the white sand.

“Our four nights five days in Phuket went really quick! I wish I could stay longer,” Paul Wang said.

On the day they left, the seniors, tan and with sad faces, all agreed that the time in Phuket had flown by too fast.

As soon as 34 seniors and their sponsors wearily boarded the Firefly jet, they took off for Penang.

Their trip had ended but they held on to a bundle of memories.

—By Kohei Shimizu

...Senior class went bungee jumping?

“It was so fun to watch Shin [Park] getting dunk in the water.”

—Jeff Hokyo “I was certain that Ashley [Nam] is the bravest woman that I’ve ever met in my life because she was the first person to jump!”

—Joy Li “Even though I didn’t jump, I could feel the excitement through people’s voices.”

—Naomi Tami

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URFBOARDS in hand, Gary Kennedy, Caleb Caldwell, Jeff Hokyo, Kael Steinert, Kohei Shimizu, and Brendan Frentz set out for the ocean waves to test their skills. On the last day of sneak, the seniors went to Kata Beach to surf, enjoy the clear water, and soak in the sun. “It was so nice to finally get some big waves after living in Penang,” said Steinert.

“When I saw the jumping board, I was sure that it is not for me because I get scared of height!”

—Miho Kawabata

TIFFANY STEINKAMP

KOHEI SHIMIZU

TIFFANY STEINKAMP

“Dude! Turn off your phone!” shouted Sung-In Kang with a fearful look on his face as 34 seniors and their sponsors boarded the FireFly Focker 50 airplane.

Ashley Nam said, “This is like a charter jet! I feel like we are taking over this plane!” Regina Hong nodded in agreement.

After a 55-minute flight, the class of 2008 arrived in Phuket to begin their “sneak.” They took a bus and headed to Kata Palm Resort Hotel. After checking-in, everyone gobbled the delicious Thai food at local restaurants and had a devotional time as a class. At 1:00 a.m., the long tiring day ended.

Everyone went to bed excited about the next day’s activities.

“BUNGEEEEE!!!” Naomi Tami shouted excitedly in the hotel lobby early the next morning.

Thai speakers Joy Li and Laura Danneker arranged four red song theows, local taxis, and they headed to the bungee jump place.

“GO, Ashley! You can do it!” Everyone cheered Nam from the bottom of the jump board. Following her, Chris Kim, David Im, Regina Hong, Jeff Hokyo, Jun Ho Choi, Kohei Shimizu, Brendan Frentz, Kirsten Gamble, Mr. Greg Stenlund, and Shin-Myung Park plunged 50 meters toward the surface of a lake. After the 11 brave people took a group photo with their certificates, they headed back to the hotel.

“Be out at the lobby by two o’clock! We are going to go paint-balling in the afternoon!” said Mrs. Jacki Steinkamp.

“Ewww! My helmet stinks!” said Tiffany Steinkamp as she put on her paint-ball gear. After Mr. Karl Steinkamp divided the group into three teams, the class suddenly eyed their classmates as

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“I gained insight on how people jumping off buildings felt like the safe way.“ —Chris Kim “I loved Jeff [Hokyo]’s girlie screaming’” —Tiffany Steinkamp

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...Senior Trip to Phuket

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AINFULLY laughing, Kirsten Westergren endures the strenuous stretching of a traditional Thai massage.

Because sneak took place during rainy season, the seniors decided to indulge in massages. For only 250Baht (rm25), the seniors relieved their sore muscles from the intense water and bungee activities.

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OW! That looks so easy!” said Ashley Nam while watching the other seniors knee board. After trying it for herself, though, she found that the sport proved more difficult than it looked. A day of knee boarding, water skiing, and wake boarding left the seniors tired, sore, and in need of a plate of pad Thai.

OU’RE the man!” Cheer the seniors as Junho Choi finishes his 50-meter fall. Choi’s face turned red as the workers untied his feet. “I felt so good after I got out of the cord,” said Choi.

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Jivin’ to the Music Looking at what they had created in such a short time, the junior class felt a sense of pride. Kat Kang said, “I was pretty impressed with how hard our class worked and how well we pulled it together! Even though we were all pretty stressed, the final product was definitely worth it. And the food was amazing; I especially liked the chocolate Oreo cheesecake that Norman [Kiehl] baked.”

After the seniors had left sneakily to Thailand, the juniors threw their plans into action; the class came together to create the “Right Foot Diner.”

The juniors and their sponsors had worked hard all weekend before the dinner and everyday after school leading up to the night. Risako Okazaki said, “I became closer with other people in my class I hadn’t known before. It even made the work fun!”

Long after eating “Boppin’ Burgers” and drinking “Motown Milkshakes,” ’50’s swinging music rang through junior and seniors’ minds, as well as images of a hairy Elvis standing on a black and white checkered dance floor. Not only did the night turn out great for hanging out in a hoppin’ diner, but it also ended up being a night of great bonding, lots of laughter, and many memories to look back on over the year.

—By Sheena McLeod

...Jonathan [Hayashi] dressed up and sang like Elvis Presley?

Miho Kawabata, Tsukuba, Japan Choir 4; Band 2,3; Football 1; Softball 4

WINGING to the music ringing through the chapel, Paul Wang and Joy Li laugh as they dance across the floor. Seniors relished the privilege of having one more night of enjoyment before going back to the “real world” after their sneak to Phuket.

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KOHEI SHIMIZU

“Yeah, I’m pretty sure his chest hair fell out while he was singing!”

—Cat Foster

TOMACHS full of burgers and fries, Jesse Thompson, Joel Roberts, and Kirsten Gamble sit in satisfaction as they talk about their recent sneak to Phuket. The After- Sneak Dinner included burgers, fries, cheesecake, and homemade milkshakes to feed the hungry seniors and juniors.

“He did a really good job.

His singing and performance made the night so entertaining and fun!”

—Lindsey Yow

KOHEI SHIMIZU

“I had the urge to say Elvis has left the building every time he walked away.”

—Caleb Caldwell

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OU ain’t nothing but a hound-dog...” Jonathan Hayashi’s voice rings out through the makeshift diner in the chapel as he moves to the tune of Elvis. Seniors and juniors enjoyed live entertainment as they ate together at the round tables, talking and laughing and enjoying one another’s company.

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“Was he singing? Or was he lip syncing? Because I couldn’t tell! He was so good!

—Sung Bum Kim

KOHEI SHIMIZU

October started out with a bang and a little Elvis.

The seniors returned from their sneak to Phuket, Thailand with the junior class excom waiting at the airport with black and white CDs, hinting at the party that would happen the next night.

As the seniors strolled into the chapel on the night of Wednesday 3 October, wonder filled their faces.

“The decorations were beautiful! I was so shocked when I went into the chapel. The lighting was really cool too. And I like how they served different flavors of milkshakes at the mini bar,” said Paul Wang.

The chapel walls looked dramatic with the windows covered in red paper and music notes dotting the surrounding areas along with a black and white checkerboard pattern on the bottom half of the wall. Instruments dangling from the ceiling, and the floor with it’s enormous black and white squares caught students’ attention. The chapel appeared as though set decades ago–complete with a wooden, painted version of Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe standing at the front, near the stage, waiting for some picture taking. Jeff Hokyo said, “I thought I looked especially nice with the body of Marilyn Monroe next to me!”

Not only did the diner decorations stun the seniors with wonder, but when Jonathan Hayashi stepped in the room, disbelief and amusement filled their eyes. Hayashi, impersonating Elvis— chest hair and all—captured the eyes of all the diner guests. “He did a really good job, down to the outfit and the wig—he even sang the songs in the same style!” said Laura Danneker in amazement.

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Joshua Wesley Peace, New Delhi, India StuCo Rep 2,3; Dorm Rep 4; Drama 3, 4; Chapel Team 3, 4; Football 2,3, 4; Volleyball 2; Floorball 2,3; Softball 4

Gary David Kennedy, Penang, Malaysia Instrumental lessons 2

Chris Seong Min Kim, Si Heung, Korea StuCo Pep Chairman 4; Choir 4; Badminton 2; Jazz Band 2; Chess 2; Tennis 3; Football 1,2,3, 4; Basketball1,2,3; P.E. Award 3; REFLECTOR 4

Joy Li Yun-Pui, Lampang, Thailand

StuCo Class Rep 2; Dorm Rep 4; Class Excom 1, 3, 4; Teacher’s Ass’t 1,2; Choir 4; Band 1,2; Instrumental Lessons 1; Badminton 3; Jazz Band 3; Ambassadors 1; Worship Team 4; Football 1,2; National Honor Society 3, 4

Kyle Lin, Penang, Malaysia Teacher’s Ass’t 1; Tutor 4; Badminton 1,2,3, 4; Sci ence Award 3

Ashley Woon Jeong Nam, Penang, Malaysia

StuCo Business Manager 4; Softball 4; English Award 2; AMD 4

Class Excom 4; Band 4; Ambassadors 3; Worship Team 4; Softball 4

Hannah Kyung-Ae Park,, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sinmyung, Shin Park, Daegu, Korea

StuCo Class Rep 4; Teacher’s Ass’t 4; Tutoring 2; Choir 4; Ensemble 4; Jazz Band 2,3, 4; Ambassadors 4; Worship Team 1, 2,3, 4; Chess 2; Floorball 2

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...Seniors (Kawabata – Wang)

Joel Aidan Roberts, Penang, Malaysia

Ambassadors 1,2,3; Science Award 3; Bible Award 1,2,3; Math Award 1,2,3; Social Studies Award 1; National Honor Society 3, 4

Class Excom 2,3, 4; Teacher’s Ass’t 2,3,4; Band 1,2,3; Badminton 1,2; Ensemble 4; Jazz Band 1,2,3, 4; ESL Tutor 2,3, 4; Volleyball 2; Basic English Award 1; REFLECTOR 4

Kohei Shimizu, Yokohama City, Japan

Kael Andrew Steinert, Penang, Malaysia

Teacher’s Ass’t 4; Band 1; Instrumental Lessons 2; Football 1; Basketball 1, 4

Tiffany Anne Steinkamp, Penang, Malaysia

Class Excom 4; Teacher’s Ass’t 4; Instrument Lessons 1,2,3; REFLECTOR 4; NHS 4; Football 1,2, 3, 4; Volleyball 1, 4; B-ball 1; Track 3

Naomi Laura Tami, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Excom 3, 4; Teacher’s Ass’t 2,3; Choir 3, 4; Drama

2, 4; Voice 4; Ensemble 4; English Award 3; Bible Award 2

Choir 4; Drama 3, 4; Ambassadors 3, 4; Worship 4; Volleyball 3, 4; Softball 4; NHS 3, 4

Teacher’s Ass’t 2; Choir 1; Band 2,3, 4; Instrument Lessons 4, Badminton 1,2; B-ball 2; Bible Award 3

Jesse Beth Thompson, Penang, Malaysia Paul Wang, Taipei, Taiwan

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Goo Jih Pah!

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“Guys! Bumper cars! Now!” yelled Sung-In Kang over the chaos.

As the seniors let loose across the theme park, the sponsors relaxed and enjoyed the break from their jobs and their children.

“It was so enjoyable. I even got to whoop Brendan [Frentz] and Brendon [Buntain] in a friendly bowling match with Mr. [Karl] Steinkamp,” said Mr. Stenlund.

That night the seniors dined like kings and queens at the Genting Highlands Pizza Hut. Immediately following their meal, several skydived at the skydiving simulator.

“Ashley [Nam] had the best technique. She looked like a bear suspended in midair! Oh, and Mr. Stenlund had some crazy G-forces on his face! It was so funny to watch,” said Kirsten Westergren.

The following morning, the class gathered for one final class photo, grabbed a breakfast on the go from Burger King, and headed for the bus. Tired, cold, yet refreshed and satisfied, they enjoyed the long, ride home.

“Goo, jih, pah anyone?” asked Paul Wang.

“No, no more goo. Just go to sleep already,” said Joy Li. —By Jeff Hokyo

...when we seniors spent six hours on the bus to Genting Highlands?

“I thought it was funny how eight people were trying to watch a movie on Kyle Lin’ s computer. Brendan [Frentz] was lying on the floor between the chairs.”

—Caleb Caldwell “I beat everyone in goo jih pah! So good, lah!”

—Paul Wang

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“I had to pee so bad on the bus! The bus driver only stopped once!”

—Ashley Nam

RACING himself for the impending swing, Brendan Frentz looks back at his classmates on the Genting Highlands’ “Twirly Whirl. ” The seniors had one day to roam free in the amusement park to go on all the rides they could. Unfortunately for them, the weather proved less than ideal, and they spent much of their time indoors; nevertheless, the class bonded together and enjoyed their long-anticipated Mini- Sneak.

“I was kind of annoyed because I kept getting woken up by screams of goo, jih, pah! ” —Tiffany Steinkamp

StuCo Officer 4; Dorm Council 3; T.A. 1; Choir 4; Band 1; Football 1, 3, 4; Volleyball 1, 4; Basketball 1, 3; Track 2; Cross Country 2; English 3; Art 3; Foreign Language 1; National Honor Society 3, 4; REFLECTOR 4,

“I got so carsick; it’ s not even funny. ” —Kirsten Westergren “I was watching a movie for awhile, but then the computer ran out of battery; so I had to resort to goo jih pah!”

—Brendan Frentz

Lindsey Ann Yow, Penang, Malaysia

Choir 4, Drama 3,

MRS. JACKI STEINKAMP

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...Seniors (Westergren – Yow)

JEFF HOKYO

“Yeah, I slept. ” —Sung-In Kang

Kirsten Beth Westergren, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

E’S huge!” says Marigan Dyck to Laura Danneker about the tallest man in Ripley’ s Museum. In the Genting Highlands, the seniors not only rode the rides but also went to the Haunted House and Ripley’ s Believe It or Not! museum.

“Bus ride? What bus ride?

Oh yeah! The one I slept through. No, I don’t remember anything.”

—Kael Steinert

JEFF HOKYO

“Hey! Stop your yapping! I’m not gonna turn around ’cause I’m gonna get carsick,” said Mr. Greg Stenlund from the front of the bus.

Because of their hard work as juniors, the seniors managed to raise enough money to go on two class trips. On 7 March, 30 seniors and four sponsors boarded the bus and began their six-hour journey to the Genting Highlands.

Throughout the duration of the bus ride, they slept, ate, became nauseous, and played games to pass the time.

“Goo! Jih! Pah! AHHHHH!!!!” yelled Paul Wang as he jumped out of his bus seat with his fist held up in triumph.

Goo, jih, pah, a variation of rock paper scissors, occupied the restless seniors for well over an hour.

Finally, after two rest stops and a box of car sickness tablets, they arrived at the bottom of the Genting Highlands.

The next 20 minutes proved more trying on some students than the rest of the trip with the gondola ride. “I was so scared! Kael [Steinert] kept shaking the gondola back and forth and leaning out the sides!” said Naomi Tami.

When they reached the summit, gusts of cold air and a cloud of mist met the students. “The mist was so cool. We couldn’t even see a few feet in front of us,” said Kyle Lin. The next morning, the class met at the misty gates of the amusement park, eagerly awaiting their entry into the wonderful world of high speed roller coasters and motion sickness. For the rest of the day the class enjoyed the rides and other attractions that the Genting Highlands offered.

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ISTS held out, Paul Wang “outs” his fellow classmates in goo, jih, pah, a Taiwanese variation of rock, paper scissors. To pass the time on the bus, the seniors played games, watched movies, sang songs, “bus surfed, ” and slept.

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Makin’ Moolah

Kaleb Archer, 11 Penang, Malaysia Tim Babcock, 11 Vientiane, Laos Kirsten Brink, 11 Hao, Vietnam Boch Chiao, 11 Penang, Malaysia Josephine Choi, 11 Penang, Malaysia Melanie Debatin, 11 Penang, Malaysia Estefania Diago, 11 Penang, Malaysia Abigail Eckman, 11 Jakarta, Indonesia Cat Foster, 11 Moscow, Russia Jonathan Hayashi, 11 Shizuoka-ken, Japan Robert Hinton, 11 Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A. Bo-Suk Hong, 11 Seoul, Korea

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...Juniors (Archer – Ladner)

reflected back on the class project.

As people all over the world received letters, money started to pour in. The junior class received over rm20K for all their hard work, andthey rejoiced in the feeling of accomplishment that came along with it all.

Along with other fund-raisers, the grade elevens sang love songs to those in need of some tender loving care on Valentine’s Day. For a week, juniors sat by the clock tower and sold “singing for your sweetheart” telegrams for five ringgit.

Then, on the “most loving” day of the year, they went around for two class periods and sang short parts of love songs to the unsuspecting— and embarrassed (they hoped)—“victims” of a friend, lover, teacher, or parent’s sign of affection.

Jonathan Hayashi’s background beat boxing and Babcock’s attempt at conducting the singing juniors added some amusement and uniqueness to the valentines.

Working towards a common goal brought the class of 2009 together in a bond different from any other. Mrs. Robin Mahoney said, “Being a junior class sponsor was great because I loved seeing everyone become closer.”

Life may have been consumed with making money, but at the end of the day, all the fun and fulfillment came from forming bonds with their classmates, learning how to work hard, and maybe eating some freezies along the way.

—By Sheena McLeod

“Stupid ants!”

—Hung Yi Song “More for your money.

The ants come free with the candy!”

—Katherine Kang “It’s good for you—adds protein to the junk food.”

—Aunt Julia Bieling “I love the flavor that they add to the candy.”

—Santi Niramitvijit “Hmmmm......junior class should sell ants on stick!”

—Max Litowski

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“HALF PRICE!” —Jeff Hokyo SHEENA MCLEOD

EVVING up his engine and chopping up long over-grown grass, Jonathan Hayashi uses the weed whacker to clear the weeds. Juniors spent eight hours chopping, weeding, raking, and clearing at the Saint Nicholas School to fulfill the pledges they received for their Serve-athon.

S Riley Mahoney exclaims over the amazing price of the Korean chocolate covered chestnuts, Abigail Thompson gets ready to charge them to his account.

Juniors, other high school students, and staff alike enjoyed the privilege of charging candy to their accounts, instead of paying cash.

...ants decided to make their homes in the junior class candy?

KYLE LADNER

“Get your freezies here! Buy some candy and support the junior class!”

Melanie Debatin and Susheela Meyyappan walked around near the canteen, promoting their class’ goods. Students and staff milled around the brown table near the canteen to get a better look at what the grade eleven’s offered. One ringgit red, blue, green, purple, orange, and pink Kool-Aid freezies filled the hands of excited elementary kids who handed over their cherished money to Min-Ji Kang, the designated money handler for the day. The braver, older high school kids paid two ringgit to get their fix of a coffee or Milo freezie.

Not only did the juniors raise money through selling freezies, but they brought candy from America—such as Reese’s Pieces, Butterfingers, Nerd Ropes, and Pixy Sticks—to sell as well as these icies made of their own labor.

They also spent eight hours working at the St. Nicholas’ Home for the Visually Impaired. They chopped down trees—hoping no one would get hit by the falling timber—raked up dead leaves, mowed long-grown grass, and cleaned a fish pond.

Not only did the class work hard to make the home a nicer looking place, but they did it all in the pouring rain!

“The hardest part of the Serve-athon was ripping out the weeds from the fence and pulling down massive tree branches. But it was really fun to work in the rain and at the end of the day be really drenched,” said Abigail Eckman.

The bonus became apparent as the juniors finished their Serve-athon. They had all sent letters to friends and family asking for sponsorship for their workday before they went out for the work. “I sent a lot of letters asking people to support our class, and I was surprised at all the people who decided to support us. “It was really rewarding,” said Tim Babcock as he

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Jason Hsiao, 11 Penang, Malaysia John Jang, 11 Penang, Malaysia Juhee Jeong, 11 Penang, Malaysia Anna Kang, 11 Kyungki-Do, Korea Katherine Kang, 11 Kwangju City, Korea Min-Ji Kang, 11 Penang, Malaysia Norman Kiehl, 11 Penang, Malaysia David Kim, 11 Penang, Malaysia Helen Kim, 11 Penang, Malaysia Paul Kim, 11 Penang, Malaysia Sung-Bum Kim, 11 Penang, Malaysia Kyle Ladner, 11 Subang Jaya, Malaysia

...Junior Fund-raising 17

Beyond the Gates

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AREFULLY measuring out a half teaspoon of baking powder, Jamie Thompson giggles as Jesse Beth Thompson attempts to pour powdered sugar into the mixing bowl. Many day students helped their parents in the kitchen by baking scrumptious desserts, cooking dinner, or washing the dishes.

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ITH eyes glued on her older sister, , Rebekah Steinkamp listens as Tiffany intently comments on the music as they watch Jazelle and Prince Charming traipsing around New York in “Enchanted.” Spending time with siblings helped students relax at home on weekends and on school nights.

JESSE BETH THOMPSON

MRS. MIA STEINKAMP

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Ji-Soo Lee, 11 Binh Duong, Vietnam Rami Lee, 11 Sarawak, Malaysia Sally Lee,11 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Riley Mahoney, 11 Penang, Malaysia Bruce Mak, 11 Khonkaen, Thailand Sheena McLeod, 11 Bali, Indonesia Susheela Meyyappan, 11 Penang, Malaysia Seung-Yoon Nam, 11 Penang, Malaysia Risako Okazaki, 11 Chiba, Japan Yu-Shin Park, 11 Penang, Malaysia Fatemeh Shahabi Haghighi, 11 Penang , Malaysia Mei-Xian Shee, 11 Penang , Malaysia

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...Juniors (Lee) – Sophomores (Choi)

JOEL ROBERTS

AUGHING as Mr. Steve Roberts tells a joke, Breanna Roberts, Joel Roberts, and Mrs. Lydia Roberts continue to play their game of Alhambra. Day students and their families often played board games or card games as a way to spend quality time with one another and as a way to de-stress.

“Hey Danae [Frentz], do you want to go see a movie with us tonight? A bunch of us are thinking about going to watch “27 Dresses” at Gurney,” said Margaret Stebbins.

“I can’t this week, but maybe next weekend. I’m going out to dinner with my family tonight! I hope you guys have fun though, and make sure to tell me if it’s good!” replied Frentz.

The life of a typical day student presented the same schedule as a dorm student; wake up, go to school, go home, eat dinner, do homework, go to bed; but it also came with a whole new dimension of Penang life.

Not only did they spend time with friends and teachers at school, but they also conversed with family and friends around the island on a daily basis. Within their apartment complexes and neighborhoods, day students had the opportunity to bond with people of different cultures and religions.

Living off campus allowed students to learn more about the people of Penang, Jeff Hokyo said, “My parents and I always go out to eat at Subway after church; it’s become a tradition.

I enjoy spending time with my parents before a hectic week of school.”

“I really enjoy living in my neighborhood because my neighbors are so nice. My next door neighbor Hannah is just a bit younger than I, but we still have so much fun together,” said Rebekah Steinkamp. “My neighbors even invited me to be in their mooncake festival parade, and they gave me a lantern to carry. After the parade we ate mooncakes and drank hot tea together under a canopy,” said Rebekah Steinkamp.

“I really like my neighbors. They go to Uplands school, so it is kind of fun to hang out with them and learn about their school. They are really interesting and fun to be with every once in a while.” said Kohei Shimizu.

Not only did they spend time with neighbors, but many day students also became close friends with other local people in the community.

Branching out to those who weren’t necessarily a part of the school community added another aspect to life in Penang.

“I have a friend that works at Coffee Bean at the airport. I see him almost every time I am there which is cool, and we sometimes even go out and watch professional soccer together. He is a really cool guy,” said Brendan Frentz.

“I go to my church youth group every Friday night, and I get to hang out with some friends who don’t go to our school. It is really fun to go to because I have gotten to make a lot of really great friends. I even play guitar for the worship team which is a lot of fun,” said Joel Roberts.

Spending nights and weekends with family became another advantage for day students.

Dinner conversation varied from household to household, but each meal provided the opportunity for the family to grow closer to one another and to talk about their days.

“My family always watches a movie together on Sunday nights. My mom pops popcorn and mixes it with MMs for us to eat, and then we watch a movie. It is one of my favorite parts of the weekend,” said Mikaela Steinkamp.

Whether spending time with friends at school, hanging out at home with the family, or going out with other friends on the island, day students built friendships that would last through the years and bonded with family while doing special activities together.

“Have fun with your family, and tell them all I say hi!” said Stebbins.

“OK, I will! Have fun at the movie. Don’t miss me too much,” replied Frentz.

—By Tiffany Steinkamp

Remember When... ...the dorm kids left for Christmas Break?

“I almost died of boredom!“ —Sung Bum Kim “I played hide and seek at Queensbay while wearing Barney masks.”

—Kael Steinert “After the dorm kids left I was pretty bored, but my friends and I who were still in Penang managed to have a really good time.

—Tiffany Hsiang “After the dorm kids left, my family and I went to Japan on vacation. It was a lot of fun and I ate so much that I ended up gaining one kg.“ —Rachel Leung “I really missed my friends, but it was really fun to go on vacation with my family in Hong Kong.”

—Ken Chee

Joshua Shipman, 11 Penang, Malaysia Hung Yi Song, 11 Penang, Malaysia Willis Stebbins, 11 Penang, Malaysia Abigail Thompson, 11 Mandolkiri, Cambodia Cindy Wang, 11 Penang, Malaysia Gilbert Weng, 11 Penang, Malaysia Joshua Blatt, 10 Penang, Malaysia Sydnye Blatt, 10 Penang, Malaysia Nadia Boshoff, 10 Penang, Malaysia Jonathan Brokaw, 10 Penang, Malaysia Frank Cheng, 10 Taipei, Taiwan Peter Choi, 10 Seoul, Korea

...Off-Campus Life 19

Ezra Dass, 10 Penang, Malaysia Rishika Dias, 10 Penang, Malaysia Kirk Fraiser, 10 Penang, Malaysia Jessica Gamble, 10 Dushanbe, Tajikistan Gary Geh, 10 Penang, Malaysia Victor Ho, 10 Penang, Malaysia Tiffany Hsiang, 10 Penang, Malaysia Se-Chan Hwang, 10 Seoul, Korea Juah Jeong, 10 Penang, Malaysia Bill Kang, 10 Seoul, Korea Bona Kim, 10 Penang, Malaysia Daniel Kim, 10 Chittagong, Bangladesh

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...Sophomores (Dass – Park)

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...you had your “crazy” class party at Dalat?

OING over the meeting notes, James Lyman and Nadia Boshoff try to make important decisions for their class. They led not only excom but also class meetings and made their year better by helping class members come close to each other.

“Yeah! We had a fear factor thing front of the chapel during my sophomore year! It was so nasty how people had to eat all this crazy stuff, but I really enjoyed watching them!”

—Josh Peace “My sophomore class party wasn’t very special. It was just a lock-in with movies and snacks, but I enjoyed staying up late at night with my friends talking about random stuff.”

—San-Jun Wang “First part of my class party was to wash cars.

The idea was unique, and we all enjoyed splashing water at each other.”

—Esther Park

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enjoy myself, but I also learned that planning for parties can also be fun!”

Sophomores didn’t only enjoy exciting activities, but some also focused on academics. A few sophomores began work on their Advanced Merit Diploma, a two year graduation program.

At the beginning of the year, AMD Adviser Mr. Greg Stenlund gave a speech to the sophomore class to explain the program. After the meeting, the sophomores understood the benefits as well as the challenges of AMD. “When I heard that AMD looks better when I’m picking a school, I knew that I wanted to do it.

But at the same time, I have to do hours of service outside school, so I’m scared about completing that requirement,” said Rolland Leung, one of the candidates.

Besides the serious decisions of AMD, the class of 2010 also had to pick their class sponsors for their junior and senior years and present them on the night of the Junior-Senior Banquet.

“What we did was we basically had a meeting as a class and made a list with ‘possible people’ on it. And after that, we, the excom, talked about it in detail and finalized the list,” said Park.

“The excom members are working so hard this year, and I really appreciate them because I know that they are helping us bond better with each other and also making decisions for our future years,” said May Yamauchi.

As they finished presenting their sponsors, Mr. and Mrs. Munson, Mr. and Mrs. Chinn, and Mr. and Mrs. Archer, on the stage, the sophomores proudly took off to enjoy the night of JSB that the junior class hosted at Park Royal Hotel.

“I really enjoyed the night, but at the same time, I am scared because one year from today, we’re going to be the junior class working so hard,” said Boshoff.

—By Kohei Shimizu

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“We have to have a meeting as a class soon!” said James Lyman, addressing the other sophomore Student Council representatives Nadia Boshoff and Esther Park about picking and presenting their sponsors for their junior and senior years.

StuCo representatives didn’t only have to host meetings for their class, but they also had to plan fun activities as well as a class service project.

On 5 October, the sophomore class organized a car wash. They didn’t only wash the school vans, but they also provided their service to teachers as they drove by.

“I like playing with water, so I really had fun washing cars and splashing my friends! Also I got to bond with my classmates whom I don’t usually hang out with, so I thought that was cool,” said Kirk Fraiser.

“It’s true that I got a little bit upset when people started to play with water, but I have to agree that it was fun,” added Boshoff.

Jacob Kimball said, “The funny thing about my classmates is that not many people knew that they would get wet when they washed cars, so some people were wearing something nice!”

After a tiring day, the sophomores relaxed by having supper together. “It was my first time to eat supper with some of my classmates because it was only the beginning of the year, so that really helped me make new friends,” said Axel Loehden.

After dinner, everyone went down to the chapel and enjoyed the second part of their sophomore event, a lock-in. Although not everyone came to wash cars because of schedule conflicts with sports, a majority of the class made it to the lock-in.

“We basically watched movies, ate snacks, and played games the whole night! I was so tired the next morning, but it was so fun!” said Ezra Dass.

Lyman added, “I have to agree with Ezra!

Everything turned out quite nicely, so I didn’t only

Remember When...

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XCITEDLY yet nervously, May Yamauchi, Jacob Kimball, and Jessica Gamble present their own sponsors for their junior and senior years. The sophomore class announced its sponsors to students and staff on the night of the Junior- Senior Banquet in the chapel.

Jamie Kim, 10 Penang, Malaysia Jacob Kimball, 10 Hue, Vietnam Yea-Lim Ko, 10 Penang, Malaysia Joseph Lee, 10 Penang, Malaysia Kirsten Lee, 10 Penang, Malaysia Vivian Lee, 10 Penang, Malaysia Rolland Leung, 10 Penang, Malaysia Elmo Lin, 10 Penang, Malaysia Axel Loehden, 10 Penang, Malaysia James Lyman, 10 Penang, Malaysia Golnaz Nazem, 10 Penang, Malaysia Esther Park, 10 Penang, Malaysia

...Sophomore Activities

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Culinary Cuisines

Remember when...

Emily Peace contemplated her options as she walked slowly through the “Seaside Cafe” lunch line. The choices varied: should she choose salad, a sandwich, hot lunch, or all three? Along with the food options, Peace had a variety of different drinks to select from as well.

Throughout the cafeteria, students of all ages milled around, eating, talking, and laughing. Food from all over the world—Indian, American, and Malaysian—satisfied the appetites of the ravenous students. Jacob Kimball said, “The cafeteria food here is really good. It tastes like real food and not like plastic.”

In addition to the cafeteria options, seniors had the alternative of going out for lunch to enjoy the restaurants in Penang. This privilege became a source of enjoyment for the class as they bonded through the lunch breaks they took off campus.

Some of these options included Sri Ananda Bahwan across the street from the school, the Hillside stalls just up the road, and Papa Pizza near the stalls. The seniors did not, however, just stick around school. Many travelled to places near Gurney Plaza: Subway, McDonald’s, Nandos, or KFC. Joy Li said, “There are many different kinds of food to eat and choices that fit to your everyday cravings. I really enjoy being able to go out with friends everyday for lunch.”

Char kwoy theo, chicken rice, Big Macs, roti pisang, and wan tan mee became some of the favorites of the students. “I really like roti bom because it’s so sweet and full of sugar—it makes

...you ate so much you thought you would burst?

“Well, there was one time when I ate whole pizza and a half. That was a lot of delicious food. ” —Kyle Ladner “At Thanksgiving we ate so much food and were sure we’d never eat another bite—but then we ate the pumpkin pie and chocolate cake and ice cream!”

—Bethany Weidemann

SHEENA MCLEOD

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LIPPING her sizzling meat on the large, round, hot plate at her table, Emily Peace utilizes her chopsticks. Students of all ages went to restaurants such as Steamboat where they could eat authentic Asian food.

“I was at Chili’s with my dad, and we ate so much and drank so many refillable drinks, I thought I was going to be sick!”

—Jamie Thompson

Emily Peace, 10 New Delhi, India Breanna Roberts, 10 Penang, Malaysia Wan-Leen Siow, 10 Penang, Malaysia Ai-Ching Ung, 10 Penang, Malaysia San-Jun Wang, 10 Penang, Malaysia Joshua Wong, 10 Penang, Malaysia Joycelyn Woo, 10 Penang, Malaysia May Yamauchi, 10 Penang, Malaysia Daniel Babcock, 9 Vientiane, Laos Daniel Barber, 9 Penang, Malaysia In Jung Cho, 9 Penang, Malaysia Joel Chuah, 9 Penang, Malaysia

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...Sophomores (Peace) – Freshmen (Law)

CALEB CALDWELL

“Once in the cafeteria, I ate 26 pieces of watermelon, and I puked. ” —Jonathan Hayashi

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S Chris Kim reaches for the chilli sauce to put on his chicken, David Im digs into his white rice. Senior lunch breaks off campus provided an opportunity for the class to eat a variety of cultural foods.

me really hyper!” said Cat Foster with passion. “In fact, I think I’ll go there right now!”

Along with these cheap but delicious dishes, students could enjoy a refreshing watermelon juice or an energizing kopi ais to get them through the day. Other favorite drinks included teh ais, bandung ais, lime juice, pineapple juice, Indian fruit lassies, soy bean milk, and even Coca-Cola.

If a person chose to stay on campus for meals, taste buds tingled if the cooks decided to make grilled cheese sandwiches or tandoori chicken, with some Milo ais to accompany the meal. If all else failed, dorm students could always go visit Uncle David Boshoff in Ziemer Dorm some evenings to enjoy his delicious barbecued lamb. Kevin Huang said, “I really like being in Ziemer dorm because the dorm parents make such good food! It’s cool not to have to eat in the cafeteria all the time. And it’s also nice to have the option to go eat at the restaurants close to the school.”

Dorm students, teachers, day students, and parents all enjoyed the variety of cultural and exciting places to eat in Penang. Aunt Suzette Boshoff said, “I think Penang is truly a food haven that offers the very best of various local delicacies unique to the different cultures.” Whatever a person wanted, he or she could most likely get it and enjoy a little social time along with the food.

As Peace filled her plate with rice, chicken, and green salad, and poured iced lemon tea into her cup, she walked over to join her giggling friends at the table. She thought excitedly about what kind of food she would enjoy that weekend. As the delicious possibilities of spicy Asian noodles, crispy Indian breads, greasy American burgers, or sweet homecooked treats ran through her mind, Peace smiled and dug into her Malaysian chicken rice.

—By Sheena McLeod

Christopher Colfax, 9 Battambang, Cambodia Andrew Fan, 9 Penang, Malaysia Anna Fu, 9 Penang, Malaysia Kevin Huang, 9 Nei Hu, Taiwan Hannah Jones, 9 Penang, Malaysia Seung-Jou Jun, 9 Penang, Malaysia Dianna Kes, 9 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Marieth Kiiza, 9 Kabul, Afghanistan Chan-Mi Kim, 9 Binh Duong, Vietnam Kun-Hee Kim, 9 Penang, Malaysia Marco Kim, 9 Penang, Malaysia Terence Law, 9 Penang, Malaysia

...Food, Food, Food!

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“It was like walking into a wild jungle with hundreds of new species. I had to get past many cobras to get here.”

—Andi Thompson “I thought that the big kids were going to eat me!

—Max Litowski “The teachers were way too folder and syllabus happy!

—Bethany Weidemann It was so scary with all of the older kids around!

—Ji-Hyun Park It was exciting but at the same time almost like any other first day of school.

—Chi-Ryun Pyee

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“Hey man, are you nervous about tomorrow?” asked Harry Mak as he sat down next to fellow freshman Santi Niramitvijit.

“No, not really. I probably will be in the morning though!” replied Niramitvijit.

For the high school freshman, the first day of school felt like stepping into an entirely new world.

No longer the supreme rulers of middle school, they had to take on the extremely important role of high school “freshies.”

Upperclassmen students looked upon these “newbies” as inexperienced high schoolers; the ninth graders themselves, however, knew that they had an advantage over all other classes: a fresh start.

“The first day of high school was a bit overwhelming for me because we were not only surrounded by different people, but also had a completely new schedule,” said Bethany Weidemann.

“It took me a couple of weeks to adjust.”

Taking on the role of a “freshie” involved overwhelming changes as well as new responsibilities.

The homework load increased, and the stress level at times shot up extremely high; but to balance it all out, the “freshies” enjoyed a social life that encouraged life-long friendships that would go beyond their high school years.

“This year it has been much easier to become friends with people in our class because everyone seems to have matured a bit, probably because they have older students in their classes to look up to,” said Brittany Sasse.

“I love our class because everybody can talk to one another without being uncomfortable, and there are rarely awkward silences. Each person has close friends, but he or she isn’t exclusive—which I think is really cool,” said Ji-Hyun Park.

As they began their four-year journey, support from classmates became an important aspect; each

Lucy Lee, 9 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Rachel Leung, 9 Penang, Malaysia Max Litowski, 9 Penang, Malaysia Khalie Mahoney, 9 Penang, Malaysia Harry Mak, 9 Khonkaen, Thailand Sydney McKenzie, 9 Penang, Malaysia George Merusi, 9 Penang, Malaysia Lakshmi Meyyappan, 9 Penang, Malaysia Xian-Yao Ng, 9 Penang, Malaysia Santi Niramitvijit, 9 Bangkok, Thailand Andrei Nunez, 9 Penang, Malaysia Ji-Hyun Park, 9 Penang, Malaysia

...Freshmen (Lee – Steinkamp)

learned to handle stress, to complete all of his/her homework, and to make sure to have lots of time to hang out with friends.

“High school has been a stressful transition. It was quite hard at first to get used to everything because each class got more and more difficult, and I had to study a lot harder. My friends really helped me not to get so uptight and worry about school work so much,” said Dong Yeob Sakong.

Weekends provided freshman an opportunity to spend time with one another and to bond as a class. Trips to Gurney, sleep-overs, birthday parties, and late nights watching indoor soccer became frequent pastimes of the ninth graders. Class-related activities included a night long lock-in.

“The lock in was really great because it was nice to be able to hang out with people I don’t always get to see on the weekends. It was especially fun to see how wild and crazy people acted after drinking a ton of pop late at night,” said Josie Steinkamp.

Games, indoor soccer, pillow fights, and movies filled the night, creating a welcoming environment for class bonding.

“I really liked playing a game called ‘I Have Never.’ It was really funny to see what people have actually done. It got kind of confusing after a while though because for some reason people thought that the game was called ‘I Have.’ It was such a blast!” said Andi Thompson.

As the year wound down, the freshman prepared themselves for yet another change: becoming sophomores. No longer having to worry about being the “newbies” or the “freshies,” the 46 freshman anticipated watching the eighth graders make their transition. Although not yet on the top, the ninth grade class had completed the beginning of a long journey towards becoming, once more, the supreme rulers of the school.

—By Tiffany Steinkamp

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aking a deep breath, Josie Steinkamp prepares to blow out the colorful, lighted candles on her cherryfilled cake as Frances Wong and Maaya Yamauchi get a head start. Steinkamp, Wong, and Yamauchi celebrated a joint birthday party along with Harry Mak to make up for their Christmas break birthdays. Freshman enjoyed attending one another’s parties throughout the school year.

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...you went to school on your first day of high school?

Searchin’ for Supremacy

can’t wait to be a senior , ” exclaimed Max LitowskI to friends Theresa Fan, Maaya Yamauchi, and Terence Law as they sat outside of the canteen. Freshman participated in various activities together after school including different sports and clubs, but on free days they took the opportunity to ‘chit-chat’ with one another about school work, friends, family, weekend plans, and the future.

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Theresa Phan, 9 Penang, Malaysia Chi-Ryun Pyee, 9 Penang Malaysia Dong-Yeob Sakong, 9 Penang, Malaysia Brittany Sasse, 9 Penang, Malaysia Felicia Seow, 9 Penang, Malaysia Sophie Shin, 9 Penang, Malaysia Jet Song, 9 Penang, Malaysia Margaret Stebbins, 9 Penang Malaysia Nathan Steel, 9 Penang Malaysia Angela Steiert, 9 Penang Malaysia Miranda Steinert, 9 Penang Malaysia Josie Steinkamp, 9 Penang Malaysia

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ESTING peacefully on a duffel bag, Naomi Tami and Jeff Hokyo listen contentedly to Jack Johnson on a Saturday morning. Students often chose to fill their free time with relaxing activities.

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ITH an exuberant smile on her face and chocolate brownie smeared across her cheek, Abbie Eckman glances at Chris Kim. Dorm food fights became a common occurrence during free time.

TIFFANY STEINKAMP

Edwin Tan, 9 Penang, Malaysia Yi-Yang Tan, 9 Penang Malaysia Alan Thompson, 9 Mondolkiri, Cambodia Andi Thompson, 9 Penang, Malaysia Oscar Turner, 9 Penang, Malaysia Bethany Weidemann, 9 Penang, Malaysia Frances Wong, 9 Penang, Malaysia Maaya Yamauchi, 9 Penang, Malaysia Annesley Archer, 8 Penang Malaysia Yutaro Asai, 8 Penang, Malaysia Stephen Barber, 8 Penang, Malaysia Matt Blatt, 8 Penang, Malaysia

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...Freshmen (Tan) – Eighth (Kim)

“Think fast!” exclaimed Jeff Hokyo as he flung a brightly colored plastic ball towards an exuberant Marigan Dyck. Quickly and gracefully ducking, Dyck watched the ball as it continued its inevitable path towards an oblivious Kat Kang.

The play place in Gurney Plaza became a popular getaway for students looking to find an entertaining night out with friends. Students, not only limited to Gurney Plaza, had a variety of other options on weekends.

Whether shopping at the night market in Batu Ferringhi or kayaking to Rat Island, end-of-theweek activities provided an enjoyable atmosphere for students to de-stress from the week.

“I love living in Penang because you never run out of things to do with friends. There are a wide variety of events and creative things for everybody whether they are into outdoor activities such as hiking or just walking around the Island or going to Queensbay,” said Kyle Ladner.

Said Margaret Stebbins, “I don’t understand why so many people choose to go to Gurney every weekend. There are so many cool things to do here that you wouldn’t get an opportunity to do elsewhere.”

With such a wide array of activities to pursue, high school students took advantage of the opportunities before them to spend time with that “special someone.” Date nights ranged from the ever-so-popular dinner and a movie to hiking up Penang Hill. Students used the creative juices in their brains to come up with unique dates.

While some couples chose to enjoy “alone time” together, others chose to go on group dates with friends. This not only gave friends a fun time with one another, but it also opened up a place for new romances to spark and provided a way to relieve first-date jitters.

“Group dates are really fun because you not only get to hang out with the girl that you like, but you

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also get to spend time with other friends. It adds a whole new dimension to the date and it makes the night a little less stressful,” said Jonathan Hayashi.

“I like group dates because I really like hanging out with my girl friends as well as hanging out with the guys. Having guys there makes it extra fun!” said Lindsey Yow. Whether hanging out on campus or planning an extravagant date, guys and girls across the campus enjoyed one another’s company. Students didn’t feel the need to do something creative with all of their free time, but every so often they spent their weekends together on campus or at a friend’s house.

“I love just hanging out with my guy friends on campus. We always find fun things to do whether it is just sitting at the white tables and talking or goofing off at the basketball courts. Sometimes it is just nice to relax on campus with friends,” said Naomi Tami.

Students used their creative imaginations to make even the most boring of weekends into an exciting one.

“One weekend I went with a bunch of friends to Jeff Hokyo’s house for a sukyaki party. I had never tried sukyaki before, and it was interesting to try a dish that I had never had. The following weekend we decided to make our own crepes at Tiffany Steinkamp’s house. They were so good! Since it is our last year here, we are trying to fill our weekends with creative things rather than just shopping at Gurney,” said Brendan Frentz.

“Ouch! What was that for?” giggled Kang as she grabbed the ball as it rolled away from her and chucked it towards Hokyo, missing his head by only centimeters. “You just wait! I’ll get you one of these times!” she exclaimed with laughter.

“We will see about that!” replied Hokyo.

—By Tiffany Steinkamp

...you went on your first date?

“On my first date my boyfriend made me a Mexican meal. I was shocked that he could make more than just scrambled eggs. It was extremely sweet!”

—Naomi Tami “The first date I had with Mr. [Patrick] Rogers was at a town dance. All the girls in town wanted to dance with him but I got to him first!”

—Mrs. Corinne Rogers “A date? Oh... I’ve never had one of those. ” —Jeff Hokyo “Mr. [Joel] Steinkamp took me on a date to see ’Hercules.’ Being college students, we were both so broke that we had to split a hamburger . ” —Mrs. Mia Steinkamp

Emily Brokaw, 8 Penang, Malaysia Bryan Cairncross, 8 Penang, Malaysia David Choi, 8 Incheon, Korea Nathan Danneker, 8 Bangkok, Thailand Danae Frentz, 8 Penang, Malaysia Alex Gimson, 8 Penang, Malaysia Nathan Gresham, 8 Penang, Malaysia Eric Han, 8 Penang,, Malaysia Jeffrey Hsiao, 8

Penang, Malaysia Se Ra Hwang, 8 Seoul, Korea Sam Jeong, 8 Penang, Malaysia Joseph Kim, 8 Penang Malaysia

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Middle school life—always full of fun, adventure, laughter, and lots of friendships—appeared simple and carefree, but in reality, they had very busy schedules that kept them constantly working.

Birthday parties became the highlight of students’ lives. At Zoe Parsons’s party, all the girls went to get their nails done and then went to Coffee Bean afterwards for a treat.

Marianna Moss invited all her friends to go with her to the water park in Ipoh to celebrate her birthday together.

Not only did birthday parties fill the lives of middle school students, but sleepovers dominated their weekends. The chance to get an invitation from a friend excited the middle schoolers, and they lived for the weekends that they spent with each other.

Katie Gwaltney said, “My favorite thing to do on weekends is to hang out with my friend Tesa Sasse.

We always have fun together.”

Middle school kids did find time to bond with their families and spend time at home, too. Tiffany

Steinkamp said, “My sister Rebekah and I try to go to the beach every Saturday morning together, just to talk about our week and hang out.”

Life began to get complicated in middle school, and so these young students enjoyed talking to older high school kids, learning more about life and all that they had encountered.

Sports, such as Four-square, football, and basketball also filled the lives of many middle schoolers after school hours.

And as their lives got busier and busier and busier—filled with both happy and hard times as well as new experiences—these young teens went through life with smiles on their faces and excitement for what would come.

—By Sheena McLeod

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AGGING with disgust, Marianna Moss looks at the pie she slammed into Joseph Merusi’ s face. Woo Sung Jeong gets ready to put a pie into Matthew Blatt’s face as high schoolers James Lyman and Axel Loehden gleefully watch. Middle schoolers played games to raise money for their classes or just for fun.

...middle school had its very own Fear Factor?

“I

am going to catch you!” Benjamin Unruh screams as he runs towards Nathan Danneker, prepared to tackle him to the ground. Middle school students enjoyed playing football together as a source of exer cise and stress relief.

“It was absolutely disgusting. I almost threw up. I mean, would you want to carry raw squid in your mouth and put it in a box?”

—Brittany Hurlbut

“It was completely nasty but completely fun!”

—Ashtyn McKenzie

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AKING loud sounds, Harry Lewis attempts to wake up his sleeping senior dorm brother Chris Kim. Middle school kids loved bonding and spending time with the “older kids. ”

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Joel Kirk, 8 Penang, Malaysia Chi-Yuan Lo, 8 Penang, Malaysia Joseph Merusi, 8 Penang, Malaysia Jordan Nagel, 8 Jakarta, Indonesia Rosalyn Ng, 8 Penang, Malaysia Michael Nollan, 8 Penang, Malaysia Asha Oh, 8 Penang, Malaysia Moses Park, 8 Penang, Malaysia Lucas Samuel, 8 Penang, Malaysia Hung Ching Song, 8 Penang, Malaysia Kaden Stenlund, 8 Penang, Malaysia Benjamin Unruh Tarakan, Indonesia

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...Eighth (Kirk) – Seventh (Kiiza)

“Playing tug of war on the soap covered tarp was the most fun thing we did. ” —Zoe Parsons

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“I loved it. The pie was awesome—I made it myself! Want me to make you one right now? It had bananas, chilli peppers, oatmeal, beans, and whipped cream. ” —Yeon-Woo Sakong

Josh Woodring, 8 Penang, Malaysia Pocholo Miguel Ampil, 7 Penang, Malaysia Ken Chee, 7 Penang, Malaysia Erin Dass, 7 Penang, Malaysia Cricket DeLoach, 7 Penang, Malaysia Sam Eckman, 7 Jakarta, Indonesia Andy Goh, 7 Penang, Malaysia Sarah Hofman, 7 Penang, Malaysia Chanel Huang, 7 Penang, Malaysia Harry Kang, 7 Selangor, Malaysia Sam Kes, 7 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Evelyne Kiiza, 7 Kabul, Afghanistan

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Food for Our Soul welcoming atmosphere in the chapel with candles, banners with the different Biblical names of Jesus, and a cross to make it more conducive for students to come and pray as a body of believers.

