Reflector 2011

Reflector 2011

Dalat international school

Penang, Malaysia

Volume 49

REFLECTOR 2011

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SECURELY holding onto Ana Vieira’s legs, Nathalie Sigrist smiles as she carries Vieira who jumped on her shoulders for a piggyback ride. In P.E. students could play with each other and take a break from their normal classes where they had to sit still.

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POUNDING their arms, Justin Strong, Alan Thompson, Jordan Strong, Marco Kim, Chi Yuan Lo and Mark Keane do the Haka in the half time of the varsity boys’ basketball game. To encourage school spirit the boys pulled off various stunts at sport events.

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Strength

Push [poo sh]-verb: to effect or accomplish by thrusting obstacles aside; to carry (an action or thing) toward a conclusion or extreme.

Everyone knows what a “push” can feel like.

Whether it comes from teachers, coaches, friends, family, or within themselves, a push causes people to keep moving forward past obstacles, beyond limitations, and towards the finish line. Everybody has felt this kind of a push, probably more than once; but maybe something similar to this: Your Algebra II teacher, Mrs. Terresa Uzzle, adds an assignment onto all your other homework for that day, and late into the night you pushed your-

self to turn off Skype and Facebook to complete it and your other assignments.

Or maybe after a long practice at College General with the rest of the varsity boys’ football team, Coach David Thomas pushed you to run the whole way back to school. And you survived and felt a swell of pride that you had made it to the end.

Even in Chapel, Mr. Rich Gwaltney would push you, and the rest of the school, to “Do Hard Things” like stepping outside your comfort zone.

This seemed challenging and strange at first, but when Sam Kes spoke about the Wonderland Project he’d done over the summer, you realized that you

could push yourself to do hard things too.

Or maybe at drama practice with Mr. Mark Sasse you realized that you hadn’t memorized your lines for the scene that you needed to, so you had to push yourself over the weekend to rehearse them.

In all these different situations people outside pushed you along, but the real push came from within. You had to thrust your own obstacles aside and carry your own projects to their conclusion.

The real strength and the real drive for success came from within yourself, for only there can you find the strength to thrust obstacles aside and carry your work to its conclusion: to push. —By Sydney McKenzie Theme Development: PUSH!

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180 S Y A D

You walked towards your new locker and jumped at the high shrieks of Chan-Yang Kim and Evelyne Kiiza as they saw each other for the first time. Senior boys Danny Babcock and Yi Yang Tan held back their excitement at seeing each other for the sake of looking “cool.”

The first 8:15 a.m. bell of the school year rang, and everyone walked down to the chapel. At chapel, Mr. Rich Gwaltney introduced this school year’s theme: “Do Hard Things.”

After hearing his talk, you decided that you wanted to push yourself to reach new heights and do things you’d never done before.

With this outlook, you noticed a sign for the Death By Chocolate play put up by Ai Ching Ung, graduate of 2010, and decided to try out—even though you’d never acted before.

“RING, RING” went the bell for your first class, jolting you out of your thoughts; and you headed off to your first class ready for the next 180 —Sydney McKenzie days of school.

STRUTTING onto the stage Mrs. Kerrybeth Gwaltney, “Lady Gwa Gwa,” shows off her homemade outfit fashioned totally from recyclable materials causing Mark Keane and Brittany Sasse to laugh at her antics. StuCo put on events such as “Friday Night Live” where students and teachers could have fun and interact with each other.

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“BLEEP, BLEEP” rang your alarm bell at 7:00 a.m., and you groaned as you turned it off realizing that you would have to do this every morning for the next 180 school days.

You rubbed your eyes and wished that you could sleep like you did only last week, but the excitement of seeing your friends at school kicked in and that wish vanished.

While pulling on the uniform you’d forgotten about all summer, you thought about all the plans you had for this new school year: to use your agenda, to join a new sport or group, or never to take for granted the fleeting moments you had.

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TONGUE sticking out in concentration, Bethany Weidemann attempts to cut the chocolate with socks on her arms while Harry Mak rolls the dice, hoping for a six. Dorm students enjoyed creative games together after a long week at school to let loose and laugh with one another.

JOKINGLY tugging on her arm, Andrew Thomas attempts to “kidnap” his sister Carly as she frantically calls for help on her walkie-talkie. Campus became a big backyard for staff kids on weekends when they could come and play together across the fields and courts.

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Theme Development: PUSH!

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ICE CREAM entering his mouth, Mycah Winsor enjoys its taste as Hayden Girling prepares to eat his own. Elementary students would sometimes receive treats throughout their day as rewards or incentives for their work.

PLAYFULLY pinning Mark Keane to the couch, Mr. Karl Steinkamp jokes with him about texting Nadia Boshoff while at his house. Dorm parents or staff invited dorm seniors for Senior Treat at their houses to bond with each other.

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SQUISHING into a two-meter square, Charlotte Combrink, Julia Girling, Brittany Sasse, Mary-Claire McIntyre, Kaela Ruble, Sabrina Ly, and Hannah Wiesner fight for their girl pride against the other team of middle school boys. At WyldLife events, high school volunteers had activities for the middle school students to play.

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Tasting

Freedom

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TRIUMPHANT with a rock against Ben Weidemann’s scissors, Theresa Phan smiles with joy that she doesn’t have to go down a level in the game of “Egg, Chicken, Dinosaur.” At the Wednesday student-led prayer meeting, Collide, students could play games, pray together, and support one another.

“It’s Friday, and I got a hot date; don’t tell Mr. [Steve] Liss; I promise I won’t kiss…” sang the varsity girls’ soccer team from the locker room.

You smiled at the traditional Friday song about Mr. Liss’s no dating rule for his girls’ sports teams. You could hear the girls chatter about their plans for the weekend, and you realized that you hadn’t figured out what you wanted to do yet.

You thought about heading off to Chandler Dorm and submerging yourself in the intense, battle-ridden, and economical game of “Age of Empires” with Uncle Eddie Jenkins, Ooychai Yuthiwattana, Alan Thompson, Sabrina Ly, and Joe Brake; but you figured you should drop your bags off first.

As you headed to your locker, you could see a look of relief on Saarah Monawvil and Brittany Sasse’s face that the school week had ended.

From Monday to Friday, 8:20 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., you had pushed yourself to finish homework on time, fit friends into your schedule, and pay attention in your classes; so when that final bell on Friday rang, your mind cleared and you thought about all you wanted to do.

And soon groups formed around campus planning to have sleepovers at each other’s houses, to go to movies at Gurney Mall, or to take trips to Queensbay. The weekends sometimes felt more complicated than the weekdays for you because you had to push yourself to find a way to fit homework, friends, family, and relaxation all in a period of two and a half days.

Although sometimes the weekends could get busy, you enjoyed trying to fill up your time and pushing yourself to do your homework in between all the social activities.

“It’s Friday, and I got some plans; gonna find a cute boy who’s gonna hold my hand…” sang Katie Stevens as she exited the gym after their last football practice of the week, enjoying the taste of freedom the weekends offered.

—By Sydney McKenzie

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IGHTLY securing Tim Barber’s snorkel to his mask, Miss Apryl Siemens assists him in preparing for an afternoon of underwater excursions.

Students in eighth grade explored the crystal clear waters in Langkawi and slept on docks to begin their relaxing weekend.

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RYING to maneuver the tennis ball around each hole, Joe Brake works with teammate Cindy Park to balance the bed sheet. Middle school students separated into Student Advisory Teams to meet new people and build up their cooperative learning skills.

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NSWERS ready, Abrielle Winsor attentively listens to the trivia Julia Girling asks as Jumi Yoon and Hannah Wiesner wait to board the bus.

The Middle School Retreat provided a time for students to meet new people and add them to their group of friends from the previous year.

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LUTCHING the rope with all her strength, Emily Tan tries to keep herself composed as she zips down the Flying Fox. Middle school students used the free time that they had during the retreat to participate in outdoor activities like the Flying Fox and a rock climbing wall.

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Making New Friends

...and keeping the old

On 13 August, middle school students dared each other to harness up and slide down the zip line as teachers stood by to make sure that each student could experience the exhilarating feeling of flying.

“I felt like I was running really fast, but in reality, I was just holding on to a rope,” Joe Brake said.

“It was kind of like going down a giant, fast, thriller slide,” Tayah Lee added.

Students participated not only in individual activities, but in team-building games in their student advisory teams as well.

“There was this activity that we did where we had a sheet that had holes in it,” Katie Gwaltney said. “We had to try and get a tennis ball around each hole without it dropping into one.”

“We played this awesome game of ultimate chicken. It was basically a game of chucking the chicken into the air and hoping that someone on your team would catch it when it came down,” Lee said.

“I think that my SAT did the best at the team building activities,” Nicole Sigrist said. “Through the activities, we strengthened our trust towards each other. They have

become like my second family!”

Middle school students formed new relationships with each other that added to their group of friends from the previous year.

“Free time was the best. Everyone piled into the pool and tried to knock people off of each other’s shoulders,” Ben Gwaltney said.

On 19 April, the students in eighth grade headed to Langkawi for yet another retreat.

“We slept on the dock the first night, then moved to the hotel,” Melissa You said. “Sleeping with only sleeping bags was kind of uncomfortable, but it was really cool to sleep out in the open.”

At the end of the trip, the eighth graders loaded onto a boat which took them back to the mainland.

Sangjoon Lee said, “The best part of the trip was at the end when the boat broke down. Katie played her guitar and we all sang Justin Bieber songs.”

Each retreat during middle school ended with students laughing with new friends about the memories they had made and piling into the bus to head back to campus.

—By Elizabeth Nguyen

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HEEKS puckered, Josh Strong devours six sour plums. Mrs. Jacki Steinkamp and Mrs. Bethany Thomas put together a game of “Fear Factor” at the end of the Senior Transition Retreat to give the seniors a chance to eat strange foods and confess their most embarrassing moments.

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TTEMPTING to distract Nathan Steel, Chi-Yuan Lo splashes him from above as Sam Yeo charges toward Terence Law. During free time at the Leadership Retreat, seniors and juniors bonded through swimming in the pool and playing water games like “Chicken Fight.”

ACING Danny Babcock for the next move, Frances Wong, Maaya Yamauchi, and Theresa Phan balance themselves in hopes of beating each other at “Twister.” Games like “Twister” allowed the seniors to relax and enjoy each other’s company before heading to their rooms for bed.

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MIRANDA STEINERT

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EACHING for a potato chip, Hank Wong prepares to take a self-evaluation test about his leadership style while Mark Keane finds a pen the perfect shade of blue. The leadership retreat allowed students to discover more about their role in each excom.

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of downing a whole cup full.

“I was so glad that I didn’t have to eat all the gross things,” Keane said.

Keane also attended the Leadership Retreat that took place in August. There, he took part in a “Fear Factor” game on his own.

“I stuck my head in the barrel of ice that kept the drinks cold,” Keane said. “I wanted to try it because I had never done it before. It was so cold that it burned! People laughed at me after because I was in pain.”

Students from the junior and senior classes and the Student Council excom discovered their leadership styles at the retreat at Cinta Sayang in Sungai Petani, while living on a diet of M&M’s and Coke Light.

During down time, students relaxed with supervisors and sponsors.

“I got to know Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. [Kerrybeth] Gwaltney so much better. It was great to learn how similar they were to us when they were our age,” Dianna Kes said as she remembered staying up late talking to her roommates and sponsors.

On Friday afternoon, the seniors meandered back from Paradise Hotel to campus and continued on in the school day. Another retreat had come to an end, and seniors once again flooded the campus, this time with a little more knowledge about moving and transition.

—By Elizabeth Nguyen

HUNG CHING SONG

“Are we taking vans over?” Mark Keane wondered.

“Yes, Mark. I will personally drive you over there,” Mrs. Bethany Thomas joked in reply.

At 8:30 a.m. on 10 February, 44 seniors met in front of the Student Center to make their way over to Paradise Hotel for the Senior Transition Retreat.

Once they arrived, the seniors gathered into the meeting room to begin the two-day seminar. Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Jacki Steinkamp prepared games and activities to get the class situated.

After a short game, the students divided into groups by birthdays and sat at tables of seven.

They took opportunities to ask any question about transition that they wanted.

“It was nice to get honest responses from the panel of adults that we had there,” Jee Bin Yim said. “We had the opportunity to be exposed to the real world.”

“We had to sort through 40 values cards and pick our top 12, then six, then three,” Chan-Mi Kim said.

Aside from the hard-hitting reality of leaving a small community and moving into a bigger one, seniors played a small game of Fear Factor to loosen up and wrap up their time at the hotel.

“It’s too much!” Josh Strong winced while placing a sour plumb into his mouth. “This is cruel!”

Chili-sauce-doused squid, pickled cabbage, and sardines caused three other students to cringe at the thought

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Making a Splash ...into New Leadership Roles

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RYING to explain her idea of “doing hard things,” Sarah Hwang forms clay into a volcano as Reese Terry and Brittany Sasse observe. Excoms challenged each other to step out of their comfort zones and push through opposition.

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When the Final Bell Rings

...and all students break loose

When the last bell of the school day rang, students rushed out of their classrooms, lockers slammed shut, and shouts of after-school plans echoed in the air.

On weekdays, the hours of 3:45–5:30 p.m. provided a time when students from elementary through high school could socialize with each other and strengthen relationships. Students of all ages gathered on the courts to show off their skills in basketball and Foursquare.

“I like hanging out with people and playing basketball with them,” Melissa You said.

The “open campus” policy allowed day students to interact with their friends who lived on campus.

Students involved with extracurricular activities such as sports and drama, however, immersed themselves in hard work and dedication.

“I never have time after school. I’m always going to basketball practice,” Ben Weidemann said.

Though busy, students set aside time for themselves and their relationships with their peers. For dorm students, spending time away from the busyness of life provided time for calling home to check up on family or just sitting in the dorm lounge to watch a movie.

Weekends provided even more opportunity for students to go out with their closest friends to their favorite hangout places, eat different types of food, and talk about the latest news.

“I love getting the hazelnut caramel ice blended with whipped cream from Coffee Bean,” Sophie Ly said.

“I don’t have a very exciting life, but I love it when I can get together with my friends to talk and goof off,” Evelyne Kiiza commented.

Places like the Hillside stalls and SAB gave students an opportunity to experience foods from different cultures, and shopping centers like Gurney Plaza and Queensbay provided a more Western-style shopping experience.

Gurney Plaza provided a relaxed atmosphere for students to get out of the heat and enjoy a nice cup of coffee or the latest movie with friends.

“I like going to the cinema to watch action movies like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows,” Sarah Lim said.

“I like going to Gurney, but it always takes so much work. I’ll usually go to campus, pull people out of their dorms, and spend the next hour deciding what to do,” Terence Law said with a chuckle.

Whatever students chose to do with their time, after school hours and weekends provided much needed breaks from the everyday busy lives of elementary, middle, and high school students.

From hanging out at the basketball courts to taking a RM1.40 bus ride to Gurney, students found ways to entertain themselves throughout the year.

—By Elizabeth Nguyen

QUATTING down on the sidewalk, Andrew Worten uses chalk to add his own touch of color and individuality to the red bricks. Elementary students displayed their creativity and inner expression through arts and crafts both inside and outside school hours.

ONCENTRATION written on his face, Ben Gwaltney passes the ball to his opponent in the adjacent square, Sarah Barber. Middle school students looked for and found competition against their friends through participation in after-school games of Foursquare.

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OUTH full of noodles and lips closed as tightly as possible, Justin Suen tries not to laugh while Shawn Kim and Andy Oh tell him jokes. The Student Center provided both good atmosphere and food for students to enjoy their 40-minute lunch break in.

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NSURE of what she should do next, Chan-Yang Kim watches Rachel Thorne, Wesley Lee, Sophie Ly, and Ashtyn McKenzie for instruction. High school students used weekends to forget the stresses of school, watch movies and play interactive games like “Big Booty.”

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Dissecting the Fun

...with a edge of friendly rivalry

As the smell of burning coals filled the night air, students in Jaffray Dorm moaned in jealousy over students in Ziemer who would have the honor of devouring Uncle David Boshoff ’s lamb chops and chicken.

“The first Sunday of every semester is our dorm barbecue day,” Aunt Suzette Boshoff said.

The week that the dorms opened marked the beginning of a semester filled with adventures and the end of a welldeserved break.

“Before Christmas break, my dorm parents [Uncle Eddie and Aunt Becky Jenkins] set aside three weeks for us to celebrate. On the Sunday of each week, we would sit together and open gifts from our dorm parents. They gave us small things like encouragement notes, candies, and movie tickets,” Jeebin Yim recalled.

“In Ziemer, we had a barbecue dinner and then opened our Secret Santa gifts,” said Ina Park. “Then the girls watched The Last Holiday and drank hot chocolate with marshmallows while the guys went to the gym to play indoor soccer.”

Birthdays also found their way to the top of the “To Celebrate” list.

“When we celebrate dorm birthdays, someone always plays the piano, and we sing along in our bad voices. Then we sit around the table and eat fried chicken or cake,” Nathan Peace said with a chuckle.

“For my sixteenth birthday, I got a guitar tuner, and a

tunnel of fudge cake. Better known as a tunnel of love cake because it was my Sweet 16,” Sam Kes joked.

“Plain cheesecake is my favorite kind of cake to eat when I’m celebrating birthdays,” said Alan Thompson.

“It’s simple and delicious.”

Along with eating food around the dining room table, dorm students bonded through conversation and family dorm time and conversation.

“Watching ‘Psych’ is the highlight of my week. We’re all together and laugh and eat popcorn that gets stuck in our teeth till morning!” said Danny Babcock as he quoted some of his favorite lines. “[Jackson] Dorm is very close-knit. It’s a tradition for us to get together on Thursday nights and just talk about the things we’re going through,” Lucy Lee said.

At the end of the night when the lights went out and the smell of an extinguished flame from a barbecue lingered in the air, dorm students crawled into bed with full stomachs, and minds filled with the memories that would —By Elizabeth Nguyen last a lifetime.

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NIFE in hand, Santi Niramitvijit carves a smile Into his watermelon. In November, the senior dorm students carved watermelons at Mr. Brian Brewster’s house to celebrate a tropical fall season. Mrs. Brandi Brewster concocted a fizzy watermelon juice to enjoy with cookies.

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NTICIPATING the next water balloon, Kia Thompson and Nicole Mauger ready themselves to catch it in a towel. Dorm students planned and executed activities to keep themselves busy. Thompson and Mauger caught the water balloon scoring one point for the team.

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TRAINING, Mark Keane attempts to steal Danny Babcock’s sock to win a game. Students relieved their stress by playing games that allowed them to let loose and run around. Ziemer Dorm successfully strategized how to survive as the last dorm with socks and divide the prize.

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ANCE moves ready, Sam Kes, Luke Martens, and Ben Weidemann “honk the horn” along to “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” After-school activities included blasting music and discovering new dances that imitated everyday movements.

Kes regularly updated his MP3 player with the latest songs.

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Give Me a Piece

...of that Long Weekend!

Echoes about plans for the up-coming long weekend resonated down the hallways of school as students hurried to their classes hoping that the seven-hour and 25 minute school day would end sooner.

Long weekends allowed students to cut their regular five day week short and take an extra long weekend to relax and catch up on sleep.

“It’s refreshing to be able to sleep as long as I want to without worrying about waking up for school. And when I’m not sleeping, I like to stay updated with the latest news about soccer,” Dong Yeob Sakong said.

Other students chose to use their weekends to work on school-related projects.

“Doing junior class work helped us grow as a class, and we always had a lot of fun during our work days!” Danae Frentz exclaimed.

The residence life program planned activities for dorm students as often as they could to emphasize the familylike atmosphere. During the Chinese New Year long weekend, the Dorm Council planned a barbecue picnic dinner with water balloon volleyball on the basketball court and board games in the chapel.

“I loved playing ‘Human Pit,’” Jazzy Jenkins said. “I was collecting sugar, so it was a lot of fun to be able to trade people around and hope I got more sugar.”

Students even planned their own gatherings to Gurney Plaza or the waterfalls in Batu Ferringhi.

“When Jordan [Strong], JiHyun [Park], Lucy [Lee], Chan-Mi [Kim], and I first went to the waterfall, we just kept hiking up the river. We were all ready for adventure and nothing could stop us. Eventually, we found some really cool places. I would pick hiking to a waterfall over Gurney any day,” Nathan Steel said enthusiastically.

Walking on pebbles and climbing over boulders showed through scratches on the bottoms of feet and provided proof of hard-core hiking.

“When my dorm went paint-balling, I had fun shooting people without feeling guilt because that’s what you do: shoot people with paint balls,” Joyce Lee said.

Groans reverberated when students came to the realization that their long weekend had ended quickly, but the memories made during those days off remained hot topics to discuss when students, once again, converged at the blue lockers.

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OUNTING the revolutions that the hula hoop makes around his neck, Ben Weidemann competes to beat his own record of 37. “Hulahooping was quite hilarious. It’s a humbling experience because you look really funny while you’re doing it,” Weidemann said.

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FTER hiking to the perfect waterfall, Jordan Strong and Nathan Steel find a place where they can cool off in the water. Students scoured the island for unknown places during long weekends in hopes of finding new destinations for exploration and adventure.

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CREAMS echo throughout the Genting Highlands Theme Park as Luke Martens, Joyce Lee, and Justin Strong shoot down the “Death Drop.”

Dorm students bused up to the cooler highlands to escape the Penang heat and purge their thrill-seeking desires on roller coasters.

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NIFE ready to spread condiments on bread, Kia Thompson and Sabrina Ly assemble their homemade hamburgers. On 13 February, dorm students met on the basketball court to play water balloon volleyball while the dorm dads grilled burgers for the students to devour.

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Taking on the Challenge

S the Nooma video plays, Nathan Steel, Seungjou Jun, and Josh Strong reflect on the message presented. Collide provided a comfortable and relaxed setting for high school students to interact with each other on various topics such as listening to the Holy Spirit.

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ANDS folded, Bethany Weidemann, Harry Mak, and Lucy Lee pray silently in the morning for the conflict between North and South Korea and Chan-Yang Kim’s knee surgery. High school students showed concern for their peers and interest in world issues daily.

...make a difference

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18 Prayer (Collide & Morning Prayer)

“You should all come because there will be cookies,” Bethany Weidemann added at the end of her speech.

As the school year took off, the student body embraced the challenge to “do hard things.” To some, it meant trying out for a new sport. To others, taking AP or online classes. To students in the senior class, however, doing hard things led to an increase the amount of prayer that would go into their lives. Collide and Morning Prayer sparked a new mind-set.

“Proverbs 27:17 says ‘As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.’ It’s so cool to see that happening every week as we learn from and encourage one another,” Nathan Steel noted.

Collide met on Wednesday nights from 6:30-7:30 in the Student Center. Each night began with a game followed by conversation and ended with collaborative prayer.

“A lot of times, it’s not even ‘serious discussion’ but just sitting in silence or fooling around with friends,” said JiHyun Park.

Collide provided a break in the middle of the week for students to connect with each other and with God. They developed trusting relationships with each other and formed memories of sitting in a circle discussing spiritual life and eating cookies. High school students did a variety of different things from watching Nooma videos to reading Bible verses to encouraging each other through words of affirmation.

“I’ve really enjoyed Collide this year,” Theresa Phan said. “It’s a breath of fresh air in the middle of the week where I can share what God has been teaching me. It’s very relaxing and rejuvenating.”

On 23 September, the outdoor basketball court opened for students to pray at a worldwide prayer meeting called “See You at the Pole.”

“It was awesome to get together with a bunch of people I didn’t expect to be there and pray,” Ben Weidemann said after he prayed.

Aside from Collide, students met every day at 7:50 for prayer in the morning. Having several times to meet encouraged prayer for each other and for the school.

“I always look forward to [early morning prayer times].

Listening to the struggles and victories of friends helps me grow, and praying in the morning helps strengthen me for the day to come,” Chan-Mi Kim said.

“I’m blessed to see the movement of prayer led by our students,” Mr. Rich Gwaltney said. “It has deeply challenged me in my own personal prayer life.”

Through prayer, students grew closer both to each other and to God. Not only did old traditions revive, new ones formed—all because of a little word of inspiration to try something new.

At the end of Collide, the brown plush chairs sat unoccupied, the Student Center emptied, and nothing but cookie crumbs remained on the white plate.

—By Elizabeth Nguyen

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YES fixed on Danny Babcock, JiHyun Park and Brittany Sasse listen to the instructions of a mixer game. Participating in group activities helped high school students feel more open with each other before the discussion about the different ways they can encourage one another.

AUGHING in disbelief, Miranda Steinert says “Yes” to George Merusi’s invitation to JSB. High school boys executed elaborate plans to invite girls to banquets. “I was so nervous that my plans wouldn’t work, but once it got started, everything fell into place,” Merusi said.

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NJOYING a fresh brownie and ice cream, Brittany Sasse accepts Chi-Yuan Lo’s request to attend JSB as his date. Lo decorated the table in the Home Ec. room with candles, cocoa powder, sweet milk, and chocolate and strawberry syrup to add to the Candyland-like atmosphere.

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ERY carefully balancing her watermelon and slushie, Ji Won Park explains to Evelyne Kiiza how Hank Wong invited her to JSB. Wong said, “I put a watermelon in her locker, and then came up behind her to ask. Carving the watermelon that I put in her locker was surprisingly easy.”

VERWHELMED by the touch of Cupid’s arrow, Sam Kes swoons at the feet of Chareesa Usaha. Invitations to the JSB resulted in memories for the student asked as well as classmates who watched their friends get caught off guard as guys offered to take them to the banquet.

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Cross Your Fingers

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...and pray she’ll say “Yes”

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“You’re every line; you’re every word. You’re everything,” Yi Yang Tan sang as he walked down the steps from the A Lab. When he reached the black and white striped crosswalk, Terence Law jerked his car to make it look like he had run into Tan. The time of year had arrived once again to send news fluttering through the air about who would ask whom to the Christmas or Junior Senior Banquet. Plans emerged from the minds of students to generate the most creative invitation to these celebrations.

“Since soccer is his favorite sport, I decided to ask Josh [Strong] to CB at indoor. I had all of his teammates wear Arsenal jerseys, and stole his so that he couldn’t wear it,” Dianna Kes said. “Then I made him wear a ManU jersey because it’s his rival team.”

Kes proceeded to interrupt an indoor game and bring Strong to the center of the court where she exchanged his Manchester United jersey for an Arsenal T-shirt.

“Joyce [Lee] strung letters spelling ‘Will you go to CB with me’ from the lockers and asked me behind the classrooms,” Josiah Steinkamp said.

During the Senior Mini-Sneak, Daniel Barber and Harry Mak mustered up the courage to ask Hannah Jones

and Bethany Weidemann to the JSB in front of all the guests at Jerajak Resort during a fire show.

“It was so spontaneous! I mean, we’d planned a bunch of different ideas, but this one was better than the rest,” Mak said. “I wasn’t expecting the crowd to be so into it, and afterward, I had to give myself a reality check. I couldn’t believe that I had done something so dangerous!”

High school girls and guys alike strove to ask more creatively than they had the year before.

“It was awkward seeing Luke [Martens] dressed up like Cupid in his leopard-print toga, but I was grateful that he helped me ask Chareesa [Usaha],” Sam Kes said as he laughed with Martens.

“Evelyne [Kiiza] was supposed to throw something away in the trash can and then Nathan [Peace] would jump out. It was pretty funny because people had to stand in front of the trash can so she couldn’t see him,” Sophie Ly said about Kiiza’s invitation.

All of the anxiety ended when the guy knelt down and uttered the words “Will you go to JSB with me,” sending the girl’s heart pounding and making the guy breathe a sigh of relief with her reply of “Yes.” —By Elizabeth Nguyen

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Pop, Candy, and Freezies

...ease the afternoon heat bags that we put the Kool-Aid mix in kept on breaking and spilled all over our president [Hung Ching Song]!”

In August, the PTO hosted an Open House when classrooms and dorms opened so parents and students could explore the environment and admire the new renovations made during the summer break.

“Nathan [Peace], Jordan [Strong], and I wanted to see which dorm looked the best, so we went into all the girls’ and guys’ rooms and came to the conclusion that Chandler Dorm had the best decorations, but Ziemer Dorm girls’ rooms were the best,” Luke Martens recalled about the night.

During events like the open house, parents involved with the PTO sold a variety of foods to raise money at the Food and Fun Fair; and the junior class sold hamburgers, hot dogs, candy, and freezies to raise money for events like the JSB and the next year’s Senior Sneak.

“The burgers that the junior class sold at the PTO barbeque were so good. I loved being able to hang out with my friends and eat,” Melissa You said.

Whether at the Sugar Bowl, Open House, or Food and Fun Fair, students and parents alike munched on freezies to take the edge away from the tropical heat and enjoy each other’s company on the ocean-front campus.

–By Elizabeth Nguyen

“Come get your freezies!” Katie Stevens yelled as the Junior Class Sugar Bowl opened for the first time in August.

Students in the junior class opened the Sugar Bowl from 3:05–4:30 p.m. on weekdays to provide a place where students from elementary all the way through high school and staff could purchase a variety of candy from Asia and the United States.

On days that required a cooler treat, they sold homemade freezies. “Whenever I make freezies, I always happen to overflow the tube. So instead of pouring the extra into the pitcher, I drink it, and then seal the tube,” Jordan Strong explained.

Fortunately, Strong only made freezies once or twice.

Students in the junior class made Kool-Aid freezies on Saturdays, froze them over the weekend, and sold them throughout the week.

“There was this one time when we were making freezies and everything went wrong,” Emily Brokaw said. “The

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ASTE-TESTING a cupcake, Christina Kim helps advertise the day’s special as Sarah Hwang assists a customer. Hwang and Kim worked after school in the Sugar Bowl to bring joy to elementary students longing for something sweet.

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ARKER in hand, Dylan Frans scrawls a “G” on the plastic tube to identify the freezie’s flavor. Juniors worked in the Home Ec. room on Saturdays to make sure that the frozen treats would taste just right while simultaneously getting to know each other better.

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EBATING the options in front of him, Luke Martens decides which iced cold drink he wants to cool himself off. The junior class sold canned drinks and freezies during weekend tournaments to help loyal fans stay hydrated while cheering on their team.

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EHIND the junior class table, Nicole Mauger, Sarah Uzzle, and Joe Merusi prepare lemon lime sno-cones for Lauren Worten and her younger brother Andrew. Frozen treats dripped in the heat and created brain freezes for those who consumed them too quickly.

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CREEPILY leaning in, Keegan Ladner flirts with Saarah Monawvil in the play Death by Chocolate. Ladner played a resort manager and Monawvil acted as a reporter in the dramatic search for a murderer who killed with chocolate.

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CARDBOARD guitar in his hands, Jackson McKenzie rocks out in the elementary musical. Ms. Joyce Goh prepared students to perform in The Mystery of the Manger on 14 December by teaching them how to act and sing.

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Legs wobbling, heart thumping, and voice shaking, you stood backstage at the performance of the first semester drama production waiting to go out and play the part you had rehearsed for four months for under the guidance of Ai Ching Ung. You thought back to the first day you saw the audition board in August for the play Death by Chocolate, and you had contemplated signing up.

The day after the auditions you ran to see if you got the part and discovered you had! Throughout the next few months you enjoyed yourself acting with Abbie Brake, Saarah Monawvil, and Keegan Ladner while you pushed yourself to memorize lines for the final performance.

Thinking about how much hard work you had put in, you realized how many other groups required just as much of their participants. ChanMi Kim, Luke Martens, Josh Thorne, and others pushed themselves as members of Care and Share.

They planned events to raise money like a no-uniform day, or they sold baked goods on campus for groups around Penang in need of funds.

Jazz Band required its members to practice outside its once-a-week meeting because of the extra performances they had first semester, like the Jazz Festival and the Jamie Davis concert. Its members Joel Kirk, Stephanie Jones, and Joe Merusi had to push themselves to get all their music in sync to perform in front of large audiences.

StuCo, led by president Harry Mak, prepared events for the high school like talent shows, movie nights, and pep rallies. Excoms took leadership over their classes and helped plan activities so they could bond together. These leaders had to push themselves to stay on top of things and keep their class informed of events and news.

As the curtain drew on Death by Chocolate your nerves calmed and you thought about how much fun you had had learning how to act and to memorize your lines. You’d pushed yourself to fit your role, and within this group you’d found a place to belong.

—By Sydney McKenzie

HAND-IN-HAND, Sophia Stoltzfus and Min-Song Ko lead the Brownies in the Veterans Day Parade.

The entire student body came into the gym to remember those who had died in battle for freedom.

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LISTENING to the woman from the Penang Old Folks Home talk, Evelyne Kiiza forms a relationship with her. Care and Share created bonds of friendship between the students and the residents through visiting.

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Kicking It with KICS After a long day of sitting in their classrooms, excited elementary students hurried to their after-school clubs, more commonly known as KICS, or to their sports practices.

Students who wanted not only to run and let out their energy, but also to compete joined the elementary football team. Under the coaching of Ms. Lisa Munson and Rachel Thorne, the team traveled to Uplands and played against their team.

“I was so proud of how hard all the players worked during practice and how hard they tried during the games,” said Coach Thorne.

Though the girls’ team lost their game, they enjoyed every moment of it and wanted to play more.

“Soccer was awesome! I really liked playing, and I want to play again,” said

Jazzy Jenkins. Sports not only taught players the rules of the game; they also learned teamwork.

Students who preferred casually playing sports joined clubs such as swimming, baseball, T-ball, and tennis. These clubs required just as much athleticism, but contained less pressure.

“I like hitting the tennis ball as hard as I can and seeing how far it will go,” exclaimed Matthew Barber. These more relaxed sport clubs gave students an opportunity to play games with no pressure to win.

For the less athletically inclined, a wide variety of clubs such as art, beginning origami, French language, paper dolls, and preparing for the elementary musical provided students with opportunities to learn.

“The musical club is a time we use to

prepare for the elementary musical by learning our lines and how we should act,” said Bernard Combrink.

With all these activities students had available to participate in, they had the opportunity for exposure to a varied group of clubs ranging from French to football and even musicals to hone their skills for the future.

As the bell sounded, elementary students raced to their KICS, eagerly anticipating the sports they would play and things they would learn.

—By Daniel Barber FOOT poised to strike, Sumin Lim attempts his first shot of the game with the Upland defenders racing behind him. His shot resulted in his team’s first goal; the boys ended up tying 2-2. The mini-tournament at Uplands allowed the elementary football players to have valuable game experience.

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ATTEMPTING to side-step her opponent, Mikaela Steinkamp rushes down the field hoping to score her team’s first goal. The girls ended up losing their only game, but they played with gritty determination and never gave up even after they had fallen behind.

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“KEEP your eyes on the ball son,” says Mr. Travis Smith to his son Jonah as he attempts to hit the ball his father threw. Baseball Club taught students the basic rules and gave them the opportunity to practice the skills they had learned through weekly games.

INTENSELY concentrated on her artwork, Lana Brewster finishes up her crayon drawing while Rebecca Lee decides which color to use next as Theresa Phan watches the masterpieces unfold. The Art Club allowed elementary students to express their creative sides with different art instruments such as crayons, paint, and colored pencils.

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“Name’s Blonde, Jane Blonde”

Singing along to the Cleaner’s song “Facts Are Facts,” Alice Chang uses her broom as a prop while Celestine Png and Esther Kim act out the choir choreography. Performing the Christmas musical at the end of the semester gave students a tangible goal to work towards in their music classes.

Everyone in the chapel hushed as the anticipation for the start of the elementary musical increased on the evening of 14 December. Parents made last adjustments to their video cameras, and students stopped talking before the room went black. Then the show began.

“My favorite part of the musical was the beginning because it had the best songs,” said Danielle Combrink.

“It was really fun to play Jane Blonde,” said Julia Girling. “I got to act like I was better than everyone else and flip my hair and act snooty.”

The musical only included grades three through five, but the three grades still filled the stage because of the growing elementary school.

“Some of the kids were too little to do it with us,” said Combrink. “They get their own musical next semester.”

In order to give more students an opportunity to play major roles, each grade acted its own scene. Although the characters remained the same, the students playing them changed.

In addition to Girling, Celestine Png, grade four; and Elizabeth Horton, grade three, also played the part of investigative

Focused on correctly executing the dance moves, Yosoof Monawvil used both his hands and his prop broom while Esther Kim sings the chorus. Learning the choreography for the music helped students with their coordination and performance skills.

Third grader Carly Thomas said, “My favorite part was singing my solo, ‘Away in a Manger.’”

“I liked the part where Cleaner Number 3 went to Mr. [Bob] Pagee and said ‘Can I clean this for you?’” Mikaela Steinkamp said about when her character offered to shine Mr. Pagee’s head.

“My favorite part,” said Jessica Vriend, “was the phone bit. Everyone on stage was talking to each other on their cells phones about what Jane had written about the play!”

In the end, Jane’s news story revealed her acceptance of the Gospel, and she rejoiced in her first real Christmas as a Christian by supporting the children’s play. As the actors and actresses took their final bows, the parents and students in the audience clapped and cheered at the successful performance.

—By Bethany Weidemann

Hand outstretched toward the audience, fourth grader Jonah Smith plays the part of Mr. Evans, the helpful musical director. Learning lines helped students increase their ability to memorize and understanding blocking on stage helped them with their performance skills.

“But I need facts!” Celestine Png exclaimed as reporter Jane Blonde. Three different students played the main characters, which required making identical costumes for each student. Png donned a wig to represent accurately the blonde character she portrayed.

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reporter, Jane Blonde, who discovered the truth about the Christmas story in spite of her initial misgivings and unbelief.

Ben Gwaltney, grade five; Jonah Smith, grade four; and Bernard Combrink, grade three, all played the role of Mr. Evans, a friendly pastor who helped Jane as she worked on writing her story about the Christmas play at his church.

“It was hard to memorize my lines,” Gwaltney said. “But I liked it that fifth grade got to do the first scene.”

“We let each grade have its own scene in order to challenge the different age groups,” said director Mrs. Joyce Goh. “It was fun to teach the kids all of the dances. Sometimes it was like they had two left feet! But they did really well.”

“I thought it was really nice that they split up all the parts so more kids could act,” Saarah Monawvil said. “They were all so cute!”

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Calmly singing her solo, “special guest” Lana Brewster contributes to the elementary musical in spite of her young age. “She could hardly contain her smile as she went up,” said Sydney McKenzie.

“It looked like she concentrated on Mrs. [Joyce] Goh’s face intently the whole time she was singing.

She did a really good job and was so cute!”

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Blast from the Past “The drama had different absurd parts to it, such as how Khalie believed Noah used a Floodstuff survival kit to survive the flood. Overall it was very interesting to watch,” said Kaleb Uzzle. The overall success of the drama proved the decision to bring it back correct.

The fusion of grade levels gave this drama a different taste from other dramas that exclusively featured either high school or middle school.

—By Daniel Barber Singing about the evil deeds they would do, Jackie Ashkin, Joy Kim, and Theresa Phan plan out how they will trick Khalie Mahoney into finding the Floodstuff survival kit to make them rich. The involvement of “old” cast members added a new dimension to the drama.

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me an edge,” said Mahoney.

High schoolers who had taken part in the drama before but didn’t this time also had fond memories.

“It was actually quite funny to get to see this play again because of two reasons. One because I took part in the play a long time ago, and two because the high schoolers playing the main parts had played the same parts earlier one,” said Hung Ching Song.

Middle schoolers took advantage of this opportunity to learn different acting tricks from the more experienced high school actors.

“My brother has taught me a thing or two about acting, but being alongside him and other high schoolers gave me a new perspective,” said Emma Merusi.

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The past has much to offer, as middle and high schoolers found out when they performed the drama “Arkeology.” Though technically called a middle-school drama, the majority of the main parts went to high schoolers.

Seniors such as Sydney McKenzie, Khalie Mahoney, and Theresa Phan had already performed the drama in sixth grade, which gave them a chance to revisit it and conjure up old memories as well as share the experience with the underclassmen.

“I remember doing this drama in sixth grade; and when I heard Mrs. [Valeri] Brokaw was bringing it back, I signed up for it right away because of how fun it had been to do before. I even got to perform the same role as before, which gave

Intently listening to Emma Merusi, Isabel Girling, and Lucia Combrink, Khalie Mahoney takes notes on what really happened at Noah’s flood. Her pursuit of the truth gave her a new perspective on life by the end of the drama.

After Khalie Mahoney begins reading a book, Ciera Nash and Lucia Combrink lecture her on how Noah really survived the flood. Mahoney’s suspicions about Noah’s survival led her to pursue different books to try to find leads.

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AFTER Justin Lao threatens blackmail by revealing his intention to tell the press about the murder that had happened at the Health Resort, Abbie Brake threatens his life to keep the murder a secret. Dramatic moments occurred throughout the drama, but comic relief eased the tension.

“DON’T eat the choc-,” exclaims the dying Julie DeVette as she tries to explain the cause of all the murders happening at the Meadowbrook Health Resort to Keegan Ladner. Subtle clues presented to the audience gave them a chance to figure out the mystery themselves.

DISCUSSING the possibility of the killer’s identity with Abbie Brake, Keegan Ladner goes through the evidence out loud in an attempt to shed light on who could have perpetrated the crimes. In a sudden twist at the end, Beth Nguyen revealed that she had murdered the victims herself.

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times, so I couldn’t take my attention away from it or else I would have missed something important. In the end all the loose ends came together, and I understood everything,” explained George Merusi. In addition to the intense plot, the audience experience surprising twists throughout the entire performance.

With its first-time director and experienced cast, Death by Chocolate not only gave its audience a delightful performance to enjoy—it also satisfied their cravings for chocolate. The unique blend of humor and suspense made this drama memorable.

—By Daniel Barber

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“At Meadowbrook Health Resort everybody gets fit or dies trying,” said Keegan Ladner as he acted out his character in the first semester high school drama Death By Chocolate. His character injected humor into different situations.

“Keegan had the randomest lines. He has funny puns just like Mr. [Dennis] Tyas,” said Tayah Lee. Other characters, such as those played by Beth Nguyen and Justin Lao, provided comedy through their actions.

“At one point [Nguyen] just sits on a chair and eats potato chips during a whole scene; it was hilarious,” said Hannah Jones.

Situations such as those appeared throughout the drama and entertained the audience with their outrageousness.

The director of Death By Chocolate, Ai Ching Ung from the class of 2010, said, “The overall experience of directing this drama will stay with me. They were all really good actors.”

The experience of performing in the drama also had a profound impact on the students. The plot also received praise as its depth and quality made it captivating and humorous.

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QUICKLY reacting, Shawn Kim and Keegan Ladner carry Beth Nguyen’s body onto stage and place it on the couch after she fainted from the shock of having her chocolate stolen. Director Ai Ching Ung wrote random and unexpected scenes throughout the drama.

PREPARING to start her original oratory on the death of literature, Abbie Brake performs at the Forensics Tournament in Kuala Lumpur. Participants in original oratory had to compose a speech on their own and present it. Judges evaluated both the presentation and wording of the speech.

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speech,” explained Anna Fu. Two other speech writing categories, oral interpretation and original oratory had students either reading a famous literary work out loud to the judges, or they delivered a persuasive speech that they had written themselves.

“It was very nerve wracking the first time I did oral interpretation because I had never done it before. The piece that I read was from Bleak House by Charles Dickens,” said Emily Brokaw.

Abbie Brake said of original oratory, “I really liked doing oratory because I got to hear all the different speeches during the competition. My own piece was about the death of literature and how the people just don’t read anymore because of laziness.”

As with all competitions, the stress and drive to win in their category drove these students to perform at the highest standards.

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Competitive events don’t necessarily have to have an athletic component to them as students in forensics found out at their tournament in Kuala Lumpur from 17–19 February. For them, the thrill they felt while debating or performing oral interpretation, impromptu, or original oratory met their need for competition.

Debaters utilized their skills of persuasion to sway the judges in their favor.

In order to hone their skills for the tournament in Kuala Lumpur, debaters went against teachers several times.

“Debating the teachers helped us prepare because through the judge’s comments we found we needed to present our arguments smoother, louder, and slower so that people would be able to understand them,” explained Hung Ching Song.

Impromptu required a variety of skills because of its unique nature. Competitors had a word or phrase given to them and had to write a three-to-five minute speech in one minute.

“I always had to think and write quickly without wasting any time when I was doing impromptu because of how little time I’m given to write a good

DISCUSSING different strategies to use for their debate, Hung Ching Song and Jeffrey Hsiao prepare to face off against their opponents. Friendly debates against teachers provided the debate teams with valuable experience that they could use in competitions in Kuala Lumpur.

COOLLY performing the speech she had written in a minute, Anna Fu competes in the finals for impromptu during the Forensics Tournament in Kuala Lumpur. Impromptu required contestants to think quickly when writing their speeches and speak loudly and dramatically.

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Supported by the rest of the band, Grace Kim, Jennifer Park, and Esther Kim10 help lead the high school in a morning session of SEW. Different teams led each of the three morning sessions to give as many people the opportunity to participate as possible.

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Demonstrating the melody of the song “Restless” by Audrey Assad to Kimberly Horton and Rachel Halbedl, Khalie Mahoney works with her worship team for a morning session of MEW. The middle school students had the opportunity to learn from high school students in combined teams.

Candles glowing in the dark chapel, Keegan Ladner, Marieth Kiiza, Eunice Um, Charissa Tan, and Mr. Valeri Brokaw sing “Silent Night” at the Christmas Ambassadors worship service. All the instrumentalists and vocalists sang the traditional carol at the end of the service.

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Happily awaiting the next instructions from Mr. Jason Selvanayagam, Emma Chinn keeps her hand ready on the strings of her acoustic guitar while Keanu Lee and Karl Reeves figure out the correct chords to play on their electric guitars, and Josh Thorne works on his rhythms. The worship teams for Spiritual Emphasis Week practiced every afternoon of SEW before leading the evening services.

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Serving Through Song “Does everybody have his music today?” questioned Mr. Jason Selvana-yagam at the beginning of every worship team practice.

The diligent students who had brought their music folders held them up proudly as those who had forgotten tried to hide behind a friend.

“Well, those who forgot get to share with someone!” Mr. Selvanayagam said and instructed the instrumentalists to take the stage. “We’re going to work on ‘One Way’ first!”

Saturday afternoon worship team practices gave teams a chance to come together to practice for leading the worship time at events like Spiritual Emphasis Week (SEW) and Missions Emphasis Week (MEW).

Each team included guitarists, a drummer, a pianist, and vocalists.

“This was my first year playing bass guitar,” said George Merusi, “and I really liked it. Playing bass is easier than playing acoustic because you only have to pluck one note at a time instead of playing whole chords.”

Emma Chinn, who played guitar, also participated in the worship teams for the

first time. “I wanted to join because it’s a great way to worship, and you can really get into it. At first, it’s kind of nervewracking; but then you get out on stage, and it’s just really fun!”

Vocalist Brittany Sasse said, “I really like being able to stand up in front of my classmates and worship freely without feeling judged.”

“Worship is such an incredible way to connect with God and really focus on him,” Hannah Jones said. “I enjoy being able to give that opportunity to the rest of the student body.”

Not only people on the SEW and MEW worship teams had the chance to use their musical talents to lead people to God through music. The Ambassadors, a group of vocalists and instrumentalists who played everything from the guitar to the alto saxophone, met every Tuesday during P-period and prepared songs for monthly worship nights and playing in the community.

“My favorite part of Ambassadors is doing gigs at churches,” Emily Brokaw said with a smile. “We did a service at St. George’s Church first semester and we got to see people who were so excited

about young people doing worship.

They really appreciated our passion and enthusiasm, and that was really cool for us to see. They were just so grateful!”

Ambassadors also held a Christmas service that included carols, Advent verse readings and candle lightings, and singing “Silent Night” as everybody in the audience held a lit candle. These Sunday evening events allowed parents, students, and families to worship together.

“There’s nothing like having a bunch of musicians supporting each other musically and emotionally, all worshipping together,” said Keanu Lee, who played the electric guitar on the SEW worship team.

“Do we really have to jump right now?” asked a tired Jones of Mr. Selvanayagam as she prepared to sing the fast-paced song “One Way” at the Saturday practice.

“We’ll see,” he replied with a twinkle in his eye.

“I bet we will,” Jones whispered to fellow vocalist Beth Nguyen.

“I heard that!” Mr. Selvanayagam said. “Now, let’s get started.” ­—By Bethany Weidemann

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The 3:05 p.m. bell signaled to students not the end of school day, just the end of the academic day. P-period lasted from 3:10 p.m. until the release of school at 3:45 p.m. daily and included everything from learning how to whittle to peer tutoring to music theory.

Students had the opportunity to lighten up at the end of the day with Mr. Rick Hurlbut’s “What’s So Funny?”

Jasmine Stoltzfus said, “We get to watch comedians from different time periods, starting in the past and working up to the present.” “‘What’s So Funny’ is a really great Pperiod. We have even seen Brian Regan!” said Danae Frentz.

High schoolers could also engage with elementary students by helping as leaders in elementary clubs like T-ball and Boy and Girl Scouts.

“I also do KICS where I help elementary kids with soccer,” said Frentz.

For the not-so-adventurous student, study halls provided much-needed time to complete homework.

“I love study halls!” said Ooychai Yuthiwattana. “I take a bunch of them.”

In Fantasy Soccer, boys put together teams with players from a variety of

football teams from the English Premiere League and other European teams.

The competition to win the league gave students a chance to relieve stress at the end of a busy day as well as learn how to use statistics to predict how their players would perform in upcoming games.

“If you get to pick first for the draft, make sure you get me these guys, okay?

If they’ve been taken, pick the next best guy on this list. You know who they are,” Josh Strong instructed his brother Jordan before the drafting of the teams began.

“I’ll try,” Jordan assured him. “But you might not get first pick.”

Teachers of Advanced Placement (AP) classes used P-periods as an extra time once a week with their students to cover the more extensive material. Online classes like AP Psychology and Information Processing had a weekly P-period where students met with their teacher and other classmates face-to-face.

Whether challenged mathematically by Mrs. Terresa Uzzle’s “Puzzles” or stretched creatively by Mrs. Kerrybeth Gwaltney’s “Improvisational Theater,” students explored topics not covered in the conventional classroom.

—By Bethany Weidemann

Carefully balancing their knives, Joshua Lee, Sam McIntyre, and Dong-Jae Koo work on carving masterpieces from pieces of ordinary wood.

Students in the whittling P-period practiced the techniques of wood carving, and the open-air setting gave them a refreshing change of pace from the normal classroom environment.

Struggling to hold up a limp Alex Gimson, Joel Kirk works to maneuver his limbs into the positions he wants while Ashlee Copley does the same for Nathaniel Guthrie. Students in the Improvisational Theater P-period had to think quickly on their feet as they received situations from their peers that they had to act out.

Hands straightening the cutter, Brittany Sasse prepares embellishing elements for her scrapbook page. Scrapbooking in the Jaffray Dorm study room allowed girls to chat over their creative work. Making scrapbooks helped students record important and interesting events in a lasting format.

Rhythm in their heads, Danny Babcock and Farid Syed practice their rap. Jeffrey Hsiao created the idea for the Rap P-period, and Mr. David Stengele acted as the staff sponsor. Students wrote their own raps every week and then performed them for each other on Fridays.

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Scouting for Helpers faced difficult trails yet also provided them with a close-up view of God’s creation.

The famed tradition of cookie making not only created memories and entertainment; it also provided funding for their trips and charity work.

“The best part of Girl Scouts for me is making cookies; they smell so good when we make them,” said Emma Merusi.

In addition to cookies, the Girl Scouts also made homemade ice cream.

They used ordinary ingredients such as chocolate syrup, ice, milk, and sugar. After filling a bag with the ingredients, they shook it until the concoction obtained a creamy texture.

Membership in Scouts meant they would learn to help those around them

in several ways, such as cleaning up and respecting the environment, putting others before themselves, and using their own time to help the less fortunate.

“I love all the good times I have in Girl Scouts, but I also enjoy helping others,” said Mikaela Steinkamp.

Including all the fun and games that goes on in Girl Scouts, more serious aspects such as serving others and preserving nature showed up.

—By Daniel Barber MOUTH opened wide with excitement, Ruthie Allen holds up a decoration as Helen Jang and Sophia Stoltzfus inspect the bracelets they had made themselves. The Brownies sold these decorations and jewelry to help fund their other activities.

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With all other clubs containing both boys and girls, Girl Scouts provided girls with a club of their own. The scouts split up into different categories based on their age and rank.

The middle-school age scouts had the name Studio Cadet Girl Scouts, while the third and fourth graders took the name Girl Scouts. The youngest scouts fell into the group called Brownies.

Along with the chance to “hang out” with other girls, Girl Scouts had activities such as hiking, camping, cookie making, and helping others.

“Hiking and camping is so cool; it’s the main reason I joined Girl Scouts,” said Carly Thomas. Hiking gave these girls an opportunity to push themselves when they

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INSIDE the mini-stage, Grace Moon carefully places a paper decoration in the correct spot so Sara Stoltzfus can tape it. The combined effort created a unique stage for their presentation. The Girl Scouts worked hard to making their puppet show both entertaining and beautiful.

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HAPPILY crunching on some spare cookies— just checking that they pass “quality control,” of course—Bethany Wiesner and Kaylee Nash wait for more customers to show up. Staying true to Girl Scout tradition, the girls baked and sold, at “reasonable prices,” their own special brand of cookies to raise funds.

“NOW all we have to do is close up the bag and shake it well,” explains Mrs. Bonnie Sawatzky to Da Min Jang. The Girl Scouts made ice cream with household ingredients such as ice, milk, chocolate syrup, and sugar.

DEMONSTRATING to Joyce Oh how comfortable her pillow feels, Elisabeth Brokaw places her head onto it and pretends to nap. The Studio Cadet Girls spent the night in the library and used the time to bond and talk rather than sleep.

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More Than Merit Badges Scouting had more to it than merit badges as the Boy and Cub Scouts learned.

In addition to all the hikes, campouts, and games, they had a strict code that they had to abide by, which ensured they helped others, obeyed the Scout Law, and did their duty to God. In order to achieve the Eagle Scout ranking, scouts needed to complete a certain number of merit badges. The scouts had a variety of badges to choose from, such as the hiking, fishing, and carpentry merit badges.

Cub Scouts used their after-school meetings to learn practical life lessons such as how to repair a bike, exercise,

protect themselves, and fix leaky faucets. In addition, they played games and did activities like racing cars and carving soap.

“I liked racing cars; I won almost every race, and I also learned what a good car design looks like. Most of the activities we do in scouts are cool,” said Nathan Wiesner.

Whether a Boy Scout or Cub Scout, hikes remained an essential part of a scout’s life. Hiking for Cub Scouts meant a relaxing walk through the jungle with no “ulterior motive”; Boy Scouts, however, had a requirement of five hikes of at least 10 miles each in

“Remember, always serve your country with pride and honor,” encouraged Staff Sergeant Patrick Hobbs to the Cub Scouts during their time with him.

Serving one’s country had different challenges for each scout, but Hobbs’ speech encouraged them.

Proudly holding his country’s flag, Noah Graves prepares to march for the Remembrance Day parade on 11 November. A large number of countries had their flag presented because of the diverse nature of the Boy Scouts.

order to earn the hiking merit badge.

“The longest hike I’ve done was a 14 mile one, and it was extremely difficult; I thought I was going to get heat stroke.

I prefer to go on shorter hikes now, but the long hikes are necessary for the hiking merit badge,” said Joe Merusi.

Campouts provided scouts with a chance to experience nature at night.

Activities on the campout such as an obstacle course and roasting marshmallows helped the scouts bond with each other.

“We haven’t had a campout yet, but we did do an overnight train trip for a merit badge. It was long and tiring, but we kept ourselves entertained” said Joseph Hawthorne.

For these groups, joining scouts meant more than just fun and games; it represented their desire to serve God and those around them.

—By Daniel Barber

HUNG CHING SONG

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Carefully choosing the correct color, Mr. Ashley Girling helps his son Hayden paint his car. Cub Scouts learned how to design and construct their own race cars. After they had finished building them, the scouts raced them down a ramp to determine the fastest design.

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MRS. JACKI STEINKAMP

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With a big smile, Joe Merusi accepts his carpentry merit badge from scoutmaster Mr. John Barber at the Court of Honor as emcee Josiah Steinkamp observes. Scouts received various merit badges and ranks that they had earned throughout the semester at the Court of Honor on 30 November.

Giving his Memorial Day speech, Karsten Ladner honors the veterans and the fallen of wars throughout history. Scouts led the student body through a time of remembrance, including a prayer, a song called “The Last Post,” and a minute of silence.

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During a short break at the Leadership Retreat, Jeffrey Hsiao and Roc Wu compare the scores they got on one of the leadership assessments. The retreat allowed Excoms to find the leadership style of each member of the team. The two days also contained of free time for the groups to relax.

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Trying not to laugh, JiHyun Park whispers a secret phrase to Nathan Wiesner. The senior class Excom scheduled time for seniors to serve mint ice cream and play with elementary students as a way to get to know them. The game “Telephone” provided an easy way for the classes to interact.

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been seeing the unification among our class as we’ve come together in pulling off our events.”

Not just the juniors and seniors elected a team of leaders. Each dorm also voted for two people to make up the Dorm Council. Aunt Valerie Weidemann met with the eight dorm reps on the first Sunday of every month to discuss issues in the dorms. The group gave feedback on dorm guidelines and brought up any concerns or comments voiced by their dorm-mates. The Dorm Council also planned an activity for all the dorms to do together.

On 26 November, the dorm students split into six teams and did a photo scavenger hunt in Batu Ferringhi. Guided by specific instructions, the groups took pictures in locations like the “Banana House,” at a tailor, with live seafood, or to “advertise” for a travel agency. The activity allowed students to get a break from campus and to interact with those from other dorms.

“My favorite picture we had to take was the one in front of The Ship,” said Joe Brake, referring to a restaurant shaped like a ship that served as the “set” for one of the pictures. “It was the one that let our group be the most creative.”

Melissa You said, “Our most fun picture was with the live seafood. Joyce

Determined to grill the chicken wings to perfection, Joseph Kim, David Toh, and Dylan Frans make sure each piece will please the customers. The junior class relied on profits from selling at events like the PTO barbecue and sports tournaments to put on events like JSB and the After-Sneak dinner.

Attention fixed on the top of The Ship restaurant, Jin Kuo, Joel Schafer, Abbie Brake, Sabrina Ly, Jazzy Jenkins, Nathan Peace, and Uncle Eddie Jenkins brainstorm how to take a creative picture.

The group decided to “push” the ship backwards for the picture at the Dorm Council event.

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Hung Ching Song

“And to complete Excom, your members at large are,” class sponsor Mr. Steve Liss announced to the Student Center full of seniors, “Saarah Monawvil, Terence Law, and Dianna Kes.” The seniors in the room clapped to welcome the new class executive committee. The elected members stayed after the class meeting to have the first Excom meeting of the year.

“It’s senior year,” Kes said, “and it’s up to us to decide how we want to graduate and leave Dalat. I think it’s cool to be on Excom because we get to help the class figure out how to leave well. Our sponsors are the best, and working with them is just amazing.”

The senior’s Excom met weekly and planned things like Sneak, the after-JSB thank you dinner, eighth-grade buddies, ice cream events with elementary and middle school, and all the details surrounding graduation.

The juniors also elected an Excom to guide them through the process of planning traditional events such as the AfterSneak Dinner, the Serve-athon, and the Junior-Senior Banquet in April.

Junior class vice president Abbie Brake said, “I wanted to run for Excom this year because I really wanted to get involved in class activities, get to know people, and reach out. The best part has

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[Lee] and Nathan [Unruh] had to hold up real crabs!”

Ben Unruh, a representative from Jackson Dorm, said, “We had to make sure that the event we planned was something that everyone could enjoy. We felt like going bowling or to a movie had been done a lot already, and we wanted to get people outside and off campus and doing something new. It was cool to see everyone figuring out the clues and actually doing what we had planned.”

Mr. Jason Hall, Mr. Jonathan Steffen, and Mr. Scott Uzzle brought neutrality to the judging panel when teams turned in their pictures upon their return to campus. Prizes handed out in the Student Center for the best picture in each category ended the evening.

Excoms and Dorm Council allowed students to develop their leadership skills and learn how to work as a team. Those involved in the committees worked hard to plan enjoyable events for their classes and dorms. The work paid off when students participated in events like the After Sneak Dinner and the scavenger hunt.

“So,” said Mr. Karl Steinkamp to close the first senior class Excom meeting, “I guess we’ve decided what we’re doing for Sneak then. But we need to tell everyone to keep it quiet! We want to be really sneaky this year!”

All of the students, excited for the work and amusement the year would bring, laughed in agreement as they headed for the door, ready to carry out the plans they had made as newly elected Excom members.

—By Bethany Weidemann

Got Milk? ...Then Share!

“We are really focused on service,” Saarah Monawvil shares during chapel. “It is so important; and we want you guys to be involved, too.” Care and Share informed the high school of its vision to help the community and desire for more people to involve themselves in the work happening in Penang.

Money in hand, Danny Babcock purchases a blue ribbon from Mrs. Anne-Marie Pagee. The “No Uniform Day” allowed students to support Care and Share by buying the 10 ringgit ribbons which in turn signified that the students could abandon their red and blue shirts and khaki pants for the day.

bers— has allowed me to grow. I have learned so much by being a part of Care & Share, and I’m so thankful for that!”

Students all had different reasons for joining Care and Share.

“I decided to join Care & Share last year after our Junior Serve-athon workday,” said JiHyun Park. “We went to the Rifle Range apartment complex and did work that wasn’t too relational, but I could see that people were thankful. I decided that I really loved helping people however I could. So I asked Jeebin and Lucy how I could join. Then the next semester I signed up!”

The seniors in Care and Share invited younger members like Weidemann, Wesley Lee, and Josh Thorne to ensure that the group would continue with the same vision.

Park said, “I hope that the passion that is in our group now carries on even after all the original members are gone.

And I can honestly say that I have much faith in that because Care & Share is growing every semester.”

Kim clapped her hands and instructed her peers, “Okay guys, let’s go make someone’s day today!”

—By Bethany Weidemann

Enthusiastically pumping their fists in the air, Jeebin Yim, Kun-Hee Kim, Ben Weidemann, ChanMi Kim, and Joseph Kim demonstrate one of the dances Care and Share had prepared to entertain the elderly people when they visited them at the Penang Home for the Aged and Infirm. Their positive attitudes encouraged the people they interacted with at the Home.

Smiling kindly, Anna Fu listens to one of the women at the Penang Home for the Aged and Infirm as she shows her a picture. Students brought pictures of themselves with their elderly friends to the Home on one of their visits. Small gestures like this helped create relationships between the students and the elderly people.

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“One of the events that has really stuck with me is the caroling at the Old Folks Home,” Anna Fu said. “The old folks smiled and giggled and even clapped their hands when we sang. The joy in their eyes really encouraged me that simple and even silly things can have such an impact on them.”

The group also reached out to the children of Penang.

Evelyne Kiiza said, “The event that I had fun planning was the Rifle Range [Apartment Complex] picnic. I love children, and I always love to see them smile.

I would do it again any day!”

Working in the community benefited the members of Care and Share as well.

“I love being involved because I am so blessed by everyone that I interact with,” Yim said. “Everyone that I have met so far— kids in Rifle Range, seniors in The Old Folks Home, volunteers who came to help, and our Care & Share mem-

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“OK! Is everyone here?” asked Chan-Mi Kim over the chatter of students waiting by the clock tower at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday morning.

“I think so,” replied Jeebin Yim. “Then everybody to the van!” said Kim as she gestured towards the vehicle.

All the students made their way to the van, piled in, and began the drive to the Penang Home for the Aged and Infirm.

“I’m so pumped!” said Ben Weidemann to Wesley Lee. “I’m gonna find the guy I talked to last week.”

The excited talking hushed as Kim began to organize the plan for the day.

Care and Share students took regular trips to visit the elderly people of Penang. Once there, the students spread out and looked for people to connect with.

On 16 December, more than 20 high school students visited the Home and walked from room-to-room singing carols to entertain the senior citizens there.

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On-Campus Hilarity “Baby, baby, baby ohhh,” sang Santi Niramitvijit, Alan Thompson, George Merusi, and James Vo at the after SEW StuCo event. On 1 October students had the chance to show off their singing ability at this karaoke night in the Student Center.

“It was hilarious to see my dorm brothers Alan and Santi singing ‘Baby.’ I didn’t realize Santi would be able to sing all the high notes in the song,” said Ooychai Yuthiwattana.

The event “Friday Night Live” gave students a chance to ask questions of their teachers. The teacher’s answers provided both serious insight and comic relief.

During the halftimes of the weekly Friday night basketball games, StuCo would

choose four students to try their luck at making the most three pointers they could in one minute. These halftime shows supplied the fans with entertainment as they waited for the game to resume.

A movie night featuring Inception attracted students who had the option to wear their pajamas while watching it.

“I thought Inception was a good choice because even though I had already seen it, it was complicated enough that I needed to see it a second time to completely understand it,” said Joe Merusi.

“Dalat’s Got Skillz” proved another popular event among students. It allowed students to show off their special talents to others around them all while competing for a prize.

“The talent that exists at our school is incredible. Without the talent show I wouldn’t know about half of it,” said Rachel Thorne.

For all students, the canteen played a valuable role in their day. Whether they wanted to buy a Snickers or just hang out with their friends, the Student Center allowed them to do it.

“The Student Center is a great place to hang out because there are couches and chairs to lie on and food to eat,” said Luke Martens.

Whether at a karaoke night or a talent show, StuCo provided students with hours of entertainment without the need to travel off campus.

—By Daniel Barber

JENNIFER PARK

BETHANY WEIDEMANN

BETH NGUYEN SARAH WIESNER

WITH a smile on his face, Mr. Nathaniel Klassen appears from backstage in a “gangsta” outfit comprised of 3D glasses, sweatshirt, and a laptop case.

Hosts Mark Keane and Brittany Sasse try to control their laughter in the “Friday Night Live” afterSEW activity.

WITH the clock running down, Student Council president Harry Mak tosses balls to Farid Syed, who throws up “desperation shots” in an attempt to make as many points as possible. Students involved in the halftime show competed for a gift certificate to the restaurant of their choice. These halftime shows gave fans something to do while they waited for the game to resume.

Microphones in hand, Shion Beak, Cassandra Tan, Amanda Ng, and Grace Kim perform the Backstreet Boy’s hit “I Want It That Way” during Dalat’s Got Skillz. The talent show allowed a multitude of students to perform in front of their peers and show their unique talents.

DANCING and singing the song “Waving Flag,” Marieth Kiiza, Farid Syed, Ken Chee, Sam Kes, and Dylan Frans show off their singing talent at the after-SEW party. Karaoke proved a popular activity among students as the majority had never showcased their talents before.

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For the Love of Music

Sarah Wiesner

drifted from the band room. Mrs. Valeri Brokaw directed the Jazz Band through music from a variety of time periods, difficulty levels, and styles.

“Jazz Band is a really great opportunity for everyone involved,” said Joel Kirk. “It’s an exciting experience to play the music well together.”

A special fund-raiser for the Annual Fund provided a unique opportunity for the Jazz Band.

Professional jazz singer Jamie Davis came from America and performed at the Annual Fund Jazz Festival with the Jazz Band before singing with his personal band.

“The music we had to learn for the songs with Jamie Davis was really hard because it was specific for him. We had to practice so much, and Mrs. Brokaw wasn’t sure we could pull it off. But we ended up playing even better than we expected! And Jamie Davis was really nice to us the whole time,” Joseph Kim said.

The pieces students tackled in Jazz

Band often proved challenging, but the students pressed through to master the distinctive jazz style.

“Jazz band really stretches me musically. The music isn’t necessarily written for high school bands, so it’s often difficult,” Reese Terry said. “It’s hard work, but always a lot of fun when we finally get it right.”

Jazz Band and The Baker’s Dozen both allowed students with a particular interest in music to explore the fine arts outside designated school time. They also provided unique musical selections at the concerts as the small groups could focus on specific skills easier than the larger choir and band.

“Let’s really concentrate on our diction and our dynamics this time through the piece, okay?” Mr. Mahoney said as he plucked out the starting notes on the piano. “We really want to pull the audience in when we sing this one, and I know we can do it!”

—By Bethany Weidemann

Carefully watching Mr. Kerry Mahoney as he directs, Jennifer Park and Esther Kim harmonize with the rest of the Vocal Ensemble. “Because we’re a small group, we really feel like a family. I appreciate the comfortable and easy-going atmosphere we have together,” said Park.

Concentrating on the difficult notes, Sam Kes plays his solo in “Misty” at the Annual Fund Jazz Festival. Mrs. Valeri Brokaw encouraged students in Jazz Band to try solos to improve their skills and confidence in their playing ability. The students’ solos added interest to the music.

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Eyes focused closely on the music in front of them, Jackie Ashkin, Reese Terry, and Stephanie Jones let the notes from their saxophones blend with the rest of the Jazz Band. The Annual Fund Jazz Festival showcased the Jazz Band and featured a special performance by jazz singer Jamie Davis.

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“His name is... Jesus,” sing Becky Kong, Soo Min Jang, Khalie Mahoney, Rachel Thorne, and Laura Van Oss at the Christmas Concert. The Vocal Ensemble performed “Mary Did You Know” and “Carol of the Bells” to highlight its abilities with both slow, smooth songs and quick, lively ones.

“Okay, ladies, let’s sing these few bars again. Altos, I need you a little louder here,” instructed Mr. Kerry Mahoney to the room full of giggly girls.

The high school girls met every Thursday during P-period to work on special songs for their concerts. The group also woke up early for Tuesday practices because one P-period a week did not allow for enough practice time.

Mr. Mahoney changed the name of the group from “Vocal Ensemble” to “The Baker’s Dozen” to capture the fact that the girls numbered a perfect baker’s dozen, thirteen.

“I’m really learning a lot more about music. Not only do we focus on the actual music, Mr. Mahoney teaches us new warm ups that help us improve our basic sound,” said Melanie Waters. “I’m torn between ‘Carol of the Bells’ and ‘Mary Did You Know?’ for my favorite songs we’ve done so far.”

Laura Van Oss said, “I really appreciate that everyone in the group is there because we actually want to make beautiful music together, not just goof around.

All the girls are super invested and take it seriously. That helps our practices and performances go well.”

On Fridays, the sounds of trumpets, saxophones, drums, and bass guitars

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Effort Yields

You closed your Algebra II textbook with a sigh.

Math had become so much harder since elementary when your brain used to puzzle over questions like 8+3=? and now you had to try to figure out what y=8x5+3x2 +2 looked like on a graph.

Wondering if anybody else struggled with homework, you looked around the library at the people there. Keanu Lee and Adam Lim slaved over their World History homework, but Jacqueline Ashkin and Becky Kong giggled over by the computers; Theresa Phan diligently wrote her AP English essay as Jet Song napped on a plush chair.

The bell rang and you headed off to your Health on-line class where you had to fight the urge to check Facebook. Pushing yourself to finish all the assignments for on-line classes sometimes felt difficult because of the many temptations.

You entered your Algebra II room with Mrs. Terresa Uzzle and worried because you still didn’t understand the concepts. You looked over at Danae Frentz, who meticulously took notes, which prompted you to do the same; and the concepts slowly began to make sense to you.

As H-block approached, the feeling of concern crept into your head about the essay you’d written for English. You’d worked hard on it and hoped that your efforts would pay off. When Mr. David Stengele handed out the essays, and you saw an A-, you tried to pretend like you didn’t care; but really you felt such relief and joy that you had received the grade you’d hoped for.

Throughout the school day, you had to push yourself to pay attention, figure out problems, and understand concepts. This kind of pushing came with the rewards of good grades, less stress later on, and a feeling of accomplishment that only hard work could bring. —By Sydney McKenzie

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PATTING down her slab of clay, Kaitlyn Ladner makes it ready for her to write out her name in cuneiform on it. Egyptian history and writing came alive to the first graders when they discovered how to write in cuneiform on clay with toothpicks like their ancient Egyptian counterparts.

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WITH her project up front and model of her made-up country, Ashtyn McKenzie explains the different aspects of her country, Yozmia, using geography vocabulary. Mr. Mark Sasse’s Geography class had to make up their own countries to demonstrate their knowledge of geography.

DILIGENTLY doing his homework at one of the group tables in the library, Jonan Ng focuses on the task at hand. Students utilized the library and its resources during lunch breaks, study halls, or free time after school to complete their homework and check out books.

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Little Learners

MRS. ROBIN MAHONEY

Blue eyes sparkling, Caleb Addink talked animatedly about his favourite part of playtime.

“I love to play Army!”

By Kindergarten, the students had grasped the alphabet. Christopher Jang, caught up in the excitement, yelled out each letter as the class recited it as a group.

Recess time also brought animation and enthusiasm to the classes. Lines of impatient youngsters, unable to keep their feet still, regressed from the careful order and exited classrooms as a mass.

Joyful shrieks echoed from under the protective covering of the trees as Ruben Morf, arms spread wide, chased a shrieking Noella Seevaratnam, Kalista White, and Hugo Hallberg around the colorful posts under the playground.

Still working on the basics in the Preschool room, the students attempted to get the last of the paint onto their paper.

“Oh Ella, you’re going to get your hair in your paint!” worried Mrs. Robin Mahoney as she helped her students finish their oceans and set them out to dry.

The students proudly displayed their barely-dry artwork to their parents, then one by one left the classroom; and the school day came to a close.

—By Khalie Mahoney

DOLLHOUSE set up on the table, Ella Uzzle makes up a story for her “family.” Telling stories allowed the students to build their imaginations and enjoy themselves at the same time.

TWIRLING the pencil in his hand, Caleb Addink puzzles over finding patterns between pictures in his math work. Developing critical thinking skills required practice and deep thought.

“A princess cat because I like them.”

—Patris Phalan “I think I would want to be a polar bear so I could climb bamboo trees.”

–Moriah Winsor “A dinosaur. A really big, tall dinosaur.”

—Ruben Morf “I’d be a power ranger!”

—Andrew Worten “A giraffe because they have spots.”

—Kyra Brewster “I want to be a monkey!”

—Kiera Nichols

MRS. ROBIN MAHONEY

MINDLESS of everything else, Ting-Yi Huang concentrates as he places the blocks in a careful sequence. Playtime encouraged creativity and allowed the students to unwind after the stress of school.

Curls falling into her eyes, Ella Uzzle painted her paper blue so that a fish she would glue on could swim in the ocean.

“Look at mine,” she said to Mrs. Akiko Stengele, who admired her work with sounds of awe.

Kyra Brewster, although meticulous about painting, finished sooner than her classmates and moved on to puzzles. The threeyear-olds worked on fine motor skills with painting and cutting, and large motor skills with tricycles and playground activities.

“My favourite part of school is the playground,” said Luca Mignatti. “And the tricycles!”

Ooh-ing and ahh-ing over the pictures in the books she couldn’t read, Patris Phalan loved reading time the best.

Similar to the class below them, the Preschool 4 students continued to develop skills through playing together and listening to stories.

Lights down, the students also fingered through books themselves as they rolled on floor pillows. They whispered and giggled, enjoying the moment of leisure.

Beginning to learn the alphabet excited the students, and Elijah Davis boasted that he could spell his whole first name.

“It’s E-L-I-J-A-H,” he said with a smile and obvious pride.

If you could be any animal, which would you choose?

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“I drink so fast; it’s just all gone! Just like that!” Trevor Nichols asserts with large hand gestures as Kalista White continues sipping her Milo. On rainy days, recess and snack took place indoors; and the children found other ways to amuse themselves rather than playing on the playground or the tricycles, such as putting puzzles together or painting.

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If you could turn your skin into any color you want, what color would it be?

UNSURE of what to do, Kaitlyn Ladner ponders and scratches her head as she attempts to solve the arithmetic problems.

First graders studied the basic fundamentals of math which covered simple addition and subtraction.

EXCITED by the 3D model of the lungs, Ethan Chan points to a certain section of the respiratory system for David Jung to explain. Seventh graders invited the first graders to their classrooms to teach them about the systems of the body.

PLANNING where they will strike next, Mycah Winsor and Will Girling look intently at their Battleship game boards, anticipating anything. Ms. Jasmane Frans provided the second graders with time to play educational games with flashcards and board and computer games.

WITH rough, incoming, jagged waves, Lauren Karner screams in excitement as Rachel Poh prepares to retreat. Second graders spent a full day playing, getting to know, and becoming friends with Burmese refugee students that came from the mainland.

Incoming Waves of Ecstasy

“Red and brown!

Mixed! Glowing too!”

–Hayden Girling

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“Brown because Indians are cool, and their skin is brown too.”

–Will Girling “Black or green because I can hide in the trees when I play hide and seek.”

–Sumin Lin

Music Class, and recess!

“I love P.E.! We have it once a week with Ms. [Lisa] Munson, and we play seat tag a lot!” said Kalia Brewster.

And like every year, first and second graders—both boys and girls alike—still played the ever so popular Foursquare.

“Dual to the death!” shouted Reuben Chan as he hit the ball towards Nathan Wiesner.

Furthermore, first graders had a chance to interact with seventh graders in their study of health; and second graders committed a full day to entertaining and hosting Burmese refugee students from the mainland.

“Whoa!” exclaimed Bethany Wiesner and Luis Vieira at the same time as they stared and began to poke at the 3D model of the

heart that lay in front of them.

“Look! Ice cream!” shouted Hayden Girling as he directed the attention of the Burmese refugee students to the cartons of vanilla ice cream.

Aside from this, first and second graders also loved participating in track and field day with all the third and fourth graders.

Events included long jump, races against one’s own time, and a massive tug-of-war between teams at the end of the day!

“Go Green! Pull! Pull! Pull!” screamed Will Girling, cheering his team on during the final tugof-war event.

At the end of the year, Addink had changed her mind: “Yeah! Of course I like school. A lot!” said she enthusiastically.

—By Hung Ching Song

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“Beige...or whatever normal skin color is!

Just not white!”

–Reuben Chan

“I don’t want to go to school!” said Abigail Addink.

As the first days, weeks, months, and then semester passed, this statement changed, transformed, and revamped itself completely.

First and second graders dedicated a good portion of each day learning and focusing on math, language arts, Bible, science, and social studies.

“Two! There are only two lines of symmetry!” shouted Sumin Lim as he urged Lauren Karner to write the correct number on the newly installed SMART Board.

“Gravity is what caused the apple to drop on Isaac Newton’s head!” explained Issac Uzzle in front of the rest of his class.

Not only addressing the core subjects, the first and second graders also had time allotted for P.E.,

“I will change it to bright yellow!”

–Jazzy Jenkins

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“Peach! Because I like peaches!”

—Abigail Addink

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“Red and green because they are my favorite colors!”

–Christopher Ooi

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Wading In Deep Waters “‘Defenders poured burning sand or tar on anyone trying to batter down the gates of the castle,’” read Aaron Worten.

Reading, specifically the reading A-Z program, commonly shortened to RAZ, included only a small but vital portion of the third and fourth grade curriculum.

“We just read and answer questions for RAZ,” said Daniel Lim. “There are different levels though, like from level A to level Z. Bernard [Combrink] is the highest in class! He is like at level V!” Third graders also covered the basics of multiplication and division, mapping and geography

“I want to be a doctor because I just want to!”

–Bernard Combrink “I want to be a mechanical engineer!”

–Nathan Wiesner

“I want to be a scientist who discovers how the Big Bang Theory works!”

–Jia-Jie Toon

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“I want to be like my mother! So I want to be a teacher and a runner.”

–Sarah Chinn

WHEN Mrs. Karen Sasse calls on him, Nathan Wiesner begins reading out loud to the rest of the class. Third graders participated in class activities in “centers” on a daily basis.

skills, physical science, writing processes, and journaling.

“In class, we play ‘The Mad Minute.’ It is a game where you have to do all these math problems in like one minute! You start with addition, then subtraction, then times, and then finally division,” said Worten.

“In science, we learned about expansion and contraction in the first semester,” said Jia-Jie Toon.

“We write journals and stories in third grade, like personal narratives, which are like stories about your life,” said Grace Moon. “We have already written two personal narratives, and we are now making a book with pictures that we draw or any picture that we can find and bring from home!”

The field trips to Fort Cornwallis and the reclining Buddha

to learn more about the famous sights of Penang ranked as major highlights of the year.

“We saw big cannons at Fort Cornwallis! We were there all day, and there are a lot of prisons, like nine of them I think. I think I saw a skull in one of them too!” said Matthew Barber.

The fourth graders, too, had an extensive curriculum that covered long division, the basics of geometry, novel studies, writing specific genres of fiction, life science, map skills, and world history.

“For math, we play ‘Around the World!’ It is a game where one of us stands up and challenges another; the teacher asks a math question and whoever answers correctly first goes on to challenge the next person,” said Ashish Ghimire.

“We have written two stories so

far, like adventure stories,” said Sin Ler Oo. “One of the names of my stories was, ‘Power Dogs.’”

“We learn about World War II in fourth grade; and right now, we are learning about the Germans and the Jews and the Holocaust,” said Natasha Palanivel.

“We are also reading a novel called Number the Stars, which is about World War II and a family hiding Jews,” said Jessica Vriend.

Finishing where Worten left off, Andrew Lim read, “‘And the moat, often filled with water, surrounded the castle. It was difficult to tunnel under a moat, and attackers could not wade across the deep waters.”

But these third and fourth graders had no trouble wading the deep waters of their curriculum.

—By Hung Ching Song

THE third graders sit in rapt attention as Sergeant Patrick Hobbs explains how the Iraq embassy’s location in Kuala Lumpur neighbors the American embassy. On Remembrance Day, visitors from the American embassy came and spoke to the student body.

FOCUSING on their “Reading A to Z” booklets, shortened to “RAZ,” Natasha Palanivel and Ashish Ghimire prepare themselves to answer the questions at the end of the selection. Fourth graders refined their skills of reading and interpretation with the newly implemented “RAZ” program.

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What do you want to be when you grow up?

“I want to be an American football player because football is awesome!”

–Aaron Worten “I am not sure, but I am guessing a doctor?”

–Andrew Lim “I want to be a jailer!

Just kidding!”

–Elim Chan

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“I want to be a person remembered throughout history!”

–Matthew Barber

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Middle Madness

IF YOU COULD ADD ANOTHER COLOUR TO THE UNIFORM, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

“Oh yeah! It’s ice cream day!” exclaimed Tian Ooi as her friends peered across the cafeteria, attempting to ascertain the available flavors in their classmates’ hands.

“I hope they have lime!” said Abrielle Winsor to the excited and expressed agreement of Julia Munson and Sarah Lee. Excitement for the fifth grade students didn’t limit itself to lunchtime phenomena.

Julia Girling and Bethany Weidemann smiled as Danielle Combrink said, “It was so much fun to play [football] against [the varsity girls’ football team]!”

Jonathon Chinn and his brother David took every possible moment to battle against each other and their friends in Four-square.

“It’s most fun to play Foursquare because everyone plays,” said Ben Gwaltney.

Jarrod Chang and other sixth graders started to hone their basketball skills. Jeremy Yap chal-

“Black and red. They’re just the most awesome colors.”

—Jack Stevens “Green. It’s so vibrant!”

—Danielle Combrink

“A darker, camouflage green.”

–Daniel Munson

FINGERING through his music, Ayden Winsor patiently waits for Mrs. Valeri Brokaw to finish teaching the trombones the position for high G. As first-year band students, committing notes to memory took continual practice but brought much satisfaction and great joy when played correctly.

MIRROR tilted, KeErh Huang and Susan Oh maneuver reflected light across the wall as Sarah Barber and Peter Kim await their turns. Experimentation with everything from light waves to Play-doh gave the students opportunities for discovery.

WITH a smile, Darian Yeap laughs at a Mr. Bob Davis’s joke as Hannah Wiesner focuses on instructions written on the board.

“The fun part about [fractions] is the jokes!

Did you hear the one about 4/3 of a dog? said Julia Girling with a smile.

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“I’d want a lighter, sky blue...like what the seniors have!”

—Abrielle Winsor

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“Black and yellow!”

—Dominic Fitzgerald

lenged friends in football. Cameron Johnson worked to perfect his pitching. And, every so often, they each caught a glimpse of what could and would, in the future, become a perfect hook shot, fakeout, or curve ball.

Tayla Kirk and Jessica Ross worked out dance routines during breaks between classes.

Daniel Munson, Jack Stevens, and David Vriend employed their imaginations, make-believing different scenarios of attacking rogue agents or hiding from stealth bombers by running and diving on the field.

A new verb emerged among the middle school sports fanatics: “ripsticking.” Ripsticks became a continual feature on the courts as each student tried to figure out how to maneuver the new skateboard.

By making friends with high school students, proving their prowess in sports, dancing, and actually somewhat enjoying school, the fifth and sixth grade classes kept an involved schedule.

But luckily their schedule still allowed for time simply to enjoy a lime Popsicle in the middle of a hot and crazy day.

—By Khalie Mahoney

“I’d leave the colours the same, but add green crisscrosses down the side.”

—Julia Girling

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BETWEEN a giant navy pillow and David and Jonathon Chinn, a smushed Ben Gwaltney emits a grunt of pain and begs his friends for help. In between subjects, the fifth graders loved to roughhouse and release some of their abundant energy.

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“Black would be pretty cool.”

—Hannah Wiesner

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In Seventh Heaven MIRANDA STEINERT

gele said, “My favourite part of this year has been sending a Valentine to my Dad.” Taking advantage of every opportunity and activity available, the class continued to rush around; but they cherished their time to unwind.

“I have to go practice running and high jump for MSSPP,” said Combrink to her friends.

“And I have to go to piano practice,” said Steinkamp.

Getting up and saying their good-byes just as the sun disappeared behind the Paradise hotel, the girls went in their different directions. Tan walked off still giggling, saying, “Ninja…”

—By Khalie Mahoney

If you were to choose a song that suited or described your class, what would it be? “‘Dynamite’ by Taio Cruz.”

—Evan Chinn “A very sad song because Ana [Viera] left.

Just kidding—actually, probably ‘Lean On Me.’” —Kathy Lee

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“‘We Are Family!’”

—Kassy Steinkamp “The friends song from Toy Story...You’ve Got a Friend in Me!’” —Harry Stevens

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their varied interests.

“The after school sports— volleyball, basketball, soccer, and softball—are a great way to have fun and stay fit,” said Lee. “I loved track and field because we see everyone compete, but at the end of the day we know it was just for fun. But I love school, too—except for the homework, of course. And there are so many diverse exploratories,” she added.

Agreeing, Steinkamp said, “I’ve mainly been in drama and digital photography. They’re really fun because in drama you interact with friends, and in photography you learn a lot about the different aspects of cameras.”

Smiling shyly, Chardin Sten-

WITH tissue on hand, Rachel Hurlbut and Nikita Pakiam clean the mice cage for their science fair project. Hypothesizing that hamsters demonstrated greater intelligence, the girls and their classmates began their experiments, hoping to end with the conclusion that their hypothesis had proven correct.

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“I am a NINJA!” hollered Evan Chinn, scooting maniacally around the basketball courts.

Kassy Steinkamp, Tayah Lee, Sarah Tan, and Charlotte Combrink burst into peals of laughter at his unexpected outburst.

The girls, taking a break from demanding schedules, enjoyed themselves on the eve of the Chinese New Year holiday. Postponed sports practices freed an afternoon for them to gather and relish the time together that often lost importance, relegated to the bottom of the To-Do pile when compared to sports, drama practices, music lessons, homework, and classes.

A busy life-style enabled students to keep their lives full of

STAMPEDING to the center to retrieve dodgeballs, Evan Chinn, Joshua Moon, and Elijah Yeng look to hit the girls on the opposing team. As part of the senior bonding activities, senior and seventh grade boys banded together, challenging the senior and seventh grade girls before ending with ice cream cones.

“Nothing serious, that’s for sure.”

—Sarah Tan “The llama song!”

–Elisabeth Brokaw “‘Remember the Titans.’”

—Karsten Ladner “‘We Are Family!’”

—Emma Merusi HAIR flying, Su Jin Hwang knocks the high jump bar down as Elisabeth Brokaw and Cheryl Yeap come to reset it for the next jumper. Preparing for track and field events helped students to both challenge themselves and do fun things, like flinging themselves onto a giant pillow.

DECKED out in white gloves and hat, Rachel Halbedl discusses the history of the United Kingdom with porcelain dolls, a teddy bear, and cake on a tea tray. Sleepdeprived students strove to put on thorough exhibits on their assigned country for the European Fair on 18 February.

“We would be the ‘Mission Impossible’ theme song.”

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The Seniors of Middle School

FOCUSING on their music, Clarissa Lister blows on her French horn while Shelly Choi and Kevin Oh play on their clarinets. Eight graders in advanced band rehearsed countless times in class and practiced individually outside class in preparation for their concerts at the end of each quarter.

What was the highlight of your eight grade year?

SITUATED comfortably on the couch, Jonathan Chandra, Seung-Won Beak, Tayler Nash, and Kirk Ladner read The Hobbit,

by J.R.R. Tolkien. Eighth grade students utilized portions of their class time to read over the novels required of them.

chemistry, and biology.

“Science is unpredictably funny because we just don’t know what to expect at times!” said Charlotte Scherf. “This year we are learning all about geology, which is basically earth science.”

Additionally, at least half of the eighth grade science students embarked on a field trip to Indonesia to see an actual, but safely dormant, volcano.

“We visited this place called Berastagi, and I thought it was a really good experience because I had fun learning while bonding with all my classmates. The scenery around the volcano was also very pretty!” said Marianna Moss.

For Language Arts class, eighth graders immersed themselves into descriptive writing and wrote different kinds of stories. They also read epic poems attributed to Homer, such as The Iliad.

“I love Language Arts because I just love to read!” said Shaikha Shahtaj enthusiastically. “We have read a few biographies in class

along with novels like The Hobbit and My Brother Sam is Dead.”

And as for math, eighth graders took either Pre-Algebra or Algebra, both of which Mr. Luke Bullock taught.

“In Algebra, we have learned how to simplify radicals, how to solve quadratics, and how to factor equations. It is like really easy!” said Martin Karing.

“Pre-Algebra is like super easy!” said Kenji Lee. “Most of what we are learning about class is related to trigonometry, like the Pythagorean theorem.”

Aside from the core classes, eighth graders took P.E., Art, Health, Band, and Bible as well.

“For P.E., we just play sports!

We have played soccer, basketball, badminton, and kickball; we also run laps at the start of class,” said Shion Matsumoto.

“For the first and second quarter of Art, all we did was this shading a water painting project. At the end of the semester though, we all had to make a mobile, which is

WITH masks covering their face, Joseph Stoltzfus and Seung Won Beak sing a improvised song on the effects of smoking on a person’s health. Every year, eighth grade health students sang songs related to the topics that they had learned in class.

RELAXING for a moment, Jamie Ooi watches as her partner Emily Tan swings her racket and deflects a shuttlecock. In P.E, eighth grade girls ran laps and played football, basketball, and badminton to stay fit and healthy.

basically a bunch of wires twisted into a shape,” said Peter Tan. “In Health, I learned three main concepts, which are about alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. From these concepts, I have learned the ways to prevent my life and my health from being endangered,” said Sangjoon Lee. “Band is my favorite class!” said Katie Gwaltney. “I like it because of Mr. [Kerry] Mahoney; and, well, it is just a ton of fun!”

“The teachers for eighth grade Bible class are Mrs. [Missy] Davis and Mrs. [Valeri] Brokaw. I am in Mrs. Davis’s class, and I am learning about how to resist peer pressure and how to deal with feelings of inadequacy,” said Derrick Lim. And as they approached the month of March, the eighth graders congregated together with their parents to decide their classes and to prepare themselves for their transition from dominating as the seniors of middle school to becoming the freshmen of high school.

—By Hung Ching Song

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“Eighth grade retreat, even though it hasn’t happened yet, and dorm life!”

–Melissa You

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“Either the volcano trip, hanging out with friends, or dumping a bucket of cold water on Mr. [Luke] Bullock!”

–Jessie Brandon

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“Probably the weekends and Friday middle school activities.”

–Joshua Wiesner

“Yes! I am finally in eighth grade!” said Hung Jie Song.

Eighth graders, practically the seniors of middle school, dominated and ruled over the seventh, sixth, and fifth graders.

In Social Studies class, Mr. Travis Smith covered American and European history, delving into specific details like the Spanish American War. “Social Studies is really fun because we get to watch videos most of the time and learn in many different and unexpected ways! Most of the videos are about the many different wars that occurred in the West,” said Jessie Brandon.

As for science, with a newly revamped and revised curriculum, students didn’t only focus on topics related to physical science,

“WyldLife!”

–Katie Gwaltney “Playing DotA!” –Tim Phan

“Getting the chance to grow in our relationships.”

–Emily Tan

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“Probably going to be the eighth grade retreat.”

–Hung Jie Song

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“So the Puritans laid the laws, the bear married the woman, and their babies were the Indians,” said Dylan Frans to his sniggering classmates in a unique interpretation of origin narratives.

Acting out the stories added that something extra to the projects of English 11 as the students amused themselves, laughing at each other’s skits.

Ji Won Park and Justin Lao enjoyed the games that their teachers incorporated into the classes.

“Mrs. [Kerrybeth] Gwaltney sometimes has us play a game called Samurai. We would pretend as if our hands were swords—so if you touch someone else, that person is dead. Oh, and we have to play in slow-motion mode. Normal speed is cheating!” Park said.

Elaborating, Lao said, “The games are meant to release tension and stress, and they’re really fun to do with the whole class.”

Wesley Lee also expressed his appreciation for English games.

“It’s so nice to play games during double blocks because then you can relax for a bit, and the games are super fun.”

The English 12 classroom erupted in laughter as Mr. David Stengele announced in a deep voice, “I’ll be Macbeth.”

“Malforunate—something really, really unfortunate.”

—Ben Weidemann “Ilookawakebutreallyi’masleepfromstayingupallnightstudying. It’s self-explanatory.”

–Theresa Phan “Stengele-itus. It would describe a state of complete cuteness!”

—Mark Keane “Gullible. It’s not in the dictionary.”

—Uncle Brian Weidemann “Zeadna—the collaboration of food and art.”

—Ashtyn McKenzie

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“Let me tell you a story—a story of a boy named Lionel Messi,” begins Josh Strong.

Introducing a famous person to the class caused laughter in the different students choice in “famous” people, such as when Seung Jou Jun chose Mr. David Stengele.

“He was really good, though!

And whenever George [Merusi] plays a girl part, he reads in a high voice and everyone laughs,” Hannah Jones said.

Reading Macbeth in AP 12 also had its moments of hilarity. ChanMi Kim, Lucy Lee, and Laura Van Oss cackled their lines as the three witches, causing giggles.

Not everything caused raucous laughter, but English and Speech students still enjoyed the material.

“I love the books we get to read.

The best one we’ve read so far is All Quiet On the Western Front,” said Nicole Mauger.

“The best material we’ve done in English would be Chaucer. I really enjoyed Canterbury Tales,” said Alan Thompson.

“Speech really allows for freedom,” said Dianna Kes. “It’s really interesting to see what people talk about and what is important to them based on how they present it in their speeches.”

The Journalism class had its share of giggles, too. In the few moments to spare, the students loved to take pictures on the computers and document the hours that passed in the back room.

Blushing a little, Frans ambled back to his seat for his turn to laugh at his peers’ skits. Recognizing that English class didn’t have to bore them, students began to expect engaging activities that resulted in those memorable moments of laughter.

—By Khalie Mahoney

If you could put a new word in the dictionary, what would it be?

MR. JOHN “TOMMY” TOMPKINS

Totally Laughable

ATTEMPTING to continue presenting as the Scarlet Pimpernel, Seung Jou Jun smiles and fields remarks from his friends about his wig. Students of the AP English 12 class received extra credit for dressing up as a character from their summer reading project.

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AS a breeze blows their pages, Saarah Monawvil and JiHyun Park read Shakespeare plays while lazing around on the football field. The unique opportunity to read copious amounts of Shakespeare both delighted and daunted seniors. “I actually really enjoy getting into the classics and seeing what English was like before chat language and ‘LOL’,” said Sydney McKenzie.

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TO remember what they see, touch, smell, taste, and hear, Keanu Lee, Xiao-Leen Siow, Ben Weidemann, and Jamie Thompson evaluate and write down their sensory reactions in response to a short article, “A Marginal World.” “It stinks like smoke and fish!” Lee said, laughing. A trip to the beach opened the eyes of the Honors 10 students to seeing and reacting with literature in the real world.

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F Plus U Plus N Equals Fun! had begun to turn upside down.

Maybe it is just Precalculus and AP Calculus, he thought to himself silently.

Yes! That must be it! The other math class students must be suffering at the moment!

Hsiao began running to and fro across the campus, looking and looking for Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II students. As he found each, he asked the same question, “Do you find math class to be easy or fun?” fearing that deep down inside he had thought wrongly of math class this whole time.

“In Algebra I, we went to the computer lab once to play mathrelated games like “The Lemonade Stand” for a whole block! It was very entertaining and interesting,” said Justin Lao. “We watched this really interesting and funny video about

math in Geometry once called ‘We Derived!’ And Mr. [Steve] Liss explains the concepts really clearly and makes hard problems seem easy and simple,” said Shawn Kim expansively.

“I have a ton of fun in Algebra II, like the time when we played Jeopardy to help review for our chapter test. Whoever won got sodas and Oreos!” said Joseph Kim. With no choice but to accept the truth of math class, Hsiao made a dash for the counselor’s office, in hopes that he still had a chance to change his schedule to enroll in Pre-Calculus.

—By Hung Ching Song

“Unstoppable!”

—David Toh “Inception.”

—Roc Wu “Rapunzel!”

—Josh Strong “Harry Potter.”

—Yee-Pei Png

WITH the whole Precalculus class at attention, Alan Thompson and Santi Niramitvijit explain how to apply practical trigonometry to tide readings in Thailand. Students in Precalculus conducted class activities that developed teamwork and sometimes included presentations.

“The Other Guys.”

—Adrian Yeap

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“Inception.”

—JiHyun Park “Harry Potter!”

—Samuel Yeo “Inception.”

—Ben Weidemann “Megamind!”

—Kaleb Uzzle “Narnia.”

—Yu Ting Lin “Inception.”

—Luke Martens

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makes the class so easy. She is always there when you need help, and she always explains and goes over any questions that we have about homework and anything!”

Baffled by what Lee had said, Hsiao refused to believe it. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Kun-Hee Kim passing.

Knowing for a fact, through his friend Kevin Huang, that she took AP Calculus, Hsiao approached her hurriedly with only one thought in mind. “Kun-Hee,” he shouted to grab her attention, “what is calculus class like?”

Kim replied, “To be honest, we have a lot of work to do in calculus; but it is quite fun to learn new things. It is also quite fun when all of us work hard together to solve a hard problem.”

Still unable to accept the possibility that math students could have fun and feel at ease, his world

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A new year, a new start, and, Jeffrey Hsiao paused his train of thoughts to look briefly down at the schedule in his hands before smiling broadly—the joys of having no math class!

Nothing could possibly beat this newfound feeling of freedom and ecstasy, Hsiao thought as he strutted across the campus after his B block study hall almost a week into school. Never again will I have to deal with complicated math problems.

As he passed by the high school buildings with their newly decorated ocean blue lockers, Hsiao noticed that the Precalculus students had just ended class.

Noticing his good friend Marco Lee exiting the room, Hsiao pulled him aside and asks smugly, “So, how is it so far?”

To Hsiao’s utter disbelief, Lee replied, “Mrs. [Terresa] Uzzle

What is your favorite movie of the year?

FOCUSED on the lecture, Adam Lin, Jeeho Han, and Joyce Lou note the different ways to factor an equation as projected on the wall. Geometry students calculated the surface area and volume of spheres, cylinders, cubes, and pyramids.

GLANCING briefly at the board and then to their note-taking sheets, Yu Ting Lin and Sarah Lim copy the proper way to “FOIL a set of numbers with their conjugates.” Algebra II students discovered how radians and imaginary numbers worked.

“Inception.”

—Justin Strong

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TEST tube contents settling, Casey Chen ascertains how well the glycerol dissolves the iodine crystals as Joyce Lou writes down their observations. Chemistry students experimented with substances like alcohol and glycerol in the quest to discover what caused dissolution.

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Gathered in a semi-circle, onlookers watched a little metal ball roll back and forth from Winnie Tan to Joe Merusi. Locked in an epic battle of the minds, Tan and Merusi fought to think the least. Slowly, slowly, the ball moved closer and closer to Merusi until victory belonged to Tan. “Basically, the Mind Ball game measured how much you think.

The more you think, the more you lose; the less you think, the more you win,” said Merusi. “When I battled Winnie, I thought I had found a way to stop thinking—but apparently Winnie doesn’t think at all because she won every time!”

“The actual van ride to [Kuala Lumpur] seemed like it went by pretty fast, but I was sleeping the

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whole time,” said Terence Law with a sheepish smile.

“Mr. [Brian] Brewster’s experiments were really cool. He took out this propane torch and heated the bottom of a can which had a little water in it, and then when it started to boil he inverted the thing quickly and dipped it in a cold water bath. The can just crunched! It was really cool. I was expecting the can to shrink slowly.”

Studying similar concepts as physics, the Physical Science class ran an experiment on electricity.

“We stood in a line with someone holding the electric current, and everyone down the line could feel it,” said Ina Park.

For fun, the class enjoyed watching episodes of AFV—

America’s Funniest Home Videos—every Friday as a treat.

“Watching AFV on Fridays is definitely my favourite part,” said Josiah Steinkamp.

Rather than just studying, the biology students also used a different approach and took care of different creatures.

“We had pet mice that got out a lot, and we got to look at cool bugs,” said Keanu Lee. “It’s fun—Chanel [Huang] always gets freaked out by anything rodentlike,” he added.

Chemistry students discovered the excitement of explosions.

“The product of a reaction is [hydrogen] gas. You put a balloon over the flask to catch the gas then carefully light the balloon—and

BOOM!” said Ben Weidemann.

Learning came through not only books, but also experiences like field trips, experiments, class pets, and the occasional video of Mr. [Nick] Nichols doing something crazy, like holding a monitor lizard on his stomach.

Reminiscing about the physics trip, Law said wistfully to Nathan Steel, “[Aunt Jan Hogan’s] cookies were amazing…”, and they both sighed in remembrance of peanut butter goodness.

—By Khalie Mahoney WITH his hand ready to catch any falling water, Zack Ng checks on the pea plants in the aquaponics experiment. The enthusiasm of Mr. Nick Nichols for experimentation led the students to become involved in extra experiments, such as aquaponics.

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Not Just Rocket Science

“LOOK at her,” exclaims Aaron Johnson.

“It’s a guy,” says Jackie Ashkin with a laugh. The turtle enjoyed poking slowly around the classroom and sleeping in dark corners, and the students enjoyed hunting around the room for his newest hiding place.

What was the coolest experiment your class did?

“Photochemistry was my favourite experiment in chemistry. We mixed certain chemicals solutions together and put flat objects on it, then exposed it to light for a day; and the places where the objects were stayed dark. It was cool to see how chemistry is related to photography.”

—Sarah Hwang “America’s Funniest Home Videos—they’re social experiments.”

—Keanu Lee “I have so many favorites! I think my two most favorites would be the 3D glasses that split out light so we could see the light spectrum and learning about polarized light. We did an experiment with light from the sun and wristwatches, and it was so cool to see how the light was similar! Light interested me most.”

—Jee Bin Yim PUMPING to raise internal pressure, Ben Unruh ducks to avoid the spray from his group’s water rocket. Physics students toiled over their rockets for weeks, and one group became particularly attached to its rocket and spray painted it white. “We named it Snow White!” said Laura Van Oss.

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NOT exactly understanding why Mr. Rick Hurlbut ordered them to act like trees, the seniors stand and raise their arms like extendable branches. In senior Bible, students often discussed controversial topics that required them to relax once in a while to loosen the tenseness of the atmosphere.

INTENTLY focused, Sam Kes and Adam Lim write out their memory verse of the week. Students in Early Church History also covered the key events that led up to the formation of the denominations of Christianity that exist today.

What is one your favorite Bible verses?

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WITH only a few minutes left in class, Josh Lee and Kelly Shim finish their discussion of an Old Testament issue. Students in Old Testament Survey basically read through the entire Old Testament within their one semester class.

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“1 Corinthians 3:16: ‘Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?’”

–Andy Goh

“Oh no, it must be because of karma!” yelled Samuel Yeo jokingly.

Juniors who had World Religions as their first semester Bible class often integrated the unique vocabulary they learned in class into their daily conversations.

In this class, juniors studied in depth the five major world religions: Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam.

Most of the class would easily consider the field trip to Kek Lok Si, a Buddhist temple in Penang, as the most memorable highlight of the semester.

“The field trip to Kek Lok Si was really cool because it was a great opportunity to learn about the different cultures in Penang,” said Ji-Hun Moon.

For the unique few juniors who didn’t take World Religions as their first semester Bible course, Evangelism Explosion, commonly shortened to E.E., served as the other option. In E.E. students practiced the important skill of evangelism by conducting connect activities in which they attempted to witness to their peers.

“E.E. is pretty fun and defi-

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nitely useful because all that we learn can be personalized; so I can make everything my own to help better share the Gospel,” said Sarah Hwang. “It is all about getting to know people better, so we can spread the Word of God.” In Design and Purpose, the second semester Bible class for juniors, students discussed their plans for the future and explored the concept of the true purpose of life and how not to waste it.

“I like Design and Purpose because we get to express our opinion on what we read and study in class,” said Yu Ting Lin. Sophomores who took Values and Decision Making debated controversial issues revolving around ethics, such as absolutism, relativism, and euthanasia.