“We decided to have the prayer night, separate from the usual prayer meeting, because we wanted a time where we could come and be refreshed,” said Frentz. “We wanted something spontaneous and different from what we normally do; it was awesome what God did that night.”

This “spontaneous” event created a breath of fresh air in the structured school society and brought rest and rejuvenation for those who attended.

Another even that brought students to prayer as a community was “See You At the Pole.” On 19 September, students woke up early to meet at the school flagpole to pray for their school, friends, and family. Senior Park led a short time of worship, followed by group prayer, joining students around the world in this global event.

“Usually, I really don’t like waking up early, but for this, I made an exception. It was worth it! It was a really powerful time. Although only about, 12 of us showed up, it was still a really good time,” said Park.

So whether in a chat room or at prayer meeting, students received chances to fill themselves spiritually as well as physically. “Can we go to the Rasa next week? There’s a great buffet there!” asked Kimball with a winsome smile as he and his chat room buddies drove onto campus at the end of the night.

—By Jeff Hokyo

“It was really hot, but it was nice to have a change in scenery. ” —Naomi Tami “I like having prayer meeting on the beach because we can spread out and be alone, rather than having to be cooped up into the chapel.”

—Kaleb Archer

“I thought it was fun because I put sand all over Riley [Mahoney]. ” —Jacob Kimball

EATED outside the chapel, Cat Foster and Sheena McLeod talk about their week and how they can pray for each other. Prayer meetings gave students a chance to share with each other about their lives as well as pray for and encourage one other.

...Seventh (Kim) – Sixth (Chinn)

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“It was so good. I get really excited when we have it outside the chapel.”

—Chan-Mi Kim

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Chan Yang Kim, 7 Binh Duong, Vietnam Esther Kim, 7 Penang, Malaysia Grace Kim, 7 Penang, Malaysia Grace Kweon, 7 Penang, Malaysia Keanu Lee, 7 Penang, Malaysia Harry Lewis, 7 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Adam Lim, 7 Penang, Malaysia Eric Lin, 7 Penang, Malaysia Isabelle Litowski, 7 Penang, Malaysia Reagan Mahoney, 7 Penang, Malaysia Ji-Won Park, 7 Penang, Malaysia Yu-Min Pyee, 7 Penang, Malaysia

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...we had prayer meeting on the beach?

JEFF HOKYO

“Hey, Jacob [Kimball]! Can you tell [Seung Yoon] Nam and Kat [Kang] we’re going to Batu for chat room tonight?” Mrs. Peggy Colburn asked.

After Spiritual Emphasis Week, students and teachers had the opportunity to join “Chat Rooms,” to engage in spiritual discussion with their peers and friends on a weekly basis. Both students and staff led chat rooms to provide a wide variety of discussion.

On 26 September, a special chapel allowed for students to sign up for the group of their choice. “I wanted to be in four different chat rooms, but Mr. [Rich] Gwaltney limited it to a maximum of two.

I was really bummed,” said Brendan Frentz.

Though most chat rooms met in a faculty home, some groups went into town to enjoy each other as well as a change of scenery.

“The best part about being in a chat room was getting to eat at Kapitan’s with Mr. [Bill] Munson!” said Nam. All in all, chat rooms invoked fellowship and growth as a community as well as individually.

Students also had opportunities to attend weekly, student-led prayer meetings. Although this old tradition continued from former years, students found themselves wanting more in their spiritual life after SEW and attended prayer meeting.

“I really like prayer meeting because it gives a nice pause in the middle of the week. When I’m stressed about something—whether it’s school or something else—prayer meeting always gives me a time to reflect and relax,” said Sin Myung Park.

On 11 April, the prayer meeting committee organized a “prayer night,” apart from the usual Wednesday night prayer meeting for students to build relationships through prayer and fellowship.

It included three hours of worship, prayer, personal reflection, as well as a group sharing time.

The prayer meeting team created a more

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ITH his eyes fixed intently on his music, Jonathan Hayashi leads his peers in worship. To involve more people, the prayer meeting committee invited different high schoolers to lead worship and speak.

Xiao-Leen Siow, 7 Penang, Malaysia Daniel Sullivan, 7 Penang, Malaysia Vaasavi Sundar, 7 Penang, Malaysia Jamie Thompson, 7 Penang, Malaysia Bertha Wang, 7 Penang, Malaysia Ben Weidemann, 7 Penang, Malaysia Hank Wong, 7 Penang, Malaysia Jeffrey Yen, 7 Penang, Malaysia John Yoon, 7 Penang, Malaysia Michelle Chan, 6 Penang, Malaysia Sally Chang, 6 Penang, Malaysia Emma Chinn, 6 Penang, Malaysia

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Brian Choi, 6 Penang, Malaysia Kevin Choi, 6 Penang, Malaysia So-Hee Chung, 6 Penang, Malaysia Holly Elmes, 6 Penang, Malaysia Ashley Emerson, 6 Penang, Malaysia Kenya Gimson, 6 Penang, Malaysia Allen Goh, 6 Penang, Malaysia Joseph Hawthorne, 6 Penang, Malaysia Brittany Hurlbut, 6 Penang, Malaysia Stephanie Jones, 6 Penang, Malaysia Esther Kang, 6 Penang, Malaysia.

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...Sixth (Choi – Parsons)

until dinner time, the boys developed a strong appetite for some good cafeteria food.

Jaffray-ite Chris Kim mused, “I like dinner in the cafeteria with my dorm because it’s good to sit with dorm brothers Harry Lewis and Sam Eckman and hear about the fun things of their day, just joking around and all.”

Settling down at his Ziemer Dorm table, Kevin Huang got ready to pray with the dorm for the food and then walk through the cafeteria food line.

Sitting at the table with dorm brothers Se-Chan Hwang and Frank Cheng, Huang laughed along as the girls belted out songs loudly and obnoxiously to annoy the other dorms eating peacefully. Looking down the table, he saw Joy Li arranging apples along her plate, and felt thankful to be in such a crazy dorm.

Not far away off-campus, Kirsten Brink and Anna Kang worked on homework in the offcampus Smith-Eckman Dorm, while their dorm brothers Danny Babcock and Kyle Ladner played “Dota” on the computer.

Life in the off-campus dorm definitely ran differently from the on-campus dorms, but the family bond became strong between the students; and they enjoyed the ability to live with others.

“It feels more like a family because we are isolated from all the other dorms. We have internet access all the time, and [the dorm] is in a good location,” said Jessica Gamble.

At the end of the day as the sun went down, Abigail Eckman talked about her day with her dorm brothers and sisters as they gathered around the kitchen table in Jaffray. When the clock struck 10, Eckman slowly walked to her room in a tired stupor, and got ready for bed and set her alarm clock, ready for another war with it in the morning.

—By Sheena McLeod

...Jaffray and Ziemer went to war?

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HANDLER dorm members Kaleb Archer, Laura Danneker, Se Ra Hwang, Abigail Thompson, Nathan Danneker, and Annesley Archer stand with their dorm mom Aunt Shauna Archer in their new dorm t-shirts. Dorms got creative and, to show their “dorm spirit”, made personalized t-shirts.

“It was awesome attacking the Ziemer people with silly string when they came home. And then it rained, and it all got stuck to the road, and the road was all colorful for awhile. ” —Chris Kim “They tried to bowl my turtle. Revenge!” —Joy Li “It was really exciting to do something irregular on a school night and stuff green trash cans into Ziemer’s lounge. ” —Jordan Nagel ”It was amazing. And we most definitely won. ” —Joshua Peace “We were pretty surprised when Ziemer attempted to attack us, so we thought really hard about what to do back to them. ” —Harry Mak

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“Beep, beep, beep, beep!” Abigail Eckman, a member of Jaffray Dorm, reached over in her sleepy stupor and smacked her alarm clock into oblivion —only to find that the machine rang again in five minutes to really wake her up.

Finally, after much effort, Eckman climbed out of bed and yelled at her roommate Risako Okazaki to also wake up. Lumbering painfully to the bathroom, Eckman prepared herself for yet another day—a day in the life of a dorm student.

At about 8 o’clock breakfast rolled around, and across campus at Jackson Dorm, Lucy Lee sat down with her dorm brothers and sisters to eat the pancakes Aunt Debbie Cairncross had prepared for her dorm students. Sitting with Paul Wang and Chan-Mi Kim, Lee started to wake up and think about the day ahead of her.

Eight fifteen and the first school bell rang.

Students all over campus jumped into action, running to their first classes, while the slower dorm students dashed out their front gates, some with breakfast still in their hands.

As Chandler Dorm student Laurian Kilindo went through his day, classes seemed to drag on as he impatiently waited for after school. At 3:44, Kilindo looked longingly at the clock, willing it to ring for the first time all day.

Finally, after what seemed like hours, it did ring, and Kilindo darted out of his class and ran to his dorm for the daily after school snack provided by the Chandler Dorm parents Uncle Tim and Aunt Shauna Archer.

“I love it. Especially Aunt Shauna’s cookies. It’s awesome to have a snack right after school,” said Kirsten Westergren. Grabbing some cookies, and saying hello to his dorm sisters Naomi Tami and Marigan Dyck, Kilindo got ready for some Foursquare with his dorm brothers Benjamin Unruh and Nathan Danneker. Playing outside for hours

IGHTING the candles on the birthday cake, Emily Peace helps her dorm mom Aunt Suzette Boshoff prepare for the birthday party, while Uncle David Boshoff stands behind, anticipating the delicious chocolate cake. Dorms celebrated birthdays to make the atmosphere more family like, and enjoyed good food and fun presents for everyone.

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Simon Karing, 6 Penang, Malaysia Alley Kim, 6 Penang, Malaysia Daniel Kim, 6 Penang, Malaysia Becky Kong, 6 Penang, Malaysia Steven Kwon, 6 Penang, Malaysia Joyce Lee, 6 Penang, Malaysia Sabina Lee, 6 Penang, Malaysia Ashtyn McKenzie, 6 Penang, Malaysia Shotaro Minato, 6 Penang, Malaysia Seok Kyo Oh, 6 Penang, Malaysia Niklaus Ooi, 6 Penang, Malaysia Zoe Parsons, 6 Penang, Malaysia

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Little Adventures “I love dorm trips because we can get off campus as a family and spend time together—plus I get to tackle my roommates,” said Daniel Kim. Retreats, trips, and activities kept dorm students active and excited about dorm life and gave everyone a chance to “escape” from campus and have a few adventures elsewhere.

Long weekends, such as the Easter long weekend, provided a good time for dorm families to go out and have fun at a beach along the coast of Penang or at a water park.

The “Ziemernesianites” (as they named themselves) drove long and far to get to a beach on the west coast of Penang. Once there, the dorm had a barbecue, played some rugby, and caught a few feisty crabs.

Emily Peace said, “It was really fun going to the beach with my dorm on Good Friday. Even though there were jellyfish in the water and I got stung, the whole long weekend was so fun to bond and be together and just do random stuff.”

Chandler and Jackson Dorms took an overnight trip to a water park and found new and exciting ways to entertain themselves there. “The Carnival water park was really fun; there was a great boomerang ride, and one time we hooked 15 tubes together and made a chain down the slide,” said Benjamin Unruh.

Staying overnight on the mainland with their dorm, these students enjoyed more bonding time and exciting, late night adventures to keep them on their toes.

At the beginning of the first semester, all of the five dorms—Ziemer, Jaffray, Jackson, Chandler, and Smith-Eckman—got together and drove in the dorm vans for three hours to the mainland for a spiritual retreat. This time away prepared the students for the new year, and they learned how to be still and listen to God.

The dorm students grew closer to each other and to God over this three-day period. Norman Kiehl said enthusiastically, “I liked the speaker’s illustrations—like his one about the pendulum.

Everything he said made sense to me, and I learned a lot more about God. It was also great to be with all the other dorm kids and get to know other people better. I think we should have these retreats every year!”

Driving around in the big, white dorm vans often presented an adventure for the dorm families as the vehicles occasionally broke down. This happened to two vans on the spiritual retreat as they returned to campus.

The Jackson Dorm students had to “divide and conquer” and ride in the other dorm’s vans. Tyler Cairncross, who rode with the Ziemer kids in very cramped quarters, said, “It was fun when the van broke down! I liked driving with other people I didn’t know very well. I was able to make some new friends.”

No matter what happened, it seemed that the dorms found some way to make the experience enjoyable—either by singing, laughing, telling jokes, or by just talking and sharing memories.

Retreats and weekend trips made dorm life that much more exciting, and the dorm students looked forward to the chance to bond with their dorm brothers and sisters as well as students from other dorms.

Although most of the students lived far away from their dads, moms, and younger siblings in in Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and even Tajikistan, they found ways, along with their dorm parents, to enjoy living in this “home away from home”; and they discovered deep friendships that built memories that they could treasure along the way.

—By Sheena McLeod

Kevin Pyee, 6 Penang, Malaysia Joanna Robinson, 6 Penang, Malaysia Daniel Rogers, 6 Penang, Malaysia Yeon-Woo Sakong, 6 Penang, Malaysia Kelly Shim, 6 Penang, Malaysia Josiah Steinkamp, 6 Penang, Malaysia Kendall Stenlund, 6 Penang, Malaysia Justin Suen, 6 Penang, Malaysia Jamie Sullivan, 6 Penang, Malaysia Farid Syed, 6 Penang, Malaysia Wei—Kheng Teh, 6 Penang, Malaysia Steven Ulbricht, 6 Penang, Malaysia

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...Sixth (Pyee) – Fifth (Gwaltney)

Remember when... ...the teams tried to pass a beach ball 100 times in the air at the dorm retreat?

“Argh! That was so frustrating! But....my team was the only one who did it successfully. ” —Cat Foster “Our team tried like 1000 different ways , then we did it the (supposedly) right way; and it still didn’t work.

So we cheated and told everyone we did it. ” —Bethany Weidemann

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ONTEMPLATING his next bowling shot, Tyler Cairncross looks down his lane as his friend Sam Kes picks up his ball. Dorm families often went out together for fun games and friendly competitions such as bowling.

The students won prizes for creativity or even for having the lowest score.

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ELLING a joke to Ben Weidemann, Kyle Ladner’s voice blends in with Uncle Scott and Aunt Debbie Cairncross’ in the conference room at the dorm retreat. Dorm students and dorm parents bonded and enjoyed lots of fun games at their spiritual retreat on the mainland.

“That stupid ball wouldn’t stop falling! And it didn’t help that cars kept driving by so we had to stop playing every time. I think we probably almost got run over a few times. ” —Danny Babcock “Hmmm...yeah, that was interesting. ” —Daniel Kim

Joshua Watson, 6 Penang, Malaysia Hanbyul Woo, 6 Penang, Malaysia Levi Woodring, 6 Penang, Malaysia Tim Barber, 5 Penang, Malaysia Jordyn Blatt, 5 Penang, Malaysia Cindy Chiem, 5 Penang, Malaysia Angel Chung, 5 Penang, Malaysia Lucia Combrink, 5 Penang, Malaysia Rishub Das, 5 Penang, Malaysia Erica Dass, 5 Penang, Malaysia Nick Gimson, 5 Penang, Malaysia Katie Gwaltney, 5 Penang, Malaysia

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“It was so much fun! I went to Disneyland with Miho [Kawabata], Jonathan [Hayashi], and Kohei [Shimizu].”

—Risako Okazaki “It was too short!”

—Jordan Nagel “It was too long.”

—Caleb Caldwell “I slept so much. I think I put on a lot of weight.”

—Bill Kang “I didn’t really do too much.

It was too cold to go out in Korea. I hate the cold!“ —Shin Park “I was so jealous of everyone going to cold places! I wanna see snow so badly!“ —Marigan Dyck

“Guys! Only five more days till Christmas break!” said Naomi Tami as she walked off campus with Kohei Shimizu and Kirsten Westergren.

As the countdown to Christmas break drew nearer, students grew more and more excited to relax and forget about school for four weeks.

Throughout the year, students looked forward to going home at any chance they got. Whether catching a few days back on a long weekend, a week during spring break, or a month at home over Christmas, everyone looked forward to spending time with dad and mom.

“I love that feeling of getting off the plane— minus the fact that it’s always hotter there—but walking off the plane and seeing my parents for the first time in three months,” said Westergren.

Nobody appreciated going home as much as dorm students. Although the students bonded in their dorm families, nothing compared to going home to dad and mom and having those “homecooked” meals and late-night chats about the months that they’d been apart.

“I do really enjoy living with Jason and Chun [Selvanayagam], but I know that my mom is gonna be waiting for me at home in Japan with nice food; so I feel, WAHH!!!” said Kohei Shimizu with a shake of his head and loud sound effects.

A large number of students went home to Korea. “I pretty much just sat around and chatted on MSN, kicked a soccer ball around, and played in the snow. This break was the first time I’ve ever made a snow man. I don’t know why. I just never have gotten around to it,” said Chris Kim. Though dorm students went home to places as far as Russia, Korea, and Canada, a majority of students just stayed in Penang.

“My grandparents were here over Christmas break, so we all just stayed here. But it wasn’t too bad, because I got to go see stuff like the reclining

Woo-Sung Jeong, 5 Penang, Malaysia Laurian Kilindo, 5 Tokyo, Japan Andy Kim, 5 Penang, Malaysia Sally Kim, 5 Penang, Malaysia Hyeon-Jeong Lee, 5 Penang, Malaysia Joann Lee, 5 Penang, Malaysia John Lee, 5 Penang, Malaysia Mariana Moss, 5 Penang, Malaysia Daniel Nollan, 5 Penang, Malaysia Alexander Nunez, 5 Penang, Malaysia Richard Oh, 5 Penang, Malaysia Clara Park, 5 Penang, Malaysia

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...Fifth (Jeong) – Fourth (Chung)

LOWLY raising his hands into the air, Jeffrey Hokyo lets a Thai paper lantern float into the night sky on New Year’s Eve. Students traveled as far as Russia and as close as ChiangMai, Thailand to celebrate their Christmas holidays. With great diversity in vacation spots, students always had stories to share with one another about their breaks.

Buddha and the Butterfly Farm! I’d never been there before,” said Tiffany Steinkamp.

Daily life for students who stayed in Penang didn’t change much from the regular school year.

They may have gotten a lot more sleep and had a lot less stress, but their social lives stayed the same.

“Even though it was the break, I just went to Gurney a lot. I played a lot of pool over the break.

Kael [Steinert], May [Yamauchi] and I got really good at it,” said Tiffany Hsiang.

Students who stayed back also had the opportunity to bond closer with staff members who stayed in Penang. Students and staff often went out to a meal together or spent time just getting to know one another a little better.

Living in Southeast Asia—and in the home country for Air Asia—made it easy and costefficient for students to fly to foreign countries and enjoy the sights around them.

Jonathan Hayashi traveled to Thailand as a tourist but also to learn Muay Thai kickboxing. “It was so much fun! And the food was so good, lah!” said Hayashi.

No matter where students went, they all came back to the same place. Although from different places, backgrounds, and cultures, students always brought memories of good times back with them.

As she got out of the van back from the airport, Tami squealed in delight as she saw Steinkamp running towards her. “The break was too long! And, ugh, it’s so hot! But it’s sure good to be back,” said Tami as she hugged Steinkamp.

—By Jeff Hokyo

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NAKE around her neck, Tiffany Steinkamp laughs as she holds a python on Penang Hill. Students who stayed back in Penang took advantage of the sights Penang had to offer to enjoy their vacation.

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Fernando Paz, 5 Penang, Malaysia Tim Phan, 5 Penang, Malaysia Tesa Sasse, 5 Penang, Malaysia Hung Jie Song, 5 Penang, Malaysia Rebekah Steinkamp, 5 Penang, Malaysia Juliet Suen, 5 Penang, Malaysia Kiernan Sullivan, 5 Penang, Malaysia David Ulbright, 5 Penang, Malaysia Jay Wood-Singh, 5 Penang, Malaysia Elisabeth Brokaw, 4 Penang, Malaysia Evan Chinn, 4 Penang, Malaysia Faith Chung, 4 Penang, Malaysia

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Recess Royalty Though most of the young boys played high energy games on the basketball court, the girls had a different view of recess.

“I cook with Julia [Munson] on our ‘stove!’” said Tian Ooi. A little slab of cement, covered in rocks, leaves, and twigs served as a makeshift stove in the “kitchen” of the playground. Elementary girls spent much of their time playing “house” or other similar games but also enjoyed swinging on the swings.

High schoolers also took time to play with the younger kids as it reminded them of their younger days. Whether teaching an elementary schooler how to dribble a football, playing Four-square, or jokingly threatening to toss a few of them in the swimming pool, high schoolers bridged the gap and took time out of their days to make an impact on the younger generation.

“I like hanging out with the big kids,” said Ben Gwaltney. “They’re more fun cause they can pick you up and swing you around and stuff.”

“The younger kids are a lot of fun. I play Foursquare with them ’cause I remember when I was their age. I really liked it when the high schoolers would play with me, so I just like being able to be the older kid now ’cause I know how they feel,” said Kyle Ladner.”

“No, Daniel; we need to leave soon, but we can come early tomorrow so you can play with Ben,” said Mr. Bill Munson. Despite his disappointment, Daniel looked forward to the games he would play the following morning.

—By Jeff Hokyo

Charlotte Combrink, 4 Penang, Malaysia Zach DeLoach, 4 Penang, Malaysia Amanda Goh, 4 Penang, Malaysia Jamie Ha, 4 Penang, Malaysia Morris Huang, 4 Penang, Malaysia Hyeon-Gyu Jeong, 4 Penang, Malaysia Seung Ju Jin, 4 Penang, Malaysia Daniel Kim, 4 Penang, Malaysia Gloria Kim, 4 Penang, Malaysia Sunny Kim, 4 Penang, Malaysia Esther Kweon, 4 Penang, Malaysia Peter Lee, 4 Penang, Malaysia

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“It was so cute! Ben Gwaltney was a washing machine!”

—Naomi Tami “I think they should do it more. It was fun!”

—Jackson McKenzie “Mikaela [Steinkamp] and I dressed the same. We were mermaids!”

—Kenlee Stenlund “Mr. [Brian] Brewster looked funny! He was the Cat In the Hat!” —Shione Stengele “After watching it, I really wanted to be an elementary kid again! I so would’ve been a Jedi like Daniel Munson! Or maybe a mermaid...”

—Caleb Caldwell

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UBBING the chalk into the ground, Jared Parsons and Bernard Combrink draw a colorful picture on the elementary playground. Elementary students utilized the playground everyday for various activities.

...we had the elementary parade?

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“Hey Dad, can I go and play with Ben [Gwaltney]?” asked Daniel Munson with eyes full of hope.

For elementary schoolers, nothing in the world compared to running free across the grassy field and playing Four-square with their friends during lunch, recess, after—and even before—school.

From the start of the day to the moment they left campus, the students thought about what they could do in their free time. They expended as much energy as they could during their recess, lunch and other breaks and then somehow had enough energy to play after school as well.

“I’m so amazed at their vitality,” said senior Chris Kim. “I can’t imagine waking up that early [for school], never mind waking up that early to go out and play basketball and get sweaty—all before school even starts.”

The young students did not share the same feelings as Kim, however, and savored every precious moment they could squeeze out of their day to play, play, play.

As young children, they consumed massive amounts of sugar and caffeine and needed to have an outlet for all their stored-up energy.

After a grape freezie, a half-melted Hershey bar, and a Coke, Gwaltney ran to the basketball court to take on the rest of the kids gathering to play Knock-Out. Though Knock-Out consumed hours of the young elementary schoolers’ lives, Four-square topped Knock-out as “the game to play.” “ Hey! No carries! I’m king now!” yelled Jared Parsons, stepping into Beom Jun Kim’s recently vacated square.

Games of Four-Square became so serious that quarrels erupted from playground disputes, and administration had to step in to curb the arguments and forbid the naming of “king,” the very essence of Four-square.

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ITH hair flying in the wind, Kalia Brewster races to catch her fellow classmates. Pre-4 students had time to play during recess everyday as well as before and after school.

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Ysabel Loh, 4 Penang, Malaysia Jeremy Lupinacci, 4 Penang, Malaysia Emma Merusi, 4 Penang, Malaysia Caleb Parsons, 4 Penang, Malaysia Kassy Steinkamp, 4 Penang, Malaysia Chardin Stengele, 4 Penang, Malaysia Kristian Stenlund, 4 Penang, Malaysia John Cotton Watson, 4 Penang, Malaysia Mark Watson, 4 Penang, Malaysia Angelene Woo, 4 Penang, Malaysia Sally Bae, 3 Penang, Malaysia Ian Cho, 3 Penang, Malaysia

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Longest Hours

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At the sound of the last bell of the day, students slammed the door and quickly left the classroom.

“Enjoy your spring break!” shouted Mr. Greg Stenlund as students took off for a week.

Trying to make the school a better place, the School Board gave the students and staff a week off for spring break in the middle of the semester.

“This year is the very first year to have spring break!

I feel so special!” said Regina Hong.

Because the dorm kids had to pack and leave the dorm, the campus had no one around during the spring break.

Some people went back home to see their families, creating a chance for relaxation without having to think about school work.

“It was so nice to see my family back in my home, Kalimantan, Indonesia. I was able to sleep in, but the best part was that I got to eat my mom’s food,” said Marigan Dyck.

Not only to a small city like Pontianak in Indonesia, but some people went to the nice tourist island of Bali, Indonesia.

“It was my first time for me to go to Bali and also to travel with my friends, so it was very fun!” said Paul Wang.

“It was a new experience for me and my family to have someone like Paul [Wang] travel with us. I like the night market there!” said Kyle Lin. Some students went home to their parents but really didn’t do anything extravagant or exotic.

“It was good to be back in Taiwan with my family, but I didn’t feel anything special. All I did

...you had your first spring break at Dalat?

“I got to go to Bali and also stayed at my friend’s house in Penang for the first time because I usually have to go back to Taiwan for my break. So that was new, and I enjoyed it!”

—Paul Wang “I got to spend more time with my family for a week in Taiwan at the end of the third quarter!”

—Frank Cheng “When I first heard about

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“It gave me one extra week to relax, where I didn’t have to think about school work!”

—Marieth Kiiza

Matt Chung, 3 Penang, Malaysia Jessica Hsiao, 3 Penang, Malaysia Sam Huang, 3 Penang, Malaysia Andrew Kim, 3 Penang, Malaysia Peter Kim, 3 Penang, Malaysia Tayla Kirk, 3 Penang, Malaysia Joon-Young Lee, 3 Penang, Malaysia Daniel Munson, 3 Penang, Malaysia Cindy Park, 3 Penang, Malaysia Ji Min Park, 3 Penang, Malaysia Kasey Rogers, 3 Penang, Malaysia Tim Sasse, 3 Penang, Malaysia

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...Third (Chung) – Second (Gwaltney)

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EADING through a variety of magazines on Air Asia, Caleb Caldwell and Sheena McLeod try to kill the boredom of the plane ride from Penang International Airport to Kuala Lumpur to catch another flight to Bali.

People often mentioned their hunger because Air Asia doesn’t provide any food for free during the flight. “It is so much fun to ride on a plane with my friends. This is the only time that I actually wanted the ride to be longer , ” said Caldwell.

spring break, I was already excited because I knew that I was gonna do something fun with my family for a week!”

—Norman Kiehl

UDOKU book and Ipod resting on her lap, Miranda Steinert fills up time during the two-hour ferry ride from Aceh to Sabang, Indonesia. While travelling, many students resorted to these important tools to occupy them. “The ferry ride was long but I got to see dolphins so that was good,” said Steinert.

was play computer games,” said Kevin Huang.

Not everyone went back to his or her homes; some people stayed in Malaysia with their guardians or friends.

“I didn’t get to see my parents, but I think spring break was still a good idea because I got to relax, eat as much as I wanted to, and have time without thinking about school work,” said Chris Kim. “I went to KL with my family and watched five movies at the theatre. I don’t think I have ever watched five movies in a row, so I had fun!” said Tiffany Steinkamp.

Others used their holiday to go to different beaches, the Cameron Highlands, and water parks.

“I went to Sabang, which is a small island in Indonesia, with my family and Kohei [Shimizu]. We went scuba diving, and the water was amazingly clear and nice!” said Miranda Steinert.

Not only to a beach in Indonesia, but many staff families went to an island located on the east coast of Malaysia, Perhentian.

It took approximately six hours to get to the island by a van, where they enjoyed four days of peaceful days of snorkeling and swimming.

“Although the van ride was long, I got to see sharks and swim with sea turtles; so I think it was worth it!” said Reagan Mahoney.

Not just to different beaches, some people also went to a jungle area in Thailand.

“My family and I went to Thailand, and I got to ride on an elephant for the first time. It was not a very comfortable ride, but it was so cool to see stuff from the height of elephant’s view; I really enjoyed it!” said Chris Colfax.

After one week of relaxation and fun, the campus filled up with people again.

“Are you ready for seven more weeks of school?” asked Mr. Stenlund as the students filed back into his classroom.

—By Kohei Shimizu Garrison Schaller, 3 Penang, Malaysia Ivana Smit, 3 Penang, Malaysia David Vriend, 3 Penang, Malaysia Jasmine Wood-Singh, 3 Penang, Malaysia Steven Yoon, 3 Penang, Malaysia Yeo Rin Yun, 3 Penang, Malaysia Sarah Barber, 2 Penang, Malaysia Tyler Cairncross, 2 Penang, Malaysia David Chinn, 2 Penang, Malaysia Jonathan Chinn, 2 Penang, Malaysia Danielle Combrink, 2 Penang, Malaysia Ben Gwaltney, 2 Penang, Malaysia

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Living for the Weekend

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“I love fajitas (FA-GEETAS)!” —Abbie Eckman

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“When I went there I couldn’t even get a seat because it was full. My friends and I ended up taking tons of pictures in front of the restaurant. ” —Estefania Diago

AREFULLY picking which card to use for their next play, Josh Peace and Paul Wang enjoy playing “Apples to Apples.” Cards and board games allowed both dorm and day students to hang out on campus and get to know each other without having to spend a lot of money. “Apple to Apples” especially became popular in the dorms. “I love playing A ’ pples to Apples’ at the senior treat because I get to be so funky crazy in front of my classmates,” said Peace.

“So expensive lah! But I love American food, so I go there a lot anyway.“ —Jason Hsiao

AUGHING hysterically on the bleachers, Maaya Yamauchi, Chan-Mi Kim, and Brittany Sasse joke away their time until indoor soccer starts. Students often hung out by the lighted courts and bleachers until indoor, a popular Friday night event, began.

Besides being home to many students, campus also acted as a meeting ground for all students and sometimes even the community.

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...Second (Huang) — First (McKenzie)

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“I was so excited, so I ate tons of bottomless chips and salsa sauce!”

—Lindsey Yow

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“I got lots of free food, and it tasted better because it was for free!” —Kael Steinert

“Let’s play tennis today after school!” shouted Paul Wang excitedly to Chris Kim on a Friday afternoon. Tennis became one of the most popular activities among students and staff.

Andrew Jo said, “I like to play tennis with my friends and Uncle David [Boshoff ] because it helps me to relax and to release my stress. It also helps me build my friendships.”

Not only tennis but basketball also became a favorite recreational sport as well as softball. “I like playing basketball on Fridays after school because I don’t have to worry about school work,” said Hung Yi Song.

“I like to play softball because when I throw the ball, I feel so good because it feels like my stress is flying away as I throw it,” said Victor Ho. “I don’t play basketball, but I like watching people play. The bleachers are also a good place to hang out with people because I get to see my friends when they walk by,” said Brittany Sasse.

Students also spent time with staff in enjoying their free time. One of them included watching Manchester United or Liverpool in Premier League football on ESPN or Star Sports over at Mr. John “Tommy” Tompkins’s house. “I enjoyed going over to watch soccer games at his place because we can stay up late to catch even the latest games. And also because he is such a good cook, we get great snacks from Thai food to Western delights,” said Kim. Unlike people who play outside on the court, Jacob Kimball said, “I like to play computer games, especially ‘Halo,’ with my friends in my dorm and think about nothing except for games! Also one more good thing is that I can play computer games even it rains.”

People also liked to go exploring off campus.

Students’ favorite shopping centers included Gurney, Queensbay, Island, and Midlands malls.

“Gurney is one of my favorite places to go,” Kat Kang said. “I like how I can see different clothes and check out the new fashion styles.”

“I like how Penang doesn’t have different seasons because I get to wear my favorite clothes all year long,” said Sheena McLeod.

Nadia Boshoff added, “I like to go off campus on Fridays because I feel more free out there. Also Starbucks is a must because it is the best way for me and my friends to share and communicate with each other about our lives. Coffee time with my friends is the best time throughout the week.”

Shopping malls usually contained more than clothing stores or coffee shops. “I always want to go to the karaoke place, Red Box; but it’s too expensive to go on the weekends because they don’t have student discounts,” said Brendan Frentz.

Not only shopping malls, but also Sri Ananda Bagawan, the Indian restaurant across the road in front of campus, became a favorite hangout. “I go there with my friends and joke around about stuff that happened during the week and just relax,” Sushi Meyyappan said.

“After eating at SAB, we sometime go to Batu Ferringhi for the night market,” said Nia Diago.

“It is very cheap to buy movies and music CDs there, so I love shopping at Batu!”

Generally, the majority of students simply tried to release stress and to relax over the weekends.

“A lot of people say that there is nothing to do in Penang or they get bored with what they can do here, but I think Penang has the best food and variety of activities. I love living in Penang, lah!” said David Im. As green tennis balls began to fly once again over the net, Wang stared at his opponent Kim, focusing hard on tennis; he would focus later on his homework due on Monday.

—By Kohei Shimizu Shione Stengele, 2 Penang, Malaysia Valentina Brodini, 1 Penang, Malaysia Alice Ye-Ju Chang, 1 Penang, Malaysia Ke-Erh Huang, 1 Penang, Malaysia Esther Kim, 1 Penang, Malaysia Gia Kim, 1 Penang, Malaysia Jenny Kim, 1 Penang, Malaysia Seong-Min Kim Penang, Malaysia Esther Ko, 1 Penang, Malaysia Andrew Lim, 1 Penang, Malaysia Suji Lim, 1 Penang, Malaysia Jackson McKenzie, 1 Penang, Malaysia

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Faith and Football? and after each session to make sure everything ran smoothly.

“Can we break for lunch?” Jonathan Hayashi pleadingly asked Mr. Selvanayagam as Shin Park and Bill Kang nodded in agreement. The worship team practiced all week to put together the new songs to lead the school in worship. Everyday during SEW, they practiced for at least three hours after school—as well as an all-day session on the Saturday prior to the first session.

“The worship team was full of many talented people who helped everyone in the crowd start each session focused on God,” said Marigan Dyck.

Over the three-day period, students had the opportunity to attend daily chapels and take some time to focus on God. Each session started with a time of worship, followed by teaching by Mr. Loveless. At night, the majority of the students returned to enjoy another hour and a half of teaching and fellowship with each other. “It was an exhilarating time for all of us, getting to know more about God and ourselves,” said Andrew Jo. As the final session wound down, everyone in the chapel felt satisfied and refreshed. With a prayer, Mr. Loveless dismissed us from the chapel, but not before he was given a gift from the students. Mr. Gwaltney presented him with a Manchester United jersey with the name, “Ronaldo,” printed on the back, as a reminder to him of his lack of knowledge of the interests of his audience. With open hearts and closed doors, SEW came to a close.

—By Jeff Hokyo ROUCHING down to get closer to the audience, Mr. Joe Loveless shares about his life and how to live as “Wannabes.“ Mr. Loveless challenged the middle and high schoolers everyday during SEW. He talked about how students should live to glorify God in all they do and that they are created for that purpose.

Cassandra Samuel, 1 Penang, Malaysia Devin Schaller, 1 Penang, Malaysia Mikaela Steinkamp, 1 Penang, Malaysia Kenlee Stenlund, 1 Penang, Malaysia Hannah Suh, 1 Penang, Malaysia Ben Vongphakdi, 1 Penang, Malaysia Jessica Vriend, 1 Penang, Malaysia Jeremiah Worten, 1 Penang, Malaysia Matthew Barber, K Penang, Malaysia Sarah Chinn, K Penang, Malaysia Da-Hee Chung, K Penang, Malaysia Bernard Combrink, K Penang, Malaysia

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...First (Samuel) – Pre-Four (Brewster)

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New songs also included “Made to Worship,” “What I’ve Done,” and “Rebirthing.”

Talent Show?

“Before that night, I had never heard Paul Kim speak, let alone sing!”

—Kohei Shimizu “I thought the judging was ‘off the chain!’”

—Sheena McLeod “I think Jonathan [Hayashi] should’ve won!”

—Kael Steinert

“I was so nervous singing in front of everybody cause I was kinda sick.”

—Seung Yoon Nam “The dancing from Joe [Loveless] was awesome!”

—Caleb Caldwell

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An excited flock of fifth to twelfth graders swarmed into the bustling chapel to the welcoming sound of Mr. Jason Selvanayagam and the rest of the worship team on 10 September. The seats quickly filled, and soon every eye focused on Mr. Rich Gwaltney.

“Welcome to Spiritual Emphasis Week 2007!” said the spiritual life director.

Mr. Joe Loveless, a youth pastor from Orlando, Florida, spoke for the week. In his opening session, he asked students who they wanted “to be” like.

When Junho Choi said, “Ronaldo,” Mr. Loveless asked, “Who’s Ronaldo?” As incredulous murmurs arose from the sea of students, he stood on stage, oblivious to the fact that he had just proven his ignorance of life outside the United States. Choi’s perception of a “Wannabe” had passed over M. Loveless’s head.

Nevertheless, his message penetrated deep into the hearts of students and teachers alike as he challenged the audience to live a life glorifying to God. “SEW made me realize that I hold onto things, sometimes even trying to replace God. I realized that I should let go of what I’ve been holding onto and trust in God,” said Kat Kang.

Through the week, students drew closer to God and sought after him in new ways that changed their lives.

SEW, however, had begun long before this.

Several weeks of preparation and prayer went into making the three days a success. “The best part was seeing everybody getting involved and using their talents to make SEW happen. It was also good to take some time off just to refocus,” said Joy Li. Mr. Bill Munson aided by constructing an elaborate set of Romanesque columns and arches to give the stage a special touch, unique to the week.

The creative arts team, including Kirk Fraiser, Gary Geh, Cat Foster, and Hung Yi Song, worked before

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Momilani DeLoach, K Penang, Malaysia Soo-Bi Jeong, K Penang, Malaysia Beom-Jun Kim, K Penang, Malaysia Jaden Merkle, K Penang, Malaysia Margaret Moss, K Penang, Malaysia Jared Parsons, K Penang, Malaysia Haruka Shimizu, K Penang, Malaysia Jia-Jie Toon, K Penang, Malaysia Aaron Worten, K Penang, Malaysia Abigail Addink, P4 Penang, Malaysia Ruthie Allen, P4 Penang, Malaysia Kalia Brewster, P4 Penang, Malaysia

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“Yes, it was so nice. I got to sleep in after I ate all that turkey, potatoes, stuffing, pie, salad, bread, gravy, and everything. ” —Kael Steinert “I was bitter ’ cause they didn’t give us Canadian Thanksgiving off. That’s racism!”

—Sydney McKenzie “It was awesome. I got out and sold Journ ads!”

—Kirsten Westergren “Yeah, but it didn’t make much of a difference to me. I didn’t do anything. ” —Hannah Jones “Of course! I ate two Thanksgiving meals that weekend!”

—Caleb Caldwell

In a busy, jam-packed school life, students often needed time to rest. They needed a break from everyday life, and they took those breaks in any way, shape, or form that they could.

Whether it came from indulging themselves by sleeping in on weekends, having the opportunity to get off campus early on an early dismissal day, or getting the occasional day off, nothing conjured up more feelings of joy than two words: long weekend.

Long weekends came in two forms, a shortened week, ending on Thursday, or an extended weekend with school starting on Tuesday.

“I love long weekends because it feels like some crazy time lapse; it’s like, it’s Friday, but, it’s really Thursday. It’s such a weird feeling, but it’s awesome,” said Kael Steinert.

Students enjoyed an extra long weekend as the school introduced a new tradition of giving a long weekend for American Thanksgiving.

“It was so nice to finally get that long weekend.

They never gave it to us before, so, now that we have it, I can enjoy Thanksgiving to the fullest, right down to sleeping in until noon the day after,” said James Lyman.

North American holidays such as Thanksgiving and Easter contributed to most of the long weekends, but Malaysian holidays also received their thanks from students.

On 31 August, while Malaysia celebrated 50 years of independence, the senior class celebrated the 18th day of their reign of tyranny over the rest of the school. The majority of the senior class spent part of their Merdeka Day long weekend at Kohei Shimizu’s house in the swimming pool, wrestling and jumping off a wall into the cool water.

“The weekend we spent at Kohei’s house was so fun! But when we played that game with the Frisbee, I got so scratched up and bruised.

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Tien-Erh Huang, P4 Penang, Malaysia Woo-Jin Jeong, P4 Penang, Malaysia Yu-Min Kim, P4 Penang, Malaysia Min-Song Ko, P4 Penang, Malaysia Mati Paz, P4 Penang, Malaysia Rachel Poh, P4 Penang, Malaysia Lana Brewster, P3 Penang, Malaysia Ethan Chan, P3 Penang, Malaysia Andrew Chang, P3 Penang, Malaysia Rebecca Lee, P3 Penang, Malaysia Kalaiah Stenlund, P3 Penang, Malaysia Lauren Worten, P3 Penang, Malaysia Jim Wu, P3 Penang, Malaysia

Seriously, Regina [Hong] and Ashley [Nam] are vicious!” said Caleb Caldwell.

Over other long weekends, dorms took trips to various places to get away from the repetitive scenery of the school campus and to enjoy the rest of Malaysia.

“We went to Swiss Gardens for a dorm retreat and it was so nice to get off campus!” said Kyle Ladner.

All the dorms took a trip to the Swiss Gardens Resort for a spiritual retreat. While they did that, day students continued their lives without the company of the dorm students.

“It kinda sucks when the dorms do stuff ’cause then I can’t hang out with them, and it’s so boring,” said Kohei Shimizu.

“I love long weekends because I’m able to sleep more. I like to sleep a lot,” said Miho Kawabata.

Long weekends provided rest and relaxation for the majority of the students. However, some students used it to get out and be active.

“I got to hike Penang Hill a couple times over long weekends. It’s so much fun. People think I’m crazy, but I like it,” said Brendan Frentz.

While most used long weekends to spend time with friends, some dorm students used the long weekends to go home for a couple days and spend time with their families.

“It’s nice that my dad lives so close ’cause then I can go home more than other kids can. I like my dorm, but it’s nice to get away from the beatings of my dorm brothers,” said Harry Lewis.

“I wish my parents lived close enough to fly to, but they don’t. So I can’t go see them a lot. But if I could, I would!” said Abbie Eckman.

All in all, long weekends provided that little breath of fresh air for students. The pauses in their busy school lives helped to relieve much of the stress that they held and brought a lot of fun with them as well.

—By Jeff Hokyo

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ISCUSSING the importance of the “Peri-peri” sauce at Nando’s, David Kim and Hung-Yi Song wait for their food to arrive. When dorm students left for long weekends, day students had to resort to going to the mall to pass the time.

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Secret Lives

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Where do they go at night when campus closes down? What do they do when they go home?

These questions and more baffled interviewers as they struggled to discover the “secret” lives of staff members. Students had varied thoughts on the subject.

Jesse Beth Thompson said, “It’s kind of strange to see my teachers outside a school setting—they have a whole other life!”

Kirsten Gamble, seconding her friend’s thoughts, told the interviewers, “I once saw Tommy [Mr. John Tompkins] at Gurney. That was a little mysterious.”

While some students frequently pondered their teachers’ secret lives, others didn’t give the mystery much thought. “I don’t really wonder,” said Frank Cheng.

Although the “mystery” didn’t seem to be so mysterious to some students, the investigators remained curious and decided to do what investigators do best—go to the source.

Looking into the lives of the staff members quickly proved quite an easy task. The investigators stopped at Gurney Mall and saw multiple staff

...you were younger, and you thought of what you wanted to do when you grew up? “.I wanted to be a dentist—and then a lot of other things before I finally chose. ” —Mr. Tim Parsons

“I wanted to be a RCMP officer . ” —Mr. Fred Colburn CALEB CALDWELL

“I planned to be a doctor!”

—Mr. “Tommy” Tompkins

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MILING proudly, Mrs. Mia Steinkamp hands her daughter Josie her birthday cake at her birthday party at the Steinkamps’ house. Staff with children enjoyed being at home with them, entertaining their children’s friends, and baking goodies for the family.

“I wanted to be a lawyer, a dancer, a spy, and a business tycoon—but those are just the major ones. ” —Mrs. Elyn Nollan

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RESSED up like Christmas elves, Mr. Greg Stenlund and Mr. Karl Steinkamp have fun at a class Christmas party. Staff spent time with students and friends, enjoying doing things they normally wouldn’t do.

members there—shopping, eating at their favorite restaurants, and even watching movies. Other staff members appeared at the Paradise Hotel swimming pool with their children, splashing in the water and running around on the beach. Finally, the investigators even saw staff members at church leading worship, running the nursery, and talking with their friends.

Mrs. Lyn Holden, the newest mother on campus, told the investigators, “When I go home, I change diapers, feed my son Sam, get him to take a nap—and then go running when I have time.”

That seemed normal enough, so the detectives decided to approach another staff member.

When the investigators confronted spiritual life director Mr. Rich Gwaltney about his “secret life,” he said, “What’s that?” After laughing at himself, however, he confessed his little “secret”: “When my wife and I go home, we just ‘vege’ with the kids.

We swim, read books, watch movies, and just enjoy one another’s company. Life away from school is relaxing and very family oriented.”

So that solved the case—the teachers did lead normal lives, not such mysterious ones after all!

After searching and studying long and hard, the investigators had discovered that the staff members were just extraordinary people, doing awesome jobs but living normal lives. These investigators breathed a sigh of relief to know such information.

—By Sheena McLeod

Ms. Heather Abernathy, M.A. Grade 1, Swimming 1,3 Ms. Rachel Abraham, B. S. Ed.

Mrs. Valeri Brokaw, M.M. Band 6, Beginning Band 7,8; Bible 5; Dalat Ambassadors;

Mr. David Addink, B.A.

Mrs. Debbie Cairncross, B.A. P-period Quilting, Jackson Dorm Mr. Scott Cairncross, M.A. Ass’t. Scout Master, Jackson Dorm, Contract Committee Mrs. Barb Case, B.G.S. Grade 2, Forensics, Elementary Cooking, Elementary Drama Mr. Earl Case, P.G.D Distance Education, Director Extension Services

Special Services Coordinator, Elementary

World Religions

Middle School Counselor

Chandler Dorm, U-15 and U-18 Girls’ Softball, Girls’ Volleyball

Mr. James Allen, M.A.

Mrs. Shauna Archer, B.R.E.

Mr. Tim Archer Chandler Dorm, Dorm Facilities Coordinator, Eagle Tae Kwon

Do Club

Art and Communication P—period, Dorm Assistant, Junior Class Sponsor

Ms. Julia Bieling, B.F.A

Mrs. Kathy Bieling, B.A. Smith-Eckman Dorm Mr. Larry Bieling, M. Ed. P-period Whittling, Smith-Eckman Dorm Mrs. Annami Blom, B.A. Art 5,6,7,8; ESL Bible 7,8

Mr. Barend Blom, M.S.Ed. Biology, Physical Science, Physics Ms. Bronwyn Bodley, B. Ed. Grade 4; French Exploratory 7,8; Elementary French Club;

Elementary Student Council

Ziemer Dorm

Mr. David Boshoff, B. Comm.