“Values and Decision Making is all about ethics,” said Ji Won Park. “We talk about issues regarding abortion and homosexuality which we really didn’t know how to deal with before; but now know and can deal with by using the Biblical evidence we learned from class.”

And in Early Church History,

sophomores researched and studied the origins and history of the church, focusing largely on the journeys of Paul and his companions in an effort to evangelize.

“We get to create our own characters that lived in that era for an assignment,” said Hank Wong.

“It is pretty interesting because we sort of get to experience what it was like to live in the past when the church had just begun.”

In New Testament Survey, freshmen discussed how Jesus affected the lives of the people when He walked on the earth.

“For New Testament Survey, we also did a ‘Wonderland Project’ in which we went to an orphanage in Butterworth and provided them with what they needed,” said Shaun Png. And in Old Testament Survey, freshmen received an overview of the Old Testament, covering the Books of the Law, History, Poetry, and Prophecy. They often utilized portions of their class time poring over and discussing the Old Testament in groups.

“In Old Testament Survey, we basically do Bible summaries,

memorize verses, and talk about the chapters,” said Niklaus Ooi. Seniors took Apologetics for their first semester Bible class and learned how to defend their faith from secular attacks by discussing topics such as evolution, intelligent design, and postmodernism.

“Apologetics is the most interactive Bible class I’ve had at Dalat so far. There’s a lot of room for discussion, and it brings up a lot of thought-provoking topics,” said Yi Yang Tan. In Issues of the Christian Life, the seniors’ second semester Bible class, students read and discussed The Case for Faith and The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel.

“Issues of the Christian Life is the most intriguing class that I have had where we talk about fundamentals of life like love, the validity of the Bible, and current controversial issues,” said Rachel Leung.

Back in World Religions class, Jeffrey Hsiao jokingly responded to Yeo, “No, I think it is probably just Iblis and a group of jinn messing with your life!”

—By Hung Ching Song

“Matthew 7:1: ‘Do not judge, or you too will be judged.’”

–Jeffrey Hsiao

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God in the Past, Present, and Future

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“Proverbs 3:5-6: ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.’”

–Chan-Mi Kim

READING over Don’t Waste Your Life, by John Piper, Nicole Mauger, Joel Kirk, Katie Stevens, Alex Gimson, Joe Merusi, and Keegan Ladner explore the importance of the Word of God in the prevention of a wasted life. Design and Purpose typically discussed the takeaways they received from reading as a class.

LEANING on the side of the railing, Katie Stevens and David Choi observe the plethora of turtles wading in and out of the water and over one another. World Religion students explored the various site sand important monuments within the Kek Lok Si temple during their field trip.

“Romans 5:7-8: ‘Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ Died for us.’”

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ADMIRING the architecture around them, Nathan Peace and Alex Gimson walk briskly towards a museum to take notes for the paper that inevitably awaits them back at school. Though they toured Malacca’s Jonker Street, army forts, and collection of old churches, they still had time to stop for one of Malacca’s renowned pineapple tarts.

Social Issues

If you could have another passport from wherever where would you choose?

“Shh! Shh!” Sydney McKenzie exclaimed, waving her hands agitatedly as Mr. Karl Steinkamp pretended to interrupt her several times as she explained her stance on Photoshopping.

“Did she just shush me?” the director asked the uproarious class in mock disbelief.

Though they did not consider the class easy, the students of Media Literacy gushed about it.

“Media Lit was one of the best, most interesting and practical classes I’ve taken in high school.

Learning about the way media is shaping our culture and the way we think was so new. Even the projects we did, like ad deconstructions hardly seemed like work,” said Bethany Weidemann.

Although history didn’t apply as directly to their lives, the students of history latched onto the information presented.

“I’m in World History, and I actually enjoy it now. I didn’t have any interest in it before, but now I can actually remember things from class now! Plus, there’s a mouse in the classroom so that’s always interesting,” said Xiao-Leen Siow.

“There’s so much to learn about how we got to this certain stage in time, you know?” said Keanu Lee. “I enjoy learning about WWII in U.S. History because I’ve always been interested in it, so it’s been fun to see a really detailed perspective. We’ve been watching ‘The War,’ a documentary about WWII, and reading Black Like

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“Serbia or Poland. If I was Eastern European, I’d be scarier to people.”

—Mark Keane

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“Australia, because they have awesome accents, amazing waves to surf in, incredible nature, and cool coral reefs.” ­—Ashtyn McKenzie “Mongolia. Because Mongolia just wins.”

—Keanu Lee “Canada. Just in case the world goes up in flames, I could go north where it’s cold and isolated.”

—George Merusi “Yugoslavia. It could possibly be the coolest country—solely based on its name.”

—Jamie Thompson

Me,” said Nathan Guthrie.

The Southeast Asian Studies class bused down to Malacca to see firsthand the different historical influences on the area.

“We visited museums and took notes, but the best part of the trip was looking at the old church that was built in the 1500s,” said Alan Thompson.

Taking a field trip of their own, the American Government class walked across campus to in search of a big TV and comfy couches.

“My favourite part of class was when we went to Jaffray to watch the midterm elections. It was really interesting to watch the whole process; and we had a ton of fun!”

Josie Steinkamp said, remembering the large amount of food consumed during the morning.

Alhough they took no trips, Geography students made studying different countries fun by twisting the subject into something humorous. “One hilarious instant was when we were talking about Poland, and Mr. [Mark] Sasse told us Nathan Peace’s joke from years back. The capital of Poland is Warsaw; and then in WWII, war saw Poland. It wasn’t that funny, but it became funny early in the morning,” said Josiah Steinkamp.

From mice in the World History classroom and heated debates in American Government, students dug deep into class–even going so far as to shush the director of the school in defence of an opinion.

—By Khalie Mahoney

WITH an inquisitive glance, Theresa Phan leans over to determine the number on Josh Strong’s card. Lined up at the clock tower, the American Government students guessed how much money their government allotted to different expenditures, such as military, NASA, and Social Security.

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WITH his hand clasped over his heart, Joe Merusi recites the Pledge of Allegiance in Mr. Mark Sasse’s class. For the students of U.S. History, patriotism included reciting the Pledge, writing a paper on the history of civil rights, and drawing political cartoons about the Revolutionary War.

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“MMM, tastes like Africa—with just a hint of sunrise,” jokes Mr. Karl Steinkamp about his African Sunrise tea to Chan-Mi Kim. As the teacher of the Media Literacy class, Mr. Steinkamp frequently referenced the Matrix movies and recommended the students watch at least the first. After meeting to watch the first film together, Kim exclaimed, “We have to watch the next one!”

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A Dunk to Healthiness

“Soccer because it is fun, fast paced, keeps me fit!”

–Nathan Unruh

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“The stress management, time management, how you say, ‘No,’ to drugs, and recognizing symptoms of diseases earlier on are all helpful in life,” said Kevin Huang.

“The information in health that I learned is quite useful, such as the importance of sleep, how to resolve conflicts, and how to control my actions and emotions,” said Casey Chen. “I like Health class very much!”

And in P.E., students utilized their A blocks by doing vigorous, physical activity such as kickball, basketball, badminton, and weight lifting that strengthened their bodies.

“It is really nice that P.E. is in A block because it shocks you awake.

At the moment, we are playing Kickball and something apparently called Australian Touch Football. I love crushing my opponents in everything I do; nothing feels better!” said George Merusi.

“Oh man! We were so close!” said Goh when the opposing team intercepted the Frisbee. “Okay team, let’s not give up!”

—By Hung Ching Song

What is your favorite sport and why?

“Ping-Pong, because it fulfills my passion.

It is my life.”

–Mark Keane

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CAREFULLY bandaging Ji-Hun Moon’s arm, Wesley Ku practices the basic skills of first aid to earn a license that would qualify him to assist in real-life situations. Health students also acquired a license for CPR after receiving proper training.

grades from 9 through 12.

In Fitness class, with Mr. David Thomas, students created their own Personal Fitness Programs, aka PFPs. The practical application of the PFPs, which covered weight lifting techniques, nutritional statistics, goal making, and stress coping methods, helped them achieve overall fitness.

“The PFP is pretty useful. It is a really challenging program that helps you to build up a healthy lifestyle,” said Jin Kuo. “Fitness is a great class because it teaches you how to take good care of the body that God gave us by not eating junk food and exercising!” said Katie Stevens.

As in Fitness, Health allowed students to examine certain topics that had real-life, practical application, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, and first aid. More than just that, Health students also explored how to deal with negative peer pressure and the hazardous side effects of smoking, drinking alcohol, taking drugs, and participating in premarital sex.

STANDING at the ready, Jamielee Forsdick watches as her partner Raymond Pow swings his racket and sends the shuttlecock flying back over the net. “Sometimes we get to choose any activity, so we each get to do what we enjoy!” said Daniel Barber.

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“Pass the Frisbee here! Pass it here!” Andy Goh shouted while sprinting across the field playing a game of Ultimate Frisbee during Fitness class. “Come on guys!

Work together! Teamwork!”

High school students in Fitness, Health, and P.E. classes discovered how to grow and live life, not only focusing on physical healthiness, but also the mental, emotional, social, and spiritual sides as well.

“I took Health to graduate, but I found it to be quite helpful,” said Jet Song. “I learned how the things that I do now will have effects on my life later.”

The fact that the curriculum required students to take both Health and Fitness sometime in their four years in high school resulted in classes with mass diversity. Classes had students from not only one specific grade, but all

WITH the chalkboard almost filled with writing, Rachel Leung adds her own insights to the list of common, daily stressors of a high school student. Health class taught students how to cope with and relieve stress through wholesome methods.

“Soccer! Because it requires a lot of different abilities thrown together.”

–Nicole Mauger “Soccer because it is amazing, and it is my life.”

–Ben Weidemann “Soccer or volleyball because they are both fun, keep you in shape, and make you look cool.”

–Evelyne Kiiza “Soccer, softball, or baseball, but soccer is the best!”

–Wesley Lee “Badminton because the birdies are so cute!”

–Ji Won Park

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POSING for his fellow group members, Jin Kuo pretends to dunk to emphasize in an exaggerated manner the benefits of exercising and eating healthy to stay fit. Fitness students split into groups and created educational videos that taught practical methods of achieving and staying fit.

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pieces for AP Art, Rachel Leung talked about the three different kinds of portfolios.

“You can do a Quality [portfolio], which consists of five focus pieces. Then there’s Concentration, the one that I’m doing, where you make 12. Then last one is called Breadth, which are 12 pieces of different things,” she explained.

Industrial Arts, commonly known as Shop, also motivated and excited its participants.

“I’ve gotta go—don’t wanna be late for Shop class,” called Karen Pagee to her friends as she rushed from the Senior Transition Retreat back to campus so she wouldn’t miss a cherished class.

“We made these cool key holders, and they spell out the word ‘KEY,’” said Kaleb Uzzle.

Discovering the world of wood, Industrial Arts students sanded their projects, infusing their personalities into them.

Still debating with Kes, Lee said with a laugh, “Really? You like watercolour? It all just goes BLUH.” “Yeah, man; it’s fun because it’s hard,” explained Kes. Stretching themselves beyond the comfortable, each artist toiled to develop into a well-rounded and creative individual with a flair of style all his own.

—By Khalie Mahoney

“I draw cartoons, like Tom and Jerry.”

—Franco Lee

“I like to draw pictures of eyes or fictional stuff.

Basically, if I’m reading a book and it talks about a sword with mystical powers, I’ll draw that or whatever I’m reading about.”

—Sheng-Chun Yang

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“I like to take pictures of cultural stuff—streets, food, people, outfits...

Just like how people live and interact.”

—Joy Kim

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“My favourite things to draw are things about me, like memories or my environment.”

—Joyce Lee “I like to draw wolves.

There’s something mystical and beautiful about them.”

—Karen Pagee BENT over his painting, Matthew Lawrence strategically brushes dark lines across the wings of his mythical creature. Asking one another for paint or tips on his or her piece, the artists joked and savored the time working on their pieces.

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“Black and white are like the roots of a tree—without them, the tree would fall,” Keanu Lee said dramatically—and with many hand gestures—to Adam Lim and Samuel Kes. “Pencil is better because you can erase, and it’s easier to get your ideas down. And colours are a lot of work,” agreed Lim. Shaking his head, Kes disagreed just as emphatically.

“My favourite medium is watercolour! When you put your ideas on the brush, it just explodes! Literally. You have almost no control, and I love it! But it’s not neat,” insisted Kes. Taking a moment to consider her own view, Jee Bin Yim said with a smile, “I prefer pencil because it’s what I’m used to, but it’s good to stretch yourself. I like learning new things.”

Such passionate conversations commonly took place among art students. Art required a commitment to hard work and creativity.

A field trip helped to foster motivation and give a new perspective.

Lee said, “The guy who talked to us on the field trip was so cool.

He was so creative and into spontaneous art. He left his pieces unfinished so people would fill them in with their imaginations.”

Working on completing her

What is your favourite subject to draw, paint, or artistically represent?

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“IT’S going from something ugly—which is why there’s all that junk at the bottom—to something beautiful,” Keanu Lee explains to Beth Nguyen. Master Studio artists worked on pieces that represented reality in a nonrealistic way.

TO link her bird and lion as one animal, Ashtyn McKenzie focuses on assimilating their different characteristics. Melding two creatures into one, the artists strove to find inventive ways to turn surrealism into beauty.

SAWDUST dispersing like a film throughout the air, Karen Pagee slowly moves the spinning drill down through a spare block of wood. Students practiced drilling clean holes in wood, preparing for future projects and tasks.

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has helped me learn Spanish in a fun way with the different projects that we have had, and there are a lot more opportunities in class to practice than before.”

For those who wished to take on and master the complex native language of China and Taiwan, Mandarin I, Mandarin II, Mandarin III, and AP Mandarin served as excellent options.

“During Mandarin I class, we learn to communicate in a firm manner with the teacher; and we often do interesting activities. Like today in class, we wore some random pieces of clothing and then described what we were wearing,” said Karl Reeves.

“I remember this one time in Mandarin II when we went to make dumpling at this Chinese restaurant,” said Sol Jin. “We have also watched a lot of videos in class to learn more about the Chinese and their culture.”

“There are only like two people in our class this year! I am not exactly fluent yet, but I am definitely understanding more and more by taking Mandarin III this year,” said Jane Yook.

“Lao Shi [Mrs. Eunice Teoh] is a really nice person, and AP Man-

darin is a fun class,” said Chi-Yuan Lo. “And the best part is that I am sitting at the girls’ table!” he added jokingly with a grin.

And for those that dearly wanted to speak and communicate with the locals on the island, Bahasa I, Bahasa II, and Bahasa III (which only had one student) assisted with this desire.

“I love Bahasa I! ” said Nicole Mauger. “We play a lot of games— like one day we went onto the tennis courts to play hopscotch, which is a game that Malaysians play. Cikgu [Mrs. Ailee Chan] always asks us to speak in Bahasa in class because, by the time we get to Bahasa II, if we speak too much English, she will begin to mark us as not participating.”

“I love the teacher, and most of her teaching methods are pretty cool, like how she helps us learn new vocabulary; sometimes we split the class into two groups and play each other in a game of ticktack-toe! I am just amazed by how much I have learned in Bahasa II,” said Ben Unruh. “¡Sí!” Brake responded, comprehending and responding with ease. “¡ !”

—By Hung Ching Song

A CLASS of only four Spanish III students— Dianna Kes, Christian Park, Marieth Kiiza, and Abbie Brake—goes over the test they had taken the day before. Mr. Jason Hall managed to teach both Spanish II and Spanish III students simultaneously during the B-block period.

How many languages can you speak fluently?

“English and Bahasa.”

–Nathan Unruh

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asked Emily Brokaw, inquiring whether or not Abbie Brake, her companion, wished to grab some food with her at SAB. Foreign languages, what used to seem like nothing more than unintelligible babble, now reveal themselves to be forms of comprehensible communication.

Mr. Jason Hall, a fluent Spanish speaker, taught Spanish I, Spanish II, and the newly introduced Spanish III classes.

“Spanish I is pretty fun; I like it because I find it interesting to learn about other languages,” said Simon Karing. “The workload really isn’t all that intense—I recall having to do this health project one time for the class.”

“Spanish II is a good class to be in because, not only do you learn Spanish, but you also get to practice other important life skills, like how to manage your time and how to communicate with people you may not necessarily like,” said Keegan Ladner.

“When I first met Mr. Hall in Spanish III, I wasn’t sure what his teaching methods were; but I can now say that he is a very good teacher,” said Marieth Kiiza. “He

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“¿Vamos a SAB para comer?”

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Unintelligible Babble

TO start off the class, Shion Beak, Cassandra Tan, Grace Kim, and Joel Shafer practice utilizing their newly learned vocabulary about their latest topic of study, shopping downtown. Students in Spanish II often participated in group exercises to help them achieve fluency.

“Technically only English, but I speak Hindi really well; and I am learning Malay; and I know a couple of phrases in Japanese; and I can speak some Korean too!”

–Nicole Mauger “Khmer and English.

Oh yeah, and gibberish.”

–Justin Lao “I actually only speak English fluently; but I have spoken Nepali since I was a kid, and I started learning Spanish in sixth grade.”

–Joel Shafer “I speak three languages fluently, English, Swahili, and Arabic.”

–Marieth Kiiza.

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SITTING up attentively, Daniel Barber, Sarah Wiesner, and Hyun Soo Kang listen closely as Mrs. Ailee Chan speaks of the two different ways of saying please in Bahasa. In Bahasa I, students acquired and mastered the basics of the language through oral practice and lectures.

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WITH Mandarin vocabulary flash cards in hand, Chi-Yuan Lo flips through the deck as Hannah Jones competes with her classmates to read the words aloud first.

AP Mandarin students often utilized flash cards to practice their tones and review and enhance their vocabulary.

“Three languages, Mandarin, Japanese, and English.”

–Jeffrey Hsiao “Two languages, English and Vietnamese.”

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IN Personal Psychology online, Andy Goh uses the “SQ3R” method of reading to discover the basics of operant conditioning and primary and secondary reinforcers.

Students utilized various online tools such as “Quizlet” and “Bubbl.us” to help revise and solidify what they had learned.

What do you like best about online classes?

“You can do homework ahead of time and not have to do homework for a whole month!”

-Zach Ng

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WITH their hands typing away at their keyboards, Katie Stevens focuses on online Health; Saarah Monawvil, on AP Government; JiHyun Park, on AP Statistics; and Jordan Strong, on AP Psychology. Students of all grades and classes congregated in the E Lab for their online courses.

“I am taking criminology on VHS, and I like being able to take something that the school doesn’t provide.”

-Jet Song HUNG CHING SONG

“I think if Billy’s life continues the way it is, it is likely that he will commit suicide,” said Nicole Mauger jokingly in response to a hypothetical scenario presented in Personal Psychology.

Students taking Personal Psychology online established the basic fundamentals of psychology and its history in preparation for AP Psychology.

Although classified as an online class, Personal Psychology students, sometimes called, “Personal Psychos,” gathered together on Tuesday during P-Periods to have some face-to-face time with Mr. Doug Yost, the instructor, to discuss the practical life application that Psychology possesses.

“Personal Psychology is really interesting! I like how we are learning about ourselves. It can help you better understand our behavior and how people react,” said Ben Weidemann.

In Communication Production Technology class, typically shortened to CPT, students familiarized themselves with new modern media programs in order

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to communicate properly with society and fellow humans.

“One of the most fun things about CPT was creating videos with the newly bought flip video cameras from the library! We videoed ourselves and learned about shooting from all the different angles,” said Sam McIntyre.

In AP Psychology online, students jumped ahead into much more detailed and in depth theories and concepts that linked to other branches of science such as biology and chemistry because of the required knowledge of what function a synapse or neurotransmitter serves.

“AP Psychology is very interesting because it can be applied to about any branch of work. One of the most intriguing things is learning what is happening behind the behavior and actions of a person. I sometimes find myself trying to explain a person’s actions through the concepts that I learned in class!” said Abbie Brake.

Information Processing, taught

by Mrs. Marsha Yost, students discovered and learned how to utilize

Microsoft software along with the memorization of the basic components of a computer, both hardware and software.

“Information Processing was cool! We had a ton of fun activities like learning about Excel and Publisher! Like our final project was basically making a brochure about our lives in Penang,” said Katie Stevens.

Computer Science students accustomed themselves with Visual Basic, software designed to create applications and programs, by memorizing code and understanding the basic concepts of code writing, such as how Booleans work.

“In Computer Science, Mr. [Nathanael] Klassen is very patient with us. Writing code for programs may take a lot of time and effort, but the final results are rewarding. For my final product, I basically made a game like, ‘Tap Tap Revenge,’” said David Tse. In Digital Media Production, a newly formed class in second semester, students created tutorials and different video projects to preserve memories of special

events for future generations.

“In DMP, we basically videoed special events that occurred on campus like the “Inception” movie night or soccer games which we then later edited to make a video,” said Hyun Soo Kang.

And for the first time ever, four students, two living in China and two in India, have enrolled in the school online, taking all their courses via the internet and receiving credits for their diplomas.

“We provide students here with a P-period that allows them to spend time to hang out with these online students, virtually!” said Mr. Barend Blom.

Back in Personal Psychology, Kaleb Uzzle responded to the hypothetical scenario, “Well, I personally think that Billy could perhaps get to know God personally and become saved!”

—By Hung Ching Song FOCUSING on their monitors, Yi Yang Tan and Marco Kim work on AP Statistics and AP Economics. Students who strived to go above and beyond what the school curriculum offered, took AP classes online.

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Psychological Technophiles

“It has a lot of benefits because you can manage your own studying, and it is completely self-oriented.”

-Ji-Hun Moon “I can choose whenever I want to do my homework!

It is very loose!”

–Ji Won Park “You can work on it any time you want, like way before the due date!”

-Esther Kim ““I like that we know when all the work is due, and what you have to do of time.”

-Joel Kirk “You can work ahead and know what to expect always!”

-Sarah Lim

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Follow That Baton and uncharacteristic giggles from the boys in the back of the room.

“Peanut is the greatest gift ever!

It’s so fulfilling to be able to have a full timpani set to play on,” said James Vo as Jake Smith and Justin Suen emphatically agreed.

The Southeast Asia Honor Band invited select students from the band to participate in an ensemble of musicians from international schools in Southeast Asia.

“Everything about the trip was amazing. Taipei was unbelievable!

I loved being able to bond with other people and being able to learn new techniques. Playing music may sound easy, but the truth is it’s not,” said Maaya Yamauchi.

But whether playing, singing, or even rapping, choir and band students strove to listen just as loud as they sang, pushing themselves to grow an ensemble—learning something that they could keep inside their box of best memories.

—By Khalie Mahoney WITH a camera in hand, Maaya Yamauchi and Joseph Kim pretend to talk on pink and red pay phones in the Hello Kitty portion of the Taipei Airport. Honor Band participants took hundreds of pictures of the trip, documenting the four days they enjoyed together.

“Holst’s ‘First Suite in Eb’ because it’s the most technically challenging piece that we’ve done.”

—Ben Weidemann

HARMONIZING to “You Raise Me Up”, Theresa Phan and Sarah Wiesner watch Ms. Joyce Goh for entrances. The choir covered a wide repertoire of music, ranging from inspirational to classical with the “Hallelujah Chorus” and to contemporary with “Put a Little Love in Your heart.”

“‘You Raise Me Up.’” —Jeebin Yim “The ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ because classical music is most fun to learn.”

—George Merusi “‘Amazing Grace!’ I love musically rich pieces.”

–Chan-Mi Kim

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“We all need somebody that we can lean on…” Miranda Steinert and Dianna Kes rapped with an exaggerated swagger to the rest of the choir, who bopped and crooned along in the background.

“I just love the friendly atmosphere of choir—we’re all able to joke and get along. As tough as life gets, it’s a great stress reliever,” said Danny Babcock.

“Yeah, Ms. [Joyce] Goh always makes things fun. I joined choir because I love to sing, and any chance I get is awesome. I’m even thinking of pursuing something in music,” said Nathan Guthrie.

Eyes bright, band students lit up when talking about their love of expression through music. “I didn’t take Band just because I needed the credit but because I really enjoy being able to play and perform. When I was in eighth grade, the high schoolers performed for middle school chapel, and instantly I knew I had to take Band the next year,” said Ina Park.

The percussion section of the band relished the new instruments the Annual Fund had provided.

One in particular, the smallest timpani (affectionately nicknamed “Peanut”), brought many smiles

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FINGERS flying to keep up with the tempo of “Circus Suite,” Terence Law and Hank Wong concentrate to articulate each sixteenth note. Band students constantly fought against what Mr. Kerry Mahoney called “face-in-stand disease”—forgetting to watch the baton.

“‘Gathering of the Ranks of Hebron’ has been my favourite for my whole high school career.”

—Roc Wu “‘Circus Suite’ was awesome because I could see the trapeze swinging and hear the elephant’s booming steps. The Christmas medley we did with the choir gave me goose bumps, too.”

—Sydney McKenzie INTENTLY focused on hitting the notes, Josh Strong and Danny Babcock belt out the bass part.

Using warm-up books taught the students how to prepare their voices properly to sing.

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AIR-BORNE, Josh Thorne shoots the basketball over the Phor Tay boys’ outstretched arms and makes the basket. The varsity basketball boys defeated Phor Tay 5714 and ended up nabbing silver in the Home Tournament.

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SWIFTLY avoiding a Pen Kaas’s team member’s attempt to steal the ball, Nathan Peace dribbles to make a pass. The varsity football boys went on to take gold in the MSSPP tournament, beating St. Xavier, Westlands, Haji Zainal, and Uplands.

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ARMS spread wide, Seung Jou Jun takes a flying leap in the long jump competition in an attempt to get the Red team some extra points.

On track and field day teams received points based on team members’ participation and placing in their events throughout the day.

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Victory

The thrill of teamwork, the fight to win, and the feel of the pulsing crowd cheering you on pushed you forward as you attempted to score that winning basket.

You had decided to join the basketball team back in September and went through grueling training under the guidance of Mr. Karl Steinkamp and Mr. Jason Hall as they expanded your skills at dribbling, passing, and shooting.

You had to push yourself continually to think about your plays and give your best in every practice as you played alongside Danny Babcock, Kevin Huang, Ben Weidemann, Josiah Steinkamp, Josh Throne, and the rest of the team.

As you thought about how hard you’d worked to improve your skills, you saw Josh Strong running laps around campus in preparation for football; and you realized that all sports required its players to push.

The varsity girls’ football team had to run a five-mile regiment every week for Mr. Steve Liss so they would stay in shape. Their efforts paid off as they went undefeated their entire season.

As you walked out of the gym from your basketball practice you saw Brittany Sasse and Maaya Yamauchi practicing their pitching by the outdoor courts. Their dedication to softball inspired you, and you realized that all members of any sport had to push themselves to succeed and play their best.

Every one who participated in a sport— whether basketball, volleyball, softball, baseball, football, or track and field—had to push him or herself to become ready to battle the competition.

Sweat rolled down your back, your teammate screamed for a pass, the whistle shrieked through the air, and you realized you never felt more alive than when you lived in the moment of a game, —By Sydney McKenzie fighting to win.

JUMPING above the MKIS girl attempting to block her, Frances Wong shoots a lay-up in the varsity girls’ basketball tournament in Kuala Lumpur. The girls beat MKIS 28-15 and went on to take silver in the tournament.

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EADY to trap the torpedoing ball, Julia Girling positions her leg to bring it safely to the ground. “I was able to prove that I could play with the older girls even if I was the only fifth grader on the team,” said Girling. The girls, coached by a professional player, grabbed a monumental 4-1 win against Tenby’s under-15 team.

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TARING at number four, Lorenz Scherf watches his every move in hopes of penetrating Upland’s defense. The boys held out till the end of the game to pull out a 3-1 win against their rivals.

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Building Up

...the next generation

Tenby 4–1

“Having a professional player as my coach really inspired me to work on improving my soccer skills,” Rebekah Steinkamp said when talking about Mrs. Robin Frolich.

The middle school boys’ and girls’ football teams both had the privilege of learning from the experience of a former professional player as their coach.

Granted, the teams didn’t get to play many games; but they enjoyed the experience and the environment she provided. “Everyone got a chance to play and, although we weren’t the best, we made it work while making friends in the process,” Charlotte Scherf explained.

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The games the teams did get to play, however, helped them put into practice the skills they had learned and explore different positions to see what worked. “I really liked playing a defensive position because my job was to kick the ball and keep it from going out,” Jonan Ng stated.

Even though the teams faced some defeats, triumph came in the girls’ game against Tenby, where they won 4-1—and in the boys’

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game against Upland’s under-13 team, 3-1.

“My favorite game of the year was when we won against Uplands under-13 team. I really love the feeling when I know that I fought my hardest and made good passes,” said Lorenz Scherf By the end of the season, both teams had learned the value of newly refined skills, teamwork and friendship through playing middle school football.

—By M. Steinert

S Nathalie Sigrist and Ana Vieira watch Sarah Tan move the ball up the field, Yeon-Woo Sakong chases Jessica Ross in hopes to intercept a pass. The girls practiced and scrimmaged daily on upper field to refine their new skills for games later in the season. “I really enjoyed the time I got to play with my friends because it was a break from our normal school activities,” Rebekah Steinkamps said.

How Do You Stay Fit? Of 130 high school students polled, these were the most popular choices.

Other 21%

Weight Lifting 16%

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Taking Chances “Let’s go Eagles; let’s go!” chanted the crowd as the middle school boys and St. Xaviers battled up and down the basketball court. The intensity of the game heightened as the scoreboard showed 27–29, and the crowd began to count down.

“Ten! Nine! Eight!

Seven!” shouted parents and students, sitting on the edge of their seats.

“Shoot!” cried Coach Mr. Scott Uzzle.

As Shion Matsumoto dribbled the ball down the court, he made a quick pass to Sangjoon Lee. All eyes rested on Lee as he readied him-

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self to make the shot and take the team’s last chance at winning. The ball left his hands just as the buzzer went off. Time seemed to stand still as the ball flew through the air, bounced on the rim and into the hoop.

The cheers deafened all who neared the gym as the middle school boys as well as the crowd of proud parents celebrated their first win.

“That moment was unforgettable; it felt so good to make that buzzer shot. It was such a great win!” said Lee. The boys also held a home tournament where

they placed third; they beat Garden 30–21.

The middle school girls’ basketball team played two games, one against Uplands, which they won 25–13.

“I enjoyed playing the game against Uplands.

We learned to encourage each other as a team through the game even if we made mistakes,” said Charlotte Scherf.

The second game prepared the girls to play in the upcoming home tournament. They played against themselves, splitting into two teams, Red and Blue.

“It was good practice

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to play against each other in a game; it helped us have game experience and learn how to play hard no matter whom we play,” said Isabel Girling.

The home tournament took place on 11-12 February. The girls competed in three games, placing second in the tournament against the Garden team.

As the middle school boys walked off the court they patted each other on the back, proud of the chances they had taken that had given them the victory.

—By Sarah Wiesner

Girls’ Home Tournament Red vs. Garden 18–14 Red vs. ISKL 11–23 Blue vs. ISKL 1–22

Blue vs. Garden 1–26

Scrimmage

Dalat vs. Uplands 25–13

Season Record 3–1 Boys’ Home Tournament Dalat vs. St. Xaviers 30–29 Dalat vs. ISKL 10–33

S Sarah Tan dribbles past number six on the ISKL team, she makes a pass to Katie Gwaltney.

The Blue team, despite all their efforts, lost 1–22 in the game against ISKL in the home tournament.

ONCENTRATED on his teammates, Shion Matsumoto dribbles the ball in place as his teammates get in their positions. The boys played Cempaka and won 26–15.

Season Record 1–3

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OARING through the air, Shion Matsumoto rises above his opponents and scores two more points for the boys’ middle school team. The boys played against Saint Xaviers with fierceness and won the game on a buzzer shot, 30–29.

Dalat vs. Cempaka 26–15

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Dalat vs. Garden 30–21 Favorite Professional Sport to Watch

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OTH arms bringing the ball up to shoot, Kathy Lee places it in the basket in a friendly game.

The middle school girls split up into two teams, Red and Blue. The girls played a game against each other to practice for the upcoming home tournament which took place on 11–12 February. The Blue team won 28–15.

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EPL Football 26% NBA Basketball 30%

Boys’ & Girls’ Junior Varsity Basketball 91

Season Record 4-4 Home Tournament

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Bringing in Their “A Game”

S Charlotte Combrink rises to meet the ball, she smacks it down right near the net on the territory of the Varsity B team as Emma Merusi stands ready to pick up any blocked balls. The junior varsity won the home game against Varsity B 3–2.“I enjoyed playing in home games, and it gave us confidence when we beat the Varsity B team,” said Merusi.

...and not holding back

Jumping up, Marianna Moss placed the ball at the back of the varsity girls’ territory, giving the grade 7 and 8 girls’ volleyball team a two point lead on their adversaries, the varsity squad, which they played in their home tournament.

“It was so exciting that we were ahead of the varsity team for that

Phor Tay 1–2 Dalat A 0–2 Sacred Heart 1–2 Varsity B team 3–2

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ANDS together, Sarah Tan saves the ball just in time for Charlotte Combrink to spike it over and win a point for the team. The girls won the game two sets out of three against ISKL, placing silver in the KL Tournament. “I am glad for the experience of playing somewhere else besides Penang,” said Combrink.

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OT it!” yells Kassy Steinkamp as she readies to set the ball to Mary-Claire McIntyre, who then scored. The girls practiced three times a week, bumping, setting, and spiking.

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Teamwork 50%

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OMING together to double block the ball, Kassy Steinkamp and Isabel Girling work to defend their turf against the ICS team. The junior varsity girls brought the best game they could to the KL Tournament.

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first set! We really played the best we ever have as a team in that game and worked hard to win every point,” said Emma Merusi excitedly.

Varsity won the first set against the grade 7 and 8 girls by one point.

The crowd of proud moms cheered for their little players for every point scored on the sec-

ond set but the varsity kept their composure and won the second set 25–23.

“We were really psyched and nervous, and we knew they weren’t playing their best,” Isabel Girling said, talking about the game against the Varsity A team. “Even though we lost that game, I thought that it showed our real capability; and I knew we played our best.”

“Mine!” yelled Charlotte Combrink as she readied herself to receive the ball and pass it to setter Kassy Steinkamp who in turn set it to Tayah Lee.

The junior varsity also took a trip to the capital where they played teams such as the ISKL and JIS to compete for the gold medal and the trophy.

“The KL trip was so much fun! I enjoyed playing with my team, riding six hours on a bus, and playing volleyball with my friends,” said Merusi.

“The trip also taught me a lot about working together as a team, and I got to know my teammates better.”

The grades 5 and 6 team practiced to acquire the skills they needed to play competitively.

They played the grade 6 and 7 boys in a friendly game to put the

skills they had practiced to the test.

“I really enjoyed being a part of volleyball. Even though we lost the game one set to three against the boys, it helped me learn the skills and rules; and hopefully I can play when I’m older,” Julia Girling said.

“Good game girls; you all did great!” said Coach Mrs. Jill Girling.

As they said their cheer and walked off the court they swelled with pride and satisfaction knowing that they had almost beaten the varsity, they played their best, and they brought their “A game.”

—By Sarah Wiesner

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LASTING the ball towards the goal, Josiah Steinkamp takes quick chance at scoring another point for the team. The underclassmen really took advantage of the home tournament to show their true colors and constant dedication to the team when they worked with their older teammates in a 1–0 win over the Maz’s B team.

Home Tournament Sri Pelita 3-0

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ITH fancy footwork, Jordan Strong takes on two midfielders from the German European School. “I didn’t know what to expect when we played against the German team because we have never played them in the past. It really made things interesting and intense,” said Strong. The boys came out with a 1–2 loss.

...until you succeed

Nothing implied football season for the varsity boys like a full day in the hot intense sun, enthusiastic fans, and familiar rival teams arriving at Penang Free School for some friendly competition on 24 September.

Along with familiar rivals came Harry Lewis, the varsity boys’ excellent former goalie. “I accomplished one of my life goals when I scored on Harry Lewis,” exclaimed Josh Strong after an intense game against the International School of Kuala Lumpur.

The battles against Maz, ISKL, Tenby KL, and St. Xavier’s revealed new outstanding defensive skills from the new additions to the team: Reagan Mahoney, Ben Weidemann, Kevin Huang, and Justin Lao. With their new cheer,

Tenby 0-3 ISKL 1-1 Maz A 0-1 Maz B 1–0 Uplands 1-1

KL Tournament Nexus 1-0 ISKL 3-0 GES 1-2

Favorite Sports Brand Umbro 15% Rebok 10%

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Adidas 19%

Nike 56% MIRANDA STEINERT

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“What is our profession? Own, own, own,” the boys would shout for their dose of adrenalin and admiration from their fans. “Justin [Lao] is like superman; he must have saved at least 15 goals against the Maz team,” Chan-Yang Kim excitedly exclaimed to Uncle Harold Chan after one of the boys’ games.

“Playing games back to back was the hardest part of this tournament, but I still feel that everyone paid his price in sweat,” Nathan Steel said before collapsing on the lush, green, freshly lined field. “I really was hoping for a medal, but I guess we can all try again in KL next week.”

The very next week brought similar losses, which seemed like fate, until they played the German European

School in the ISKL tournament.

“Knowing that this game was going to decide if we placed or not created some pressure, but the fact that they were big and seemed like our biggest competition created even more pressure,” Danny Babcock said with a smile.

Even though the boys lost 1–2 against GES, they still ended up moving forward in the competition based on the goal differences. “We thought we were out of the tournament, but the rules of the tournament actually kept us in. Because three teams tied for third place and we

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had scored more goals, we stayed in and the German team was out,” Harry Mak explained to the varsity girls after the news first came out.

The boys got another chance to play for the bronze medal, but once again it seemed that fate was against them. They mustered all the energy they could find to play Garden International School under the hot, sun but came out with a close loss 2–3. Although they didn’t get the bronze medal, they boarded the bus with sore muscles and hopes set on MSSPP in the spring. ­­—By M. Steinert

EROICALLY trapping the ball, Harry Mak saves the team from another goal. The strongminded boys held on till the last minute until Garden scored the tie breaking goal, making it 2–3 against Garden.

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ATTLING the persistent Tenby defenders for the ball, Josie Steinkamp uses a set of acquired skills to maneuver herself into an advantageous position to score. “This is the first soccer game where I was the one who scored,” Steinkamp exclaimed with excitement. The girls crushed Tenby 6–0.

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Holding Them

...with a series of “clean sheets”

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“Considering this was our first time playing on a big field, I can’t really complain; but I am sad to see my hair go,” Coach Steve Liss exclaimed with a smirk as he kept his promise to let the girls shave his head if they won gold at their home tournament.

Yet with the team’s fresh new confidence developing in themselves and one another, nothing could have prepared them for the extreme events that took place down at the capital.

“What happened to your face?” Danny Babcock and Terrence Law asked Rebekah Wiesner.

“Someone bit me,” she replied, removing an ice pack from her eye.

In the first game,

YES fixed on the ball, Jasmine Stoltzfus quickly boots it upfield to Emma Chinn as JiHyun Park stands ready to assist. The battle against island rivals Uplands gave Dalat a victory, 1–0.

against Nexus, Wiesner and an opponent both went for a header; and Wiesner’s eye collided with her opponent’s braces, open-mouthed, leaving brace marks and cuts on the eyelid and below her eye. Concerned about the swelling, Coach Kerry Mahoney took her to hospital to determine the extent of her fresh injury.

Coach Liss managed to move players around to compensate for Wiesner as they still needed to face Tenby KL, ISKL, and the Alice Smith teams. The girls proceeded and held on to their winning streak by defeating Nexus 4–0, Tenby 6–0, and then advanced to face a daunting Alice Smith team.

“I didn’t know what to expect from Alice Smith since we didn’t play against them last year. In the past, they

have always beaten us; and I’ve heard stories of how rough they play,” said Dianna Kes with a scared look on her face.

But Dalat remained strong, scoring in the last 10 minutes of the game, holding Alice Smith at 1–0 and scoreless for the first time in three years.

Their victory took them to the championship game where they seized the gold medals from their hosts, 3–0.

“I barely touched the ball,” goalie Katie Stevens marveled after the long, hot day filled with water, sweat, and a few battle wounds.

After a quick five minute shower to freshen up, the girls boarded the bus with their prized gold medals around their necks swinging side to side, ending the season by holding everyone scoreless. ­­—By M. Steinert

Season Record 7-0 Home Tournament ISKL 1–0 Tenby 3–0 Uplands 1–0 KL Tournament Nexus 4–0 Tenby 6–0 Alice Smith 1–0 ISKL 3–0

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Favorite Sports

Other 27% Volleyball 15%

Basketball 32%

Football 36%

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“At the rate we’re going, we will never make it to ISKL!” Danae Frentz cried while the varsity girls’ football team waited for their delayed bus on 30 September.

After an hour delay, the bus finally arrived, and the girls headed off to Kuala Lumpur to participate in the last tournament that would bring their football season to a close.

Hopes ran high after their excellent performance in their home tournament just the week before which left Tenby KL, Uplands, and ISKL scoreless. Frentz, Josie Steinkamp, and Khalie Mahoney had scored well-placed goals which brought Dalat their home gold medal.

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ITH a great burst of speed, Danae Frentz leaves the Tenby defenders in her dust in an attempt to fire the ball in the goal before the goalie could snatch it. The girls took every opportunity they saw to score one for the team.

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Fierce Contention

Season Record 6-2

...leads to glorious victory

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cepted by the older girls; I could tell that they made an extra effort to encourage me,” said Ashtyn McKenzie.

The varsity girls, after a long bus ride to Kuala Lumpur, lost the first game in the tournament on 9 October.

They made a comeback, however, and remained undefeated for the rest of their games, which qualified them for the final pool. Despite all their efforts against International Community School, they lost two sets out of three.

“The game against ICS was by far the best we’ve ever played. We all

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RMS out, Rachel Thorne passes the ball to Frances Wong, who places it in the ISKL court, winning the match 2-0. Players pushed themselves in the last game against ISKL to defeat them and win the Home Tournament.

team with a fierceness that couldn’t be ignored.

Although they did not make it to the final pool, the new players benefitted from the experience they received.

“In our Home Tournament, we all worked together at calling the balls,” said Reese Terry.

“And we grew a lot closer as a team because of it.”

“One, Two, Three, Eagles!” the girls shouted as they came together after a spike, hit by Brenn Dowdy, left its mark just on the line of the Chinese Girls’ School territory.

“Come on girls; this is our game! Let’s win!” shouted Frances Wong in the huddle as all girls energetically agreed and gave each other encouraging pats. They brought all they had learned to the

worked so well as a team and had many long-lasting volleys,” said Frentz.

Next they played for third place against International School of Kuala Lumpur and won, two out of three to take home the bronze.

“I really enjoyed the KL tournament. I loved the bus ride and the games which helped us grow together as a team,” said Amanda Leech.

“The KL Tournament was a good break in the middle of school and gave us a chance to show off our skills that we have been working on in practice. I also enjoyed the tournament because we were able to bond as a team during the long bus ride,” said Thorne.

In the home tournament on 15 October, the junior varsity met each

floor and won the first set 25 to 20; then in a close game lost the second set 23 to 25. They became more intense in the last set; all eyes stayed focused on the girls as they rallied back and forth.

And SMACK, a spike from Thorne whizzed past the Chinese Girls’ School players, giving the girls the victory 25 to 22. Tears filled their eyes as they came together to celebrate after receiving the trophy.

“Good job girls; that was an amazing game, I’m so proud of you!” said Ms. Lisa Munson; “now say cheese!”

They held the trophy up for a victory picture and went home feeling satisfied that the fierce contention they showed had won the game.

—By Sarah Wiesner

Home Tournament Phor Tay 2-0 Dalat C 2-0 Sacred Heart 2-0 PCGHS 2-1

KL Tournament MKIS 1-2 ISKL 2-0 ICS 1-3 MIRANDA STEINERT

Putting on her game face, Danae Frentz readied herself to receive the passed ball.

“Outside!” she yelled as she set the ball to Rachel Thorne.

“Ready!

Ready!

Mine!” cried Thorne as she approached the ball, ready to attack the Phor Tay team with a quick, speedy spike.

The varsity and the junior varsity volleyball teams practiced with each other––although they didn’t play together––in order for the older, more experienced girls to help the new players.

“As a younger player on the team, I felt ac-

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ISING to meet the ball above the net, Frances Wong scores another point for the varsity team, putting them three points up on Chinese Girls’ School in the Home Tournament. The girls met their opponents with fierce contention, triumphed over every team they faced, and took home the gold medal. “The last half of the game was so intense; when we won the last game for gold, I was so happy and my teammates and I started crying,” said Rachel Thorne. “This was my last year and my best year!”

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INE!” cried Brittany Hurlbut as she lunges for the ball and with a grunt bumps it to setter Reese Terry. “In the home tournament we really learned the importance of calling the ball and working together instead of taking all the glory for yourself,” said Terry. The varsity practiced with the junior varsity to sharpen their skills and prepare them for the upcoming games; and as a result, they beat ISKL 2–1, and competed in the final pool of the tournament.

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Water 30% 13%

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Season Record 8-1

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XTENDING his arm, Ben Weidemann slips the ball into the basket after receiving a pass from Jeffrey Hsiao in a fast break. The varsity boys won the gold in the KL Tournament and placed second in the Home Tournament in Penang.

Phor Tay 57–14

“Set up four!” called point guard Josiah Steinkamp as he dribbled the ball up the court towards his teammates.

Steinkamp, although one of the younger players on the team, led with confidence as point guard and helped his team stay positive during a stressful game.

“I’m open!” Jake Smith yelled as he moved towards the ball; he received it and jumped up for the shot, making a three pointer. This move picked up the pace with Chung Hwa in the final game of the Home Tour-

Uplands 43–22 ISKL 49–19 Chung Hwa 21–40 Garden 33–21

KL Tournament MKIS 32-26 ISKL 41–35

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opponents and took home a gold medal.

In this final game, they played against the ISKL team. The intensity heightened as Dalat led by eight points in the last four minutes. But the ISKL team stayed strong and scored four baskets in the last minute, bringing the score to a tie at 31. But in the end Dalat pulled ahead and won 35–31.

“The KL Tournament was the best tournament I have been to. I worked hard and played my best and was rewarded for it with a gold medal!” said

nament; but in the end the boys lost 21–40.

“Even though we didn’t win the gold medal, we were satisfied that we tried our best and never gave up even though were losing,” said Jeffrey Hsiao.

In the KL Tournament, the excitement of playing again after the long Christmas break filled the bus on the drive down to the capital. But once the boys stepped off the bus, they put their game face on.

The next day, the boys rose above all the other

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RM extended, Daniel Barber places the ball in the basket, scoring another two points for the team, giving them a 12-point lead over Garden. The varsity boys remained undefeated until the final game against Chung Hwa, which they lost 21-40.

S Josh Strong brings the ball toward the basket with both hands, he flicks it off the glass and through the hoop, giving Dalat an eight-point lead over MKIS in the KL Tournament. The boys won the game in the end, 32-26.

ISKL 35–31

Danny Babcock.

“The last three minutes of the final game were frantic,” said Josh Strong. “In the end we started making small mistakes, but we stayed ahead of them; and I felt a sense of accomplishment that we did win.”

As the boys boarded the bus for the trip back, they showed off their medals to everyone that passed by, knowing with confidence that they had played their best and brought everything they had—skills and smarts—to the court.

—By Sarah Wiesner

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ITH force, Kevin Huang uses a power dribble and pushes his way past his Phor Tay opponents to place the ball in the hoop. The boys won the game 57-14 in the Home Tournament.

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Determination

Season Record 5-3

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varsity and ISKL girls battled each other up and down the court, inflicting bruises, bloody lips, and jammed fingers on both sides. Everyone watched the clock as the game moved into its last five minutes. Dalat’s girls trailed by only five points, making the game even more exciting and intense. Although the varsity had the determination, the ISKL team had the experience; and in the end ISKL gained a 38–46 win.

“Considering that we were playing a team that travels to different countries to play basketball, we did really well,” said an upbeat Frentz.

The varsity also held a Home Tournament on 19–20 November. The team fought with determination; and with the

EAD turned towards her teammate Josie Steinkamp, Danae Frentz sets up the play.

Coach Clay Moss and Coach Travis Smith drilled the varsity with five different plays that they used in games to create open shots and layups.

guidance of their coach, Mr. Clay Moss, they remained undefeated for the first three games.

“It’s really awesome to have a coach who is so dedicated to helping his team grow. He is always pushing us to do our best and is willing to help out whenever we need it,” said Khalie Mahoney.

In the final game, the girls played against Uplands for the gold and beat them 38–29.

“I loved working together, bonding as a team, and gaining a gold medal through it!” said Josie Steinkamp.

“Three cheers for ISKL!” yelled McKenzie as the “Hip-hip hoorays” echoed from the gym walls. The team received their silver medals, and— although disappointed— they realized how well they had fought to win and knew that their determination had driven them to play better than they had ever played before.

—By Sarah Wiesner

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Home Tournament

...drives the game

“Set up the play!” yelled Danae Frentz as she drove towards the basket, determined to change the pace of the game. She challenged an ISKL opponent and then passed the ball to Sydney McKenzie, who turned towards the basket and made a jump shot setting the score 22–40.

The varsity girls’ scrimmaged against ISKL’s varsity, a team they had never played before, and lost 28–43.

The next day the Dalat girls came with a determination to win and surprised ISKL with their rigid defense and aggression. Although they lost 29–38, their improvement strengthened their resolve to win.

The last game of the KL tournament became the most intense as the

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LYING through the air, Sydney McKenzie executes a jump shot, leaving MKIS defenseless against the team’s determination to win. As a result the girls won, 28–15 in the KL Tournament.

ISKL 29–18 MKIS 26–19 Uplands 38–29

KL Tournament MKIS 28–15 ISKL 29–38 GIS 15–32 ISKL 38–46

Scrimmage ISKL 28–43

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Watch the Games 48%

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OTH eyes fixed on the basket, Frances Wong easily passes her opponent and goes in for a quick layup. Although they had driven seven hours on a bus, the girls fought with intensity against ISKL; but in the end they lost, 28–43.

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ARELY escaping the catcher’s glove, Josiah Steinkamp slides safely home. “I get a sense of fulfillment when I reach home plate because it means I successfully reached all the bases and scored a run for my team,” Steinkamp said. “It’s really worth celebrating.” The boys put up a good fight but lost 4-6 to ISKL.

YES fixed on the pitcher’s ball zooming over home plate, Jake Smith avoids a strike by refusing to swing. “You really have to have your eye on the ball and the ability to make quick decisions to avoid strikes,” Smith explained. The boys enjoyed friendly games with their dads and staff men to develop new-found baseball skills.

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LOVE in hand, Reagan Mahoney waits patiently for a ball while his dad, Mr. Kerry Mahoney, sits at his feet on first base.“ Playing against my dad was great because I was just learning, and it made me want to win even more,” Mahoney said.

ECOVERING from a hard throw to third, Rick Brake guards his base. “Playing third base is very important but challenging because you have to be able to catch difficult fast balls,” said Brake.

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Three 30%

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Sprinting as fast as he could, Hyun Soo Kang made a quick decision to slide into home plate and, snap!

“I think one of the best memories I have of this season was when Hyun Soo broke his ankle,” said Reagan Mahoney. “I remember it being so funny because the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital was right across the street from the field, and they had to send an ambulance to pick him up.”

Considering that they didn’t have many extra players or the time to spare, the boys continued to practice with the All-Star Baseball Tournament in Kuala Lumpur on their minds.

“I enjoyed practicing and scrimmaging against

staff men and dads, but it was really nice to play real games in KL,” Nathan Peace said.

On 22 October, the team climbed aboard their bus to face the challenges at ISKL. “To keep our minds off the competition and pass the time on the bus, we played Truth or Pain, watched Rick [Brake] snort a raisin up his nose, and threw sunflower seeds into Wesley Ku [Lee’s] mouth while he was sleeping,” Josiah Steinkamp exclaimed.

When the boys arrived at ISKL, they immediately played two of their three games. They lost both but gave more of a fight the second day, with Brake hitting a home run. They held ISKL 2-0 till the third

inning, but lost 4-6 in the end.

“Even though we lost our third game, it was exciting when we were winning for a while,” said Ben Weidemann.

“Although we didn’t win any medals, getting to hang out with the ISKL guys helped lift my spirits,” Jake Smith said. “They were really competitive in the first two games, but it changed to where we were just having fun by the third game.”

With their good-byes said and Aaron Johnson’s shenanigans to look forward to on the long bus ride home, the boys had time to rest and reflect on their first season and show appreciation for their coaches.

“I enjoyed the effort

that Coach [Mr. Mark] Sasse and Coach [Mr. Chance] Edman put into coaching us because they worked with what we had,” said Brake.