Tennis P-period, Table Tennis P-period, ESL Camp, Rugby 7, Mrs. Suzette Boshoff, B.A. Ziemer Dorm Mr. Brian Brewster, M.A. Preschool 3-8th Grade Principal

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Drama 7,8; Music 5; Piano Lesson Coordinator; SAT; Intermediate Musical; Jazz Band

Mrs. Ailee Chan, L.L.B. Bahasa Melayu Mrs. Debbie Chinn, M.A. English 9; ESL Coordinator; ESL 3,4; MS Sewing Mr. Larry Chinn Director of Development, Movie Reviewer Mrs. Denise Ch’ng, B.A. ESL 7,8,9; ESL Adult Classes; Social Studies 7 Mr. Fred Colburn, M. Ed. High School Principal

Mrs. Peggy Colburn, M. Ed. Grade 5, Forensics, Chat Room, Curriculum Mapping Commit

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Softball Assistant Coach, Archery, Chess

Mrs. Rani Dass, TESOL ESL 5,6; SAT Mr. Bob Davis, M.S. Bible 6, Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Boys’ and Girls’ Mrs. Lori D’Cruz, B.S. Preschool 4, Girl Scout Brownies Ms. Rebecca Fennick Student Teacher

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Outside Class

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want a Push Pop!” Jeff Hokyo nicely asks Mrs. Akiko Stengele, who works inside the booth at the Student Center. Every Thursday after school for a few hours, the Parent Teacher Organization sold variety of candies and pop to students and staff.

PTO raised money for its up coming events, such as the Food and Fun Fair.

“Hey! Is Mr. [Greg] Stenlund taking us to SUBAIDAH today?” Kael Steinert asked the seniors wandering around the lockers waiting for a ride to lunch. “He takes us every Thursday, and I want nasi kandar,” Steinert yelled excitedly across the hall with a big smile on his face.

“I think Mr. Stenlund should take us more often,” said Jeff Hokyo.

Staff and students bonded when Mr. Stenlund and other staff took the seniors for lunch—not only during school hours—but also outside school on weekends and sometimes even on the long weekends.

Students, especially those in the dorm, liked to make themselves comfortable at staff homes.

Joy Li said with a smile, “I like to go hang out at my teachers’ houses, especially my sponsors’ once in a while! It’s a great opportunity for me and the sponsors to get to know each other better!”

“I like how staff are so passionate about the students,” said Regina Hong. “They spend extra time outside the classroom, showing that they care about me! They are my teachers; but once they get

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AITING patiently, Kirsten Westergren and Marigan Dyck line up for grilled chicken and hot dogs from Mr. Karl Steinkamp and Mrs. Tara Stenlund. Once in a while, students visited staff homes on the weekends just to sit and relax, giving students time to get to know the teachers outside school.

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outside the classroom, they are my friends. I love how they treat me like I am their friend.”

Both teachers and dorm parents tried to build good relationships with students. Paul Wang said excitedly, “I love playing tennis with Uncle David [Boshoff ]. I like to goof around with him; it’s the best way of communicating.”

Other sports besides tennis also provided an opportunity for staff and students to mix together. Hung Yi Song explained how he liked his basketball coaches: “Even though Mr. Stenlund and Mr. [Karl] Steinkamp are my teachers, they are my coaches when I go outside to the basketball court. I think I am more connected with them through basketball than I would be in class.”

Besides playing sports and spending time with students, staff also made time to just sit and talk. “I wish I had more free blocks so I could go talk to Mrs. [Corinne] Rogers as she was my AMD [Advanced Merit Diploma] adviser. She did an awesome job; I appreciate her because she was there for me whenever I needed her,” said David Im. Just as Steinert finished his question, he headed to the office to sign out. He turned around to see Mr. Stenlund driving the school van toward the lockers. Calling all the seniors, Mr. Stenlund shouted, “Hurry up! Hop in! Who’s coming to SUBAIDAH with me today?

—By Kohei Shimizu

...you walked into your first class?

“I was very nervous but the people at Dalat welcomed me so I didn’t feel lonely.”

—Yea-Lim Ko “I was worried at first, but I realized that Dalat has nice people and is a good place for education!”

—Nathan Steel “I thought my classes were gonna be hard at Dalat, but it turned out well, so I am not worried anymore.“ —Yi Yang Tan “I was amazed at the class size because I came from a bigger school.”

—Gary Geh

Ms. Nancy Friesen, B.A.

Mr. Clay Moss, B.S.

Miss Lisa Gudeman, Student Teacher Foundation Art. Advanced Art, Master Studio, AP Studio Art Mrs. Kerrybeth Gwaltney, B.S. English 9 and 10, Knitting, MEW and SEW Adviser Mr. Rich Gwaltney, M.A.

Mr. William Munson, M.A.

Kindergarten, Lego, Paper Dolls, Board Games, Puzzles

Spiritual Life Director, Old Testament Issues, World Missions

World Religions, Precalculus, Geometry, Ladies Indoor Soccer

MS Coordinator, Bible 8, Math 5, K PE, Weight Lifting, Activities With Holden, Varsity Boys’ Soccer, MS StuCo Adviser, NJHS

Exploring Apologetics, Life Issues, Values & Decision Making

Computer Science, Early Church History, Introduction to the Bible, Who is God?, Ed Tech Coordinator

Mrs. Lyn Holden, M.S.

Mr. Michael Holden, M.S.M.

Mr. Rick Hurlbut, M.A.

Mr. Nathanael Klassen, B.A.

Miss Nellie Koethler, R.N. Clinic, Health Office Mrs. Carla Loehden, M.S.

Elem. PE, KICs Coordinator, M.S. Study Skills Coordinator, MS Health, HS Health, Tae Kwan Do, Troop 222 Unit Committee

Mr. Kerry Mahoney, M.Ed.

World History, Varsity Boys’ Basketball

Advanced Art, AP Studio Art, Foundation Art, Master Studio

PE Grades 1-4 and Grades 6-8, Girls’ Junior and Varsity Volleyball, Intramurals

Elem. Music, Elem. Musical Director, MS Choir, Concert Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Elem. Drama

Bible, English, Journalism, Finger Style Guitar, JV Boys’ Basketball, Northern Jazz Ensemble

HS Counselor, Design & Purpose, HS StuCo Adviser

Admissions Coordinator, Grade 3 Teacher’s Ass’t

AP Environmental Science, Chemistry, Honors Chemistry, Human Anatomy, Varsity Girls’ Soccer, Badminton Club

Facilities Coordinator, Softball Assistant Coach, Badminton

Grade 3, Math, Language Arts, Keyboarding, Origami, Animal Science Videos, Bingo

U.S. History, American Government, Geography, SEAS, Speech, Boys’ and Girls’ Softball, Elem. Baseball Club, Drama, Drama Writing Club, Righteous Rock

Mrs. Lisa Munson, M.S. Mrs. Elyn Nollan, B.A.

Mr. Robert Nollan, M.Ed

Mrs. Melissa Parsons, B.A. Ed Grade 4, Elementary StuCo, Card Making Club Mr. Tim Parsons, M.S. Mrs. Lydia Roberts

Mrs. Corinne Rogers, B.S. Mr. Patrick Rogers

Mrs. Karen L. Sasse, B.S.

AP Music Theory, Concert Band, History of Western Music, Intermediate Band, Music Theory I, Junior Class Sponsor, Basketball Referee

Preschool 3, Elem. Art, Art Club 1-4, Junior Class Sponsor

Welcome Class, PE 5, Scrabble, JV Girls’ Soccer, Ladies’ Indoor Soccer

Mr. Jason Selvanayagam, B.Ed

Industrial Arts, Chapel Worship Leader, Floorball Coach

Special Services, Boys’ Varsity Soccer

Science 5, Social Studies, Language Arts, Bible, MS Swimming, Forensics, Crafts

Special Services, Learning Support Assistant, Test Skills, SAT Prep.

Coordinator of Learning Lab, Peer Tutors, Substitute Teachers; Charity and Compassion

Mrs. Robin Mahoney, B.Ed Ms. Wendi J. Maze, M.A. Mr. Brian Merusi, M.S.

Ms. Tibbett Merusi, M.S.

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Mr. Mark Sasse, M.A.

Mrs. Mary Sheddan, M.S.

Mrs. Beth Steiert, TESOL

...Staff-Student Relationships

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O every time a new monkey was brought into the room, it would try to get the banana. But when it did, the other four would stop it, and at this point, they didn’t even know why. You know what I call this?

Tradition,” said Mr. William P. Young, speaker for Missions Emphasis Week. During the week, Mr. Young spoke to the middle and high school students during the morning chapel and again at the night services.

Remember When... ...Mr. Young came for MEW?

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LACING a bag of rice on the table, Regina Hong and Ashley Nam sort food to be taken to Kawan House. Student Council helped to generate excitement and participation for the food drive. Altogether, the students brought in over 15 bags of rice, 18 tins of cookies, and a variety of noodles, canned goods, and clothes to donate to Kawan House.

JEFF HOKYO

“I was so excited for his coming, that I decided to read his book before he came. I finished the night before MEW started!”

—Kat Kang “Yeah, but I think the best part of MEW was when Sweaty Betty made announcements! Jeff [Hokyo]’s face when Betty said she was his girlfriend was priceless. ” —Katie Gwaltney

JEFF HOKYO

“I really liked what Mr. Young had to say. It made me think a lot about my life. ” —Kohei Shimizu

Mr. Gerry Steiert, M.A. Ed. Canadian History, Fitness, Athletics Director Mr. Tim Steinert, B. Th.

Security Supervisor, Jaffray Dorm

Jaffray Dorm

Elementary Counselor, Girl Scout Coordinator, Senior Class Sponsor

Director, Senior Class Sponsor, World Affairs, Varsity Boys’ Basketball

Special Services

Librarian, Reader’s Theater, Random Acts of Kindness

ball, Senior Class Sponsor, AMD Coordinator

Mr. Karl Steinkamp, M.S.

JEFF HOKYO

“Come on guys! I don’t wanna get stuck behind some tall people! I want to be able to see the speaker!” said Naomi Tami as she walked briskly toward the chapel.

On 26 February, Missions Emphasis Week started with a bang. Under the leadership of Mr. Jason Selvanayagam, the worship team led the school into the three-day-long extravaganza.

With new songs like “Pick it Up,” “Shout It Out,” and “Beautiful Saviour,” the worship team hyped up the students and readied them to receive what the speaker had to say.

Mr. Rich Gwaltney invited Mr. Wiliam P. Young, the author of “The Shack,” to come and share with the middle and high school students.

Mr. Young, originally a missionary kid from Irian Jaya (now Papua), Indonesia, spoke to the students about their identity in Christ. He said that as Christ followers, we must lean on God to live. Without “Papa Father,” we can’t hope to achieve anything in our lives.

Apart from what Mr. Young spoke about, MEW had another theme, justice. In a world where so much social injustice exists, people must try to stand out and bring justice. To emphasize this, Mr. Gwaltney transformed the chapel into an art show, with student art pieces reflecting social and moral injustices so commonly overlooked.

“I thoroughly enjoyed working on the art

projects with the students this semester. I think it was a great idea, and I am so pleased with the results,” said Mr. Bill Munson.

Students, staff, and parents all had the opportunity to purchase the art via a silent auction, with the proceeds going to help refugees living near Kuala Lumpur.

Students also brought in food and clothing to be donated to Kawan House, a local organization that helps the homeless and the HIV positive.

“Our dorm took our individual allowances and used them to by food at Cold Storage for Kawan House,” said Dianna Kes. “As StuCo, we were able to go down and help out at Kawan; just going down there was such a good experience. I’m really happy we were able to help them this MEW,” said Shin Park about the food and clothing drive.

As the week came to a close, staff and students alike felt satisfied and “fed” spiritually. In the spirit of giving, they had contributed and touched others outside themselves; and at the same time God had touched them in a deeper, more meaningful way.

As they got out of their seats in the front row, Tami, Kirsten Westergren, and Tiffany Steinkamp breathed a sigh of satisfaction and walked slowly up to their next class, feeling rejuvenated and firmer in their relationships with their “Papa Father.”

—By Jeff Hokyo Mrs. Gayle Tyas, M.A. Elementary Library, ESL, Passport Club Mr. Brian Weidemann Residence Supervisor, Junior Class Sponsor Mrs. Valerie Weidemann, B.A. Residence Supervisor, Junior Class Sponsor ITH Yost, his fixed Mr. Doug M.A. intently on his music, Jonathan hisPersonal peers Psychology, in worship.APToPsychology, involve more Hayashi Life ofleads Christ, Bible people, the prayer meeting committee invited differStudy

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Mrs. Jacki Steinkamp, M.S.

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Mrs. Marsha Yost, B.S. Information Processing, IT Specialist

Mr. Joel Steinkamp, B.A. Elementary Computer, Middle School Computer, High School Mrs. Mia Steinkamp, MLS

Mr. David Stengele, M.A. Honors English 9, English 11, English 12, Cub Scouts, Eagle’s Eye Mr. Greg Stenlund, B.S. Algebra 2, AP Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Varsity Boys’ BasketMrs. Tara Stenlund, B.A. Spanish 1, 2; Senior Class Sponsor

Mr. Ben Stutzman, B.S. Algebra 1, Math 7, Pre-Algebra, Middle School Boys’ Football, Mrs. Liebe Stutzman, B.S. Bible 7, Social Studies 7, 8, Food Studies, Girls’ Weight Lifting,

Middle School Girls’ Football, Studio 2B Girl Scouts

1, REFLECTOR Adviser, Eagle’s Eye, National Honor Society

Scouts

Mrs. Eunice Teoh, M.A. Mandarin 1, 2, 3, AP Chinese and Culture, Chinese Painting Mr. John “Tommy” Tompkins, M.S. AP English 11, AP English 12, Honors English 10, Journalism Mr. Dennis Tyas, M.A. Bible 7, Science 7,8, 5K Puzzle, Wrestling 1, 2, Softball, Cub

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...Staff (Steiert) – National Staff (Ganapathy)

Mrs. Kalawathy Pakkiathai A Rajiah Laundry Mrs. Mary “Penny” Aloysius Housekeeping Mrs. Adeline Ang Office Mrs. Indrani Arokiadass Laundry Mr. Jeston “John” Arulndoo Kitchen

Mrs. A Sulojana “Mala” Ayaroo Kitchen Mrs. Nagamal “Rose” Doraisamy Housekeeping Mr. Naranyansamay Doraisamy Maintenance Mr. Gerard Colvin Estrop Guard Mrs. Palany Ganapathy Housekeeping

...Missions Emphasis Week, Church Activities

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Hari Raya party?

“His house had countless decorations and it looked amazing especially the Indian tapestries . ” —Kat Kang­­ “The food was amazing. I was so stuffed because I had at least four full plates. The lamb steak was the best of all!”

—Jacob Kimball “His house was one of the best houses that I’ve been to. I loved all the instruments he had at his place!”

—Bill Kang

As John Jang walks on to campus, the first morning bell rings at 8:15. Jang, as well as other students, begin to rush into their classrooms.

To keep the students safe, guards from the guardhouse stood on the road to organize all the cars passing by on campus and to stop the cars for anyone needing to cross the road.

“The guards work so hard and are amazing because they do the same thing over and over even when it’s raining. If I were them, I don’t think I could do that,” said Sheena McLeod in amazement.

Students who had study hall in the morning had to sign in with Mrs. Amy Khoo in the main office to avoid receiving an absence.

“I love Mrs. Amy because she has a big smile every time I walk in to the office, and she makes me feel welcome!” said Joy Li. Although students had contact with the office workers, most national staff worked outside in all areas of campus.

“People who rake and clean the sidewalk or the nasty looking roof are amazing; I wouldn’t want to clean those places,” said Nadia Boshoff.

“Yeah, I think I know their pains from my Saturday morning detention,” said Chris Kim as he shared his own experiences.

Aside from cleaning the roads and the classrooms, national staff workers also performed a number of odd jobs, including catching snakes.

Mr. Goh Seng Hook Kitchen Mr. Ramasami Govinda Maintenance Mr. Ah Khang Ho Kitchen Mr. Francis Kanasamy Maintenance Ms. Claudia Kang Office Ms. Valliammah Karpaya Library Mrs. Amy Khoo Office Mr. Steven Koo Office Mr. Mani Kuppusamy Kitchen Ms. Ah Mooi Leow Office Ms. Ah Chai Lim Housekeeping Mr. Victor Lim Maintenance Mr. Boon Leng Loh Security Mr. Kumar Mareemuttoo Kitchen Mr. Rajen Mareemutto Maintenance Mr. Bala Mariappan Security Mr. Ravi Moses Yard Ms. Thana Letchmi Muniandy Laundry

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...National Staff (Goh –Sambanthan)

UTTING pancakes on his plate, Mr. Bascaran Raja Manikam enjoys breakfast at Chandler Dorm. On 19 November, Chandler Dorm decided to show its appreciation to the national workers by inviting them over before school for pancakes and roti canai.

“I freaked out so much when I first found a snake outside the band room,” said Brendon Buntain with some anxiety.

Because the national staff workers had to deal with snakes quite often, they prepared themselves by making a snake-catching stick to hunt them.

“It was so cool to see a snake getting whipped with the stick! The national staff workers’ skills were amazing! It only took a few minutes to get it!” said Josh Peace with some excitement.

When the bell rang for lunch, students hurried down to the dining room. Those who ate on campus loved the variety of food as well as being able to eat outside under a canopy 15 meters from the sea.

Throughout the day, the national staff workers worked so hard for the students and the staff to make their lives better.

As the final bell for the day rings, Jang realized he must leave campus and go home. Waving at Mr. Boon Leng Loh at the guard house, he heads back home safe, full of thanks for the help of the national staff workers for what they do for him.

—By Kohei Shimizu

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O huge!” scream Abigail Eckman, Tiffany Steinkamp, and Kirsten Gamble as Mr. Sangaran “Susu” Ramu Thaver shows the snake to people just outside the band room. The snake appeared from nowhere and terrified students and staff until Mr. Susu used a broom to corner and catch it.

KIRSTEN WESTERGREN

...Balu hosted a

Making Lives Better

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Ms. Indrani Munusamy Kitchen Mr. Jayaprakasan Narayanan Security Ms. Joyce Navaseelam Preschool Assistant Ms. Huey Fern “Lillian” Ooi Office Mr. Jay Balan Packiri Nararajan Yard Mr. Kuppusamy Parkianathan Security Mr. Balu Perumal Kitchen Mr. Raj Pillai Office Mr. Bascaran Raja Manikam Yard Ms. Lily Rajiah Housekeeping Mr. Muniandy Ramasamy Kitchen Mr. Raman Ramasamy Security Mr. Sundram Ramasamy Security Mr. Sangaran “Susu” Ramu Thaver Yard Mr. Sundaraj Rangasamy Human Resources Ms. Margaret Sabastian Housekeeping Mr. Jagan Sambanthan Security Mr. Vijay Sambanthan Security

...National Staff & Student Interaction

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Beyond Ourselves

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OOD in hand, Mrs. Beth Steiert and Mrs. Kerry Gwaltney put together the food donated to the refugees living near Kuala Lumpur. Students assisted the needy throughout the year, including the Missions Emphasis Week Kawan House food drive and the various Charity and Compassion projects.

“We walk by faith, and not by sight!” yelled the man through the microphone.

On 3 November, volunteers from across Penang gathered at Fort Cornwallis to participate in White Cane Day to bring about awareness for the blind community of Penang. These volunteers included Bill Kang, Marieth Kiiza, Kat Kang, Jonathan Hayashi, Norman Kiehl, Jacqui Steiert, Mr. Gerry Steiert, and Mr. Dennis Tyas. At 9 a.m., the twoand-a-half kilometer walk commenced led by the marching band from the Penang Chinese Girls’ School.

In addition to these students reaching out into the community this way, the dorms often incorporated service projects with dorm parties.

On 16 December Ziemer Dorm took towels and goodie bags to the elderly living at Bethesda Home. “Their expressions of gratitude and getting to talk to them were so awesome. That was reward enough for me,” said Sheena McLeod.

At Christmas time, Charity and Compassion, headed up by Mrs. Beth Steiert, helped raise money for refugees living near Kuala Lumpur.

“It was really encouraging seeing my class getting involved although I wish more had given,” said Chan-Mi Kim. StuCo rallied the high schoolers to raise money to buy tarps that would house some of the refugee families. Middle schoolers brought in food products, and elementary schoolers donated toys to give to the impoverished people.

Individual classes also participated in service

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...we participated in the 100 ringgit project??

EACHING to the corner of the ceiling, Naomi Tami paints Margaret Sabastian’s water-damaged house.

The senior class used their hundred ringgit to purchase paint for a national staff’ s house.

“I think it was cool seeing the funds we were able to raise aside from the original 100 ringgit we received..”

—Brendan Frentz “It was a lot of fun. I really wanna do it again!.”

—Rebekah Steinkamp “The stress balls the fifth graders made were a great idea, just not when they exploded in the chapel! Then, I needed to go buy a few for myself.”

—Mr. Rich Gwaltney

KIRSTEN WESTERGREN

Seok Yeng Tung Office Ponamudi Valaithan Yard Khatijah “Mimi” Velloo Housekeeping Wei Ming Voon Maintenance

...National Staff (Saminathan–Voon)

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LOWLY surveying the candy before her, Mrs. Karen Sasse chooses a few items to buy from Kenya Gimson, Sabina Lee, Yeon-Woo Sakong and Becky Kong. With their hundred ringgit, the sixth graders bought candy and made baked goods to sell and raise money for a Cambodian orphanage.

ITH sweat pouring down their backs, Josh Peace and Kat Kang finish the Walk for Cancer ahead of the rest of their dorm. Dorms often participated in charitable events to help various organizations. “It was neat to see how many students and staff got involved in reaching out, ” said Mr. John “Tommy” Tompkins.

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Catherine Saminathan Office Shama Sankaran Office Steven Sellasamy Yard Saroja Supramaniam Laundry

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“It was cool seeing the creative ideas people were coming up with to help others. I also think the fifth graders did a really good job!””

—Cat Foster

projects. On 21 November, representatives from each class received 100 ringgit to impact somebody’s life. Mr. Rich Gwaltney used the parable of the talents to illustrate the importance of investing in people’s lives.

The fifth graders led the way by selling cookies and baked goods to support an orphanage in Cambodia and raisedan additional 1000 ringgit.

“I am so excited to see what God is doing through this project,” Mr. Gwaltney said to the students.

“You did so much with 100 ringgit; it would be amazing to see what you could do with 200!”

Aside from the 100 ringgit project, the seniors also had the opportunity to go to Jubilee Home for the Elderly to show God’s love to the people living there. On 23 February, the class went to Jubilee Home to play Bingo and sing two songs to the elderly Penang-ites. After this, they helped clean the home for two hours.

“Overall I really enjoyed the trip. It was cool being able to spend time with the older people there and to hear their stories. However, there was a bit of a language barrier; nonetheless, we had a great time,” said Tiffany Steinkamp.

“Hey Bill [Kang], let’s come back next year!” said Seung Yoon Nam as they rounded the last bend of the walk with their blind partner.

The volunteers felt more refreshed than when they had begun, and felt a sense of pride that they had done something to help another person in the community outside themselves.

—By Jeff Hokyo

SHEENA MCLEOD

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...Community Involvement

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Pushing to the Limit

Memoirs of an Athlete

A rms flung out wide, Riley Mahoney sails through air as he competes for first place in the triple jump as Reagan Mahoney, and Mr. Joel Steinkamp watch in awe. “I don’t really like Track and Field Day, but it’s fun seeing how well people can do,” Reagan Mahoney said afterwards. Although some students looked on the day with dread, others prepared themselves physically and mentally for competition.

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...Sport Division Page

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urning sharply to beat the Pen Khas defender, Tim Babcock deftly controls the football as Joshua Peace calls for a drop. “It’s exciting to watch my friends play and to cheer them on - as loudly as possible. GO ZIEMER!” said Cat Foster when asked about the game. Students went to the different sports games that the junior and varsity teams played, and they enjoyed supporting their friends in the heat of a difficult contest.

Lashing out with a cry of defeat, you bitterly watched the St. Xavier’s football team as they basked in their victory. You replayed all the “mess-ups” you had made and you judged the mistakes of your teammates. You pointed your finger and felt bad, but you realized the reality of the situation: you had lost because the other team had played a better game. Your critique of the game caused your thoughts to wander, and memories came flooding back.

You remembered when you had your first football season in elementary school. You, Tyler, and Brock thought that you knew what to do, but when game time rolled around, your opponents “schooled” you. The basketball season went “a ton” better than the football season, which your team proved when they won their tournament. You and your buddies celebrated your victory with a party at Tyler’s house.

You remembered when you and your friends finally became the big kids in middle school; you expected to “pwn” again in basketball. You lost to three of the worst teams in the zone. You chided Tyler and Doug about their mistakes and ordered them to play better when you tried out for football the next season. Your friends put visible

effort into their skills and endurance, and that encouraged you to push yourself harder than you had ever before. Your team won the zone tournament that year, and you and your friends took pride in your success.

You thought about the games­—both basketball and football—that your team had played in the past year. You took note of astounding victories—which didn’t last long enough—and excruciating defeats—which lasted way too long. The basketball team pulled together well. Although some of your teammates failed miserably, that didn’t stop you from pushing to the limit. You and your teammates on the football team exceeded all your peers’ expectations—not winning everything, but you won.

As you reflected on your milestones in previous years, you remembered how close you had come to winning football this MSSPP. The truth that St. Xavier’s had played a better game than you did—hurt.

You considered what it took to get better— practice—and imagined all the extra practice that Mr. Mike Holden would put you through. “Oh well,” you thought, “it doesn’t end here.”

—By Kyle Ladner

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Sporting the Fun

HIS body thrust forward to bounce the ball back into another square, Shotaro Minato, returns the ball in a game of Foursquare. Walking towards the court, Nathan Gresham, Andy Cho, and Matthew Blatt prepared to join the long line waiting to play.

The lives of minor sports and those who play them the physical aspects of working on their body on top of hanging out with their friends.

“That’s right; end of the line, Sung,” Willis Stebbins replied after defeating one of his fiercest foes in Ping-Pong.

Just then the bell rang, students put down their paddles, and they walked to class. Some realized they hadn’t memorized their Bible verse and furiously tried to cram it into their brains. At the same time people talked about tomorrow’s Ping-Pong match where they would triumph over everyone.

—By Caleb Caldwell

LIFTING the bench bar with force, Ji Soo Lee works out his chest muscles in the weight room. Students and teachers often preferred the bench press to other equipment. After school the weight room buzzed with students and teachers trying to beef up their build or to get social time with friends in the air-conditioning.

As the Ping-Pong ball speeds towards George Merusi, he prepares to retaliate. Kaleb Archer, Tim and Danny Babcock and Bethany Weidemann plot their battle against King George. Students spent their lunch periods competing in sometimes “hot” matches of Ping-Pong in the student center.

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...Leisure Sport

Stirring up a whirlpool, Kael Steinert, Tiffany Steinkamp, Brendan Frentz and Jeff Hokyo swirl around in the Coastal Tower apartment pool. On hot days students enjoyed relaxing or playing around in the pool, trying to stay cool.

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Some came to pump iron and talk about the day’s hardships or humorous events. Others chose to use the weight room as a beauty parlor, admiring themselves in the many mirrors lining the walls.

The students and teachers who used the weight room had their own workout routines that they claimed built the biggestthe-quickest. Gary Kennedy said.

“The weight room is a place that destroys muscles, but it sure builds character.”

Whatever the recreational activity students and teachers spent their time on, they enjoyed

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high-chain-link fence, yellow balls furiously crashed from one side to the other and back again every day after school. Tennis players Nadia Boshoff, Paul Wang, Mr. David Boshoff, Mr. Bob Davis, and Mr. Joel Steinkamp tested their skills against each other.

A couple of the tennis players looked at the sport as a big competition. Chris Kim said, “It’s funny and annoying that no matter who challenges Mr. Boshoff, he always plays with the same wind-knocking strength.”

On top of practicing everyday after school, Wang took lessons from an instructor.

Some people, however, looked at the sport in a different way.

“Tennis is a sport where you can begin angry and end refreshed and relaxed,” Nadia Boshoff said.

Moving across the field and into the gym, guys from all over campus converged on the weight room every day after school.

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“Ahhh! Hey, YOU!!” Sung-In Kang said as he gave up his high honor as king in a Ping-Pong match. Students utilized their lunch periods in the canteen, showing others how well they could smack a plastic ball over a small mesh web on top of a dark green table.

Recreational activities speckled the campus everyday during lunch as well as before and after school, creating a collage of busy students and teachers.

On the basketball courts shouts of disagreement resounded such as “I’m not out; the ball hit the line!” or “You’re the dumbest king ever!”

These shouts, of course, came from Foursquare matches, which even though created for the young, could get pretty intense, and they attracted not only middle school but some high school students as well.

Right across from the Foursquare court and over a four- foot-

Learning Dedication

MS Boys’ Football

Playing until the end

Penang.

Both the middle school guys’ and girls’ football teams competed in the Varsity Football Tournament held on the Polo Grounds on 2122 September. “Playing with my friends at that tournament was great,” said Katie Gwaltney.

Although neither team initially began with much experience, the players ended the season with more confidence and skill than when they had begun. Both teams participated in a final game against Uplands where they demonstrated what they had learned; both middle school boys and girls came from their games victorious.

“I think the season ended very well with our game against Uplands,” said Coach Liebe Stutzman.

During their game against Uplands on the upper field of Dalat campus, the girls finished with a score of 3-2. The boys won their game,

6-0. “We did a lot better than I thought we would,” commented Harry Lewis.

Kirk Fraiser and Norman Kiehl donned jerseys and whistles and proceeded to ref the games.

“Working with younger kids was pretty cool,” said Fraiser.

Coach Ben Stutzman congratulated his group saying, “Nice game boys!” Ms. Maze clapped from the sidelines as girls emerged from their game victorious. The enthusiasm came well earned when the season that started rough ultimately resulted in victories for both players and coaches alike.

—By Cat Foster EYES on the ball, Brian Cairncross dribbles around his opponent while referee Norman Kiehl runs behind.

Speed proved necessary in fast-paced games.

M IDDLE SCHOOL BOYS’ FOOTBALL FRONT ROW: Coach Ben Stutzman, Sam Eckman, Brian Cairncross, Reagan Mahoney, Harry Lewis, Josiah Steinkamp, Kendall Stenlund; BACK ROW: Nathan Danneker, Jordan Nagel, Andy Goh, Ben Weidemann, John Yoon, Harry Kang

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“All right team, gather around!” shouted Coach Mr. Ben Stutzman over the chatter of onlooking spectators.

“I was pleasantly surprised with how well the boys worked together,” commented Mr. Stutzman. “The whole team was eager to learn new skills. Their desire for improvement greatly impressed me.”

Once the game began, the boys played their hardest as Mr. Stutzman had taught them during practice. “Working with the boys was a huge refreshment to me. I wish that I could have a longer time with them!” said Mr. Stutzman.

“Having Mr. Stutzman as a coach was great because he loves soccer,” said Sam Eckman.

On the other side of the field, Coaches Mrs. Liebe Stutzman and Ms. Wendi Maze encouraged the girls’ team. The girls participated in several games against Uplands and other local schools around

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KEEPI NG the ball from her opponent, Isabelle Litowski gets ready to pass to Emily Brokaw. Teammates learned to trust each other in game environments.

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WH I LE stealing the ball from her opponent, Jamie Thompson calls out to her teammates for help. The girls’ effort during the Uplands game helped them succeed.

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Middle School Girls

Middle School Boys

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Uplands

6-0

Chung Ling

0-3

Alice Smith

0-6

Uplands

3-3

Han Chiang

0-4

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Bump, Pepper, & Spike

Varsity Girls‘’’ Vollleyball

Girls’ volleyball team learns new skills

SCRIMAGES Union

CGL

12 - 25

14 - 25

MSSPP TOURNAMENT 4th Place CGL CROUCHED down and ready for action, Nadia Boshoff blocks the ball sending it back over the net and into the Union’s school’s side. At the net May Yamauchi and Andi Thompson set themselves up for a volley. During this friendly match, the girls lost 12 - 15.

VARSTIY GIRLS VOlLLEYBALL FRONT ROW: Evelyn Kiiza, Yeon-Woo Sakong, Lucia Combrink, Zoe Parsons, Jordyn Blatt; SECOND ROW: Frances Wong, Erin Dass, Michelle Chan, Ji-Hyun Park, Cricket Deloach, Nadia Boshoff, Sydnye Blatt; BACK ROW: Coach Lisa Munson, Tiffany Steinkamp, Margaret Stebbins, Danae Frentz, Jesse Beth Thompson, Andi Thompson, Angela Steiert.

5 - 25

Phor Tay

25 - 19

Balik Pulau

25 - 23

Union

7 - 25

SEASON RECORD 2 - 0 - 4

CALEB CALDWELL

CALEB CALDWELL

“How are we supposed to get our van out when there is a car parked in front of it?” asked a confused Mrs. Lisa Munson.

After coming out of Convent Green Lane (CGL), where the varsity girls’ volleyball team finished their first two games of MSSPP, the girls discovered that a car had blocked their path of exit. It took the team about 40 minutes to locate the perpetrator among the people at the school and start on their way home.

Winning a game against Phor Tay 25-19 and losing one game against CGL 5-25 ended the day’s volleyball events.

After a night of rest, the girls returned to CGL to play two final matches. When the team arrived, the girls warmed up and got into starting position. Balls then started coming furiously across the net as their opponents from Balik Pulau spiked the ball.

Diving for the ball, Abbie Eckman saved it from touching the ground which would have given the other team a point toward winning.

Running in behind, Andi Thompson spiked it over the net.

Throughout the game, the score seasawed between the teams until, with a last desperate push, the

PEPPERING the ball, Emily Peace passes it back to her partner Erin Dass. The girls preformed exercises and drills to get a good feeling for the ball. “Some of the drills were tedious but they really helped us gain at least some skills for the game,” said Peace.

READY to dive, Kirsten Westergren, Angela Steiert and Abbie Eckman get ready in their starting possions. During practices the girls learned where to place themselves so the ball wouldn’t get through and give the other team a point.

girls won, 25-23.

From this win they went on to play in the semifinals against Union at Hamid Khan. But the other team proved more than a match, and the girls lost, 5-25.

Practices at school had started with the girls running laps around the indoor basketball court. Then they went through the tedious job of learning all the positions required in a volleyball game.

After this, the girls picked up balls and tossed them back and forth; they called this “peppering.”

After shaking up the peppers, they went back to running drills to finish off the practice.

“Every time we had practice I dreaded those last runs,” said Tiffany Steinkamp Even when the work seemed to push their attitudes to the limit, the girls carried on and ended up getting fourth in the MSSPP. —By Caleb Caldwell GERRY STEIERT

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Grabbing the Ball Varsity guys practice their skills on the pitch “Everyone shut up!” said Chris Kim as the varsity team left campus to face their second opponent of the season on Saturday 15 September at 8:15 a.m. On every drive to a game, Mr. Michael Holden expected silence the whole way, so the players could concentrate on what they needed to accomplish.

Most people utilized this quiet time in the van to catch some “zz’s.”

For most of the teammates, an early start found them dragging their tired bodies out of their cozy beds. Like zombies they slowly forced their way to the gym, where two vans awaited.

After 30 minutes the vans arrived at Chung Ling’s campus.

All heads turned to look at the mammoth pools of water that dotted the football fields.

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SHOULDER shoving his way towards the ball, Brendon Buntain out runs another player. The game against Han Chung took a toll on the teams’ spirits because of the 1-4 loss. “It was a rough game that tested our team’s spirit of perseverance,” said Bruce Mak.

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CAREFULLY, Kyle Ladner catches the ball with his foot after it landed from a goal kick. Beating HZA 3-0, the guys had started off by dominating the field. During their final tournament of the year, the guys pushed themselves hard. “Since we were so determined in this tournament, we did better,” said Harry Mak.

SPINNING around his Pen Kas opponent, Brendan Frentz tackles and drives the ball towards the goal. In the second game of the MSSPP tournament, the guys dominated the field winning 4-1. Narrowly losing their last game, the guys took silver.

Looking at his team with eyes sparkling, Mr. Holden said, “Well guys I guess we’re playing water polo today.”

The team not only faced the wrath of the side effect of a monsoon downpour, but they also suffered the loss of key players because of the junior class service project: the Serve-athon.

As if in an ancient battle, Dalat and Chung Ling lined up facing each other on opposite sides just waiting to get their hands dirty.

Soon the game collapsed into total chaos with wet cleats crashing into soaked ankles in a watery battle as each team fought furiously for the possession of the ball. Both teams found it hard to even get the ball to move five feet because it seemed to mock the players by sticking in the mud.

Throughout the session, the players tried their hardest to play as a team. However new guys made up most of the team creating a gap in teamwork. In their first match between Pen Khas they lost 2-4.

The team’s spirits didn’t fall though, and they won in the game against Tanjung Bunga, 2-1.

In the tournaments, the varsity players took fourth in their home tournament and sixth in the Kuala Lumpur tournament.

The Chung Ling game showed the team that they needed to work harder at helping their teammates.

Josh Peace remarked, “It was an insane and very tiring game because we just couldn’t play well.” But the varsity team would not submit to a mere flood of water, evident as Junho Choi curved a free kick into the net, and Brendan Frentz smashed the ball into the goal later on in the game.

Chung Ling, however, scored a goal both before and after half time to tie it up 2-2. Goalie Daniel Kim remarked after the game, “My honest opinion about that game is that I was too inexperienced and that I let the second goal right in because of that.”

With hearts full of hope for a better game next time, the varsity squad climbed back into the vans and drove back to campus. This time, however they didn’t doze; instead, they talked about their weekend plans.

—By Caleb Caldwell

Varsity and JV Boys’’ Football Chung Ling Pen Khas Tanjung Bunga Aussie

2-2 2-4 2-1

1-5 HOME TOURNEY - 4th

VARSITY BOYS FOOTBALL FRONT ROW: Chi-Ryun Pyee, Caleb Caldwell, Riley Mahoney, Danny Babcock, Harry Mak, Ezra Dass, Bruce Mak; SECOND ROW: Coach Brian Merusi, Tim Babcock, Ji-Soo Lee, Andrew Jo, Daniel Kim, Josh Peace, Brendan Frentz, Coach Mike Holden; BACK ROW: David Im, Kyle Ladner, Axel Loeh-den, Chris Kim, Brendon Buntain, Junho Choi, Terence Law, Dong-Yeob Sakong

Morrison 3-0 MKIS 0-2 Heng Ee 0 - 0 Uplands 0-0 Al Smith 2 -4 Han Chung 1-4

ISKL TOURNAMENT - 6th ISKL JV-A MAZ ISKL JV-B

0-2 2-2 1-2

MSSPP - SILVER HZA Pen Kas Westland St. Xavier

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Kickin with Grassy Cleats Varsity girls take the heat during matches.

On 22 September, the team faced their first real challenge during the tournament held at the Polo Grounds. Three teams from KL traveled to Penang to compete on the stifling hot Saturday. For some, the tournament brought new experiences. “At first, [playing goalie] was unexpected because I usually play defense. But I’m glad I got to try something new,” said rookie goal keeper Estefania Diago.

After narrowly losing to Mont Kiara by one point, and tying with Alice Smith, the girls made a comeback in their game against ISKL and walked away with silver medals at the end of the day.

On 19 October, they packed their bags and boarded a bus to Kuala Lumpur to meet their competitors once again. “It was great heading down to KL to compete,” said Bethany Weidemann. “It’s always awesome to meet the other teams participating in the tournament and get to know them.”

For the team, meeting their competitors became a memorable

experience. While able to have fun off the field with the others, the girls played hard during games.

The strenuous work during practices and other games paid off, however. The girls beat their opponents in an intense game against ISKL and later went on to defeat the team from the Alice Smith School with a score of 4-0.

At the end of the day, after receiving their medals, congratulating their opponents, and posing for team pictures, the girls left the field exhausted from the day’s work but happy from their team’s victory.

The sun, having ceased to burn and beginning to set, reflected off the gold medals slung around their necks.

—By Cat Foster

AVOIDING her oncoming opponent, Andi Thompson dribbles to keep possession of the ball. The girls beat ISKL 4-3 earning them a gold medal at the tournament held in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

KYLE LADNER

The scorching sun beat viciously down on the backs of the varsity girls football players as they raced across the field. Susheela Meyyappan sped toward the ball and came head to head with her opponent as she attempted to gain possession of the ball.

“Even though I hate the sprinting Mrs. [Corinne] Rogers makes us do, I realize that it helps me during a game,” noted Meyyappan. To build up their endurance, the team ran during their hour and a half practices two times a week. Under the coaching of Mrs. Rogers, the girls worked at developing their skills with drills, practices and scrimmages. The experience they gained during practices helped them to become team players during games.

“The team has really taken to heart teamwork, encouraging one another and using the slogan, ‘It’s not about me.’ I’m impressed with how well they work together,” said Mrs. Rogers, quoting last year’s theme of servant leadership. The girls displayed dedication to each other with their quick cooperation

Varsity Girls’ Football Uplands

3-1

HOME TOURNAMENT Silver

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EYES on the goalie, Danae Frentz prepares to launch the ball into the net. The endurance the girls built up with drills during practices paid off as they beat Alice Smith 4-0.

1-2

Alice Smith

0-0

ISKL

2-0

KL TOURNAMENT Gold

CALEB CALDWELL

WITH her hands up, Tiffany Steinkamp braces for impact while coming head on with her ISKL opponent. A strong defense helped the girls beat their opponents 4-3.

Mont Kiara

VARSITY GIRLS’ FOOTBALL FRONT ROW: Coach Corinne Rogers, Dianna Kes, Estefania Diago, Andi Thompson; SECOND ROW: Tiffany Steinkamp, Ji-Hyun Park, Susheela Meyyappan, Nadia Boshoff, Kirsten Westergren, Sydnye Blatt, Coach Gerry Steiert; BACK ROW: Margaret Stebbins, Danae Frentz, Khalie Mahoney, Bethany Weidemann, Miranda Steinert, Angela Steiert, Abigail Eckman.

ISKL

4-3

Alice Smith

4-0

SEASON RECORD: 4 - 1 - 1

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Pushing for the Ribbon Track and Field day runs to the finish

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“Move out of the way!” Boch Chiao yelled as he plummeted down the track towards the sand pit. A moment later he became airborne. Just as fast, he rocketed out of the sky and into the pit.

Sand flew out of his path as he skidded to a stop.

Chiao jumped up, rubbed the sand off his pants, waited for Mr. Rob Nollan and Mr. Bill Munson to measure his distance, and walked to the back of the line of other guys ready to jump.

The long jump attracted students who wanted to test their leg and jumping muscles or to see if they could make a school record.

The day of sports at the University Science Malaysia stadium actually started out on campus where middle and high school students lined up on the basketball courts wearing one of four team colors: blue, green,

yellow, or red. They received t-shirts from staff members in charge of their team.

After waiting for a tally of the students, everyone scurried to the buses and drove the 30 minutes to the stadium. Reaching their destination, they placed their water bottles and MP3 players in the stands and ran for the laminated poster giving the general time of each event.

Each person, knowing his or her strong points—whether running, throwing, or jumping— tended to sign up for only the ones he or she could do best. This added to the competition. With one student’s strong point pitted against another’s, they pushed their bodies to the limit to get first place. “My favorite events were the shot, javelin, and discus; and I made a record for under-16 javelin,” said Se-Chan Hwang.

Shots resounded every five

SPRINTING the last few meters of his race with a determined look on his face, Harry Lewis speeds through a school record for the under- 12 boys’ 800 M. He broke the previous record by 14 seconds with his time of 2 minutes and 52 seconds.

ROCKETING her body over the high jump bar, Juhee Jeong makes it over the top in the under-18 girls’ high jump as Amber Dobbie waits for her turn to jump. Jeong received third, but Tiffany Steinkamp made a school record at 1.25 M and got first.

minutes into the enclosed bleacher from a gun setting off another group of runners. Running events occurred all morning and into the afternoon, allowing everyone involved enough time to recuperate from other events.

“Running is the only thing I enjoy doing at track and field day, but my ankle was just getting healed after I broke it; so I didn’t do as well as I thought,” Harry Mak said.

Later in the day, teammates became louder at cheering because of the increasing competition to beat the other teams. Scores for teams written up on a whiteboard changed every five minutes and attracted many competitors as they watched their team’s score rise above or below the others.

With a final dash, the under18 boys’ relay race ended the days’ activities. Everyone congregated under the balcony to hear the final scores. “And first place goes to, the Blues,” Mr. Fred Colburn announced. After a final aerial picture taken from the balcony of the whole group, students and staff walked back to the buses; even without winning, each had his own sense of accomplishment.

—By Caleb Caldwell

THRUSTING the javelin back and sprinting forward at top speed, Jet Song gets ready to throw the sharp metal object. To his right Mr. Tim Archer makes sure the throwers don’t cross the final throwing line. Se-Chan Hwang triumphed over everyone in the under-16 boys’ javelin with his throw of 33.61 M, breaking the previous school record.

New Records U-18 High Jump Tiffany Steinkamp Harry Lewis Se-Chan Hwang

10 M.

U-15 100 M Theresa Phan

13.8 sec.

U-18 100 M Margaret Stebbins

12.2 sec.

U-16 High Jump Frances Wong

1.32 M.

U-16 400 M Frances Wong

1.13 min.

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MSSPP TRACK U-15 Hurdle

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U-16 Javelin

Angela Steiert

TWO feet ahead and gaining on his opponents, Joshua Watson sprints towards the finish line with Brian Choi and Wei-Kheng Teh at his heels trying desperately to catch up. In front of them and taking first, Allen Goh rushes to the finish line to get the blue ribbon for the under 12- boys’ 100 M.

1.25 M.

U-12 800 M

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Cracking the Bat “Take me out to the ball game“

HANDS gripping the bat and eyes on the ball, Kun-Hee Kim swings and Boch Chiao prepares to catch the ball. Players worked on their batting during practices in preparation for competitive games.

Varsity Girls’ Softball

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VARSITY GIRLS’ SOFTBALL FRONT ROW: Coach Mark Sasse, Jesse Beth Thompson, Brittany Sasse, Maaya Yamauchi, Risako Okazaki, Kirsten Gamble, Se Ra Hwang, Coach Shauna Archer; BACK ROW: Michelle Chan, Annesley Archer, Chan Mi Kim, Vivian Lee, Joy Cho, Kun-Hee Kim, Wan Leen Siow, Lakshmi Meyyappan

CALEB CALDWELL

SMK Telok Kumbar.

The under-15 girls’ team, h o w e v e r, t r a m p l e d t h e i r opponents from SMK Telok Kumbar, 13-2, on 26 March.

They kept their victorious streak even when playing Convent Datu Keramat.

On 29 April, both girls’ teams participated in the State Tournament. Although losing to SMK Dato Onn, the under-15 girls’ received the title of Penang Island Champions as well as gold medals. The varsity girls lost their final game but still received silver medals.

“It was especially rewarding to see the girls’ teams win medals in the Penang Island Tournament” said Coach Sasse.

After a successful season, the enthusiastic multitude of players hoped to see softball back next year. “I think,” Sasse mused, “we’ve laid a great foundation for a competitive softball program in the future.” —By Cat Foster

CALEB CALDWELL

under-18 varsity girls’ team faced their first competitive opponents from Convent Datu Keramat.

Although losing by three runs, the girls’ felt confident in their playing techniques and walked away from their first game full of fond memories.

“Playing in a competitive setting was thrilling!” exclaimed Jesse Beth Thompson as she recalled the experience.

The first brush with competition for the boys came on 24 March when they played SMT. Abd. Rahman, but they lost 1-7. Although losing their next two games against SMK Telok Kumbar and Penang Free School, the boys found that they thoroughly enjoyed the game.

“Softball is a fun and great sport!” said Kaleb Archer.

“The other teams are tough competition, but it will be fun playing them again in the future.

When the varsity girls met their opponents from Convent Datu Keramat again on 25 March, they squeezed by and won, 6-5. The girls maintained good scores throughout the day when they played SMK Sg Nibong but couldn’t keep their streak when they came up against the team from

READY to run, Josh Peace swings as Se Ra Hwang reaches her glove to catch the ball. The boys’ and girls’ teams often played against each other in scrimmages to gain game experience.

CALEB CALDWELL

The crack of the bat resounded throughout the upper field as Annesley Archer hit the softball across the field. The flew across the field as Archer sprinted for the base.

A sport that had slowly faded throughout the years gradually came back to life as Coach Mark Sasse introduced the craze to students. At first starting off with just a boys’ team, Coach Sasse incorporated two girls’ teams as well. In preparation for the MSSPP tournament, the girls’ and boys’ teams scrimmaged against each other during practices.

Almost 60 high school and middle school students participated in the program.

“It was great fun to see softball resuscitated at Dalat after an absence of many years. I am very proud of the enthusiasm and passion our players demonstrated,” said Coach Sasse.

Some had little if any experience playing softball. Players learned how to swing the bat accurately and pitch the ball quickly, among other softball techniques. By the end of the season, all teammates had developed the skills needed for a successful game.

When it came time for competition, the players felt more than ready. On 29 November, the

SQUINTING in the sunlight, Kaleb Archer holds a softball while listening to the explanation for a play from his coach.