“When I look back on the tournament, I see how much we improved with each game we played,” Mahoney claimed. “It wasn’t just the first baseball team at Dalat in a while; it was the first for many of us to even play on a team.”

Everything has to start somewhere. From breaking ankles and accidentally hitting stray cows with foul balls, to batting in home runs, the boys’ baseball team started from square one with lots of room ahead for others to join a new sport alongside them. ­­—By M . Steinert

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IPPING over a speed bump, Joyce Lee fills some of her free time over the weekends rollerblading with friends. “ I like the fact that you can go really fast on rollerblades,” said Lee. “It makes exercise enjoyable and a lot of fun.” Students enjoyed the paved roads around campus with whatever set of wheels they could get their feet on.

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Passing the Time

AUGHT in mid-air, Joel Shafer improves his skateboard tricks in his spare time. “I like being creative with my tricks and how being one of the only people with an actual skateboard makes me unique,” said Shafer.

...on wheels of glory

As soon as the 3:45 bell rang, middle school children flooded out the school doors and onto the basketball court to claim a piece of campus pavement to skate on with their ripsticks.

Although most enjoyed their ripstick fix, others found ways to fill their free time after school by playing Foursquare with their friends.

“It seems like all the little kids have a lot of fun skating around on their ripsticks,” Marieth

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Kiiza said. “It’s really good to see the younger generation playing outside together instead of watching movies and playing video games.”

Though the younger kids owned the roads and the basketball court, high school students enjoyed pick-up games of basketball, volleyball, or indoor soccer in the gym as well as Frisbee and tennis outside.

“I like being able to play sports in my free time because it’s a re-

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Of 130 high school students polled, these numbers came up.

Basketball 16% Swimming 17%

106 Leisure Sports

Football 31%

Volleyball 16%

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OCUSED on his balance, David Chinn scoots around campus on his ripstick. Students of all ages bombarded the campus every day after school with ripsticks to skate around campus with their buddies. “I like riding my ripstick after school because it’s something I choose to do,” said Chinn

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ATIENTLY waiting for Elim Chan to tie the rope connecting his skateboard to Reuben Chan’s bike, Sarah Chinn awaits her turn to put their well-conjured plan to the test. Elementary students enjoyed the time they had outside class to discover new and exciting ways of having a great time.

ally good way to release stress—and I get to exercise while connecting with friends outside the school environment,” said Keanu Lee. By participating in these various activities, students stayed fit and in good shape for team sports and for their own purposes of just having fun. It also gave day students an excuse to stay on campus with their friends without homework in mind.

“Doing sports in my free time gives me an excuse not to do my homework,” Nicole Mauger said. “I always feel better after I play first; I can tackle it later.”

Then, as the 5:30 bell rang, all leisure sports came to an end; and students said good-bye to their friends, grabbed their textbooks, and headed home.

—By M . Steinert

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ITH arm fully extended, Marieth Kiiza uses her strength to lob the shot put farther than her opponents. The shot put opened opportunities for student to show their upper body strength. “Although shot put isn’t new for me, I enjoyed challenging myself to throw farther than I did on the last track and field day,” said Kiiza.

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in every race,” Yi Yang Tan said.

After the sequence of relays, the group picture, and the announcement of the Blue team’s great victory, with Asthyn McKenzie, Frances Wong, and Mark Keane breaking school records, the students climbed aboard their colour-specific bus to show off their ribbons and reminisce about the varied events of the day.

“I really can’t believe that this is my last Track and Field day in high school; do you think I will ever attend another after I graduate?” ChanMi Kim asked Aunt Vi Steinert before they filed back on campus, tired, sunburnt and ready for a shower. ­­—By M . Steinert

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boured a strong determination to win, an atmosphere of friendly competition and socializing dominated. “Even though I didn’t win anything, I liked the variety of events and cheering for my friends on my team,” Danielle Combrink said.

Others loved trying new things and getting involved—but an occasional few enjoyed other activities out of the sun.

“I went to go study the SAT with Jet [Song] because my shoe came off

IR-BORN, Danny Babcock hurls his body over the bar and onto the scalding mat below.

Babcock snagged the third place ribbon after Daniel Barber and Josh Strong took first and second.

“I love high-jump because it’s one of the greatest ways I can get participation points for my team and take a break from all the running,” Babcock explained.

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1:00.97 Frances Wong Rachel Thorne Khalie Mahoney Theresa Phan

Favorite Track and Field Events Of 130 high school students polled, these were the most popular choices.

Relays 13% Running events 21%

Throwing events 38%

Jumping events 28%

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As the students filed onto campus on 23 November, the excitement of Track and Field filled the air along with speculations of whether Red, Blue, Yellow, or Green would win.

“This is the year of the green leprechauns,” said Mr. Jason Hall as he coaxed his Green team.

“No, Blue is for sure going to win this time,” said Mr. Steve Liss with confidence as students gathered at the basketball court.

Though some har-

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LOSE to the finish line, Stephanie Jones, Elisabeth Brokaw, and Katie Gwaltney strain to give a final burst of energy in the 100M dash.

The running events proved popular as shown by the variety of participation from all grades and team colors.

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The Ultimate Test

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...and the will to win

“Send it! send it!” yelled Mark Keane. He sprinted up field and received the ball; then with a swift kick, he placed it in the corner of the goal scoring the first point.

“After the first goal was scored and I heard the crowd roar, I knew we we’re gonna win,” said Danny Babcock.

As the final minutes of the zone football championship game against Uplands came to an end, the boys pushed themselves even though they led 5–0. The crowd of Dalat students cheered wildly and occasionally attempted “the wave” to encourage their warriors who fought for the gold medal. Defenders Harry Mak and Ben Weidemann, as well as

goalie Justin Lao, proved impenetrable, and Dalat won the zone championship 6–0.

The MSSPP zone games tested the players both mentally and physically as the rain made the fields impossibly wet and slippery.

Despite their determination, Balik Pulau pulled ahead and won 4–9 giving them silver.

“The rain made it hard for the in-fielders to catch and throw. Despite the rain and the mud, we still played well,” said Rebekah Wiesner.

Dalat hosted the MSSPP basketball zone tournament from 18–25 April. Both the girls’ and boys’ varsity teams competed.

The boys came into

the tournament conquering Air Itam 46–11 in their first game. Starting on a high note, the boys then defeated each team they faced and received silver.

In the final game of the zone tournament the varsity girls contended against Union which tested the girls as they brought all their skills to the court. In the last ten minutes of the game fans stood to their feet in suspense, and as the buzzer

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resounded, players celebrated with hugs and tears. Dalat won 43–33 and received gold in the zone tournament for the first time recorded in Dalat history.

Whether football, softball, or basketball, the MSSPP games gave the ultimate test to determine which team topped the others in athleticism, tenacity, and, most importantly, the will to win.

—By Sarah Wiesner

Batu Lanchan 20–0 Sungai Nibong 21–0 Convent Dato 14–3 Balik Pulau 4–9

Varsity Boys’ Football 4–4 St. Xavier 3–1 Westlands 7–2

INDLESS of her opponent, Sydney McKenzie flies through the air, swishing the ball and scoring the first point of the game against Convent Green Lane. The girls won 47–3.

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ODY extended, Wesley Lee heads the ball to Mark Keane who scores a point against Westlands, giving Dalat the victory 7–2. The mid– fielders gave assists and became an asset to the team.

Varsity Boys’ Basketball 4–4

Uplands 6–0

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Air Itam 46–11 Teknik Tarp 46–4 Phor Tay 45–12

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MASHING the softball clear into the outfield, Rebekah Wiesner hits a home run and brings three of her teammates across home base. The girls’ batting average improved in their second game against Sungai Nibong, and they defeated them 21–0.

Sri Pelita 45–4

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S Jeffrey Hsiao dribbles around a Phor Tay player, he makes a quick jump shot, setting the score 45–12. The boys practiced three times a week and scrimmaged every Friday against Tar College and St. Xaviers to prepare for the tournament.

ITH his body extended and leg ready to kick, Josh Strong launches the ball into the net; and the crowd of students who came to support the team cheered endlessly. Dalat played Uplands in a fierce battle for gold and won 6–0.

Varsity Girl’s Basketball 3–4 Phor Tay 36–2 Convent Green Lane 47–3 Sri Pelita 50–2 Union 43–33 MSSPP 111

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YO-YO spinning above his body, Yang Yang Sim leans back as far as he can to demonstrate his yo-yo skills at the Food and Fun Fair. Sim wowed his audience of parents, students, and staff with his act.

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112 PUSH!

SARAH WIESNER

BETHANY WEIDEMANN

Another day, another sigh, another glance, and another moment passed by. Sometimes the dayto-day routine overwhelmed you, and you felt pushed to try to make your life special and exciting; so you wondered what to do about it.

The more you thought about this, the more you came up with an answer to your wondering.

You remembered the elementary book parade when you had watched kids come out dressed in hilarious and creative costumes like Bethany Wiesner, who dressed as a jellyfish; Andrew Thomas, who acted like a pirate; and Elijah Davis, who looked adorable in his giraffe costume. Those moments had brightened your day and brought a smile to your face even as you remembered them now.

Another moment sparked your memory from the Christmas Banquet. It had started out with an awkward hug and exchange of gifts with your date and then to your table where you met up with all your friends. You laughed as you recalled how your table had tried to create a cake that represented the true meaning of Christmas with icing and props but had ended up giddily eating the icing and smearing it on each other’s faces.

On 25 February the “Dalat’s Got Skillz” talent show commenced; and you sat in anticipation with your friends waiting to see what acts would come onto the stage. The last act of the night and winner of the competition, “Men’s Generation,” made you laugh and clap as Marco Kim, Yi Yang Tan, Joseph Kim, Adrian Yeap, Jim Choi, and Samuel Yeo danced to a Korean song.

As you looked back on these moments, you realized that despite the day-to-day routine, you led a truly special life. And the reason you had a special life had nothing to do with events but had everything to with the people you experienced them with. And sometimes you did need to push yourself to find time with these special people so you could enjoy the moments you had because with those friends you found the exciting and special life you wanted.

—By Sydney McKenzie

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Moments

WATCHING James Vo as he signs the register, George Merusi helps him light the NHS candle. The Twilight-themed skit emphasized the characteristics of leadership, character, scholarship, and service.

DRESSED as a policeman, Benjamin Moore walks around campus in the Book Parade showing off his cool outfit. Elementary students could dress up as a character from a book, movie, Bible story, or TV show for this parade.

“IT’S such a perfect day,” sings Brenn Dowdy, performing with Keanu Lee as they do their rendition of “Strawberry Swing” by Coldplay. At the talent show on 25 February, eight acts involving dancing, singing, and magical skills showcased students’ talents.

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Listening intently with ice cream cone in hand, Jee Bin Yim strains to hear the message whispered from Jia-Jie Toon during a round of “Telephone.” Elementary students enjoyed the break with seniors who prepared different snacks and games.

StuCo Class Rep. 1; Dorm Rep. 3,4; Young Life 4; Choir 4; Football 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; MSSPP Track 3,4; Floorball 4

Daniel Barber, U.S.A.

Choir 4; Basketball, 2,4; MSSPP Track 4, Reflector 4

Adrenaline pumping, Santi Niramitvijit, Danny Babcock, and Daniel Barber prepare a plan to defeat the seventh grade dodgeball team. Seniors enjoyed both active games and relaxed moments with the younger students.

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Anna Fu Ying Wei, China

Teacher’s Ass’t. 1,2,4; Care & Share 3,4; Band 1,2,3,4; Drama 1; Forensics 1,2,3,4; Badminton 2; Jazz Band 1,2; NHS 4; AMD 4

Kevin Huang, Taiwan

Football 1; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Math 1,3

Seung Jou Jun, Korea

Teacher’s Ass’t 3,4; Peer Tutoring 3,4; Choir 4; Badminton 1; Football 3,4; Judo 3,4; English 1,2

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Hannah Jones, U.K.

Choir 4; Drama 1; Ensemble 1,2,3,4; Worship Team 1,4; Bible 1; Social Studies 1; NHS 3,4

Mark Keane, Australia

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StuCo Rep. 4; Dorm Rep. 3,4; Football 2,3,4; Math 3

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.

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Ice Cream

Dianna Kes, U.S.A.

Dorm Rep. 3,4; Class Excom 4; Teacher’s Ass’t. 1,2; Little League Baseball 3,4; English Club 4; Choir 2,4; Drama 1,2,3; Instrumental Lessons 1,2,3,4; Football 1,2,3,4; Volleyball 1; Softball 3

Marieth Kiiza, Tanzania

The second grade class squealed in delight when they heard that the seniors planned to come to serve them ice cream. On any hot day in Malaysia, ice cream becomes a welcome treat.

“Serving ice cream to the elementary felt really rewarding,” said Saarah Monawvil. “The little kids looked so overjoyed to talk with us. But they might’ve just been happy about the ice cream!”

The seniors planned events to connect to the rest of the student body. With eighth grade buddies, ice cream visits, and dodgeball games, the class of 2011 developed strong relationships with the younger students.

Daniel Barber said, “I think the best part of hanging out with the kids was playing games with them because I got to feel like a little kid again.”

Leisure activities and time re-

Dorm Rep. 4; Choir 1,2; Forensics 1,2,3,4; Instrumental Lessons 1,2; Ensemble 1,2,3; Ambassadors 4; Worship Team 1; Bible 3

Chan-Mi Kim, Korea

StuCo Class Rep. 1; StuCo Excom 3; Dorm Rep. 2,3; Teacher’s Ass’t 1,4; Care & Share 3,4; Tech/Sound 3,4; Band 1,4; Drama 3; Instrumental Lessons 1,2,3,4; Agenda Design 4; Jazz Band 1,2; Ambassadors 1; Worship Team 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2; Softball 1,2,4; English 1; Fitness/Health 2, Math 2; Social Studies 3,4; NHS 3,4

Kun-Hee Kim, Korea

Teacher’s Ass’t. 3,4; Care & Share 3,4; Worship Team 4; Softball 2,3,4

Marco Kim, Korea

StuCo Class Rep. 3; Care & Share 2,3; Instrumental Lessons 1,2,3; Worship Team 3; Softball 1,2,3,4; Judo 3,4; Social Studies 3

Terence Law, Singapore

Class Excom 4; Tutor 2; Band 1,2,4; Badminton 1,2; Jazz Band 1,2,3; Football 1,2,3,4; Softball 1,2,3,4; Judo 3,4

Lucy Lee, Korea

StuCo Pep Rep. 4; Care & Share 3,4; Elementary & Middle School Ass’t 3,4; Peer Tutoring 4; English 2; Science 2; Foreign Language 3; NHS 3,4

Rachel Leung, Malaysia

English 1; Art (Master Studio) 3; NHS 4; AMD 4

Joyce Yi Jia Lou, Singapore

Teacher’s Ass’t. 3,4; Elementary School Ass’t. 3,4; Drama Writing 4; Reflector 3

Khalie Mahoney, Canada

StuCo Class Rep. 2, Class Excom 3; Teacher’s Ass’t. 1,2,3; Collide 3,4; Choir 3; Band 1,3,4; Drama 1,2; Ensemble 2,3,4; Jazz Band 2; Worship Team 2,3,4; Football 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Bible 1; Foreign Language 2, NHS 3,4; Reflector 4

Harry Yui Ching Mak, Hong Kong

StuCo Excom 3,4; Band 1; Football 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; MSSPP Track 1,2; English 3; Social Studies 2; NHS 3,4

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Sydney Marie McKenzie, Canada

Band 1,4; Drama 1; Jazz Band 1,4; Volleyball 1,3; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Softball 1; Aggregate Sports Award 2; Reflector 3,4

With Laughs and...

Prepared to strike, Harrison Stevens, with help from Titus Hwang, looks for a senior to target with his dodgeball. Seniors and the seventh grade class played several intense rounds before stopping for ice cream.

laxing with other students became a highlight for seniors who didn’t have younger siblings. Simple games allowed them to enjoy time with even the youngest students.

“We played the game ‘Telephone’ and some of the sentences the kids came up with were super cute,” said Bethany Weidemann.

“It was a nice way to spend a little time getting to know them.”

In the dorm community, senior students became role models for their dorm brothers and sisters.

They felt touched at how younger kids looked up to them and drew from the relationships they had.

Beth Nguyen said, “It’s strange to think that younger kids look up to me, but I guess that’s a good thing. It keeps me in check so that I’m living in the way that matches up with what I believe.”

At the end of another ice cream visit, both older and younger students walked away with great smiles plastered on their faces. The seniors left filled with joy at having reached out, but the second graders left filled with ice cream.

—By James Vo

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Using a word-search work sheet, Dong Yeob Sakong teaches a student from the local school during the morning of the service project. With different stations, the students learned English words from the senior class who used creative methods to teach them English.

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Bond in Paradise

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activities for the group including the “Amazing Race” and a service project in the local community.

Maaya Yamauchi said, “I thought Mr. Holden did a wonderful job with activities. The service project was a highlight; it felt great to serve others. Sneak made me love my class even more.”

One of the days brought the seniors deep into the jungle on a hike to a remote location. Through heat, sweat, and mosquito repellent, the class arrived at their destination, and to their delight heard the sound of rushing water.

“One of my memories was hiking to the waterfall. The water was cool and refreshing. I’ve always wanted to jump off a waterfall; it was so exhilarating!” said Jones.

After so much time at Telunas, the seniors felt sad at leaving such a paradise. On the last day with good-byes to little Sam Holden and last-minute photos, the group of 46 finally departed on the journey back home. Even so, sneak became an experience that no senior could ever forget amidst their regular school routine.

“I would say that the community of the whole trip was the best part. Our class bonded in a new way as we did things together and hung out with new-found friends,” said Steel with a smile as the sun set.

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Hardly breaking a sweat, Saarah Monawvil and Frances Wong work hard on building a rain gutter for the local community during the afternoon. The seniors took shifts working on the project while others played games with the local children.

journey before catching a glimpse of Telunas.

“I loved being on a remote island away from society and just hanging out with my class,” said Brittany Sasse. “My most memorable part of sneak was stealing all the guys’ mattresses and getting them in trouble. It was priceless!”

On the island, seniors relaxed, bonded, and played games with their classmates.

“Telunas was more than good; it was incredible! The scenery and volleyball was so amazing. We were able to bond as a class as we smashed volleyballs into each others faces,” said Danny Babcock.

Yi Yang Tan said, “I fondly remember the fishing. A few of us were on the deck for hours, chatting and enjoying the scenery until Kevin [Huang] finally caught a fish; everyone went ecstatic!”

The seniors had five days to connect with one another but also to reflect on their own.

“My favorite thing was that we had a nice balance between having friends around all the time and having some alone time. It was excitement and peace put into one,” said JiHyun Park.

At Telunas they also met Mr. Michael Holden, a former Dalat teacher who now worked as the program director for the island resort. He had planned exciting

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As the light grew across the sky, Sydney Mckenzie and Hannah Jones watched the sun rise over the island of Telunas. The pair found themselves in awe at the paradise they had arrived at. With clear water, beautiful scenery, and a cool breeze, the island became a haven for all the seniors to bond together and break from school routine.

On 30 August, 46 seniors met in secret on upper field­­—the girls dressed in pajamas, squealing and hugging each other; the boys dressed in casual clothes, standing around too cool to act excited.

The long trip to Indonesia began as they loaded the buses and left campus, breaking out junk food and ipods for the ride ahead.

“I made a bunch of chocolate chip cookies for the girls, and I made sure not to open them until I left the carnivores [the boys]. Nathan Steel can smell cookies a mile away,” said Khalie Mahoney.

After an eight-hour ride to the jetty at Johor Baru and tired from a lack of sleep, the class looked forward to getting off their buses.

With careful steps, they boarded the ferry for a rough three-hour

Arms spread wide, Danny Babcock, Josh Strong, and Nathan Steel plunge into the water after leaping off the pier in formation. The seniors overcame their fears by daring to jump off of the 20-foot pier into the beautiful ocean beneath.

With free time to spare, Miranda Steinert and Josie Steinkamp relax on the docks over the water. The resort at Telunas rested over the ocean, allowing both the hot sun and cool breezes to soothe any stress left on their minds from school.

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George Herbert Jurabek Merusi, U.S.A.

James Vo, U.S.A.

StuCo Class Rep. 2; Class Excom 3; Choir 2,4; Band 1; Drama 1,2,3,4; Ensemble 1,2; Football 2,4; Basketball 1,2,4; Bible 1; NHS 3,4

Class Excom 3; Peer Tutoring 3,4; Band 2,3,4; Drama 4; Ambassadors 2,4; Worship Team 2; NHS 4; Reflector 4

Saarah Monawvil, U.S.A.

Class Excom 4; Teacher’s Ass’t. 1,2; Collide 1,2,4; Band 1; Drama 1,2,4; Ensemble 4; Worship Team 2,4; Football 1,2,4; Basketball 1; English 2; Bible 1,2; Social Studies 2; NHS 4; Reflector 4

Bethany Weidemann, U.S.A.

Class Excom 4; Care & Share 3,4; Drama 1,2,3,4; Forensics 3,4; Bible 3

Xian Yao Ng, Malaysia

Sarah Wiesner, U.S.A.

Bible 3

Choir 2,4; Worship Team 3; Football 3; Volleyball 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; MSSPP Track 2,3,4; Reflector 3,4

Elizabeth Nguyen, U.S.A.

Dorm Rep. 2,4; Class Excom 4; Teacher’s Ass’t. 2; Collide 3,4; Young Life 2,3,4; Choir 2,4; Drama 2,3,4; Ensemble 3,4; Jazz Band 2; Worship Team 3,4; Basketball 1,2; Bible 3; NHS 3,4; Reflector 4

Frances Wong, Singapore

StuCo Pep Rep. 4; Teacher’s Ass’t. 2,3,4; Peer Tutoring 1,2,3,4; Band 4; Instrumental Lessons 1,2,3; Volleyball 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; MSSPP Track 1,3,4; Science 3; Foreign Language 1; NHS 3,4

Santi Niramitvijit, Thailand

Football 2,4; Basketball 1,2,4; Choir 4

Karen Pagee, Canada Choir 3; Science 4

Maaya Yamauchi, Japan

Class Excom 3; Teacher’s Ass’t. 2,3,4; Band 1,3,4; Football 2,3,4; Basketball 1; Softball 1,2,3,4

JiHyun Park, Korea

Class Excom 3,4; Teacher’s Ass’t. 3; Care & Share 3,4; Peer Tutoring 4; Drama 4; Football 1,2,3,4; Softball 2,3,4; Math 2, Foreign Language 2; NHS 3,4

Jee Bin Yim, Korea

Dorm Rep. 4; Teacher’s Ass’t. 3,4; Care & Share 3,4; Choir 4; Worship Team 4; Softball 4; Foundation Art 2; NHS 3,4

Theresa Phan, U.S.A.

Teacher’s Ass’t. 2; Choir 4; Band 1; Instrumental Lessons 1; Badminton 1; Ensemble 3; Worship Team 2,3; Football 2; Volleyball 1; Basketball 1,2,3; MSSPP Track 1,2,3,4; Softball 1

To Serve Others

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.

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“Many of us juniors met early in the morning to work and felt exhausted. I was so surprised by the seniors; I didn’t expect any type of break on a workday so close to JSB,” said Jennifer Park.

Over the course of the year, juniors devoted themselves to working hard on the Junior-Senior Banquet in preparation for honoring the seniors. Saturdays became stressful workdays, but on 9 April the seniors decided to show their appreciation by serving them back.

George Merusi said, “We had other ideas planned at first, but when someone mentioned how the juniors spent their weekends working, I knew it would be a good opportunity.”

The class hired SAB to cater food for the juniors’ enjoyment, a welcome break from the hours for the creation of JSB for the seniors. After thanking the juniors for working so hard for them, the seniors set out to provide a relaxing lunch together.

“It felt really good to serve

Dong Yeob Sakong, Korea Choir 4; Band 1; Football 1,2,3,4

Brittany Sasse, U.S.A.

StuCo Rep. 4; Class Excom 3; Little League Baseball 3,4; Young Life 1,2,3,4; Choir 2,4; Band 1,3; Drama 2; Instrumental Lessons 1,2,3; Ensemble 1,4; Worship Team 2,3,4; Basketball 1,2; Softball 1,2,3,4; Social Studies 3,4

Jet Song Yong Won, Korea

Care & Share 3; Band 1; Badminton 1,2; Ensemble 3; Jazz Band 1,2,3,4; Football 3; Softball 3,4; Judo 4

Nathan Steel, U.S.A.

Class Excom 3,4; Teacher’s Ass’t. 1,3,4; Drama 3; Ambassadors 1; Worship Team 2,3,4; Football 1,2,3,4; Tennis 3,4; Social Studies 3; NHS 3,4

Miranda Steinert, U.S.A.

Class Excom 3,4; Teacher’s Ass’t. 1,2,3; Teaching ESL 4; Choir 2,4; Band 1; Drama 3,4; Instrumental Lessons 2; Jazz Band 1; Football 1,2,3,4; Volleyball 3; Basketball 1,3,4; English 3; Reflector 4

Josephine Steinkamp, U.S.A.

Teacher’s Ass’t. 4; Football 2,3,4; Volleyball 3; Basketball 2,3,4; Fitness/Health 3; Foreign Language 3

Josh Strong, U.S.A.

Choir 4; Football 2,3,4; Basketball 3,4; MSSPP Track 3

Yi Yang Tan, Malaysia

Care & Share 3,4; Badminton 2; Ensemble 3; Football 4; Softball 2,3,4; Judo 3,4; AMD 4

Alan Patrick Thompson, Australia

Dorm Rep. 3,4,; Peer Tutor 4; Choir 2,3,4; Tae Kwon Do 1; Ensemble 3; Football 2,3; MSSPP Track 4; Softball 1

Rachel Thorne, Canada

Teacher’s Ass’t. 1,2,3,4; Choir 2,3,4; Ensemble 3,4; Volleyball 1,2,3,4; MSSPP Track 2,3,4

Kaleb Uzzle, U.S.A.

Teacher’s Ass’t. 4; Drama 4; Swimming 4; NHS 4

Laura Van Oss, U.S.A.

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Spring Musical 1,4; Novice Play 1,2,3; Forensics 1,2,3,4; NHS 3,4; Spanish Honor Society 3,4; Principal’s 5.0 Award 1,2,3; Drama 4; Choir 1,2,3,4

A Last Chance...

Scrubbing dark sludge on the crosswalk, Saarah Monawvil works on a part of the senior service project. The seniors came on a Saturday to serve their community and show their gratitude to the juniors.

others who were working so hard to honor us,” said Saarah Monawvil. “I also got to spend some time just relaxing and chatting to some of my junior friends, which was great too.”

“I had just taken the ACT that morning so I was really tired by lunch time. It was so thoughtful of the seniors to take time to serve us,” said Stephen Barber.

The service day for the seniors didn’t only mean serving lunch for the juniors, but also time to clean up the well-used overpass across the highway in front of campus. The class worked diligently to scrub the overpass with plenty of soap and buckets of water. Students, parents, and teachers all use the overpass, so cleaning it became a great chance to serve the school.

“Even though using the overpass is annoying as a dorm student, once we started cleaning, I got so into it,” said Alan Thompson. “I wanted to make sure that anyone walking on the overpass wouldn’t have to deal with all the muck that gets collected there.”

Before the Class of 2012 left to continue working, the Class of 2011 served them ice cream to cool off in the hot afternoon.

—By James Vo

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A Night of Rich Colors, Luscious Food, and Dynamic Music...

Welcome to a Mexican Fiesta!

Cheerful and familiar melodies sung by a small a cappella band at the right corner of the chapel welcomed the seniors, who had just opened the door of a small Mexican world created by the juniors.

The juniors had excitedly worked on the After-Sneak Dinner for three weeks. They made an invitation video, painted donkeys and houses, cut and folded colored paper in flower shapes, cooked enchiladas and burritos with salsa sauce, and finally assembled everything in the chapel.

“We worked hard so the seniors could enjoy what we had prepared for them. It was so much fun to get to know them through

giving massages and all the other events,” said Rebekah Wiesner.

And all the effort and time the juniors put into this event clearly impressed the class of 2011 as they entered the chapel.

“I liked it a lot. It definitely was beyond my expectations,” said JiHyun Park. “I liked the decorations. I still remember those sombreros, the Mexican-style hats. I could tell that the juniors had spent a lot of time and energy preparing this event.”

As the seniors settled around the tables, the juniors served quesadillas and chips for appetizers. Then rhythmical music and a series of creative activities stirred

up more enthusiasm and excitement.

The seniors paired up and danced to joyful Mexican music following the juniors’ example.

When tired of dancing, another group gave the seniors neck and shoulder massages.

Josie Steinkamp said, “Before we got there, we thought it wouldn’t be better than our [AfterSneak Dinner] because ours was pretty great. But when we walked in—I don’t know about others— but I was shocked because it actually was amazing.”

Not only seniors but also the juniors enjoyed the evening together. Yu Ting Lin said, “It was

a great opportunity to honor seniors. We felt accomplished when [they said] we surpassed them.”

“It was exciting because we put a lot into it. And it was rewarding because the seniors seemed to like it,” said Ashlee Copley.

As the seniors walked out of the chapel holding little cactuses as their gifts, they found themselves humming the Mexican songs.

—By Jennifer Park

“Let me tighten it,” says Winnie Tan to Marieth Kiiza who tries to cover her eyes with a handkerchief. Juniors gave a surprise gift to the person who pinned the tail at the right place on the donkey.

Moving to the music, juniors pair up and dance on the stage. Joel Kirk, Andy Goh, Roc Wu, and Joseph Kim played the same music over and over again for those who wanted to dance.

Handmade decorations on the table catch Danny Babcock, Nathan Steel, and Josh Strong’s attention. Before the official opening words of Abbie Brake and Dylan Frans, the seniors took time to take pictures and enjoy their appetizers.

HUNG CHING SONG

Stephen Barber, 11 U.S.A. Abbie Brake, 11 U.S.A. Emily Brokaw, 11 U.S.A. Casey Chen, 11 Taiwan Dino Chiu, 11 Taiwan David Choi, 11 Korea Jim Choi, 11 Korea Ashlee Copley, 11 Australia Juliet DeVette, 11 U.S.A. Zachary Fiske, 11 U.S.A. Dylan Frans, 11 U.K. Danae Frentz, 11 Canada Alex Gimson, 11 Canada Andy Goh, 11 Malaysia Nathan Guthrie, 11 U.S.A. Jeffrey Hsiao, 11 Taiwan Sarah Hwang, 11 Korea Christina Kim, 11 U.S.A.

Joseph Kim, 11 Korea Joel Kirk, 11 New Zealand Keegan Ladner, 11 U.S.A. Sarah Lawrence, 11 U.S.A. Marco Lee, 11 Malaysia Sarah Lim, 11 Malaysia Yu Ting Lin, 11 Taiwan Chi-Yuan Lo, 11 Taiwan Nicole Mauger, 11 U.S.A. Joseph Merusi, 11 U.S.A. Ji-Hun Moon, 11 Korea Chan Hee Park, 11 Korea Christian Park, 11 U.S.A. Jennifer Park, 11 Korea Nathan Peace, 11 U.S.A. Yee Pei P’ng, 11 Malaysia Karl Reeves, 11 U.K. Joel Shafer, 11 U.S.A.

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HUNG CHING SONG

HUNG CHING SONG

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm ... As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Audrey Hepburn

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With a wry face, Samuel Yeo points at the unpainted part of the railing fence on the opposite side. The bright sunlight tortured the juniors’ eyes as they worked on the 13th and 14th floors.

HUNG CHING SONG HUNG CHING SONG

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Always Ready to Share and Support...

Serving Spirits

It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.

Mother Teresa

Jarrod Forsdick, 10 Australia Jeeho Han, 10 Korea Chanel Huang, 10 Taiwan Soo Min Jang, 10 Korea Sol Jin, 10 Korea Sam Kes, 10 U.S.A. Evelyne Kiiza, 10 Tanzania Chan-Yang Kim, 10 Nepal Esther Kim, 10 Korea Grace Kim, 10 Korea Jin Kuo, 10 Korea Keanu Lee, 10 Canada Wesley Lee, 10 Korea Amanda Leech, 10 U.S.A. Adam Lim, 10 Malaysia Sophie Ly, 10 U.S.A. Reagan Mahoney, 10 Canada Luke Martens, 10 Canada

“Welcome back,” say seniors Danny Babcock, Harry Mak, and Kevin Huang, who waited for the juniors to return from the Rifle-Range. The seniors provided massages and the snacks for their friends.

HUNG CHING SONG

Hung Ching Song, 11 Taiwan Katrina Stevens, 11 U.S.A. Jasmine Stoltzfus, 11 U.S.A. Jordan Strong, 11 U.S.A. Charissa Tan, 11 Malaysia Winnie Tan, 11 Malaysia David Toh, 11 Singapore David Tse, 11 Malaysia Ben Unruh, 11 U.S.A. Sarah Uzzle, 11 U.S.A. Rebekah Wiesner, 11 U.S.A. Roc Wu, 11 Taiwan Adrian Yeap, 11 Malaysia Sam Yeo, 11 Korea Shion Beak, 10 Korea Mallorie Blackstone, 10 U.S.A. Ken Chee, 10 Malaysia Brenn Dowdy, 10 U.S.A.

Around the clock tower on 18 September at 7:30 a.m., the juniors gathered and grouped into four teams. Then the class and their sponsors loaded up the vans with paint, masks, scrapers, rollers, and brushes for the serve-athon.

After 30 minutes of driving, they arrived at the Rifle-Range housing complex, where they would spend a whole day either under the broiling sun or in the dismal darkness where the sun could never reach.

“The living conditions at Rifle Range are bad. It could have a lot of improvements,” said Christian Park as his first impression.

Karl Reeves said, “I felt sorry as I got to see real life in there. That place was dirty and smelly.”

The four teams moved to the assigned floors to start scraping and repainting the railing fences.

The groups who went to the 12th and 13th floors experienced exhaustion from dehydration.

Some of them had trouble because of the heights as well.

“It was scary to work on the 13th floor,” said Steven Barber. “I could look down to the bottom To help Rebekah Wiesner remove the paint on her face, Danae Frentz dips her fingers in the turpentine. “Even though we got tired at the end, we still had fun at the Rifle Range,” said Christian Park.

floor and see what other people were doing as I was working on the top floor of the same building.”

Two other groups of juniors had some difficulty in figuring out the parts still needing paint because the sunlight did not reach into the third and fourth floor.

But they still entertained themselves as they worked. The girls painted each other’s faces like Indian warriors as the guys, on the other side, sang and beat-boxed their favorite songs.

“The Serve-athon was a good way to bless the residents while helping to raise money for the junior class. I had fun painting and occasionally saying hello to the people curious enough to wonder why and what we were doing,” said Abbie Brake.

Said Dylan Frans, “After this event, I had a feeling of accomplishment even though the time we spent there wasn’t long.”

When the class finally showed up back on campus after hours of laboring, the considerate seniors welcomed them with ice cream, drinks, and massages.

A feeling of accomplishment filled the hearts of the class of 2012 as they made their way home. Even the tiredness from the long hours of serving could not quench the remaining excitement in them.

—By Jennifer Park

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To cheer up the orphans for the Christmas season, Soo Min Jang and Terence Law converse as they write encouraging notes to them. Students not only spent time together, but they also gave back to those less fortunate than they through gifts and encouragement.

JAMES VO

Bursting with artistic creativity, David Choi, Jeeho Han, Zack Ng, and Keanu Lee smother the chocolate cake with colorful icing. The Christmas Banquet provided new ways for students to express their festive spirit while designing their very own chocolate creations.

JAMES VO

Sharath Murugan, 10 Malaysia Amanda Ng, 10 Malaysia Zack Ng, 10 Malaysia Yung Tsen Ooi, 10 Malaysia Ji Won Park, 10 Korea Yang Yang Sim, 10 Malaysia Xiao-Leen Siow, 10 Malaysia Jacob Smith, 10 U.S.A. Chloe Spiess, 10 U.S.A. Cassandra Tan, 10 Malaysia Jamie Thompson, 10 U.S.A. Josh Thorne, 10 Canada Chareesa Usaha, 10 Malaysia Bertha Wang, 10 U.S.A. Ben Weidemann, 10 U.S.A. Hank Wong, 10 Singapore Jane Yook, 10 Korea Ooychai Yuthiwattana, 10 Thailand

Sugar and Spice and...

Everything Nice

StuCo planned a caroling event where the students sang “Silent Night” and other Christmas favorites. At the end of this, Brittany Sasse announced that surprises lay hidden above; and suddenly balloons fell from the ceiling to the delighted cries of students.

“The balloon part was pretty creative. And when everyone sang it was exciting to get candles which created an atmosphere of exuberance in the highly concentrated room,” said Marco Lee. Merusi received applause for his tasty artwork as he walked off with the box of goodies as the winners of the cake competition.

“I reveled in my victory over Mr. [Karl] Steinkamp’s cake after he trash-talked our group’s beautifully made creation. I bet our cake tasted better too,” said Merusi with a smirk on his face and sticky icing covered fingers.

—By James Vo Thoughtfully, JiHyun Park adds her comforting note to the mass of cards on a pillar for fellow classmates. Students wrote cards wishing their friends a joyful Christmas break and a cherished time spent away from school with family.

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Sweet colorful icing covered his fingertips as George Merusi created his masterpiece of delicious art with frosting that swirled everywhere. Merusi’s group hoped that his idea for the personalized cake would pay off in the end at the cake decorating competition during Christmas Banquet at the Flamingo Hotel on 4 December.

“Digging our hands into the bowls of dyed icing and slathering it all over the front of the cake was definitely a high point of the night,” said Jasmine Stoltzfus.

Aside from cake decorating, high school students spread Christmas cheer to their dates in the form of gifts to one another.

Each “couple” also bought a gift for kids at local orphanages and wrote encouraging notes to them.

“It felt really good giving gifts to the orphans and sharing Christmas with them,” said Saarah Monawvil with a smile.

Justin Lao said, “For my freshman year, I personally think that this CB was the best ever; even planning the whole event was enjoyable because we had great people helping to create CB.”

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

Nelson Mandela Jacqueline Ashkin, 9 U.S.A. Richard Brake, 9 U.S.A. Michelle Chan, 9 Malaysia Sally Chang, 9 Malaysia Emma Chinn, 9 U.S.A. Collin Gilbert, 9 U.S.A. Jana Gilbert, 9 U.S.A. Kenya Gimson, 9 Canada Allen Goh, 9 Malaysia Daniel Ha, 9 Korea Joseph Hawthorne, 9 U.S.A. Shaun Hiew, 9 Malaysia Brittany Hurlbut, 9 U.S.A. Aaron Johnson, 9 U.S.A. Stephanie Jones, 9 U.K. Hyun Soo Kang, 9 Korea Thushara Kantimahanti, 9 India Simon Karing, 9 Denmark

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Daniel Kim, 9 Korea Joy Kim, 9 Korea Shawn Kim, 9 Korea Rebecca Kong, 9 Malaysia Dong Jae Koo, 9 Korea Steven Kwon, 9 Korea Justin Lao, 9 U.S.A. Matthew Lawrence, 9 U.S.A. Franco Lee, 9 Malaysia Jerry Lee, 9 Korea Josh Lee, 9 U.S.A. Joyce Lee, 9 Korea Sam McIntyre, 9 U.S.A. Asthyn McKenzie, 9 Canada Ciera Nash, 9 U.S.A. Anita Nordenso, 9 Denmark Andy Oh, 9 Korea Niklaus Ooi, 9 Malaysia

NHS’ Four Qualities Needed for...

Rescuing Bella “I think that covers the qualities of our aid. Now all we need to do is find a person who fits it,” said Nathan Steel, acting as Edward from the Twilight series, at the National Honor Society assembly.

On 1 March, all the high school students and the staff gathered in the chapel to celebrate the induction of new NHS members.

Before tapping the new members, the former NHS members performed a skit that creatively demonstrated four main requirements of NHS: scholarship, leadership, character, and service.

“The skit was refreshingly original. It effectively conveyed to the The crowd loudly applauds Jordan Strong as he lights a candle as part of his induction into NHS. The NHS members then feasted on a buffet luncheon provided by the teachers and staff.

audience what the NHS really emphasizes,” said Jeffrey Hsiao.

After the skit, the performers brought 17 new NHS students up to the stage.

“I was shocked,” said David Tse, “and yet grateful because I didn’t expect to be called.”

“I was quite surprised to be inducted because I never thought I met the standards. I am glad that I received this honor,” said Rachel Leung.

A similar event happened in the middle school on 11 March.

Students in grades seven and eight with the appropriate traits joined the National Junior Honor Society.

The NHS and NJHS assemblies provided an opportunity to recognize and reward eligible students and induct them into an organization with branches around the —By Jennifer Park world.

JENNIFER PARK

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.

Thomas Huxley

JENNIFER PARK

JENNIFER PARK

“I have power over President Obama, and I am on good terms with Kim Jung Il,” says Chan-Mi Kim, the proud Queen as her servant Lucy Lee attends to her needs. The search for qualified candidates fell short— until they reached Dalat’s campus.

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With a confident smile on her face, Khalie Mahoney introduces herself to Nathan Steel and Harry Mak with great dignity.

A surprise appearance of Isaac and Mrs. Theresa Uzzle on the stage made the skit more enjoyable.

Yit Shaun P’ng, 9 Singapore Ina Park, 9 Korea Benjamin Png, 9 Singapore Raymond Pow, 9 Malaysia Joanna Robinson, 9 U.K. Yeon-Woo Sakong, 9 Korea Kelly Shim, 9 Korea Abbi Spiess, 9 U.S.A. Josiah Steinkamp, 9 U.S.A. Justin Strong, 9 U.S.A. Justin Suen, 9 U.S.A. Farid Syed, 9 Malaysia Reese Terry, 9 U.S.A. Anthea Tsai, 9 Taiwan Steven Ulbricht, 9 U.S.A. Eunice Um, 9 Korea Nathan Unruh, 9 U.S.A. Jennifer Vo, 9 U.S.A.

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Melanie Waters, 9 U.S.A. Sheng-Chun Yang, 9 Taiwan Tim Barber, 8 U.S.A. Seung Won Beak, 8 Korea Jessie Brandon, 8 U.S.A. Jonathan Chandra, 8 Indonesia Eun Hyo Chang, 8 Korea Cindy Chiem, 8 Philippines Dennis Choi, 8 Korea Shelly Choi, 8 Korea Hee Ra Chung, 8 Korea Lucia Combrink, 8 Netherlands Claudia Droegsler, 8 Germany Nick Gimson, 8 Canada Morgan Guthrie, 8 U.S.A. Katie Gwaltney, 8 U.S.A. Martin Karing, 8 Denmark Andy Kim, 8 Korea

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Getting in Touch with Your...

Best Buddy

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

Henry David Thoreau Laura Kor, 8 Australia Kirk Ladner, 8 U.S.A. Jian-Shiun Lai, 8 Malaysia Kenji Lee, 8 Malaysia Sangjoon Lee, 8 Korea Derrick Lim, 8 Malaysia Ting-Hui Lim, 8 Malaysia Clarissa Lister, 8 Indonesia Shion Matsumoto, 8 Japan Marianna Moss, 8 U.S.A. Tayler Nash, 8 U.S.A. Jet Oh, 8 Malaysia Kevin Oh, 8 Malaysia Jamie Ooi, 8 Malaysia Tim Phan, 8 U.S.A. Tesa Sasse, 8 U.S.A. Charlotte Scherf, 8 Germany Shaikha Shahtaj, 8 India

Laughing, Alan Thompson learns more about Denise Choi as they discover one another’s favorite dessert, color, and DOTA hero. Seniors and eighth graders had opportunities to relax and share snacks together at excom-planned events.

MRS. JACKI STEINKAMP

With a relaxed look, Seung Won Beak watches 46 seniors and 48 eighth grade characters fill the student center during the costume party. Throughout the night seniors and their buddies, in unique costumes, munched on delicious desserts.

Nathan Steel, senior class president, hushed the crowded room of seniors as he read about the excom’s plan for eighth grade buddies. The meeting started out quiet with little excitement, but smiles soon appeared across senior faces.

“I absolutely love having an eighth grade buddy! It feels great knowing you can encourage them.

I love my buddy [Katie Gwaltney],” said Khalie Mahoney.

The eighth graders felt so excited at hearing that seniors wanted to hang out with them, that they couldn’t help but smile when their senior buddies walked on by.

“I like how we each have our own buddy,” said Joshua Wiesner.

“It’s so cool that they actually hang out and talk to us.”

At the first meeting over bowls of mint ice cream, everyone had a chance to learn each other’s favorite food, color, and superhero. The Towel on head and around his waist, Seungjou Jun loses to Sydney McKenzie as she races to snatch the wig off Mr. David Thomas’s head. Games allowed seniors and buddies to compete and enjoy one another’s company.

two groups also became one with their “inner ninja” while playing the Ninja game.

“The Ninja game was so hard since I was not as steady or small as Timothy Barber. He could dodge a lot better,” said George Merusi.

During October, classes came together for a costume party with snacks and games; the costumes ranged from ninjas to rock stars.

“Going with Lucia Combrink and choosing our random outfit for the costume party was quite exciting. I really enjoyed my buddy because I can be random with her,” said Sydney McKenzie.

Since seniors could go off campus for lunch, they often bought drinks or snacks for their buddies.

“I really appreciate how Khalie brings me drinks during the day.

It’s encouraging on boring days,” said Gwaltney.

As Steel wrapped up his announcement, an exciting atmosphere filled the room. Seniors chatted away, making plans for their buddies even though they hadn’t even met them yet.

—By James Vo

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Nicole Sigrist, 8 Malaysia Hung Jie Song, 8 Taiwan Rebekah Steinkamp, 8 U.S.A. Joseph Stoltzfus, 8 U.S.A. Juliet Suen, 8 U.S.A. Emily Tan, 8 Malaysia Johnathan Tan, 8 Malaysia Peter Tan, 8 Malaysia Yan Rong Tan, 8 Korea Huimin Tang, 8 Malaysia Kaori Terada, 8 Japan Kia Thompson, 8 Australia David Ulbricht, 8 U.S.A. Jacob Uzzle, 8 U.S.A. Joshua Wiesner, 8 U.S.A. Jennifer Yook, 8 Korea Melissa You, 8 Malaysia Alexandra Blackstone, 7 U.S.A.

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MEW could only be summarized with one word: love. Mr. Jimmy Stewart brought his team of three all the way from Hong Kong to share their message and testimonies. The topic helped many students understand more about God’s love as a Father.

Saarah Monawvil said, “Jimmy had an interesting topic that he talked about. I enjoyed discussing with my friends about their opinions afterward.”

Mr. Stewart spoke of God’s free-flowing love made for everyone and what that meant individually. Throughout his visit, he spent time with students in their Wearing big glasses and a plaid outfit, George Merusi slaps his bass guitar to quick rhythms during a MEW worship session. The band helped lead the student body in songs as they came to learn more about themselves and what God wanted to teach them.

Bible classes to help them understand more of the week’s theme.

“This MEW was a little bit different from the previous ones, but I think it was nice in its own way because the speaker seemed to like having some personal time with everyone,” said Maaya Yamauchi.

Coming from a Southern background, Mr. Stewart had his own style and experiences to share with the students. Despite the differences, students gained from the life stories that he shared whether through a good laugh or a deeper insight about themselves.

Josh Strong said, “I thought Jimmy’s laugh and his jokes were really funny. They made me want to laugh, too.”

The student worship teams, led

by Mr. Jason Selvanayagam, played an important part of MEW week, helping students find time with God. The team encouraged others

while also enjoying the chance to worship with music.

“I loved watching George Merusi play the bass guitar during the MEW sessions,” said Alan Thompson. “He really ‘got into’ the music, and he had the look of passion for God.” From the day he arrived, students felt touched by the genuine way Mr. Stewart shared some of the hardest parts of his life. His experiences showed them how God’s love flowed for everyone to be a part of and to find safety in.

“It was really nice having Jimmy, Bonnie, and Janice come to talk,” said Hannah Jones. “This MEW was good because it presented a lot of challenges for me that I’ve never really faced before.

It also posed lots of questions I never realized I had and started a new journey for me.”

—By James Vo

Hand on his shoulder, Mr. Jimmy Stewart conveys his message and experience of love through a demonstration with Ben Gwaltney. Students connected to Mr. Stewart’s unique personality through his personal interactions with them.

Up on the stage, Mr. Stewart and Bonnie perform a skit for the students to better understand the free gift of God’s love. Mr. Stewart used different methods of teaching with skits and stories to give a clear understanding of his message.

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Elisabeth Brokaw, 7 U.S.A. Wen Chi Chen, 7 Taiwan Evan Chinn, 7 U.S.A. Charlotte Combrink, 7 Netherlands Johanna Droegsler, 7 Denmark Kyle Fischer, 7 U.S.A. Kai Fraser, 7 Australia Isabel Girling, 7 U.S.A. Amanda Goh, 7 Malaysia Joel Halbedl, 7 U.S.A. Rachel Halbedl, 7 U.S.A. Brian Hiew, 7 Malaysia Rachel Hurlbut, 7 U.S.A. Su Jin Hwang, 7 Korea Titus Hwang, 7 Korea David Jung, 7 Korea Christina Kim, 7 Korea Daniel Kim, 7 Korea

Opening up the...

Heart for Love to Enter

JAMES VO

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.

Pam Brown

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Three Times a Charm...

soft and hard people—and that it [the hardness and softness of a person] is not just about the appearances,” said Kun-Hee Kim. By sharing his life’s testimony, Pastor Frank opened his heart to all in an attempt to expand Christ’s family.

At the end of each meeting, Pastor Frank called out to the students earnestly, inquiring and praying for any who would step forth to join Christ’s family.

These attempts resulted in no less than 37 students coming forth and openly expressing their newly found acceptance of Christ.

“I don’t know if I impacted anybody, but I sure hope that Jesus impacted some people,” said Pastor Frank.

For the 123 elementary students, Mr. Verl and Mrs. Bernice Taylor from U.S.A. delivered the messages of the life of Jesus and Christianity through various hand motions, songs, and a puppet.

“I really liked SEW. My favorite part was the puppet. He made many mistakes and taught us lessons,” said Nathan Wiesner.

“They all learned the signs that we taught and practiced them!

Some parents even came and told

us that they had done them at home!” Mrs. Taylor said.

Although the occurrences of the week gradually subsided into nothing but mere memories for nonbelievers, those touched by God shall forever remember and recall how they jumped up and down while singing and praising Him—for He had spoken to them through the speakers at SEW. —By Hung Ching Song After a drum introduction, Brittany Sasse, Khalie Mahoney, and Beth Nguyen sing in harmony. Blazing excitement filled the chapel in both mornings and evenings.

MIRANDA STEINERT JENNIFER PARK

May the sun always shine on your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain; May the hand of a friend always be near you; May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you . Irish Blessing

JENNIFER PARK

Students and adults alike both jumped up and down while singing and clapping their hands to the beat of the student-led worship band. As the week of 28 September approached, so did Spiritual Emphasis Week, aka, SEW. “This SEW has caused a spiritual revival in our school!” said David Toh with a grin.

With a passion to fire up the hearts of the young Christians and to minister God’s message, Pastor Frank Reynolso returned for a third time.

“What Pastor Frank said was very inspiring, like the speech of

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Gloria Kim, 7 Korea Sunny Kim, 7 Korea Karsten Ladner, 7 U.S.A. Christina Lee, 7 Taiwan Kathy Lee, 7 Malaysia Peter Lee, 7 Korea Tayah Lee, 7 Canada Shawn Lim, 7 Malaysia Ysabel Loh, 7 Malaysia Sabrina Ly, 7 U.S.A. Mary-Claire McIntyre, 7 U.S.A. Emma Merusi, 7 U.S.A. Joshua Moon, 7 Korea Brenda Ng, 7 Malaysia Joyce Oh, 7 Korea Nikita Pakiam, 7 Malaysia Bijay Rana, 7 Nepal Kaela Ruble, 7 U.S.A.

With dynamic hand gestures, Pastor Frank Reynolso passionately preaches to high school students. “Pastor Frank enlightened us,” said Dylan Frans. “He spiritually motivated and awaked us by filling our hearts with the love of God.

Attentively listening to Pastor Frank’s sermon, Ben Gwaltney, Tim Sasse, and Josiah Brake focus on every word. “What Pastor Frank talked to us about during SEW made me reflect on my life,” said Gwaltney in his testimony.

Nathalie Sigrist, 7 Malaysia Eric Soon, 7 Malaysia Kassy Steinkamp, 7 U.S.A. Chardin Stengele, 7 U.S.A. Harrison Stevens, 7 Australia Sarah Tan, 7 Malaysia Zachary Tan, 7 Malaysia Noel Teng, 7 Malaysia Benjamin Tse, 7 Malaysia Ana Vieira, 7 Portugal Angelene Woo, 7 Malaysia Sheng-Ting Yang, 7 Taiwan Cheryl Yeap, 7 Malaysia Elijah Yeng, 7 Malaysia Alexis Zimbulis, 7 Malaysia Josiah Brake, 6 U.S.A. Gabriel Brito, 6 Portugal Jarrod Chang, 6 Malaysia

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What Attracts Us

Pulling You In

FINGER pointed after releasing the bowling ball Luke Martens scored a spare for his team. The dorms held activities such as bowling to give the students a chance to bond with each other as well as relax from a long week of school homework.

“HOW was your day?” asked Sydney McKenzie as she relieved Joel Kirk of the knots in his back from scrubbing the railings during the junior Serve-athon. The seniors treated the juniors to ice cream and massages to reward their hard work and service.

4–5

Out on the Town

Sport/Fantasy Football

Music & Movies

Stress & Sleep

10–11

Time Line

12–13

6-7 8-9

Dictionary & Statistics 14–15 with Map Pullout

Sculpting Minds and Bodies Keeping in shape has always given humanity trouble, but with discipline and hard work, students overcame these difficulties to live healthier and become stronger.

The weight room gave males and a select number of females a chance to train with weights to bulk up or slim down. Popular exercises included the bench press, dumbbell curls, and crunches.

FOLLOWING through on his threat, Alan Thompson throws his sister Kia over his shoulder. The pool gave the chance to have a good time with friends, in addition to the exercise it gave.

Three students, Joe Merusi, Chi-Yuan Lo, and David Toh worked out under the guidance of Mr. Frank Alexander.

“Frank showed me methods to work out muscle groups of my body, and I ended up bringing my max bench press from 150 pounds to 205. He also kept me motivated throughout the school year to continue with my workouts,” said Merusi. Having a workout buddy helped students stay focused.

A new kind of equipment arrived for use by students: exercise bands. These bands gave students the ability to have a normal work out in only 15 minutes.

“The advantages of these bands are that a person only needs a small space to work out with them, so they don’t take up too much room, which is ideal for college dorm rooms. Also, they can take an hour long workout and fit it into 15 minutes,” said Mr. David Thomas.

Students also had other options for exercise, such as swimming or playing tennis.

The swimming pool and tennis court on campus made it convenient for students who wanted to try out these sports.

“When I hurt my knee and couldn’t run, I swam, which helped keep me exercising,” said Alan Thompson.

For those who needed to train for sports or just wanted to stay in shape, jogging provided a viable option. “To keep in shape for volleyball during the off season, I usually run a couple miles around campus,” said Rachel Thorne.

After school students young and old played a variety of sports at the amateur level, such as football, Foursquare, and basketball. These activities attracted children of all ages.

For students who didn’t take part in the sports’ teams, different opportunities for physical fitness presented themselves.

—By Daniel Barber

STRAINING to lift the weight up to his shoulder, Seung Jou Jun exercises his arms by doing a bicep curl.

The weight room gave students a place where they could increase both strength and stamina through a variety of exercises.

HANDS set to bounce the ball back at her opponent, Hannah Wiesner plays foursquare after school.

Middle-schoolers and elementary students often took part in various after-school games such as Foursquare, basketball, and football.

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with friends at SAB or singing karaoke in the newly renovated Red Box at Gurney.

Students could hardly resist the pull of stress-relieving activities on a lazy Saturday such as reading a book, watching a movie, or listening to music.

As dorm students talked with their friends, the conversation often focused on Malaysia’s culture or religion, and sometimes they complained that the cheque from grandma wasn’t worth as much since the US dollar had dropped from rm3.70 to rm3.00 in the last three years.

As you flip through these pages you will see how we, as a community, let some events pull us in and allow us to take a breather from the regular routine of school.

—By Sarah Wiesner

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MIRANDA STEINERT

A pull, unlike a push, can invite you to relax and take a break from the strain and pressure that life throws at you. These relaxing activities attracted stressed students, like the Paradise beach attracted plump, sunbaked tourists or a JSB “asking” gathered swarms of students by the clock tower, anticipating who would ask whom next.

Plenty of things caused this kind attraction. Participating in a sport such as football enticed a player to work out and stay in shape; if a guy wanted the title of the big man on campus, it came with a price.

Students’ favorite restaurants or weekend activities pulled them in after a long week of pushing themselves in academics. They found rest in activities such as cooking their favorite food recipies, eating

Staying in Shape

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DANIEL BARBER

MIRANDA STIENERT

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Opening Theme

Staying in Shape

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For every five days of school, the calendar awarded students 57 hours of free time from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening. Students could utilize this time for sleeping, shopping, hanging out with their friends or whatever they could not squeeze into the school week.

“I never do homework on weekends!” Jordan Strong declared. “I hardly sleep, either.

I like to play indoor soccer on Friday night, watch movies, and talk with my friends.”

“I’ll go to Gurney with my friends and squander my time there,” said Rachel Leung.

George Merusi said, “A lot of my weekends are just average rest days. If it’s a hot day, I’ll go to a restaurant with my friends and hang out.”

Some students chose to explore the rich cultural side of Penang. “We wanted to try something new,” said JiHyun Park about her day trip downtown with Lucy Lee, ChanMi Kim, Nathan Steel, and Seung Jou Jun. “We went out to George Town and Little India because we wanted to see the culture in Penang. We walked all around and saw a mosque and a Chinese temple.”

Campus often offered entertainment through Food and Fun Fairs or Student Council activities. Crowds came to see the juniors auctioned off on 17 March, and students displayed their skills in the talent show on 25 February. Even on regular Friday nights, students spent time together on campus.

Arm thrown back, Cameron Johnson prepares to launch the ball to Reagan Mahoney. Apartment complexes with pools made popular gathering spots for students looking for a cooler way to spend the day.

Carefully maneuvering her lasagna-filled fork into Sydney McKenzie’s mouth, Theresa Phan tastes McKenzie’s pasta as well. An evening at Mario’s allowed the seniors to enjoy a different resaurant.

“We were just sick of going to the mall, so we hung out on campus and a whole bunch of us played games” Josie Steinkamp remembered. “On Saturday morning some of us seniors went to the Home Ec Room to bake brownies for Aunt Jacki [Steinkamp] because it was her birthday!”

Others decided to give their time to the community through Care and Share or teaching English in Gertak Sangul, a fishing village about 50 minutes away from campus.

Weekends also gave students a chance to slow down from the busyness of the week and reflect on their lives.

Amanda Ng said, “I like to relax and just think about how I could live better. I then think about ways to make that happen. I make sure I’m staying on task with my life.”

Juniors worked hard on preparations for the JuniorSenior Banquet on weekends.

David Tse said, “Work days

are seven hours long, and it’s very tiring. But we blast music in both rooms, so you can go to whichever room has the music you like best.”

Nathan Guthrie said, “My Saturdays are pretty much shot because of work days. But afterwards we go to a movie, so we look forward to that.”

Dorms took advantage of weekends as well. “We’ll watch movies and then go eat somewhere nice,” said Kia Thompson. “We’ve gone to Chili’s and Roadhouse.”

Sabrina Ly added, “I like it when we eat at Nando’s!”

Through smoothies at the mall or painting JSB decorations, students had the opportunity to connect with friends on a more relaxed level than during the school week. Fiftyseven hours slipped away quickly, but students only had to endure five more days of school before the weekend would come around again.

—By B.Weidemann

drink that makes my day... God’s gift to man... the best thing the world has ever known. on a scale of 1 to 10 it’s 10,000... nectar of the gods... like a Thai massage for my tongue... heaven in a cup...

Cendol is... a little bowl of hap-

piness... a love potion... a very refreshing dessert... yummy on a hot day...

Roti bom is... the bomb... sugar

neatly wrapped in a fried sleeve... deliciously nutritious... the best type of bread since sliced bread... good at breakfast, lunch, or dinner... heavenly richness...

naan is... the yummiest palindrome...

KHALIE MAHONEY

a higher class bread... life changing... best with glistening butter and diamonds of garlic... beyond description it’s so good...

butter chicken is... so de-

lectable... possibly the best chicken dish in Penang... very fattening but extremely good... excellent... the best delicacy man can have in this physical world... stain for your fingers... what angels eat...

KHALIE MAHONEY

chicken rice is... good savory

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Weekends

Popular Restaurants in Penang

“Teh Ais is... the most amazing

food... indescribable in a good way... simply awesome... everywhere in Malaysia... just delightful... the greatest invention of mankind ever... amazing.”

-High School Students

5 rated on a scale of 1-5, 5 being the best

Weekend food & fun!

what we think about food

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3 2

1

SAB

Figo’s Hillside Stalls

Chili’s

Subway McDonald’s Domino’s out of 151 high schoolers surveyed

Prices of Foods We Love Curry Puff (1 piece)

rm1.00

Lime Juice

rm1.00

Naan (1 piece)

rm1.00

Ice Milo

rm1.20

Cendol

rm1.30

Roti Bom

rm2.70

Bubble Tea

rm3.20

Fried Rice

rm4.00 rm10.00

Butter Chicken

1.00 Malaysian Ringgit (rm)=US$3.041 as of 22/4/11

Food!

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What is your favorite professional sports team?

watching the greats “Did you see the game last night?” Justin Lao asked Sam Kes on their way back to school from Spring Break.

“Yah! Rooney’s bicycle kick goal was sick!” Kes replied.

Recent sports events frequently made their way into daily conversations. Faithful fans cheered on their favorite teams with passion as others mourned the losses suffered by the players they loved.

Football, commonly known as soccer in North America, captured the attention of dedicated sports fans. The Barclay’s Premier League in England served as the primary target for the attention, but students also kept track of Italy’s Seria A and Spain’s La Liga.

“I like to watch soccer on TV only when I can’t watch in real life because I enjoy watching how the teams work to beat the other. It’s fun to watch them communicate with their goalies

and their forward players,” said Ben Unruh.

“I like watching football the best because it’s my favorite sport,” said Ben Weidemann.

“It helps me improve my own playing when I watch how the pros do it.”

Not all students gravitated toward football alone. Local TV aired a variety of sports from American football to basketball to cricket to golf, and channels like ESPN let students receive full coverage of professional games and international competitions.

Keanu Lee said, “I like to watch hockey. You don’t have to deal with penalties or anything. If you have a problem, you just drop your equipment and fight it out like men!”

“I like watching hockey because it makes me think about the sports I would have participated in had I stayed in Canada. It makes me feel

connected to my home country, and when I watch it I am proud to be Canadian,” Khalie Mahoney said.

“I really like to watch figure skating on TV,” said Emma Merusi. “It’s so artistic and just really cool.

“I watch big events like the Super Bowl or the Olympics.

Other than that, I just like it when my team actually plays the sports,” Kaleb Uzzle said.

“No doubt soccer is a great game to watch whether on TV or in real life,” Nathan Steel said. “There are almost always pretty good games on TV. However, I recently discovered the beauty and elegance of curling. The teamwork and atmosphere in the stadiums inspires me to greatness!”

Watching professional sports on TV encouraged students to better their own games, but watching their peers play fostered a sense

of school unity and pride.

Mr. Brian Brewster allowed students to miss P-period on 11 March in order to watch the varsity boys football team’s MSSPP championship game against Uplands.

“I like watching the varsity basketball guys because it makes me think about how I play when I’m on the court and what I look like. I like seeing how hard they play and cheering on people I actually know,” said Sydney McKenzie.

Whatever the sport, students found camaraderie in talking about the wins and losses of a favorite player or ­—By B. Weidemann team. enthusiastically cheering the varsity girls’ basketball team on, Rachel Hurlbut, Ysabel Loh, Nathalie Sigrist, and Sarah Tan lend their voices to the loud crowd. The girls solidly won the game against Por Thay ending with a score of 36-4.

“I love Manchester City because they have good teamwork and players.”

–Ooychai Yuthiwattana

creating a game

of their own

“My favorite sports team is the Georgia Bulldogs football team. They aren’t the best team ever, but they play really hard; and it’s a lot better than cheering for Georgia Tech!”

–Nathan Guthrie

“Yea! Rooney just scored a hat trick!” exclaimed Danny Babcock as he checked his player’s stats in the Fantasy Football Pperiod. Led by Mr. Jason Hall, the boys in the class competed against one another to accumulate the largest number of points in a semester.

“Fantasy Soccer is more exciting than a first kiss, more stressful than defusing a bomb, more beautiful than Emma Watson, and more delicious than your mom’s cooking,” said Jordan Strong.

The P-period attracted them for different reasons, either to use their knowledge of football to gain large amounts of points, or to learn the intricacies of the football world.

“Early on in the semester I had to look up my players to see which team they were on, but now I know every one of them,” said Allen Goh. Each week, the students had to decide whom to play, which proved difficult for some, as they had to choose between many talented players.

Early on in the semester, the boys had drafted players, with Lionel Messi as the undisputed top pick. “I got the first pick!

“The Calgary Flames are my favorite team even though they’re one of the worst teams in hockey.”

–Rachel Thorne “My favorite team is the University of Michigan’s football team because all my friends from Michigan always talk about them, and I don’t really know any other teams.”

–George Merusi

bethany weidemann

How Many Dalat Sports Games Have You Been to This Year?

0-5 5-10

41%

8% 13% 20%

Eyes on Danny Babcock, Mr. Kerry Mahoney, Mr. Karl Steinkamp, Laura Van Oss, Dianna Kes, Miranda Steinert, Marieth Kiiza, and Melissa You wait for the perfect moment to cheer. Fans came to friendly games throughout the season to support the varsity boys’ football team.

5-10 15-20 20-25 more than 25

out of 127 high schoolers surveyed

bethany weidemann

4%

14%

And with it I choose Messi!” said Adrian Yeap, while the others with higher draft numbers looked on with envy.

The boys had to choose two goalkeepers, four defenders, six midfielders, and a total of four strikers, which left great players free for anyone.

Heartbreak plagued some, as their best players—such as Louis Saha, Wayne Rooney, or even Messi—faced suspension or injury. Mistakes by the students themselves often set them back as well.

“Adrian, you forgot to circle your starting players this week, so you get zero points,” said Mr. Hall.

After carefully watching their players score goals or suffer injuries, football fanatics and the more relaxed fans joined together in one class to share their gains and losses. ­—By Daniel Barber

Sports & Fantasy Football

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FINGER pointed at the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides movie poster, Nicole Mauger, Evelyne Kiiza, Amanda Leech, Joyce Lee, and Nathan Peace talk about their anticipation for its 20 May premier showing. Students enjoyed the experience of going to watch new movies in the theatre.

WITH music blasting out of his hand-held speakers, Sam Kes, Luke Martens, and Jazzy Jenkins rock out on their air guitars. The dorm students enjoyed evenings together where they expressed their love for music in their own ways. “I enjoy listening to music with friends because it allows us to socialize while appreciating something we all have in common,” said Martens .

Quotes...

“You know you’re in love when you have trouble falling asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

-Dr. Seuss “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

-Anonymous “We don’t see things as they are; we see things as we are.” -Anais Nin “...We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

-Marianne Williamson

Popcorn and Earphone Junkies The lyrics to “P.Y.T.” by Michael Jackson lingered in the air as the stereo boomed, and Sam Kes and Justin Strong danced along to the beat.

“It’s so catchy!” Kes said.

Students plugged their MP3 players into speakers to share their love of music with their friends.

“I listen to all different styles of music because it’s just the best thing in the world,” Farid Syed said. “I think that listening to music is better than watching movies because you can imagine what you want.”

Although some students enjoyed listening to music to relax with friends, others enjoyed using it as a way to escape from the hectic life students faced.

“Music is really good for reflecting,” Ooychai Yuthiwattana said. “When you listen to music, you’re really blocking off everything outside and thinking about whatever is happening inside yourself.”

Songs such as “Grenade”

by Bruno Mars, “Rocketeer” by Far East Movement, and “Dynamite” by Taio Cruz became

“In the book of life, the answers aren’t at the back.” -Sean Kingston “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligent-Henry Ford ly.”

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”

-C.S. Lewis

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some of the most popular tunes among students.

“Overplayed songs are like your favorite food. When you eat it too much, you don’t want it anymore,” Sarah Lim said.

“Pretty much any Justin Bieber song is overplayed.”

“Some people like John Mayer don’t get old. He’s probably the most talented musician out there,” Keanu Lee said. “When you listen to him, you purge all of the mainstream stuff out!”

Students also kept an eye out for the latest movies that they had anticipated since the beginning of the year.

“Hey! That’s the movie that I’m in!” Luke Martens remarked as the trailer for Hikyat Merong Mahawangsa appeared on the TV screen.

Teachers sometimes rewarded students for their hard work by taking them to go see a movie in theaters.

“It was fun to go watch a movie as a class. Seeing Luke and his dad in the movie was also really cool,” Josie Steinkamp said.

“Ms. [Joyce] Goh took us

Top Three Genres of Music

Top Three Movies Pop 46% Inception 50%

H.P Deathly Hallows 8%

Songs Students Would Never Listen to Rebecca Black 63%

Rap Hip Hop 34% Tangled 24%

out to Tangled, and I was a bit skeptical at first; but it turned out to be one of my favorite animated movies!” Danny Babcock said.

Other students waited to go see movies with their friends during the weekend.

“After a workday, a bunch of juniors and I went to go see Rango,” Nathan Guthrie said.

“It was pretty spontaneous, so we got our tickets as soon as we got there; and the seats were so spread out, so a few of us wound up sitting on the floor or the steps.”

George Merusi said, “Inception was probably the movie that I wanted to watch most. It was so intense waiting for the bus to hit the water.

Every time it came to the slow motion shot, I got more and more nervous!”

Whether students anticipated the latest movies or overplayed popular songs, they could laugh with each other and grow in their appreciation for the arts—and at the same time learn more about the culture around them.

—By Elizabeth Nguyen

Indie 19%

Justin Bieber 33% Lady Gaga 3%

Out of 185 high school students polled, these are the results.

Movies & Music

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David lassroom, 4:00 hang and out with friends start until mom comes, 5:00 said p.m. arrive at home, take a shower, whichp.m. is positive beneficial blinking rapidly,” “Friends are sometimes really and check facebook, 8:00 p.m. eat dinner with the family, 8:30 p.m. facebook, 1:35 a.m. remember homework but too late, 2:00 a.m. fall a sleep, 7:00 a.m. wake up rom the death, 7:45 finish getting to go to school, 8:15 a.m. arrive to too, the campus, stress, anda.m. “distress,” which isready Dianna Kes. stressful especially8:20 thosea.m. the first block befins, 9:15 a.m. pack up from the first block and head to the second class, 9:21 a.m. slightly late for the second block and get tardy, 10:05 a.m. epressed tonegative death and head to the other a.m.effects so excited lunch, 11:00 a.m. get disappointed at the menu, 11:45 a.m. head to the class again, 11:50 a.m. suddenly realize that there was homoework due today, 12:35 p.m. feel exhausted, 12:55 p.m. fall a and detrimental.

In class, The10:55 long-term of dis-for with mood swings.” leep during other class,words, 1:25 p.m. daydream, watching the clock and waithomework, for the end of school, 3:44 p.m. start packing up, 3:45 p.m. run out from the classroom, 4:00 p.m. hang out with friends until mom comes, 5:00 p.m. arrive at home, take a basically not all 2:35 tressp.m. andkeep feelings of anxiety “Thecannot SAT exam, hower, and check facebook, 8:00 dinner withharm the family, remember homework Extremely stressed but out too withlate, life, 2:00 a.m. fall a sleep, 7:00 a.m. wake up from the death, 7:45 a.m. finish getting ready to go to school, 8:15 a.m. arrive to the campus, forms of stress affect thep.m. bodyeat can fatally a person8:30 for p.m. andfacebook, AP classes1:35 stressa.m. me out,” :20 a.m. the first block befins, 9:15 a.m. pack up from the first block and head to the second class, 9:21 a.m. slightly late for the second block and get tardy, 10:05 a.m. depressed to death and head to the other class, 10:55 a.m. so excited for lunch, 11:00 a.m. get Joseph Kim grabs his hair and atfor the worse. life; these effects include chron- said Adrian Yeap. isappointed at the menu, 11:45 a.m. head to the class again, 11:50 a.m. suddenly realize that there was homoework dueLike today, 12:35 p.m. feel exhausted, 12:55 p.m. fall a sleep during class, 1:25 p.m. daydream, 2:35 p.m. keep watching the clock and cannot wait for to pull it out. summer So at the onset of feelings ic headaches, excessive mood How students cope with tempts he end of school, 3:44 p.m. start packing up, 3:45 p.m. run out from the classroom, 4:00 p.m. hang outand with friends mom comes, 5:00 p.m. arrive at home, take a shower, and check facebook, 8:00 p.m. eat dinner with the family, 8:30 p.m. facebook, 1:35 a.m. winter comesuntil and go, students of stress—both eustress and swings, memory disturbances, their stress typically varies emember homework but too late, 2:00 a.m. fall a sleep, 7:00 a.m. wake up from the death, 7:45 a.m. finish getting readyoftoexcessive go to school, 8:15 a.m. arrive to the campus, 8:20 a.m. the first block befins, 9:15 a.m. pack up from the first block and head to the second class experienced seasons distress—the body releases heart diseases, extreme weight drastically from one person to stress and class, seasons10:55 of excessive relief :21 a.m. slightly late for the second block and get tardy, 10:05 a.m. depressed to death and head to the other a.m. so excited for lunch, 11:00 a.m. get disappointed at the menu, 11:45 a.m. head to the class again, 11:50 a.m. suddenly realize that there wa several chemical hormones loss, and 12:55 insomnia. next.class, 1:25 p.m. daydream, and relaxation. omoework due today, 12:35 p.m. feel exhausted, p.m. fall a sleep the during 2:35 p.m. keep watching the clock and cannot wait for the end of school, 3:44 p.m. start packing up, 3:45 p.m. run out from the classroom, 4:00 p.m. hang out that cause the short-term ef- arriveThe long-term of and “Icheck run, facebook, I eat, and 8:00 I sleep,” with friends until mom comes, 5:00 p.m. at home, takeeffects a shower, p.m. eat dinner with the family, 8:30 p.m. facebook, 1:35 a.m. remember homework but too late, 2:00 a.m. fall a sleep, 7:00 a.m. wake up from the death, 7:45 a.m. finish which eustress, on campus, the other hand, just the saidfirst Harry Mak. “That 9:15 is howa.m.

I makes etting readyfects to gooftostress, school, 8:15consist a.m. arrive to the 8:20 a.m. block befins, pack up the crazy first block mefrom like go and and head to the second class, 9:21 a.m. slightly late for the second block and get tardy, 10:05 a.m. depressed to death and head to the deal stress.” ther class, 10:55 a.m. so excited for lunch, 11:00 a.m. get disappointed at thewith menu, 11:45 a.m. head somehow to the class again,to11:50 a.m. suddenly realize that there was homoework due today, 12:35 p.m. feel exhausted, 12:55 p.m. fall a sleep during class, 1:25 p.m. manage finish it,” I justp.m. dealstart withpacking aydream, 2:35 p.m. keep watching the clock and cannot wait for the end of “Usually, school, 3:44 said up, Sam3:45 Yeo. p.m. run out from the classroom, 4:00 p.m. hang out with friends until mom comes, 5:00 p.m. arrive at home, take a shower, and check facebook, 8:00 by reading orlate, playing .m. eat dinner with the family, 8:30 p.m. facebook, 1:35 a.m. rememberstress homework but too 2:00 a.m. a sleep, 7:00 a.m. the first Butfallregardless of thea.m. proswake up from the death, 7:45 a.m. finish getting ready to go to school, 8:15 a.m. arrive to the campus, Worn8:20 out by taking way tooblock many befins, 9:1 Halo,” said Shawnblock .m. pack up from the first block and head to the second class, 9:21 a.m. games slightlylike late for the second get of tardy, 10:05 a.m. depressed to death and head to the other class, 10:55 a.m. so excited for lunch, 11:00 a.m. get disappointed at the menu, 11:45 a.m.

AP classes, Jeffrey Hsiao fell sound andandcons stress, nothing Kim. “But sometimes when Ip.m. die feel ead to the class again, 11:50 a.m. suddenly realize that there was homoework due today, 12:35 exhausted, 12:55 p.m. fall a sleep during class, 1:25 p.m. daydream, 2:35 p.m. keep watching the clock and cannot wait for asleep the end of school, 3:44 Study p.m. start in the school library. beats the feeling of catharsis, acking up, 3:45 p.m. run out from the classroom, 4:00 p.m. hang out with friends until mom comes, p.m. arrive at home, take a shower, and check facebook, 8:00 p.m. eat dinner with the family, 8:30 p.m. facebook, 1:35 a.m.halls remember homework but too late, in the game, I get even more 5:00 throughout the day provided which is “the process of releas:00 a.m. fall a sleep, 7:00 a.m. wake up from the death, 7:45 a.m. finishstressed gettingout!” ready to go to school, 8:15 a.m. arrive to the campus, 8:20 a.m. the first block befins, 9:15 a.m. pack up from the first block and head to the second students class, 9:21 a.m. slightly late with a chance to rest and for the ing, and thereby providing reecond block and get tardy, 10:05 a.m. depressed to death and head to the other class, 10:55 a.m. of so excited for lunch, 11:00 a.m. get disappointed at the menu, 11:45 a.m. head to the class again, 11:50 a.m. suddenly realize that restore there their wasenergy. homoework due today, 12:35 Although most effects lief or repressed .m. feel exhausted, 12:55 p.m. fall a sleep during class, 1:25 p.m. daydream, p.m. keep watching the from clockstrong and cannot wait for the end of school, 3:44 p.m. start packing up, 3:45 p.m. run out from the classroom, 4:00 p.m. hang out with friends until mom comes, distress2:35 serve a negative, det- emotions” like distress andremember homework but too late, 2:00 a.m. fall a sleep, 7:00 a.m. wake up from the death, 7:45 a.m. finish getting ready to go to school, :00 p.m. arrive at home, take a shower, and check facebook, 8:00 p.m. eat dinner with the family, 8:30 p.m. facebook, 1:35 a.m. rimental purpose, it does, at anxiety (New Oxford Ameri:15 a.m. arrive to the campus, 8:20 a.m. the first block befins, 9:15 a.m.moments, pack upprovide from the first benblock and head to the second class, 9:21 a.m. slightly late for the second block and get tardy, 10:05 a.m. depressed to death and head to the other class, 10:55 a.m. so certain With the end of the school day near, can Dictionary). xcited for lunch, 11:00 a.m. get disappointed at the menu, 11:45 a.m. head the again, 11:50 a.m. suddenly realize that there was homoework due today, 12:35 p.m. feel exhausted, 12:55 p.m. fall a sleep during class, 1:25 p.m. daydream, 2:35 p.m. keep efits,tolike theclass pressure needed Hannah Jones and Chi-Yuan Lo fell “Yes! I am done!

I am done!” watching the clock and cannot wait for the end of school, 3:44 p.m. start packing up, 3:45 p.m. run out from the classroom, 4:00 p.m. hang out with friends until mom comes, 5:00 p.m. arrive at home, take a shower, and check facebook, 8:00 p.m. eat dinner with the for motivation. asleep on the plush and comfy chairs said Moon with the hisdeath, hands7:45 a.m. finish getting ready to go to school, 8:15 a.m. arrive to the campus, 8:20 a.m. the first block amily, 8:30 p.m. facebook, 1:35 a.m. remember homework but too late, 2:00 a.m. fall a sleep, 7:00 a.m. wake up from 9:15 a.m. of thebefins, library. Students wornpack out byup from the “Stress helps me out a lot, raised in the air intorelief. rst block and head to the second class, 9:21 a.m. slightly late for the second block and get tardy, 10:05 a.m. depressed death“No and head to the other class, 10:55 a.m. so excited for lunch, 11:00 a.m. get disappointed at the menu, 11:45 a.m. head to the class again, fatigue often sought rest and refuge like when I have to do home- more debate!”

1:50 a.m. suddenly realize that there was homoework due today, 12:35 p.m. feel exhausted, 12:55 p.m. fall a sleep during class, 1:25 p.m. daydream, 2:35 p.m. keep watching the clock and cannot wait for the end of school, 3:44 p.m. start packing up, 3:45 p.m. run ou in the library. work at the last minute—it Song 8:00 p.m. eat dinner with the family, 8:30 p.m. facebook, 1:35 a.m. remember homework but too late, 2:00 a.m. fall a sleep, 7:00 a.m. rom the classroom, 4:00 p.m. hang out with friends until mom comes, 5:00 p.m. arrive at home, take a shower,—By and Hung checkChing facebook, wake up from the death, 7:45 a.m. finish getting ready to go to school, 8:15 a.m. arrive to the campus, 8:20 a.m. the first block befins, 9:15 a.m. pack up from the first block and head to the second class, 9:21 a.m. slightly late for the second block and get tardy, 10:05 .m. depressed to death and head to the other class, 10:55 a.m. so excited for lunch, 11:00 a.m. get disappointed at the menu, 11:45 a.m. head to the class again, 11:50 a.m. suddenly realize that there was homoework due today, 12:35 p.m. feel exhausted, 12:55 p.m. all a sleep during class, 1:25 p.m. daydream, 2:35 p.m. keep watching the clock and cannot wait for the end of school, 3:44 p.m. start packing up, 3:45 p.m. run out from the classroom, 4:00 p.m. hang out with friends until mom comes, 5:00 p.m. arrive at home, take a hower, and check facebook, 8:00 p.m. eat dinner with the family, 8:30 p.m. facebook, 1:35 a.m. remember homework but too late, 2:00 a.m. fall a sleep, 7:00 a.m. wake up from the death, 7:45 a.m. finish getting ready to go to school, 8:15 a.m. arrive to the campus, Stress Sleep :20 a.m. the first block befins, 9:15 a.m. pack up from the first block and head to the second class, 9:21 a.m. slightly late for the second block and get tardy, 10:05 a.m. depressed to death and head to the other class, 10:55 a.m. so excited for lunch, 11:00 a.m. get isappointed at the menu, 11:45 a.m. head to the class again, 11:50 a.m. suddenly realize that there was homoework due today, 12:35 p.m. feel exhausted, 1

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SL S LEE

MIRANDA STEINERT

JENNIFER PARK

S S S S E E R T S

MIRANDA STEINERT

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August 2010

30-5: Senior Class

Sneak to Telunas, Indonesia

31: Merdeka Day

Organization (WHO) declares the H1N1 flu officially over

16: The Gillete

advertisement with a trick shot by Roger Federer tops the charts as the most viral video on YouTube

Serve-athon

24-25: Varsity 28-1: SEW

13:

The 33 Chilean miners who were trapped for nearly 70 days underground 2 1: Inter national at a depth of 700 meters are rescued after days of Day of Peace 28: Oaxaca, Mex- painstaking rescue efforts ico is buried under 19: United Nations declared landslides in which this day the “World Statistics scores are killed Day” and hundreds go 22: This day marks the day missing on which the International Space Station has been occupied for the longest period of time ever (3641 days)

25: Sumatra is rocked by

an earthquake and tsunami, which leaves 400 dead and thousands missing

BY KHALIE MAHONEY

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PULL!

17: Hari Raya Haji 18, 19: HS Drama 19-20: Varsity Girls’

10: Jazz Prelude Basketball Tournament 11: Canadian Thanksgiving 23: Track & Field Day 12: MS Music Concert 26: American Thanks13: HS Music Concert giving 15-16: Varsity Home Volley- 29: Piano Recitals ball Tournament 30: Boy Scout Court 21-22: School Holiday of Honor 27: Annual Fund Jazz Concert 28: St. Chris Exchange

Football Home Tournament

September 2010

10: The World Health

10: Hari Raya 16: Malaysia Day 18: Junior Class

Game and Food Fair

19: World Toilet Day cel-

ebrating the importance of sanitation

22: Bon Om Thook celebra-

tions in Cambodia ended by a stampede and almost 350 people die

23: North Korea sends shells at South Korea, which leads to a high escalation of tensions between the countries 24: The movie Tangled is

released to theaters

3-4:

4: Student Coun-

Chinese New Year

cil Christmas Banquet

7: MS Christmas

Concert

8: HS Christmas Concert

Transition ReSchool treat starts 12: Dorm 20: Thai- Valentine’s Day pusam Banquet 21-22:ISKL 14: Singing Basketball Valentine’s by Tournament the Junior Class

18:

11: Dorm Christmas Parties

13-16: Final Exams

2: The discovery

of a new life form (arsenicbased) in California is declared

by NASA

21: This day

10-11: Senior

marked the first time since 1638 that a total lunar eclipse occurred on a northern winter solstice / southern summer solstice

22-25: MEW

10: Lionel

Messi wins the title of world football player for the second successive year

14:

Wikipedia celebrates its tenth anniversary

23:

The Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, celebrates its 1st anniversary

27:

The Oscar for best cinematography is awarded to Wally Pfister for “Inception”

6: Green

Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburg Steelers 31-25

11:

Japan is hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, iPad 2 U.S. launch

14:

Rebecca Black’s song “Friday” was released

by Ark Music Factory

21: World Poetry Day

and 2 Reading Fair

12: Grade 3

and 4 Reading Fair

13: ES Reading Fair Awards Ceremony

Nicole Mauger, Justin Lao

1: Labour Day 2: Piano Recital, AP

Testing Begins

3: Troop 222 Court of Honor 11: Kindergarten to Grade 2 Musical

20: MS/HS Fine Arts Alice in Festival Wonderland JSB 21: HS Drama at Wa18: MSSPP wasan Open University begins 15:

19-21: 8th

Grade Retreat

22: Good Fri-

day

24,28: HS Drama 25: Senior Chapel 26: ES Field Trip 26-31: Final Exams 29: Baccalaureate 1 June: Commencement

18: Justin Bieber’s movie on his life, Never Say Never, comes out in Penang 29:

Royal wedding between Catherine “Kate” Middleton and Prince William

May 2011

ment

26-27: Leadership Retreat at Cinta Sayang

Tourna-

3-4: Varsity

11: Grade 1

April 2011

School Retreat

October 2010

8: Quarter 1 ends 8-9: ISKL Volleyball

Musical

Boys’ Basketball Tournament

Maaya Yamauchi, Marco Kim |

1: NHS Assembly 4-7: Evangelism Explosion Trip 11: NJHS Assembly 15: MS Music Concert 16: HS Music Concert 18: Junior For Hire, Food and Fun Fair, End of Quarter 3 23: StuCo Elections 25: MS Drama 28-1: Mid Semester Break

2: HS/MS Joint

5: Deepavali 11: Remembrance Day 12: All Star Baseball

November 2010

10: School Starts 13-14: Middle

Josie Steinkamp, Harry Mak, Evelyne Kiiza |

March 2011

1-2: Varsity Football ISKL Tournament

Miranda Steinert |

February 2011

dalat Happenings

Dianna Kes, Josh Strong

January 2011

Bethany Weidemann, Beth Nguyen |

December 2010

Kaitlyn Ladner, Bethany Wiesner, Hannah Wiesner, Kaylee Nash | Issac Uzzle |

2:

Osama Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan

19: Pirates

of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides premieres in Malaysia

25: iPad 2 launch

for Canada, Germany, UK, and 23 other countries

World Events Time Line

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Aiyo- A Mandarin Chinese term adopted by the students to express pain or dissatisfaction towards each other or themselves.

Ex. “Aiyo! I failed my chemistry test again!”

Bubble Tea- Made popular in Taiwan, this widely cherished drink comes in many flavors, most of which aren’t tea. Students favor this drink, served with little tapioca balls called “bubbles,” and consume it at a vigorous pace.

Butter Chicken- A dish served at SAB that contains boneless chicken, melted cheese, delicious red sauce, and copious amounts of butter. Served with a pita-like bread called naan which comes in four delicious flavors, plain, butter, cheese, and garlic.

Cendol- A mixture of beans, crushed ice, green jelly worms and sweetened condensed milk. Students obsess over this dish, which is served for dessert, for no clear reason.

Choki-choki- A creamy chocolate paste packaged in a plastic tube. These treats became a craze as most students carried them to each block to snack on.

Students enjoyed making designs by squeezing the chocolate out of the tube into long circular shapes.

Deadline- A dreaded term used in journalism as well

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as other classes that strikes fear into the hearts of many students. Students associate this word with staying up late hours the night before and getting little or no sleep.

Epic- The original meaning of epic is a long story or legend. This meaning has been redefined by the students to refer to anything spectacular about a particular event or action. The most common usages are “epic win” or “epic failure.”

Freshmen- The lowest life form on the high school food chain. Also called “the freshies.” The girls of this grade are usually known to giggle in large groups, and the boys have not even reached the lowest ratings of maturity yet.

G.G.- Good game. A term used by students, mainly boys, to declare victory over their friends. Also used for no apparent reason for exclamatory remarks.

Gurney- A large mall that serves as a place of rest for tired students on the weekends. A day at Gurney usually includes watching a movie, eating dinner, and sometimes visiting Red Box to sing karaoke with friends; also a good place to buy bubble tea or an Auntie Annes pretzels.

Hillside- A collection of stalls that serves delicious food such as chicken and rice, won tan soup, satay chicken and the famous dessert Ais Cendol. Students often eat dinner or lunch at these conveniently placed “restaurants.”

Journ- A short term for journalism. A class often associated with stress and mixed

Dalat’s Dictionary

emotions of joy and terror.

Usually used in a sentence such as “I forgot to do my journ homework!”

JSB-Junior-Senior Banquet.

This celebration dinner, that juniors put together, honors the senior class. This banquet includes the sophomores who must learn the art of creating a marvelous JSB. Lah- A Malaysian term added to the end of a word or sentence which acts as an exclamation mark. Students use this excessively to show excitement or anger, as in “So hard lah!” or “OK lah, can do it lah.”

Noob- This term refers to a state of being new or ridiculously slow at understanding a simple concept.

Although this word, is commonly used by teenaged boys to insult their peers, most do not understand the real meaning of this word.

Also adapted to words like “noobular” or “noobsicle.”

Roti Canai- A delicious Indian food similar to a pancake and served at SAB or the cafeteria which students devour endlessly. The pancake usually comes with a curried sauce called dal.

SAB- A popular restaurant across the street from campus where any time you go in there will be at least three Dalat staff or students there enjoying the authentic Indian food.

Serve-athon- A one-day event performed by juniors to raise money for their class.

It involves doing manual labor such as painting, scrubbing or cleaning up trash for a period of 12 hours in the hot sun.

Spoon- A term used mostly by

the high school dorm boys which describes an epic win over somebody else. Ex. “You got spooned!” Spooning involves violent actions done by the high school boys to each other in an affectionate way: “I’m spooning you!”

TCK- Third culture kid. A term used by Dalat teachers to describe themselves and students who have grown up or live in a culture different from their own.

Teh Ais- A delicious drink served at Hillside or any Malaysian stall. Consists of tea, condensed milk, and bountiful amounts of sugar served preferably in a take out bag tied with a string and a place to stick a straw in on the top.

Terima Kasih- Malaysian for “thank you.” Often used when bahasa students want to show off their language skills to other students or to local Malaysians at the stalls.

Tidak- Malaysian for “no.”

Often used randomly and with-out warning when a student wants to playfully deny a friend of their request.

Twihard- The combination of “Twilight” and “die-hard.”

Usually used to describe pre-teen or teenage girls, and sometimes adult moms who are obsessed with the Twilight series written by Stephanie Meyer.

Workday- A dreaded term for an 8-hour long day of working, usually on a Saturday, that the juniors use to prepare for JSB. Usually includes much planning, paper cutting, and cardboard painting. ­—By Sarah Wiesner

Living in A Multi-Cultural Community

Living in a Multi-Cultural Community

This dictionary displays the colorful sayings and special vocabulary of the Dalat students. This distinctive lingo reflects the uniqueness of our TCK culture; this list will help clarify Dalat’s vocabulary and decipher our conversations.

KHALIE MAHONEY

“Wait, What Did You Say?”

ENJOYING a cool Iced lemon tea after basketball practice, Danae Frentz tells Reagan Mahoney about her day. Students enjoyed ordering fresh fruit drinks such as watermelon, pineapple and limau ais to cool down after a long day. This also proved an excellent time to practice speaking Malay to the locals.

Australia

GDP per GDP per capita capita (in US$) (in US$) 30,161

Population (in Population (in millions) millions) 21.0

Software Piracy Piracy Software Rates Rates 28%

Number of of Number McDonald’s McDonald's 701

Number of of TVs Number (in millions)(in televisions 10.2

Canada

30,272

33.2

33%

1154

21.5

Switzerland

33,062

7.6

25%

119

3.3

China

5,453

1330.0

82%

326

400.0

Germany

28,215

82.4

27%

1091

51.4

Denmark

31,769

5.5

25%

99

3.1

Finland

29,770

5.2

25%

93

3.2

Hong Kong

30,538

7.0

51%

177

1.8

Indonesia

3,222

237.5

84%

75

13.8

India

3,113

1148.0

69%

Japan

29,620

127.3

23%

3598

86.5

Korea

20,162

48.4

43%

243

15.9

Malaysia

10,272

25.3

59%

139

10.8

Netherlands

31,750

16.6

28%

205

8.1

Nepal

1,352

29.5

New Zealand

23,060

4.2

22%

149

1.9

Philippines

4,305

96.1

69%

235

3.7

Sweden

29,443

9.1

25%

227

4.6

Singapore

26,712

4.7

37%

121

1.3

Thailand

7,950

65.5

78%

88

15.2

Taiwan

23,386

22.9

40%

338

8.8

Tanzania United Kingdom United States

658

40.2

30,315

60.9

26%

1115

30.5

39,319

303.8

20%

12804

219.0

South Africa

11,503

48.8

34%

110

6.0

63.0

0.1

0.1

Statistics

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SWEDEN CANADA

CAPITAL

Stockholm CURRENCY Swedish Krona 1=rm0.49 MAJOR RELIGION Lutheran HOME TO 1 DALAT STUDENT

CAPITAL Ottawa CURRENCY Can. Dollar 1=rm3.16 MAJOR RELIGION Christian HOME TO 24 DALAT STUDENTS

CAPITAL

Helsinki CURRENCY

Euro 1=rm4.37 MAJOR RELIGION Lutheran HOME TO 1 DALAT STUDENT

UNITED KINGDOM CAPITAL

London CURRENCY Pound 1=rm4.94 MAJOR RELIGION Protestant HOME TO 10 DALAT STUDENTS

UNITED STATES CAPITAL Washington D.C. CURRENCY U.S. Dollar 1=rm3.02 MAJOR RELIGION Christian HOME TO 161 DALAT STUDENTS

DENMARK CAPITAL

Copenhagen CURRENCY Danish Krone 1=rm0.59 MAJOR RELIGION Lutheran HOME TO 4 DALAT STUDENTS

TAIWAN CAPITAL Taipei CURRENCY TW Dollar 10=rm1.05 MAJOR RELIGION Buddhism HOME TO 23 DALAT STUDENTS

NETHERLANDS CAPITAL Amsterdam CURRENCY Euro 1=rm4.37 MAJOR RELIGION Roman Catholic HOME TO 5 DALAT STUDENTS

HONG KONG CAPITAL

Victoria CURRENCY HK Dollar 10=rm3.89 MAJOR RELIGION Chinese Religions HOME TO 4 DALAT STUDENTS

CAPITAL

Bangkok CURRENCY Baht 100=rm10.05 MAJOR RELIGION Buddhism HOME TO 1 DALAT STUDENT

CAPITAL

Beijing CURRENCY Yuan 10=rm4.62 MAJOR RELIGION Buddhism HOME TO 1 DALAT STUDENT

JAPAN CAPITAL Tokyo CURRENCY Yen 100=rm3.56 MAJOR RELIGION Buddhism HOME TO 6 DALAT STUDENTS

NEPAL

SWITZERLAND CAPITAL

Bern CURRENCY Swiss Franc 1=rm3.33 MAJOR RELIGION Christian HOME TO 1 DALAT STUDENT

GERMANY CAPITAL

Berlin CURRENCY Euro 1=rm4.37 MAJOR RELIGION Christian HOME TO 4 DALAT STUDENTS

SINGAPORE CAPITAL Singapore CURRENCY S Dollar 1=rm2.40 MAJOR RELIGION Buddhist HOME TO 8 DALAT STUDENTS

CAPITAL

Kathmandu CURRENCY Nep. Rupee 100=rm4.28 MAJOR RELIGION Hindu HOME TO 2 DALAT STUDENTS

KOREA

PHILIPPINES CAPITAL

Manila CURRENCY Peso 100=rm7.02 MAJOR RELIGION Roman Catholic Exchange Rates from Yahoo.com on HOME TO 4 DALAT STUDENTS 11 April 2011.

CAPITAL

Seoul CURRENCY Won 1000=rm2.80 MAJOR RELIGION Buddhism HOME TO 94 DALAT STUDENTS

INDIA CAPITAL

New Delhi CURRENCY Rupee 100=rm6.89 MAJOR RELIGION Hinduism HOME TO 4 DALAT STUDENTS

MALAYSIA

INDONESIA

CAPITAL Kuala Lumpur CURRENCY Ringgit (rm) RELIGION Muslim HOME TO 98 DALAT STUDENTS

CAPITAL Jakarta CURRENCY Rupiah 10,000=rm3.50 MAJOR RELIGION Muslim HOME TO 3 DALAT STUDENTS

TANZANIA TANZANIA CAPITAL

Dodoma CURRENCY Shilling 1000=rm2.00 MAJOR RELIGION Christian HOME TO 2 DALAT STUDENTS

SOUTH AFRICA THAILAND

CHINA

FINLAND

CAPITALS Pretoria, Bloemfontein,

and Cape Town CURRENCY Rand 1=rm0.45 MAJOR RELIGION Christian HOME TO 1 DALAT STUDENTS

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AUSTRALIA CAPITAL Canberra CURRENCY Aust. Dollar 1=rm3.19 MAJOR RELIGION Christian HOME TO 13 DALAT STUDENTS

NEW ZEALAND CAPITAL Wellington CURRENCY NZ Dollar 1=rm2.37 MAJOR RELIGION Christian HOME TO 2 DALAT STUDENTS

Hasung Cho, 6 Korea Woo Young Chung, 6 Korea Benjamin Finlay, 6 U.K. Dominic Fitzgerald, 6 U.K. Prem Ghimire, 6 Philippines Caitlin Goh, 6 Malaysia Wei Sing Goh, 6 Malaysia Kimberly Horton, 6 U.S.A. Jessica Hsiao, 6 Taiwan Joseph Hsu, 6 Malaysia Sam Huang, 6 Taiwan Cameron Johnson, 6 U.S.A. Neehar Kantimahanti, 6 India Andrew Kim, 6 Korea Kevin Kim, 6 Korea Tony Kim, 6 Korea Tayla Kirk, 6 New Zealand Nara Lee, 6 Korea

Relieving the Tension with...

Nitrogen Burps

Josh Thorne said, “My group had a tough time keeping balance, but with some cheering on they did pretty well in the end.”

“As a senior, I’m glad that the St. Chris Exchange gave me a chance to get to know the fifth and sixth graders. It was cool to see that even high school kids can still get close to younger students,” said Frances Wong.

Finally the steel barrel exploded with water as liquid nitrogen burst from the container inside, showering the students. The day ended with the middle schoolers spooning down ice cream made from the very same liquid nitrogen.

Although Ku failed to succeed in scaring his own team, he ended up scared himself at the sound of the exploding nitrogen.

—By James Vo Excited smiles on their faces, “Everyday Heroes” hurry down to the chapel as the SCIPS event begins. Fifth and sixth graders practiced being valiant heroes while getting to know the students of St. Christopher’s .

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

Vincent McNabb

HUNG CHING SONG

“BOOM!” yelled Wesley Ku as he tried to scare his group during Mr. Brian Brewster’s liquid nitrogen demonstration. No students heard him as they stared at the bubbling concoction in the steel barrel.

The St. Christopher’s Exchange brought their Year 5 and 6 students to campus and gave them a chance to experience the community and attempt to defeat the evil, ice cream melting villain ‘Heater’ with the theme “Everyday Hero.”

High school students helped the younger ones navigate the activities planned for the day including lava pit navigation, hero movie making, and super-power burping contests.

“My group was the ‘Runaways,’ exclaimed Evelyne Kiiza, “and the burping competition was funniest part.” Students had to try and work up a super powered belch to defeat any villains.

During a lava pit training session they struggled on balancing and navigating through hazards on small platforms.

“At what temperature does nitrogen freeze?” asks Mr. Brian Brewster as students watch a icy cloud float by. Mr. Brewster demonstrated the effects of liquid nitrogen on grapes, flowers, and balloons to show its different properties.

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HUNG CHING SONG

HUNG CHING SONG

With a loud crack, the power of nitrogen sends water flying up and cascading down onto the kids. A special schedule planned for the middle school students let them create superhero videos and experience explosions of nitrogen.

Jerald Lim, 6 Malaysia Gilbert Lister, 6 Indonesia Michael Lo, 6 Malaysia Ninad Mukherjee, 6 India Daniel Munson, 6 U.S.A. Maythiliswary Murugan, 6 Malaysia Jonan Ng, 6 Malaysia Cindy Park, 6 Korea Yu Zhi Phuah, 6 Malaysia David Png, 6 Singapore Jessica Ross, 6 South Africa Tim Sasse, 6 U.S.A. Lorenz Scherf, 6 Denmark Jack Stevens, 6 Australia Shoko Tezuka, 6 Japan David Vriend, 6 U.K. Hannah Wiesner, 6 U.S.A. Ayden Winsor, 6 Canada

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6:45 a.m.

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

Carl Jung

“BEEP, BEEP, BEEP” goes the alarm at 6:45 a.m. as you groggily awaken for another day of school.

After showering and a quick bite of breakfast, you drag your body to school. Another morning begins as you look forward to seeing friends, forgetting about the chemistry test awaiting you in A block.

“I think it’s so stressful to have tests in the morning. I look forward to my favorite classes like lunch to get by,” said Dylan Frans.

After a busy morning filled with tests and after accumulating piles of assignments, you realized that lunch and your breather halfway through the day had arrived.

By the ocean, you enjoy the Western and Asian-styled food while a brisk breeze cools you down.

Theresa Phan said, “After belting it out in choir everyday, I get to eat lunch and go off campus—even though I bring my own lunch.”

After adding a last-minute touch-up to your essay for Tommy (Mr. John Tompkins), you felt full

and sleepy and had to fight off dozing in your next on-line class period. But you snapped yourself awake as you knew A.P. Psych wouldn’t teach itself to you before the next test.

Time seemed to drag as you handed in your assignment and took a pop quiz with Mr. Mark Sasse, but soon you found yourself feeling excited as the day approached the 3:45 p.m. bell.

“I feel so released from all my stress,” said Jennifer Park. “It’s not just a ringing bell, but the sound of music.”

With the freeing buzz of the end-of-school bell, you head over to the Student Centre to buy a Trophy ice cream bar and talk to Rebekah Wiesner, or perhaps you decide to play pick-up basketball with Jarrod Forsdick on the courts.

As you leave, you can’t help but wonder about tomorrow and what surprises await you the next time your alarm beeps at 6:45 a.m.

—By James Vo

Demonstrating how to do the worksheet to Jackson McKenzie, Ms. Bronwyn Bodley shows him the method to figure out longitudes and latitudes for different coordinates. The grade 4 class discovered ways to locate places all around the world with cardinal directions and maps.

While waiting for his parents, Caleb Addink hovers near the elementary area and watches in thought as students buy snacks from the junior class store. The end of the day meant time for students to buy freezies for one another or just let their imaginations run wild.

MIRANDA STEINERT

136 6th (Yap) – 4th (Ko)

SYDNEY MCKENZIE

Sarah Lee, 5 Korea Asaka Mori, 5 Japan Julia Munson, 5 U.S.A. Moniysha Murugan, 5 Malaysia Janmarco Nordenso, 5 Denmark Susan Oh, 5 Korea Tian Ooi, 5 Malaysia Daniela Rana, 5 Nepal Shione Stengele, 5 U.S.A. Eunice Tan, 5 Malaysia Yilin Tan, 5 Malaysia Abrielle Winsor, 5 Canada Alice Ye-ju Chang, 4 Korea Ashish Ghimire, 4 Philippines Da Min Jang, 4 Korea Esther Kim, 4 Korea Seong-Min Kim, 4 Korea Esther Ko, 4 Korea

Adventure Begins at...

KHALIE MAHONEY

Jeremy Yap, 6 Malaysia Darian Yeap, 6 Malaysia Sam Yeap, 6 U.K. Jumi Yoon, 6 U.S.A. Andrea Yuen, 6 Korea Yeo Rin Yun, 6 Korea Sarah Barber, 5 U.S.A. Gabriela Brito, 5 Portugal David Chinn, 5 U.S.A. Jonathon Chinn, 5 U.S.A. Danielle Combrink, 5 Netherlands Shion Fraser, 5 Australia Julia Girling, 5 U.S.A. Ben Gwaltney, 5 U.S.A. Ke-Erth Huang, 5 Taiwan Daniel Kim, 5 Korea Louise Kim, 5 Korea Peter Kim, 5 Korea

Casually looking at an atlas, Josie Steinkamp listens as Daniel Barber locates his hometown in Michigan. The library became a popular place during study halls, where students could work, read, or laugh with classmates.