By practicing every week, players improved their ball handling and batting skills.

UNDER-15 GIRLS’ Gold

VARSITY GIRLS’ Silver

ISLAND TOURNAMENT

ISLAND TOURNAMENT

Convent Datu Keramat 11 - 6

Convent Datu Keramat

SMK Sg Nibong

SMK Dato Onn

SMK Telok Kumbar

SMK Telok Kumbar

13 - 2

0 - 18

SMKPTL SEASON RECORD 2 - 0 - 1

6-9 6-5 5-3 0 - 20

14 - 15

SEASON RECORD 2 - 0 - 3

U-15 Girls’ Softball

Varsity Boys’ Softball SMT Abd. Rahman

1-7

SMK Telok Kumbar

2-4

Penang Free School 2 - 10 VARSITY BOYS’ SOFTBALL: FRONT ROW: Andrei Nunez, Bill Kang, Marco Kim, Yu-Shin Park, Kaleb Archer, Elmo Lin, Victor Ho, Coach Mark Sasse; BACK ROW: Paul Kim, Seung-Yoon Nam, Bosuk Hong, Se-Chan Hwang, Alan Thompson, Boch Chiao, George Merusi, Terence Law

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UNDER-15 GIRLS’ SOFTBALL FRONT ROW: Coach Shauna Archer, Maaya Yamauchi, Brittany Sasse, Se Ra Hwang, Erin Dass, Jamie Thompson, Xiao-Leen Siow, Coach Mark Sasse; BACK ROW: Isabelle Litowski, Michelle Chan, Annesley Archer, Yu-Min Pyee, Evelyne Kiiza, Chan-Yang Kim, Lakshmi Meyyappan

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JV Boys’ Basketball FRIENDLY MATCHES CTSP

31 - 27

HOME TOURNAMENT

WITH a determined look on his face, Danny Babcock dribbles up the line, trying to get the ball in the key to take a shot or to pass it up the line to a teammate. The JV guys fought hard against Garden during their home tournament; however, they did not have the skills that the varsity players had and lost 26-45.

’ JUNIOR VARSITY GUYS: FRONT ROW: Jason Hsiao, Danny Babcock, Ezra Dass, Andrew Fan; SECOND ROW: Jamie Kim, Joel Chuah, Jacob Kimball, Joshua Wong, Coach Mr. Clay Moss; BACK ROW: Victor Ho, James Lyman, Axel Loehden, Jonathan Brokaw, George Merusi, Santi Niramitvijit; NOT PICTURED: Jonathan Hayashi

Xavier

20 - 65

Uplands

23 - 45

Al Smith

27 - 38

Garden

26 - 45

FRANTICALLY dribbling, Norman Kiehl tries to get around an opposing guard towards the basket. Running up behind him, Ezra Dass backs up the offence.

All around, the guys from Garden block anyone “open“ and stop the flow of offending guys. At the same time, in the back of the gym, Mr. Clay Moss shouts to his players, telling them where they should position themselves.

ISKL TOURNAMENT KTJ

36 - 28

Garden

18 - 37

ISKL JV

9 - 54

ISKL B

23 - 20

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BACKING up to take the shot, Victor Ho tries to break through Jake Kimball who furiously swings his arms making it impossible for Ho to pass. Kevin Huang, Harry Mak, and Jonathan Hayashi try to get open for a pass.

The guys played each other and more experienced varsity players after school on days off from practice.

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Suicide for a Reason

JV boys shoot with all they have

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Boom! The last duffle bag made its way into the bottom of the bus’ luggage bin. Bang! The luggage compartment clamped shut. Ssish!

The bus door closed with a whisper, and the JV guys settled into their seats for the five-hour ride to their tournament at ISKL’s campus.

Soon into their trip, the movie “Coach Carter,” competed with the chattering and fooling around of the high school students.

When the bus pulled into the International School of Kuala Lumpur’s parking lot, families housing guys in the tournament waited to take them into their homes for the night. Later each eye shut for the night, and thoughts of previous matches filled the dreams of the young players.

“I’m open!” Axel Loehden yelled from inside the key the next day.

Half a court behind, James Lyman dribbled towards the hoop and away from the guys from Chinese Taipei School Penang (CTSP). A second later the ball soared into Loehden’s hands where he maneuvered a layup and scored two points.

Beak-aways such as this occurred time and again and aided Dalat’s

win against CTSP, 31-27. “Our passes that game were nice; I wish we had played more games like that,” Danny Babcock said.

The boys only had one chance at a friendly match before going full force into a home tournament originally meant for only varsity players. But ISKL’s A team didn’t come as expected; and in order to fill their empty slots, the JV team played in their absence. The team won two games out of four at their varsity-level tournament.

The boys spent one day a week with their coach Mr. Clay Moss scrimmaging and practicing shots and lay-ups.

These scheduled practices became only the starting point for the boys because Mr. Moss assigned them drills each day as well; five days a week each guy finished 10 “suicides,” windsprints, and stair sets. On top of this, since practices occurred only once a week, the guys played after school on off days with other teammates or with varsity guys and staff.

On a regular basis Jonathan Hayashi, Babcock, Victor Ho,

and Lyman perfected their passes, shots, and lay-ups after school on the basketball court, gaining more experience for games. “It was a pretty good semester; but if everyone had come to practice instead of some just showing up at games our team would’ve been way stronger,” Hayashi predicted.

Alarms sounded, moms woke up sons and hosted players, and showers sprang to life as the guys got ready for their tournament at ISKL. The day started with a win against Koleg Tuan Ja’afar [KTJ] because of all the great passes. During their second game, however, they lost the spark because of fatigue and crumbled to ISKL, 54-9.

“We were all tired and dehydrated that game; if we had gotten in better shape during practice, we would have done better,” said Jake Kimball. The players didn’t let this loss get “to their heads,” however, because they fought past the fatigue in their match against the ISKL B team, wining 23-20 and getting fifth place in the tournament in the capital.

—By Caleb Caldwell

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EYES glued to the ball, Gilbert Weng stretches his arms to block his George Town opponent as Kael Steinert runs up behind, prepared to assist in the play. The focus that players demonstrated during the game allowed them to win 54-42.

Making history on their own

paid off when they beat their opponents by two baskets.

The team’s next challenge came at the home tournament held from 30 November to 1 December in which they beat their opponents from George Town 54-42 and from Garden School of KL 50-43.

They couldn’t keep their winning streak, however, when they came against Heng EE. The boys continued to put up a fight throughout the rest of the tournament and received the fourth place medal.

But the boys had their eyes set on the State Championship.

Everybody wanted the title of “State Champions.”

The team had started off fairly new. Half of the players didn’t have much experience playing on varsity before. “Playing on such a new team was sometimes frustrating,” Jacob Kimball admitted, “but it was a great learning experience and it really brought us together.”

In the first game of the second semester, the boys once again donned their jerseys and played an intense game against Chung Ling.

The final score of 33-72 revealed a defeated home team. “It was a

rough game,” said David Kim, “but now we know what we need to work on.”

In the following practices, the boys worked on their dribbling, passing, layups, and jump shots.

After coming back from spring break, the boys quickly jumped into the spring season. In preparation for the MSSPP tournament, they played two games against Chung Ling and one game against Air Itam. The competition proved stiff when Chung Ling beat the boys in both of their games. The boys, however, made a comeback in their game against Air Itam on 27 March when they won 52-26.

When the time for the MSSPP tournament came, they proved more than ready.

In their first game for the MSSPP tournament, the boys beat the Penang Free school 56 - 8. A few days later, they came face to face with their opponents from Chung Ling that had beat them in the previous two games.

Aware of their competition, the boys played hard and defeated the team by 13 points. However, their next game against Chung Ling ended with a last minute three pointer from their opponents, ending a close game.

The minor setback didn’t stop the boys though. The boys won the next two games held on campus against St. Xavier and Heng EE. As the MSSPP season began to dwindle down, the boys piled in a van early in the morning of 29 April to head to their games in George Town.

They had come a long way since their first game. After countless drills in practice, and hundreds of points later, the boys made their own history, as a team.

—By Cat Foster

AFTER receiving a pass from teammate Bruce Mak, Hung Yi Song looks to the basket in hopes for a shot.

Despite the defensive opposition Garden displayed during the game, the boys’ made it around their opponents and won 50-43.

SEEING a break in the sea of players, Riley Mahoney dribbles the ball towards the basket after receiving a pass from Harry Mak. Ball handling skills proved necessary in the fast-paced game against Uplands which resulted in their victory 43-48.

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“Let’s go Eagles! Let’s go!“ The gym filled with the cheers of fans as they sat, stood, jumped, and clapped on the bleachers. The score clock on the wall slowly ticked away as the quarter reached its final seconds in the game. On the court, the game between Dalat and Uplands intensified as players scrambled for the last basket before the buzzer. The rest of the crowd rose to its feet and screamed as Riley Mahoney received a pass and made for the basket.

“I love watching my brother play on the team!” exclaimed Khalie Mahoney. “I cheer extra loud just to embarrass him.”

The varsity boys’ basketball team played their first game together on 3 November. After practicing under coaches Mr. Greg Stenlund, Mr. Karl Steinkamp, and Mr. Clay Moss, the boys felt prepared for their opposition against the Chinese Taipei School of Penang.

“I love my coaches,” said pointguard Hung Yi Song. “They do so much for the team, and we’ve learned a lot from each one of them.”

Those lessons from practice

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Starting Afresh

Varsity Boys’ Basketball KDU KDU Chung Ling

Air Itam

32 63 33 25 68 52

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27 72 72 55 33 26

VARSITY BOYS’ BASKETBALL: FRONT ROW: Coach Greg Stenlund, Tim Babcock, Hung Yi Song, Harry Mak, Jacob Kimball, David Kim, Coach Clay Moss; BACK ROW: Danny Babcock, Riley Mahoney, Axel Loehden, Gilbert Weng, Brendon Buntain, James Lyman, Kevin Huang, Coach Karl Steinkamp

MSSPP TOURNAMENT Silver Penang Free School 56 - 8 Chung Ling 35 - 22

36 - 39 St. Xavier 47 - 29 Heng EE 31 - 29 Valdor 43 - 42 SEASON RECORD 1 0 - 7 - 0

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Dribbling, Drilling, and Defeating

FOCUSED on her oncoming opponent from Garden, May Yamauchi makes a split second decision to steal the ball while her teammates cover their designated opponents.

Learning man-to-man defense techniques improved the girls’ skills on the court during the times they did not have possession of the ball.

Such play helped them win their game against Union, 58-27.

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HANDS up in defense, Miranda Steinert focuses on her opponent from the Penang Chinese Girls’ High School while Frances Wong guards her opponent. The PCGHS managed to get by the girls’ defense and win the game, 18-55. The sportsmanship displayed by the participating teams, however, became a common sight on the court.

Learning what it means to be a team Quickly dribbling the ball down the court, Khalie Mahoney scanned for a possible breakaway.

Upon seeing one, she scrambled toward the net and launched the ball towards the basket. “It was a great experience learning how people play and react during games. We built a lot of trust with each other,” said Mahoney.

During practices, the girls performed numerous drills not only to sharpen their dribbling skills, but also to learn how to play like a team. The invaluable trust established between the girls helped them have confidence in each other during games. Learning from each other made them a team.

On 16-17 November, the several practices paid off when the

girls participated in their home tournament with the occasional thought of glimmering gold medals in their minds. However, the thought mostly occuping their minds involved the experiences they would gain as a team. “It was awesome to see our team become united and to see everybody encouraging one another,” said Nadia Boshoff.

Traveling teams such as Garden, Berapit, and Uplands posed tough competition for the girls.

Nevertheless, they maintained a victorious streak throughout the tournament.

In the last game, Dalat battled for gold. Facing their opponent Alice Smith, the team pushed through while the time slowly ticked out on the scoreboard. The game steadily escalated in suspense until it reached its climax in the final few seconds with Dalat at 22 and Alice Smith at 24.

Even the girls’ admirable efforts to gain the lead could not get them that extra basket. When the buzzer resounded throughout the gym, however, the girls congratulated the winning team and

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AWARE of her Union opponent, Cindy Hsieh prepares to pass the ball to her teammate in hopes of scoring another basket. During practices, the girls learned how to pass and play like a team in order to get the most out of their games. In their second game against Union, the girls won 58-27.

graciously received their silver medals. “We played against one of the best teams in the tournament, so I’m impressed with how close the game was,” said Danae Frentz.

The girls encouraged each other as they walked away from the tournament, smiling and anticipating the next season.

The first weekend of the spring semester, the girls packed their bags and headed down to KL to participate in a tournament on 25-26 January. The girls competed with Garden, International School of Kuala Lumpur, and Alice Smith School. The girls kept a winning streak against Garden and ISKL. After the finals against Alice Smith, the girls received silver from the game’s results of 14-38.

Their next game came two months later on 15 March against Penang Youngsters. The two months of practice under Coach Gerry Steiert enabled the girls to beat their opponents, 101-55.

The MSSPP season began 7 April. In their first game, the girls beat their opponents from Sungai Ara 56-10. In their game against Union, however, the girls couldn’t

keep ahead and lost 28-60. Their dedication landed them a position in the semifinals for the Island Championship, but they could not keep a hold on their opponents from the Penang Chinese Girls’ School and only scored 18 points against their opponents’ 55 points.

In the finals, they played Heng EE for bronze and narrowly lost the game, 30-33, receiving the fourth-place trophy.

On 19 April, the girls played the Chinese Taiwan School of Penang and made their comeback 69-23.

During the week in between the MSSPP games, the girls practiced hard with Coach Steiert to make sure they could face Chung Ling in Butterworth on 29 April.

The season brought many games, many stories, and many experiences. “I wouldn’t trade the memories for the world,” said Andi Thompson.

Although the season abruptly ended with a loss against Chung Ling, the girls knew the season had brought memories and lessons that would stay with them for years to come.

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Garden ISKL Alice Smith

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VARSTIY GIRLS’ BASKETBALL FRONT ROW: Lakshmi Meyyappan, Tiffany Hsiang, Frances Wong, Cindy Hsieh, Danae Frentz, Theresa Phan; BACK ROW: Andi Thompson, Nadia Boshoff, Angela Steiert, Sydney McKenzie, Se Ra Hwang, Miranda Steinert, Coach Gerry Steiert; NOT PICTURED: Khalie Mahoney

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A Startling Insight Looking Back on Learning

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ONTRIBUTING to the growing symphony, May Yamauchi, Joycelyn Woo, Bethany Weidemann, and Sheena McLeod play their woodwind instruments. “I really like being in band class because of the relaxed atmosphere and the time I spend learning to play my flute better. It also helps that Mr. [Kerry] Mahoney is such a great teacher,” said McLeod. Band students spent time every school day mastering their chosen instruments and perfecting their melodies.

AS the mannequin lies nonchalantly on the hard floor, Breanna Roberts

pumps furiously on its chest while Elmo Lin and David Kim indifferently study the scene. Students who took Mrs. Carla Loehden’s health class participated in an extended session, in which they learned the skills necessary to perform CPR successfully.

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...Academics Division Page

As you sat with your friends, reflecting on your past school year, you remembered when you experienced your greatest successes and most painful failures—your hardest projects, highest grades, and hardest subjects­—and different memories came flooding back, like the huge paper that you had to write for Mr. Mark Sasse’s World History class that had kept you up till the wee hours of the morning, the proofs in Mrs. Lyn Holden’s geometry class that had killed your 4.0 average, and the science project you had to research and create for the annual middle and high school science fairs.

Your memories did not just include the past year, but they also beckoned memories from your younger days. You remembered when you enjoyed your all-too-short year in kindergarten when no one questioned naptime as the biggest project and a student could score no higher than a bright shiny gold star.

Reading Dr. Seuss books, then, seemed like the hardest assignment anyone could imagine.

You also remembered elementary school, when each day conformed to the next with short school hours and unlimited afternoon hours for play. You recalled that all your trials in playground politics seemed like your

hardest subject, and your worst grade—an A- in social studies—signified the end of the world. No project weighed more on your young shoulders than the consuming task of learning to write in flowing cursive.

Memories of middle school rolled in, and you smiled as you remembered when you still did not have to work hard at school, days when emulating the high schoolers seemed like more fun than doing things your own way and when a little bit of work went a long way, making it easy to maintain your A average. Nothing seemed harder in middle school than remembering to take your homework home at night.

Smiling as you thought of your memories of the good ol’ days and laughing and joking with friends about common experiences, you realized something. Even though the C- you received in Mrs. Holden’s geometry class made you feel bad, it really didn’t matter because the class had pushed you; and you found that you could meet the challenge and overcome it. You could still remember when you had better grades but less satisfaction. The extent of your progress, or your lack of it, might have discouraged you from further effort except for the knowledge th­at it doesn’t end here.

—By Kyle Ladner

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RISS-CROSS, applesauce, pepperoni pizza,” sing Kalaiah Stenlund and Lauren Worten as they pat their knees and clap their hands along to the beat of a tape. Mrs. Elyn Nollan taught Preschool school 3 students basic music skills through creative and upbeat songs and motions.

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UZZLE pieces scattered across the floor, Matthew Barber determines the correct place to put his next piece among the jumble of arctic animals. Students in Kindergarten especially enjoyed play center where they had the opportunity to play with puzzles, draw, build with blocks, read, or play house.

S Bernard Combrink perfectly etches the word “Car”

onto his mini whiteboard, Sarah Chinn giggles to

herself as she tries to make up a sentence of her

own. In Kindergarten, students took their knowledge of the alphabet to the next level in reading books and writing sentences for themselves.

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ITTING comfortably, Rachel Poh, Mati Paz, Min-Song Ko, Abigail Addink, Tien-Erh Huang, and Kalia Brewster show off their cultural costumes to the Preschool 4 class. On 19 March, Preschool 4 students dressed in national outfits and paraded around to different classrooms for parents, students, and teachers to see.

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Creativity and Imagination set the scene in Kindergarten and Preschool

Focusing his complete concentration on the leaning tower before him, Jim Wu searches among the building blocks for one to fit on top of his fort masterpiece. Meanwhile, Kalaiah Stenlund reaches into the box, takes a handful of pieces, and, placing them on the make-believe stove, asks Lauren Worten, “Do you want a cookie? Be careful, they’re hot.”

During play-time, preschoolers and kindergartners not only used toys in conventional ways but also mixed things up with imagination and creativity. They didn’t limit that creativity solely to playing, though.

In Preschool Three, Mrs. Robin Mahoney taught her students through coloring, painting, and even music.

Ethan Chan especially enjoyed the morning coloring sessions. “Red is my favorite color,” Chan exclaimed, and, sporadically filling in a picture of a reindeer, added with delight, “and I want to paint the red part of the rainbow poster today!”

In music, preschoolers went on to learn fundamentals with singing and clapping games. Mrs. Elyn Nollan led the kids in singing along with tapes about animals and the human body.

Preschool Four, taught by Mrs. Lori D’Cruz and Miss Joyce Navaseelam, started out with table activities each morning and took on an exciting dimension through

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OLELY concerned with designing their architectural masterpieces, Rebecca Lee and Jim Wu search for the perfect pieces to add to their castles and forts. Play time allowed preschoolers a chance to experiment with building blocks and use their imaginations to create all sorts of structures.

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Be careful, they’re hot.”

coloring, playing, and learning. Said Kalia Brewster, “I really like coloring! I want to be an artist!”

And each day introduced its own entertaining events.

Once, the students dressed in national costumes. Decked out in Punjabis, Saris, and Hanboks, the preschoolers paraded around campus.

Kindergarten, like preschool, focused on basics; but Mrs. Nancy Friesen led her students in rising to a slightly different level. Kindergartners still enjoyed play center, entertaining themselves with Legos, dolls, and blocks.

Margaret Moss said, “My friends and I play house, and I like to be the baby.” Jared Parsons, on the other hand, preferred spending that time perfecting his skills in drawing sailboats.

But they also focused attention on learning about the Bible in daily devotions, adding numbers during math, and reading stories throughout the day. Beom Jun Kim said, “We read Dr. Seuss together sometimes, but my favorite book is the one that goes, ‘Yo! Yes!’” Mrs. Friesen also came up with exciting activities to add variety to the days. During Easter, she had her students open plastic eggs, which each contained passages or parts of the Easter story. And once, the class got to enjoy a papaya and then planted the seeds.

Each day in preschool and kindergarten brought its own uniqueness; but in each class, imagination and discovery never ran dry. As Worten took a pretend bite of her “cookie,” Wu removed blocks from his fort, grabbed a plate, and said, “Hey, I want a cookie, too.”

—By Kirsten Westergren

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Beyond What the Eyes Perceive

HAT do you think will happen next?” asks

Mrs. Barb Case as the students call on their

limitless imagination to what the contents

of the next page might hold. Listening to oth ers read, like their third grade buddies or their teacher, helped the students improve their own reading.

following week the first graders read another book... one they actually wrote themselves

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OW Mom, you’re good!” exclaims David Chinn as he watches Mrs. Debbie Chinn display her Chinese writing skills. After a study of China, the second graders hosted a tea party with their parents, doing presentations of masks, history, and how to use chopsticks to pick up marbles.

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AGER hands rise as Mrs. Barb Cas asks what 10 times 10 is. With earnest hands from Seung Wie Jin, Shione Stengele, Julia Munson, Annelie Mohr, and Seon-Bin Oh, Mrs. Case chose Shione Stengele who answered “One hundred,” and earned a compliment. Linking reward with effort helped students overcome the fear of error.

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first graders read a book they practiced or one time, a book they actually wrote themselves,” said Ms. Abernathy.

Regularly, the second graders engaged in center activities, cooperative learning activities, and other games. For Career Week, the class made business cards for their future jobs, yellow page advertisements, and a poster depicting jobs in the community. They also invited special guests and interviewed someone whose career they thought they might enjoy.

Students also engaged in a brain and stomach filling program. In the Banana Split Reading Club, each week they read a certain number of pages and completed a reading activity, which earned them a part of their banana split. At the end of the semester, the children received their hard won treats.

And as the colorful parade of doctors, ballerinas, and businessmen came to a close and the adrenaline settled, the young adults of the future sat in class with their dashing suits, eagerly waiting and dreaming of that distant day when they would achieve their wildest dreams.

––By Chris Kim

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“Are you all ready?” asked Ms. Heather Abernathy, standing in front of the grade 1 classroom door.

Nineteen eager first graders replied with an enthusiastic “Yes!” With that Ms. Abernathy led her flock of students, all dressed appropriately in the garb of a profession of their choice, out to join the three other elementary grades for a Career Day parade.

Even without such a special occasion, everyday was a special day for the first and second graders who found excitement in everything they encountered.

First grade started their day off with devotions theamed for each month. In reading period, the students broke off into reading groups where they learned different reading strategies and vocabulary.

Math time brought out more creativity as dices, pattern blocks, and dominoes came into play.

First grade also linked up with third grade as reading partners to practice reading. “Every Friday, third graders come to the class to read a book they had practiced during the week. It’s important in that it provides the first graders with another venue to listen other kids read. Then the following week the

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Setting sight on the dream world beyond

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S Jonathan Chinn writes down the words they found on the word sheet, Tyler Cairncross tries to think up another word that they can create using the word blocks and letters. Interactive learning like this called this called on the students to stretch their brain as much as possible and enabled them to widen their knowledge.

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Third and Fourth Graders Amidst the Challenge of Transition

got to be an immigrant from Ireland.”

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ENDING over the desk, Mrs. Missy Parsons looks at Emma Merusi’s Bible verse. While half of the fourth graders went to the library to work on computers, the other half remained in the classroom and wrote out Bible verses for Mrs. Parsons to check.

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RINS across their faces, Tayla Kirk and Tim Sasse listen as Mrs. Karen Sasse sings a song mentioned in “Little House in the Big Woods.” While the students read the book out loud, Mrs. Sasse often took a moment to to explain parts of the story creatively.

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getting passports in a unit on Ellis Island. Said Daniel Munson, “The best part about [the unit] was acting out skits. I got to be an immigrant from Ireland.”

The students also read “Little House in the Big Woods” together and other stories during the Battle of the Books. “I made a house and garden out of a shoe box as my book float,” said Joon-Young Lee. And each morning, the third graders focused on solving story problems as well as working on cursive. As Mrs. Karen Sasse stood at the front of class explaining how not to write an “R,” the students giggled as they pinpointed the errors in her cursive.

Andrew Kim thought the best part about Science was watching the Chemistry class demonstrate how to make soap. “The best thing we did in Science was make soap! Actually, we didn’t make it ; but we went to Mrs. [Corinne] Rogers’s class, and they showed us how to.”

As Miss Bodley released students to their stations, Mark Watson pulled out a crossword puzzle, Gloria Kim and Kassy Steinkamp traced pictures of rain forest animals, and noise filled the room as 25 excited students moved around, enjoying that favorite end-of-the-day activity.

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S they flip through the pages of a library book, Caleb Parsons and Jeremy Lupinacci search for information on specific endangered species. In Library, fourth graders researched animals of their choice through the use of books, encyclopedias, and the internet. Elisabeth Brokaw, who researched ocelots, said, “I learned ocelots shouldn’t be kept as pets even though many people try to.”

EXTBOOK wide open, Ivana Smit tries to solve a math problem using the colorful chips in front of her.

During Math, Mrs. Karen Sasse handed out chips to help her third grade students figure out the answers to difficult story problems.

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Rushing in from P.E., 25 fourth graders found their seats at the end of the day as Miss Bronwyn Bodley announced, “Now we’re going to do Centers. Number Fours, you’ll work on Wacky Words…” And as she assigned everyone to a station, an enthusiastic “yes!” came from each student as he or she prepared to move to the appropriate corner of the room.

In the last two years of elementary school before shifting to middle school, the third and fourth graders faced more difficult classes and possibly felt in “mid-migration.” But in that transition, the fourth graders found relief especially in the end-of-the-day activities.

“We have Centers at the end of almost every day,” said Zach DeLoach.

“Everyone does a different activity, and it’s the best part of the day.”

Students found excitement in other classes, too, though. “In Language Arts, we learned a poem that goes: ‘I’m an alley cat with one life left; I started out with nine. My first one went in a knockdown fight, to a cat named Frankenstein,’” recited Evan Chinn.

And to take a break from learning about cumulus clouds in Science and long division in Math, fourth graders went snorkeling at Pulau Payar. “We also took a field trip to the butterfly farm, and we painted batik at Batu [Ferringhi],” said Kristian Stenlund.

Not quite ready for their own transition to middle school, the third graders pretended to be immigrants and went through the process of “quarantine” and

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IRMLY pressing against his sheet of paper, Peter Lee traces the image of a squirrel projected onto the whiteboard. Standing by patiently, his classmates pick out their own animals and wait for their turns to draw as well. When the fourth grade class did a unit on rain forests, the students traced large pictures of animals onto pieces of paper which they used to decorate the room.

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The First Big Step to Seniority

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O how does the verse go again?” asks Woo-Sung Jeong as Rebekah Steinkamp in turn questions another classmate. Students memorized Bible verses for more than good grades on the verse quiz; they used them as guideposts they could take anywhere in life to remind them of moral behavior.

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Growing bigger, older, and wiser

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“All right, guys you need to be mature young men here,” said Mr. James Allen. The shifty fifth grade boys once again focused on the projector screen, but could not help laughing with awkwardness when learning about reproductive organs in Health class.

Every morning fifth and sixth graders started their day in different Student Advisory Teams (SATs) where they reflected on moral issues and quotes from the Bible.

Fifth grade classes dealt with all basic areas of academics, from math to language and from literature to art. Each subject brought projects and presentations, like creating maps of the United States in Social Studies class with markings where each student had traveled.

In English they read novels and practiced with writing assignments to improve their overall writing skills. “I like how we get very cool writing assignments,” said Katie Gwaltney.

Jordyn Blatt added, “The writing assignments are very fun, especially since I get to write about myself.”

Besides textbooks and numbers, colors also played a major role in the development of the fifth graders. “I think Art is our most favorite class. Drawing portraits are the best because sometimes they turn out quite funny,” said Hyeon-Jeong Lee and Cindy Chiem.

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YES locked and ears open, Woo-Sung Jeong, Young Hoon Lee, and Andy Kim listen to Mr. Rich Gwaltney’s

message for the day. Every Wednesday, all middle

schoolers gathered in the chapel for a time to reflect on the past week and prepare spiritually for the next by recharging with encouraging messages from Mr. Gwaltney.

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AIT, I need the blue back,” says Fernando

Paz to Tim Phan as he takes back the

colored pen to color code the parts of the

organ accordingly. Color coding the organs not only made it easier to grasp the organ’s function, but also kept the students engaged the entire time.

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“...and we got different treatment according to our color. I realized how wrong this was”

Sixth grade tackled the same subjects, just on a different level. In math class, to the students’ delight, they learned fractions using peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, through which they found three sandwiches could feed four people, just in smaller sizes.

As a part of an ongoing study of the medieval times, the students also created their own coat of arms, with symbols representing different aspects of their life decorating the shield.

For Social Studies, the sixth graders visited a Buddhist temple when learning about the origins of world religions.

“The temple was so cool! But I didn’t like the smell of incense. It made me cough,” said Yeon-Woo Sakong.

“The segregation activity in American History was good. Once the class divided into groups by the color of our skin and we got different treatment according to our color. I realized how wrong this was,” said Kendall Stenlund.

Back in class, the perpetual laughter seemed to go on with no end. Eventually, the commotion died down just as the lunch bell rang, and all the students made a hungry dash for the door.

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OMPLETELY absorbed, Daniel Kim and Kendall

Stenlund read over their fables for Bible class.

The silent work time helped each student culti vate a fuller character as he or she continued to be molded through the daily activities and knowledge gained both in and out of school.

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ANDS raised high, Sarah Hwang, Sam Jeong, Matt hew Blatt, and Hung Ching Song wait to answer Mr.

Rob Nollan’s question, “Is it easier to have every thing or nothing?” Profound questions like these challenged Bible 8 students to think deeper.

XCITEDLY scanning the page, Ben Unruh, Alex Gimson, and Joseph Merusi find information about the Battle of Chancellorsville. Social Studies gave students the chance to research in the library historical events and people, providing a different learning experience.

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ATCHING attentively as Mr. Ben Stutzman draws out the solution on the white board, Chan-Yang Kim, Cricket DeLoach, Xiao-Leen Siow, and Sam Eckman take note of the answer to the problem.

In Pre-Algebra, seventh graders learned through lectures, experiments, and even stories.

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“We set up these mirrors in the sun and got to melt stuff with them... it was cool.”

library,” said Ben Unruh. “It’s really interesting, and I hope I get to dress up like him for my presentation.”

As the day progressed, slamming lockers and shuffling footsteps resounded through the building as middle schoolers headed to and from their science and math classrooms. In his science classes, Mr. Tyas poured out his passion for the subject to help students from both grades learn through experiments and stories relating to class.

“Wow, we’ve done a lot in science,” Reagan Mahoney said, trying to recount all the discoveries he had made in the class, “We went to the USM museum to learn about radioactive decay, we learned about mapping out atoms, and we did an experiment with Coke and Sprite that showed how to separate clean water from pollutants.”

Experiments took place even in math classes, helping students apply what they had learned to real life. “We were learning about angle trajectory in PreAlgebra, so we set up these mirrors in the sun and got to melt stuff. It was pretty cool,” Keanu Lee said.

And though many of the eighth graders suffered from a natural aversion to math, Math 8 often proved entertaining. Asha Oh said, “Mr. [Ben] Stutzman tells us stories to make math more fun. And he always explains stuff until we understand it.”

The final school bell rang, and the seventh and eighth grade students scattered in all directions. Archer and Brokaw clamored down the stairs, and Eckman and Lewis darted for the basketball court, filling the campus with all the sounds it hadn’t heard since the morning bell.

—By Kirsten Westergren

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At the sound of the bell, seventh and eighth graders turn energy into noise

As 8:15 neared, the shrill school bell echoed through the middle school building. Annie Archer and Emily Brokaw clamored up the stairs, and Sam Eckman and Harry Lewis darted from the basketball court. Within five minutes, campus fell silent; and 60 seventh and eighth graders filled nine SAT classrooms.

“OK, guys, our topic today is study methods. What do you do to study effectively?” Mr. Rob Nollan asked his class. As groans filled the room, a discussion quickly broke out among the students. During SAT, students talked about their lives, discussed daily topics, and slowly eased into the school day.

The next few hours brought students through Bible and English. Besides having students record daily journals, Mr. Michael Holden also helped eighth graders apply biblical lessons to daily life. “[Bible 8] has taught me how to survive life and deal with things like feelings and changes,” said Nathan Danneker.

And Cricket DeLoach said of Bible 7, “We memorized a lot of verses. It’s tough, but then Mr. [Dennis] Tyas also plans fun stuff like acting out skits about the stories we read.”

Acting took place in other subjects, too, helping students learn through skits. “In English 7, we read lots of stories, like ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,’ and then act them out,” Evelyne Kiiza said. “We played lots of roles from this one chapter of our book, and I got to be a tree!” she added with a chuckle.

In eighth grade English, students wrote biographies of friends and family. They then found biographies of historical figures and presented their characters to the class. “I found this book about C.S. Lewis in the

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famous author Joni Eareckson enjoyed riding

horses as a young girl. In English 8, students read biographies of famous figures and then presented what they learned to the class. Most, like Brokaw, found creative ways to dress just like their character.

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partner off balance using only one arm,“ Mrs.

Liebe Stutzman reads from the paper as Daniel Sullivan and Ben Weidemann listen to the instructions. Silly balancing games and team activities helped SAT students bond and ease into the day.

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With the topic of major religious holidays, Hayashi’s presentation covered famous festivals such as Christmas to the less world-widely known Shavuot. Stu-dents attained better respect for Penang by studying the integration of cultures and their religions.

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EARCHING deep for answers, Jason Hsiao and Boch Chiao go over their Canadian History worksheet. The mixture of different nationalities in a history class concentrated on one country proved more than helpful as the mix of views of East and West came into harmony.

Despite various backgrounds, students had common grounds to share, gaining a worldwide perspective.

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“OK, who’s next?” asked Mr. Dave Addink as students once again focused on the white screen in front for Jonathan Hayashi’s presentation of religious holidays, filled with flashy pages of colors that reflected the very richly diverse culture on the island.

“The benefit of this class is you can get to know all of the religions, not only the major ones but smaller ones as well. And by learning about the religions, you would know [how to treat others of different faith],” said Maaya Yamauchi.

Other classes, such as Early Church History, looked to times before the present to understand the world today. “One thing interesting is listing the major events that happened way back in the past in the early church; it was cool because those things helped shape the world we are in today,” said Tiffany Hsiang.

Students also acted as mentors for each other. In Bible 12, class discussions acted as a core of learning as student and teacher alike shared their thoughts, which deepened the quality of the class. “Class discussions help a lot because we can get different perspectives, especially those of the non-Christian students,” said Kirsten Westergren. “And it shows how worldview can affect our perception of issues.

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EADS turned and engaged, Angela Steiert and Syd ney McKenzie share their thoughts about the presen tation. Frequent class discussions provided insight

for students as the reflections often resulted in new and helpful perspectives and wisdom. Moreover, the side topics arising from the discussions with personal experiences from teachers greatly contributed to the learning.

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ocusing hard on the screen, Daniel Babcock enhances his PowerPoint presentation while Harry Mak continues to search the Internet for more information on religious holidays. Through research projects, such as these, and presentations, students learned about the differences and similarities with each religion. Such insights helped students appreciate life on Penang.

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If some classes provided “saw things through the eyes” of God, others provided the glasses of man and his history to reflect and respond to man’s achievements of the past, his current progress, and his future.

Ever so proud of his American and Hawaiian roots, Jeff Hokyo said, “The discussions we have [in American Government] are very interesting. What I find most interesting is the two people who have the most things to say, Sung-In [Kang] and Brendan [Frentz], about our government are not Americans.”

Although some students provided the brains, others provided the entertainment. “Josephine Choi and Risako Okazaki make the class funnier with their laughter,” said Estefania Diago.

The trend continued in Canadian History as well.

A proud and confident Canadian, Sheena McLeod said, “I’ve been encouraged by how many different nationalities—[Canadians, Taiwanese and Australians] —took Canadian History because I’m glad so many people want to be Canadian.”

With exclamations the last slide clicked into place, and students and teacher alike warmly applauded Hayashi’s colorful work.

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partners await their turns to get a look at the fascinat ing specimen as well. In Biology, students performed a number of labs to help them learn, including examining their own blood cells, observing photosynthesis in plants, and connecting circuits.

“Where did it go?” questioned Joy Li, turning to her Physics partner Sung-In Kang. Running quickly over to the trees, the two searched for their missing “rocket.”

After a week of creating rockets out of bottles, Mr. Barend Blom’s Physics class put their creations to the test to see whose could fly the highest and longest.

But Physics didn’t limit the students only to making and launching rockets. Besides the usual worksheets of mechanics and projectile motion, the class also involved different hands-on projects. Josh Peace said, “Once we did an egg-dropping experiment. At first I tried wrapping my egg in Jell-o, and then I tried suspension with rubber bands. Both times it broke.”

Other classes, like Chemistry, allowed students to create and experiment. One challenging lab taught students how to separate sand, iron, and sawdust.

Mrs. Corinne Rogers even occasionally brought in food relating to the unit of study. Rami Lee exclaimed excitedly, “Once we had to make rubrics to grade different foods according to taste, color, and texture; so Mrs. Rogers brought in banana bread for everyone!”

The annual “Suds Off ” science fair project gave students the chance to construct their own soap.

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their bottle with enough water to send it fly ing. After pumping pressure into the “rocket,” Peace, Roberts, and Hsieh watched it launch into the sky. This activity, among the many others in Physics, helped students understand pressure and projectile motion.

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dents learned not only through the usual tests and lectures but also through the use of dummies, visits to the Emergency Room, and even coloring pages.

[Kim], Helen [Kim], Jason [Hsiao], and I are making liquid soap called Apple Blossom.”

Science fair projects took place in Physical Science, too, where Kaleb Archer planned on testing the effect of mixing Diet Coke and Mentos. “I’ve read the record height for the spray of the Diet Coke is 28 feet. We’ll see if I can top that,” Archer said. Besides science fair projects, though, students in Physical Science experimented with magnetism and electricity, creating their own parallel and series circuits.

Human Anatomy, a new course, provided an opportunity to discover as well, with a few field trips to the Emergency Room to witness different operations.

Students spent a great deal of time studying the different parts and functions of the human body, often through coloring books. “We learn the craziest things in Human Anatomy, like that your small intestine is bigger than your large intestine! Ha!” Abbie Eckman said, laughingly.

Students found fascination in Biology, too. Besides the usual labs, worksheets, and tests, they worked with all sorts of materials, ranging from plants to human blood cells. Juah Jeong and Yea-Lim Ko couldn’t contain their excitement when they examined their own blood cells under a microscope, exclaiming to the class, “Look, you have to see this, guys!”

Finally eyeing the “rocket,” Kang shouted, “I found it!” and pointed to the “rocket” stuck in one of the branches.

As he and Li attempted to retrieve the trapped bottle, Li said, “Next time, let’s launch in a different direction.”

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HEMISTRY lab partners Tim Babcock and John Jang concentrate on the worksheet and test tubes in front of them as they figure out the next step in their lab assignment. Labs especially helped Chemistry students understand ideas and laws through experimentation and observation.

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YES locked on the board, Emily Brokaw jots down the methods for computing the algebra problem as Mr. Ben Stutzman explains each step. Both middle school and high school students could take Algebra I, making the class a unique composition of students ranging fromseventh to ninth grade.

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after me: Low-d-high, minus high-d-low, over low-low!” said Mr. Greg Stenlund, bobbing up and down with his arms swinging. Once again, the class burst into laughter, and Mr. Stenlund stood in the front laughing with them. Nevertheless, in an effort to engrave the core formula of Calculus, Mr. Stenlund, urged by duty, again danced to his chant. His valiant efforts paid off as after class, the catchy tune of the chant and the hilarious theatrics of Mr. Stenlund constantly reminded the students of the formula.

“I do that year after year, yet I still don’t like doing it. I’m just not a natural dancer. That’s why I only do it once a year. The chant does help the students memorize, but the dance is strictly for entertainment,” said Mr. Stenlund. “He was so cute!” said Shin Park.

With Mrs. Lyn Holden’s baby on the way, Mr. Stenlund also took over her Pre-Calculus classes. “I like classes with Mr. Stenlund because he’s funny and it helps us relax with the good amount of breaks [that he gives]. Also, the way he teaches makes us study harder,” said John Jang.

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Information Processing class not only taught students to use programs such as Microsoft Excel but also helped them increase their efficiency on the computer.

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“I do that year after year, yet I still don’t like doing it every time. I’m just not a natural dancer.”

programs that met specific needs, such as calculating the cost of pizza by size.

“We make programs using Microsoft Visual Basic and recently we’ve been working on making a Blackjack program. I like getting to understand how programs are made. It’s quite interesting,” said Seung Yoon Nam. Information Processing took the more basic and practical approach to computers. Going over the development of computers, students also went over the basic components of a computer and learned how to use Microsoft Office functions for better efficiency in the swiftly evolving technological world.

“We do lots of activities and games in class which are fun and keep the class interesting, like going around to different people and getting answers from them,” said Susheela Meyyappan.

Five Tuesdays later, Mr. Stenlund threw his hands up in mock rage as the students determinately denied any memory of the important formula, calling an encore to Mr. Stenlund’s performance.

“OK, OK. Just this one last time and then no more,” said Mr. Stenlund, who could not help but laughing with his students in the end.

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O realistically foreshorten the subject of her draw ing, Breanna Roberts stands on top of a table to get a different view as Ms. Lisa Gudeman helps her capture the correct proportions. In the last couple months of the first semester, Ms. Gudeman came from Taylor University as a student teacher to help with Foundation and Advanced Art, teaching techniques such as “foreshortening.”

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ranging from Robert Hinton’s unique M&Mdispensing moose to Gary Kennedy and Kael Steinert’s intricate guitars.

For those more musically-oriented, choir, band, and music theory classes provided opportunities to develop vocal and instrumental skills. In Choir, students explored a wide variety of arrangements. “Mrs. [Elyn] Nollan introduced us to a range of music, including ’50’s songs, Christmas carols, and classical music by Bach,” said Brendan Frentz.

Both middle and high school band classes also took a look at songs from different eras, exploring and performing music both inside and outside the classroom. The high school band took a five-day trip to Thailand in October. “We piled in a bus and drove for 18 hours to Bangkok, visited a temple there, went to a snake farm, and rode a river boat. The best part, though, was performing at the international school with 165 other band members!” Laura Danneker said of the trip.

Whether singing or sketching, performing or painting, students honed their skills throughout the year and polished the talent that poured in from the right side of the brain.

For a brief moment, Niramitvijit blocked out the turpentine fumes, the Jack Johnson music, and the sounds of his classmates, and focused solely on his project. In that brief moment of pure thought, an inspiring idea came to his mind. Not wasting any time, he quickly picked up his charcoal, began drawing a dark, dramatic face, and softly whispered to himself, “I’ve got it.”

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As sharp turpentine fumes wafted through the room and Jack Johnson played softly in the background, Santi Niramitvijit focused completely on the blank canvas in front of him, searching deep inside his mind for the inspiration he needed to start his project. With core classes constantly making students work the left side of their brains, art and music provided a chance to “lean a little more to the right.”

On a typical day in the art studio, students from Foundation Art, Advanced Art, and Master Studio bustled around the room, completing assignments ranging from oil painting to chalk drawings, block printing to silk screening.

But whatever the project, Mr. Bill Munson had the students trying new skills and exercising that creative side of their brains. “We were assigned to draw a tool in a number of different rotations and then color it using pastels. At first I thought drawing a screw a bunch of times would look weird, but then I kept going and realized it looked really cool,” said Breanna Roberts, observing her finished product.

And with the recent addition of AP Art to the curriculum, students serious about art had the opportunity to explore their skills even further and devote more time doing what they loved. Ashley Nam said of the class, “I spent about two hours every day over the break working on my AP Art summer project and still didn’t finish everything. It paid off, though, because I got to spend P-period with Mr. Munson every week.”

Industrial Arts students also found ways to exercise their creative craniums in crafting wooden projects,

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ROWDED around four desks, Catherine Foster, Sheena McLeod, and Caleb Caldwell scratch their heads and debate over ways to position the variables in their layouts. Although modern computers enabled Jour nalism students to work at a faster rate than classes before, they still had to learn the basics of design using the traditional tools of pencils and pica rulers.

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Kyle Ladner listened to his adviser intently as he reminded himself of his responsibilities as editor.

Although students focused much of their class time at the beginning of the semester tearing apart old yearbooks and learning about style, they also absorbed valuable techniques from videos of Colonel Savedge from Columbia University, New York City.

“I really enjoyed watching Colonel Savedge. He says a lot of stuff that I would have never thought about, and it makes sense,” said Kirsten Westergren.

Jeff Hokyo added, “Being in Journalism allows us to really see Dalat in a new way.”

As students signed up for different sections, they gleefully smiled at the thought of the power each held: they could barge into classes with the excuse of “taking journ. photos” and look at portraits of friends.

The students let out another enthusiastic sigh as Mr. Tompkins rolled a tape on taking good pictures, put together by Kodak, for journalism students. Following another 30 minutes of intense practical learning, the students filed from the dark room, armed with greater knowledge of future work.

“The videos about taking better pictures are interesting and boring at the same time. But I learned a lot watching them,” said Sheena McLeod as she stepped out into the warm morning sun, her tiny blue Ninon 5900 ready to catch an opportune moment.

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‘LL cover spiritual life,” said Jeff Hokyo, eyeing the list of available sections of the yearbook, as Tiffany Steinkamp and Kohei Shimizu look for other sections they can take on. Along with daily work, students actively interacted with and represented the school in the community, selling advertisements to local shops and providing finances for a better yearbook.

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“Aaaaaah!” Sighs filled the air of Room 27 as Mr. John “Tommy” Tompkins headed over to his VCR, which lit up a white screen with the good old face of Colonel Savedge. After few more last second runs for coffee and Milo, the room darkened and the familiar, hoarse, enlightening-yet-droning voice leaked out of the built-in speakers.

When the lights came back on, Mr. Tommy called his class to the long, dark, wooden table where the 10 Journalism students sat cramped to listen to more of how to make a yearbook.

“Journalism is the most practical course that a student can take. It prepares him for the real world. He learns how to be a good communicator, an observant photographer, and a skilled designer using IT tools.

He learns how to mix with the community and how to make business deals. And what he learns will go with him. Many former journalism students have jobs in IT, graphic design, etc,” said Mr. Tompkins, “and what a student creates in journalism will be around for ages. No one throws a yearbook away. By the time a student is 18 years old, he is a published author and photographer.”

Students nodded. It made sense. No one threw away yearbooks, especially if he or she had spent many laborious hours drawing layouts, enduring the painstaking labor of going over their copy again and again, and fixing the numerous errors.

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“What inspired you to dress up like Atticus?” Mrs. Kerrybeth Gwaltney asked Alan Thompson. To finish off the unit, each of Mrs. Gwaltney’s English 9 students dressed up like a character from the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” and brought in coffee cake, cookies, or muffins to share for a “class tea.”

Though the grueling rules of grammar and “Links” along with difficult historical accounts such as “The Diary of Anne Frank” would generally give freshmen English students little to rejoice over, the teachers found ways to make the learning experience enjoyable.

And as the sophomores worked through books like “The Good Earth,” English class never failed to excite them. Said Se-Chan Hwang, “Sometimes Mrs. Gwaltney lets us free-write. I really enjoy [that]. We’ve also been reading each other’s autobiographies, and I’ve learned a lot about my classmates.”

Meanwhile, Mr. David Stengele and Mr. John “Tommy” Tompkins led their junior English students through the challenging task of understanding principles in “The Lively Art of Writing” but found ways to make class exciting through interesting conversations about American Literature and snacks relating to the topics of discussion.

Sheena McLeod said of AP 11 English, “I’ve loved this last unit in English. We were reading an article about pastrami sandwiches, and it was making me hungry.

Then, all of a sudden, [Mr.] ‘Tommy’ [Tompkins] pulled out these big, yummy sandwiches for all of us.

I’ll definitely never forget that story now.”

Seniors, on the other hand, delved into much older pieces of British Literature, including Beowulf, poetry, and Shakespeare. The AP 12 class faced a heavy workload, but other enjoyable memories balanced it out.

Marigan Dyck stated, “We read a lot of Shakespeare in class, but watching the movies really helped me understand the plays better, especially when we had a “Shakespeare party” at Tommy’s house.”

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In Speech, students went beyond reading and writing to express themselves through public speaking. Kirsten Gamble said, “Sometimes we’re allowed to pick our own topic. One time, Josh [Peace] gave a speech on Altoids vs. Tic-Tacs, and Kaleb [Archer] talked about why he loves Tim Horton’s.”

Students continued in the pursuit of understanding language and signed up for Spanish, Mandarin, or Bahasa. Most opted to take these classes to expand their cultural knowledge.

“I really wanted to learn Bahasa because I plan on returning to Malaysia when I grow up, and I want to know how to speak fluently with my local friends. I’m so glad that the school decided to provide the class this year, especially because we occasionally get to eat Malaysian food [in class],” said Andi Thompson.

Food also helped the Spanish class in learning, as the Spanish 2 students enjoyed a party with a variety of Spanish delicacies, including fried pastries such as bunuelos and churros.

Finding that the foreign language classes proved more entertaining than they had thought, students also enrolled in the four optional Mandarin classes, learning not only the language but also the culture.

Norman Kiehl said, “Lao Sze, our teacher, found a lot of interesting ways to teach us. Watching movies such as “The Moving Castle” and going to the Moon Festival to eat moon cake especially helped me in discovering the language and culture.”

Back in English 9, Thompson gathered his thoughts and said, “I chose Atticus because his character intrigued me; it would be cool to be a lawyer.”

Though he might one day forget the plot of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the experience of impersonating Atticus’ character, enjoying “tea,” and the other enjoyable moments from English class would long remain in Thompson’s memory.

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arphone and mind plugged alike into the computer, Paul Wang checks the audio recording for his Computer Production Technology assignment. Through learning how to record sound and film and to upload and edit videos, students created sound bites, movies, videos, and even their own podcasts.

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Students have always wanted to “go to school” from the comfort of their house. With today’s Internet, they have the chance to take special courses both in school and even better, at home.

Twenty-five students took the opportunity to sign up for online classes which ranged from Fitness and Health to Economics and Calculus BC to U.S. History and AP U.S. Government.

“AP Psychology is different from other online classes in that the instructor is present,” said Paul Wang, “So it’s way faster to get answers for questions I have because in [other] online classes, I have to wait for a day to get an answer.”

“I like AP Psych because I have more freedom to organize my work and work flexibly according to my time,” said Ashley Nam. “The thing is, sometimes you get lazy because there really is nobody checking on your work everyday. Discipline and time management are the difficult parts of taking an online class.”

Back in the Learning Center, Mr. Case crept up quietly by the computer room door, which startled Im. “Working hard? You’re very behind you know.

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As the bell rang and students walked off to classrooms, David Im went in the other direction, towards the Dalat Learning Resource Center. Flying past the canteen and through the screened door, he swooped quickly past Mr. Earl Case’s office and landed safely in a chair before a computer. In no time, he was working in his semi-virtual classroom.

Across the campus in another classroom, Mr. Doug Yost addressed his AP Psychology students from his cushioned chair on the day’s task. “OK, AP Psychology students. Remember you have assignments due today.

You know the policies: no chatting, no YouTube-ing.

(Well, that’s banned anyway.) OK now, get to work,” said he.

Hours earlier, up in the computer lab, Jeff Hokyo and Kael Steinert worked on their Fitness class assignments online. “Hey did you run your laps yesterday?” asked Hokyo to Steinert, who replied, “Yeah, I ran all of it last night…on Runescape!” with a laugh.

“I love having online fitness because I don’t have to go to the actual class. And I get to do all my exercises on my own,” said Steinert. “I think online learning is more efficient for Fitness. Doing it online gives people a chance to go at their own pace. The only difficulty is you can get lazy and don’t do your work.”

PINNING a pencil in hand, David Im tries to focus on the mathematics and theories of Economics. “I took AP Economics because I thought it would be useful in the future and for college. It is necessary for whoever wants to go into business,” said Im; “but for me, it’s been hard keeping discipline. Then again I’ve changed.”

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O deep!” yells Ben Weidemann as he looks to his teammates for a pass while Sam Kes blocks Eric Lin and the opposing team from attacking. In PE, seventh grade boys played rugby for a couple weeks, learning the rules from Uncle David Boshoff.

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grabbed onto Se-Chan Hwang’s arm and boosted herself up over the steep ledge. Unexpected rain turned a carefree hike at the Youth Park into a muddy expedition as Fitness students climbed the monkeyfilled trail under less-than-perfect conditions.

Despite the challenge often associated with the class, though, Fitness students enjoyed putting their learning to good use through hiking trips, kayaking, fitness tests, workout sessions, and sports.

“I really liked kayaking. When we went out to Rat Island, I shared a kayak with Sally [Lee]. Of course, I did most of the work,” Hwang said.

And at the end of each semester, Mr. Gerry Steiert took the class to Paradise Hotel to enjoy a couple hours of jet-skiing and playing beach volleyball with locals.

P.E., too, offered students from grades one to eight a chance to get away from usual schoolwork.

Mrs. Lisa Munson started first and second grade students with less intense exercise, having them run two laps on campus each day and planning games like tag and soccer. “P.E. is my favorite class. Sometimes we play on scooters!” said Mikaela Steinkamp.

The third-graders, on the other hand, ran a mile each day, competing against schools from other countries by “racing across Montana.”

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said, “My favorite P.E. class was once when we played Capture-the-Flag.”

Seventh and eighth grade boys focused on rougher sports, though, as they played rugby for several weeks and learned rules and tactics from Uncle David Boshoff. “Rugby gave us a chance to release our stress and anger on each other,” said Harry Lewis.

Girls in seventh and eighth grade, on the other hand, focused on sports like tennis and badminton.

Said Chan-Yang Kim, “We’re doing Olympic sports.

Mrs. Munson put us in three teams; and one of the teams will get gold by the end of the year.”

Though Fitness and P.E. provided physical activity, Health covered mental and psychological topics like emotional disorders and personality. “I learned how to be less shy: Smile, Open Posture, Forward Lean, Touch, Eye Contact, and Nod,” said Frank Cheng, recalling the acronym “SOFTEN.” Tim Babcock felt CPR training benefited him the most, though. “When I was in Laos, this one guy was practicing martial arts on another; so I had to be on standby since I knew CPR. I guess Health pays off.”

Whether in Fitness, P.E., or Health, students stepped outside usual class work and focused on lessons and exercises that would benefit them for life.

As Lee reached the top of the ledge, she wiped the mud from her arms. Though a tiring trek to the top, she observed the trail from the peak and prepared for the last leg of the expedition, back through the mud and monkeys.

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LL five senses engaged, Marco Kim focuses intensely to make the detailed touch on his drawing of a pine tree branch. The finesse required for Chinese Brush drawing helped students concentrate every part of their mind and body into every drawing, every touch, and every detail.

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had a chance to try something completely new. “I like Dance P-period. It’s good, fun, and teaches me how to take the lead and improve my dance skills...almost,” said Jet Song.

Not all students fancied entertainment. Some, like Miranda Steinert, opted to be a Teacher’s Assistant on certain days. “I do TA for Mr. [Brian] Merusi. Mainly I help him grade homework and quizzes, mostly grammar and literature. There is one fun thing; I get to run photocopies!” said Steinert.

Although it ran under a different schedule, Middle School also had P-periods as part of their daily agenda.

“I like Wednesday Intramurals best. We play sports like softball and basketball; we used to play some soccer. I like the workout I get. It makes me strong and buff,” said Harry Kang.

Back in the art room, a few shakes later, Kang finally released the dice which hurled their way across the floor, coming to a halt just under a chair. Kang leaned over to check the dice—a three and a two, or an Out. “No!” said Kang, throwing his hands up, as his opponent, David Im, laughed at Kang’s series of unfortunate throws.

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“OK! I need a single to win this! Come on, a three and a four, a three and a four,” said Sung-In Kang with two dice clicking in his sweaty palm. On Thursdays, Kang joined 18 others in the chapel, dicing away their luck in their own MLB of Dice Baseball.

“It’s like very dependent on luck, I think, because all you do is roll dices and call plays by the roll. But when it gets to be a close game, it’s pretty exciting,” said Abigail Eckman.

Everyday after eight consecutive school classes, students had an extra period, its main objective to give students a chance to learn something they wouldn’t in a normal classroom setting.

“I think there are too many P-periods for classes, like for online classes and AP classes. I always thought of P-periods as a time to learn something you wouldn’t learn normally in classes. Maybe they could change it around a bit. But other then that, P-period is useful and the short period at the end of the day proves a good time to wind down, have a break before school ends and work on homework in study hall,” said Jonathan Hayashi.

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each show. Your memories encompassed all of your many extracurricular activities: weight lifting with Mr. Michael Holden, wrestling with Mr. Dennis Tyas.

You also recalled when you started spending time after school, as a high schooler, getting involved with the various groups and organizations. Mrs. Barb Case’s forensics with the trip to KL, the drama supported by many different teachers and all that fun that it let you have with friends, the Dalat Ambassadors sponsored by Mrs. Valeri Brokaw, and Mrs. Elyn Nollan’s vocal ensemble—nothing eluded your attention. You knew juniors that invested much of their time into class activities and seniors who immersed themselves in their responsibilities to StuCo and their class excom.

As your nostalgia ended, you though about what lay ahead. You thought about all the clubs your friends had joined and all the clubs that you could join in the few years you had left in high school. You decided that, though your choice may present obstacles that would force you to persevere, you would do as much as possible to make yourself a better person—because you knew that ultimately, it doesn’t end here.

—By Kyle Ladner

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As the drama cast took its final bows for the evening, you joked with your friends about the play. You jibed at the way Hannah Jones and Khalie Mahoney played mother and daughter, and the funny line, where Kyle Ladner said, “I want to bare my chest, and swing from the vine—divine to the arms of Jane my flame.”

You and your friends could barely contain your hoots of laughter. As you thought about the line, though, your memories stretched to the numerous groups you had been involved in after school.

You remembered when you and Sarah, Joey, and Ashley participated in the Cub Scouts and Brownies. You and Joey often teased the girls about their “Browniehood.”

They took their revenge by teasing you guys about your lack of productivity compared to their cookie sales. You remembered Mrs. Mia Steinkamp’s Random Acts of Kindness club, and Mrs. Karen Sasse’s Beginning Origami group. You recalled all that you learned and all the fun times you had with your friends.

In middle school you remembered when you and your friends, Katie, Eddie, and Carter joined the drama; and you captured the limelight. You recalled all the mess-ups, cover-ups, and make-ups that happened for

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PEEKING over Jared Parson’s shoulder, Beom-Jun Kim, Momilani DeLoach,

Jia-Jie Toon, and Esther Ko catch their breath and prepare to sing the next song. “The kids were so cute in their costumes–especially Ben Gwaltney,” said Kat Kang as she recalled her experience from the elementary musical.

Mrs. Elyn Nollan worked hard to prepare her students for the performance in front of their parents and friends.

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truggling to keep a straight face, Josh Peace and Khalie Mahoney perform a comedy routine, for the after-SEW talent show. “I thought it was funny because they kept confusing each other,” said Paul Kim as he fondly remembered the night. The students who put on an act at the talent show made their peers laugh or reflect quietly with their friends.

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Reaching Out

Forensics and drama teams have something to say Voices rang out loudly and clearly through the darkened interior of the chapel. They belonged to students wearing colorful clothes, surrounded by props on a stage.

On a distant and very different setting, other voices sprang to life and leapt towards an audience.

They belonged to students from who wore formal clothes and stood before a podium down at the International School of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia’s capital.

The team for the high school drama “Baggage Claim,” directed

by Miss Jacqui Steiert, performed for two days on 6-7 December.

“Jacqui was a great director. She

started acting games that would get the mood going during practice,” said Sydnye Blatt.

The drama told the story of a family’s eventful and comic stay at the Crossroads Bed and Breakfast, where they encounter weird and comical characters. “I really loved this drama because it is Christian and has a great message to it,” said Miss Steiert.

The Forensics team left for Kuala Lumpur to compete in the SEA Forensics Tournament on Friday, 22 February. The students each had to perform before an audience and a panel of judges in the areas of impromptu, debate,

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across her laps, Kirsten Gamble replies airily back to Rachel Spoelman’s question in a duet acting performance. Before the tournament, members of forensics performed in the chapel as a chance to rehearse.

Peace comforts Rachel Spoelman who attempts to commit suicide.

“Baggage Claim” had a deeper story to tell as it focused on each of the family member’s struggles and inner conflicts.

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oral interpretation, solo acting, and duet teams.

Several members advanced through the tournament; Laura Danneker and Jessica Gamble went to the semifinals through their duet performance, Danneker went to the semifinals in oral interpretation, and Rachel Spoelman won the gold medal for her solo acting.

“Although I didn’t make it to the semifinals, I was satisfied because it was my first time to enter forensics, and it was actually quite amusing to act like a lawyer in debate,” said Anna Fu. Standing before an audience, both the drama and forensics team members had to conjure up their courage and aplomb to perform.

Through practices and rehearsals, their voices eventually grew steadier and stronger, in the end resounded with the audience.

—By Sung Bum Kim

What Would YOU do... ...if you suddenly had the voice of the opposite sex?

“I would talk to and compliment myself ! T hat will be so cool!“ -Boch Chiao “I would never talk to anyone for the rest of my life. Seriously.“ -Tiffany Hsiang “I could scream at the top of my lungs, and I won’t really sound that bad at all!“ -Kael Steinert “I would call a friend, and he will have no idea who he is talking to!“ -Nico Nunez “With a voice like that, I would have a go at Malaysian Idol!“ -Riley Mahoney

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TANDING in a circle, Jes sica Gamble, Laura Danneker, Kaleb Archer and Rachel Spoelman study and memorize their lines as Archer reads off the script. Students rehearsed every Thursday after school in order to perform successfully.

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“It won’t matter for me, since my voice isn’t that thick.“ -Hank Wong

an audience before a podium as Kirsten Gamble awaits her turn.

Students who had impromptu had a few minutes to study a certain theme or subject and come up with their own speeches.

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Girl Scouts discover and explore

If the Boy Scouts tried to take over the Girl Scouts?

“Studio 2B is different from the other Girl Scout groups in that it is more student-led. My role is that of an adviser. I help the girls plan their goals for the different books we go through, but I don’t decide exactly what they’ll do,” said Mrs. Stutzman.

Studio 2B girls also helped to mentor the younger girls by planning activities for them. In the fall they planned and led the Junior Girl Scouts and the Brownies in a scavenger hunt, and later in the year they also held a short baby-sitting clinic for the fifth and sixth grade girls.

After much deliberation with her peers, Kim and her fellow Girl Scouts finally came to a conclusion about the mysterious, unidentified insect: it was a preying mantis!

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back... Muahah!“ —Elisabeth Brokaw “I would tr y to fight back in a nice way.”

—Charlotte Combrink “I would tell them that if they want to ta k e us o ver then they will have to turn into girls first.”

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kamp patiently waits for help herself. The Brownies participated in different activities on Wednesdays such as making crafts, creating first aid kits, collecting coins, making goop, and learning to dance.

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“Hayah ...Take that...and that!“ —Kenlee Stenlund “I would give them makeovers and make them wear girlie-girl clothes.”

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on earning 12 different badges such as dancing, friends and fun, let’s pretend, science in action, my body, and people of the world badges.

“My favorite activity we did was probably when we played games with floaties in the swimming pool for our sports and games badge.

I really liked that!” said Jasmine Wood-Singh.

The Junior Girl Scouts led by Mrs. Vicki Moss and Mrs. Colleen Sullivan also worked on earning different badges throughout the year including wildlife, music, safety, and sports badges.

“Junior Girl Scouts learn a lot about exploring, being creative, working together, and helping others, and they have a lot of fun in the process,” explained Mrs. Jacki Steinkamp.

Although Junior Girl Scouts and Brownies had similarities, Studio 2B which involved 5 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade girls led by Mrs. Liebe Stutzman had a different format. In Studio 2B the girls read different books published

by Girl Scouts and then planned activities in which they could apply what they had learned.

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Creeping closer to the mysterious creature, Esther Kim slowly and steadily lowered her magnifying glass to observe the unidentified insect. “Hey Julia [Munson]! Come here and look at this!” she cried.

Throughout the year the members of Girl Scouts met together each Wednesday for an hour of funfilled time with friends. From learning how to belly dance to making friendship bracelets, the girls never had a dull moment. Each week, they worked towards earning a new badge by learning and participating in a variety of fun activities.

Divided into three age groups: the Brownies, Junior Girl Scouts, and Studio 2B girls had the chance to make new friends and spend time with old ones.

“Girls Scouts is fun because I have a lot of friends in it with me. I have met a lot of really good friends through Girl Scouts,” said Charlotte Combrink.

The Brownie girls ranged from ages 6-9 and were led by Mrs. Lori D’Cruz and Mrs. Molly Lupinacci.

Throughout the year they worked

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says Elisabeth Brokaw to Charlotte Combrink. “They make such a cool design!” Junior Girl Scouts worked towards a wildlife badge by spending a day outside observing and identifying bugs, insects, and plants around campus with magnifying glasses.

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Kiernan Sullivan looks intently at her masterpiece. Junior Girl Scouts experimented with paints by mixing different colors together, playing with several paint utensils, and using various textured items to make their works of art.

“ T he boys would never do that to us.

They know that we are strong enough to take ’em!”

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D’Cruz has to say, Ke-erh Huang, Gia Kim, Esther Ko, and Jenny Kim prepare to use their kickboards to swim across the pool. The Brownie girls played games and worked on their swimming skills to earn their sports and games badge.

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Bow Down to the Boys The Boys in Blue and Brown Strike Back

...if you had to make fire without matches?

“Pizza!” cried the boys clad in blue as Mrs. Carol Schaller revealed her surprise gift for the Wolf Cubs.

Outside the Wolf Den, other boys swarmed the round table as Mrs. Akiko Stengele passed snacks for the Bear Cubs. Webelo boys gleefully drank their Kool-Aid and fiddled with their bags of Mamee noodles they had received from Mr. Dennis Tyas. During snack times such as these, Cub Scout members sat and ate orderly. After they finished with snacks, however, it became a different story.

Cub Scouts, comprised of elementary boys, met every Wednesday after school. After

“I would catc h a firefly and rub its butt against firewood.“ -Katherine Kang “T here are chemicals you can mix together to start a fire: sodium metal and water.“ -Tim Babcock

Y! The ball must go “H Ethere!” cries Shione Sten

gele as Daniel Kim, Seung Wie Jin, Mrs. Akiko Stengele, Daniel Munson and David Vriend prepare to play a game out on the fields. Cub Scouts didn’t stay indoors every day as they had outdoor activities as well.

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a compass, Steven Ulbritch and Daniel Rogers pay close attention, their eyes focused on the compass.

Boy Scouts not only participated in activities but they also learned how to survive in the wild outdoors.

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“I would r ub t wo s t i c k s t o g e t h e r, d o n’ t y o u w a t c h movies?“ -Jacqui Steiert

Jonathan Brokaw as he fiddled with his compass.

Despite some differences, both the Boy and Cub Scouts worked to move up to different levels. Cub Scouts earned badges and advanced to another group, and Boy Scouts had the chance to eventually earn the Eagle Badge. “Being Senior Patrol Leader helps me to get an Eagle Scout Badge, but getting the kids to do anything tires me out,” said Axel Loehden, veteran Boy Scout with five years of experience.

After their activities, the Cub Scout boys would race to the restrooms to change; the Boy Scouts walked across the darkened school field. Both groups returned to their lives as ordinary students but still with the hint of mischief and curiosity glinting in their eyes. They knew when they donned their shirts and badges, they would become Scouts once again.

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“I run several laps, I will be hot, and I can make a fire with my body!“ -Frank Cheng

the bell proclaimed the end for classroom studies, these boys excitedly rushed to the restrooms to put on their blue uniforms and become Cub Scouts. Cub activities focused more on having fun with each other. “Today we have to write cards for our parents; but I think playing with my friends is much more fun,” said David Vriend as he shielded his card from a curious Daniel Munson.

Later in the day, a group of older boys met at school with more “serious” attitudes. Boy Scouts met every Tuesday evening and delved into scouting activities such as camping outdoors. For this, they needed to study the texts and learn how to use compasses and light fires without matches.

“The best activity in Boy Scouts so far was the camping trip because it was a chance to get away from the hectic life in an urban area and from homework!” exclaimed

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pages of a Scout field manual, Tyler Cairncross reads out loud as Mr. Scott Cairncross and Isaac Spoelman listen. Non-Cub Scout members like Mr. Cairncross and Spoelman joined to help the Scouts in their activities and studies.

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APPILY biting into his pizza,

Matt Chung listens to Garrison Schaller’s ideas about the Valentine’s Day card for his mother.

On special occasions like Valentine’s Day, Cub Scouts worked indoors designing or writing cards for their parents, siblings, and friends.

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Shrugging off 0ff the Sun Elementary athletes on a sunny day

ATER splashing everyW where, Mikaela St einkamp,

Ke-Erh Huang, Kenlee Stenlund, Jessica Vriend, and Gia Kim practice kicking their legs. Swimming Club did not only teach the students to swim but also gave them time to play around in the water.

3 swimming. The young swimmers learned how to dive properly, use the kick boards, and play games that taught them how to swim underwater.

“I like swimming because the games are quite fun, but also because the water can be so cool!” said Cassandra Samuel.

The tropical sun beat down relentlessly, and the thick humid air hung upon the air. In spite of all this, the young athletes kept on with their sports, oblivious to the aggressive heat. They did not have to worry about grades or exams, and just another hot day did not worry them in the least.

—By Sung Bum Kim

...if you could go back and be a kid again?

I would sleep more and eat more to see whether I could get taller or not.

-Boch Chiao I would learn a new language- that way I will learn faster.

-Andrew Fan

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IS lips sucked in with con centration, Evan Chinn steadies his bat as he gets ready to hit the incoming ball Mr. Mark Sasse threw. Members of the Baseball Club had access to all the necessary equipment including the bats, gloves, and helmets.

I would love to play in the playground with friends again!

-Mrs. Mia Steinkamp

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they learned how to swing bats and throw curve balls from Mr. Mark Sasse. “It is quite hard to hit a ball at all because the bats are quite heavy,” said Ian Cho. Not all the clubs met outside though. Gymnastic Club met in the gym and, following Mrs. Lisa Munson’s instructions, the students learned to stretch as well as practice how to roll, flip, and tumble on the mats set out on the gym’s floor. The students built their strength and flexibility through the activities.

In the swimming pool met the members of the Swimming Club.

Mrs. Carla Loehden, Mrs. Munson, and Ms. Heather Abernathy taught the children from grade 1 to grade

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Being an elementary student differed greatly from being in high school; elementary students did not have to worry about GPAs or exams. Instead, they could choose and join clubs associated with arts, crafts, and, of course, sports.

Although each of the sports clubs differed from quarter to quarter, they offered the elementary students a chance to enjoy soccer, baseball, gymnastics, and swimming.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays every week, students from grade 1 to grade 2 donned their sports garments and practiced soccer in Soccer Club. They met on the fields in front of the gym and learned how to properly dribble, shoot, and pass the ball. “I find dribbling around the cones slightly challenging, but I soon get used to it,“ said Ben Gwaltney.

Also out on the fields met the members of the Baseball Club.

Students ranging from grade 2 to grade 4 became baseball players as

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right and left foot, Ben Gwaltney dribbles across the field Members of the Soccer Club learned the various techniques of soccer through different methods of training such as dribbling around and through cones.

Since I was thinner back than, I would try and stay thin.

-Hank Wong

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I would sleep, sleep, sleep and sleep. I don’t really get to sleep nowadays.

Nobody would say a thing to a kid sleeping.

-Yi-Yang Tan

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With no pressure on me, I would do anything that I don’t have the time to do right now.

-Oscar Turner

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Heather Abernathy’s instructions, Jenny Kim, Suji Lim, and Ben Vongphakdi hold on to kickboards as Rishika Dias waits in the back. High schoolers like Dias helped the teachers and the students in their club activities.

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Monumental Memories ...made after school hours

Looking back on childhood, everyone can remember attempting to color inside the lines, building monstrous towers with Legos, and playing pretend with classmates and friends. Throughout the year, elementary students had the chance to participate in many after-school clubs that allowed them to create such memories.

“I think after-school clubs are really fun,” said Ivana Smit. “We get to learn and try so many different and new things. They also give me a chance to hang out with friends a little longer instead of going home right after school.

I’m really glad the school provides clubs for us.”

Each quarter, teachers provided new and varied after-school clubs for elementary students to participate in. From creating masterpieces in Art Club with Mrs. Robin Mahoney to playing Bingo with Mrs. Karen Sasse, students had a wide range of exciting activities to choose from.

“I was in Girl Scouts, Random Acts of Kindness Club, Bingo, and lots of other clubs this year. I had lots of fun, especially because the teachers were so nice and friendly,” said Mikaela Steinkamp.

In Gymnastics, largely popular among the girls, and led by Mrs. Lisa Munson, students worked on improving their flexibility and

gymnastic abilities. Each day they opened up with prayer and then warmed up with jump ropes and music. The rest of the club time they spent learning how to stretch properly, do forward rolls, and do different jumps and walks like real gymnasts.

“I got to be the high school helper for Gymnastics, and it was so fun!” said Naomi Tami. “I was amazed at how flexible the kids they were.”

Baking Club with Mrs. Barb Case became a favorite among elementary students. Every week students baked scrumptious delicacies such as pancakes with syrup, pretzels, pizza buns, and cookies.

“My favorite food to make was the pancakes with syrup!” said Amanda Goh. For students who enjoyed games, Bingo with Mrs. Karen Sasse became a popular favorite as well. Not only did they enjoy playing the game, but they also learned important skills by playing math, alphabet, color, and shape bingo.

“Bingo is really great! Mrs. Sasse always puts the letter or number on the board and then we have to find it on our own sheets. It is really fun to win too because we get candy!” said Cassandra Samuel.

“I love Mrs. Sasse. She makes Bingo Club so fun by teachings us different Bingo games. I always learn while I’m in Bingo Club!”

said Jenny Kim. Another popular group among the students, Random Acts of Kindness Club led by Mrs. Mia Steinkamp, gave kids the opportunity to work on projects that would benefit others. Throughout the quarter they worked on creating cards for family and friends and making biscuits for animals at the pound. They took a field trip to the S.P.C.A. of Penang to learn more about homeless animals and what they could do to help.

“I loved going to the S.P.C.A. because I got to play with a dog named Milo. We got to see a lot of really sweet dogs and cats while we were on the tour. They even had a cute, little bunny rabbit!” said Elisabeth Brokaw.

In participating in after-school clubs, students not only learned that in life it is OK to color outside the lines; but they also had the opportunity to use their creative imaginations to build and discover new things.

—By Tiffany Steinkamp

...if your after-school clubs were taught by Sweaty Betty?

“Booyah!”

-Emma Merusi “I would listen really well because since she is my mom I could ge t a spanking if I didn’t.”

-Ben Gwaltney “That would be so cool. Sweaty Betty is so much fun!”

-Elisabeth Brokaw

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OOKING down at their Bingo cards, Gia Kim, ­Jenny Kim, Louise Kim, and Sarah Lee place colored chips onto the number that Mrs. Karen Sasse had called.

First and second grade students in Bingo Club worked on improving their math and perception skills by playing alphabet, number, color, and shape bingo.

“I would sc ream at first but then I would listen carefully! T hat would be so fun!”

-Tyler Cairncross

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play that they had worked on throughout the semester. In Reader’s Theater Club, students read plays and stories, did puppet shows, and acted out short plays. “Readers Theater Club is so cool because I get to act out parts of a lot of different people and things,” said Jessica Hsiao.

“I would scream, and then tell her she needs to see a dentist!”

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cheese!” says Mrs. Mia S AY Steinkamp as Jenny Kim,

Amanda Goh, Yeo-Rin Yun, Ji Min Park, Jessica Hsiao, Elisabeth Brokaw, and Kassy Steinkamp pose for a photograph after finishing their tour of the S.P.C.A. The Random Acts of Kindness Club took a field trip to visit some of the rescued dogs and cats of the island.

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Steinkamp, Devin Schaller, Cassandra Samuel, Jenny Kim, Jeremy Worten, Seong-Min Kim, and Jessica Vriend stand in line as they recite a poem which tied in with the plot of the musical.

Cho,Mau-reen Huang, Kristian Stenlund, and Ben Gwaltney dance to a song as the rest of the elementary sings. The students in the choir dressed up as toys and sang songs in the background.

... if nobody bought you presents for Christmas?

“I’d laugh to myself.

Cynically. I’d laugh to myself.“ -Riley Mahoney

How It Came to Life

The night when the musical “Joyland” came to life

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“ Nobody buys me any presen t s on Christmas anyway.

I’d care less.“ -Bill Kang

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“I would go to Gurney and buy a gift for myself...“ -Yu-Shin Park

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“What? People give out presents on Christmas day?“ -Kyle Lin “I will seriously go after someone and threaten him or her to buy me a gift!“ -Juhee Jeong

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ENTLY gazing at the baby, G Mrs. Lyn Holden and Mr. Mike Holden wrap their son Samuel in blankets as Momilani DeLoach and Jia-Jie Toon sing “Away in the Manger.” The Holdens made a guest appearance as Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus.

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a toy soldier, shouts his opinion as Ben Gwaltney, a toy race car, waits for his turn. The main characters, in comparison to the rest of the cast, had to sing solos and act before the audience.

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“Now that you mention it, I really don’t remember whether I received any presents last Christmas!“ -Paul Kim

On the dark evening of 18 December, cars started filling up all the parking spaces on campus; and soon late comers drove around the school looking for placesto park. People with camcorders hanging around their necks walked down the stairs to the chapel, whispering to each other in excitement. After everyone settled down in the darkened chapel, already packed with a multitude of eager parents, the whole production came to life.

The elementary musical “Joyland” started with kindergarten and first grade students lining up on the stage.

Dressed as toys, they recited a Christmas poem and sang two songs.

During the song “Away in the Manger,” the Holdens and their newborn baby Samuel appeared from behind the curtains clothed with traditional Hebrew garments and reenacted the song.

After the kindergarten and first grade students cleared the stage,

the real performance began.

“Joyland” told the story of a widow and her two children who struggled to make ends meet at Christmas while trusting God to provide for their needs. A kind owner of a local toy shop graciously provided food and gifts for the family. During the course of the story, the toys of the toy shop magically come to life and start to talk and sing about the coming of Jesus and God’s plans for everyone.

In order to successfully prepare and organize more than 80 children for the musical, Mrs. Elyn Nollan her assistant Amanda Goh practiced and rehearsed with the children for the entire semester.

The students had to know each of their positions on stage and memorize their lines and songs.

“It took us some time to memorize all the songs, but when we did, we knew them by heart and had no

problem singing them later on,” said Maureen Huang.

Mrs. Barb Case and Miss Bronwyn Bodley also helped the actors on backstage.

Mr. Bill Munson lent his artistic skills by designing the stage and making the Nutcracker and Smokin’ Wheels car costume, and Mr. Tim Archer used his carpentry skills for set construction. “I really loved the car costume Mr. Munson made for me.

It was a bit heavy and hard to keep on, but I really loved it, so I still keep it in my room,” said Ben Gwaltney.

The fifth and six graders also helped by making origami gift boxes for the endof the show.

The flashes went on and off as the parents took their last pictures of their children on stage. Cheers and applause continued ringing through the chapel, and sweat glistened on the faces of the young performers smiling proudly on the stage.

—By Sung Bum Kim

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dribbles away from the opposing team members. Students like Mahoney joined teams and participated in floorball tournaments, which pitted teams from various locations against each other.

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dribble across the gym floor. Students like Kiehl played against or with fellow students and non-student players during practice scrimmages every Saturday and Sunday evening.

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“I would call a very buff guy to have a chat with him.”

-Estefania Diago

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“I would ask him, ’Are you Bruce Lee? I am Stenge Lee!’” -Mr. David Stengele SUNG BUM KIM

Kicks and Swipes

“I would seriously kick his butt!“ -Maxwell Litowski

Fans and enthusiasts give up time for some fun!

“I would recruit him to be my personal bodyguard!

The guys won’t pick on me now!”

-Ezra Dass

The sun had just started shining over the campus, but the early birds refused to raise their voices this early. On Saturday mornings, nearly everyone hated to budge from his bed and face a new day; but a few dedicated Tae Kwon Do fans scorned their beds and headed to the gym.

Tae Kwon Do met at 8:30 a.m. every Saturday, and trainees ranging from elementary kids to full grown adults came to learn the Korean martial art. “I think Tae Kwon Do is good for me because it allows me to wake up and exercise early in the morning. Otherwise, I would still be asleep!” said Hank Wong, his

“I would ask him if he wanted to spar with me. I think it would be fun!”

-Jonathan Hayashi

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Wong, Alan Thompson and Benjamin Unruh move their bodies according to Mr. Ronnie Teo’s instructions. During lessons, students lined up as they repeated their instructor’s every kick and punch.

“I think I will ask him and find out more about the arts of Tae Kwon Do!” -Mrs. Eunice Teoh

HILE instructor Mr. Ronnie Teo shouts out instructions and advice, Joseph Merusi continues his pattern, relying solely on his memory. Trainees had to memorize and carry out their moves if they wanted to advance to a higher belt successfully.

forehead glittering with balls of sweat.

As instructor Mr. Ronnie Teo broke into a series of kicks and punches, the rest of the group followed suit. “Patterns for white belts are straight forward, but green belt’s patterns are so much cooler!” said Hung Ching Song, a green belted veteran. Students memorized new moves and new patterns as they advanced, and they also received new belts.

The day passed on and soon the evening sun started sinking into the crimson sea. The Tae Kwon Do group had already left the gym in the morning, but now it hosted another group of sports enthusiasts. These new visitors arrived in cars and motorcycles, and some even walked straight from their dorm buildings. They swiped at hollow plastic balls with long plastic sticks, and chased the balls around the floor.

Floorball had quite a number of fans and enthusiasts, and they met together during weekend evenings.

Anyone could come and enjoy, and students often played with or against people from outside the school.

Sometimes floorball players practiced for tournaments and friendly matches, but most of the time they played just for the fun of it. “I know floorball is an awesome sport, but I like to play it because it is really similar to ice hockey,” said Brendon Buntain.

As the referee blew the final whistle twice announcing the end of the game, everyone held his stick in subdued but satisfied silence.

Players shook each other’s hands and slapped each other’s backs. As the last players filed out of the gym, the building went dark once again.

The gym fell asleep until the next lively event.

—By Sung Bum Kim

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Livin’ It Up

What What would would YOU YOU do... do...

...and workin’ it too!

...if the StuCo president was abducted?

painting some of the floor thanks to Tim [Babcock] and Chris [Kim],” said Mr. Tim Parsons.

“I think I got more paint on my body than on the walls,” said Kirsten Westergren.

After all the work put into planning the Christmas Banquet, Special Things for Special People, the Talent Show, the fund-raiser for the refugees and Kawan House, and remodeling the canteen, the members of Student Council took a big sigh of relief and reflected on the many things they learned from their opportunity to be leaders.

As you exited the chapel after watching Junho Choi sing, “Missing You” and listening to Paul Kim sing, “I Believe I Can Fly,” you had high spirits because, although the Talent Show had ended, you left wondering what crazy ideas StuCo members had for their next activity.

—By Tiffany Steinkamp

“ I n c a p t i v i t y I ’d breed killer f lying monkeys, free myself from my captors, and then come bac k and f ire all other members of StuCo for making no attempt to rescue me.“ -Jeff Hokyo “I would steal his position!”

-Kirsten Westergren

roasting on “C HESTNUTS an open fire, Jack Frost

nipping at your nose,” sing Chris Kim, Regina Hong, Ashley Nam, Kirsten Westergren, James Lyman, Shin Park, and Jeff Hokyo.

The StuCo ended the 2007 Christmas Banquet by serenading the audience with their sweet voices, singing “The Christmas Song.”

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Council President Special Things for Special People had an overwhelming amount of participation among the student body. Over 200 students bought a poke, kiss, or hug for their friends during the month of February.

Each poke, kiss, or hug package contained food items that students could give to show their love for others.

“Organizing everything for Special Things for Special People was a lot of work, but it was so cool to see how many people care about others on campus. It really made me realize what a great community we have,” said Regina Hong.

The members of StuCo, posed with the challenge of remodeling the canteen, tackled it with enthusiasm. After the school installed air-conditioning, the members spent an entire weekend painting a fresh coat of vineyard green paint onto the walls.

The Grand reopening of the freshly painted, newly renovated canteen occurred on Friday, 29 February, the last day of Missions Emphasis Week. StuCo members sold pizza, collected donations for Kawan House, and showed the movie “Signs” on a projector.

“Painting the canteen was a lot of fun actually. We even ended up

Lyman and Ashley Nam prepare to pour paint into the tray while Nadia Boshoff rolls paint onto the ceiling. Members of Student Council worked over Chinese New Year Weekend to freshen up the newly renovated canteen with a fresh coat of paint.

“I would cry a lot cause I love him so much !”

-Ashley Nam TIFFANY STEINKAMP

“It would be so weird without him.

He brings a lot of energy to our meetings.”

-Nadia Boshoff

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Chris Kim glances at his

TIFFANY STEINKAMP

I would convince the rest of StuCo that we need to go with him. Then we could start our own country in outer space.

-Chan-Mi Kim

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Waves of curiosity surge through your body from head to toe as you walk into the chapel. You made sure to get there early so as not to miss anything. In the background you can hear the melodic sounds of Jeff Hokyo and Shin Park’s guitars playing in unison; in the mean time you and your friends look for a seat as close to the front of the room as possible.

The chapel quickly fills until it seems that packed sardines are living the high life. A rush of excitement darts through your body as Chris Kim slowly walks onto the stage in front of the eager, expectant students. The event that had been occupying your thoughts all day had arrived. “Welcome, everybody, to our School Talent Show!”

The high school Student Council got their creative juices flowing and managed to fill the year with exciting events, fund-raisers, and pep rallies. Using their leadership abilities for the better, StuCo members created videos to promote events, sold food to “starving” students in the canteen, and spent countless hours organizing events.

“At times, planning the events is really stressful, but in the end, when we see how much people are enjoying what we planned, it makes it all worth it,” said Hokyo, Student

YES focusing on the paint E cans in front of them, James

notes as he introduces Marieth Kiiza and Estefania Diago to the stage to dance to “Get up”

by Ciara. As Pep Chairman, Kim worked as the MC at the school Talent Show, hosted by Student Council. Over 200 students and staff attended on 14 September.

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N the midst of conversation, Joanna Counts, a member of the Kawan House staff, tells Jeff Hokyo about a collapsed ceiling in the building. The StuCo members took a short day trip to Kawan House to help the staff serve meals to the needy and to learn more about its mission to help the people of Penang.

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Kirsten Gamble, Paul Wang,

The Driving Force

and Laura Danneker discuss the topics for their next Dorm Council meeting as Joy Li takes notes.

Dorm Council met once a month to provide an opportunity for students to bring up issues and suggestions such as whether or not to allow internet access in the dorms.

Leadership teams make a difference nize activities for their last year of school, the junior class excom had a whole different set of events to plan throughout the year. Towards the beginning of the year they planned the after-sneak dinner; but during the rest of the year, they put long hours into making sure that the class sold freezies, got enough pledges for the Serve-athon, and planned the main event of the year: the Junior-Senior Banquet.

“Being on excom this year has been such a rewarding experience for me. I have really enjoyed working on all of the details of JSB,” said Susheela Meyyappan.

Dorm Council, another leadership team that helped to better the campus, met once a month to discuss items pertaining particularly to

dorm life such as new meal plans for the cafeteria.

“I really enjoy being on Dorm Council because it allows me to be a spokesperson for the people in my dorm. I like the responsibility,” said Kirsten Gamble.

The School Board also met together three times throughout the year to discuss potential changes for the school. Each meeting included three days of vigorous and constructive discussions.

As the meeting came to a close in Mr. Stenlund’s room, you left debating with a friend about what the class gift should be; and it brought you to a sudden realization that after 12 years of school, you have almost finished all your work.

—By Tiffany Steinkamp

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Brian [Weidemann]?”

around a table at S ITTING the stalls, Naomi Tami,

asked Susheela Meyyappan as she takes notes on her hand, and Riley Mahoney looks on and laughs.

The junior excom met weekly and sometimes even more frequently as JSB came closer. “Our excom meetings were always a blast,” said Hung-Yi Song.

TIFFANY STEINKAMP

As you walk into Mr. [Greg] Stenlund’s classroom early on Saturday morning, you wonder what is in store for you. Class meetings didn’t occur too often as a senior; and when they did, exciting plans for the class took up most of the discussion time. Sitting down in an empty chair, you wait for class president Brendan Frentz to open the meeting with prayer.

The junior and senior classes each had its own excom team, which got together once a week to make decisions for the class, plan events, and come up with ideas for class activities.

“I love being a member of the class excom because I get to not only be a student leader but also help make important decisions,” said Hannah Park.

The senior class excom discussed events such as mini-sneak, sneak, and a class service project.

These events kept the seniors busy throughout the year. Towards the end of the year, they began to discuss plans for the senior chapel, senior gift, and graduation.

Though the seniors had to orga-

What would YOU do... if the School Board chose to get rid of the uniform?

“I would be so sad!

I love my uniform.

It’s cozy!”

-Kassy Steinkamp “I’d go shopping!”

-Susheela Meyyappan

Kohei Shimizu, Brendan Frentz, and Joy Li discuss options for the After-JSB dinner. The senior excom met once a week at SAB or the stalls for lunch to make plans for special events such as senior sneak, mini-sneak, the After-JSB dinner, and graduation.

“I would wear my play clothes!”

-Bernard Combrink SHEENA MCLEOD

“I would wear long pants and a jacket because I’m always cold!”

-Matthew Barber “I would be so sad because it doesn’t even affect me because I’m graduating!”

-Kirsten Gamble “I would run around in a sloppy shir t screaming for joy.”

-Nathan Danneker SHEENA MCLEOD

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Willy Wonka...

What What would would YOU YOU do... do...

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you are a good candidate to

run MY ever-so-amazing chocolate factory?” asked Brendan Frentz to Jesse Beth Thompson.

NHS members created a Willy Wonka spoof to introduce the four character traits required to be an NHS member in an induction ceremony on 4 March.

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after finding out S URPRISED they had been nominated

to become members of National Honor Society Sally Lee, Rami Lee, Riley Mahoney, Susheela Meyyappan, and Ashley Nam stand on the chapel stage. Soon after, they, along with 12 other inductees, took the National Honor Society’s pledge.

chocolate factory owners, Westergren, Li, Thompson, and Roberts sat through an intense interview with Frentz. Throughout the interviews, each character demonstrated undesirable qualities for managing a chocolate factory; so Wonka went on a search to find the “ideal” factory owner.

One by one the new inductees came to the front of the room to receive their certificate, sign the registrar, and light a candle. Starting with Kirsten Brink, 16 other students went to the front stage after receiving their golden ticket including Laura Danneker, Min-Ji Kang, Naomi Tami, Ashley Nam, Cindy Wang, Shin Park, Kat Kang, Seung-Yoon Nam, Riley Mahoney, Paul Kim, Sally Lee, Susheela Meyyappan, Tiffany Steinkamp, Juhee Jeong, YuShin Park, and Rami Lee. The following Friday, 7 March, the National Junior Honor Society members held their ceremony during P-period. Grades five, six, seven, and eight walked down to the chapel to watch seven students get inducted into NJHS. After listening to Mr. Michael Holden describe the four qualities required to be in the NJHS,

Danae Frentz, Ben Weidemann, Sarah Hwang, Andy Goh, Nathan Danneker, Reagan Mahoney, Pocholo Miguel Ampil, and Jeffrey Hsiao received their certificates and took the NJHS pledge.

“I was feeling really sick the day of the National Junior Honor Society ceremony, but when they called me up to the room it felt so good that it made me forget how bad I felt,” said Mahoney.

“I had a feeling that I was going to get inducted, but it still felt really good when they called me up,” said Frentz.

With golden tickets in hand and a new academic accomplishment under their belts, the newly inducted members of National Honor Society left the chapel with a humble sense of accomplishment and pride.

—By Tiffany Steinkamp S new members of NJHS A

Danae Frentz, Sarah Hwang,

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“I would scream ‘Bomba!”

—Kirsten Westergren

“I would point at Min-Ji [Kang] so that nobody would blame me for it.”

—Kat Kang “I would r un and call the f ire department.”

—Emily Brokaw

“I would try to put it out, but if that d i d n ’ t w o r k , I ’d probably just run like the wind.”

—Ben Weidemann

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Mike Holden tells the

middle school students of the tremendous achievements that each National Junior Honor Society inductee had accomplished, as Bryan Cairncross and Emily Brokaw intently listen and prepare to announce the new NJHS inductees.

...if you accidentally started a fire in the chapel with your NHS candle?

“I would run away screaming. I would then make sure to tell ever yone it wasn’t my fault .

After that, I would proceed to my closet where I would hide out.”

—Sarah Hwang

Nathan Danneker, Andy Goh, Pocholo Ampil, Reagan Mahoney, and Ben Weidemann listen to Mr. Mike Holden’s. During the ceremony each student took the NJHS pledge, signed the registrar, and lit a candle symbolizing their new induction.

Mr. Kerry Mahoney

JEFF HOKYO

With heads turned and all eyes fixed on the back door of the chapel, the high school students and staff watched and waited as the door knob slowly turned. With a jerk to the frame, Willy Wonka himself [Brendan Frentz] marched into the room followed by his trusty Oompa-loompa [Ben Unruh].

On 4 March, 17 juniors and seniors became newly inducted National Honor Society members. Former NHS members Kirsten Westergren, Joel Roberts, Jesse-Beth Thompson, Joy Li, and Frentz performed a Willy Wonka spoof to introduce the four qualities needed to be inducted into NHS: Service, Scholarship, Character, and Leadership.

“The skit was a lot of fun for me because I had never acted before. It took me out of my comfort zone because Lionel Powers has a personality completely opposite of my own,” said Roberts.

“As Sissy Sevoir I had a lot of fun pretending to be a French Sissy.

The accents was so fun. I couldn’t believe that Willy Wonka didn’t pick someone with an accent as cool as I, but I guess the people he did choose were right for the job,” said Westergren.

Playing the parts of potential

“I would sit in the charred rubble left behind and cry!”

—Laura Danneker

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Standing in Awe

What What would would YOU YOU do... do...

...of His Amazing Glory graduate,” said Brendan Frentz.

“I love how we don’t always worship in the same style. We get to sing upbeat songs as well as more mellow songs. I especially liked it when we sang hymns one night. It really helped me to focus on worshiping God,” said Marigan Dyck The worship team met once a week during C-block with Mr. Jason Selvanayagam to produce lively music for weekly chapels.

“I really enjoy playing drums with the worship team because it allows me to have a chance to do something I love while serving our school,” said Bill Kang.

Not only did the worship team play for Wednesday morning chapels, but they also played during Spiritual Emphasis Week (SEW) and Missions Emphasis Week (MEW) each semester.

Joining Ambassadors provided another unique opportunity for students to use their talents as a way to praise God. The Ambassadors met weekly during P-period to practice their musical abilities, whether singing or playing an instrument, to bless the campus with a once-a-month

praise as the Spiritual Emphasis Week audience sings along. The worship team played not only at weekly chapels but also for Spiritual Emphasis Week and Missions Emphasis Week.

if you only had two minutes to prepare to speak at prayer meeting?

Sunday Praise Service and to go out into the community to sing praises at local churches such as St. George’s Anglican.

“I really enjoy singing with Ambassadors because it is a great way to utilize my singing abilities, but it also allows me the chance to go out in the community to bless others,” said Andi Thompson.

“Going to sing at St. George’s Anglican Church was an amazing opportunity for me. I don’t usually enjoy being in front of people, but when I am singing with the Ambassadors I feel so at ease,” said Kirsten Gamble.

“Help me know you are near,” sang Mahoney and the others in attendance at prayer meeting, ending the harmony that they had created and anxiously anticipating what the upcoming speaker had to teach them.

—By Tiffany Steinkamp

eyes on the song W ITH sheet Marigan Dyck, Joy SHEENA MCLEOD

“Draw me close to you. Never let me go,” sang Riley Mahoney as he harmonized with other tenors, altos, basses, and sopranos whose voices resonated throughout the chapel. A joyful sound, hearing voices lifted high to praise God occurred often on campus as students had many opportunities to “draw closer” to God through praise and worship.

“I love that our school recognizes that God is almighty and is so deserving of our worship and praise. Worshiping together in chapel creates a sense of community that you can’t find anywhere else,” said Mrs. Mia Steinkamp.

During the year, students had the opportunity to attend a weekly, student-led prayer meeting, which included a worship time, a testimonial from a fellow student, and a time to pray with one another.

“Prayer meeting is something really unique to our school. It allows us to take time out of our busy and hectic week to praise God for everything He gave us and to be alone with Him. It is something that I will miss very much when I

in hand, Jeff Hokyo GUITARS and Shin Park play songs of

Li, andBrendan Frentz sing harmoniously during Prayer Meeting. Students attended Prayer Meeting on Wednesday evenings to spend time with God and to pray with fellow students.