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Life is about becoming more aware of who we are and how we fit into the world, not how the world has told us who we need to be. Ultimately, everything changes, and if you stop changing, you stop growing.

Robin Bowen

Future Plans “I got the permission from my mom to wear a dress for the Book Parade,” said Sahana Selvaraja.

Selvaraja, Jasmine Hassan, Elaina Morrison, and other classmates got excited just by picturing themselves dressed up as princesses in pink puffy silk dresses decorated with long frills and colorful beads and little tiaras embellished with diamonds on top of her head for the parade.

All the students from pre-school to fourth grade attended the parade. They dressed up as their favorite characters from either books or movies, which reflected their dreams and ambitions for future.

Mrs. Jasmane Frans said, “The “I want to be a pirate like Keira Knightley from the movie, Pirates of Caribbean,” says Mikaela Steinkamp to explain her costume. All students from pre-school to fourth grade dressed up as characters from their favorite book or movie.

Story Book Parade was planned for the students to help them develop a love for reading and also to bring out their creativity. It motivated and inspired them to read.”

“We dressed up as what we wanted to be when we grew up.

I thought about it with my mom, and I chose to dress up as an archeologist,” said Jazzy Jenkins.

“But I don’t know. An archeologist is just one of the things that I want to be.”

Mr. Mark Sasse said, “I think the Book Parade helped the young students to be more interactive with the learning environment.

Modeling what they want to be was a great way to synthesize what they had learned in class.”

The book parade provided opportunities for the younger classes to develop and continue thinking about their unknown, unpredictable, but unavoidable future. ­—By Jennifer Park

SARAH WIESNER

138 4th (Lawrence) – 2nd (Allen)

What Do You Want to Be WhenYou Grow Up?

SARAH WIESNER

Sarah Chinn, 3 U.S.A. Bernard Combrink, 3 Netherlands Elizabeth Horton, 3 U.S.A. Da Ye Jung, 3 Korea Jenny Kim, 3 Korea Rebekah Lee, 3 Korea Andrew Lim, 3 Malaysia Daniel Lim, 3 Malaysia Grace Moon, 3 Korea Margaret Moss, 3 U.S.A. Jerald Ooi, 3 Malaysia Carly Thomas, 3 U.S.A. Jai-Jie Toon, 3 Malaysia Nathan Wiesner, 3 U.S.A. Aaron Worten, 3 U.S.A. Shawn Acquoi, 2 Malaysia Abigail Addink, 2 U.S.A. Ruthie Allen, 2 U.S.A.

SARAH WIESNER WIESNER SARAH

Hannah Lawrence, 4 U.S.A. Mirae Lee, 4 Korea Suji Lim, 4 Korea Jackson McKenzie, 4 Canada Yosoof Monawvil, 4 U.S.A. Sin Ler Oo, 4 Malaysia Natasha Palanivel, 4 Malaysia Celestine Png, 4 Singapore Alex Ruble, 4 U.S.A. Jonah Smith, 4 U.S.A. Mikaela Steinkamp, 4 U.S.A. Sara Stoltzfus, 4 U.S.A. Jessica Vriend, 4 U.K. Jeremiah Worten, 4 U.S.A. Matthew Barber, 3 U.S.A. Elim Chan, 3 Canada Joseph Chandra, 3 Indonesia Jordan Chang, 3 Malaysia

A staff and a fake beard made out of paper transform Ashish Ghimire into the wise prophet Isaiah from ancient Bible times. Even the pain from his injured leg couldn’t diminish the fun coming from his p arti c i pating the Book Parade with his friends.

Creatively dressed up, Jeremiah Worten, Seong-Min Kim, Jessica Vriend, Jackson McKenzie, and Esther Ko stand at the side of the road to see their friends’ costumes.

Students discussed with their friends the reasons why they chose to dress as certain characters.

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Kalia Brewster, 2 U.S.A. Reuben Chan, 2 Canada Harry Choi, 2 Korea Micah Faircloth, 2 U.S.A. Hayden Girling, 2 U.S.A. William Girling, 2 U.S.A. Tien-Erh Huang, 2 Taiwan John Hurlbut, 2 U.S.A. Jasmine Jenkins, 2 U.S.A. Lauren Karner, 2 Malaysia Yebeen Kil, 2 Korea John Kim, 2 Korea Yu-Min Kim, 2 Korea Min-Song Ko, 2 Korea Ryan Lee, 2 Korea Sumin Lim, 2 U.S.A. Rachel Poh, 2 Malaysia Zoe Seevaratnam, 2 U.S.A.

New Menu, New Food Selections...

Hey! What’s for Lunch Today?

Thick appetizing bread, perfectly baked and well spread with tomato sauce, green pepper, ham, and with a sprinkle of melted cheese on top pleased students’ tongues.

Steamed rice with spicy chicken curry, a bowl of hot wan tan or Hokkien mee with chicken, or spaghetti and meatballs fully filled students’ stomachs.

The Seaside Café’s progressive changes surprised returning Afterchecking lasagna with onion bread at the Western food section, Abbie Brake lines up after George Merusi. The students went for their favorite sections, either Western or Asian.

students and teachers in August after the long summer break.

Aunt Valerie Weidemann and the cafeteria staff’s effort showed in the food quality. Aunt Val, in the school assembly, asked students to come up with the ideas and send them to hear either through e-mail or verbally.

Furthermore, to keep up with the growing number of students, two service ladies and a Chinese baker, Rex, joined cafeteria.

Students first recognized the separation of the Asian and Western food sections. “I think since Dalat is a community with diversity of people from different parts

of the world, it is a good idea to separate food sections,” said Joyce Lee. Sam Kes also welcomed the novel changes and said, “It is great that I don’t always need to go for one kind, but now I have two different choices everyday.”

Moreover, the kitchen set Wednesday as the Cookie Day and provided different kinds: “Monster,” chocolate chips, or others­­­­­­­­­­ -each week.

“Sometimes I look at the menu for dinner to provide me with motivation and strength to finish up with my homework. Also, I am very happy with the fact that the

cafeteria serves a different menu every day,” said Lucy Lee. “At home, you get leftovers all the time and eat one thing over and over again. But it never happens here!” she said enthusiastically.

With these prominent changes made to the cafeteria menu, seniors no longer felt the necessity to leave the campus to grab lunch.

Although cheese naan with tandoori chicken or creamy chicken lasagna might not fully appeal to the tastes of certain students within the diverse population of the school, they definitely satisfied the appetites of the most students thoroughly. —By Jennifer Park

JENNIFER PARK

A book is the most effective weapon against intolerance and ignorance.

Lyndon Baines Johnson A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

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With a tray full of chicken and rice, Aaron Johnson waits for another scoop of rice for his lunch. He changed his mind, however, and took a baked potato instead as he saw them in the Western food line.

JENNIFER PARK

JENNIFER PARK

Friendly conversation pauses for a while until Wesley Ku and Ben Weidemann finish theirmeal.“Thedivision betweenWesternand Asian section is very organized, and itmeets more needs ofstudents,”saidKu.

Samuel Johnson Sophia Stoltzfus, 2 U.S.A. Joonas Tan, 2 Finland Issac Uzzle, 2 U.S.A. Mycah Winsor Canada Grace Yoon, 2 Taiwan Lana Brewster, 1 U.S.A. Ethan Chan, 1 Malaysia Alex Fischer, 1 U.S.A. Yong-Yu Huang, 1 Taiwan Helen Jang, 1 Korea Jae Sung Kim, 1 Korea Kaitlyn Ladner, 1 Malaysia Rebecca Lee, 1 Taiwan Mikayla Morrison, 1 Canada Kaylee Nash, 1 U.S.A. Christopher Ooi, 1 Malaysia Andrew Thomas, 1 U.S.A. Luis Vieira, 1 Portugal

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After a dorm dinner at the restaurants next to Island Plaza,Justin Strong, Dianna Kes, Beth Nguyen, and Luke Martens buy three flavors of snow ice at the Japanese store 100 Yen. The sweet and cold snow ice pleased their tongues.

Bethany Wiesner, 1 U.S.A. Caleb Addink, K U.S.A. Lydia Allen, K U.S.A. Dharwin Balu, K Malaysia Margaux Blackstone, K U.S.A. Adelina Chee, K Malaysia Demis Ciocoiu, K Netherlands Elijah Davis, K U.S.A. Jasmine Hassan, K U.S.A. Rebekah Hurlbut, K U.S.A. Christopher Jang, K Korea Beatrice Ku, K Malaysia Owen Lai, K U.S.A. Joseph Lee, K Korea Hannah Moore, K U.S.A. Elaina Morrison, K Canada Rishon Pillai, K Malaysia Sahana Selvaraja, K Malaysia

“Wow! This is big,” says Chan-Mi Kim at Mario’s. After taking their yearbook pictures, most of the seniors went to Batu Ferringhi for dinner at this well-known Italian restaurant. Kim’s order of a bread soup bowl surprised her with its size.

MIRANDA STEINERT

142 Favourite Foods

MIRANDA STEINERT

Tender chicken, cooked with Chinese sauce and crunchy bean sprouts, sizzles on a hot plate. At the Jaffray Dorm outing to a sizzling chicken place, Esther Kim10 and Aunt Vi Steinert waited for food as the delicious aroma of the sizzling chicken stimulated their appetites.

MIRANDA STEINERT

Mixed Together

eating Australian food gives me a series of memories of my childhood. It reminds me of my home in Australia and my friends there,” said Jamielee Forsdick.

“Almost every Sunday, our family goes to this Thai food restaurant called Cherry Suite. So when I think of church, I think of this restaurant as well,” said Julie DeVette.

Mrs. Girling said in closing, “But we never think about this scientific method of digestion and all these body functions and nutrients when we eat. All we do is enjoy our meals for today and to appreciate the fact that we have something to eat.”

—By Jennifer Park

Virginia Woolf

When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.

Spices, Blends, and Flavors...

To explain the action of eating in a scientific way, Mrs. Jill Girling said, “The human body requires certain amounts of nutrients to function properly, and people usually obtain these energyproviding requirements through consuming food.”

Students ate not only because they had to but to experience, feel, and remember all the enjoyable flavors of the world.

Eating helped students to release their stress. “I feel 10 billion times greater when I get really good food,” said Christina Kim11.

“When I feel bad, my parents bring me to a Korean restaurant called Daorae for dinner.”

Ji-Hun Moon, agreeing with Kim, said, “Having a nice meal can give a feeling of fulfillment. If I am too exhausted and tired to do anything, eating would definitely help with my mood.”

A meal also aided students with recalling their memories. “For me,

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Euripides

Kaya Sights, K U.S.A. Elliot Steffen, K U.S.A. Kiri Stengele, K U.S.A. Benjamin Stoltzfus, K U.S.A. Jordan Suen, K U.S.A. Zoei Toh, K U.S.A. Shamierrul Uswath Khan, K Malaysia Karis White, K U.S.A. Oliver Whitten-Ooi, K Australia Moriah Winsor, K Canada Lauren Worten, K U.S.A. Westin Gallando, Pre-4 Philippines Hugo Hallberg, Pre-4 Sweden Kotaro Hiruma, Pre-4 Japan Yun Kil, Pre-4 Korea Alyssa Lam, Pre-4 Hong Kong Jonathan Lam, Pre-4 Hong Kong Shi Bin Lim, Pre-4 Malaysia

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Ruben Morf, Pre-4 Switzerland Trevor Nichols, Pre-4 U.S.A. Noella Seevaratnam, Pre-4 U.S.A.

Lights, Music, Magic, and Skillz Lights, cameras, and skills flooded the chapel during the “Dalat’s Got Skillz” event on 25 Febuary. Created by StuCo, the contest gave students a chance to showcase their unique and sometimes surprising talents.

“There’s something really beautiful about people when they’re doing what they love. I felt really surprised by some of the talents that people had,” said Khalie Mahoney.

BETHANY WEIDMANN

Te Kyle Tang, Pre-4 Malaysia Kalista White, Pre-4 U.S.A. Andrew Worten, Pre-4 U.S.A.

Emily Yeng, Pre-4 Malaysia Zachary Yuen, Pre-4 Hong Kong Kyra Brewster, Pre-3 U.S.A.

StuCo Hosts a Talent Show Complete with...

With a dramatic flourish, Andy Oh ends his magic rings act to the loud applause of the crowd. Oh uniquely showcased his ability to manipulate objects and create illusions with rings, flowers, and purses throughout his entire performance.

Students displayed all kinds of “skillz” to show to their fellow students under the eyes of three judges—Mr. David Thomas, Mr. Scott Uzzle, and guest judge Mr. Jimmy Stewart—who brought criticism and lots comedy to the competition.

“Jimmy Stewart was being the nice judge while Mr. Thomas was being so funny. He just kept making everyone laugh with his jokes, which made it a lot more relaxed,” said Joe Merusi.

All kinds of different abilities ranging from singing duets to magic tricks competed for the top prize of a 100 ringgit meal voucher at Chili’s. Yang Yang Sim had a

surprising act with a special yo-yo twisting around his body, which amazed students.

Katie Stevens said, “It was so good! Quite interesting. I had never seen anything like it before— but hey, it was also entertaining.”

Several singing acts included accompanying instrumentals such as Juliet DeVette’s rendition of “If I Ain’t Got You” by Alicia Keys with Christian Park on drums.

Rebekah Wiesner and Danae Frentz, accompanied by Keanu Lee on his guitar, sang “Falling Slowly” by Glen Hansard.

“I thought they had a lot of talent and courage to sing in front

of the student body,” said Nathan Guthrie. “They had a good song selection, and it was really fun watching them sing. I wish I had a chance to sign up. Oh well, maybe next year.”

The night ended with a final act by the “Men’s Generation” group—Marco Kim, Yi Yang Tan, Joseph Kim, Adrian Yeap, Jim Choi, and Samuel Yeo—who performed a Korean dance number to show off their moves. Their unique style eventually won them the top prize for the Dalat’s Got Skillz competition, a showcase of the talent on campus.

—By James Vo

Cute hand gestures in unison, the “Men’s Generation” dance group—Marco Kim, Yi Yang Tan, Samuel Yeo, Adrian Yeap, Joseph Kim, and Jim Choi—display their distinct moves. The group brought laughs and a unique dance style and eventually won the overall competition.

Pouring out her heart, Julie DeVette sings her jazzed-up version of Alicia Keys’ “If I Ain’t Got You” to the crowd of students and staff during the “Dalat’s Got Skillz” competition.

Over 200 people filled the chapel on a Friday night to watch the different acts and talents unfold on stage.

I doubt whether the world holds for anyone a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice cream.

Heywood Broun Paul Davis, Pre-3 U.S.A. Ting-Yi Huang, Pre-3 Taiwan Jae Youn Kim, Pre-3 Korea

Kiera Nichols, Pre-3 U.S.A. Patris Phalan, Pre-3 Malaysia Gabriella Uzzler, Pre-3 U.S.A.

BETHANY WEIDMANN

Suyoung Lim, Pre-3 Canada Luca Mignatti, Pre-3 U.S.A. Benjamin Moore, Pre-3 U.S.A.

BETHANY WEIDMANN

144 Pre-4 (Morf) – Pre3 (Uzzle)

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Mrs. A.Sulojana A/P Ayaroo (Mala)

“You must take the ‘A’ train to go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem…,” sings Jamie Davis with the Jazz Band accompanying him. He stood close to Roc Wu and Sam Kes, two first saxophone players, as he performed the song “Take the ‘A’ Train.”

Kitchen

Mr. Albert Louis Peterson Security

Mr. Frank Alexander, B.S. Evangelism Explosion

Mrs. Susan Allen, B.S. Language Arts 7

After blending banana milkshakes for the dorm treat, Aunt Vi Steinert calls Joyce Lee, Dianna Kes, Beth Nguyen, and Melissa You. They gathered around the kitchen counter under the air conditioner newly purchased by the Annual Fund.

Mrs. Ang Gaik Cheng (Adeline) Finance

Mr. Balasubramaniam A/L Mariappan Security

Mr. Balu A/L Perumal Kitchen

Mrs. Mary Barnes Special Services Volunteer

Mr. Bascaran A/L Rajamanikam Maintenance

Volunteer: Elementary Librarian, Dorm Support; KICs-American Girl Club, Gertak Sanggul English Club

Mr. Larry Bieling, M.Ed.

SARAH WIESNER

Mrs. Kathy Bieling, B.A.Ed.

Dorm Assistant, Whittling

Mrs. Annami Blom, B.Ed. Middle School Art

Mr. Barend Blom, M.S.Ed.

Physics, e-Learning Coordinator, Dalat Online Administrator

Ms. Bronwyn Bodley, B.Ed.

Mr. David Boshoff, B.Comm.

Ziemer Dorm, Tennis

BETH NGUYEN

Grade 4, Girl Scouts, Elementary Student Council

Serving Spirits

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

Winston Churchill

“Your donation to the Annual Fund will help provide and also improve the study environment for students,” announced Mr. Larry Chinn, the Director of Development, to the audience at the high school concert.

The Annual Fund, the fundraiser for school enhancements that would strengthen the students’ abilities to learn and prepare for their future, started on 11 October and successfully ended on 19 November by reaching the goal of rm108,102.

Mr. Chinn helped raise these funds through dynamic and entertaining events. The event that kicked off drive featured a Night of Jazz with Jamie Davis, a world celebrated jazz vocalist with a deep baritone voice.

“The extra practice hours to perform with a professional vocalist was hard, but this experience

Mrs. Suzette Boshoff, B.A. Ziemer Dorm

Mr. Branzizky Francis A/L Kanasamy Maintenance

Mrs. Brandi Brewster, B.S. Grade 2 Co-teacher

Mr. Brian Brewster, M.A. High School Principal, Swimming Coach

Mrs. Valeri Brokaw, M.M.

Band 6, Beginning Band 7-8, Junior Band, Bible 8, Middle School Drama, Middle School Marching Band, Jazz Ensemble, Ambassadors, “Arkeology” Musical, Junior Class Sponsor, “We Believe” Committee

Mr. Luke Bullock, B.A.

Algebra I, Pre-Algebra, Math 7, Middle School Boys’ Basketball, Forensics

Ms. Catherine A/P Saminathan Office

Mrs. Ailee Chan, L.L.B. (Law)

Bahasa Melayu I, II, III; Bahasa Melayu Specials for Elementary; Junior Girl Scouts

Mr. Harold Chan, B.Sc. Jackson Dorm

Mrs. Lilian Chan, B.Ed. Jackson Dorm

Mr. Chelliah A/L Periasamy Security

Mrs. Debbie Chinn, M.A. Grade 5, Forensics

Mr. Larry Chinn

Director of Development, SAT Leader ESL 5-10, Admissions Testing

Mr. Chong Ying Keat (Joel) Finance

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SYDNEY MCKENZIE

Mrs. Denise Ch’ng, B.A.

Always Ready to Share and Support...

Even wearing goggles and a snorkel and putting floating fins on both feet couldn’t completely protect Director Mr. Karl Steinkamp from getting dunked into a water tank. The teachers’ volunteering helped raise money for the Annual Fund.

also was special and memorable,” said Joel Kirk, who played base guitar for the concert.

Both high and middle school teachers volunteered for the Annual Fund Dunk. Students enjoyed watching their teachers plunge into a tank full of water.

Then over the Christmas break, the school used the money, raised from these events, to support the sport program with new equipment, to revamp completely the chemistry classroom, to purchase air-conditioners for the dorm lounges, to repair the elementary playground swings, and finally to buy new instruments for band classes.

Lucy Lee said, “It is nice to see the change in the new science lab; now we have more space for class and experiments.”

“We tried to get everyone to participate,” said Mr. Chinn.

“Even if they could only give a little, every ringgit helped.”

With no doubt, the donations to the Annual Fund made noticeable improvements on campus for students and staff alike.

—By Jennifer Park

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Mr. Bob Davis, M.S.

Protecting Students, Doing Laundry—It’s...

All in a Day’s Work?

Grade 6, Ass’t. Coach U-15 Girls’ Softball

Mrs. Missy Davis, M.S. English 8, Bible 8

Mrs. Lori D’Cruz, B.S.

Preschool 4, Brownie Girl Scouts

Mr. Durkeswaran A/L San Dhamani Kitchen

The national staff put in a great quantity of time and effort to keep the campus clean and organized.

“My job is to secure and take care of students and night,” said Jayaprakasan, a guard on duty. A total of eight guards worked eight to 12 hours per day.

At 7:30 a.m., “without an exception,” Ravi, Ponamudi, and Perumal began using long coconut fiber brooms to sweep up the dead leaves that had fallen overnight. At the same time, Penny and Palany unlocked classrooms, vacuumed the floors, and lined up desks and chairs.

When dorm students put their laundry baskets out before they headed to their first classes, Saroja and Rose gathered, sorted, and washed their clothes. Students ar-

Mr. Chance Edman, B.A.

Volunteer: 1st Grade Math, 3rd Grade Math; Ass’t. Coach Boys’ Baseball; Coach Varsity Boys’ Softball

Mrs. Valerie Edman, B.A.

Kindergarten, American Sign Language, Card Making, Disney Movies

Mrs. Heather Fischer, M.A.

Elementary Principal, Curriculum Coordinator

Mr. John Fischer

Facilities Coordinator, “We Believe” Committee

Mr. Francis Xavier Maintenance

Ms. Jasmane Frans

Grade 2; Forensics; Coordinator, Track & Field

Mr. Gerard Colvin Estrop Security

Mrs. Jill Girling, B.S.

Chemistry, Middle School Girls’ Volleyball Coach

Mr. Goh Seng Hock Kitchen

Ms. Joyce Goh

Elementary Music, High School Choir, Grade 5 Music, Chapel Coordinator

Mrs. Kerrybeth Gwaltney, B.S. English 9 & 10

After eight hours of securing the campus, Bala comes out of the guardhouse for a short break. “We protect and take care of the students every day and night,” said his coworker Jaya.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

Vince Lombardi

rived back in the dorm at 3:45 p.m. to find piles of clean, neatly-folded uniforms and “play” clothes.

As the D, E, and F lunch blocks began, the kitchen staff got busier.

They not only cooked enough food for all the hungry students, but they also made juice and arranged tables.

“On Monday through Friday, we being making lunch at 9:30 a.m., take a 30 minutes break from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. and serve until 6:30 p.m. It is exactly nine hours of work!” said Muniandy, one of the senior kitchen helpers.

Students who appreciated the national staff’s hard work came up with ideas to show their thankfulness.

“They are friendly people. They never take their jobs as what they have to do in order to earn money, but they really seem to care for us. Even on Saturday and Sunday, they show up just to provide food for us. They are great,” said Charissa Tan. —By Jennifer Park

Mr. Rich Gwaltney, M.A.

StuCo Adviser, Spiritual Life Director, New Testament Survey, Design & Purpose Maintenance

Mr. Jason Hall, M.Ed.

Spanish I, II, III; World Religions; Old Testament; AMD Coordinator; Ass’t. Coach Girls’ Varsity Football; Ass’t. Coach Varsity Boys’ Basketball

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Mr. Branzizky Francis A/L Kanasamy

Mr. Ho Ah Khang Kitchen

Mrs. Jan Hogan, B.S.N. School Nurse

Mr. Jon Horton, B.S.

Technology Specialist, Practical Finances P-period

Mrs. Lori Horton, B.A.

Math 4 & 5; 304 KICs/Beginning Puppetry, Kindergarten Teacher’s Aide, Elementary Librarian

Mr. Rick Hurlbut, M.A.

Values and Decision Making, Christian Apologetics, Issues of the Christian Life

Mr. Intharani A/P Munusamy Security

Mr. Jayaprakasan Narayanan Mrs. Becky Jenkins

Chandler Dorm, Junior Class Sponsors

Mr. Eddie Jenkins

Chandler Dorm, Junior Class Sponsors

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Security

Mr. Jeston John A/L Arulandoo Kitchen

Mrs. Kalawathy Pakkiathai Mrs. Claudia Kang Office

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A sheltered couch in the library comforts Valli and Palany after they finish all their morning work. The national staff took a 30-minute break from 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. before they finished their day.

Sweeping dead leaves with their coconut brooms never ends for Ravi and Ponamudi. “We sweep every day without any exception even if it is raining or sunny. Weather doesn’t matter,” said Ravi.

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Just a Job Teachers, dorm parents, and the administrative staff worked hard everyday, providing all the daily needs for students. Only on rare occasions did students see the activities that staff enjoyed during their free time.

“I try to spend some free time immersing myself in the local culture,” said Mrs. Jill Girling.

“Through studying Bahasa and building relationships with local friends, I learn to appreciate the diverse Malay culture around us.”

Penang holds a bountiful food culture that can satisfy anyone on its shores. Teachers dipped into this wide range of delicacies at unique restaurants and stalls all across the island. Figo’s, Nandos, and even SAB became places frequented by the staff and their families. For some teachers, nearby restaurants became opportunities to share the Gospel. Mr. David Thomas said, “I like the ministry opportunities at SAB even better than the food!”

Amongst the relaxing times, staff also got involved in helping the local community through charities and outreach programs. Working

with their churches became an important part of life outside school.

“I enjoy worshipping God at PIC because of the international makeup of the congregation,” said Mr. Kerry Mahoney. “When leading in musical worship, I see a sight that is likely a microcosm of eternity—people from every language, tribe, and tongue all praising the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”

Of all the activities teachers enjoyed, family time usually sat at the top of the list. Spending precious moments with their own children allowed staff to relax from the same school stress that plagues students. Mr. Rich Gwaltney said, “I enjoy spending time with my wife and kids laughing, reading, and watching movies. I also enjoy cooking on my grill and making food for them.”

With all the holidays and breaks, staff enjoyed a life full of joy and excitement away from school. But after all this, coaches, secretaries, counselors and teachers returned ready to work at helping students prepare for their futures.

—By James Vo

Relaxed smiles on their faces, Uncle Tim Steinert and Uncle David Boshoff take time to chat during their trip to Thailand.

During longer school holidays, staff traveled to enjoy the cultures of countries like Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

Offering a quick word of thanks, Aunt Suzette Boshoff enjoys a chance to try special Thai dishes at Cherry Sweet away from Ziemer Dorm. With a large range of different food cultures on the island, staff savored the unique food choices available.

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Mrs. Khoo Kim Kee (Amy) Office

Mr. Nathanael Klassen, B.A.

Computer Science, Early Church History, Ed. Tech. Coordinator, Junior Class

Mrs. Lee Gaik Choo (Mandy) Finance

Ms. Leow Ah Mooi Office

Mrs. Lim Ah Chai Housekeeping

Mrs. Lim Chit Mooi Housekeeping

Mr. Steve Liss, M.Ed.

Algebra I, Geometry, AthleticDirector, Varsity Girls’ Football Coach, Varsity Girls’ Softball Ass’t. Coach, Track & Field Ass’t, Senior Class

Mrs. Carla Loehden, M.S.

Elem. P.E., Middle School Health, High School Health, Middle School Study Skills Coordinator, Middle School Intramurals, 5-6 Girls’ Volleyball Coach, 7-8 Girls’ Basketball Coach

Mr. Kerry Mahoney, M.Ed.

Concert Band, Music Theory, AP Music Theory, Advanced Band, Digital Media Production, Varsity Girls’ Football Coach, Referee Volleyball & Basketball

Mrs. Robin Mahoney, B.Ed.

Preschool 3, Elementary Art, KICs Art Club

Mr. Manimaran A/L Kuppusamy Kitchen

Mrs. Mary Michael Aloysius Housekeeping

Mr. Brian Merusi, M.S.

Special Services k-12, Integrated Technology 8, Ass’t. Coach Varsity Football, Junior Class, Staff Rep. Contract Committee/School Board

Mrs. Tibbett Merusi, M.A. Grade 6, Junior Class

Work like you don’t need the money, love like you’ve never been hurt and dance like no one is watching.

Randall G. Leighton Mr. Clay Moss, B.S.

Volunteer Substitute Teacher, Coach Varsity Girls’ Basketball, Golf, Track & Field MIRANDA STEINERT

Mrs. Vicky Moss Volunteer

Mr. Muniandy A/L Ramasamy Kitchen

Ms. Lisa Munson, M.S.

P.E. 1-8, Varsity Girls’ Volleyball Coach, KICs Club Coordinator

Mrs. Nagamal A/P Doraisamy (Rose) Housekeeping

Mrs. Liza Nichols, B.A. (Hons)

Foundation Art, Advanced Art, Master Studio, AP Drawing, AP 2D Design, AP 3D Design

Mr. Nick Nichols, B.S. Physical Science, Biology

Ms. Ooi Huey Fern (Lilian) Finance

Mrs. Muthammal A/P Packeery (Rekha) Housekeeping

Mrs. Anne-Marie Pagee Volunteer, Care & Share

Mr. Bob Pagee

DIS Advocate, Learning Lab Coordinator, Forensics, Open Gaming

Mrs. Palany A/P Ganapathy Housekeeping

Mr. Perumal A/L Govinda Yard

Mr. Albert Peterson Security

Mr. Ponamudi A/L Valaithan Yard

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Mr. Rajeen A/L Mareemuttoo

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Mr. Ramasamy A/L Govinda Maintenance

Mr. Ravindran A/L Moses Yard

Mrs. Lydia Roberts

Admissions Coordinator, SMT, Photography Club for Teachers, Handbooks Committee, Admissions Committee, Calendar Committee

“Eagles are dynamite; don’t mess with dynamite! Eagles!” chanted the crowd of fans squished into the bleachers in the gym at the first MSSPP basketball game.

School Spirit Day, 18 April, marked the beginning of the MSSPP season for both the varsity girls’ and boys’ basketball teams.

Students had the opportunity to wear blue and gold clothing instead of their uniforms as a way to show support for the teams. Blue and gold ribbons adorned hair, wrists, and shirt sleeves.

“It’s great that people really tried to follow the theme of blue and gold. It could be cool to have

Mr. Sangaran A/L Ramu Thaver (Susu) Yard

Ms. Saravathi A/P A. Navaseelam (Joyce) Preschool Assistant

Mrs. Saroja A/P Supramaniam Housekeeping

Mrs. Karen Sasse, B.A. Grade 3

Mr. Mark Sasse, M.A.

Geography, U.S. History, American Government, Southeast Asian Studies, Varsity Baseball Coach, Varsity Girls’ Softball Coach, JV Girls’ Softball Coach, Drama Writing, Drama

Mrs. Bonnie Sawatzky, B.A.

Special Services, Junior Girl Scouts

Mr. Wayne Sawatzky, M.A.

Middle School Principal, ESL Coordinator, Intro. to French, Word Study, JV Girls’ Volleyball Coach, Under-15 Boys’ Football Coach, Varsity Girls’ Softball Coach, JV Girls’ Softball Coach

Mrs. Shantel Seevaratnam, M.A. Kindergarten, Girl Scouts

Mr. Jason Mark Selvanayagam, B.Sc.

Industrial Arts, Floorball, Chapel Coordinator, MSSPP Track & Field

Mrs. Mary Sheddan, M.S. Learning Lab Assistant

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Mrs. Lisa Smith, M.S. Grade 1

Sending a steady stream of air through their clarinets, Amanda Goh and Sunny Kim play the notes of the Dalat Fight Song.

The P-period Marching Band played at the first game of the varsity girls’ MSSPP season to hype up the crowd and show support for the girls.

minute trek to the Free School armed with blue and gold posters and vuvuzuelas in hopes that their winning streak would not end.

Students watched, chanted, and clapped as the boys took home the MSSPP zone championship with a 6-0 win against Uplands.

Everybody, regardless of his age, enjoyed watching his peers achieve victory. Even when games ended in a loss, fans still encouraged players not to give up.

“Our school spirit is a passionate fusion of a love for our campus and the joy of being a Dalat student,” Mark Keane said.

“I say Reagan; You say Mahoney!” called Marco Kim. “Reagan!”

“Mahoney!” echoed the crowd.

The cheers continued as the boys secured a 45-12 win over Phor Tay, kicking off the MSSPP tournament on a hopeful note.

—By Bethany Weidemann

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Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision.

more stuff around the school like eagles or more blue and gold colors,” said Saarah Monawvil.

The start of MSSPP, however, did not mark the beginning of school spirit. Mr. Karl Steinkamp, coach of the basketball team, created a unique feel to the firstsemester season by coordinating games every Friday night. This gave students an opportunity for hanging out that did not involve the usual trips to Gurney Mall.

Student Council planned halftime activities to entertain the crowd like seeing how many three point shots a fan could score in one minute, and winners received gift certificates to places like Chili’s.

“We definitely have more spirit than all the Chinese teams,” observed Katie Gwaltney.

The varsity boys’ football MSSPP season in the second semester saw fans making the 30

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Mr. Travis Neal Smith, Jr., M.A.

Social Studies 7-8, JV Basketball Coach, Varsity Girls’ Basketball Coach, “We Believe” Committee

Mr. Jonathan Steffen, B.S.

DLRC Coordinator, AERC Educational Consultant, Photo Club

Mr. Tim Steinert, B.Th.

Jaffray Dorm, Security Supervisor, Middle School Boys’ Basketball Coach

Mrs. Violet Steinert, B.B.S. Jaffray Dorm, Scrapbooking

Mrs. Jacki Steinkamp, M.S.

Elementary School Counselor, Guidance Dept. Chair., Girl Scouts, Senor Class, SMT

Mr. Karl Steinkamp, M.S.

Director, Media Literacy, Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach, Senior Class, Boy Scouts, SLT, SMT

Mr. Joel Steinkamp, B.A.

Special Services, Middle School Girls’ Football, Awards Committee

Mrs. Mia Steinkamp, M.L.S. Librarian, Girl Scouts

Mrs. Akiko Stengele

Volunteer: Preschool 3 Teacher’s Aide, Elementary Swimming Club Ass’t. Coach

Mr. David Stengele, M.A.

English 11-12, SAT Prep., Speech, Eagle’s Eye

HR Department Security

Mrs. Teh Gim Choo (Julie) Housekeeping

Mrs. Eunice Teoh, M.A.

Mandarin 1,2,3; AP Chinese and Culture; Chinese Brush Painting

Mrs. Bethany Thomas, B.S.

High School Counselor, Senior Class

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Head bowed, Mr. Steve Liss waits for Rebekah Wiesner, Josie Steinkamp, and Danae Frentz to decide which portion of hair to cut next. As a reward for winning both of their tournaments, the varsity girls’ football team shaved their coach’s head.

Eagerly awaiting the next basket, Mark Keane, Joseph Kim, and Marco Kim hold their posters ready. The boys let the drum sound loudly every time the players scored, stole the ball, or drew a good foul. They also led chanting to encourage the players.

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Mr. Thurairaj A/L A.Pawadai Pillai Office

Mr. John “Tommy” Tompkins, M.S.

Honors English 10, AP English 11 & 12, Journalism I & II, NHS, Eagle’s Eye Adviser, Reflector Adviser

Mrs. Tung Seok Yeng Finance

Mr. Dennis Tyas, M.A.

Bible 7, Science 7 & 8, Softball Ass’t. Coach

Mrs. Gayle Tyas, M.A.

Volunteer: Research Skills 5, Passport Club, Library

Mr. Wallace Scott Uzzle, M.A.

Middle School Coordinator, Middle School Counselor, Under-15 Boys’ Basketball Coach

Mrs. Terresa Uzzle, M.A.

Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus

Mrs. Valliammah A/P Karpaya Library Assistant

Mr. Vgekumar A/L Mareemuttoo Kitchen

Mr. Victor Lim Maintenance

Mr.Vijay A/L Sambanthan Security

Mr. Voon Wei Ming Maintenance

Mr. Brian Weidemann

Residence Supervisor, Deputy Director

Mrs. Valerie Weidemann

Residence Supervisor, Dorm Council

Taking a Trip...

Over on the Wyld Side “Welcome to the Club” by Manian blasted through the walls of the student center as middle school students crammed their way through the door.

WyldLife Camp provided a place for middle school students to begin their weekend with loud music and interactive games that Back arched and arms spread wide, Shione Matsumoto flips off of Sang joon Lee’s shoulders in the pool. WyldLife campers took time in the pool to escape the rainforest heat and cool off before heading to dinner and club later in the evening.

would put them out of their comfort zones and ensure laughs.

On 4 March, 28 middle school students and eight leaders boarded an early Air Asia flight to make their way down to the Rainforest Resort in Johor Bahru.

“WyldLife Camp was so much fun! The best game that we played was the ‘Wheel of Misfortune,’” Sarah Tan said. “We spun a giant wheel, and the leaders had to do something crazy like eat a can of Spam, take flour to their face, or put tattoos on their foreheads.”

“Waiting to get on the airplane

was actually a lot of fun even though it took a long time,” Aunt Becky Jenkins said. “It was nice to see how much we’d all bonded in such a short time.”

“It’s always good when you can hang out with younger kids and remember what it was like to be their age,” Josiah Steinkamp said.

At the secluded resort, students took part in activities that required them to create mock masterpieces out of Spam.

“It felt a lot like killing worms— not that I know what that feels like,” Sangjoon Lee said. “I ended

up calling my creation ‘Castle.’”

When students arrived back at school the next day, stories of the adventures waiting in airports and the events that took place that weekend poured out of their mouths and into their friends’ ears as they went through the day.

“Dennis [Choi] tried to throw me into the pool, but I fell on the concrete and injured my knee instead!” Katie Gwaltney said.

On or off campus, WyldLife clubs burst with energy and helped students prepare for the weekend.

—By Elizabeth Nguyen

Roti Canai in their hands, Emily Tan and Karsten Ladner fit as many pieces in their mouths as they can. WyldLife club provided a place where students could laugh with their friends and make memories with students from other classes.

Listening for their numbers, Cindy Park and Hannah Wiesner focus on rhythm and timing. On the way back from WyldLife Camp, middle schoolers engaged with their high school leaders in playing games such as “Big Booty” and “Chin’d Ya.”

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Mr. David Thomas, B.S.

Middle & High School P.E., High School Fitness, Varsity Boys’ Football, Senior Class

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.

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World History

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Mrs. Melodee J. White, M.S. Mr. Russell Wiesner, M.S. Kitchen

Mrs. Douglas Yost, M.A.

AP Psychology, Personal Psychology, Communications Production Technology

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KL Vision Steering Committee

Mr. Yeoh Chee Keong (Rex)

Mrs. Marsha Yost, B.A.

“Gross!” Mr. David Thomas exclaims as he realizes his mistake of asking middle school students to search their noses for the biggest booger. Elisabeth Brokaw and Noah Graves raced to the front of the student center to measure their findings.

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Chilling

LOVINGLY kissing Tayah Lee’s cheek, Khalie Mahoney ignores her brother Reagan as he laughs at the peanut spitting contest occurring on the other side of Road House Grill. Students went to restaurants together to try the variety of food available in Penang.

INTERESTED in the blue skirt from Sam’s Batik House, Beth Nguyen examines it and debates whether she can afford it. Students took trips to George Town to visit the famous batik house for colorful fabric or new clothes.

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REACTING to Danny Babcock’s attempt at pouring a packet of sugar on his plate, Kaleb Uzzle intercepts Babcock’s hands and tries to stop him. The seniors enjoyed a dinner together at Mario’s with their sponsors where they ate, joked, and relished their time together.

Waves crashed on the beach, the sun beat down, and your ice cream melted. You sat in the pool at the Flamingo mini bar enjoying the feel of the cool water on your skin contrasting with the heat in the air. Your brain barely processed any concrete thoughts as you completely relaxed. Suddenly, you heard your name; and you came back to reality.

You lifted your head off the wooden desk and realized you actually sat in Mr. David Stengele’s English classroom. You sighed as you looked out the window at the ocean and wished you could go back to your dream off the school’s compound.

When lunch came around, you actually could escape from campus; and you headed out with your friends towards the Kim Chi BBQ Restaurant up the hill from school. You saw Nathan Steel and Josh Strong heading off towards SAB to enjoy butter chicken and naan and Rachel Thorne, Alan Thompson, Daniel Barber, and Hannah Jones going to Hillside to have chicken rice and teh ais.

On Saturday afternoon you headed out to Gurney mall to watch a movie, race cars in the arcade, or chill at McDonald’s. On your way to the bus stop you spotted Maaya Yamauchi and Joseph Kim going to Strike II to play “Counterstrike.”

As you walked to 7/11 on Sunday evening to get an ice cream, you saw Danny Babcock, Theresa Phan, Brittany Sasse, Farid Syed, and Rebekah Wiesner walking to Figo’s to enjoy a Mexican meal.

Walking by the ocean on your way to English class on Monday morning, you thought about how relaxed you’d felt over the weekend. No one had pushed you to do anything, and you’d enjoyed yourself. Taking a break from school allowed you to take a breath before going back into the world where teachers, parents, and friends required you to push.

—By Sydney McKenzie DIM-SUM in her mouth, Esther Kim10 enjoys the taste of the Chinese food with Jennifer Park and Joyce Lee. Dorm parents took their dorms out to different restaurants to give them a break from the food from the cafeteria and to enjoy each other’s company.

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Reaching Out

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Cheoung Cheng Chee. With the help of Mr. Ooi and Mr. Chee, students had an opportunity to explore the culture of Malaysia at closer level and connect with the chief at the fishing village. Later in the semester, the group expanded when Mr. Chance and Mrs. On Saturdays most kids make a trip down to Gurney to meet with Valerie Edmond joined to lend a hand to the students with their friends, work on some APs that they’ve gotten behind on, or (if a dorm teaching experience.

Each week, students grouped in pairs to organize a lesson plan student) play a friendly game of football out on the field. Students frequently enjoy their Saturdays and take advantage of the day off for their kids, discussing how best to teach them at the village. With from school by doing their favorite extracurricular activities. For some lesson plans finalized, students felt better prepared for teaching when students, however, Saturdays didn’t mean going to the mall but rather Saturday came around. JiHyun Park said, “The kids love playing ‘I’ve Never,’ so after my lesson plans, we’d always play the game to add spending their day doing an act of service.

It started last semester when Mr. Larry and Mrs. Kathy Bieling some fun to our time.”

Soon, kids at the fishing village looked approached dorm students about forward to learning each Saturday with teaching English at a small fishing village the lesson plans set out for them. in Gertak Sangul. Immediately, those As the semester passed, students who who had a heart to teach and reach out to volunteered to teach at the fishing village children eagerly took up the opportunity. found that the time spent contained Luke Martens remarked, “I joined this memorable experiences of building because I felt that I wanted to give back relationships. Ben Weidemann concluded to the people of Malaysia after living all about his time at the fishing village, “The these years here and make relationships friendships I made with the kids were with the kids.” Later, the opportunity worth my Saturdays; reaching out into the opened up to day students who wanted community was an awesome experience.” to reach out into the community, too.

Now that the weekly trips to the fishing Before the trip could start, Mr. village have finished for the year, students Jonathan Steffan, one of the organizers eagerly await next year for another chance of the English Club, introduced the volunteers to two Chinese-Malaysian ON a Saturday, students travel to a small fising village near the airport, to reach out to the kids and build more missionaries whom the students would Gertak Sangul.There, Laura Van Oss introduced the kids to an alphabet memorable relationships.

—By Dianna Kes work with, Mr. James Ooi and Mr. game that incorporated both fun and learning.

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You’re All Wet!

to a sand bank. The rocks gained popularity to the point where the majority of the Jaffrayites joined in the fun.

“I really enjoyed the feeling of being suspended in the air for a few split seconds before breaking the water surface and letting the cold “Everyone pile into the van,” Aunt Vi Steinert announced to all the water cover my head,” Justin Strong said.

Jaffrayites. On 10 September all the students in Jaffray Dorm hopped Although the girls were completely content with jumping off into the Unser and their vans to begin their long journey to Sedim the rocks into the water below, the boy’s strong desire for danger Recreational Park to spend their long weekend in a new location off and adventure found them jumping into the rapids under the small waterfall. To ensure their safety, Uncle Tim tested it out and gave the island.

“Although the trip was long, it was so much fun because a lot of them the “OK.” The girls cringed in fear while the boys whooped us were singing and trying to rap free style,” Danny Babcock said. “It and hollered with excitement every time one of their dorm brothers was really cool to see us all comfortable enough with each other to let disappeared in the deep pool.

“It was a blast to get sucked under the water for a few second our guard down and just have a great time.”

After the hour and a half journey, the vans pulled into the park because it would spin you around and spit you back out again a few where they fixed their eyes upon a thick forest of tall trees and the fresh, feet downstream,” Jordan Strong described, “It gave me an adrenalin rush every time.” clean, rushing water of a windy river. The dorm After an hour of jumping off rocks and swimming quickly found the “perfect secluded swimming in the river, the dorm students dried off, gathered spot,” unloaded the fire wood, coolers full of around a fire Uncle Tim had prepared to roast hot drinks and food, and then quickly changed into dogs for lunch, and watched the majestic butterflies their swimming attire. that had congregated around their vacated shoes.

“The water scared me at first because when I “The butterflies were so big and full of colors, jumped in, the strong current pulled me down bright blue, brick red, vibrant yellow, and black. It’s stream,” Melissa You explained. “If it wasn’t for still a mystery to me, why they liked our shoes so Harry [Mak] and Uncle Tim [Steinert], I would much,” said Seung Jou Jun. have floated even farther away.”

Unfortunately the saying “all good things must Even though some didn’t take to the water at come to an end” came to pass as all the Jaffrayites first, the boys and girls eventually overcame their HOLDING on for dear life, Josh Strong wariness of the current and started jumping off battles the ferocious current in an attempt to cleaned up, packed up, and hopped back into their the high rocks surrounding the rushing waters, climb to safety. Students in Jaffray Dorm en- vans for the return journey home.

—By Miranda Steinert allowing the current to carry them downstream joyed a day away from campus and in nature.

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Dear Maaya, Congratulations on your graduation !!!

Here is a finale to the life with Dalat school. You have completed the life successfully following the same footsteps of the two elder sisters but more unique way. And I am extremely glad to know that you are the one that closing the final curtain and moving on to the different world with a strong passion、 卒業おめでとう！一年前はあ姉ちゃんに守られ、一人では何も出来なかった真綾が今では立派な一人の女性 になりましたね。辛いこともたくさん有ったけど本当によく頑張りました。 今後はその経験から得た知恵を存分に活用し、シカゴで更なる活躍をしてください。本当におめでとう！

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Dear Maaya, Congratulations!! At last our lil baby Maaya is graduating high school, and next you'll be coming here to live with your お姉ちゃんズ！！とても楽しみにしています。これからも、真綾のすごい負けん 気で人生突破ってください☆笑 I love you!!

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Dear Mabu, Congratulations on finally graduating high school!! You have no idea how proud I am of you~!

It blows my mind just to think that the last of the Yamauchi's have crossed this point in life! But then again, I CANNOT wait until you come over to live with us next year! 三人でまた一つ屋根の下で住むのをメッチャ楽しみ にしています^^ 来年大学一年一緒頑張ろうね☆

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真綾へ 卒業おめでとう！何時までも BABY ちゃんだと思っていたけど、ついに巣立ちで すね。真綾の未来に乾杯！１８年間素敵な思い出をありがとう！これからは遠距 離になっちゃうけど、いっもどんな時でも応援しています。どんな素敵な女性に LOVE ママ

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for them outside the chapel along with Milo, iced tea, or water.

“I really like the chance to slow down in the middle of the week and connect with people when we have time to just hang out and eat,” said Keanu Lee. “Today we are going to have someone very special come and share her After gobbling up the treats, students gathered on the floor and story with us,” Mr. Rich Gwaltney announced in chapel. “Everybody formed groups to answer questions displayed on the screens. The smaller setting allowed students to talk about their feelings more please welcome Miss JiHyun Park!”

Student clapped as Park ascended the stage and took a seat on the freely, and some volunteered to share with the whole group after the stool next to Mr. Gwaltney. Chapels offered a platform for seniors discussion time ended. preparing to graduate to share their personal journeys of faith through Care and Share students seized the opportunity to address the whole high school and used a chapel to tell stories of their experiences in the an interview-style conversation.

Not only seniors shared in chapels. Tenth grade students like Sam community and to encourage others to participate in its activities.

Kes, Ben Weidemann, and Luke Martens shared about the success of Mr. Jason Selvanyagam led a time of worship through singing before people shared. their “Wonderland. Projects” to inspire the “I really love the worship times,” Brittany freshman starting on projects of their own.

Sasse said. “It’s good to see so many high school After a trip to Singapore with Evangelism students all worshiping together.”

Explosion, Lucy Lee, Harry Mak, Rachel “Even though they can be short, I really like the Thorne, and Mrs. Kelly Alexander spoke about times when we sing,” said Reese Terry. their experiences training church leaders in “The Single Ladies dance that the Stu Co how to share their faith effectively. guys in chapel did was gross but awesome!”

“I was nervous that God couldn’t use a Reagan Mahoney said. person like me,” Lee said. “But I learned that Whether students ate food, listened to He can and does!” testimonies, or watched videos, weekly chapels Thorne’s testimony about her struggle allowed them to come together to think about with a physical disorder moved the leaders in spiritual things in the middle of the week.

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—By Bethany Weidemann cookies, curry puffs, or spring rolls waiting popular song to promote the upcoming talent show.

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“What? I have to redo the script? Again?” Abbie Brake fumed.

“How many times has it been now?”

No one but the juniors and their sponsors can truly comprehend the amount of work put into the making of the Junior-Senior Banquet, for they had dedicated seemingly endless hours during weekdays and weekends to make it all possible.

“These Saturday workdays are going to kill me!” said Joseph Kim. Even the most simple of decorations took an exasperating amount of time to troubleshoot and think through.

“Those hat pins that went onto the massive hat took forever! I was sitting in Mrs. [Tibbett] Merusi’s room thinking and thinking of all the ways I could possibly attach the ornamental ball to the pole,” said Nicole Mauger.

“After like forever, I finally came up with a solution that involved drilling a hole at the top of the ball with an Exacto knife!”

And the more complex and unique decorations required even more tedious handling.

“If the seniors don’t appreciate these card hats, I am going to shoot someone,” said Keegan Ladner half jokingly, with over a hundred discarded cards and staples lying all around him.

WITH over 10 massive sheets of paper But nothing could possibly lying on the sidewalk, the juniors dabbed every inch to give it a scroll-like effect. compare to the stress load on Every Saturday second semester the the night before JSB. juniors congregated to work out all the “What else do we have to do? fine details of JSB. What else are we forgetting?”

Mrs. Merusi’s voice showed her panic as the class excom attempted to calm her down.

“I didn’t get to sleep until 5:30 in the morning because of last minute planning,” said Mrs. Valeri Brokaw on the day of JSB. Mr. Nathanael Klassen laughed at this statement and said, “I didn’t sleep at all!”

But, in the end, the juniors and their sponsors would all agree that it was worth every minute to honor the seniors.

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“The bubble tea basically sums up the only reason we go on Tuesdays to the market,” stated Theresa Phan. “It’s liberating to have a justified excuse to go out on a school night.”

Saarah Monawvil echoed these thoughts saying, “It feels so nice to “Hey there wasn’t even a bubble in that; it was just your spit!” yelled take a break in almost the middle of the school week, hang out with Alan Thompson at Daniel Barber who continued to try to shoot the friends, get amazing bubble tea and delicious Chinese pancakes!”

Every Tuesday students crowded the bubble tea stand to try new bubble tea pearls through his straw at Thompson. flavors available there.

Nathan Steel joined in on the action by aiming his Rachel Thorne and Phan tried the vanilla-flavored own straw filled with the flavorful and chewy pearls tea while Barber giddily ordered a cup of blue, at Thompson. “I don’t want to hit anyone else with champagne flavored tea. it though,” exclaimed Steel as he moved through the “I used to love going to the night market, but after shuffling crowd at the Tuesday Night Market while four years it gets a little old,” sighed Steel. “But the trying to hit his target. thing that never gets old is bubble tea. It enchants me Every Tuesday a normally empty lot would with its elegant, pearly deliciousness.” change into a bustling place filled with stands selling Also excited by the bubble tea, Brittany Sasse said, anything ranging from dresses, sunglasses, bubble “The best part is the sticky, chewy, amazing bubbles.” tea, clay pipes, to stinky durian fruit. Students would She added, “Getting away on a school night to the meet by school at 7:30 p.m. and walk over to the night market with friends is so relaxing. It’s awesome to wet market area where they would enter into the experience the bubble tea, different foods, and culture hectic world of the Tuesday Night Market for a few all in one place.” hours.

“Yes! Yes I got him! Oh no…” exclaimed Steel as he The bubble tea, the food, and the fact that it ran away from Thompson who he had just nailed him in happened on a Tuesday provided the main attractions the back with a sticky black pearl from his bubble tea. for the students.

Whether students went to engage in a battle of “I don’t go very often, but whenever I have gone [to the night market] the array of scrumptious, JUMPSUIT draped over her shoulders, bubbles, try the foods, escape on a school night, or diverse food allured me the whole time. It’s always Theresa Phan asks Sarah Wiesner and consume a few hundred milliliters of bubble tea, the Rachel Thorne what they think and if a ton of fun to go around the night market with she should buy it. At the Tuesday Night Tuesday Night Market provided a perfect opportunity friends eating and enjoying all the different food,” Market students could find great deals for to relax and hang out with friends. clothing, knickknacks, and food.