“I would think about something that is going on in my life and talk about it“ -Tim Babcock “I would go up to the front and start crying so then everybody would feel sorry for me and not make me feel bad about not preparing properly.”

-Abbie Eckman

their voices, P ROJECTING Sheena McLeod, Andi Thompson, and Jesse-Beth Thompson lead worship. Once a month, Ambassadors held a praise and worship service in the chapel for students and staff.

“I would run away really fast.“ -Riley Mahoney I would ask Riley [Mahoney] what I should do.

-Nathan Steel

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“I would go talk to Mr. [Nathanael] Klassen and ask him for advice.”

-Rachel Leung

TIFFANY STEINKAMP

“I would tell them the life story of my goldfish.

-Naomi Tami

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What Would YOU do...

Music That Never Dies A School Full of Music, Music, Music to the brink of perfection. “I think Jazz Band is a great opportunity for anyone who wants a further and better musical experience,” said Bill Kang.

Extracurricular music didn’t end there. Students who could or wanted to play the piano took lessons at school. Under the tutelage and supervision of Mrs. Noreen Khoo, the pianists also prepared and practiced for recitals, which gave them a chance to perform before a crowd and unleash their musical prowess.

“I learned that playing in front of a lot of people is very different from playing with your teacher. The upcoming piano recital is my first, and I am quite nervous,” said Gary Geh. Creating music did not require

“Here we go; one, two, one, two, three!” The brass section bellowed out a jazzy tune as Mr. Kerry Mahoney joined the ­f ray, his own trumpet blaring. Bill Kang smashed his cymbals for a loud start, and Kat Kang broke into a fast-paced tune of jazz, her fingers dancing across the keyboard. The band let loose and created music.

Jazz Band, an ensemble of musical fanatics led by Mr. Mahoney and Mrs. Valeri Brokaw, performed not for grades but for sheer enjoyment.

“Jazz Band is different because jazz music is more ‘loose’ and freer than normal music,” said Kat Kang.

With a focus more on brass instruments, these jazzy people vigorously practiced their trombones, trumpets, French horns, and tubas

LOWING their trumpets, Victor YES concentrated on his note, E B

Ho, Brian Cairncross, Reagan Kristian Stenlund plays his Mahoney, and Ben Weidemann keep up with the rest of the band. Jazz Band people polished their musical skills through playing in this afterschool club.

song “Mystery Story” on the piano.

Students from elementary to high school participated in piano recitals and performed each of their own pieces before a large crowd.

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...if you had to sing one song for the rest of your life?

instruments for a different group of musicians. Those in Vocal Ensemble needed only their vocal chords to make their own music. “It’s a collaboration of musical people having fun, which is good!” exclaimed group adviser Mrs. Elyn Nollan.

On 3 November, Vocal Ensemble traveled to the Penang International Sports Arena to participate in “Disney Live! Mickey’s Magic Show.”

They had a hard time singing their three songs with the single microphone but performed successfully.

“I learn how to control my tone and volume, and I’ve found that I can also socialize through music!” explained Jonathan Hayashi.

At the end of a day, all the flamboyant and upbeat music died down; but students went to bed with the melodies ringing in their heads.

As he walked out onto the darkened campus after Vocal Ensemble, Hayashi expressed his undying love for music quite simply as he shouted, “No music, no life!”

—By Sung Bum Kim

“I would sing “We’re all in this together” until everyone stepped on me for singing it so much.”

-Sheena McLeod “Song? I guess I can’t say Marilyn Manson...I guess Bon Jovi’s ‘It’s My Life’ then.”

-Andrew Jo

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“I would sing “Life Is a Highway” for the rest of my life.”

-Cat Foster “Now that would be torture. I would sing the ‘Sound of Silence.’ That’s actually a song, mind you.”

-Mr. Mark Sasse “Let me think about this... Oh! ‘Space Ball Ricochet’ by TRex! I even painted about this song!”

-Mr. Bill Munson

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Eckman, Kohei Shimizu, Jeff Hokyo, James Lyman, Jonathan Hayashi, and Gary Geh sing “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus.” Through singing and little bit of dancing, Vocal Ensemble prepared for upcoming concerts.

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Kim practices for her recital. Prior to their real performances, participants of the piano recital attended rehearsals and checked for mistakes and errors and made sure they played perfectly on the “big” night.

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A Refreshing Break

per friends then spurred you into eating at the Food Loft— where the tasty mango ais captivated you.

You also remembered when you ventured to Queensbay after it had newly opened. Scores of people thronged the mall, and you felt claustrophobic just looking at them. Shops lined the corridors as far as you could see, and every single one of them looked interesting: Borders, Nicci, Forever 21, The Face Shop, and the Body Shop.

Choosing just one place to eat also proved difficult, because anytime you made your selection another restaurant—Dave’s Deli, Johnny’s Thai food, or TGI Friday’s— would catch your eye.

Because you kept visiting your favorite haunts, you now count yourself an experienced shopper. You thought about the multitude of fellow consumers you had observed over the year, some of whom you had shopped with a dozen times. You remembered the change you had witnessed at your special places. Thinking about your favorite store’s closing or your favorite restaurant’s going out of business scared you.

You would have stopped shopping, except you knew that it doesn’t end here.

—By Kyle Ladner

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After arriving at the mall and buying a new Nike t-shirt, you make your way to Chili’s.

While feasting on a mouth-watering Old Timer, you study people as they flit by: interesting people, fat people, skinny people, tall people, and short people, and people in between. Their scurrying triggers forgotten memories of when you ranked no higher than an uneducated amateur shopper.

You remembered when you hazarded Batu Ferringhi for the first time. Tourists, Malaysians, and foreign students rubbed shoulders in the crowded warrens.

You remember when you examined the stands and all their wares: imitation jerseys and brand-name clothes, pirated movies, and “genuine” knock-off Malaysian pewter.

Sizzling beef at the stalls, fried chicken at KFC, and steamed paos, Hokkien friend mee, tom yam, kwoy teo, sushi, Korean noodles, and Singapore fried bee hoon beckoned to you, making it impossible to choose one particular place to eat.

You remembered when you explored Gurney for the first time; you also recalled the endless procession of people parading through the mall. You thought back to your first trip to Hot Market, when you shifted through piles of cheap jewelry. Your shop-

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A Look at the Places That Pleased

AS Chris Kim checks the time on his handphone, Junho Choi

and Andrew Jo ponder what to do next, having just finished watching “The Bourne Ultimatum.” Students made pilgrimages to the movie theatre in order to watch some of the hottest movies new movies: including “Die Hard 4.0” and Matt Damon’s action thriller.

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TOMPING to the beat, Jeff Hokyo and Tiffany Steinkamp play Dance Dance Revolution at the Gurney arcade. Students relished their weekends by experiencing Penang. “I like the arcade because its cheap and has a fun atmosphere,” Steinkamp said. Going to the mall to shop at their favorite stores, stopping off at the movies, and playing video games at the arcade filled the weekends of many students.

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Come and See Us! The audience assembled in the chapel sat in silence; occasionally, someone’s whispering drifted out into the hushed multitude. Finally the curtains divided, and the whispering turned into low murmurs and amused laughter.

On the brightened and well-designed stage stood young students in colorful costumes. Mrs. Valeri Brokaw walked to the front of the stage and, with a proud smile on her face, introduced the impending performance. With a salvo of claps resounding across the chapel, the young actors and actresses on stage burst into life.

The chapel became the grand stage for young actors and actresses who performed in dramas and musicals. The majority of students from grades 5 through 8 practiced, rehearsed, and performed either in a drama or musical each quarter.

Middle school students performed in three quarterly dramas. The drama for the first quarter, “The Crown Jewels,” unfolded the story of a selfish young queen and her mother who stole crown jewels from a neighboring country and consequently created trouble. “I played the Duke of Dunsibar, and I had to come up with a thick accent and commanding voice to really bring out his character,”

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said Pocholo Miguel Ampil.

The second quarter drama, “The Villain and the Toyshop,” presented the story of a poor toy maker’s family trying to prevent a cruel landlord from taking over their toyshop with the help from a fairy godmother and toys that come to life.

“Way, Way off Broadway” told the story of a poor young country girl who becomes an offBroadway star. She then discovers an evil plot, and she and her lover overthrow it together. “I had to wear these goggles all the time to play the worthless son, and I think a lot of people found it funny,” said Ben Weidemann.

The intermediate students, on the other hand, performed in musicals. The fifth graders put on their Christmas performance twice: once for Kawan House and once for elementary chapel.

The performances included several Christmas songs and narration from each student.

In third quarter, both the fifth and sixth grade students performed in “Simon Says: the Rockin’ Trial of Simon Peter,” a musical about the Apostle Peter being on trial for preaching that Jesus is the Son of God and the Saviour of the world. “I pretended playing the guitar, and I really enjoyed shaking my body to the up-tempo music,” said MOVING her body to the rhythm, Katie Katie Gwaltney.

Gwaltney pretends to play the guitar during the As the students bowed hand in hand and the intermediate musical “Simon Says: The Rockin’ curtains closed, the same salvo of applause Trial of Simon Peter.” Gwaltney used a real resounded throughout the building on each instrument as a prop during the musical to add —By Sung Bum Kim performance. a bit more reality.

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“Oh come on Mr. [Karl] Steinkamp do your Kookaburra imitation again; it’s so funny,”

exclaimed Naomi Tami one Tuesday night while at the Steinkamp’s house for senior treat.

“OK, OK. Just give me couple of minutes to warm up to it,” replied Mr. Steinkamp.

Many families including the Steinkamps have hosted the dorm seniors over the year.

Beginning in the dorms, senior treat moves to teachers’ houses toward the end of the semester and all the dorm seniors look forward to Tuesday nights with anticipation.

As Paul Wang said, “Beside the free treat, it’s a good time for all the seniors who live in dorm to chat with each other.”

Not only did senior treat give the students a time to eat but also to play games, share problems, talk about future plans, and get to know their teachers and dorm parents in a more personal way. Whether playing Apples to Apples, “laser chess” or icing a cookie, senior treat always brightened the seniors’ week.

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drew just as many seniors. “I love uncle David [Boshoff ]’s lamb chops; they are just delicious. I also love the sweets of Uncle Tim Archer and Aunt Shauna. I love my dorm parents’, especially Aunt Vi’s cooking and Jackson Dorm’s ice creams,” said Chris Kim. Senior treat covered a multitude of cuisines from a South African “bri” (barbecue) to Vietnamese spring rolls to traditional North American Christmas cookies and cider. Both sweet and savory, all treats hit someone in just the right place.

“It is cool to be able to get out of the dorm and not be restrained by the ten o’clock curfew on a school night. Senior privilege is so great, especially because of treat. Once a week we get spoiled rotten by teachers and staff. They feed us and entertain us so well. What more could we ask for?” said Kael Steinert.

“Khah, khah, khah, khah, khah,” screamed Mr. Steinkamp while throwing back his head and stretching every face muscle possible. The seniors roared with laughter at the results of his 20-minute warm up that included mostly of reminders of how he had done it during World Affairs class and perpetual laughing.

After the laughter had died down, the ABSORBED in a game of Apples to Apples, Sin- seniors headed out the door, thanking the Myung Park and Caleb Caldwell decide which card Steinkamps for the amazing treat and piled matches up with their word the best. The food and into a van heading back to campus to start games decorated each treat with laughter as seniors received more than their portion to fill heart and a good night’s sleep or finish off a late night homework assignment. —By Josh Peace stomach alike.

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Smiling with pleasure, Ashley Nam and Ezra Dass view their purchases at the cash register.

“Which bus is to Queensbay Mall?” a puzzled face at the Komtar bus station.

Often times, students tried to do something unique on the weekends, and many people enjoyed Queens-bay, especially the new rollerblading place right next to the movie theater.

“I’ve only passed by that place, and it looked pretty small. I don’t know how people manage to skate in that small area, but it also made me think about how I used to skate a lot when I was little; so I’d like to come back there and skate one day!” said Nia Diago.

Unlike Diago, people like Kat Kang, who actually skated there, said, “the cost is cheap, because you only have to pay once and you can enjoy skating for unlimited time.”

“It is almost always crowded with people whenever I go, but I really like the place! The funniest moments are when my friends lose their balance and randomly crash into the walls.

My most embarrassing moment was when I lost my balance, tripped, and got laughed at by the local people,” said Nadia Boshoff. “But the most scary moment was when this random guy asked me to skate with him…” said Joy Li to her friends with “I agree that there are too many people on the skating rink,” said Marigan Dyck, “because the last time when I went there, one of the strangers purposely crashed into me and made me lose my balance.”

Not everyone had only “happy memories” from the rollerblading place in Queensbay, but overall, most went back to their homes with good memories.

After enjoying a few hours of skating, the location of Queensbay posed a question to students: “How do I get back to campus?”

“The biggest problem,” said Caleb Caldwell, “is trying to get back to campus. There aren’t very many buses and taxis are way too expensive—45 or 50 ringgit!”

“Wait… We need to start heading back! Where’s the bus that goes back to Komtar? We have to be back by 11 p.m.

SMELLY rollerblades on her feet, Joy Li tries to balance herself and skate or else my dorm parent will kill me!” with the help of the wall. After awhile, she managed to skate without hanging said Li as she stared at her watch. on. “I haven’t gone skating since when I was little, so I didn’t remember how —By Kohei Shimizu to skate.” said Li.

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ing paint fumes and scraping paint off of floors, all mixed in with ridiculous jokes, made the work all that much more enjoyable.

Cat Foster said, “It was awesome to see how we all tackled problems together, instead of just leaving it for just one person to handle.

Two days to go! The countdown to the Junior Senior Banquet had The relationships we formed are so awesome and so exciting to see.” begun, and the juniors, along with the sophomores, staff, and hon- Truly, working together in such stressful, busy times brought the juniors together in a bond like no other. ored senior class, eagerly anticipated the awaited As JSB drew closer, people all over campus day, 25 April. started to mull over who had asked whom, and Looking back on the past semester, the juniors how they did it. Girls began to ask each other recalled hard times, good times, and utterly and what kind of dress they planned to wear and how ridiculously fun times. They had worked nearly they would do their hair. The boys talked about every Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., planning and what to get their dates, and what colour of tie to developing an evening of pride and joy, an elegant wear. Seniors, staff, and sophomores got knots in evening to honour the seniors. their stomachs just waiting for the day and all it The juniors brainstormed, talked, and rewould bring. searched to choose their theme. Finally, after votThe last week before the banquet came, and ing and discussing, the imagined theme became juniors ran around campus, completely focused a reality, and they all got down to work, setting on JSB and nothing else, stressed but excited. aside every Saturday to work hard. Drawing, Thoughts whirled through their heads about all painting, cutting, gluing, and sticking consumed that had to be done before Friday. Finally, the the hours of the decoration committee, while the last 2 days! The theme had remained a secret for program and tech committees wrote scripts and the most part, and everyone grew excited to see organized senior pictures for hours on end. what would happen. Who would have the best The long working hours, however, did nothing to the juniors’ spirits as they worked towards the CONCENTRATING intently on the murals dress? Two more days to go, and campus became goal – a night to honour the seniors and show before them, Anna Kang, Sally Lee, and Bruce surrounded with the talk of JSB. Everyone create a masterpiece for the upcoming looked forward to seeing what the juniors had them the love the school had for them. Along with Mak JSB. Juniors worked hard on Saturdays to knowing they had a goal to work towards, the class paint murals and make decorations to make accomplished, and the juniors looked forward of ‘09 laughed and bonded, making memories the ballroom look as much like Venice as to honoring the beloved seniors.

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everywhere, even listening while they played sports. But a few made sure that tunes didn’t invade into any part of their lives.

“I don’t listen to any music at all,” Josh Peace stated.

When poled about their favorite kind of music, high school “Kael can you put some music on my I-Pod from your students unified behind “Pop.” Coming in right behind, “Rock” computer for me?” said Harry Lewis. People around campus took second. Scoring very near to each other “Heavy Metal, shared their music back and forth, from computer to MP3 player Classic Rock, Electronica” and the Blues all took the rear in the and then sometimes back again. Most students owned either school’s music selection. “I don’t care what anyone thinks [the an I-Pod or some form of an group] America is the best band electronic music player. Others that has ever lived,” said Mr. David who didn’t own an MP3 player Stengele after students asked him discovered that the school’s for his favorite band. account sizes didn’t cut it for Dorm students who felt that their vast music supply. “I have their music would enlighten people an I-Pod and I don’t know what around campus blasted their tunes I’d do if I didn’t because I can out of their rooms, sometimes creatonly put like fifty songs on my ing disturbances with other people school account without totally trying to study or have a nap. Some filling it up,” said Joy Li. dorms parents even turned up their Listening to music played an speakers in the morning to start off important role in student’s lives. the day in the dorm with burst of In the computer labs, people on Christian music. practically every computer wore Whatever the form of music a set of the schools headsets, on either a portable music player their own more comfortable to concert loud stereo speakers, or ones, or ones that “fit their from the soothing “Jack Johnson” ears better,” as some said. Most to the screaming “Underoath”— listened only when they did HEADPHONES plastered to his head, Jacob Kimball listens to tunes on his I-Pod almost the entire student populahomework but a few carried in his dorm after dinner. Students liked to listen to music during their free time. tion enjoyed their tunes. their music around with them Some even carried their music around with them listening to it constantly.

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“Wait, now her eyebrows are uneven! Give her a little mole,” screamed Anna Kang as Abbie Eckman used an eyebrow pencil to add to Aunt Vi Steinert’s ’80’s look.

Racing against the clock, 35 anxious girls searched through piles of bold-patterned shirts and jewelry, hair spray and clips, and curling and straightening irons as they rushed to dress and make up the dorm moms.

On 7 February, Aunt Julia Bieling, Miss Wendi Maze, and the dorm moms invited all the dorm girls to the chapel to hang out, watch “Pride and Prejudice,” and to munch on popcorn, cookies, brownies, and a mound of other snacks.

But the highlight of the night came when Aunt Julia and Miss Maze divided the girls into five teams, gave each team a dorm mom, and assigned the girls the task of beautifying her with an ’80’s look in only half an hour.

Meanwhile, out in Pantai Krachit that same night, GIGGLING Aunt Kathy Bieling holds up a the dorm dads had taken mirror fro Aunt Suzette Boshoff. After dress- all the boys on a hiking ing and making over the dorm moms, the trip. After packing sanddorm girls watched the five “contestants” strut wiches, the group set out their ’80’s looks on the chapel stage. in the late afternoon for the two-hour hike up to the peak.

Back in the chapel, Kang and Eckman added the finishing touches to Aunt Vi’s cheeks as Aunt Julia shouted, “Time’s up!”

After strutting their “retro” looks on the stage, the five dorm moms assembled to find out who had championed the competition for the biggest, boldest, brightest look. In the end, Aunt Val Weidemann won with her funky jewelry, bold pink and black outfit, and crimped hairdo. But at the end of the night, it only mattered that the girls had grown closer to each other, satisfied themselves with plenty of junk food, and had their fill of bold, beautiful fashion and Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett.

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The television screen roared with cheering as Manchester United’s Christiano Ronaldo raced down the field with the ball. Additional cries of hope came from the small audience watching the screen.

With the clock nearing the end of the game, hands tightened into fists and palms became sweaty. And when the whistle blew, David Im exclaimed with despair as Manchester United lost to Chelsea 0-1.

Every weekend, crazed football fans stayed up late or even got up in the middle of the night to catch games of their favorite English Premier League team. Although ManU TEAM PTS POS received the most sup1 port by the student Man U 81 body, some individu2 als opted to go apart Chelsea 81 from the mainstream, 3 Arsenal most notably Brendan 77 Frentz’s love for Chel4 70 Liverpool sea—which is known for spending vast sums 5 Everton 62 for players— or Mr. John Tompkins and 6 Aston Villa 59 Riley Mahoney’s love for Liverpool, *Scores as of 2.5.08 If there had been a game over the weekend, Monday talks between these fans revolved solely around the game. The wins and losses of their favorite team even affected the mood of some individuals. Everyone, therefore, came to school with a bright face when their favorite English teams, Liverpool, ManU, and Chelsea, did well.

“I love watching soccer. I think ManU will win the Premier League because Chelsea is going against Newcastle and Newcastle usually plays very well against Chelsea,” said Sin-Myung Park.

“I enjoy watching soccer in my dorm. The atmosphere gets very funny because all the guys will be serious and all the girls will be all girlie, never realizing soccer’s importance,” said Bruce Mak And as Im stared sadly at the screen, Frentz reassured him, saying “It’s OK; they still have a chance at the title. That was a good game. Ballack finally did something.”

As the Reflector went to press, ManU and Chelsea stood tied 81 points with ManU leading only by goal difference, promising a thrilling and unpredictable title race to come.

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Kohei, Just keep going with an ambition.

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day, the “bandies” woke up bright and early to go to the International School of Bangkok. Upon arriving, they all gasped in wonder at the hugeness of the school, especially the auditorium. Three other bands waited for them, as they all planned to play together.

“Oh my goodness I can’t believe we’re here!” squealed Khalie Mahoney Each band had practiced four songs for months in advance, to her friend, Terence Law. All of the concert band students looked preparing for the Bangkok Band Festival. Now that they all gathered around at the scenes of Bangkok, Thailand, as they finally arrived in the same place, they took their places on stage, along with other students they didn’t know, ready to combine their after 16 hours on the bus. The long hours forces into one large symphony. had dragged on as the 33 people—students A band director from Myanmar had come to and their chaperones—attempted to keep conduct the 180 students. He started to bring the themselves occupied with card games, singing large band together, stopping every once and awhile loud songs, sleeping, eating snacks, or trying to instill some more confidence, sing a rhythm, or to watch a movie on the shaky television. pinpoint a section. For six hours the first day and five Finally arriving in the Thai capital, students hours the next, all the band students worked together eyed the bright yellow, orange, and even pink to create a powerful orchestra, one that blended taxis that drove alongside the double-decker together to make songs of beauty. bus, all heading for the city. After driving for On the last day of the trip, all four bands gathered a while in the city, the bus finally pulled into the Alliance Guest House, where they would PREPARING for the upcoming practice, Mela- together on stage for the final time to perform in their stay for the next three days. nie Debatin, May Yamauchi, and Tiffany Hsiang concert. Friends and family of local students filed into Bangkok held so much to see, but the work on the melodies of the hardest song. The the massive auditorium, excited to hear what the band class had so little time. They spent the first band students practiced hard to prepare for the students, along with their conductors, had created. As day going down the river in boats to see some joint band performances, with long rehearsals the concert began, the crowd held its breath with each focusing on the harder sections. soft, slow section, and tapped its feet along with the temples and houses on “stilts,” and to visit a upbeat tunes. The concert came off without a flaw, snake temple. At the snake temple, Angela Steiert cuddled a soft baby monkey, and Jonathan Brokaw held a very and all reveled in their success—not only in the music, but also with large and heavy snake. Visiting the temples interested many of the the gained knowledge of music and new “band buddies.” students, and they all enjoyed looking around in awe at the elaborate As the band filed back onto the bus and got ready for the long trip home, they all sat with their memories, excited to tell their friends all paintings on the walls and the stunning gold sculptures.

—By Sheena McLeod The main point of the trip, however, had yet to come. The next that they had experienced.

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“The new basketball court has been a lot of fun,” said Kyle Ladner. “The only thing that will make it better is when they cover it—hopefully this next summer.”

Students found the canteen an enjoyable hangout spot during lunch “Have you seen the new basketball court?” Jacob Kimball eagerly and after school. Having an air-conditioned room to escape to on hot days became an instant success. For the after-MEW party, hosted by Student asked Kevin Huang over a midday snack in Ziemer Dorm.

Council, friends gathered in the Students came back from cooled-off canteen to enjoy pizza and winter break to a campus with ice cream and to take in a movie. new facilities. The money raised “It’s so nice to go work in there through the Annual Fund at the during lunch now. Even if nobody end of the 2006-2007 school comes to do anything or buy anyterm proceeded to improve camthing in the canteen, I still enjoy pus facilities, including adding sitting in the air-con,” said StuCo air conditioning and structural president Jeff Hokyo. improvements in the Student The canteen often opened on Center, new pavement for the Friday nights for casual activities basketball court, and a new floor for students to take part in, such in the indoor gym. as a game of pool, foosball, or Students laughed at the new Ping Pong. pavement on the outdoor bas “I love hanging out with ketball court. The new cement friends on Friday nights,” said set six inches taller than the Kaleb Archer. “It saves money original height, making the and is plenty of fun.” distance to the net shorter than Improvements on facilities before. Basketball players reveled increased student involvement in this new “improvement” and desperately tried to dunk the LURCHING to return the Ping Pong ball, Seung Yoon Nam enjoys a game and fueled energy on campus for ball into the basket before the in the newly renovated Bob Carter Student Center. The money from the friends to get together and enjoy Fund gave various departments in the school the ability to improve maintenance raised the hoops Annual the quality of life for students, as well as to make advances technologically some casual hang out time.

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“All right. Here is a really tough decision for you! Should we cross over to the mainland on the bridge, or should we take the Ferry?” asked Mr. Karl Steinkamp with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

“The ferry!” cried a van full of eager seniors.

Students and staff often took trips to the mainland, whether taking a shopping trip to Kuala Lumpur, visiting the zoo, or spending a few hours at the ladies favorite: Mikasa.

Driving to the mainland provided a quick and easy get away for those who were tired of Penang life. Each time a person wanted to get to the mainland, however, they had to decide between driving across the bridge or taking the ferry.

“Taking the ferry is always a blast! One time while I was coming back from the mainland some friends and I asked if we could steer the ferry and the captain WITH eyes on the horizon and agreed to let us! I even got to honk the hands on the wheel, Ashan Dias horn!” said Naomi Tami. steers the ferry back to Penang Taking into consideration the major as Kohei Shimizu, and Marigan Dyckwait their turn. A group of factors involved in making this major seniors had the chance to steer decision, they would debate with others the ferry on a trip home from in their car over which course to take. If the mainland. they were in a time crunch, taking the bridge could result in hours of agonizingly slow traffic; but taking the ferry could also reap the consequences as it had the tendency to take a long time depending on just how many people had made the same decision that they had.

“The ferry is the best because I can get out of the car and look at the water,” said Kasey Rogers.

“I prefer to take the bridge because I have fun trying to hold my breath all the way across. I usually don’t get too far without gasping for air though,” said Kyle Ladner.

Their mood also played a major role in their decision between taking the bridge or the ferry. While driving across the bridge with the windows down could bring some people all the inspiration they needed, to others, the feeling of the wind blowing through their hair as they looked out across the water and counted floating jellyfish became an irreplaceable tradition.

“All right then! Off to the ferry we go!” said Mr. Karl Steinkamp.

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Brendan Frentz had other fears on his mind. “I was actually kind of nervous about getting into the water and all of a sudden getting attacked by a jellyfish,” he said. “But I wasn’t too scared about giving my testimony. I ending up taking a motorbike ride around the Island Immersed halfway in the glistening, sunlit ocean, Katie Gwaltney the day before to gather my thoughts, and I was glad for the excuse it looked up at her dad and chaplain, Mr. Rich Gwaltney, as he said, “I gave me to spend some personal time.”

As Mr. Gwaltney lowered each of the five now baptize you in the name of the Father, students into the water and then back up and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit…” again, the crowd of supporters on the beach and then slowly released her head into the cheered and celebrated the commitment that water. had been publically made.

On 23 March, in the darkness of “It was so exhilirating to come out of the the early morning, students, staff, and water and see my family and friends there families gathered in the amphitheater to cheering for me,” said Steinkamp. celebrate Easter Sunday, to worship toAn amazing and growing experience espegether, and to support Brendan Frentz, Tifcially for the five participants, the event also fany Steinkamp, Nadia Boshoff, Bethany blessed those who attended. Kaleb Archer Weidemann, and Katie Gwaltney in their said, “I thought the whole service was a really baptisms. good experience. The fire at the amphitheater After packing into the amphitheater and really added to the cozy community feel, and worshipping by the fire as the sun slowly it was awesome how the baptisms took place marked the beginning of a memorable day, right before the sun rose.” the group listened to hear each student Emerging from the water, Gwaltney share his or her personal testimony. looked up at her father as he wrapped his Bethany Weidemann said, “I really felt arms around her in a proud hug. As he led like I had learned a lot about God and my her to the shore, a clapping crowd greeted relationship with him in the past year, so I her, ready with open arms and smiling faces decided it was time for me to get baptized. I his hand on his daughter’s shoulder, Mr. Rich to encourage the dawning of her newfound was terrified, though, to give my testimony RESTING Gwaltney prepares to baptize Katie. Students, staff, and in front of everyone because I’m not exactly families woke up before sunrise to support the five candidates commitment.

—By Kirsten Westergren at the Easter morning service. a huge fan of public speaking.”

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Kirsten Westergren

The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save.

He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3: 17

With love from your Cambodian CMA/CAMA Services family

“Ughh! I have physical therapy today,” moaned Jordan Nagel to a sympathetic Aunt Vi [Steinert]. “I am getting so tired of it!”

While playing sports became a frequent pastime of students from elementary up to high school, the potential for getting hurt became almost inevitable. From playing soccer to running in MSSPP track, young athletes faced the possibility of injury.

“I was really paranoid all year that I would get hurt. I really love sports, so getting hurt really would have dampened my year a lot!” said Angela Steiert.

Though a majority of the young athletes made it through the year without breaking bones or tearing ligaments, the unfortunate few who did had to endure the long and grueling recovery process which included physical therapy. “ Ph y s i c a l t h e r a p y w a s horrible because I had to go for a whole hour three days a week lying in a cubicle with nothing to do! I almost died of boredom! Who would have though that having surgery on your knee could almost kill you?” said Chan- Mi Kim. RESTING her eyes, Kirsten Westergren “Physical therapy was pretty waits for the physical therapist to arrive. boring. It involved a lot of Physical therapy sessions often resulted in long waiting periods in which many waiting around with nothing students took advantage of the time to to do,” said Evelyne Kiiza. take a quick nap.

Most of the injured students felt that physical therapy wasted not only their time, but their energy; however, a few students managed to find comfort and relaxation each day as they attended their physical therapy session.

“Physical therapy was relaxing for me. It was a bit of a pain to drive down there, but it was a nice time to de-stress. It gave me time to stop being a busy bee,” said Kirsten Westergren.

“Physical therapy has really helped me. At first I didn’t understand how it would work but it has made a huge difference,” said John [Tommy] Tompkins.

Although mentioning physical therapy may have sounded like nails screeching on a chalkboard to some, in the back of each person’s mind they knew that it had to be done to complete the road to recovery.

“So how was PT today?” asked Aunt Vi as Nagel walked through the double doors of Jaffray Dorm. —By Tiffany Steinkamp Tan Pharmacy

Sweet girl of ours, you are a blessing in our lives. It’s been a privilege to see you through your first eighteen years of life; how you have blessed us. Thanks for who you are: creative, fun, hardworking, good friend, loving, smart… Our prayer for you is that God will continue to be your center and cornerstone as you step into the next phase of life.

We love you! We love you! We love you!

Dad and Mom, Josie and Rebekah

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JEFF HOKYO

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Marigan, you are a beautiful young woman. Your heart of compassion has been evident from the start—for everyone and everything—the beggars, the birds. You have an amazing ability to connect with a broad range of people—they like you. You can also be determined when needed. Most importantly, you have God in your heart—we’ve seen His calling initiated and confirmed in you. You’re beautiful!

We’ve seen you grow from a cuddly baby, to a toddler who loved to be held, into a confident young woman, ready to venture out on her own. Know that we will always be there for you, and that God will watch over you even when we can’t. We love you, Marigan, and wish you all God’s best in the coming years. We are so proud of you! Congratulations!

Mom & Dad

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“Mr. P! I need your help! I don’t get this stupid college stuff!” yelled Kohei Shimizu as he ran into Mr. Tim Parsons’s office.

As the new seniors took the reigns in August, they gained the responsibility of ruling the school, having seniority over the rest of the students, and the stress of applying to colleges.

College applications consumed massive amounts of time for the senior class. From the initial letter, to teacher references, to financial aid forms, seniors stressed over every little detail about where to go.

“Before this year, I didn’t even know what a FAFSA was. Seriously, I wish I was super smart so I could just get a full-ride scholarship and not have to fill out a financial aid form,” said Kirsten Westergren.

“I was pretty stressed out trying to figure out where to go, but I ended up applying to like, three colleges, and I got accepted to all of them, so it wasn’t that stressful,” said Caleb Caldwell.

For some students, the choice came easily. Keeping their applications to a minimum helped them to make a decision. For others, “NO! I’m not going to apply to Bob Jones! It’s applying for one or two like, super strict there!” said Kirsten Westergren. colleges didn’t even cross Seniors spent the whole year talking about where their minds. they wanted to attend university as it was in the “I applied to 23 colfront of their minds. leges. I wanted to make sure I got accepted somewhere,” said Ashley Nam. Though most seniors scrambled frantically to get their applications in, some, like Brendan Frentz, opted to take a gap year and avoid the stresses of college.

“I really don’t know exactly what I’m want to do; I mean, I have a general idea, but I really feel that for me, it’s a good idea to take a gap year. I’m going to Capernwray, and it’s gonna be cool. I’ll be living in a castle in England for six months; it’s kinda like a Bible school. I’m really excited about everything except the food,” said Frentz.

“Thanks Mr. P! That helped a lot, but I think I’ll be back again tomorrow,” said Shimizu.

—By Jeff Hokyo Farmasie Tanjung Bunga

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“Hey Joshie Peacy! I need help with Calc homework!” yelled Kael Steinert from across campus.

Calls for help such as these became increasingly more frequent as classes got harder throughout the year. While some students struggled with grasping certain concepts in their classes, other students simply “got it.”

Through the peer tutoring program, students had the opportunity to help their fellow classmates and get paid at the same time. Mrs. Beth Steiert organized and oversaw this program, in which any student on the honor roll could earn service points or cash in exchange for taking time out of their week to tutor another student.

“I really enSTUDYING for Chemistry, Helen Kim and JuHee joy peer tutoring Jeong compare notes for a test. Students often studied because I get a together for tests and quizzes. chance to know; some of the students that I wouldn’t otherwise get to know, and I also get to make a difference in their lives by helping them out, and I think that helps me too,” said Tiffany Steinkamp.

Other than the organized tutoring program, students helped each other on a daily basis whenever they had the chance.

“I go to Laura [Danneker] for help with every class I have with her. And I ask her if I have World Affairs homework,” said Kirsten Westergren.

Groups of students often studied around campus to utilize their combined brain power as the semester progressed, or students turned to older students who had already taken a class for assistance and guidance in projects.

“I’m taking APES. It’s hard. So I go to Shin [Park] for help ’cause he took it last year and knows all the answers. Well, maybe not all the answers, but, most of them,” said Sung Bum Kim. As Steinert approached his calculus classmate, Peace calmly replied, “I didn’t know how to do it either. I’m going to ask Ashley [Nam]; you should come with me and get help, too.”

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a pit stop—if it was not too far out of the way—to grab a cup of their favorite brew.

“I like Coffee Bean because it has a good selection for non-coffee drinkers. My favorite drink is the Moroccan Mint Latte. It gives me Students and staff know how to appreciate a cup of coffee. Unfortunately, my chocolate fix—that I need—for the day,” said Cat Foster. with both Starbucks and Coffee Bean catering to coffee needs on the Although Starbucks had a greater selection for coffee drinkers, Coffee Bean offered a variety of different Ice Blendeds that catered to island, the coffee drinkers had to choose one or the other.

Coffee Bean’s Ice Blended drinks drew some people, and the hot non-coffee drinkers—from the berry flavored Berry’d Treasure to their coffees at Starbucks drew others. The question arose, then, which delicious Pure Choc.

No matter what beverage students preferred, none could deny company made better coffee. the peaceful, restful atmosphere that “I love the Ice Blendeds at Coffee permeated the two cafes. With a quiet Bean,” said Kael Steinert, “but for a background and comfy chairs scattered mug of hot black coffee I always go to around the interior—as well as the wireless Starbucks.” internet —the cafes begged for people to The different variety at Coffee Bean come and rejuvenate with a hot cup of and Starbucks ensured that a coffee from coffee and to empty their minds. either café would satisfy the taste of any Whether a drive-by, a grab-a-glass-onstudent. my-way-to-work, or just a coming for the The specialty drinks at Coffee atmosphere and coffee, students and staff Bean—the Ice Blended—satisfied alike found their taste buds satiated with some people’s need for cold coffee, and the dark rich flavor coffee that either café the frappuccinos at Starbucks satisfied prepared and their sense of smell rewarded people’s need for adventure. with the delicious savory aroma of hot “I like coffee. Starbucks has good coffee. coffee. If I could drink it everyday, I Reclining with a large cup of coffee, wouldn’t think twice. I’d do it,” said Jeff USING his hands for emphasis, Danny Babcock tries to make his point chatting with friends at either Coffee Bean Hokyo. to Santi Niramitvijit and Harry Mak after they finished their coffees. “I The variety of different flavors at like going to the mall with friends to do things. It’s better than going or Starbucks represented the closest you Starbucks outnumbered those at Coffee by yourself,” said Danny Babcock. Students often when to Coffee Bean can get to Heaven while still on earth.

—By Kyle Ladner Bean, and students and staff often made or Starbucks when they found themselves at the mall.

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StuCo 2008

Mr. Tim Parsons Jeff Hokyo Shin Park Ashley Nam Regina Hong Kirsten Westergren

Tim Babcock & Sally Lee Nadia Boshoff, James Lyman & Esther Park Danny Babcock & Chan-Mi Kim So we were a little crazy and A.D.D. at times...

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Bomb drills went further as everyone moved off campus to Paradise Hotel next to school. Climbing stairs and steps, the students arrived at the hotel’s tennis court, where staff members made roll calls once again.

The bell sprang to life as it screeched in an unpleasant high pitch. “Fox “I guess the drill is a chance to catch some fresh air, but others Trot Charlie! Fox Trot Charlie!” boomed the disembodied voice of Mr. seems to tire of all the walking and standing under the sun,” said David Kim. Brian Brewster throughout the campus.

Lock-down drills didn’t require the A series of moans and groans seeped out students to move around at all. When the from classrooms. bell and disembodied voice announced “No! Not a fire drill again!” wailed the start of a lock-down drill, teachers Sheena McLeod as she jolted upright in turned off their classroom lights, locked surprise. “I thought we had one just a few the doors, and ordered the students to sit weeks ago!” at the corners in absolute silence until the Packing their backpacks, McLeod and end of the drill. her classmates filed out of the classroom “Once I nearly got into trouble with in orderly fashion and sullen silence.

Mrs. [Lyn] Holden when I stood up and Then they slowly and quietly marched made some noise during a lock-down up to the basketball court. drill,” said Boch Chiao.

Although not a regular occurrence, Emergency drills did not provide emergency drills took place when least much entertainment, but for students expected. Such drills required students who had to sit through class all day, and staff members to swiftly and safely follow instructions to prepare for ALL lined up in an orderly fashion, high school students wait on they became a chance to escape from the tennis court of Paradise Hotel as the staff members go through the tedium of their schedule. sudden emergencies. a final roll call. Students had to line up during emergency drills, During fire drills, students following making it easier for staff members to check to see that no one had “Wait, we didn’t get assigned any homework thanks to the bomb drill! the instructions of their teachers exited stayed behind.

Maybe drills aren’t that bad,” said McLeod their classrooms and headed to the basketball court on upper campus. As they lined up in their classes, to her friends as they found their way back to campus- although this staff members checked off names to make sure they hadn’t missed time not, in such an orderly fashion.

—By Sung Bum Kim out anyone.

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Thanks for putting up with us, Mr. P! We couldn’t have done it without you!

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Early on a quiet Friday morning, seven avid, though a little tired, scholars of the physics realm of science, along with their respected instructor and his wife, clambered into one of the school vans, off to catch the 7:30 a.m. coach to Genting Highlands, in the mountains down near KualaLumpur, where the biggest theme-park in Malaysia resides.

On 11-12 April, the Physics class went on a field trip to Genting, hoping to apply physics principles that they had learned throughout the year, bond as a class, and have “a ton” of fun at the same time.

They left on Friday morning, spent the night there, and came back on Saturday night. Mr. Barend Blom, Physics teacher, and his wife, Annami supervised the field trip.

Besides having fun on all the rides, the class analyzed the concepts they had learned during the year needed to make the different rides work.

Joy Li said, “It was really good because I got to see the rides from a different perspective. There is so much work involved in these rides that we don’t know about.”

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Mr. Blom on his first time in Genting commented, “It was a fascinating place; there was something for everybody. The rides had enough variety for explaining most of the mechanical concepts that we had discussed in Physics, such as velocity, acceleration, free-fall, and forces.”

The class also got to know each other and Mr. Blom and his wife better during the trip, too.

Kohei Shimizu said, “I had some ‘interesting’ conversations with Josh [Peace] and Joel [Roberts], but they were good ones all the same.”

Furthermore, they all convinced the less brave ones to go on the more “scary” rides; and those people definitely thought it worthwhile to have given into their friends, enjoying the rides they would never have gone on themselves. Everybody in the class, along with Mr. Blom, went on all the rides.

Sung-In Kang said, “I did not expect it to be fun, especially after the awesome time we had on mini-sneak; but it exceeded all my expectations.”

On the long bus trip back, the class looked as tired as they had been early Friday morning; but they had—in addition to a “GET down off that; I want to try,” Kohei Shimizu says new understanding of the laws of physics—a to Josh Peace who hangs from a “hand” sticking out of a store while on their Physics trip at the Genting theme storehouse full of wonderful memories to take park. Students discussed the physics behind some of the back with them. rides and attractions on this two-day excursion.

—By Tiffany Steinkamp

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Shimizu, and Kael Steinert walked on stage as “Charlie’s Angels,” mimicking the actions of Kat Kang, Cat Foster, and Sheena McLeod.

As the night progressed, the seniors treated the juniors to a Mexican dinner of a self-serve taco bar, chips and salsa, fruit kebabs, and a des“Once again, you are in for a musical treat. I would now like to intro- sert of ice cream and brownies. Various acts put on by the senior class duce to you,the Ipoh International Choral Ensemble!” said Mr. Greg entertained the junior class during the meal time.

“Honored class of 2009, we are going to perform for you now, a Stenlund to the junior class.

On 26 April, the day after the Junior-Senior Banquet, the seniors musical piece, of great difficulty. It has a lot of major fifths, minor thirds, held the After-JSB Dinner to honor and thank the juniors for their major cotagents, and pitch, tone, and dynamics are very prevalent in hard work in a fun, creative yet tactful way that spoofed the previous this piece. I give to you now, the Ipoh International Bottle Ensemble!” said Mr. Greg Stenlund. Spoofing the flute ensemble of night’s events. the JSB, a group of seniors filed on stage with an assort The seniors spoofed the juniors’ theme of ment of glass bottles, triangles, and a pair of cymbals and “Moonlit Masquerade,” and renamed the night the played a “musical delight” for the juniors.

“Moonlit Masoker.”

The night ended with the conclusion of skit and The night opened with a skit with Ashley Nam as a final musical piece by a senior choir, “Masquerade,” her brother Seung Yoon and Brendan Frentz as Uncle from the Phantom of the Opera. But the revised version Brian Weidemann conversing about the missing paintproduced laughs and bellyaches as they made a mockery ing and how the Louvre had decided to send it back of the song. out of sympathy. But, when Nam revealed the painting, “Junior class, we will really really miss you, junior knives, forks, spoons, and chopsticks protruded from class!” sang the choir. various points on the canvas.

As the choir sang the final note, Mr. Karl “I wasn’t sure whether they would see the stuff stickSteinkamp rushed on stage with an army helmet and ing out of the painting, but they did; so, it’s all good!” a bull horn and yelled for the seniors to clear out and said Naomi Tami.

The skit proceeded with the seniors acting as the PRECARIOUSLY balancing take everything with them, alluding to the juniors’ on the mock gondola, Sung-In frantic departure the night before. As the juniors sat previous night’s junior “investigators.”

“Oh my gosh! That is so racist! I can’t believe you just Kang poses as the gondolier. The in the empty chapel for a minute, not knowing what seniors decorated the room to called him a little Chinese man!” said Kohei Shimizu mimic the ballroom from the pre- to do, the seniors came parading back in for one last in his best girl voice. vious night in a comical way that thank you to the juniors; and night came to a close.

—By Jeff Hokyo The junior class roared with laughter as Josh Peace, wouldn’t offend the juniors.

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Food for Thought

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to spurge on some good western cooking every now and again. A cheaper alternative to Chili’s, “Nandos“ came in second in the survey on favorite restaurants.

Students who chose to stay close to campus on the weekends and who didn’t want to eat in the cafeteria could choose between Indian “No! I want to go to Chili’s,” said Nadia Boshoff.

“But McDonald’s is cheaper!” said Gary Kennedy to the rest of the food at Sri Andanda Bahwan, or “SAB,” and Malay Chinese style dishes at either Rooftop or the stalls. gang talking about dinner.

But SAB proved to be the favorite probably because of its location Arguing over the place to eat became almost a hobby for some right across the street from campus and wide selection of reasonably students because of its common occurrence on the weekends.

Almost every student went to Gurney on the weekends, especially priced Indian dishes with a nice atmosphere. “I don’t go out every on Friday night. Depending on when they got there, everyone needed weekend since middle school has all these restrictions, so I usually end up going to SAB,” said Sam Eckman. to eat somewhere at a reasonable time, A few people every week decided to either before a movie-as it would end with get away from the typical hang outs and just enough time for people to hop on a go to Queensbay, a new mall about half bus and get back before curfew-or after a an hour away. Queensbay boasted “TGIgame of pool.

Fridays,” a new and good but expensive In spite of the choices at the mall, many restaurant chain. just went to the same place every week “I love “TGI Fridays,” said Andrew Jo and hardly even thought about it. Others’ after thinking about his favorite restaurant. cravings changed weekly, so they went “But I want to know why the best places to different places every week. Problems have to be the ones that empty my pocket arose, however, when different taste buds the quickest!” or allowance sizes came together; someone, Penang offered a wide selection for in the end, had to give up his or her students to eat—food for the tiniest pocket favorite food. book of money to the largest. Whatever the When surveyed on their favorite at the Palace of India on a long weekend, Emily Peace restaurant off campus, most students EATING and Nadia Boshoff talk about the day’s events. Almost every food, whether expensive or cheap, students put down “Chili’s.” Chili’s might have student went out to eat on weekends and could choose between just enjoyed going out on weekends to eat been somewhat expensive, but since it a variety of restaurants serving Chinese, Thai, Malay, Indian, as a different variety.

—By Caleb Caldwell was so new to Penang, students felt free well as Western cuisine.

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it was kind of a waste of time, but it was nice not having to go to class,” said Kyle Ladner.

While it was all fun and games for students, it was not so for staff members. On many of these half days the faculty spent a few hours Early dismissal. Ah, the feelings these two words conjured up, feelings in the chapel for meetings, and the rest of the afternoon working. of joy, happiness, and relief. Throughout the year, students had half “Man, you know, staff need a break too, I personally don’t a dozen early dismissal days where the administration released school like sitting through meetings, but it wasn’t that bad,” said Mr. David Stengele. at 11:45, to provide the students with a little bit of a break.

As the Junior-Senior Banquet drew closer and closer, the junior “Early dismissals were class utilized these half days to awesome. It gave me so get work done for the end-ofmuch more time to go out the-year event. and do stuff on weekends.

“Hey juniors! Don’t forget But, I kinda like having afthe work day today from 12:00ternoon classes, ’cause I have 4:00! Meet in Mr. [Kerry] MaArt and Shop class then,” honey’s room!” read the signs said Caleb Caldwell. posted on the junior lockers.

Most students used the “We got a lot of work done early dismissal to leave camon those half days, and we usupus and make the most of the ally finished by four; so it didn’t four extra hours of freedom really cut into my weekends. I they now had, but others really liked the half days,” said simply hung out on campus Kat Kang. for the rest of the day.

So whether working, sit “I had so much time, I ting through meetings, getdidn’t really know what to ting out to Gurney, or just do with myself. On those half hanging out, the early disdays, I spent a lot of time in Ziemer playing Halo with SITTING on the swing in front of the DLRC, Daniel Munson, Tim Sasse, Ben Gwaltney, missals contributed a lot to Josh [Peace], Norm [Kiehl], and Jared Parsons laugh as they swing back and forth. Students hung out in various places the school. on campus, and always found a way to amuse themselves on half-days.

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“Oh! You again! I haven’t seen you in a long time! Ok, follow me,” said Mr. Naranyanasamy “Nara” Doraisamy to a sleepy Jeff Hokyo, closely followed by Mr. Barend Blom. Mr. Doraisamy introduced Hokyo to his friends of the Saturday morning detention—a shovel, a broom, and a wheelbarrow accompanied by a pair of gloves.