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Teammates quickly turned on one another and blamed each other for their poor team form. Usually the worst player on the team became the scapegoat, who carried the heavy burden for losing. Still the worst player played on, striving to do his or her best to prove that he or she After dinner, numerous students from the dorms rushed up the stairs could perform well for the team. to play football. Once a huge assembly arrived at the mini football As the game came to a close at around 7:30, all the players headed field, they formed a division of two teams. As the game began, back to their dorms to get ready for study hall. Of course when the excitement rushed through everyone’s veins, and the blood rush to game ended, all the anger dissipated; and dorm students reveled at what they had done with their spare time. win took over.

The game quickly intensified causing violent moves on one But the memory of football after supper never faded away for some. another. After a lot of yelling here and there, anger started to build up. “I like the way that we all want to play soccer; it gives us time to have Then, out of the blue, a goal occurred. The exhilaration of winning fun before study hall,” said Justin Lao. Luke Martins said, “I like that it’s a time devoured the winners. But for the losing where the dorm guys can get together and have team, a loss of morale began to cultivate fun together as well as being able to get better and frustration built up. Now losing by one at the sport.” goal, the losing team began to fight back, and Others just celebrate goals they had made eventually they made the score tie. Morale during the game. “I like the sound in the goal when that stood lost now regained, the tides of the the ball crashes in the [net],” said Justin Strong. game changed.

Still, a few just enjoyed the fun they got Violence took over some people, and they out of the sport. “It is a great opportunity to began to slide-tackle one another. Unfair develop ourselves into wonder kids,” said Josh sportsmanship started to erupt from the Strong, “and to laugh at the losers.” players. Goals occurred here and there, and “After dinner soccer is like peanut butter to the score increased by the minute. my jelly. It has been there for me through all The mini-football field became a battlefield, my ups and downs—never say never!” summed and no one had immunity from then on.

Even a goalie found it tough, but he gained AS Josh Strong gets ready to crash the ball into the oppos- up Mark Keane. the most honor for protecting the team goal ing goal for his team, his opponents make a vital attempt All in all, everyone had fun playing the box from the enemy—unless he or she let to stop him. A jubilant Strong scored, and his team- sport and all looked forward to the next aftermates mobbed him in this after-supper football match. supper football session.

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class continued to return to the pool to play water polo.

“The best part of the whole trip was playing water polo,” said Nathan Steel. “It was a good bonding class game.” In the game when a player got the ball an intense wrestling match would begin Staying up till 3:00 a.m., playing water polo, battling it out in paint between him and the opposing team’s defense. The most memorable ball, eating copious amounts of food, chilling by the pool, playing of these tussles occurred between Mr. Karl Steinkamp and Steel and crazy party games, and bonding as a class. What two-day period could Alan Thompson. contain all of this? Only Mini-Sneak to Jerejak “I completely enjoyed dominating the young Resort could! boys with my superior strength,” said Mr. On 11 March the senior class met to go to Steinkamp. a lock-in that would begin their mini-sneak.

Thompson said, “It was very painful when Mr. There, they played party games like a balloon Steinkamp gave me and Nathan wedgies, but it popping epic contest and watched the movie felt so good to give him one back.”

Gattaca until they finally fell asleep on the hard Mini-Sneak ended with most of the seniors floor in the coldness of the chapel. heading to a paint-ball arena where they engaged “It was great to have our entire class together in an epic battle for a couple of hours, shooting on one exciting two- day adventure,” said at and hiding from one another as they tried to Saarah Monawvil. The day after the lock-in the give their team the win. seniors woke up at a blisteringly early 10:00 Maaya Yamauchi said, “Paint ball was off the a.m. to eat the amazing breakfast Mr. David chain; I felt like I was playing inside Counter Strike!

Thomas, their sponsor, had prepared for them It felt so good when I hit somebody in the face, and and to get ready for the trip to Jerejak. the paint splattered all over his or her helmet!”

When they arrived at Jerejak, they almost All-in-all mini-sneak provided a great bonding immediately headed to the coolness of the experience for the seniors as they prepared to say pool to escape from the heat. But instead of good-bye and move on to their future lives outside finding themselves resting in the pool, the SPINNING the flaming pole, Daniel Barber Penang. The two-day adventure they had at the seniors and some of their sponsors soon divided performs with Harry Mak in the fire dance show to Jerejak resort brought the class closer through themselves into teams and began playing an ask Bethany Weidemann and Hannah Jones to the violent paint ball, wrestling water polo, fun party On mini-sneak the boys secretly planned their intense, full-on tackling, game of water polo. JSB. asking and shocked the entire class when they came games, and relaxing free time.

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“Joe! [Merusi] Why are you killing my men? You are on my team!” cried Alan Thompson as he defended his troops from Merusi’s brutal infantry. Age of Empires often invited the dorm students to take a break on the weekends. These students engaged in building up their empire and battling their opponents in a medieval electronic world.

Counter Strike, another popular game, had students playing for more than six hours at a time on weekends. This game involves violent shooting at your enemies, either terrorists or special ops. Students usually play against each other or form teams to fight other players or the computer or “bots.”

“I love shooting people in Counter Strike because I love seeing their reactions.

Someday I would like to hold a real sniper gun to see what it feels like,” said Maaya Yamauchi.

Facebook game addictions tended to pop up EYES glued to the screen, Josh and Jordan and then subside after a few Strong, Danny Babcock, and Santi Niramit- months among the student vijit battle each other in a game of Age of body, particularly among Empires. Dorm boys enjoyed games such as dorm boys. Farmville DotA and Age of Empires and played them encouraged students to on weekends. cultivate and grow crops.

As Farmville grew old, Island God took its place. The game had students growing crops to make money as well as helping their tribal men work and collect resources to build houses.

The topic of conversation for most Island God players at lunch included questions such as, “Can you send me some nails and a fruit offering so I can build my totem?” or “I just went up a level in Island God!” “I like Island God because you can bless your people and bless others,” said Ooychai Yuthiwattana.

Students played these games during their free time to relax and take a break from reality. The games also provided a way for them to socialize on weekends, giving them a bond that only comes from —By Sarah Wiesner interacting through video games.

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Though the girls now have the knowledge and new confidence on how to use self-defense if ever needed, they have mixed feelings on the possibility of trying it out in a real situation.

“Everyone meet in the weight room after dinner,” Uncle Tim Steinert “I hope I will never be in a situation where I would have to use the things I’ve learned,” said Kes. “But I’m glad called to the girls as they wandered down to the I have knowledge and options if I ever end up in cafeteria for dinner. a situation where it is needed.”

The dorm senior girls—Dianna Kes, Even the boys have mixed feelings about the Marieth Kiiza, Lucy Lee, Beth Nguyen, and girls taking self-defense classes—not for a real Jee-Bin Yim—plus a few others that wanted to offender with the intent of hurting them, but for participate, met on Sunday evenings with Uncle themselves.

Tim to talk and go over statistics and maneuvers “I would feel bad for any guy who would try on how to protect themselves through utilizing to take advantage of the girls in this class because self-defense moves. they’d be the one on the ground crying. I also “The class started out of my desire for the know I wouldn’t want to try anything on them girls to be fully prepared to go to college,” Uncle now, even for a joke, because I’d probably end up Tim explained. “Girls at Dalat will exit this hurting myself,” Josh Strong stated. sheltered community and enter a world where Although the girls only meet once a week, the ground rules are different. I don’t want them they’ve developed a smart awareness of their to be vulnerable by being ignorant.” surroundings as well as an understanding The girls learned how to punch and kick and of how and when to use self-defense. Some how to get out of many choke holds, arm grabs, have also found new confidence and strength knife threats, full-nelson holds—and where and within themselves. how to give a series of crucial blows to make “I’ve always been sad that I’m not strong their escape and not become a victim but rather RESTRAINING Dianna Kes, Beth Nguyen demon- physically,” Lucy Lee said, “but the class is the one in control.

“My favorite move to practice was how to strates a situation that an offender might try as Un- teaching my how to be strong even when I’m Tim Steinert guides Kes’s arms through the mosmall. The class gives me confidence, and that escape the full-nelson hold and how to prevent cle tions of how to maneuver out of a side-choke hold. someone with a knife from getting me under The self-defense class educated senior girls on what confidence makes me strong.”

—By Miranda Steinert his control even if Dianna broke my skin in the they could expect on their journey to independence.

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“The girls in the back Journ. room are all so alike,” said Beth Nguyen. “We process verbally, and it’s hardly ever quiet in there. Taking Journ. gives you a totally new appreciation for previous yearbooks.”

Students also learned skills in using new computer programs, writing “You actually could measure your face in picas, but it’d be really hard,” journalistic articles known as “copy,” and taking candid photographs.

Sarah Wiesner declared, ending the argument in the Journalism room Students found time to travel around town on Saturdays to talk to local about uses for picas, a measurement that aided the Journ. students in business owners about placing advertisements in the book. The revenue their creation of the yearbook. from these sales paid for the color pages that brought the book to life.

“Journ. is one of the best class I’ve ever taken. It was a good “I like how it’s not just writing. We learn how to take pictures and challenge to see how creative I could be within the rules we have,” how to use InDesign and Photoshop,” Miranda Steinert said. “If Journ said Khalie Mahoney. was the only class I had, it would be amazing!”

“I took Journ. because I wanted to stretch and challenge myself,” Wiesner said, “I’ve learned all sorts of things on Photoshop, Jennifer Park said. but I love extracting the best! I’m thankful Students in Journalism I spent 12 weeks for the experience that I had learning the learning about the techniques behind and program; it really helps make my Journ guidelines for a putting together an awardwork easier.” winning yearbook; and then they set to Obtaining interesting quotes from fellow work alongside the two Journ. II students, students also took effort on the part of the Wiesner and editor Sydney McKenzie, to Journ. students. put their knowledge into practice.

“Elementary kids all call me the “‘Interview McKenzie said, “It’s a class that’s like Man,’” admitted Hung Ching Song. a real-world job, so I feel like I’m being “Whenever I go into their classrooms, they prepared for life after high school. It’s such all beg me to take their pictures.” an amazing feeling when the book comes Whether debating measuring techniques, out; we have so many memories about every searching for a perfect picture, or capturing single page and picture that no one else an unforgettable moment in a caption, Journ.

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comparison to living as a day student.

“I get so much more freedom! I got to go to the Tuesday night market and church for the first time; I could eat snacks after 8:00 p.m.; and I could talk to my friends all the time!” said Chanel Huang.

“What?” Hung Jie Song exclaimed. “I am going to short stay in the Naturally, when under the supervision of the dorms, short stay students must adapt their schedules to conform to the daily routines dorm?”

In times of crisis, when students teetered on the brink of becoming of dorm life. This included, on a typical school day, waking up before vagrant hobos because their parents had suddenly, or perhaps not so school starts, taking out your own laundry, eating dinner at 5:45 p.m., suddenly, concluded that they must, under any and all circumstances, having study hall from 7:30 p.m. till 9:00 p.m., participating in dorm depart on a trip for whatever reason or reasons, the dorms offered a meetings, and returning and staying within one’s bedroom confines plausible and tangible solution to potential homelessness, the “short by 10:00 p.m.

“At first, it was kind of hard to adjust, stay program.” but after a while, I got used to it. Living in “If you want to short stay in the dorm, the dorm made me have a really good life the process of applying is really quite schedule because it forced me to discipline simple,” said Mrs. Valerie Weidemann. myself,” said Charissa Tan. “Like there is “All you have to do is go to the school a certain time that I am meant to eat and website, download the short-stay a certain time that I am meant to study.” application form, fill it out, and then But regardless of the fact that the turn it in!” routines of the dorm typically differ from Once the boarding/residence life those of a normal day student, dorm staff have previewed and approved parents and dorm students always tried the submitted application, they then their best to welcome and help the shortcontemplate and ponder which of the stay participant adjust to his or her new dorms, Chandler, Jackson, Jaffray, or temporary home.

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the opportunity to step out of their comfort zones and dance in front of complete strangers or catch up with old friends. “It was really cool seeing Mr. [Rob] Nollan at camp,” Chi-Yuan Lo said of a former Dalat teacher.

On 4 November, students who attended the YoungLife Camp at The next morning began and with the sunrise; campers awoke eager Telunas Beach in Indonesia had to find ways to entertain themselves to start the day’s activities. After a quick breakfast, students divided at 4 a.m. to keep their excitement up. To pass the time, students ate into groups and painted their bodies different colors signifying specific breakfast at McDonald’s and played card games. teams; but as the afternoon moved on, the sun beat down on the “We got to the airport so early! It was such a pain waiting that campers causing some to burn. long; but once we got there, it was all worth it,” Sam Yeo said.

“Mr. Nollan had a lightning bolt burn across his chest. It was so The time finally came to board their Air Asia flight, and 21 students cool!” Jordan Strong said. “I wish I had one!” and two staff leaders arrived at the resort just in time to start their Among the events of the weekend, Brittany Sasse publicly invited weekend of adventures with two skit characters Farid Syed to the Christmas Banquet, which named Coach Stu and Coach Lou. took place in December. “I had no idea what was “We’re life coaches who make life better!” going on. When she asked me, I was so surprised they said as laughter erupted inside the and couldn’t react; but I was really excited too!” meeting room.

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With commotion throughout the day, always argued, but one of them tried to stay students refueled with the abundance of food positive,” Rick Brake said. provided by the resort. “The food at Telunas The first day concluded with a black light was amazing. It was in the middle of nowhere, dance party and glow sticks to illuminate but they still had awesome burgers; and they the night. Steven Ulbricht said, “The party welcomed us with this amazing orange juice. was without a doubt the best part of camp.

The food all weekend was just amazing,” said Everyone got so into the music and just danced Josh Thorne. and laughed all night.”

RACING toward the end of the pier, Joseph Haw- The weekend trip came to an end, and “It was nice to not be in a stoic Christian thorne, Wesley Lee, Josiah Steinkamp, Rick Brake, this time students moaned at the thought of setting. We were able to see everyone get loose and Justin Strong attempt to synchronize their splash- leaving the isolated beach resort and heading es.The dock at the Telunas Beach Resort provided the a little, which was cool,” Theresa Phan said. perfect platform for students to jump off and find back to the busy lives that awaited them in Several other events provided students with their landing in the ocean below.

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sarcastically. Dowdy and countless others who do not like Bieber’s music express their opinions about him freely, allowing many people to know how they feel.

But after the movie biography about Justin Bieber’s life and career, “Justin Bieber is coming to KL and I won’t even get to see him!” said called Never Say Never, came out in theatres, students flocked to watch Rachel Thorne to a few of her friends. Some of them rolled their eyes it, whether they were fans of Bieber or not. and continued walking while others sympathized with Thorne and “Before I thought that he was just a young guy who was full of told her that they wished too to see him in Kuala Lumpur. “His color himself and didn’t deserve all of the attention that he got,” Farid Syed is purple—my favourite color—which draws me to him even more. I said, “but now after watching the movie...I love him.”

Others, after watching the movie, was so bummed that he was in KL, had mixed feelings about the rising and I didn’t get to see him.” Thorne singer and his “sappy” love songs. said sadly.

Some call him immature and say that The seventeen-year-old pop he needs to grow up, but others argue singer from Canada made it big by that he just fulfilled his dreams. uploading videos from school talent “I think that Justin Bieber has shows to YouTube. Pretty soon talent and skill, but whoever writes his videos started receiving lots of his songs needs to give them more views, and he was recognized by a variety,” Joshua Wiesner stated. “I recording company. thought that his movie was inspiring, Bieber is most known for his and it made me like him a lot more choice of clothing, his uniquely than I did before.” styled hair, and his high-range voice.

These thoughts filled many of the The mixed feelings about this certain students’ minds who went to see the young celebrity brought about inspiring movie of the young teen disputes among peers. boy’s life.

“I thought I had heard bad music “Well, if I can’t go see him in when Justin Bieber came about, boy Justin Bieber’s autobiographical movie Never Say Never but Rebecca Black took the cake...I POSTER opened in Penang on 14 April, and loyal fans Rebekah Wiesner and Danae concert at least I’ll get to see Never Say think she ate it too,” Brenn Dowdy, Frentz pose with their idol. Bieber’s high-pitched voice grated on the ears of Never. I am so excited!” said Thorne.

—By Rebekah Wiesner who is not a fan of Bieber, stated some, but others marveled at his talent.

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Sam Yeo, David Vriend, and Ben Gwaltney. They have come to publicly announce an inward decision that they have made,” said Mr. Gwaltney.

After these students shared their testimonies, Mr. Gwaltney ended Heading from the dorms to the amphitheater, Jennifer Park and Sam with a prayer. Then to end the service, students and staff walked over Yeo tried to contain their excitement as they walked down the stairs to the beach and prepared for the baptism. and sat on the cemented steps. A fire crackled in front of the group Roughly 150 students and staff gathered on the beach to witness that gathered in the amphitheater as Mr. Jason Selvanayagam played and celebrate the baptism of these six students.

“I was so excited to watch my friends declare their lives for Christ on his guitar. And, it was only seven o’clock in the morning! and be there to support “I love waking up early them,” said Dianna Kes. and watching the sun rise After the baptism, the in the morning sky. It also national staff prepared makes me happy to see my a delicious breakfast for friends take the next step everyone to enjoy. in their faith and publicly “I enjoyed the sunrise declare their passion for service this year. It’s always God,” said Danae Frentz. cool seeing people get “It is a very special and baptized and obey the intimate service, and I simple commands of Jesus,” enjoy it every year!” said Nathan Steel. “And the The service began breakfast was good!” with a song “Blessed Park and Leung walked up Be Your Name” and campus, and as people passed transitioned to Mr. Rich by to congratulate them, they Gwaltney’s sharing a few smiled, knowing that they words about the reason made the right decision to for baptism.

“I want to introduce AS crowds watch from the shore, Uncle Tim and Aunt Vi Steinert escort Jennifer Park into the deeper publicly announce their inward JiHyun Park, Rachel water where Mr. Rich Gwaltney waits. Six students—JiHyun Park, Rachel Leung, Sam Yeo, Ben decision to follow Christ.

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the large number of bolded items (such as watching “Little Rascals,” refraining from screaming when faced with a cockroach, trying the famous Penang laksa) testified to her efforts to complete the list.

Some seniors, however, made a rebellion against restricting “To Do “What are you doing this weekend?” texted Theresa Phan to Rebekah Lists” and formed “NOT To Do Lists.”

In a good-natured response to the Facebook lists, Sydney McKenzie Wiesner.

A commonly asked question, Friday afternoon and Saturday made a lengthy list of things she determined to not do as a twelfthplans ranked a high place on seniors’ thoughts. Some seniors thought grade student. “I Will Not…get expelled, go to Gurney every time I go out, have no fun, forget to write about it so much, they decided to an essay for [Mr. John] Tommy make a list of things to do before [Tompkins], make a not-to-do list graduating. with 27 items,” she wrote in her Nathan Steel and Seung Jou good-natured, 26-item poke at her Jun, among other things, resolved ambitious classmates. to swim to Rat Island before “It was more of a rebellious graduating. With JiHyun Park and nature thing; everyone was making Jordan Strong kayaking alongside to-do lists, and it was like, ‘Dude it’s them, the two determined only first semester—I want to enjoy swimmers made it all the way the time I have left!’ Mostly it was to to the island with only minor be cynical and obnoxious, though,” mishaps. said McKenzie with a smile.

“I tried it once,” wrote Steel For most, however, working on his online list. “I made it 50 toward completing a to do list feet and got stung as a jellyfish— helped to maximize the time they October 15, 2010 with Jordan had left in Penang. Meeting at [Strong], Jun, and JiHyun [Park] EXCLAIMING over the little creature on her arm, Lucy Lee gives JiHyun Park a the bus stop with a group of pals, as my witness!”

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also, to put Kool-Aid powder in a select number of shampoo bottles and shower heads.

Plans in place, Ziemer had only to wait for an opportune moment.

Aunt Suzette bought flour and dug out Kool-Aid from a corner of a Around Christmas time, the 16 dorm brothers and sisters of Ziemer cupboard. At last, with everything ready, on 11 December, Ziemer Dorm gathered together to converse privately in their lounge, voices waved good-bye to Jaffray as their rivals left to watch a movie at lowered in subdued excitement as they talked. They did not discuss Gurney Plaza. The moment had come. that night’s savory supper; instead, they plotted against their arch- Stuffed with dorm Christmas party sweets and reeling with revenge, all of Ziemer, laden with supplies and ladders, raced to enemies, the inhabitants of Jaffray Dorm.

Several days before, Jaffray had attempted to raid Ziemer, Jaffray to begin their raid. Everything worked beautifully, and within 40 minutes or so, Ziemer had successfully sampling sundry tactics to rouse their finished. Mark Keane said that “it felt good neighbors. First, they tried depositing a to be revenged upon our enemies.” toad in Ziemer’s fountain. When this failed Laughing triumphantly and feeling the to garner attention, a smattering of Jaffray’s joyous spirit of the season, the Ziemerites stalwart male warriors barreled through rushed back to their dorm and continued the dorm, shouting war cries and armed, watching a holiday film. spraying silly string all over the floor and on Following their rival’s return and discovery a few unlucky Ziemerites. of the raid, the Jaffrayites vowed revenge and Finally stirred from end-of-semester a ferocious counterattack. But whether or sluggishness at this brazen show of not they would fulfill this ominous threat did defiance, all of Ziemer—including dorm not, to Ziemer Dorm students, seem very parents Uncle David and Aunt Suzette important anymore; for the dorm had gained Boshoff, who proved equally eager to something far more valuable than vengeance. retaliate—came together to formulate an They felt a sense of oneness and camaraderie attack plan. They batted back and forth a which they had not shared before. Regardless conglomeration of ideas before deciding to wreak havoc upon Jaffray by piling large “IT’S so high!” squeals Amanda Leech, climbing the ladder of Jaffray’s reaction, Ziemer had united. quantities of white flour on the ceiling fans, as Nadia Boshoff, Abbie Brake, and Joy Kim give support. And that, as Richard Brake said, summing ensuring that the other dorm would indeed Dorm students got into the Christmas spirit as they kept up the feelings of the entire dorm, “made it absolutely worth it.” —By Abbie Brake have a white Christmas. They schemed, the rivalry between Ziemer and Jaffray alive.

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day entailed washing and scraping the grime off of the overpass near campus. The bucket brigade trudged back and forth across the parking lot, bringing water to the workers on the stairs and overpass.

All the work going on didn’t stop people from having fun, though.

“One…two….three!” echoed inside the overpass covering, shortly Mr. David Thomas splashed people as they came to pick up buckets. followed by squeals from Lucy Lee and Rachel Thorne as Harry Mak Steel ran kamikaze and laughing across the overpass with a roller, pushing all the water off the ends. The occasional student at the top and Nathan Steel launched bucketfuls of water at them.

Before the sweating and scrubbing had commenced, the senior class of the stairs “snuck” in a little fun by tipping a bucket and splashing those scrubbing the rust off the railings and got rewarded with a few had met on the basketball court to squeals and shouts. give a surprise meal to the juniors “I was one of the group that on their final workday. In the took the leftover food to the Rifle throes of last-minute details and Range, and so it was so cool to see rehearsals, the juniors staggered the kids. Some didn’t remember us, across to collapse into the plastic but others did; and they waved at chairs for a lunch of SAB food and us! It was such a great feeling to go ice cream. back and know that we were giving Abbie Brake and Hung those kids an after school snack,” Ching Song stood to express said Jee Bin Yim. their appreciation for the meal The day successfully comand politely excuse themselves to pleted, the seniors slowly staggered rush back and continue to work from the overpass, standing in the on the smorgasbord of almostbreeze to rest a moment. The buckcompleted projects. ets and brushes all accounted for, With the sun beating down, the blisters all properly exclaimed the senior class cleared the courts over, the horror stories of surprise and marched off towards the overpass, Maaya Yamauchi and Rachel MINT ice cream in hand, Winnie Tan and Jasmine Stoltzfus chat with their friends soakings laughed about—so they and enjoy a moment to breathe. The pressure of the week before JSB caused sleepThorne doing battle with two of less nights and no small amount of stress. The lunch provided by the seniors gave did the only thing left to do, and the scrub brushes. the juniors half an hour to reconnect with their friends without the pressure of they all went home.

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“All that really matters is that you have a good goalie on your team,” Ben Weidemann said. “The ability to stay on the court for a long time gives a sense of euphoria that is inexplicable!”

“I play indoor because it’s who I am. I am indoor, and indoor is The sound of shoes squeaking echoed around campus, and students me!” Mark Keane said. knew that indoor had begun. On Friday nights at 9:30, Uncle Brian Friday night indoor soccer turned into a part of the students’ lives, Weidemann opened up the gym for high school students to play indoor and when long weekends occurred, students became distressed at the thought of not being able to start their weekend out with a late-night soccer until 11:30 p.m.

“It’s something I look forward to every week because it’s always game of indoor.

“Playing indoor inspires me to be on the team. It helps you grow exciting,” Josh Strong said.

Students would even begin to plan the perfect team and devise more confident in your skills and helps you learn new things and builds plans of how to defeat other teams days in advance. Indoor provided up stamina,” said Luke Martens. a place where students could enjoy some athletic competition while Though mostly only high school guys played indoor, girls like Nicole Mauger and Danae Frentz worked to working on their skills without the pressure prove that gender didn’t determine a person’s of always having to win. ability to play football.

“I haven’t actually been able to play “I’ve scored a hat trick at indoor before,” that much indoor soccer this year because Frentz said. of other sports, but I enjoy watching the Mauger said, “I like to play soccer every guys who aren’t on the soccer team play. chance I get, so indoor is the perfect place.

Most of them are pretty good, and I wish It’s a lot more challenging playing against they would try out for the team,” Harry all guys, but at least I get to work on my Mak said. skills.”

Joseph Kim said, “Although I’m not that When the hands of the clock pointed good, I’ve had a lot of fun playing. I feel to 11:30, tired students meandered home like I’ve improved a lot.” remembering the amazing plays of the night.

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The grating sound of skateboard wheels sliding along the asphalt road emanated from the board of one of the rare skateboarders occasionally seen on campus.

Many onlookers watched with interest yet categorized the sport as equivalent to cycling or rip-sticking. Though the bicycle or ripstick made more appearances on campus, the bike rarely allowed for thrilling stunts, and the rip-stick only shadowed the art form of its predecessor, the skateboard.

Nonetheless, these undercover skaters revealed themselves over the course of the year. Zach Ng, for example, often made use of Penang’s skate park. Demonstrating a specialized skill-set of skate tricks, he left his quiet mark on the campus’ boarding community with his signature “Cave-man” stunts.

As the year has progressed, Luke Martens of Jaffray Dorm, a surfing aficionado, mentioned on several instances his previous involvement in long-boarding as he watched the various skate-boarders HOURS of practice allows Christian on campus. According to Martens, Park to execute a successful “ollie.” A long-boarding developed as a form of revival of interest in skateboarding skate-boarding specifically designed kept students careening near the to practice surfing maneuvers when bleachers in front of Jaffray Dorm. on land. In light of this, Martens demonstrated interest in reviving a lost art and occasionally borrowed the board of his friend, Joel Shafer, a Jacksonite.

Christian Park, another covert skater, demonstrated yet another skill-set in his various appearances on a skateboard, landing several stunts, such as the conventional “ollie” and the more elaborate “kick-flip.”

Danae Frentz also demonstrated her abilities. In a conversation between Shafer and Ben Unruh as they skateboarded, Frentz mentioned her involvement with the sport back in Canada.

Hesitantly complying with the group’s request to brush-up on her skills, she demonstrated an understated knowledge of the board.

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Practicing more than three hours a week and sacrificing their own leisure times on weekends, these 30 swimmers have shown remarkable progress and improvement throughout the year.

“Congratulations boys and girls, you are the first swim team in the “I love the practices. Even though sometimes it may render me history of Dalat School. Be proud of yourselves,” announced Mr. Brian too weak and fatigued to do my homework, I know all the sprints, Brewster in his usual solemn tone. “Now give me eight laps down and the diving exercises, the push-ups, and the long distances would pay off eventually. For the first time in my life, I am actually happy with back for warm-up without stopping.”

Thirty students, ranging from miniature third grade kids to how I look in the mirror now,” Marco Lee, who currently holds the graduating seniors, signed up for the first-ever swim team at the fastest 50-meter freestyle record, joked lightheartedly while shedding some insightful comments about beginning of the school year. his team.

Together with coaches Mr. Brian The first-ever swim team has given Brewster, Mr. Barend Blom, Mrs. opportunities both to young ardent Caroline Nordenso, and Mrs. swimmers to prove themselves in Sehra Zimbulis, these young this ubiquitous sport universally swimmers competed in multiple known around the globe and friendly matches with other to curious students who are schools such as Uplands and eager to improve in this area of Tenby; and they participated in competition. the MSSPP state tournament Even though the team has while achieving numerous awards undoubtedly struggled along the and titles. way, it has successfully overcome “This year was the first year all the tough challenges and I’ve ever been on a swim team! obstacles—and more importantly, The experience was truly amazing. it has nurtured a group of Filled with vibrant characters and enthusiastic athletes that have encouraging mentors, this team has instilled the love of swimming Stretching his arms out in the swim style of the Butterfly, Jin Kuo flies forward as he grown to love this sport and excel in me,” exclaimed Kaleb Uzzle competes for the swim team against Uplands. Members of the swim team partici- in it with excellence.

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No matter how hard students tried, a broken arm, cold, flu virus, or a “messed up” back haunted them, making them unable to participate in sports or even school work.

“During the first semester I strained a back injury that I’ve had for awhile and was unable to do any activities such as working out, playing indoor, or even PE. It pretty much limited me to playing computer games and doing homework,” said Alan Thompson.

Injuries such as these caused annoyances among students afflicted with them, as they lost the ability to do certain things.

For others, the injuries took away more than their freedom to move around with no pain; they also took away their ability to participate in sport’s tournaments and games.

“During practice only a week before the MSSPP tournament for basketball, I fell awkwardly on my ankle and injured it, so I didn’t get to play at all,” said Sam McIntrye. Aside from McIntrye, Christian Park also lost a lot of playing time because of a strained Achilles’ tendon, which caused him to miss the majority of the second semester’s basketball practices.

“I broke my leg during one of the first baseball practices when we were practicing sliding. Because of it, I couldn’t play for the team,” said Hyun Soo Kang.

Students saw injuries as nuisances, preventing them from living normal lives. Sicknesses, however, had a different feeling altogether: the chance to miss school for a day or two seemed a good deal to some, and they treated it like a mini-vacation.

“After a few weeks without a break, I sort of feel glad if I get sick because at least I can have a chance to rest and relax. The only downside is all the make-up work I have to do, but it’s worth it,” said Hannah Jones.

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off and steal other people’s heads.”

The strategic board game Acquire involved stocks, companies, and mergers. With different companies like Quantum, Phoenix, America, Hydro, Fusion, Sackson, and Zeta players had to compete to end up As months drew on and allowances grew thin students began to look with the most amount of money by buying into the right company at for other enjoyable things to do on the weekends besides watching the right time and having the most stocks in the best companies. movies or going to Gurney. And for board and card game lovers the “I really loved playing the game Acquire because part of it was luck but you still had to be strategic,” said Josie Steinkamp. idea of having game nights soon arose.

The students adapted the usual game of Life to make it more After losing in an intensely close game of Acquire, Sarah Wiesner exciting and interesting by putting in names for people whom they said, “I listened to Sydney [McKenzie] who was trying to trick me, so I didn’t buy into Sackson; and then I lost the game. I was so close would marry and have as kids.

“My favorite part was playing Life because I got to have Maaya to beating everyone to a pulp and being a master at Acquire, and this [Yamauchi] as my wife,” joked Daniel Barber. Barber continued to ruined my life! So next time I play, Sackson will take over the world!”

Sometimes the games got a little more make jokes throughout the game as he intense as people like Vo and Rachel Thorne bought the most expensive house—even would begin throwing the Uno-Stacko blocks though he had the lowest paying job— at each other and start a full-blown battle. because he wanted to have a good home for “I loved our spontaneous Uno-Stacko his “wife.” block war,” said Thorne. “It ended up making Other games soon became favorites us build forts out of chairs and pillows to like Guillotine, Acquire, and Uno-Stacko. see who could hit the other team the most The card game Guillotine revolved around with the blocks. And Sydney and I would’ve the French Revolution and had cards with owned the guys, but they sabotaged our fort differently ranked peasants, officials, and by knocking it down with pillows!” royalty lined up to have their heads chopped Whether playing strategic board games, off. The players had action cards that would humorous card games, or intense stacking change the order of the line so that they could get the people with the most amounts NERVOUSLY looking at the leaning tower of Uno-Stacko games, students found a break from the blocks, Miranda Steinert thinks about which block to take routine where they could have a great time of points. so that it won’t fall down and give George Merusi victory.

Alan Thompson said, “Guillotine was Students got together on weekends to enjoy themselves in with friends without having to spend any —By Sydney McKenzie money. fun because we got to chop people’s heads competition through games.

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Wagging Tails “Come on Maggie! That’s a good girl!” said Miranda Steinert.

The silver-grey Schnauzer sprinted across the grass with the ball in her mouth and returned to her owner. Jaffray, Ziemer, and Jackson dorms all had different pets of their own, and staff families like the Gwaltneys and Fischers, found dogs to accompany their families.

“Pepper is awesome, and she’s the best dog in the world. She’s a cross breed of Pit Bull, Doberman, and T-Rex. She could eat anything and anyone; the Bandersnatch has nothing on my dog,” said Mr. Rich Gwaltney.

Though many students and families had dogs, pets came in all shapes and sizes. Cats like Lucy and Mao-Mao “slinked” around campus during lunch, while hamsters became popular with younger students.

“Jenny is my fat cat who lazes around all day,” said George Merusi.

“Even so, I think she is cute and she sometimes likes to cuddle with one of us. She still scratches me sometimes though, but I just think that’s her way of showing love.”

SURPRISED by an unexpected Having a pet also helped students relax welcome home, Harry Mak pets Maggie as she wags her tail in after a stressful day at school. Even the excitement. Jaffray Dorm’s pets, smallest animal had a personality to share. like Maggie, brought delight Hannah Jones said, “I love having a to students after stressful days pet to come back to. Whenever I come at school. through the door, my dog can’t stop jumping and wagging her tail. She does weird stuff sometimes, like chasing her tail; but her overall cuteness, cuddliness, and oddity makes up for it all. She’s just so funny and crazy.”

Dogs, cats, bunnies, hamsters, turtles, and even birds made up the large variety of pets found as part of the community. Dogs topped the chart as most popular since they also guarded home for families.

“Having a dog brings humor and love to my life, and makes it more enjoyable. Charlie makes me happy and comforts me when I’m sad. I love my dog!” said Ashtyn McKenzie.

“Are you ready? Go get it!” said Steinert as she threw the ball sailing over her beloved pet. Maggie ran with her ears perked up and her tail wagging away as she chased the little red ball back across —By James Vo the field.

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up and demanded the presence of the juniors onstage to stab the sandwiches with plastic knives before the sponsors could partake of them.

Afterward, dirty utensils still in hand, the juniors gave thunderous “And they will be my minions forever! MUAHAHA!!!!” cackled applause to the motley cast of characters from the drama.

“I was so excited for the juniors to see what we did with the theme! I Bethany Weidemann as the Pink Queen at center stage.

Tricking the sponsors into making one of her enchanted sandwiches, was part of the play, so I kept peeking from behind the curtain to see she said, “Red and White, my sisters, are having all the fun. And to their reactions when they first came in,” said Sarah Wiesner. have fun, you need minions. The sandwich will make whoever eats it “I totally loved being the Pink Queen! I got an awesome pink castle that was up on the screen whenever I was on stage, and it said my minions!”

After detailing her plot to the rapt audience, she ducked behind ‘Pink Castle of Doom!’ except there were butterflies and rainbows the curtain as George Merusi as Uncle Eddie Jenkins stormed onto everywhere,” said Weidemann with a smile. stage, brandishing a loaf of French bread. Following close behind, Though the late night of JSB prior to the workday hampered their quick thinking, the seniors tried their best Sydney McKenzie as Aunt Becky Jenkins, to pull off a great night of spoofing for the Miranda Steinert as Mr. Brian Merusi, juniors.

Rachel Thorne as Mrs. Valeri Brokaw, and “I was running on three hours of sleep, Terence Law as Mr. Nathanael Klassen so I was dead tired; but I wanted to make rushed up behind him to look for the rest the most of my last class workday and get of the sandwich ingredients. to hang out with my whole class one last “We’ve got bread and meat—let’s eat!” time. Also, I knew how hard the juniors growled a very hungry “Uncle Eddie.” had worked, so I did my best to make “Not so fast,” said Brittany Sasse as she sure they had a great time,” said Daniel rolled onto stage in a blue sleeping bag, explaining to the “sponsors” the necessity “WHAT is just bread? Or just meat? Or just cheese? None of these Barber. of eating a whole sandwich—bread, meat, by themselves make a full sandwich,” said Brittany Sasse as she “Thanks so much, guys!” said a beaming acts the part of Algeron in the senior’s spoof of the “Alice in Won- Danae Frentz to the workers as she hugged cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.

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different careers seemed enticing.

“I’m excited to go back to the States and meet new people. It’s going to be cool to expand my experiences and learn things I really care about,” said Dianna Kes. “Is Mrs. [Bethany] Thomas here?” Rachel Leung asked Nathan Steel “I’m not sure about university,” Hannah Jones said, “but I’m taking a gap year next year. I’ll be in New Zealand for a few months at an art and JiHyun Park as she entered the counseling office. school. Then I’m going to Colorado for a DTS [Discipleship Training “Come in!” Mrs. Thomas called.

Seniors frequently made their way to Mrs. Thomas’s desk with Program] with YWAM.” questions about college visits, sending transcripts, Advanced Placement Rachel Thorne said, “I’m going to a two-year Bible college with exams, and financial aid applications. The complicated process of a major in Global Studies. I want to do my internship overseas and applying required intensive work on the part of students interested in work with teens in poverty.” universities in a variety of places including the Unites States, Korea, Universities, majors, roommates, and travel plans filled more and more conversations as the end of the year approached, and the Canada, Hong Kong, and Australia.

“I’m proud of my heritage as a Canadian,” said Khalie Mahoney, unknown future loomed ahead in the eyes of seniors. Speculation about how the coming year would play itself out “but it would be so much easier to be an helped seniors process the thought of leaving American citizen so I wouldn’t have to go their friends and families and look forward to through the crazy insane process of getting the start of a new phase in their lives. Whether a student visa in America.” going straight to university in the fall or taking George Merusi said, “Applying for a gap year, seniors had to prepare themselves college was pretty easy for me. It was just a for entering the world on their own. lot of typing to fill in all the answers on the During visits to the counseling office to chat application, but then you get to the essay! with Mrs. Thomas or fellow class sponsor Mrs. You have to try to squeeze out all of your Jacki Steinkamp, students learned valuable creative juices to make it good, and it’s kind lessons about university, finishing their senior of challenging.” year well, and life after high school.

The prospect of moving away from home “So,” instructed Mrs. Thomas to Leung, excited most seniors as they looked forward on reading the application, Kevin Huang listens “write your AP number on this line here.” to figuring out how to live independently. FOCUSED to Mrs. Bethany Thomas’ advice. Seniors spent so much Deciding what to major in proved easy for time in the counseling office that someone anonymously “OK,” Leung replied. “Thanks!”

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The seashore located next to campus created an exotic atmosphere and provided a refuge for students to keep their composure even when their workload overwhelmed and tired them out.

“When I get too tired and feel need for a personal time, I usually like to sit on the bench facing the ocean with a cup of coffee and just stare at the it for a while; then all my troubles and concerns tend to disappear or shrink and don’t bother me as much,” said Ji Won Park.

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Students took advantage from the sea in various ways. By picking up the trash from the beach side, some students fulfilled their service hours. Others, just by observing the organisms living in the ocean, studied biology in a real-life setting.

Students also enjoyed water sports on weekends. Some went kayaking or jet skiing with their friends. A couple of people in each kayak rowed to a small rocky island, Pulau Tikus, just off-shore.

“After kayaking, I had muscular aches for rest of the week; but I still count it as one of the best memories that I made with my friends,” said Joyce Lee. “We paddled until we got cramps in our arms. Even though we were exhausted afterwards, we still had a blast.”

“I went jet skiing once with my friends.

We speeded up and almost flew through the water. Even though the rental fee was expensive, we thought it was still costworthy because we had so much fun,” said Seung Jou Jun. Many pictorial memories collected through experiences with the ocean enriched the lives of students. The stillness of sea SITTING on the sea wall, deep in thoughts, Esther Kim10 comforted those with the need for rest and gazes where the horizon of the sea blends with the dark night sky. “The sound of waves calms me down and never reassured them; we truly lead blessed lives.

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to connect with all the other dorm seniors; it’s also a really cool way to get to know staff who host us. It’s both awesome and delicious!”

Bethany Weidemann said.

Every now and then, the staff who invited the seniors over prepared “I can’t believe it’s actually our turn to go out for senior treat now!” games to occupy some of the hour they had. Game consoles like the Jee Bin Yim exclaimed as she and 14 other seniors living in dorms Nintendo Wii or the Xbox Kinect forced students to get onto their feet and move around while games like “Four on the Couch” or “Empires” gathered into a school van.

On 17 August, dorm seniors realized that the traditions of senior year required more brain power. had begun for them at last and that their senior year had finally arrived. “Uncle Eddie [Jenkins] are you Mr. [Karl] Steinkamp?” Yim asked Everything became more real to them. The seniors in the residence life in an attempt to expand her empire. program experienced different kinds of treats from McDonald’s, to With a smirk on his face, he paused for a while and then gave a strawberry shortcake, to home grilled lamb and chicken, which they resounding “No” before continuing on with his turn to guess the identity of someone else. While the seniors enjoyed at Uncle David and Aunt Suzette enjoyed using their brain power, they also Boshoff’s dorm. found it nice to move around and learn how “Senior treat is always a lot of fun,” Mark to use new games.

Keane said. “Uncle David’s lamb chops are “I loved going over to the Hortons’ and just so scrumptious all the time.” playing with their Kinect. It reads your body Once at the treat location, students movements; it’s so awesome,” Josh Strong said. engaged in conversation with each other “It has to be one of the coolest contraptions as well as with their hosts. Talk covered a conceived by mankind!” Danny Babcock added. variety of topics which reminded students “People looked really funny using it because, of another topic to start off another half the time, we didn’t even know what we conversation. The seniors quickly learned were doing. We just kind of moved around and that each staff member had different stories hoped that we did something right.” to tell about their childhood or life before The clock struck 11:00, and the seniors coming to Dalat.

“I still can’t believe that Mr. [Jon] Horton CHEESE dip ready, Mark Keane and Lucy Lee reach for a knew that they had to go back to their dorms. chip to devour as Kevin Huang and Seung Jou Jun They lay their heads down on their pillows shook Bill Gates’ hand!” Kevin Huang said tortilla wait to refill their bowls with cheese. As students munched as he exited the Hortons’ apartment. on their edibles, they told stories of their days and funny with a mind full of memories and satisfied stomachs.

—By Elizabeth Nguyen “Senior treat is not only a really fun way events that happened over the weekend.

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Index This index lists everyone named or pictured in this book. Names and listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are advertisers. Boldfaced words are topics covered.

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VARSITY BOYS’ BASEBALL: FRONT ROW: Rick Brake, Josiah Steinkamp, Aaron Johnson, Sam McIntyre; BACK ROW: Nathan Peace, Joe Merusi, Stephen Barber, Andy Goh, Mr. Mark Sasse; NOT PICTURED: Wesley Lee, Jeffrey Hsiao, Jake Smith, Hank Wong, Ben Weidemann, Dino Chiu, Reagan Mahoney

VARSITY GIRLS’ SOFTBALL: FRONT ROW: Mr. Steve Liss, Sol Jin, Eunice Um, Kelly Shim, JiHyun Park, Grace Kim, Brittany Sasse, Shion Beak; SECOND ROW: Julie DeVette, Soo Min Jang, Evelyne Kiiza, Kun-Hee Kim, Michelle Chan, Sophie Ly, Maaya Yamauchi, Mr. Dennis Tyas; BACK ROW: Mr. Mark Sasse, Rebekah Wiesner, Brenn Dowdy, Nicole Mauger, Chan-Mi Kim, Jee Bin Yim, Jamie Thompson, Cassandra Tan, Joyce Lee

JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS’ SOFTBALL: FRONT ROW: Mary-Claire McIntyre, Tayah Lee, Charlotte Scherf, Jamie Ooi, Tesa Sasse, Yeon-Woo Sakong; BACK ROW: Mr. Mark Sasse, Isabel Girling, Kassy Steinkamp, Kathy Lee, Marianna Moss, Lucia Combrink, Charlotte Combrink, Joy Kim, Jessie Brandon

5-6 VOLLEYBALL: FRONT ROW: Ke-Erh Huang, Julia Girling, Sarah Lee; BACK ROW: Danielle Combrink, Julia Munson, Gabriela Brito, Kimberly Horton, Abrielle Winsor, Mrs. Carla Loehden

7-8 VOLLEYBALL: FRONT ROW: Mrs. Jill Girling, Mary-Claire McIntyre, Kassy Steinkamp, Tayah Lee, Emma Merusi, Melissa Yeo, Alexis Zimbulis, Kaela Ruble; BACK ROW: Charlotte Scherf, Marianna Moss, Charlotte Combrink, Elisabeth Brokaw, Kathy Lee, Lucia Combrink, Sarah Tan, Isabel Girling

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MS GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL: FRONT ROW: Reese Terry, Anita Nordenso, Joanna Robinson; BACK ROW: Ina Park, Michelle Chan, Stephanie Jones, Brittany Hurlbut, Mr. Wayne Sawatzky; NOT PICTURED: Soo Min Jang, Cassandra Tan

VARSITY GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL: FRONT ROW: Brenn Dowdy, Rachel Thorne, Evelyne Kiiza, Danae Frentz, Julie DeVette; BACK ROW: Ms. Lisa Munson, Sarah Wiesner, Amanda Leech, Ashtyn McKenzie, Frances Wong

MS GIRLS’ FOOTBALL: FRONT ROW: Danielle Combrink, Tayah Lee, Jessie Brandon, Nicole Sigrist, Ana Vieira, Yeon-Woo Sakong, Julia Girling; BACK ROW: Mr. Steve Liss, Kassy Steinkamp, Charlotte Scherf, Charlotte Combrink, Lucia Combrink, Michelle Chan, Jacqui Ashkin, Sarah Tan, Isabel Girling

VARSITY GIRLS’ FOOTBALL: FRONT ROW: Mr. Kerry Mahoney, Katie Stevens, Evelyne Kiiza, Emma Chinn, Rebekah Wiesner, JiHyun Park, Dianna Kes, Mr. Steve Liss; BACK ROW: Jasmine Stoltzfus, Julie DeVette, Nicole Mauger, Bethany Weidemann, Miranda Steinert, Josie Steinkamp, Danae Frentz, Khalie Mahoney, Maaya Yamauchi, Mr. Jason Hall

VARSITY BOYS’ FOOTBALL: FRONT ROW: Adrian Yeap, Seung Jou Jun, Justin Strong, Harry Mak, Nathan Unruh, Jordan Strong, Josiah Steinkamp, Farid Syed; ROW TWO: Yi Yang Tan, George Merusi, Josh Strong, Simon Karing, Kevin Huang, Joseph Kim, Reagan Mahoney; BACK ROW: Justin Lao, Terence Law, Ben Unruh, Wesley Lee, Danny Babcock, Chi-Yuan Lo, Mr. David Thomas; NOT PICTURED: Mr. Jason Hall, Daniel Ha, Santi Niramitvijit

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*Dalat Chapel 183 Dalat’s Got Skillz 48, 112, 145 *Dalat Staff 176 Davis, Bob 61, 148, 176 Davis, Elijah 55, 112, 143, 226 Davis, Jamie 50, 51, 147 Davis, Missy 65, 148, 176 Davis, Paul 144 D’Cruz, Lori 148, 176, 217 Death by Chocolate 24, 32, 224 34 Design and Purpose 72 DeVette, Julie 32, 33, 120, 142, 145, 213, 214, 221, 222, 223, 224

Dictionary MM 14 Do Hard Things 5, 11 Domino’s MM 5 Dorm Council 17, 44 Dorm Pranks 189 Dorm Traditions 15 DotA 173 Dowdy, Brenn 98, 113, 122, 171, 183, 213, 214, 219 Drama Club 32 Drama, First Semester 224 Drama, Middle School 224 Drama, Second Semester 224 Droegsler, Claudia 128 Droegsler, Johanna 130 Durkeswaran A/L San Dhamani 148

English Premier League

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Early Church History 72 Easter 185 *Ecotech Sales & Service 178 Edman, Chance 105, 148, 159, 176 Edman, Valerie 148, 159, 176 E.E. 72 Eighth Grade 65 Eighth-Grade Buddies 129 Eighth-Grade Trip 9 Elementary Football 26 Elementary Musical 28 Elementary Musical Club 26 English 67 English Premiere League 38 Ensemble, Vocal 219 *ESL Department 168 *ESOL Learning Centre 193 European Fair 63 Evangelism Explosion 72 Evangelism Explosion Trip MM 13 Everyday Hero 134 Excoms 24, 44 Exploratories 62

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Favourite Basketball Shoes 100 Favourite Sport Drinks 99 Favourite Foods 142 Field Trip to Indonesia 65 Fifth Grade 61 Figo’s 150, 157, MM 5

*Figo’s Restaurant 207 Finlay, Ben 135, 220 First Grade 57 Fischer, Alex 141, 216 Fischer, Heather 148, 176 Fischer, John 148, 176

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL: FRONT ROW: Katie Gwaltney, Joyce Oh, Sabrina Ly, Ysabel Loh, Tayah Lee, Clarissa Lister; ROW TWO: Mrs. Carla Loehden, Juliet Suen, Jessie Brandon, Kathy Lee, Sarah Tan, Kia Thompson, Mr. Travis Smith; BACK ROW: Isabel Girling, Kassy Steinkamp, Charlotte Combrink, Elisabeth Brokaw, Lucia Combrink, Nicole Sigrist; NOT PICTURED: Marianna Moss

VARSITY GIRLS’ BASKETBALL: FRONT ROW: Mr. Travis Smith, Khalie Mahoney, Reese Terry, Stephanie Jones, Juliet Suen, Brittany Hurlbut; BACK ROW: Danae Frentz, Sarah Wiesner, Josie Steinkamp, Sydney McKenzie, Ashtyn McKenzie, Amanda Leech, Frances Wong

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS’ BASKETBALL: FRONT ROW: Karsten Ladner, Kirk Ladner, Shion Matsumoto, Tim Phan, Peter Tan; ROW TWO: Ting-Hui Lim, Jet Oh, Elijah Yeng, Yan Rong Tan, Harry Stevens, Sheng-Ting Yang; BACK ROW: Mr. Scott Uzzle, Andy Kim, Derrick Lim, Dennis Choi, Sangjoon Lee, Mr. Luke Bullock; NOT PICTURED: Ben Tse

forensics

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Faircloth, Micah 141 Fair, Food and Fun MM 4 Fantasy Football MM 7 Fantasy Soccer 38 *Farmasi Tanjung Bunga 195 Farmville 173

VARSITY BOYS’ BASKETBALL: FRONT ROW: Mr. Jason Hall, Sam McIntyre, Jake Smith, Aaron Johnson, Josiah Steinkamp, Reagan Mahoney, Harry Mak, Mr. Karl Steinkamp; BACK ROW: Daniel Barber, Kevin Huang, Christian Park, Danny Babcock, Jarrod Forsdick, Jeffrey Hsiao, Ben Weidemann, Joshua Thorne

Index 215

Fischer, Kyle 130 Fiske, Zachary 120 Fitness 76 Fitzgerald, Dominic 60, 135, 220 Flamingo Hotel 124, 157 *Flamingo Hotel 158 Flying Fox 9 Food MM 9 Food-and-Fun Fair 23, 112 Football, After-Supper 169 Football, JV Boys’ 89 Football, JV Girls’ 89 Football, MS Girls’ 214 Football, Varsity Boys’ 94, 214 Football, Varsity Girls’ 97 Football, Varsity Girls’ 214 Foreign Language 81 Forensics 34, 219 *Forever Travel 210 Forsdick, Jamielee 77, 114, 142, 187, MM 11 Forsdick, Jarrod 122, 137, 215 Foursquare 57, 107, MM 3 Fourth Grade 59 Francis Xavier 148 Frans, Dylan 22, 44, 48, 66, 120, 121, 123, 137 Frans, Jasmane 139, 148, 176, 219 Fraser, Kai 130 Fraser, Shion 136 French 26 Frentz, Danae 17, 38, 52, 96, 97, 98, 102, 120, 123, 126, 145, 153, 183, 185, 193, 195, 205, 214, 215, 218, 219, 222, 226, MM 15 Friday Night Live 48 Frisbee 107 Frolich, Robin 89 Fu, Anna 34, 35, 46, 47, 73, 114, 168, 187, 219, 221, 223 *Fuel Restaurant 167 Fund-Raising, Junior Class 22

Golden Screen Cinemas

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Gurney Plaza gas rm1.90/ltr.