“Nara, how come you always save the gutters for me?” said Hokyo with a moan.

“Oh, because I knew you were coming,” said Mr. Nara smiling.

Hokyo headed out, pushing all his equipment in a wheelbarrow, ready to engage the consequences of his tardies.

In line with school rules, any student who received five tardies earned the right to wake up early on Saturday mornings to participate in detention.

Most activities involved helping out maintenance with yard jobs such as raking leaves, cleaning gutters, or sometimes even doing paint jobs.

“Detention is quite good since it inconveniences one on Saturday mornings. But other than that, it’s also a Reaping the consequences of his tardies, good time to get a tan,” said Santi Niramitvijit rakes leaves for Saturday Tim Babcock. morning detention. The penalty of having “This one time I acted like to wake up early on Saturday morning kept most students diligent in getting to classes I got a detention on Sunday.

When Mr. [Karl] Steinkamp on time. came up to me, I told him the school gave me a detention on Sunday—and he totally believed me,” said Caleb Caldwell.

“I sign up to supervise detentions only early in the quarter. It’s the only time when nobody has detention so I don’t have to wake up so early in the morning,” said Mr. David Stengele.

Two hours later, Mr. Blom approached a sweaty Hokyo frolicking around in the gutter. “Working hard?” asked Mr. Blom, who knew the answer by the cheeky smile on Hokyo’s face. “Once your done with here, you are done,” said Mr. Blom as Hokyo muttered an enthusiastic “Sweet!”

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A typical Friday night for students usually involved eating out, shopping at Gurney, or seeing a movie in the theater; but on 11 April, 15 students decided to break out of the mold and use their Friday to praise God at the school-sponsored prayer night.

“The atmosphere in the chapel was really cool! The banners hanging on the walls and the candles around the room made it such a warm and inviting environment,” said Laura Danneker.

To begin the night, members of the prayer meeting leadership team read a selection of Bible verses pertaining to prayer before the worship team led everyone in worship.

Each person then had time to go pray by him or herself to reflect on what SITTING by herself, Jesse-Beth Thompson quietly prays during personal reflection time. God wanted to teach him Prayer night allowed students to spend time or her that evening. with God and to fellowship with other students.

“The personal reflec“It was such great way to end the week!” said tion time was such an Jeff Hokyo. amazing time for me. It was nice to just talk to God and ask Him to release my burdens and to thank Him for all of the blessings He has given to me,” said Jesse Beth Thompson.

After spending time reflecting on what burdens they wanted to releSase to God, students went to the amphitheater where they threw their written burdens into a blazing fire and spent time sharing what God had done in their hearts.”

“The sharing time around the fire was amazing to hear what God had been doing in people’s hearts,” said Caleb Caldwell.

After sharing around the fire, the students headed back into the chapel to pray in groups for individual and school needs, missions, and the world.

“The night went extremely well. I was so impressed with all of the students who gave up their Friday night to come and worship. They set the bar high, and I believe that next year they will be able to reach that height again,” said Mr. Rich Gwaltney.

As the evening came to a close, each student left feeling refreshed and renewed saying, “I can’t think of a better way to have spent my Friday night.”

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“OK! We need some people to make freezies today!” announced junior class president Kat Kang to the class at their weekly meeting. Anywhere from one to three times a week, a group of juniors collaborated in the Home Ec. Room to mix, pour, seal, and freeze the ever-popular freezies.

The process of freezie-making has become well known to all juniors. Classmates often exchanged stories about how their new white shirt got stained from splashing Kool-Aid or how their fingers turned Technicolor from ripping open packets of assorted flavors. Freezie-makers discovered a strange satisfaction from dumping sugar into jugs for each batch.

“I love mixing the sugar into the Kool-Aid,” said Ju Hee Jeong. “It makes them extra sweet.”

Those who took command of the sealer quickly became pros AS Aunt Julia Bieling opens a package of sugar, Kyle at making sure that Ladner, Katherine Kang and Estefania Diago sort they sealed seamlessly. through Kool-Aid flavors to decide which batch to make next. Freezies became a popular junior class “Nobody wants a leaky freezie!” junior class fund-raiser every day after school. sponsor Mrs. Robin Mahoney promptly reminded everyone.

Battling the ants became a common ordeal for freezie-making juniors. No matter how carefully they mixed and poured, a sticky, colorful mess always found its way onto the floor or counters.

Clean up became crucial to ensure that nobody’s feet stuck to the floor because of the sugar-saturated solution.

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Without fail, the juniors, with the assistance of their faithful sponsors, sold freezies and candy at the junior class table below the computer labs every day in hopes of seeing another smiling child clutching a ringgit or two in their sweaty hands, soon to be replaced by a colorful bag of flavored ice.

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Salty Rats “Oh no! I hope I don’t get stung by jellyfish again!” said Riley Mahoney as he forcefully stabbed his paddle back into the choppy water.

“You don’t need to worry about jellyfish,” Joshua Peace encouraged him from behind. “There are only like a million of them around Rat Island.”

“Riley, we like it when you come along. I’ve never been stung when you’ve been here to attract the jellyfish away,” said Kyle Ladner as he laughed with Peace.

“Peace, just make sure you d o n’t t i p t h e boat,” Riley replied as he tried to steady the Although many thought that kayaking only belonged in a Fitness or Physical Education PROPPING their kayak up on its end, Daniel Kim and class, others deJoshua Peace wash out their vessel. After each kayaking trip to Rat Island, the kayaks had to be cleaned and put cided that a trip out to Rat Island away, a sometimes tidious routine. with nothing but a kayak between them and the jellyfish made a memorable Saturday outing. “I like kayaking out to Rat Island because it makes me feel good about my body,” Tim Babcock said.

Other students liked to go just to get away from the hustle and bustle of campus. “I like the freedom that kayaking gives,” Kirsten Brink reflected.

The trip to Rat Island, though only lasting for 15 to 20 minutes, often stretched into a half-day trip when friends went together. From sunbathing on the rocks to playing in the sand, Rat Island offered an ideal place to rest.

“Yeah. I can’t believe how much fun it was to spend a couple of hours on an island with nothing but a lighthouse,” Peace said.

“If you liked it that much, you wouldn’t mind going again?”

Kyle asked.

“Sure thing. When do you want to go?” Peace asked as they sat down and started to plan their next jaunt to Rat Island.

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“GET OUT! Norm [Kiehl], they just threw a grenade!” said Daniel Kim shoving his fingers against his controller in an effort to get out of the dangerous room in the game “Halo 2.“ Games of all sorts paraded into the lives of students since consoles and their games started to come out in mass productions. From the X-Box to the X-Box 360, from Playstation 2 to the portable PSP and then computer games, students spent at least some of their time interacting in the virtual world. “I wish the X-Box 360 was cheaper because I would get one,” said Jacob Kimball.

“Dota” proved another highly popular game on computers on campus. Even though this game is several years old, school computers do not have the hardwear to run newer games, and therefore Dota is played everyday in dorms.

“I wish the FIGHTING each other in the video game “Tekkan” Sam Eckman and Jordan Nagel spend a Saturday morning in school would get the dorm playing on Playsation 2. Video games helped fill better computers the hours of a weekend for middle schoolers. because they always freeze up when I’m playing games,” said Jonathan Hayashi After school each day, students in elementary, middle school, and even some high school students rushed into the computer labs to play online games. These games, although short and made with poor graphics, became enough of a gaming experience for countless kids.

Students who couldn’t satisfy their video game cravings with the typical ones went to the arcades on the top floor of Midlands Mall.

More interactive, these games utilized the whole body, making it more fun for the user.

Games came in all graphics and consoles, but each student received the same general feeling of getting brought outside the typical flow of life, the intent of every game.

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Hair, a distinct feature on any person’s head and something students turned into something typical, marks the head of everyone. With uniforms for everyone, some students felt that part of their right to individuality included a personalized haircut and or design.

Dorm students choose to get their hair cut by unpaid barbers on campus ranging from students to staff. Se-Chan Hwang became well known among the student body in his skill with hair. “Se-Chan cuts lots of hair in the dorm; he pretty good at making everyone’s uniquely styled,” said Kat Kang.

More paranoid students or ones with more money to spend had their hair cut by a professional at Gurney at one of many salons. Getting manicures, pedicures or their hair washed attracted many girls and sometimes FACE down in his misery, Harry Kang even guys went to these gets his hair cut to dress code standards salons.

by Jonathan Hayashi with assistants Chris Kim and Harry Mak. Students in the dorm Other boys who didn’t received haircuts by either dorm mates or like their hair or liked it dorm parents. short just had it buzzed by a friend, parent, or dorm parent.

“I just buzz my head when it starts getting long, that’s the only way I can control it,” said Kael Steinert. This kind of cut only required a little bit of effort to get maximum results, one reason why many chose to go this road.

For the boys, haircuts entered their lives because without one, dress code violations could ensue. School rules required every boy’s hair to be above the collar and ears and out of the eyes with no non-natural hair coloring. A number of students, who liked their hair long, pushed the rules to the limit with their borderline hairdos and punishment soon followed.

From the fancy to the dirty, from the expensive to the cheap, students displayed their uniqueness through their do’s.

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“Did you see the new banner that Mr. [Larry] Chinn put all over campus?” asked Junho Choi to his friends.

On 7 April, Mr. Chinn officially announced that the Annual Fund campaign had begun for this year. Mr. Chinn and other administrators decided to set a goal to raise “rm150,000” by the end of May this year.

“I think Annual Fund is a good program because we get nice new equipment and new facilities,” said Tiffany Hsiang.

“And…” continued May Yamauchi, “I think this is also good because it helps everyone not only on campus but people in the community get united by trying to get money for our school to be a better place.”

“Last year was mosquito catchers, renovating the basketball court; so I can’t wait to see what they are doing with the money this year!” said David Im. T h i s ye a r, M r.

Chinn and the other administrators decided to get more mosquito catchers, a new scoreboard in the gym, and new computers in the dorms.

Chris Kim said, “I can’t wait to get new computers in the dorm because the dorm’s GUESSING how high the “red mark” will go computers are not very up to, Kirsten Westergren and Jeff Hokyo make a bet on it. “I bet this red mark is gonna go up good. But too bad; I to rm130,000! You’re gonna owe me a cup of ice don’t get to see the new cream!” said Hokyo. good changes because I am graduating.”

“I agree! I wish I was gonna be here for what’s happening next year, I really appreciate what Mr. Chinn is doing for us,” said Jeff Hokyo.

After a long, tiring day, Mr. Chinn finally finished updating the Annual Fund “thermometer” by getting the art department to paint in the amount of money that had been given during the week; and the school was that much closer to new develoment.

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A wave of silence rushed over the chapel as the audience focused its attention on Junho Choi. Formally dressed, Choi approached the stand and began his presentation on pottery.

After hours of researching, creating, and writing, six senior participants of the Advanced Merit Diploma presented their projects to three judges, Mr. Karl Steinkamp, Mr. Tim Parsons, and Mr. Fred Colburn, on 12-13 November.

“I thought about doing my project on something related to sports, but then my mom advised me to choose pottery instead. I made a porcelain vase in Korea, but then it was really hard to bring to Penang because it weighed 30 pounds!” said Choi.

Similarly, Ashley Nam and David Im chose to base their projects on artistic pieces. While Im spent over 30 hours creating a Cheo Yong mask based off a tale from Ulsan, Korea, Nam chose to research fresco paintings and even created “I took this style of painting, called fresco, one herself. from the Renaissance period,” says Ashley Laura Danneker, on the Nam as she gives her AMD presentation. After other hand, looked to her Nam spent 55 hours working on her project, Mr. Bill Munson, her adviser, surprised her by talents in music for her bringing in a beautiful frame for her piece. project. “I love music, and I can’t imagine myself doing anything in a field other than music; so that’s why I composed and conducted a song called ‘A Hunt in Flight’ and had it performed by a brass quartet.”

While Andrew Jo created a website fully devoted to the Korean War, Jeff Hokyo decided to make a presentation on photo journalism and even compiled his own album of pictures taken from his trip to Cambodia. Hokyo stated, “I went to Cambodia twice and had so much fun taking pictures of the kids I met there that I chose to base my AMD project off that.”

After almost two years of following AMD, spending community service hours in orphanages, hospitals, and nursing homes, investing large portions of time in their projects, and maintaining high GPAs, the six participants sighed in relief as their presentations drew to a close.

“It was a lot of work,” said Choi after completing his presentation. “But it was all worth it. Plus, I get to wear one of those special tassels at graduation!”

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SHEENA MCLEOD

the ocean. Mr. Alexander said, “It was powerful to see the kids surfing in the same ocean that had brought the huge tsunami. It was a perfect picture of healing.”

The team members assisted the young people in showing them how to Raising his hand for a high five, Brendan Frentz encourages his young lie on the board and pushed them into the waves. For about two hours, everyone surfed and laughed and had fun, learning to love the ocean. “tutee” after surfing a wave.

Four students, along with Mr. Frank Encouraging words echoed across the beach, and Mrs. Kelly Alexander and other team accompanied with the sounds of friendship. members from America, had the chance to After a few days of surfing clinics, the go to Aceh, Indonesia, for a short mission’s people in the village knew how to surf, or trip at the beginning of February. The four at least had enjoyed going to the beach to students—Gary Kennedy, Frentz, Cat watch their loved ones. When the team Foster, and Sheena McLeod—spent five couldn’t go to the beach, they spent their days in a village called Desa Nusa. time in the village—making beautiful While there, they enjoyed delicious bags out of recycled wrappers, planting gardens and pulling weeds, or even just coffee, colored pictures with the young hanging out with new friends, by playing children, helped pull weeds in gardens, sang games and the guitar. songs, formed relationships, and held surf Foster said, “I liked seeing all the clinics everyday.

The surf clinics, the main purpose kids running around and playing and for going to Aceh on this trip, had the riding their bikes, just the freedom of it 14 members of the team go to the beach SMILING as little Aisa makes a face and talks about her all. I loved how they included us in their everyday at 4 o’clock. picture, Cat Foster enjoys a special moment with the little normal routines such as kicking around a The 14 team members, along with about Indonesian girl. Playing with the kids in the village made the soccer ball, making baskets, going to their 20 young people from the village, drove mission trip special for everyone as they experienced things gardens, and just talking.”

As the trip came to a close, the team out to the beach – surf boards strapped to they never had before. members said their good-byes and got ready the top of the car. Once at the beach, the surfers on the team taught the local Acehnese how to paddle, stand up, to fly back to Penang. Tears and hugs went around the large circle, along and ride the waves. Then, after a short prayer in the large circle on the with happy memories and promises to return.

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...B

This index lists everyone named or pictured in this book. Names and listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are advertisers.

Boldfaced words are topics covered.

*Baan Thai Restaurant 147 Babcock, Danny 22, 32, 35, 61, 67, 74, 75, 76, 93, 102, 167, 168, 195, 205 Babcock, Tim 16, 58, 61, 67, 76, 95, 106, 116, 126, 132, 168, 172, 179, 185, 195, 205 Bae, Sally 39, 121 Band Trip to Thailand 153 Baptisms 159 *Baptist Convention 183 Barber, Daniel 22 Barber, Matthew 44, 82, 129 Barber, Sarah 41 Barber, Stephen 26, 201 Barber, Tim 35 Bear Cubs 196 Beginning Band 6 200 Beginning Band 7 & 8 201 Bible 6 49 Bieling, Julia 17, 48, 146, 149, 172, 183 Bieling, Kathy 48, 146, 149 Bieling, Larry 48, 146 Blatt, Jordyn 35, 63, 64, 89, 204 Blatt, Joshua 19 Blatt, Matthew 26, 29, 61, 91, 200 Blatt, Sydnye 19, 64, 69, 113, 199 Blom, Annami 48, 146, 171 Blom, Barend 48, 95, 146, 171, 179 *Blossom Art Gallery 189 Bodley, Bronwyn 48, 86, 123, 146, 198 Boshoff, David 23, 33, 43, 48, 51, 60, 106, 141, 146 Boshoff, Nadia 19, 20, 21, 43, 54, 60, 64, 69, 79, 102, 126, 127, 143, 159, 168, 175, 195, 201, 205 Boshoff, Suzette 23, 33, 48, 146, 149 Boy Scouts 196

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A Rajiah, Kalawathy Pak-kiathai 53 Abernathy, Heather 48, 84, 118, 119, 146 Abraham, Rachel 48, 146 Addink, Abigail 45, 82 Addink, David 48, 93, 146 Advanced Merit Diploma 193 After-JSB 173 *Aji Noren Japanese Restaurant 179 Alexander, Frank 194 Alexander, Kelly 194 Allen, James 48, 89, 146 Allen, Ruthie 45 Aloysius, Mary “Penny” 53 Ambassadors 204 Ampil, Pocholo Miguel 29, 109, 131, 139, 198, 200, 203 Ang, Adeline 53 Annual Fund 191 Archer, Annesley 26, 33, 72, 73, 90, 200, 202, 203 Archer, Kaleb 16, 31, 33, 60, 72, 95, 103, 112, 155, 159, 172, 199 Archer, Shauna 20, 32, 48, 73, 141, 146 Archer, Tim 20, 32, 48, 70, 123, 141, 146, 204 Arokiadass, Indrani 53 Arulndo, Jeston “John” 53 Asai, Yutaro 26, 201 *Avion Holidays 176 Ayaroo, A Sulojana “Mala” 53

Boys’ Basketball, Sem. 2 205 Brewster, Brian 39, 48, 146, 169, 202 Brewster, Kalia 39, 45, 82 Brewster, Lana 46 Brink, Kirsten 16, 32, 131, 172, 185, 195 Brodini, Valentina 43 Brokaw, Elisabeth 37, 87, 114, 115, 120, 121, 197, 198, 203 Brokaw, Emily 27, 62, 63, 91, 96, 130, 131, 198, 200, 201, 203, 204 Brokaw, Jonathan 19, 74, 117, 153, 196, 200 Brokaw, Valeri 49, 110, 135, 139, 200, 201, 203, 204 Brownies 197 Buntain, Brendon 8, 14, 54, 67, 76, 125, 143, 183, 186, 201, 205 *Buntain, Mr. & Mrs. 186

...C *C&MA Cambodia 161 *C&MA Canada 175 *C&MA International Ministries 173 *C&MA Thailand 185 Cairncross, Brian 62, 63, 134 Cairncross, Bryan 27, 130, 196, 200 Cairncross, Debbie 32, 34, 49, 146 Cairncross, Scott 34, 49, 117, 146, 196 Cairncross, Tyler 34, 35, 41, 85, 116, 120, 196 Caldwell, Caleb 8, 11, 13, 15, 36, 39, 40, 45, 46, 47, 67, 100, 139, 141, 143, 152, 154, 163, 177, 179, 181, 183, Endsheets

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL: FRONT ROW: Sally Lee, Regina Hong, Nadia Boshoff, Ashley Nam, Jeff Hokyo; BACK ROW: Sin-Myung Park, Danny Babcock, Chan-Mi Kim, James Lyman, Kirsten Westergren, Tim Babcock; NOT PICTURED: Mr. Tim Parsons, Esther Park

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY: FRONT ROW: Susheela Meyyappan, Naomi Tami, Min-Ji Kang, Joy Li, Cindy Wang, Sally Lee; MIDDLE ROW: Kirsten Westergren, Kirsten Brink, Yu-Shin Park, Kat Kang, Rami Lee, Juhee Jeong, Jesse Beth Thompson; BACK ROW: Laura Danneker, Riley Mahoney, Paul Kim, SinMyung Park, Joel Roberts, Seung-Yoon Nam, Tiffany Steinkamp, Ashley Nam; NOT PICTURED: Brendan Frentz

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*Caldwell, Mr. & Mrs. 154 Case, Barb 49, 84, 85, 110, 120, 123, 146, 199, 202 Case, Earl 49, 104, 146 *CG Computers 151 Ch’ng, Denise 49, 146 Chan, Ailee 49, 146 Chan, Ethan 46, 83 Chan, Michelle 31, 63, 64, 73, 200, 204 Chang, Alice Ye-Ju 43 Chang, Andrew Chang, Sally 31, 200 Chee, Ken 19, 29, 200 Cheng, Frank 19, 32, 40, 49, 106, 116 *Cheow Guan 164 Chiang, Becky 8Å Chiao, Boch 16, 71, 72, 92, 113, 119, 169, 172 Chiem, Cindy 35, 89, 202, 204 Chinn, David 41, 85 Chinn, Debbie 20, 49, 85, 102, 146 Chinn, Emma 31, 198, 200, 204 Chinn, Evan 37, 86, 119, 203 Chinn, Jonathan 41, 85, 120 Chinn, Larry 20, 49, 146, 191 Chinn, Sarah 44, 83 Cho, Andy 61 Cho, Ian 39, 118, 122 Cho, In Jung 22 Cho, Joy 73 Choi, Brian 32, 70, 200 Choi, David 27, 200, 203 Choi, Josephine 16, 93, 172 Choi, Junho 8, 10, 11, 44, 67, 97, 104, 126, 137, 143, 183, 190, 191, 193, 201 Choi, Kevin 32, 200 Choi, Peter 19 Choir, High School 201 Choir, Middle School 203 Chuah, Joel 22, 74 Chung, Angel 35, 203 Chung, Da-Hee 44

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Chung, Faith 37, 197, 198 Chung, Matt 40, 117, 196 Chung, So-Hee 32 Coffee Bean vs. Starbucks 167 Colburn, Fred 48, 49, 71, 146, 193 Colburn, Peggy 30, 49, 146, 202 Colfax, Chris 23, 41 College Decisions 163 Combrink, Bernard 39, 44, 83, 129 Combrink, Charlotte 38, 114, 115, 197, 199, 203 Combrink, Danielle 41, 85 Combrink, Lucia 35, 63, 64, 203, 204 Concert Band 200 Cox, Anita 197 Cox, Arielle 197 Cox, Aryana 197 Cox, Nathanael 196 *Crown College 144

...D D’Cruz, Lori 49, 83, 114, 115, 146, 197 *Dalat Staff 146 Danneker, Laura 8, 10, 12, 15, 33, 98, 112, 113, 129, 131, 143, 165, 173, 181, 183, 190, 193, 195, 199, 200, 201, 202, 204, Endsheets Danneker, Nathan 27, 29, 32, 33, 63, 90, 129, 131, 198, 200, 204 *Danneker, Mr. & Mrs. 190 Das, Rishub 35 Dass, Erica 6, 35, 203 Dass, Erin 29, 63, 64, 65, 73, 200, 203 Dass, Ezra 20, 67, 74, 75, 124, 142 Dass, Rani 49, 146 Davis, Bob 49, 60, 146 Debatin, Melanie 16, 153, 172, 200

BOY SCOUTS: FRONT ROW: Joseph Hawthorne, Bryan Cairncross, Reagan Mahoney, Josiah Steinkamp, Daniel Rogers, Kendall Stenlund; ROW TWO: Mrs. Carla Loehden, Danny Sullivan, Jamie Sullivan, Levi Woodring, Mr. Steve Sullivan, Mr. Scott Cairncross; BACK ROW: Mr. Dave Loehden, Kaden Stenlund, Isaac Spoelman, Axel Loehden, Jonathan Brokaw, Joseph Merusi, Mr. Karl Steinkamp, Mr. Patrick Rogers; NOT PICTURED: Mr. Mark Ulbricht, Mr. Kerry Mahoney, Steven Ulbricht, David Ulbricht, Joshua Woodring, Nathan Gresham

WEBELOS: FRONT ROW: Mr. Dennis Tyas, Chardin Stengele, Kristian Stenlund, Peter Lee, Daniel Kim, Jamie Ha, Mr. David Stengele; BACK ROW: Morris Huang, Caleb Parsons, Zach DeLoach, Seung-Ju Jin, Jeremy Lupinacci; NOT PICTURED: Hyeon-Gyu Jeong

DeLoach, Cricket 29, 63, 64, 90, 201, 203 DeLoach, Momilani 45, 111, 122 DeLoach, Zach 38, 86, 196, 203 Detention 179 Diago, Estefania 16, 42, 43, 68, 69, 93, 99, 124, 127, 143, 172, 183, 201 Dias, Ashan 8, 9, 143, 157, 183, 201 Dias, Rishika 20, 119 Dobbie, Amber 8, 71 Doraisamy, Nagamal “Rose” 53 Doraisamy, Naranyansamay 53, 179 Dorm Council 204 Drama (High School, Sem. 1) 199 Drama (High School, Sem. 2) 199 Drama, Middle School 203 Dyck, Marigan 8, 10, 15, 27, 32, 36, 41, 44, 50, 103, 132, 133, 143, 157, 163, 177, 183, 201, 202 *Dyck, Mr. & Mrs. 163

*ESL Department 190 Estrop, Gerard Colvin 53 *Evangelism Explosion 148

...F Fan, Andrew 23, 74, 99, 119, 200 Fan, Theresa 25 *Farmasie Tanjung Bunga 163 Fennick, Rebecca 49 Forensics 202 *Forever Travel Service 193 Foster, Cat 2, 3, 13, 16, 23, 30, 35, 44, 56, 58, 100, 135,

139, 141, 145, 167, 172, 173, 194, 199, 202, 204, Endsheets Fraiser, Kirk 20, 44, 62, 106, 199, 204 Freezie Making 183 Frentz, Brendan 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 27, 30, 43, 46, 47, 56, 61, 66, 67, 93, 98, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 143, 151, 159, 163, 173, 177, 183, 189, 194, 201 Frentz, Danae 19, 27, 64, 68, 69, 79, 131, 189, 198, 200, 203, 205 *Frentz, Mr. & Mrs. 189

Friesen, Nancy 50, 83, 146 Fu, Anna 23, 112, 113, 199, 200, 201, 202

...G Gamble, Jessica 20, 21, 32, 112, 113, 199, 201, 202 Gamble, Kirsten 9, 10, 13, 49, 55, 73, 103, 113, 128, 129, 132, 143, 183, 187, 199, 201, 202, 204 *Gamble, Mr. & Mrs. 187 Ganapathy, Palany 53 Geh, Gary 20, 44, 51, 135, 201, 202, 204

...E WOLF CUBS: FRONT ROW: Joon-Young Lee, Garrison Schaller, Nathanael Cox, Timothy Sasse, Peter Kim, Mrs. Carol Schaller; BACK ROW: Andrew Kim, Matt Chung, Daniel Munson, David Vriend

BEAR CUBS: FRONT ROW: Mr. Scott Cairncross, Tyler Cairncross, Shione Stengele, Daniel Kim; BACK Row: Mrs. Myoung-Souk, Seung-Wie Jin, Jeremy Worten, Paul Kim, Mrs. Soon-Rhe

Early Dismissal 177 Eating Out 175 Eckman, Abbie 16, 26, 32, 42, 46, 55, 65, 69, 95, 96, 108, 132, 134, 149, 172, 201, 202 Eckman, Sam 29, 32, 62, 63, 90, 175, 187, 201, 202 Elementary Musical (Sem. 1) 199 Elementary Musical (Sem. 2) 203 Elmes, Holly 32, 200, 203 Emergency Drills 169 Emerson, Ashley 32, 200 English Premier League Football 151 ESL 5, 6 49

JUNIOR GIRL SCOUTS: FRONT ROW: Sabrina Miller, Mallory Long, Ysabel Loh, Rachel Hurlbut, Kaela Ruble, Anna Spoelman; MIDDLE ROW: Mrs. Kristin Shipman, Mrs. Colleen Sullivan, Kiernan Sullivan, Sarah Shipman, Faith Chung, Angelene Woo, Tesa Sasse, Katie Gwaltney, Mrs. Vicki Moss; BACK ROW: Arielle Cox, Katherine Hill, Gloria Kim, Elisabeth Brokaw, Mariana Moss, Emma Merusi, Karissa Steinkamp, Charlotte Combrink

BROWNIES: FRONT ROW: Mrs. Molly Lupinacci, Kenlee Stenlund, Mikaela Steinkamp, Sarah Lee, Aryana Cox, Gia Kim, Esther Kim, Mrs. Lori D’Cruz; MIDDLE ROW: Abbie Thompson, Mrs. Anita Cox, Jenny Kim, Julia Munson, Maureen Huang, Ke-erh Huang, Mariah Merkle, Jessica Vriend, Mrs. Cindy Spoelman, Yeo Rin Yun; NOT PICTURED: Valentina Brodini, Hannah Suh

...Index 197

Gimson, Alex 27, 91, 200, 203 Gimson, Kenya 32, 57, 200, 204 Gimson, Nick 35 Girl Scouts, Junior 197 Girls’ Basketball, Sem. 2 205 Girls’ Night Lock-in 149 Goh, Allen 32, 70, 200 Goh, Amanda 38, 120, 121, 123, 203 Goh, Andy 29, 63, 131, 200 Govinda, Ramasami 54 Gresham, Nathan 27, 61, 200 Gudeman, Lisa 50, 99 Gwaltney, Ben 38, 39, 41, 111, 118, 119, 120, 123, 177, 199, 203 Gwaltney, Katie 28, 35, 53, 62, 63, 89, 139, 159, 197, 199, 203, 204

Gwaltney, Kerrybeth 50, 57, 103, 146 Gwaltney, Rich 30, 44, 49, 50, 53, 56, 57, 89, 141, 146, 159, 181

...H Ha, Jamie 38, 116, 196 Haghighi, Fatemeh Shahabi 18 Haircuts 189 Han, Eric 27 Hawthorne, Joseph 32, 196, 200 Hayashi, Jonathan 12, 16, 22, 27, 31, 36, 44, 57, 75, 92, 93, 95, 108, 124, 134, 135, 172, 187, 189, 201, 202, 204 *High Power Electrical 181 Hill, Katherine 197 Hinton, Robert 16, 98

NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY: FRONT ROW: Emily Brokaw, Danae Frentz, Reagan Mahoney, Pocholo Miguel Ampil; BACK ROW: Nathan Danneker, Ben Weidemann, Sarah Hwang, Jeffrey Hsiao

*HL Shoppes 149 Ho, Ah Khang 54 Ho, Victor 20, 43, 72, 74, 75, 134, 201 Hofmann, Sarah 29, 200, 203 Hokyo, Jeff 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 19, 26, 27, 37, 50, 51, 61, 92, 93, 100, 101, 104, 126, 127, 133, 135, 137, 139, 143, 153, 155, 167, 168, 179, 183, 191, 193, 195, 199, 201, 202, 204, Endsheets *Hokyo, Mr. & Mrs. 153 Holden, Lyn 49, 50, 81, 97, 122, 146, 169 Holden, Michael 50, 59, 67, 90, 110, 122, 130, 131, 146, 202 Holden, Samuel 122 Homework Help 165 Hong, Bosuk 16, 72, 172 Hong, Regina 9, 10, 41, 46,

MSSPP TRACK: FRONT ROW: Frances Wong, Margaret Stebbins, Anna Kang; BACK ROW: Elmo Lin, Theresa Phan, Angela Steiert, Harry Mak; NOT PICTURED: Joshua Watson, Bruce Mak, Josie Steinkamp, Jamie Sullivan

51, 52, 99, 126, 143, 168, 183, 190, 195, 201 *Hong Giap 157

*Hong, Mr. & Mrs. 149 Hook, Goh Seng 54 Hsiang, Tiffany 19, 20, 36, 79, 93, 106, 113, 153, 191, 200, 205 Hsiao, Jason 17, 42, 74, 92, 95, 172 Hsiao, Jeffrey 27, 131, 198, 200 Hsiao, Jessica 40, 121 Hsieh, Cindy 9, 79, 94, 143, 162, 183, 190, 205 Hsieh, Shelina 201 *Hsieh, Mr. & Mrs. 162 Huang, Chanel 29, 200, 203 Huang, Ke-Erh 43, 115, 118, 197 Huang, Kevin 23, 32, 41, 75, 76, 155, 205 Huang, Maureen 42, 122, 123, 197, 199 Huang, Morris 38, 196, 199 Huang, Sam 40, 204 Huang, Tien-Erh 46, 82 Hurlbut, Brittany 28, 32, 200, 202, 204 Hurlbut, Rachel 197 Hurlbut, Rick 50 Hwang, Sarah 27, 33, 63, 73, 79, 90, 107, 131, 198, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205 Hwang, Se-Chan 20, 32, 70, 71, 72, 103, 106, 189, 201, 204

...I STUDIO 2B: FRONT ROW: Lakshmi Meyyappan, Emma Chinn, Mrs. Liebe Stutzman; BACK ROW: Emily Brokaw, Zoe Parsons, Joelle Miller

198

...Index

ELEMENTARY STUDENT COUNCIL: FRONT ROW: Ms. Bronwyn Bodley, Ji Min Park, Faith Chung, Seon Bin Oh, Jennifer Lupinacci, Mark Watson; BACK ROW: Gloria Kim, Elisabeth Brokaw, Emma Merusi, Jeremy Lupinacci

...J

Im, David 9, 10, 23, 43, 51, 67, 97, 104, 105, 108, 143, 151, 183, 190, 191, 193 Intermediate Band 200 Intermediate Musical Cast 204

Jang, John 17, 54, 95, 97, 105, 172 Jazz Band 201 Jeong, Hyeon-Gyu 38, 203 Jeong, Juah 20, 95 Jeong, Juhee 17, 71, 122, 131, 165, 172, 183, 195 Jeong, Sam 27, 90 Jeong, Soo-Bi 45 Jeong, Woo Sung 29 Jeong, Woo-Jin 46 Jeong, Woo-Sung 36, 88 Jin, Seung Wie 42, 84, 116 Jin, Seung-Ju 38, 196, 203 Jin, Seung-Wie 196 Jo, Andrew 8, 9, 43, 44, 67, 135, 137, 143, 175, 183, 193, 200 Jones, Hannah 23, 46, 110, 199, 202 Jones, Stephanie 32, 63, 200, 203, 204 Journalism Class 139 *Joy, Kohei, Lindsey 155 JSB Prep. 145 Jun, Seung-Jou 23 Junior Sponsors 172 *Just’s Wardrobe 187

...K Kanasamy, Francis 54 Kang, Anna 17, 32, 145, 149, 172, 198, 200 Kang, Becky 200 Kang, Bill 20, 36, 44, 54, 57, 72, 122, 132, 135, 200, 201, 204 Kang, Claudia 54 Kang, Esther 32, 200 Kang, Harry 29, 63, 108, 189, 200, 203, 204 Kang, Katherine 8, 12, 17, 27, 30, 43, 44, 53, 54, 57, 95, 96, 116, 131, 135, 143, 172, 173, 177, 183, 189, 195, 201, 204, 206

Kang, Min-Ji 16, 17, 131, 172, 195 Kang, Noo-Ri 202 Kang, Sung-In 9, 10, 14, 15, 60, 93, 95, 108, 143, 171, 173, 183, 201 Kantimahanti, Thushara 32, 200, 203 Karing, Simon 33, 200 Karpaya, Valliammah 54 Kawabata, Miho 9, 11, 12, 36, 46, 143, 156, 183, 190, 201 *Kawabata, Mr. & Mrs. 156 Kayaking 185 *Keat Cheong Auto 150 *Keat Interior Decorator 191 Kennedy, Gary 10, 12, 60, 98, 175, 194 Kes, Dianna 23, 53, 69, 199 Kes, Sam 29, 35, 200 Khoo, Amy 54 Kiehl, Norman 12, 17, 34, 40, 57, 62, 75, 102, 103, 124, 172, 177, 187, 201 Kiiza, Evelyne 29, 63, 64, 73, 90, 161, 201, 202, 203 Kiiza, Marieth 23, 40, 57, 102, 127, 201, 202 Kilindo, Laurian 32, 33, 36, 204 Kim, Alley 33, 63, 200, 203, 204 Kim, Andrew 36, 40, 86, 88, 196 Kim, Beom-Jun 38, 45, 83, 111 Kim, Bona 20 Kim, Chan-Mi 23, 31, 32, 42, 57, 73, 126, 134, 161, 168, 195, 200, 201, 204 Kim, Chan-Yang 30, 63, 73, 90, 106, 201, 203 Kim, Chris 10, 11, 12, 22, 26, 28, 32, 36, 38, 41, 54, 60, 67, 103, 126, 127, 137, 139, 141, 178, 189, 191, 201, Endsheets Kim, Daniel 20, 33, 34, 35,

38, 42, 67, 89, 116, 177, 185, 187, 196, 199, 200 Kim, David 17, 47, 76, 80, 95, 106, 169, 172, 201, 205 Kim, Esther 30, 43, 114, 197 Kim, Gia 43, 115, 118, 120, 197 Kim, Gloria 38, 86, 197, 198 Kim, Grace 30, 201 Kim, Helen 17, 95, 165, 172 Kim, Jamie 21, 74 Kim, Jenny 43, 114, 115, 119, 120, 121, 123, 197 Kim, Joseph 27, 203 Kim, Kun-Hee 23, 73 Kim, Louise 42, 120

Kim, Marco 23, 72, 102, 109 Kim, Paul 17, 42, 72, 111, 122, 131, 172, 195, 196 Kim, Peter 40, 196 Kim, Sally 36, 203, 204 Kim, Seong-Min 43, 123 Kim, Sung Bum 8, 13, 17, 19, 101, 139, 172, Endsheets Kim, Sunny 38 Kim, Yu-Min 46 *Kim, Mr. & Mrs. 178 Kimball, Jacob 20, 21, 23, 30, 31, 43, 54, 74, 75, 76, 147, 155, 187, 199, 204, 205 Kirk, Joel 28, 201

HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA, SEMESTER 1: FRONT ROW: Miss Jacqui Steiert, Lakshmi Meyyappan, Anna Fu, Khalie Mahoney, Kirsten Gamble, Sydnye Blatt, Rachel Spoelman; BACK ROW: Josh Peace, George Merusi, Kaleb Archer, Kyle Ladner, Sydney McKenzie, Laura Danneker, Jessica Gamble, Mrs. Barbara Case

HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA, SEMESTER 2: FRONT ROW: Naomi Tami, Lakshmi Meyyappan, Khalie Mahoney, Hannah Jones, Kirsten Gamble, Jeff Hokyo, Mr. Mark Sasse; BACK ROW: Josh Peace, Bethany Weidemann, Laura Danneker, Kyle Ladner, Jesse Beth Thompson, Jessica Gamble; NOT PICTURED: Mr. Brian Weidemann, Tesa Sasse, Katie Gwaltney, Ivana Smit, Dianna Kes, Rachel Leung, Ji-Hyun Park, Emily Peace, Jacob Kimball, Kirk Fraiser, Catherine Foster

ELEMENTARY MUSICAL, SEMESTER 1: FRONT ROW: Ysabel Loh, Ben Gwaltney, Maureen Huang, Sarah Lee; BACK ROW: Daniel Kim, Jeremy Lupinacci, Charlotte Combrink, Morris Huang, Kristian Stenlund, NOT PICTURED: Ian Cho

...Index 199

Kirk, Tayla 40, 86, 203 Klassen, Nathanael 50, 146 Ko, Esther 43, 111, 115 Ko, Min-Song 46, 82 Ko, Yea-Lim 21, 51, 95, 201

Koethler, Nellie 50, 146 *Kohei, Joy, Lindsey 155 Kong, Becky 33, 57, 203, 204 Koo, Steven 54 Kuppusamy, Mani 54 Kweon, Esther 38, 121

Kweon, Grace 30, 200 Kwon, Steven 33, 200

...L Ladner, Kyle

17, 22, 27, 32,

CONCERT BAND: FRONT ROW: Khalie Mahoney, Margaret Stebbins, Paul Wang, Rami Lee, Ai-Ching Ung, Tiffany Hsiang, Joycelyn Woo, Maaya Yamauchi, Melanie Debatin, Brittany Sasse, Anna Fu; MIDDLE ROW: Mr. Kerry Mahoney, Lakshmi Meyyappan, Angela Steiert, Harry Mak, Bethany Weidemann, Miranda Steinert, Chan-Mi Kim, Bill Kang, Andrew Fan, Theresa Phan, Anna Kang, May Yamauchi, Hannah Park; BACK ROW: Sheena McLeod, Joseph Lee, Elmo Lin, Laura Danneker, Sydney McKenzie, Jet Song, Riley Mahoney, Jonathan Brokaw, Andrew Jo, George Merusi, Dong-Yeob Sakong, Terence Law

INTERMEDIATE BAND: FRONT ROW: Harry Lewis, Jeffrey Yen, Alex Gimson, Reagan Mahoney, Yu-Min Pyee, Isabelle Litowski, Chanel Huang, Grace Kweon, Daniel Sullivan; SECOND ROW: Harry Kang, Jamie Thompson, Sarah Hofmann, Lucas Samuel, Matt Blatt, Bryan Cairncross, Annesley Archer, Michael Nollan, Esther Park, Bertha Wang, Ji-Won Park; THIRD ROW: Erin Dass, Eric Lin, Hung Ching Song, Kaden Stenlund, Joseph Merusi, Sam Kes, Keanu Lee, Danae Frentz, Benjamin Unruh, Hank Wong, Jordan Nagel, Rosalyn Ng, Emily Brokaw, Mr. Kerry Mahoney; BACK ROW: Pocholo Miguel Ampil, Andy Goh, Moses Park, Nathan Gresham, David Choi, Chi-Yuan Lo, Nathan Danneker, Joseph Lee, Ken Chee, Jeffrey Hsiao, Ben Weidemann, Sarah Hwang, Vaasavi Sundar

BEGINNING BAND 6: FRONT ROW: Joseph Hawthorne, Josiah Steinkamp, Steven Ulbricht, Joshua Watson, Kevin Pyee, Shotaro Minato; SECOND ROW: Kendall Stenlund, Wei-Kheng Teh, Niklaus Ooi, Farid Syed, Kelly Shim, Emma Chinn, Jamie Sullivan, Daniel Kim, Joanna Robinson, Thushara Kantimahanti, Kenya Gimson, Mrs. Valeri Brokaw; THIRD ROW: Brittany Hurlbut, Stephanie Jones, Yeon-Woo Sakong, Sally Chang, Sabina Lee, Joyce Lee, Levi Woodring, Daniel Rogers, Allen Goh, Zoe Parsons, Becky Kang; BACK ROW: Michelle Chan, Alley Kim, Esther Kang, Ashley Emerson, Ashtyn McKenzie, Simon Karing, Justin Sven, Steven Kwon, Seok Kyo Oh, Brian Choi, Kevin Choi, Holly Elmes; NOT PICTURED: Hanbyul Woo

200

...Index

34, 38, 46, 66, 67, 100, 109, 110, 139, 155, 157, 172, 177, 183, 185, 199, Endsheets Law, Terence 23, 25, 67, 72, 153, 200 Lee, Hyeon-Jeong 36, 89, 202, 203, 204 Lee, Ji-Soo 18, 60, 67, 172 Lee, Joann 36, 204 Lee, John 36, 204 Lee, Joon-Young 40, 86, 196 Lee, Joseph 21, 200 Lee, Joyce 33, 200 Lee, Keanu 30, 90, 200, 201 Lee, Kirsten 21, 106 Lee, Lucy 24, 32 Lee, Peter 38, 87, 196, 203 Lee, Rami 8, 18, 95, 130, 131, 172, 195, 200 Lee, Rebecca 46, 82 Lee, Sabina 33, 57, 200, 202 Lee, Sally 18, 106, 130, 131, 145, 168, 172, 195, 204 Lee, Sarah 42, 120, 197, 199 Lee, Soo-Eun 63 Lee, Vivian 21, 73, 202 Lee, Young-Hoon 88 *Lee Tong Hai & Sons Construction 185 Leow, Ah Mooi 54 Leung, Rachel 19, 24, 132, 199 Leung, Rolland 20, 21 Lewis, Harry 28, 30, 32, 46, 62, 63, 71, 90, 106, 147, 200 Li, Joy 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 23, 32, 44, 51, 54, 95, 129, 131, 133, 143, 147, 171, 183, 190, 195, 201, 204, 206 *Li, Mr. & Mrs. 178 Lim, Adam 30, 201 Lim, Ah Chai 54 Lim, Andrew 43 Lim, Suji 43, 119 Lim, Victor 54 Lin, Elmo 21, 72, 80, 106, 198, 200, 201 Lin, Eric 30, 106, 200

Lin, Kyle 12, 14, 41, 122, 143, 183, 190 *Lindsey, Joy, Kohei 155 Litowski, Isabelle 30, 62, 63, 73, 200, 203 Litowski, Max 17, 24, 25, 107, 124 Lo, Chi-Yuan 28, 200 Loehden, Axel 20, 21, 29, 67, 74, 75, 76, 117, 196, 205 Loehden, Carla 50, 80, 118, 125, 146, 196, 204 Loehden, Dave 196 Loh, Boon Leng 54 Loh, Ysabel 39, 122, 197, 199, 203 Long, Mallory 197 Loveless, Joe 44 Lupinacci, Jennifer 42, 198 Lupinacci, Jeremy 39, 87, 106, 196, 198, 199 Lupinacci, Molly 114, 197 Lyman, James 20, 21, 29, 46, 74, 75, 76, 126, 127, 134, 168, 195, 205

...M Mahoney, Kerry 50, 80, 135, 146, 172, 177, 200, 201 Mahoney, Khalie 24, 69, 76, 79, 99, 110, 111, 153, 199, 200, 202 Mahoney, Reagan 30, 41, 58, 63, 90, 125, 131, 134, 196, 198, 200, 201, 203 Mahoney, Riley 17, 18, 58, 67, 76, 113, 122, 128, 130, 131, 132, 151, 172, 185, 195, 200, 205 Mahoney, Robin 16, 50, 83, 120, 146, 172, 183 Mak, Bruce 18, 66, 67, 77, 145, 151, 172, 198 Mak, Harry 24, 32, 66, 67, 71, 75, 76, 93, 167, 189, 198, 200, 205 Manikam, Bascaran Raja 55

Mareemutto, Rajen 54 Mareemuttoo, Kumar 54 Mariappan, Bala 54 Maze, Wendi 50, 62, 63, 146, 149 McKenzie, Ashtyn 28, 33, 200, 204 McKenzie, Jackson 39, 43 McKenzie, Sydney 24, 46, 79, 93, 199, 200, 201, 205 McLeod, Sheena 2, 3, 8, 18, 31, 40, 43, 45, 54, 57, 80, 93, 100, 103, 132, 135, 139, 169, 172, 173, 194, 200, 202, 204, Endsheets *Meridian Dental Surgery 179 Merkle, Jaden 45 Merkle, Mariah 42, 197 Merusi, Brian 50, 67, 108, 146 Merusi, Emma 39, 87, 120, 197, 198, 204 Merusi, George 24, 61, 72, 74, 199, 200, 202 Merusi, Joseph 28, 29, 91, 125, 196, 200, 204 Merusi, Tibbett 50, 109, 146 Meyyappan, Lakshmi 24, 73, 79, 198, 199, 200, 201, 205 Meyyappan, Susheela 16, 18, 68, 69, 95, 97, 128, 129, 130, 131, 172, 195, 201 Meyyappan, Sushi 43 Middle School Drama 139 Middle School Musical 139 Miller, Joelle 198 Miller, Sabrina 197 Minato, Shotaro 33, 61, 200 Mohr, Annelie 42, 84, 203 Moses, Ravi 54 Moss, Clay 51, 74, 75, 76, 146, 205 Moss, Margaret 45 Moss, Mariana 6, 28, 29, 36, 197, 203, 204 Moss, Vicki 114, 197 MSSPP Track 198 Muniandy, Thana Letchmi 54

Munson, Bill 20, 30, 38, 44, 51, 53, 71, 98, 123, 135, 146, 193 Munson, Daniel 38, 39, 40, 86, 116, 117, 177, 196 Munson, Julia 38, 42, 84, 114, 197 Munson, Lisa 20, 51, 64, 65, 106, 107, 118, 120, 146 Munusamy, Indrani 55 Myoung-Souk 196

...N Nagel, Jordan 28, 32, 36, 63, 161, 187, 200 Nam, Ashley 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 46, 52, 98, 104, 105, 126, 127, 130, 131, 142, 143, 163, 168, 173, 183, 184, 190, 193, 195 Nam, Seung Yoon 30, 45, 57, 97, 155

BEGINNING BAND 7/8: FRONT ROW: Grace Kim, Sam Eckman, Xiao-Leen Siow, Evelyne Kiiza, Chan-Yang Kim, Mrs. Valeri Brokaw; BACK ROW: Cricket DeLoach, Asha Oh, Joel Kirk, Joshua Woodring, Stephen Barber, Adam Lim, Yutaro Asai, Shelina Hsieh; NOT PICTURED: Samuel Jeong

HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR: FIRST ROW: Miho Kawabata, Abbie Eckman, Regina Hong, Joy Li, Marieth Kiiza, Yea-Lim Ko, Estefania Diago, Mrs. Elyn Nollan; SECOND ROW: Kirsten Westergren, Nadia Boshoff, Jessica Gamble, Marigan Dyck, Abigail Thompson, Kirsten Gamble, Naomi Tami, Lindsey Yow, Jesse Thompson; THIRD ROW: Jonathan Hayashi, Brendan Frentz, Norman Kiehl, Jeff Hokyo, David Kim, Gary Geh; FOURTH ROW: Brendon Buntain, Sin-Myung Park, Sung-In Kang, Junho Choi, Chris Kim, Ashan Dias

JAZZ BAND: FRONT ROW: Mr. Kerry Mahoney, Anna Fu, Reagan Mahoney, Emily Brokaw, Asha Oh, Ai-Ching Ung, Lakshmi Meyyappan, Mrs. Valeri Brokaw; MIDDLE ROW: Kohei Shimizu, Susheela Meyyappan, Kat Kang, Chan-Mi Kim, Angela Steiert, Keanu Lee, Jeff Hokyo, Bill Kang, Jet Song; BACK ROW: Jonathan Hayashi, Sarah Hwang, Sin-Myung Park, Se-Chan Hwang, Sydney McKenzie, Laura Danneker, Ben Weidemann, Victor Ho, Elmo Lin; NOT PICTURED: Miss Rebecca Fennick, Bryan Cairncross, Terence Law

...Index

201

Nam, Seung-Yoon 18, 72, 131, 172, 184, 195 *Nam, Mr. & Mrs. 184 Narayanan, Jayaprakasan 55 National Honor Society 195 National Junior Honor Society 198 Navaseelam, Joyce 55, 83 Nazem, Golnaz 21 New Facilities 155 Ng, Rosalyn 28, 200 Ng, Xian-Yao 24

NHS 195 Niramitvijit, Santi 17, 24, 74, 98, 167, 179 *Nissi Quality Foods 182 NJHS 198 Nollan, Daniel 36, 203 Nollan, Elyn 48, 51, 82, 83, 98, 99, 110, 111, 123, 134, 135, 146, 201, 202, 203 Nollan, Michael 28, 200, 203 Nollan, Rob 51, 71, 90, 91, 146

Nunez, Alexander 36 Nunez, Nico 24, 72, 102, 113 *Nyack College 158

...O Oh, Asha 28, 63, 90, 201 Oh, Richard 36, 204 Oh, Seok Kyo 1, 33, 200 Oh, Seon Bin 42, 84, 85, 198 Okazaki, Risako 12, 18, 32, 36, 73, 93, 109, 172 Ooi, Huey Fern “Lillian” 55 Ooi, Niklaus 33, 200 Ooi, Tian 38, 42

...P MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL: FRONT ROW: Sam Eckman, Juliet Suen, Hyeon-Jeong Lee, Cindy Chiem, Jay Wood-Singh, Levi Woodring, Mr. Michael Holden; BACK ROW: Evelyne Kiiza, Annesley Archer, Brittany Hurlbut, Yeon-Woo Sakong, Sabina Lee, Noo-Ri Kang, Ben Unruh

FORENSICS: FRONT ROW: Kirsten Gamble, Anna Fu, Marieth Kiiza, Rachel Spoelman, Mrs. Peggy Colburn; BACK ROW: Mr. Brian Brewster, Laura Danneker, Vivian Lee, Jessica Gamble, Mrs. Barbara Case; NOT PICTURED: Golnaz Nazem

VOCAL ENSEMBLE: FRONT ROW: Jeff Hokyo, Naomi Tami, Khalie Mahoney, Marieth Kiiza, Hannah Jones, Angela Steiert, Abigail Eckman, Mrs. Elyn Nollan; BACK ROW: George Merusi, Kohei Shimizu, Marigan Dyck, Sheena McLeod, Catherine Foster, Jessica Gamble, Gary Geh, Jonathan Hayashi; NOT PICTURED: Sin-Myung Park

202

...Index

Packiri, Jay Balan Nararajan 55 *Palace d’ India Restaurant 140 *Papa Pizza 159 *Paradise Sandy Beach Resort 180 Park, Cindy 40, 203 Park, Clara 36 Park, Esther 20, 21, 168, 200 Park, Hannah 12, 128, 143, 151, 183, 190, 200 Park, Ji Min 40, 121, 198 Park, Ji-Hyun 24, 64, 69, 199 Park, Ji-Won 30, 200 Park, Moses 28, 200 Park, Shin 10, 11, 12, 30, 36, 44, 53, 97, 126, 131, 133, 141, 143, 151, 165, 168, 183, 190, 195, 201, 204 Park, Yu-Shin 18, 72, 108, 122, 131, 172, 195 *Park, Mr. & Mrs. 151 Parkianathan, Kuppusamy 55 Parsons, Caleb 39, 87, 196

Parsons, Jared 38, 45, 83, 111, 177 Parsons, Melissa 51, 87, 146 Parsons, Tim 8, 9, 48, 51, 126, 146, 163, 168, 193 Parsons, Zoe 28, 33, 64, 198, 200, 204 Paz, Fernando 37, 88 Paz, Mati 46, 82 Peace, Emily 22, 23, 33, 34, 65, 175, 199 Peace, Josh 4, 6, 13, 20, 32, 42, 54, 57, 58, 67, 73, 94, 95, 103, 107, 111, 143, 147, 165, 171, 173, 177, 183, 185, 188, 199, 204 *Peace, Mr. & Mrs. 188 *Pen’ Ads Asia Pacific 192 *Penang Stationery 191 Personal Music 147 Perumal, Balu 55 Phan, Theresa 25, 71, 79, 198, 200, 205 Phan, Tim 37, 88, 204 *Phoenix Press 174 Physical Therapy 161 Physics Trip 171 Pillai, Raj 55 Poh, Rachel 46, 82 Prayer Night 181 *Precious Ones Collection 193 *Pusat Jagaan Mega Ria 193 Pyee, Chi-Ryun 24, 25, 67 Pyee, Kevin 1, 34, 200, 204 Pyee, Yu-Min 30, 73, 200, 203

...R Rajiah, Lily 55 Ramasamy, Muniandy 55 Ramasamy, Raman 55 Ramasamy, Sundram 55 Ramu, Sangaran “Susu” Thaver 55 Rangasamy, Sundaraj 55 *Ray ‘N’ Mun Hair Salon 151 *Regent Furnishings 176

Roberts, Breanna 18, 22, 80, 98, 99, 182 Roberts, Joel 13, 18, 19, 94, 103, 131, 143, 182, 183, 195 Roberts, Lydia 18, 51, 146, 182 Roberts, Steve 18 *Roberts, Mr. & Mrs. 182 Robinson, Joanna 34, 109, 200 Rogers, Corinne 27, 51, 68, 69, 86, 95, 146 Rogers, Daniel 34, 116, 196, 200, 204 Rogers, Kasey 40, 114, 157, 203 Rogers, Patrick 51, 146, 196 Rollerblading 143 *Rooftop Kafe 186 Ruble, Kaela 197

...S Sabastian, Margaret 55, 56 Sakong, Dong-Yeob 24, 25, 67, 200 Sakong, Yeon-Woo 28, 34, 57, 63, 64, 89, 200, 202, 204 *Salon 21 Unisex 183 *Sam’s Batik House 138 Sambanthan, Jagan 55 Sambanthan, Vijay 55 Saminathan, Catherine 56 Samuel, Cassandra 44, 118, 120, 123 Samuel, Lucas 28, 200 *Samuel Optics 157 Sankaran, Shama 56 Sasse, Brittany 24, 25, 43, 73, 200 Sasse, Karen 51, 57, 86, 87, 110, 120, 146 Sasse, Mark 51, 72, 73, 81, 92, 118, 135, 146, 199 Sasse, Tesa 37, 63, 197, 199, 203, 204 Sasse, Tim 40, 86, 177, 196

Schaller, Carol 117, 196 Schaller, Devin 44, 123 Schaller, Garrison 41, 117, 196 Sellasamy, Steven 56 Selvanayagam, Chun 36, 146 Selvanayagam, Jason 36, 44, 45, 51, 53, 141, 146 Senior Service Project 157 *Senior Sponsors 143 Senior Treat 141 Seow, Felicia 25 Sheddan, Mary 51, 146 Shee, Mei-Xian 18, 172 Shim, Kelly 34, 200 Shimizu, Haruka 45 Shimizu, Kohei 6, 10, 11, 13, 19, 36, 41, 45, 46, 47, 53, 92, 101, 129, 134, 139, 143, 152, 157, 163, 171, 173, 183, 190, 201, 202, Endsheets *Shimizu, Mr. & Mrs. 152 Shin, Sophie 25 Shipman, Josh 19, 172 Shipman, Kristin 197 Shipman, Sarah 197 *Simpson University 148 *Sin Chuan Book 181 *Sing Guang Hing Furniture & Electrical 182 Siow, Wan-Leen 22, 73 Siow, Xiao-Leen 31, 73, 90, 201 Smit, Ivana 41, 87, 120, 199 Song, Hung Ching 28, 91, 125, 200 Song, Hung Jie 37 Song, Hung Yi 17, 19, 43, 44, 47, 51, 76, 77, 95, 128, 172, 205 Song, Jet 25, 70, 108, 200, 201 Soon-Rhe 196 *Spiritual Life Department 141 Spoelman, Anna 197 Spoelman, Cindy 197 Spoelman, Isaac 117, 196

Spoelman, Rachel 112, 113, 171, 199, 202 *Spoelman, Mr. & Mrs. 171 *Sri Ananda Bahwan Restaurant 145 Stebbins, Margaret 19, 25, 27,

64, 69, 71, 99, 198, 200 Stebbins, Willis 19, 60, 102 Steel, Nathan 25, 51, 132 Steiert, Angela 25, 64, 65, 69, 71, 79, 93, 99, 153, 161, 198, 200, 201, 202, 205

MIDDLE SCHOOL DRAMA: FRONT ROW: Alex Gimson, Michael Nollan, Yu-Min Pyee, Isabelle Litowski, Chanel Huang, Chan-Yang Kim; MIDDLE ROW: Danny Sullivan, Jamie Thompson, Sarah Hofmann, Evelyne Kiiza, Ben Unruh, Emily Brokaw, Mrs. Valeri Brokaw; BACK ROW: Erin Dass, Cricket DeLoach, David Choi, Joseph Kim, Sarah Hwang, Ben Weidemann, Pocholo Miguel Ampil, Harry Kang

ELEMENTARY MUSICAL, SEMESTER 2: FRONT ROW: Tayla Kirk, Ben Gwaltney, David Vriend, Shione Stengele, Annelie Mohr, Cindy Park, John Watson; MIDDLE ROW: Kasey Rogers, Peter Lee, Ysabel Loh, Evan Chinn, Mark Watson, Chardin Stengele, Hyeon-Gyu Jeong; BACK ROW: Karissa Steinkamp, Amanda Goh, Elisabeth Brokaw, Charlotte Combrink, Angelene Woo, Seung-Ju Jin, Zach DeLoach; NOT PICTURED: Mrs. Elyn Nollan

MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR: FRONT ROW: Hyeon-Jeong Lee, Katie Gwaltney, Tesa Sasse, Angel Chung, Kiernan Sullivan, Thushara Kantimahanti, Mrs. Elyn Nollan; MIDDLE ROW: Yu-Min Pyee, Mariana Moss, Lucia Combrink, Sally Kim, Erica Dass, Becky Kong, Holly Elmes, Daniel Nollan; BACK ROW: Reagan Mahoney, Annesley Archer, Danae Frentz, Sarah Hwang, Emily Brokaw, Alley Kim, Stephanie Jones; NOT PICTURED: Brian Cairncross, Sam Kes, Harry Lewis, Ben Weidemann, Joshua Woodring

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INTERMEDIATE MUSICAL CAST: FRONT ROW: Tim Phan, John Lee, Cindy Chiem, Kiernan Sullivan, Hyeon-Jeong Lee, Jordyn Blatt, Kenya Gimson; MIDDLE ROW: Katie Gwaltney, Emma Chinn, Brittany Hurlbut, Stephanie Jones, Yeon-Woo Sakong, Zoe Parsons, Mariana Moss, Juliet Suen, Becky Kong, Mrs. Valeri Brokaw; BACK ROW: Daniel Rogers, Sally Kim, Alley Kim, Michelle Chan, Ashtyn McKenzie, Lucia Combrink, Joann Lee, Steven Ulbricht, Richard Oh, Kevin Pyee, Josiah Steinkamp; NOT PICTURED: Fernando Paz

AMBASSADORS: FRONT ROW: Jeff Hokyo, Sally Lee, Emily Brokaw, Kirsten Gamble, Mrs. Valeri Brokaw; MIDDLE ROW: Jonathan Hayashi, Katherine Kang, Chan-Mi Kim, Catherine Foster, Jesse Beth Thompson, Harry Kang; BACK ROW: Sin-Myung Park, Se-Chan Hwang, Sarah Hwang, Laura Danneker, Gary Geh, Sheena McLeod, Jacob Kimball, Bill Kang, Kirk Fraiser; NOT PICTURED: Daniel Kim, Jessica Gamble, Andi Thompson, Ai-Ching Ung, Kirsten Lee, Joel Chuah, John Jang, Joseph Lee, Nathan Steel

TAE KWON DO: FRONT ROW: Sam Huang, Emma Merusi, Tesa Sasse, Ben Unruh, Mr. Tim Archer, Joseph Merusi; BACK ROW: Mrs. Carla Loehden, Laurian Kilindo, Alan Thompson, Mr. Ronnie Teo, Nathan Danneker

DORM COUNCIL: FRONT ROW: Mrs. Valerie Weidemann, Laura Danneker, Kirsten Gamble, Joy Li, Paul Wang, Josh Peace; NOT PICTURED: Mr. Brian Weidemann, Jonathan Hayashi

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Steiert, Beth 51, 56, 57, 146, 165 Steiert, Gerry 52, 57, 69, 79, 106, 146, 205 Steiert, Jacqui 57, 113, 116, 199 Steinert, Kael 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 36, 42, 45, 46, 51, 61, 77, 98, 104, 113, 141, 143, 147, 152, 165, 167, 173, 183, 189 Steinert, Miranda 25, 41, 69, 78, 79, 108, 200, 205 Steinert, Tim 52, 146 Steinert, Vi 52, 141, 146, 149, 161 Steinkamp, Jacki 9, 10, 52, 114, 146 Steinkamp, Joel 52, 58, 60, 146, 160 Steinkamp, Josiah 34, 63, 196, 200, 204 Steinkamp, Josie 24, 25, 48, 160, 198 Steinkamp, Karl 10, 14, 49, 50, 51, 52, 76, 141, 146, 157, 173, 179, 193, 196, 205, 207 Steinkamp, Kassy 39, 86, 121, 129, 197, 203 Steinkamp, Mia 27, 48, 52, 119, 120, 121, 132, 146 Steinkamp, Mikaela 19, 39, 44, 106, 114, 118, 120, 123, 197 Steinkamp, Rebekah 6, 18, 19, 28, 37, 56, 88, 160 Steinkamp, Tiffany 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 27, 28, 36, 37, 41, 53, 55, 57, 61, 64, 65, 68, 69, 71, 101, 131, 137, 139, 143, 159, 160, 163, 165, 177, 183, 195, Endsheets *Steinkamp, Mr. & Mrs. Joel 160 Stengele, Akiko 50, 116, 117 Stengele, Chardin 39, 196, 203

Stengele, David 52, 103, 124, 146, 147, 177, 179, 196 Stengele, Shione 39, 43, 84, 116, 196, 203 Stenlund, Greg 10, 14, 20, 41, 48, 51, 52, 76, 97, 128, 146, 173, 205 Stenlund, Kaden 28, 196, 200 Stenlund, Kalaiah 46, 82, 83 Stenlund, Kendall 1, 34, 63, 89, 196, 200 Stenlund, Kenlee 39, 44, 107, 114, 118, 197 Stenlund, Kristian 39, 86, 122, 135, 196, 199 Stenlund, Tara 50, 52, 146 *Straits Minimarket 142 Student Council (Elementary) 198 Student Council (High School) 168, 195 Student Council (Middle School) 202 Studio 2B 198 Stutzman, Ben 52, 62, 63, 90, 96, 146 Stutzman, Liebe 52, 62, 63, 91, 114, 146, 198 Suen, Juliet 37, 63, 202, 204 Suen, Justin 1, 34 Suh, Hannah 44 Sullivan, Colleen 114, 197 Sullivan, Daniel 31, 90, 200, 196, 203 Sullivan, Jamie 34, 196, 198, 200 Sullivan, Kiernan 37, 63, 115, 197, 203, 204 Sullivan, Steven 116, 196 Sundar, Vaasavi 31, 200 Supramaniam, Saroja 56 Surfing Mission 194 *Sushi Kappo Miyasaka 181 Sven, Justin 200 Syed, Farid 34, 200

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Tae Kwon Do 204 *Tai Sam Guah Seafood 177 Tami, Naomi 10, 11, 13, 14, 26, 27, 31, 32, 36, 39, 53, 56, 99, 120, 128, 131, 132, 141, 143, 157, 173, 177, 183, 195, 199, 201, 202 *Tami, Mr. & Mrs. 165 Tan, Edwin 26 Tan, Yi-Yang 26, 51, 119 *Tan Pharmacy 161 *Tanjung Bunga Hardware 192 *Tappan-Yaki Restaurant 157 Teh, Wei-Kheng 34, 70, 200 *Teh Brothers Decor 165 *Tek Distributors 191 *Telesonic Business Communication 179 Teo, Ronnie 124, 125, 204 Teoh, Eunice 52, 124, 146 Tho, Jamie 22 Thompson, Abigail 17, 19, 33, 172, 197, 201 Thompson, Alan 26, 72, 102, 103, 124, 204 Thompson, Andi 24, 26, 64, 69, 79, 103, 132, 205 Thompson, Jamie 18, 31, 63, 73, 200, 203 Thompson, Jesse Beth 13, 18, 49, 64, 72, 73, 130, 131, 132, 143, 170, 181, 183, 195, 199, 201, 204 *Thompson, Mr. & Mrs. 170 *Toccoa Falls College 188 Tompkins, John “Tommy” 43, 48, 49, 52, 57, 100, 103, 139, 146, 151, 161, Endsheets Toon, Jia-Jie 45, 111, 122 Tung, Seok Yeng 56 Turner, Oscar 26, 119 Tyas, Dennis 52, 57, 90, 110, 117, 146, 196 Tyas, Gayle 53, 146

Ulbricht, Steven 34, 116, 200, 204 Ulbright, David 37 Ung, Ai-Ching 22, 200, 201 Unruh, Benjamin 28, 29, 32, 34, 90, 91, 124, 131, 200, 202, 203, 204

Wang, Bertha 31, 200 Wang, Cindy 8, 19, 131, 172, 195 Wang, Paul 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 40, 41, 42, 43, 51, 60, 104, 105, 129, 141, 143, 166, 183, 190, 200, 204 Wang, San-Jun 20, 22, 94 *Wang, Mr. & Mrs. 166 Watson, John Cotton 39, 203 Watson, Joshua 35, 70, 198, 200 Watson, Mark 39, 86, 198, 203 Webelos 196 Weidemann, Ben 31, 35, 63, 91, 106, 131, 134, 139, 198, 200, 201, 203 Weidemann, Bethany 22, 24, 26, 35, 61, 68, 69, 80, 159, 199, 200

...V Valaithan, Ponamudi 56 Velloo, Khatijah “Mimi” 56 Video Games 187 Vocal Ensemble 202 Vongphakdi, Ben 44, 119 Voon, Wei Ming 56 Vriend, David 41, 117, 196, 203 Vriend, Jessica 44, 118, 123, 197

Weidemann, Brian 53, 128, 146, 172, 199 Weidemann, Valerie 53, 146, 172, 204 Weng, Gilbert 19, 76, 77, 172, 205 Westergren, Kirsten 10, 11, 14, 15, 32, 36, 46, 50, 53, 65, 69, 93, 100, 101, 126, 131, 139, 143, 161, 163, 165, 168, 169, 173, 183, 191, 195, 201, Endsheets *Westergren, Mr. & Mrs. 169 Wolf Cubs 196 Wong, Frances 25, 26, 64, 71, 79, 198, 205 Wong, Hank 31, 113, 119, 124, 125, 200 Wong, Joshua 22, 74 Woo, Angelene 39, 197, 203 Woo, Hanbyul 35 Woo, Joycelyn 22, 80, 200 Wood-Singh, Jasmine 41, 114 Wood-Singh, Jay 37, 202 Woodring, Josh 29, 201 Woodring, Levi 35, 196, 200, 202 Worten, Aaron 45 Worten, Jeremy 44, 123, 196 Worten, Lauren 46, 83 Wu, Jim 47, 82, 83

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VARSITY GIRLS’ BASKETBALL, SEMESTER 2: FRONT ROW: Lakshmi Meyyappan, Tiffany Hsiang, Frances Wong, Cindy Hsieh, Danae Frentz, Theresa Phan; BACK ROW: Andi Thompson, Nadia Boshoff, Angela Steiert, Sydney McKenzie, Sarah Hwang, Miranda Steinert, Mr. Gerry Steiert

VARSITY BOYS’ BASKETBALL, SEMESTER 2: FRONT ROW: Mr. Greg Stenlund, Tim Babcock, Hung Yi Song, Harry Mak, Jacob Kimball, David Kim, Mr. Clay Moss; BACK ROW: Danny Babcock, Riley Mahoney, Axel Loehden, Gilbert Weng, Brendon Buntain, James Lyman, Kevin Huang, Mr. Karl Steinkamp

Yamauchi, Maaya 25, 26, 42, 73, 93, 200 Yamauchi, May 20, 21, 22, 36, 64, 78, 80, 153, 200 Yen, Jeffrey 31, 200 Yoon, John 31, 63 Yoon, Steven 41 Yost, Doug 53, 104, 146 Yost, Marsha 53, 146 Young, William 52, 53 Yow, Lindsey 13, 14, 27, 42, 47, 143, 183, 194, 201 Yun, Yeo Rin 41, 121, 197

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The End in Sight

Does It Finally End Here?

“Will it end here?” you giddily thought as as you imagined the big day. “Does it finally end here?”

As the big day approached, you remembered when, in years past, you had watched the seniors march down the aisle to receive their high school diplomas. You thought about all the things that used to play through your mind as you watched them. You used to think about how it really did seem to end as Mr. Karl Steinkamp bestowed a diploma—representing hundreds of hours of work, stress, and desire—on deserving senior after senior.

As each graduation played through your mind, you thought about the people who had graduated: people who deserved your respect, people who embodied exceptional character and integrity, and people who displayed intelligence coupled with humility.

As you thought about those who had walked down the aisle and those who now prepared to walk, your mind drifted to thoughts about what it took to make the journey successfully, and what it would take for you to do the same.

You thought about all the falls that you had

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YES watering, Joy Li gives her roomate Kat Kang an affectionate hug as they realize that their time together has begun to come to a close. “It’s hard to imagine next year without Joy. She’s helped me become a better person through her example,” Kang said after giving Li’s tribute at the JSB. JSB helped seniors realize that their time at Dalat had come to an end.

gone through: failed tests, late homework, lost games, and poor performances. And then you remembered the one thought that had kept you going—it doesn’t end here. You turned that phrase over and over in your mind as you reflected on the coming graduation. Did “it” finally end here? Did the journey that had taken you from first to twelfth grade, from short-andinsignificant to big-person-on-campus, finally end here? Did it end as you received your diploma from a beaming director?

“If not here,” you thought, “then where?

Where will my journey end? Thinking about where it ended led to thinking about the journey itself. You answered that question easily—“I’m living.” But if your journey only consisted of “living,” did that mean that once life came to a close, your journey also came to a close?

As you thought about the question in depth, you realized that in life you would never truly have the ability to say, “it ends here. This is where I finally stop.” You realized that your present journey—the journey of a lifetime—would end the day you died, and then a new journey would begin.

The more you thought, the more you realized that you would only have the ability to say, “it ends here” once you passed the gates of Heaven and sat before the foot of the throne of God and heard Him say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.”

—By Kyle Ladner

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for those who live in dorms. With the business of the day finished, the campus peacefully waits for tomorrow when—once again—it would come alive with those who came to learn.

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Students Run for Student Council

“If you carrot all, peas vote Min-Ji for Pres!” read the bright pink sign outside room 10.

As the year came to a close, Student Council had the sad responsibility of passing their positions on to the StuCo to come.

With close to 15 students vying for the five StuCo executive committee positions, the race began. Six juniors competed with each other to win the title of Public Relations officer. John Jang, Kaleb Archer, Jonathan Hayashi, and Norman Kiehl battled to the end.

“I was kind of hesitant to run at first because there were so many people running, but I decided to anyway,” said Hayashi.

Sheena McLeod, Susheela Meyyappan, and Juhee Jeong competed to fill the large shoes that Kirsten Westergren left behind.

“I am running for StuCo Secretary because I am organized, and I pay attention to the small details. I really want to be on StuCo because I want to help next year be as great as it can possibly be,” said McLeod in her speech .

Helen Kim and Seung Yoon Nam ran against each other to become the Business Manager. Nam, following in his sister’s footsteps, ran with the promise that “I will feed you” as the business manager has to

organize the Student Center to satisfy the high schoolers’ growing appetites.

Bosuk Hong put up posters of the Incredible Hulk with his face superimposed on the head of the green monster.

“Vote for me!” said the speech bubble coming from the “Incredible Bo-Suk.” Four juniors ran for the position of vice president: Melanie Debatin, Cindy Wang, Esther Park, and Hong.

“I think I should win because I’m the only one that actually got my posters approved for my campaign!” said Debatin.

For the prestigious position of president, two Kangs battled it out. Kat Kang and Min-Ji Kang ran against each other, but each still proudly wore the other’s stickers and supported each other just as if they weren’t competitors.

On 28 May, students from eighth through twelfth grade gathered in the chapel to vote for their future Student Council.

Although 15 ran, only five could win, and in the end Katherine Kang, Bosuk Hong, Seung Yoon Nam, Juhee Jeong, and John Jang emerged victorious to take the place of their graduating predecessors.

—By Jeff Hokyo

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OOD in hand, David Kim and Hung Yi Song tell Sally Lee to go to the Canteen

to buy her own snacks. Business Manager

candidate Helen Kim used a skit and a chart to try to persuade the audience to vote for her. Candidates used a variety of ways to try to win the popular vote, including PowerPoint, skits, and a video production.

ND, I though that they were stupid,

but now I see what they were doing,

and I want to throw starfish too,” said

Bosuk Hong. Using a story to illustrate how he felt about running for StuCo, Hong let the student body know that he wanted to “throw starfish” and help make and difference, however small or big it may be.

All Around Award Kirsten Westergren

Academics Joel Roberts

Fine Arts

Laura Danneker

Service Kohei Shimizu

Sport

Brendon Buntain Angela Steiert

KIRSTEN WESTERGREN

T HE basketball court lies still in the lingering twilight. After the 5:40 bell rings in the evening, students return home, leaving the campus quiet

Awards

KIRSTEN WESTERGREN

Glue this Senior Supplement in the back of the 2008 Reflector, right after page 208.

acing to the End

...Student Council Elections & Awards

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he Final Show T he FinalTShow

Fine Arts Department hosts onethe lastyear performance Ending with a bang

to keep their minds from the events of the next week.“

CAT FOSTER

“...anything

Band Spectacular” arranged by John Higgins.

Mrs. Elyn Nollan, also the Vocal Ensemble instructor, led the choir through four songs, accompanied by pianist Mrs. Marsha Yost—including a complicated piece written in Chinese. Sticking with tradition, returning alumni took to the stage with the choir and joined them in singing “The River.”

Choir ended their performance with an energetic, choreographed version of “Joyful, Joyful.”

“The chorography to “Joyful, Joyful” was really embarrassing!” said Abigail Thompson. “Singing and dancing like that at the same time is difficult!”

After the audience received their musical fix they migrated to the cafeteria where Mr. Munson and his art students showcased their visual candy including pieces from AP Art students Joy Li, Regina Hong, Ashley Nam, and Anna Kang.

Thus marked the end of the fine arts showcase.

After countless rehearsals, hours of preparation and anticipation, students walked away softly humming choir tunes, swaying to the beat of band songs, or eagerly discussing the abstract art, anything to keep their minds from the dizzying flow of events in the coming week.

—By Cat Foster

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CAT FOSTER

With half of the semester finals already done and graduation only a few days away, students began to feel the weight of the end of the year upon them.

Mixed feelings spun through the heads of everybody on campus as he or she eagerly awaited for the end to come.

But the end of the year didn’t only bring the emotional torrent of graduation and finals. It provided an outlet for students involved in fine arts to showcase their work from the year.

On 31 May, students involved in Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Concert Band and Jazz Band took the stage for the last time as Mr. Bill Munson and his art students eagerly anticipated the unveiling of their art pieces in the cafeteria. Students from Mr. Kerry Mahoney’s AP music theory class, including Vivian Lee, Joel Roberts, Laura Danneker and May Yamauchi, made their debut with originally composed musical pieces.

“It was nerve wracking to have my song played in front of all those people!” exclaimed Danneker. “I kept worrying that something would go wrong, but it turned out well.”

Vocal ensemble treated the audience with a rendition of “Isn’t She Lovely,” a well-known Stevie Wonder song.

“Vocal Ensemble always does something unexpected with their song choice and choreography,” noted Mrs. Valerie Weidemann. “It adds an extra spin to the concert.”

Mr. Kerry Mahoney conducted the Concert Band through four songs including the jazzy medley “Big

OOKING intently at her music, Melanie Debatin plays a solo in “First Suite in Eb for Military Band,” conducted

by Mr. Kerry Mahoney. Opportunities to play solos

often came up in Concert Band pieces, giving the musicians a chance to demonstrate their ability to play their instruments. The concert band played four songs to showcase the knowledge they had acquired over the year.

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ITH eyes on instructor Mrs. Elyn Nollan, Choir members Ashan Dias, Sung In Kang, Brendon Bun tain, Brendan Frentz, Abigail Eckman, Abigail

Thompson, Jessica Gamble, Marigan Dyck, Marieth Kiiza and Yea Lim Ko harmonize, singing “For the Beauty of the Earth.” Choir met every day during the week to practice songs for the various concerts throughout the year.

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a USIC in hand and eyes to the audience, Norman Kiehl and Gary Geh sing a duet in a complicated Chinese piece. Getting experience performing in front of large audiences stretched the abilities of fine arts students and enabled them to gain confidence for shows. “I was pleased with the growth I saw in the students,” Mrs. Elyn Nollan said. “I can’t wait to work with them again next year.”

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Love is in the Air

Thanks to a Monkey Love Potion

was a difficult part to play, because Laura doesn’t fit the eccentric type...”

SHEENA MCLEOD

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not only did it require more work—it also made for an interesting varied production. “I found it challenging to help design the different sets, making sure that they were not only feasible, but that they also worked to create a good atmosphere as well as being easy to set up quickly and effectively,” said Mr. Munson.

The play’s uniqueness didn’t just include the set but also the originality of the characters and the creativity of the plot.

“I was really amused by how much the play exaggerated—ah—everything. If there was an awkward situation, it became even more awkward. If there was an embarrassing scene, the actors and actresses could barely stifle their laughter,” said Aunt Julia Bieling.

As the laughter faded and the spotlights grew dim, the cast enacted a short mini-drama in thanks to all the effort Mr. Sasse had put into the production. As the audience filed out, they could just catch glimpses of the cast as they congratulated each other on the play’s success. “After seeing how much fun that the drama people had, I think that I might be involved with next year’s drama—maybe. I said maybe,” said —By Kyle Ladner

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SHEENA MCLEOD

Peals of laughter rang from chapel on the evening of Tuesday, 27 May as students, staff, and parents enjoyed the Drama Club’s bi-annual production. The hilarious lines, outrageous costumes, and comical behavior of the cast caused an audience of all ages to surrender to loud guffaws of laughter.

“The script that they wrote for the drama was really creative; I’m impressed with their amazing writing skills,” Kat Kang stated.

Kaleb Archer, George Merusi, Josh Shipman, and Jonathan Brokaw—led by Mr. Mark Sasse—became the first group in recent times to write its own play, produced in the second semester by the Drama Club.

“I really like how well Laura [Danneker] portrayed her character. It was a difficult part to play because Laura doesn’t fit the eccentric type—not really anyways,” said Marigan Dyck.

The wide variety of parts in the play called for different people to pour themselves into their characters. “Kyle [Ladner] played his part really well.

He did an incredible job acting liking an infatuated geek,” Mr. Greg Stenlund said.

Although the play had its share of “bloopers,” the audience enjoyed the passion with which the members of the cast portrayed their characters. “I was amazed at how much Khalie [Mahoney] resembled the character she was trying to play. It was kind of freaky,” Annie Archer said.

Putting together an outstanding set for this drama required all the ingenuity that Mr. Bill Munson and Uncle Tim Archer could muster.

With 14 different scenes and five different sets,

LEANING up the breakfast dishes, Hannah Jones chats with her husband Joshua Peace as he reads the news paper before he leaves for work. Jones and Peace

also had two children who had left for school already— Jeff Hokyo and Khalie Mahoney. The actors and actresses in the Dalat-written play “What I Wouldn’t Give for a Monkey Love Potion” had to learn how to act as older characters, even as married people.

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O help our children learn faster and better—I’m sure I could come up with an invention!” exclaimed the eccentric scientist turned teacher Laura Dan neker. The passive principal of the high school, Joshua Peace, listened in shock, wondering how anyone could want to learn faster! Actors for the play learned how to become someone completely different for the play and step outside “normal” characters.

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TARING in utter amazement at the beauty before him,

Kyle Ladner greets his new neighbor, Khalie Mahoney.

Ladner, a sterotypical high school “nerd,” fell madly

in love with a typical high school “drama queen” Mahoney, he and went to great lengths to get her to like him.

The actors and actresses also had to learn different stage tricks for the play, such as fake kissing!

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ADIES and gentlemen...” begins Seung Yoon Nam as he opens the night. The unveiling of the empty frame set the premise for the evening’s skit as Nam, Uncle Brian Weidemann, and their team team of detectives searched within the senior class to determine who had stolen the painting.

XHAUSTED from searching for who stole the painting, Kaleb Archer and Riley Mahoney, Hung-YI Song, Jonathan Hayashi, Sung Bum Kim, and Melanie Debatin share their encounters and debate about the senior suspects. In the end, Seung Yoon Nam, the curator, revealed that he had sent the painting off to Paris.

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KOHEI SHIMIZU

KOHEI SHIMIZU

Searching for the Culprit Stepping through ballroom doors, Caleb Caldwell and Naomi Tami paused for a moment as a bright light shone on them, and Kaleb Archer and Min-Ji Kang announced their names before a sea of masked faces.

On the night of 25 April, sophomores, seniors, and staff gathered in the chapel where they awaited the revealing of the Junior-Senior Banquet theme. With its dim lighting and large scenic photographs of Venice, the chapel gave a small glimpse into the entire evening before the buses took everyone to the hotel.

In keeping with the anticipation of the night, a detour past Island Plaza kept the unknowing seniors in suspense as the bus finally U-turned and made its way out to Park Royal Hotel.

“I thought it was clever having the bus driver take the seniors out all the way to Island because it really confused them,” said Kyle Ladner.

And the juniors continued to bombard the seniors with surprises. From the trumpet trio presented by Mr. Kerry Mahoney, Reagan Mahoney, and Ben Weidemann to the Italian river scene displayed inside the foyer—complete with a gondola and Norman Kiehl as the gondolier—the evening never took a dull turn.

But after months of secrecy, the suspense finally came to an end when, lining up outside the ballroom, each senior received a carefully hand-crafted mask and realized the evening’s theme: Moonlit Masquerade.

Finally, Seung-Yoon Nam made his way up to the stage and began the festivities. Slowly removing the

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...the Moonlit Masquerade had fulfilled all they could have expected from their last JSB.

cloth from over the prized painting before him, the audience expected to see a beautiful portrait but instead gasped in horror in when an empty frame lay beneath the cloth. Thus began the story-line of the evening: which senior had stolen the painting?

As the evening flew by, video skits of juniors acting as various well-known detectives—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau, Monk and Sharona, and Charlie’s Angels—projected onto the screen and eliminated each suspect.

“I think Jonathan [Hayashi] and Hung [Yi Song] did a really good impression of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. All the juniors acted really well and did a great job of honoring the seniors,” said Andrew Jo. And in the end, the detectives concluded that Nam himself had actually sent the painting to Paris. The seniors exempt from the list of suspects, the juniors drew the night to a close and sang a revised version of the famous song “Masquerade” from “Phantom of the Opera.” Filled with sentiments and hilarious lines, the song summed up the evening of entertainment, enjoyment, and memories to last a lifetime.

Making their way out of the hotel, Caldwell and Tami glanced back once more, quickly reliving the evening. From the moment they had first walked through the ballroom doors to the moment they left, they felt the Moonlit Masquerade had fulfilled all they could have expected from their last JSB. —By Kirsten Westergren

KOHEI SHIMIZU

Standing before a sea of masked faces

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HOKING back tears, Abigail Thompson delivers her tribute to Laura Danneker. After each senior’s video and photo montage, a member from the junior class stood to honor and recognize the importance of each person in his or her life as well as in the lives of many others throughout the years.

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ACES turned to Mrs. Tara Stenlund’s ready camera, Caleb Caldwell and Naomi Tami pose for a picture sitting inside the gondola in front of a Venetian scene in the background. The juniors not only decorated the ballroom, but they also filled the chapel and hotel foyer with beautiful backdrops, props, and hundreds of

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A Step Towards the Finish

Seniors leave a lasting legacy

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ONTEMPLATING their means of getting out of the

stranded boat, Andrew Jo, Ashley Nam, Cindy Hsieh,

Jesse Thompson, Caleb Caldwell, and Naomi Tami

discuss their options. The seniors led their final chapel with a skit about “stepping out of the boat” like Peter did in the Bible, walking to Jesus.

are sinking!

Who will step out of the boat to get help?”

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“We

With the end so apparent and looming, the class of 2008, as per tradition, brainstormed for ideas to how they could benefit the school with a part of their earnings. Underclassmen enjoyed speculating on their possible gifts: “Our computer lab chairs are falling apart, so I think the seniors are going to get us some more of those—I hope,” said Jacob Kimball.

“No, I think they will get us new computers for the dorm because they are getting too old to play games on,” said Harry Kang, who thought the seniors could make money out of nothing.

Nevertheless, all underclassmen knew whatever the gift might be, it would be a lasting one. A few months later all students exclaimed at the newly furnished white stone tables, the concrete pavement around it, and the permanently inscribed “Class of 2008.”

The senior gift, however, wasn’t the only gift given.

A Wednesday morning senior assembly provided them a chance to give away their extra junk as parting memorial gifts to their friends.

Each senior presented his or her “will” humorously with unique descriptions of themselves relating to the item about to be willed.

And as Lindsay Yow gave her last meaningful advice to an attentive audience, the crowd applauded, both in admiration and appreciation for the mature seniors who had given them the sweets and bitters about their lives, showing that indeed, all this time they had really grown and stood ready to face the world.

—By Chris Kim

MR. JOHN TOMPKINS

Anticipation rippled through the crowd of people sitting in the aisles of the chapel as the curtains opened slowly to reveal their secret. Lights burned as they settled on a boat placed just inside the curtains. Several seniors sat in the boat, dressed as sailors. The rest remained hidden behind the curtains of the stage. “We are sinking,” yelled Caleb Caldwell frantically. “Who will step out of the boat and get help?”

On the Tuesday senior chapel, the class of 2008 got up and gave their final words to the rest of the student body.

Throughout the night each sailor in the boat told why he or she doesn’t want to get out of the boat—the boat representing Dalat, that had carried them up to this stage in life. The anxieties of stepping out of the boat showed the fears they had about leaving life as they had known it.

Sharing words of encouragement and wisdom in a skit, the senior class emphasized that when you are stuck in a sinking boat, someone needs to get help; but none of them wanted to take a risk—what they called “Stepping out of the Boat.”

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HESE old white tables are so dirty!” exclaimed

Marigan Dyck sitting at the “white tables” on the

chapel stage. Her friends, Joy Li, Tiffany Stein kamp, and Kohei Shimizu agreed. After talking about the old white tables, the senior class decided to give a new white table area as their senior gift.

TRUMMING their guitars in sync, Sin-Myung Park

and Jeff Hokyo lead the assembled students an

staff in the song “Blessed Be Your Name.” The se niors held their traditional Senior Chapel at the end of the year, giving advice to the remaining students, peforming a skit, and leading in worship.

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Marching to the Finish Line

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ITH a smile on his face, Director Mr. Karl Steinkamp shakes Brendon Buntain’s hand as he presents him three gifts: a gift from the school’s Alumni

Association, a Bible from the Spiritual Life Department, and a pewter gift from the entire staff. The Senior Tea gave the staff the opportunity say farewell to the seniors.

Seniors take part in timeless graduation traditions

ARMONIOUSLY playing their flutes, Susheela Mey yappan and Min-Ji Kang play a piece from JSB for

the seniors and their parents at the Senior Tea. The

junior class also entertained their audience with their personalized version of “Masquerade” and helped serve the food and drinks to hungry seniors, parents, and staff.

TIFFANY STEINKAMP

In melodic unison, Kirsten Westergren, Naomi Tami, Kohei Shimizu, Joy Li, and Junho Choi’s voices resonated through the meeting hall at Paradise Sandy Beach Hotel. Singing, “Pray for Me,” by Michael W. Smith, the senior music team moved the entire audience at the Baccalaureate service on 1 June.

“When I was singing during the service, I was overwhelmed with a mixture of happiness and sadness. I was so happy to be able to be a part of the service, but I was extremely sad as I realized that pretty soon we would have to say good-bye to many of the people who have had a huge impact on our lives,” said Shimizu with emotion.

“The song “Pray for Me” was so sweet, and it fit so well in the program. It made me begin to think about how I am taking a huge step in my life. Having people pray for me as I begin this new chapter of my life would really help,” said Naomi Tami.

After marching down the aisle in their red and blue graduation gowns, carrying yellow Gerber daisies, each member of the graduating class of 2008 took a seat with his or her family and listened as Mr. Les Hokyo shared about having the courage and faith to pursue a vision for their lives.

“As I watched the seniors walk down the aisle during the Baccalaureate service, I was so happy for all of

“I was over whelmed— with a mixture of happiness and

T

O “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Kael Steinert walks

down the aisle towards his seat along with his other

classmates. On 1 June the staff and students attended

the Baccalaureate service at Paradise Hotel. “Baccalaureate was good to see because many of the seniors were involved in the service,” said Mrs. Mia Steinkamp.

sadness.”

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ITH microphones in hand, Regina Hong and Chris

Kim sing “Only Lord” in Korean as David Im and

Sung-In Kang wait for their cue to join in. The Ko-

rean seniors sang in Korean at the Baccalaureate Service. Other special music included “Pray for Me” sung by another group of seniors and a Parent Choir.

MR. KERRY MAHONEY

MR. KERRY MAHONEY

them and what they had accomplished. It really began to hit me that a year from now I will be in their shoes,” said Abbie Eckman.

“Mr. Hokyo’s sermon about finding a vision for your life really had a huge impact on me. It is a sermon I will never forget. I really liked how he explained what pursuing a vision involves,” said Laura Danneker.

The staff, fulfilling a timeless tradition, held the Senior Tea for seniors and their parents on Saturday 1 June. Over sandwiches, salads, and a wide array of desserts, one-by-one the seniors stood up to introduce their parents to their classmates and teachers.

“I really enjoyed the Senior Tea,” commented Mrs. Mia Steinkamp. “It was really fun to listen to the students introduce their parents and to learn a little more about my daughter’s classmates and their families.”

“The Senior Tea was a really nice time to meet my friends’ parents and to fellowship with others while eating really amazing food!” said Kirsten Gamble.

With the last few words of “Pray for Me” still lingering in the air, the music slowly faded as the audience applauded not only for the senior music team for singing such a touching song, but also for the entire senior class for all the tremendous and outstanding work they had done to accomplish such a feat.

—By Tiffany Steinkamp

MR. KERRY MAHONEY

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E must have invented wireless,” said Mr. Les

Hokyo as he finished a joke. Mr. Hokyo gave

the Baccalaureate address, speaking to the

audience about pursuing a vision and a dream for their lives. His sermon included a short inspirational video clip that left many in the audience in tears.

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T he End...Really?

The day it ended and began

The muffled voices of the gathered audience died down instantly as “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” started playing. Heads turned and cameras flashed as 31 students wearing graduation robes slowly strode down the aisle. Children waved at their siblings in recognition, and parents beamed proudly. The main characters themselves, however, couldn’t keep from smiling widely despite the formality of the event.

They, at long last, had arrived at their final of all finals destination.

Friends and family members of the graduates attended Commencement that took place in the ballroom of Paradise Hotel on 4 June.

“I have mixed feelings about this event,” said Rami Lee. “I am happy for Paul [Wang] as he finally graduates from school, but I feel terrible that I have to be without him.”

After the seniors settled in their seats, Mr. Greg Gamble started the evening with an invocation and Mr. Joel Steinkamp read scripture.

In his salutatorian speech that came next, Joel Roberts shared with the audience his fortunate experiences at Dalat and emphasized how God faithfully watched over the students and how He will continue to do so.

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TANDING proud and erect, Brendon Buntain, Caleb Caldwell and Junho Choi wait at the far end of the hall for the start of the music

“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” that will

mark the start of the processional march. Commencement started with the graduating members of the Class of 2008 orderly entering the ballroom and taking their seats at the front.

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Next, four staff members, Mr. Bill Munson, Mr. Tim Parsons, Mrs. Corinne Rogers, and Mrs. Valerie Weidemann reflected on, gave tributes, and encouraged each member of the graduating class.

After the long reflections, Ashley Nam gave her valedictorian address, sharing her own eventful early struggles at school and how these had changed her into a different person.

With the introduction from his son Brendan, Mr. Bremwell Frentz made his presentation as the speaker of the Commencement address. Mr. Frentz placed a focus on the subject of dreams.

He emphasized the importance and significance of carrying a dream through life.

After recognizing the class, Mr. Karl Steinkamp presented each with his or her diplomas; the graduates then stood and turned their tassels, marking the end of their lives as high school students.

The members of the Class of 2008, still smiling widely, waded through the mass of people to get to their family members and friends. Now as Dalat alumni, they embraced a new starting point of their lives.

—By Sung Bum Kim

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HEIR eyes focused on the stage and their faces stern and solemn with resolution,

graduates Jeff Hokyo, Regina Hong, and

Cindy Hsieh listen intently to Mr. Les Hokyo.

Although the program took over two hours to complete, each senior anticipated hearing Mr. Fred Colburn announce their name so they could receive their diplomas.

Colophon Dalat International School is a Pre-3 through 12 school serving missionaries and expatriates in Southeast Asia. The school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). The Reflector is published annually; copies may be ordered by sending u.s.$40.00 to Dalat International School, Tanjung Bunga, 11200 Penang, Malaysia.

Four-hundred and fifty copies of the 2008 Reflector, Volume 46, were printed by Phoenix Press of Penang, Malaysia. Body type throughout the book is a 10-point Adobe Garamond; theme captions are in 8-point Lydian. Division page headlines are in Apple Chancery and headings are in Lucinda Handwriting; division page captions are in Lydian.

People’s Lives headlines are in Bermuda LP Squiggle and Bodoni; captions and sidebars are in Hooteroll. Groups headlines and sidebars are in Postino Italic; captions are in Helvetica. Academics headlines are in Giddyup; captions are in Berliner Grotesk. Sports headlines are in Addled; scoreboards and captions are in Canaith.

All copy was written by the high school journalism staff. The computer programs used were Microsoft Word 2001, Adobe PageMaker 7.0.1, and Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1. The staff used 10 iMacs, one MacBook, and one Power Macintosh G5. The staff printed rough drafts on an HP LaserJet 4MV printer. Senior portraits were furnished by iSmile Studio, Gurney Plaza. All student, staff, and group portraits were taken with Nikon 990 Coolpix and Nikon D50 digital cameras. All candids, underclassmen, and staff portraits (except those noted by photo credits) were taken by Reflector staff photographers using 10 Nikon 5900 digital cameras. Special thanks to Laura Danneker for the final proofreading.

The Reflector is a June-delivery book: the last deadline is in early May. A supplement will be mailed to seniors in the fall, completing the year and including, awards, the JuniorSenior Banquet, Student Council elections, drama, and graduation activities.

Reflector 2008 Staff: Cat Foster, Sport; Sheena McLeod, People’s Lives; Caleb Caldwell, Sport; Kohei Shimizu, People’s Lives and Advertisements; Kirsten Westergren, Academics; Kyle Ladner, Editor; Mr. John “Tommy” Tompkins, Adviser; Jeff Hokyo, People’s Lives; Chris Kim, Academics; Sung Bum Kim, Groups, Tiffany Steinkamp, Groups and Index