Gallando, Westin 143 Genting Highlands 16 Geometry 68 Gerard Colvin Estrop 148 Gertak Sangul 159, MM 4 Ghimire, Ashish 59, 136, 139 Ghimire, Prem 135, 220 Gilbert, Collin 125 Gilbert, Jana 125 Gimson, Alex 38, 73, 75, 120 Gimson, Kenya 125, 225

216 PUSH!

Gimson, Nick 128, 220 Girling, Ashley 42, 216 Girling, Hayden 6, 43, 56, 57, 141, 216 Girling, Isabel 7, 30, 90, 92, 93, 130, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222 Girling, Jill 142, 148, 150, 176, 213 Girling, Julia 6, 8, 9, 29, 60, 61, 88, 93, 136, 213, 214 Girling, Will 56, 57, 141, 216 Girl Scouts 38, 40 Girl Scouts, Cadet 217 Girl Scouts, Junior 217 Goh, Allen 125, MM 7 Goh, Amanda 130, 153, 221, 224 Goh, Andy 73, 76, 83, 120, 121, 134, 213, 219, 222, 223 Goh, Caitlin 135, 220 Goh, Joyce 24, 28, 29, 84, 85, 148, 176, 218, MM 9 Goh Seng Hock 148 Goh, Wei Sing 135, 220 Grade 1 57 Grade 2 57 Grade 3 59 Grade 4 59 Grade 5 61 Grade 6 61 Graves, Hannah 217, 224 Graves, Josh 219, 225 Graves, Noah 43, 154, 217 Groups Division Page 25 Gurney Plaza 7, 12, 17, 153, 157, 159, 187, 189, 201, MM 2, MM 4, MM 14 Guthrie, Morgan 128 Guthrie, Nathan 39, 75, 84, 120, 145, 218, MM 4, MM 7, MM 9 Gwaltney, Ben 9, 12, 29, 60, 61, 131, 132, 136, 185 Gwaltney, Katie 9, 64, 65, 90, 109, 128, 129, 153, 155, 208, 215, 220 Gwaltney, Kerrybeth 5, 10, 38, 66, 148, 176 Gwaltney, Rich 3, 5, 19, 150, 163, 171, 176, 183, 185, 203, 209, 219

Haircut at Gurney rm15

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Halbedl, Martha 217 Halbedl, Rachel 37, 63, 130, 217, 224 Hallberg, Hugo 55, 143 Hall, Jason 80, 81, 87, 108, 176, 214, 215, MM 7 Halo MM 10 Han, Jeeho 68, 122, 124

Hari Raya MM 12 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows MM 9 Hassan, Jasmine 139, 143 Hawthorne, Joseph 43, 125, 181, 217, 218 Hawthorne, McLean 217 Health 76

BOY SCOUTS: FRONT ROW: Byron Lim, Karsten Ladner, Noah Graves, Joel Halbedl, Kirk Ladner, Evan Chinn; SECOND ROW: Josiah Steinkamp, Reagan Mahoney, Isaac Spoelman, Joe Merusi, Joseph Hawthorne; BACK ROW: Mr. Karl Steinkamp, Mr. Jim McGee, Mr. McLean Hawthorne, Mr. Doug Ladner, Mr. Kerry Mahoney, Mr. Larry Chinn, Mr. John Barber

TIGER CUBS: Jae Sung Kim, Alex Fischer, Ethan Chan, Andrew Thomas, Christopher Ooi, Mr. Choon-Piao Ooi

BROWNIES A: FRONT ROW: Rebecca Lee, Mikayla Morrison, Kaitlyn Ladner, Bethany Wiesner, Kaylee Nash, Carly Thomas, Mrs. Lori D’Cruz; SECOND ROW: Joyce Lou, Tien-Erh Huang, Lauren Karner, Sophia Stoltzfus, Min-Song Ko, Grace Yoon, Rachel Poh, Da Ye Jung, Mrs. Shantel Seevaratnam; BACK ROW: Anita Nordenso, Zoe Seevaratnam, Ruthie Allen, Rebekah Lee, Mrs. Sonya Morrison, Margaret Moss, Grace Moon, Kelly Shim; NOT PICTURED: Yebeen Kil WOLVES: FRONT ROW: Issac Uzzle, Mycah Winsor, Will Girling, John Kim, Sumin Lim; BACK ROW: Mr. Ashley Girling, Yu-Min Kim, Hayden Girling, Reuben Chan, Shawn Acquoi, John Hurlbut, Mr. Bob Pagee

CADET GIRL SCOUTS: FRONT ROW: Mrs. Martha Halbedl, Hannah Graves, Mary-Claire McIntyre, Kimberly Horton, Clarissa Lister, Rachel Halbedl, Ms. Bronwyn Bodley; BACK ROW: Emma Merusi, Rebekah Steinkamp, Elisabeth Brokaw, Marianna Moss, Arielle Cox, Kassy Steinkamp, Mrs. Mia Steinkamp; NOT PICTURED: Lydia McGee

BEAR CUBS: FRONT ROW: Daniel Lim, Jordan Chang, Jerald Ooi, Matthew Barber, Mr. John Barber; BACK ROW: Bernard Combrink, Elim Chan, Aaron Worten, Nathan Wiesner, Joseph Chandra

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Ha, Daniel 125, 221 *Hairline Enterprise 163 Halbedl, Joel 130, 217, 221

Hiew, Brian 130, 220 Hiew, Shaun 125 *High Power Electrical Engineering 199 Hikyat Merong Mahawangsa MM 9 Hillside MM 14 Hiruma, Kotaro 143 *HL Shoppes 199 Hobbs, Patrick 42, 59 Hogan, Jan 70, 176 Holden, Michael 116 Holden, Sam 116 Horton, Elizabeth 29, 138 Horton, Jon 176, 211 Horton, Kimberly 36, 135, 208, 213, 217, 220 Horton, Lori 176 Hsiao, Jason 120 Hsiao, Jeffrey 35, 39, 44, 68, 72, 73, 100, 101, 111, 126, 215, 219, 225, MM 11 Hsiao, Jessica 135, 208, 220 Hsu, Joseph 135, 220 Huang, Chanel 70, 122, 179, 221 Huang, Ke-Erh 61, 136, 213, 225 Huang, Kevin 68, 76, 87, 95, 101, 116, 123, 168, 187, 207, 211, 214, 215 Huang, Sam 135, 220 Huang, Tien-Erh 141, 217, 225 Huang, Ting-Yi 54, 144 Huang, Yong-Yu 141 Hula Hoop 17 Hurlbut, Brittany 98, 125, 214, 215, 218, 219, 221 Hurlbut, John 141, 216 Hurlbut, Rachel 63, 130, 218, MM 6 Hurlbut, Rebekah 143 Hurlbut, Rick 38, 73, 176 Hwang, Sarah 11, 23, 71, 72, 120, 171, 217, 219, 221, 222 Hwang, Su Jin 62, 130, 220, 221 Hwang, Titus 115, 130

WEBELOS: Mr. Bob Pagee, Jackson McKenzie, Jeremiah Worten, Seong-Min Kim, Yosoof Monawvil, Alex Ruble, Mr. Kae Ee Png

JUNIOR GIRL SCOUTS: FRONT ROW: Mrs. Peggy McGee, Celestine Png, Da Min Jang, Esther Kim, Audrey McGee, Lucy Lee; SECOND ROW: Mrs. Bonnie Sawatzky, Esther Ko, Jenny Kim, Mikaela Steinkamp, Sara Stoltzfus, Aryanna Cox; BACK ROW: Alice Ye-ju Chang, Suji Lim, Mirae Lee, Tian Ooi, Jessica Vriend, Sarah Hwang

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Impromptu 34 Improvisational Theater 38 Inception 48, MM 9 Indoor Soccer 193 Industrial Arts 78, 79 Injuries 199

Island God 173 Issues of the Christian Life 72

Justin Bieber Jerejak Resort

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Jumpa Lagi

Jackson Dorm 14 Jaffray Dorm 14, 161 Jamie Davis Concert 24 Jang, Christopher 55, 143 Jang, Da Min 40, 136, 217 Jang, Helen 41, 141 Jang, Soo Min 50, 122, 124, 213 Jayaprakasan Narayanan 149 Jazz Band 24, 147, 223 Jazz Festival 24, 50 Jazz Prelude MM 12 Jenkins, Becky 14, 155, 176, 205 Jenkins, Eddie 7, 14, 176, 205, 211 Jenkins, Jazzy 17, 26, 56, 139, 141, MM 8 Jerejak Resort 21, 171 Jet Skiing 209 Jimmy Stewart 131 Jin, Sol 80, 122, 213 Johnson, Aaron 71, 105, 125, 140, 213, 215 Johnson, Cameron 61, 88, 135, 220, MM 4 Jones, Hannah 32, 37, 66, 80, 81, 116, 131, 157, 159, 167, 171, 187, 199, 203, 207, 218, 219, 222, MM 11 *Jones, Mr. & Mrs. 159 Jones, Stephanie 24, 51, 109, 125, 159, 214, 215, 221 Journalism 67, 177 JSB 21, 119, 165, 171, 205, 227, MM 2, MM 4, MM 13, MM 14 Judo 223 Jung, David 57, 130, 221 Jung, Da Ye 138, 217 Junior Girl Scouts 217 Junior-Senior Banquet 21, 119, 165, 171, 205, 227, MM2, MM 4, MM13, MM14 Jun, Seung Jou 18, 66, 67, 86, 129, 161, 168, 187, 209, 211, 214, 218, MM 3, MM 4 JV Boys’ Basketball 91 JV Boys’ Football 89 JV Girls’ Basketball 91 JV Girls’ Football 89

Index 217

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Kuala Lumpur 29 Kims at Dalat

Kang, Hyun Soo 80, 82, 105, 125, 199, 220 Kantimahanti, Neehar 135, 220 Kantimahanti, Thushara 125 Karaoke 48 Karing, Martin 65, 128, 220, 225 Karing, Simon 80, 94, 125, 214, 221, 223 Karner, Lauren 57, 141, 217 Kayaking 187, 209 Keane, Mark 3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 21, 48, 66, 73, 75, 77, 108, 110, 153, 169, 171, 187, 189, 193, 211, 219, 222

*Keat Cheong Auto Service Centre 172 *Keat Interior Decorator 165 Kek Lok Si Temple 72 Kes, Dianna 10, 21, 66, 81, 84, 96, 114, 142, 147, 175, 185, 187, 214, 218, 222, MM 7, MM 10, MM 12 Kes, Sam 3, 14, 15, 20, 21, 48, 51, 72, 122, 140, 147, 163, 183, 193, MM 6, MM 8, MM 9 Khatijah A/P Velloo (Mimi) 151 Khoo Kim Kee (Amy) 151 Kickball 76 KICs 26, 38 Kiiza, Evelyne 5, 12, 17, 21, 24, 46, 77, 122, 134, 213, 214, 219, 221, 222, 223, MM 8, MM 13 Kiiza, Marieth 36, 48, 72, 80,

81, 107, 108, 114, 121, 175, 187, MM 7 Kil, Yebeen 141 Kil, Yun 143 Kim, Andrew (Grade 6) 135, 220 Kim, Andy 128, 215, 220 Kim, Chan-Mi 10, 17, 19, 24, 46, 47, 66, 73, 74, 84, 108, 114, 126, 142, 168, 187, 206, 213, 222, 223, MM 4 Kim, Chan-Yang 5, 12, 18, 95, 122, 206, 223 Kim Chi BBQ Restaurant 157 Kim, Christina (Grade 7) 130, 218, 221 Kim, Christina (Grade 11) 23, 120, 142, 219, 221 Kim, Daniel (Grade 5) 29, 136 Kim, Daniel (Grade 7) 130 Kim, Daniel (Grade 9) 127, 221 Kim, Esther (Grade 4) 28, 136,

HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR: FRONT ROW: Cassandra Tan, Beth Nguyen, Sarah Lim, Sarah Lawrence, Becky Kong, Brittany Sasse, Dianna Kes; SECOND ROW: Jacki Ashkin, Rebekah Wiesner, Jee Bin Yim, Danae Frentz, Rachel Thorne, Melanie Waters, Hannah Jones, Amanda Ng, Mrs. Joyce Goh; THIRD ROW: Justin Strong, Seung Jou Jun, Miranda Steinert, Farid Syed, Joseph Hawthorne, Theresa Phan, Sarah Wiesner, Nicole Mauger, Jasmine Stoltzfus; BACK ROW: Jin Kuo, Dong Yeob Sakong, David Tse, Steven Ulbricht, Daniel Barber, George Merusi, Danny Babcock, Nathan Guthrie, Chi-Yuan Lo, Josh Strong

217 Kim, Esther (Grade 10) 37, 51, 83, 122, 142, 157, 209, 219, 221 Kim, Gloria 133, 221 Kim, Grace 37, 49, 81, 122, 213, 219, 223, 225 Kim, Jae Sung 141, 216 Kim, Jae Youn 144 Kim, Jenny 28, 58, 138, 217 Kim, John 141, 216 Kim, Joseph 44, 47, 50, 51, 68, 84, 112, 120, 121, 145, 153, 157, 165, 193, 214, 221, 223, MM 10 Kim, Joy 31, 78, 127, 189, 213 Kim, Kevin 135, 220 Kim, Kun-Hee 47, 68, 114, 132, 168, 174, 187, 213, 223 Kim, Louise 136 Kim, Marco 3, 83, 112, 114, 144, 145, 153, 168, 187, 202, 223, 225, MM 13 *Kim, Mr. & Mrs. 174, 202, 206 Kim, Peter 28, 61, 136, 225 Kim, Seong-Min 136, 139, 216 Kim, Shawn 13, 33, 68, 127, 224, MM 10 Kim, Sunny 133, 153, 221, 222, 224 Kim, Tony 135, 220 Kim, Yu-Min 141, 216 Kindergarten 55 Kirk, Joel 24, 38, 51, 73, 83, 120, 121, 147, 221, 223, MM 2 Kirk, Tayla 61, 135, 220 Klassen, Nathanael 48, 82, 151, 165, 176, 205 KL Tournament 100 Ko, Esther 136, 139, 217, 219 Ko, Min-Song 25, 141, 217 Kong, Becky 50, 52, 127, 218, 219 Koo, Dong Jae 38, 127, 224 Kor, Laura 128, 220 Ku, Beatrice 143 Kuo, Jin 76, 77, 122, 197, 218, 225, MM 11 Kwon, Steven 127, 221

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INTERMEDIATE MUSICAL (ARKEOLOGY) CAST: FRONT ROW: Khalie Mahoney, Tayah Lee, Ysabel Loh, Kaela Ruble, Rachel Hurlbut, Christina Kim; SECOND ROW: Mrs. Valeri Brokaw, Jessie Brandon, Emma Merusi, Theresa Phan, Isabel Girling, Brittany Hurlbut, Kassy Steinkamp; BACK ROW: Ciera Nash, Charlotte Combrink, Lucia Combrink, George Merusi, Sydney McKenzie, Elisabeth Brokaw, Jacki Ashkin

218 PUSH!

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Liverpool Football Club

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Ladner, Doug 217 Ladner, Kaitlyn 53, 56, 141, 217, MM 12 Ladner, Karsten 43, 63, 88, 133, 153, 155, 215, 217, 221, 222

Ladner, Keegan 24, 25, 32, 33, 36, 73, 80, 120, 165, 224 Ladner, Kirk 64, 128, 215, 217, 220, 222, 224 Lah MM 14 Lai, Jian-Shiun 128, 220 Lai, Owen 143 Lam, Alyssa 143 Lam, Jonathan 143 Langkawi 9 Lao, Justin 32, 33, 66, 68, 81, 95, 110, 124, 127, 163, 169, 171, 214, 219, 221, 224, MM 6, MM 13 Lawrence, Hannah 138 Lawrence, Matthew 78, 127 Lawrence, Sarah 120, 218 Law, Terence 11, 12, 21, 70, 84, 96, 114, 124, 187, 205, 214, 221 Leadership Retreat 10, 11, 44, MM 12 Lee, Christina 133, 224 Lee, Franco 78, 127 Lee Gaik Choo (Mandy) 151 Lee, Jerry 127, 219 Lee, Joseph 143 Lee, Josh 38, 72, 127 Lee, Joyce 16, 17, 21, 78, 106, 127, 140, 147, 157, 209, 213, MM 8 Lee, Kathy 63, 91, 133, 213, 215 Lee, Keanu 36, 37, 52, 67, 70, 75, 78, 79, 107, 112, 122, 124, 145, 163, 171, 183, 223, MM 6, MM 9 Lee, Kenji 65, 128, 220 Lee, Lucy 17, 18, 46, 66, 114, 126, 140, 147, 163, 171, 175, 187, 191, 211, 217, 219, 222, 223, MM 4 Lee, Marco 68, 120, 124, 197, 225 Lee, Mirae 138, 217 Lee, Nara 135 Lee, Peter 133 Lee, Rebecca 27, 141, 217 Lee, Rebekah 58, 138, 217 Lee, Ryan 141 Lee, Sangjoon 9, 65, 90, 128, 155, 215, 220 Lee, Sarah 61, 136, 213 Lee, Tayah 7, 9, 32, 62, 93, 133, 156, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222 *Lee Tong Hai & Sons 199 Lee, Wesley 13, 46, 76, 77, 105, 110, 122, 134, 140, 181, 214, 221, 223 Leech, Amanda 98, 122, 189, 214, 215, MM 8

ELEMENTARY STUDENT COUNCIL: FRONT: Sarah Chinn, Margaret Moss, Mikaela Steinkamp, Elim Chan, Yosoof Monawvil, Grace Moon; BACK ROW: Suji Lim, Alice Chang, Jessica Vriend, Jackson McKenzie, Esther Ko, Ms. Bronwyn Bodley; NOT PICTURED: Ashish Ghimire

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL: FRONT ROW: Mr. Rich Gwaltney, Frances Wong, Lucy Lee, Brittany Sasse, Rachel Thorne, Xiao-Leen Siow; BACK ROW: Harry Mak, Mark Keane, Justin Lao, Hank Wong, Chi-Yuan Lo, Sarah Hwang

AMBASSADORS: FRONT ROW: Christina Kim, Charissa Tan, Becky Kong, Katie Stevens, Reese Terry, Emily Brokaw, Sarah Lim; BACK ROW: Mrs. Valeri Brokaw, Andy Goh, David Tse, Jerry Lee, Josh Graves, James Vo; NOT PICTURED: Keegan Ladner, Joel Shafer, Hyun Soo Kang, Marieth Kiiza, Joy Kim, Steven Kwon, Eunice Um, Ben Unruh, Rebekah Wiesner

FORENSICS: FRONT ROW: Mrs. Debbie Chinn, Anna Fu, Emily Brokaw, Abbie Brake, Saarah Monawvil, Evelyne Kiiza; BACK ROW: Mr. Luke Bullock, David Tse, Jeffrey Hsiao, Hung Ching Song, Ji-Hun Moon, Mrs. Jasmane Frans

Leisure Sports 106 Leow Ah Mooi 151 Leung, Rachel 72, 76, 78, 114, 126, 185, 187, 222, MM 4 Lewis, Harry 95 Library 52 Lim, Adam 52, 72, 78, 122 Lim Ah Chai 151 Lim, Andrew 58, 138 Limau ais MM 15 Lim, Byron 217 Lim Chit Mooi 151 Lim, Daniel 59, 138, 216 Lim, Derrick 65, 128, 215, 220, 222 Lim, Jerald 135, 220 Lim, Sarah 12, 69, 83, 120, 218, 219, MM 9 Lim, Shawn 133, 220 Lim, Shi Bin 143 Lim, Suji 138, 217, 219 Lim, Sumin 56, 57, 141, 216 Lim, Suyoung 144 Lim, Ting-Hui 128, 215, 220 Lin, Adam 68 Lin, Yu Ting 69, 72, 120, 121 Liss, Steve 7, 68, 87, 96, 108, 151, 153, 176, 187, 213, 214 Lister, Clarissa 64, 128, 208, 215, 217, 220, 222 Lister, Gilbert 135, 220 Little India MM 4 Lo, Chi-Yuan 3, 11, 21, 80, 81, 120, 163, 171, 181, 183, 214, 218, 219, 223, 224, MM 3, MM 11 Lock-down Drill 227 Loehden, Carla 151, 176, 213, 215 Loh, Ysabel 63, 133, 215, 218, MM 6 Lo, Michael 135, 220 Long Weekends 17, 161 *Looi Orthodontics 173 Lou, Joyce 68, 69, 70, 114, 187, 217 *Lucky Tailor 203 Ly, Sabrina 7, 14, 17, 133, 215, 220, 221, MM 4 Ly, Sophie 12, 13, 21, 122, 213

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VOCAL ENSEMBLE: FRONT ROW: Beth Nguyen, Khalie Mahoney, Jennifer Park, Brittany Hurlbut, Melanie Waters, Grace Kim, Brittany Sasse; BACK ROW: Mallorie Blackstone, Danae Frentz, Brenn Dowdy, Bethany Weidemann, Esther Kim, Hannah Jones, Rachel Thorne; NOT PICTURED: Mr. Kerry Mahoney

Magnum rm3.80

movie ticket rm9 MSSPP

Mahoney, Kerry 51, 65, 85, 96, 104, 150, 151, 176, 214, 217, 220, 221, 227, MM 7

Index 219

Mahoney, Khalie 30, 31, 37, 50, 96, 102, 114, 116, 119, 126, 129, 132, 145, 156, 160, 170, 177, 183, 187, 207, 214, 215, 218, 219, 221, 222, 226, Back Endsheet, MM 6

*Mahoney, Mr. & Mrs. 160 Mahoney, Reagan 95, 104, 105, 122, 153, 156, 160, 163, 214, 215, 217, 221, MM 4, MM 15 Mahoney, Riley 160

Mahoney, Robin 55, 151, 176 Mak, Harry 4, 18, 21, 24, 49, 72, 95, 110, 114, 123, 161, 163, 168, 171, 187, 191, 193, 196, 203, 214, 215, 219, 222, MM 10, MM 13

SIXTH GRADE BAND: FRONT ROW: Joseph Hsu, Jarrod Chang, Jerald Lim, Ben Finlay, Yu Zhi Phuah, Woo Young Chung, Cindy Park, Darian Yeap; SECOND ROW: Andrea Yuen, Lorenz Scherf, David Vriend, Tim Sasse, Tayla Kirk, Jumi Yoon, Josiah Brake, Sam Yeap, David Png, Hasung Cho, Cameron Johnson, Jonan Ng; THIRD ROW: Mrs. Valeri Brokaw, Andrew Kim, Ayden Winsor, Kimberly Horton, Shoko Tezuka, Hannah Wiesner, Caitlin Goh, Sam Huang, Prem Ghimire, May Murugan, Jessica Hsiao, Gilbert Lister; BACK ROW: Daniel Munson, Jack Stevens, Jeremy Yap, Yeo Rin Yun, Tony Kim, Dominic Fitzgerald, Jessica Ross, Michael Lo, Kevin Kim, Wei Sing Goh, Neehar Kantimahanti; NOT PICTURED: Gabriel Brito, Nara Lee, Ninad Mukherjee

MIDDLE SCHOOL BEGINNING BAND: FRONT ROW: Melissa Yeo, Su Jin Hwang, Wen Chi Chen, Brian Hiew, Joshua Wiesner, Sabrina Ly, Mary-Claire McIntyre; BACK ROW: Laura Kor, Charlotte Scherf, Eun Hyo Chang, Kenji Lee, Shawn Lim, Joseph Stoltzfus, Alexis Zimbulis, Jamie Ooi, Mrs. Valeri Brokaw

MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVANCED BAND: FRONT ROW: Marianna Moss, Lucia Combrink, David Ulbricht, Dennis Choi, Sangjoon Lee, Johnathan Tan, Yan Rong Tan, Hyun Soo Kang, Derrick Lim; SECOND ROW: Tim Phan, Seung Won Beak, Cindy Chiem, Kia Thompson, Nicole Sigrist, Juliet Suen, Jessie Brandon, Jet Oh, Jonathan Chandra, Nick Gimson, Tayler Nash, Mr. Kerry Mahoney; THIRD ROW: Shaikha Shahtaj, Rebekah Steinkamp, Shelly Choi, Hee Ra Chung, Kaori Terada, Jennifer Yook, Clarissa Lister, Peter Tan, Katie Gwaltney; BACK ROW: Jacob Uzzle, Martin Karing, Jian-Shiun Lai, Ting-Hui Lim, Emily Tan, Andy Kim, Shion Matsumoto, Hung Jie Song, Kevin Oh, Tesa Sasse, Kirk Ladner

220 PUSH!

Manchester United 21 Mandarin 80 Manimaran A/L Kuppusamy 151 ManU 21 Marching Band 153 Mario’s 142, MM 4 Martens, Luke 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 48, 69, 122, 142, 159, 163, 169, 169, 171, 193, 195, MM 2, MM 8, MM 9 Mary Michael Aloysius (Penny) 149, 151 Matsumoto, Shion 65, 90, 91, 128, 215, 220, 222 Mauger, Nicole 14, 23, 73, 77, 80, 81, 82, 107, 120, 165, 193, 213, 214, 218, MM 8, MM 13 McDonald’s 157, 181, 211, MM 5 McGee, Audrey 217 McGee, Jim 217 McGee, Peggy 217 McIntyre, Mary-Claire 7, 93, 133, 213, 217, 220, 224 McIntyre, Sam 38, 82, 127, 199, 213, 215 McKenzie, Ashtyn 13, 52, 66, 75, 79, 98, 108, 127, 188, 203, 214, 215 McKenzie, Jackson 24, 137, 138, 139, 188, 216, 219 McKenzie, Jodi 189 *McKenzie, Mrs. 188 McKenzie, Sydney 20, 28, 30, 67, 75, 84, 102, 103, 110, 114, 116, 129, 177, 187, 188, 201, 205, 215, 218, 221, Back Endsheet, MM 2, MM 4, MM 6 Media Literacy 74 Men’s Generation 112, 144, 171 Merdeka Day MM 12 *Meridian Dental Surgery 195 Merusi, Brian 151, 176, 205, 226 Merusi, Emma 30, 40, 63, 92, 93, 133, 213, 217, 218, 221, 225, MM 6 Merusi, George 20, 31, 32, 37, 48, 66, 75, 76, 84, 113, 118, 119, 124, 129, 131, 140, 183, 187, 196, 199, 201, 203, 205, 206, 207, 214, 218, 224, MM 4, MM 7, MM 9 Merusi, Joe 23, 24, 42, 43, 70, 73, 74, 120, 145, 173, 213, 217, 221, 223, 224, MM 3 *Merusi, Mr. & Mrs. 196 Merusi, Tibbett 22, 151, 165, 176, 205 MEW 37, 131, MM 13

Middle School 9 Middle School Drama 31 Middle School Girls’ Volleyball 92 Middle School Musical 31 Middle School Retreat 9, MM 12 Mignatti, Luca 55, 144 Mini-Sneak 171 Missions Emphasis Week 37, 131 Monawvil, Saarah 7, 20, 24, 25, 29, 46, 66, 82, 115, 116, 118, 119, 124, 131, 153, 167, 171, 187, 201, 219, 223, 224 Monawvil, Yosoof 28, 29, 138, 216, 219 Moon, Grace 28, 40, 58, 59, 138, 217, 219 Moon, Ji-Hun 72, 76, 83, 120, 142, 219, MM 10 Moon, Joshua 63, 133, 221 Moore, Benjamin 113, 144 Moore, Hannah 143 Morf, Ruben 55, 144 Mori, Asaka 136 Morning Prayer Time 19 Morrison, Elaina 139, 143 Morrison, Mikayla 40, 141, 217 Morrison, Sonya 217 Moss, Clay 102, 151, 176 Moss, Margaret 138, 217, 219 Moss, Marianna 65, 128, 213, 217, 220 Moss, Vicky 151 MSSPP 110, 111, 199, MM 6 Mukherjee, Ninad 135, 225 Muniandy A/L Ramasamy 149, 151 Munson, Daniel 60, 61, 135, 220 Munson, Julia 61, 136, 213 Munson, Lisa 26, 57, 98, 151, 176, 214 Murugan, May 135, 220 Murugan, Moniysha 136 Murugan, Sharath 125 Music MM 9 Music, Intermediate 218 Muthammal A/P Packeery (Rekha) 151

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Nash, Ciera 31, 127, 218 Nash, Kaylee 40, 141, 217, MM 12 Nash, Tayler 64, 128, 220 National Honor Society 126, 222, MM 13 National Junior Honor Society 126, 222 National Staff 149 Never Say Never 183 New Testament Survey 72 Ng, Amanda 49, 125, 218, MM 4 Ng, Brenda 133, 221 Ng, Jonan 53, 89, 135, 220 Nguyen, Beth 79, 115, 118, 132, 134, 142, 147, 156, 166, 170, 175, 177, 183, 187, 208, 209, 218, 219, 222, 224, 226, Back Endsheet, MM 12 *Nguyen, Mr. & Mrs. 166 Ng, Xian Yao 118, 168, 187 Ng, Zack 71, 83, 124, 125, 195, 225 NHS 113, 126, 222, MM 13 NHS Assembly MM 13 Nichols, Kiera 55, 144

Nichols, Liza 151, 176 Nichols, Nick 70, 71, 151, 176, 223 Nichols, Trevor 54, 144 Nintendo Wii 211 Niramitvijit, Santi 14, 48, 68, 115, 118, 173, 187 *Nissi Quality Foods 181 NJHS 126, 222, MM 13 Nollan, Rob 181 Noob MM 14 Nordenso, Anita 127, 214, 217, 225 Nordenso, Caroline 197, 225 Nordenso, Janmarco 28, 136 No Uniform Day 46 *Nyack College 180

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Oh, Andy 13, 50, 127, 144, 171, 221, 223 Oh, Jet 128, 215, 220

Oh, Joyce 41, 133, 215 Oh, Kevin 64, 128, 220 Oh, Susan 61, 136 Old Testament Survey 72 Ooi, Choon-Piao 216 Ooi, Christopher 56, 141, 216 Ooi Huey Fern (Lilian) 151 Ooi, Jamie 65, 159, 213, 220 Ooi, Jerald 138, 216 Ooi, Niklaus 72, 127, 221 Ooi, Tian 61, 136, 217 Ooi, Yung Tsen 125 Oo, Jamie 128 Oo, Sin Ler 59, 138 Opening 2, 4 Oral Interpretation 34 Oratory 34

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Pagee, Anne-Marie 46, 151, 176, 190 Pagee, Bob 29, 151, 176,

MIDDLE SCHOOL MARCHING BAND: FRONT ROW: Karsten Ladner, Cheryl Yeap, Evan Chinn, Sabrina Ly, Peter Tan, Kaori Terada, Christina Kim, Brenda Ng, Su Jin Hwang, Sunny Kim; ROW TWO: Joshua Moon, David Jung, Chardin Stengele, Amanda Goh, Gloria Kim, Jennifer Yook, Tayah Lee, Kia Thompson, Angelene Woo, Wen Chi Chen; BACK ROW: Mrs. Valeri Brokaw, Isabel Girling, Kassy Steinkamp, Joel Halbedl, Ben Tse, Joseph Stoltzfus, Harry Stevens, Zachary Tan, Emma Merusi; NOT PICTURED: Dennis Choi

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Nagamal A/P Doraisamy (Rose) 149, 151 Nando’s 150, MM 4

HIGH SCHOOL BAND: FRONT ROW: Mr. Kerry Mahoney, Terence Law, Hank Wong, Josh Thorne, Jake Smith, Ben Weidemann, Wei Ken Chee, Sydney McKenzie, Simon Karing, Joseph Kim; SECOND ROW: Khalie Mahoney, Maaya Yamauchi, Evelyne Kiiza, Sally Chang, Joanna Robinson, Yeon-Woo Sakong, Emma Chinn, Christina Kim, Winnie Tan, Emily Brokaw, Chanel Huang; THIRD ROW: Anna Fu, Frances Wong, Brittany Hurlbut, Kelly Shim, Ina Park, Stephanie Jones, Julie DeVette, Esther Kim, Niklaus Ooi, Reese Terry, Ji Won Park, Xiao-Leen Siow, Daniel Kim; BACK ROW: James Vo, Reagan Mahoney, Josiah Steinkamp, Wesley Lee, Roc Wu, Steven Kwon, Yit Shaun P’ng, Justin Lao, Raymond Pow, Justin Suen, Joel Kirk, Andy Oh, Joe Merusi, Sarah Hwang, Daniel Ha

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190, 216 Pagee, Karen 73, 78, 79, 118, 187, 190 *Pagee, Mr. & Mrs. 190 Paint Ball 17, 171 Pakiam, Nikita 63, 133, 224 Palanivel, Natasha 59, 138 Palany A/P Ganapathy 149, 151 *Papa Pizza 198 Paper Dolls 26 Paradise Hotel 10 *Paradise Sandy Beach Resort 182 Parent-Teacher Organization 22

Park, Chan Hee 15, 120 Park, Christian 81, 120, 123, 145, 195, 199, 215, 223 Park, Cindy 9, 135, 155, 220 Park, Ina 14, 70, 84, 127, 214, 221 Park, Jennifer 37, 51, 119, 120, 137, 156, 157, 177, 185, 219, 223, Back Endsheet Park, JiHyun 17, 19, 44, 46, 67, 69, 73, 82, 96, 116, 118, 121, 124, 126, 159, 163, 185, 187, 207, 213, 214, 222, 223, MM 4

DORM COUNCIL: FRONT ROW: Alan Thompson, Mark Keane, Ben Unruh; BACK ROW: Mrs. Valerie Weidemann, Evelyne Kiiza, Jee Bin Yim, Dianna Kes; NOT PICTURED: Beth Nguyen, Abbie Brake

NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY: FRONT ROW: Karsten Ladner, Kirk Ladner, Clarissa Lister, Cindy Chiem, Sunny Kim; ROW TWO: Tayah Lee, Isabel Girling, Kassy Steinkamp, Nicole Sigrist, Juliet Suen, Seung Won Beak; BACK ROW: Shaikha Shahtaj, Charlotte Combrink, Derrick Lim, Johnathan Tan, Shion Matsumoto, Mr. Luke Bullock; NOT PICTURED: Ben Tse

Park, Ji Won 21, 66, 77, 83, 125, 209, 221, 223 P.E. 76 Peace, Nathan 14, 21, 23, 73, 74, 75, 86, 105, 120, 193, 213, 222, MM 8 *Penads 179 Penang Home for the Aged and Infirm 46 People Division Page 113 Perumal A/L Govinda 149, 151 Peterson, Albert 151 Pets 203 Phalan, Patris 55, 144 *Phan, Mr. & Mrs. 192 Phan, Theresa 6, 11, 19, 27, 30, 31, 52, 66, 75, 85, 118, 137, 157, 167, 181, 187, 192, 208, 218, MM 4 Phan, Tim 64, 128, 192, 215, 220 *Phoenix Press 186 Phuah, Yu Zhi 135, 220 Physical Science 70 Physics 70 PIC 150 Pillai, Rishon 143 *Pill House Pharmacy 165 Png, Benjamin 127, 225 Png, Celestine 28, 29, 138, 217 Png, David 135, 220 Png, Kae Ee 216 Png, Shaun 72 P’ng, Yee Pei 69, 120 P’ng, Yit Shaun 127, 221 Poh, Rachel 57, 141, 217 Ponamudi A/L Valaithan 149, 151 Pow, Raymond 77, 127, 221, 225 P-periods 38 Precalculus 68 Preschool-3 55 Preschool-4 55 Psychology 82 PTO 22 Puzzles 38

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Queensbay Mall 7, 12 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY: FRONT ROW: Beth Nguyen, JiHyun Park, Jasmine Stoltzfus, Hannah Jones, Frances Wong, Emily Brokaw, Lucy Lee; SECOND ROW: Julie DeVette, Jee Bin Yim, Mark Keane, Bethany Weidemann, Nathan Peace, Danae Frentz, Harry Mak, Khalie Mahoney; BACK ROW: James Vo, Sarah Hwang, Rachel Leung, David Tse, Nathan Steel, Andy Goh, Jordan Strong, Chan-Mi Kim, Hung Ching Song; NOT PICTURED: Abbie Brake, Kaleb Uzzle, Anna Fu

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222 PUSH!

Rajeen A/L Mareemuttoo 152 Ramasamy A/L Govinda 152 Rana, Bijay 133 Rana, Daniela 28, 136 Rapping 39 Raviindran A/L Moses 149 Ravindran A/L Moses 152 RAZ 59 Red Box MM 2 Reeves, Karl 36, 80, 120, 123, 183 *Regent Furnishings 161 Remembrance Day 25, 59, MM 12 Retreats 11 Reynolso, Frank 132, 183 Rifle-Range 123 Ripsticks 61, 107, 195 Roadhouse Grill 156, MM 4 Roberts, Lydia 152, 176 Robinson, Joanna 127, 214, 221, 225 Ross, Jessica 61, 89, 135, 220 Roti Bom MM 5 Roti Canai MM 14 Ruble, Alex 138, 216 Ruble, Kaela 7, 133, 213, 218

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Serve-athon

*Saarah Gems 201 *SAB 80, 119, 150, 157, 175, 191, 227, MM 5, MM 14 Sakong, Dong Yeob 17, 117, 118, 168, 187, 218 Sakong, Yeon-Woo 89, 127, 213, 214, 221 *Sam’s Batik House 156, 170 Sangaran A/L Ramu Thaver (Susu) 152 Saravathi A/P A. Navaseelam (Joyce) 152 Saroja A/P Supramaniam 149, 152 Sasse, Brittany 5, 7, 11, 19, 21, 37, 39, 48, 87, 116, 118, 124, 132, 157, 163, 167, 171, 181, 187, 205, 208, 213, 218, 219 Sasse, Karen 58, 59, 152, 176 Sasse, Mark 3, 52, 74, 75, 139, 152, 176, 213, 224 Sasse, Tesa 128, 213, 220 Sasse, Tim 132, 135, 220 SAT MM 10 SATs 9 Saturday Ministry 159 Sawatzky, Bonnie 41, 152, 176,

217 Sawatzky, Wayne 134, 152, 176, 214, 226, 227 Scherf, Charlotte 65, 89, 90, 128, 213, 214, 220 Scherf, Lorenz 88, 89, 135, 220 School Spirit 153 Science 70 SCIPS 134 Scrapbooking 39 Seaside Café 140 Seaside Campus 209 Second Grade 57 Sedim Recreational Park 161 Seevaratnam, Noella 55, 144 Seevaratnam, Shantel 152, 176, 217

Seevaratnam, Zoe 141, 217 See You at the Pole 19 Self-Defense 175 Selvanayagam, Jason 36, 37, 131, 152, 163, 176, 183, 185 Selvaraja, Sahana 139, 143 Senior Buddies 59 Senior Mini-Sneak 21 Senior Plans 207 Seniors 114 Senior Service 119 Senior Service Projects 191 Senior Sneak 116 *Senior Sponsors 187 Senior Transition Retreat 10, 78, MM 13 Senior Treat 7, 211

JAZZ BAND: FRONT ROW: Grace Kim, Ji Won Park, Emily Brokaw, Reese Terry, Xiao-Leen Siow, Shion Beak; ROW TWO: Mrs. Valeri Brokaw, Jennifer Park, Keanu Lee, Roc Wu, Andy Oh, Julie DeVette, Jackie Ashkin; BACK ROW: Joel Kirk, Joe Merusi, Andy Goh, Christian Park, Jet Song, Joseph Kim, Dino Chiu; NOT PICTURED: Sarah Hwang, Josh Thorne, Sam Kes, Joseph Hawthorne, Sydney McKenzie, David Choi, Stephanie Jones, Joyce Lee

CARE & SHARE: FRONT ROW: Lucy Lee, Anna Fu, Chan-Yang Kim, Saarah Monawvil; SECOND ROW: Jee Bin Yim, Evelyne Kiiza, Kun-Hee Kim, JiHyun Park; BACK ROW: Josh Thorne, Yi Yang Tan, Chan-Mi Kim, Wesley Lee, ChiYuan Lo; NOT PICTURED: Luke Martens

JUDO: FRONT ROW: Rick Brake, Ben Unruh, Yang Yang Sim; BACK ROW: Marco Kim, Simon Karing, Justin Suen, Mr. Nick Nichols

Senior Trip 116 Senior-Underclass Interaction 115 Serve-athon 123, MM 2, MM 12, MM 14 Seventh Grade 63 SEW 36, 48, 132, MM 12 Shafer, Joel 81, 106, 120, 195, 224 Shahtaj, Shaikha 65, 128, 220, 222 Sheddan, Mary 152 Shim, Kelly 72, 127, 213, 217, 221 Shop 78 Short Stays in the Dorms 179 *Siam Mission 196 Sickness 199 Siemens, Apryl 9 Sights, Kaya 143 Sigrist, Nathalie 3, 89, 133, MM 6 Sigrist, Nicole 9, 130, 214, 215, 220, 222 Sim, Yang Yang 112, 125, 145, 171, 223 *Sin Chuan Book 205 *Sing Guang Hing Furniture & Electrical 173 Siow, Xiao-Leen 67, 75, 125, 171, 219, 221, 223 Sixth Grade 61 Skateboarding 195 Sleep MM 11 *Smidapaper 203 Smith, Jake 84, 101, 105, 125, 215, 221 Smith, Jonah 26, 29, 138 Smith, Lisa 152, 176 Smith, Travis 27, 65, 102, 152, 176, 215 *Smokey Jack Restaurant 167 Sneak MM 12 Socializing 12 Social Studies 75 Softball, Junior Varsity Girls’ 213 Softball, Varsity Girls’ 213 Song, Hung Ching 23, 30, 34, 35, 122, 126, 177, 191, 219, 222, Back Endsheet Song, Hung Jie 64, 65, 130, 179, 220 Song, Jet 52, 76, 83, 108, 118, 168, 187, 223, MM 11 Soon, Eric 133 Southeast Asia Honor Band 84 Southeast Asian Studies 74 Spanish 80 Speech 67 Spiess, Abbi 127 Spiess, Chloe 125

Spiritual Emphasis Week 36 Spoelman, Isaac 217 Spoon MM 14 Spy Blue 176, 224 Staff Life Off Campus 150 Staying in Shape MM 3 St. Christopher’s Exchange 134, MM 12 Steel, Nathan 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 70, 73, 95, 113, 116, 117, 118, 121, 126, 129, 157, 167, 169, 171, 185, 187, 191, 207, 222, MM 4, MM 6 Steffen, Elliot 143 Steffen, Jonathan 152, 159, 176 Steinert, Miranda 20, 72, 84, 117, 118, 177, 187, 198, 201, 203, 205, 214, 218, Back Endsheet, MM 7, MM 13 *Steinert, Mr. & Mrs. 198 Steinert, Tim 150, 152, 161, 175, 176, 185 Steinert, Vi 108, 142, 147, 152, 161, 176, 179, 185 Steinkam, Kassy 93 Steinkamp, Jacki 10, 20, 152, 176, 187, 207, MM 4 Steinkamp, Joel 152, 176 Steinkamp, Josiah 21, 42, 70, 75, 87, 95, 101, 104, 105, 127, 155, 181, 213, 214, 215, 217, 221 Steinkamp, Josie 75, 96, 102, 117, 118, 121, 137, 153, 187, 201, 202, 205, 214, 215, MM 4, MM 9, MM 13 Steinkamp, Karl 7, 74, 75, 87, 124, 147, 152, 153, 171, 176, 187, 211, 215, 217, 227, MM 7 Steinkamp, Kassy 62, 63, 92, 93, 133, 213, 214, 215, 217, 218, 221, 222 Steinkamp, Mia 152, 176, 217 Steinkamp, Mikaela 26, 29, 40, 132, 138, 139, 217, 219 *Steinkamp, Mr. & Mrs. 202 Steinkamp, Rebekah 89, 130, 202, 217, 220 Stengele, Akiko 55, 152, 176 Stengele, Chardin 62, 133, 221 Stengele, David 39, 52, 62, 66, 152, 157, 176 Stengele, Kiri 143 Stengele, Shione 136 Stevens, Harry 63, 115, 133, 215, 221 Stevens, Jack 60, 61, 135, 220 Stevens, Katie 22, 23, 73, 76, 82, 122, 145, 214, 219, 224 Stewart, Jimmy 145 Stoltzfus, Benjamin 143

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Stoltzfus, Jasmine 38, 96, 122, 124, 191, 214, 218, 222 Stoltzfus, Joseph 64, 130, 220, 221, 224 Stoltzfus, Sara 40, 138, 217 Stoltzfus, Sophia 25, 41, 141, 217 Story Book Parade 139 *Straits Minimarket 184 Stress MM 10 Strong, Jordan 3, 16, 17, 23, 38, 82, 94, 122, 126, 161, 173, 181, 187, 214, 222, MM 4, MM 7 Strong, Josh 10, 18, 20, 21, 38, 66, 69, 72, 75, 84, 87, 95, 101, 109, 111, 117, 118, 121, 131, 157, 161, 169, 173, 175, 187, 193, 196, 211, 214, 218, MM 12 Strong, Justin 3, 16, 69, 127, 142, 161, 169, 179, 181, 214, 218, MM 9

StuCo Elections MM 13 Student Council, Elementary 219 Student Advisory Teams 9 Student Center 13 Student Council 10, 24, 48, 124, 153, 171, 219 Student Life Division Page 7 Suen, Jordan 143 Suen, Juliet 130, 215, 220, 222 Suen, Justin 13, 84, 127, 221, 223 *Sugar Rae Pet Village 195 Sundaraj A/L Rangasamy 152 Sundram A/L K. Ramasamy 152 Sunrise Service 185 Swim Team 197, 225 Syed, Farid 1, 39, 48, 49, 127, 157, 181, 183, 214, 218, MM 9

FIRST SEMESTER DRAMA “DEATH BY CHOCOLATE” CAST: FRONT ROW: Ai Ching Ung (Director), Melanie Waters, Abbie Brake, Emily Brokaw, AMBASSADORS: FRONT ROW: Katie Stevens, Saarah Monawvil, Beth Nguyen; BACK ROW: Laura Van Oss, Ben Unruh, Justin Lao, Keegan Ladner, Steven Ulbricht, Shawn Kim, Chi-Yuan Lo, Julie DeVette

MIDDLE SCHOOL DRAMA CAST SECOND SEMESTER: FRONT ROW: Mary-Claire McIntyre, Christina Lee, Rachel Halbedl, Kirk Ladner, Hannah Graves, Sunny Kim; BACK ROW: Nikita Pakiam, Peter Tan, Kia Thompson, Joseph Stoltzfus, Joshua Wiesner, Amanda Goh, Mrs. Valeri Brokaw; NOT PICTURED: Marianna Moss

SECOND SEMESTER DRAMA “SPY BLUE” CAST: FRONT ROW: Emma Chinn, Dong Jae Koo, Bethany Weidemann, Julie DeVette, Emily Brokaw, Abbie Brake, Jennifer Vo; BACK ROW: Mr. Mark Sasse, Joe Merusi, Kaleb Uzzle, George Merusi, Joel Shafer, Rick Brake; NOT PICTURED: Keanu Lee, Wesley Lee

224 PUSH!

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Tan, Cassandra 49, 80, 125, 213, 218, 225 Tan, Charissa 36, 122, 149, 179, 219, MM 11 Tan, Emily 9, 64, 65, 130, 155, 208, 220 Tan, Eunice 136 Tang, Huimin 130, 208 Tangled MM 9 Tang, Te Kyle 144 Tan, Johnathan 130, 220, 222 Tan, Joonas 141 *Tanjung Bunga Hardware 191 *Tan, Mr. & Mrs. 177 Tan, Peter 65, 130, 215, 220, 221, 224 *Tan Pharmacy 203 Tan, Sarah 62, 63, 89, 90, 92, 133, 155, 213, 214, 215, MM 6 Tan, Winnie 70, 121, 122, 191, 221 Tan, Yan Rong 130, 215, 220 Tan, Yilin 136 Tan, Yi Yang 5, 21, 72, 83, 108, 112, 118, 144, 145, 187, 214, 223 Tan, Zachary 133, 221 *Tao Restaurant 167 Taylor, Bernice 132 T-ball 38 TCK MM 14 Technology 82 Teh Ais MM 14 Teh Gim Choo (Julie) 152 *Tek Distributors 205 *Telesonic 199 Telunas Beach 181 Teng, Noel 133 Teoh, Eunice 80, 152, 176 Terada, Kaori 130, 220, 221 Terry, Reese 11, 50, 51, 98, 127, 163, 171, 214, 215, 219, 221, 223 Tezuka, Shoko 135, 220 Third Grade 59 Thomas, Andrew 4, 112, 141, 216 Thomas, Bethany 10, 152, 176, 187, 207 Thomas, Carly 4, 29, 40, 58, 138, 217 Thomas, David 3, 129, 145, 150, 154, 171, 176, 187, 191, 208, 214, 226, 227, MM 3 Thompson, Alan 3, 7, 14, 48, 66, 68, 75, 118, 119, 129, 131, 157, 167, 171, 173, 187,

199, 201, 206, 222, MM 3 Thompson, Jamie 67, 75, 125, 213 Thompson, Kia 14, 17, 130, 215, 220, 221, 224 Thorne, Josh 24, 36, 46, 50, 86, 87, 125, 134, 181, 183, 215, 221, 223 Thorne, Rachel 13, 26, 48, 50, 98, 99, 118, 157, 163, 167, 183, 187, 191, 201, 205, 207, 208, 214, 218, 219, 226, MM 3, MM 7 Thurairaj A/L A.Pawadai Pillai 154 Time Line MM 12 *Toccoa Falls College 212 To Do Lists 187 Toh, David 44, 69, 122, 132, MM 3 Toh, Zoei 143 Tompkins, John “Tommy” 137, 154, 176, 187, MM 10, Back Endsheet Toon, Jia-Jie 58, 59, 115, 138 Track & Field Day 108, MM 12 Tsai, Anthea 127 Tse, Ben 133, 221 Tse, David 82, 122, 126, 218, 219, 222, 225, MM 4, MM 10 Tuesday Night Market 167 Tung Seok Yeng 154 Twilight 126 Twister 11 Tyas, Dennis 32, 154 Tyas, Gayle 154, 176 Typical Day 137

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Ulbricht, David 130, 220 Ulbricht, Steven 127, 181, 218, 224 Ultimate Frisbee 76 Um, Eunice 36, 127, 213 Ung, Ai Ching 5, 24, 32, 33, 224 Unruh, Ben 71, 80, 122, 195, 214, 222, 223, 224, MM 6 Unruh, Nathan 77, 81, 127, 214 Usaha, Chareesa 20, 21, 125 U.S. History 74 Uswath Khan, Shamierrul 143 Uzzle, Ella 55 Uzzle, Gabriella 144 Uzzle, Issac 56, 57, 126, 141, 216, MM 12

Uzzle, Jacob 130, 220 Uzzle, Kaleb 30, 66, 69, 78, 82, 118, 156, 157, 187, 197, 205, 224, 225, MM 6 Uzzle, Sarah 23, 122 Uzzle, Scott 7, 90, 145, 154, 176, 215 Uzzle, Terresa 2, 38, 52, 68, 126, 154, 176

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Valentine’s Day 62 Valliammah A/P Karpaya 149, 154 Values and Decision Making 72 Van Oss, Laura 51, 66, 71, 118, 159, 187, 224, MM 7 Varsity Boys’ Baseball 105 Varsity Boys’ Basketball 101 Varsity Boys’ Football 94 Varsity Girls’ Football 97 Varsity Girls’ Volleyball 99 Veterans’ Day Parade 25 Vgekumar A/L Mareemuttoo 154 Victor Lim 154 Vieira, Ana 3, 89, 133, 214 Vieira, Luis 57, 141 Vijay A/L Sambanthan 154 *Vintage Bulgaria Restaurant 211 Vocal Ensemble 50, 219 Vo, James 48, 81, 84, 113, 119, 177, 187, 201, 206, 208, 219, 221, 222, Back Endsheet Vo, Jennifer 127, 208, 224 Volleyball, 5-6 213 Volleyball, 7-8 213 Volleyball, Middle School Girls’ 92, 214 Volleyball, Varsity Girls’ 214 Voon Wei Ming 154 Vriend, David 61, 135, 185, 220 Vriend, Jessica 29, 59, 138, 139, 217, 219

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Webelos 216 Weidemann, Ben 6, 12, 17, 19, 46, 47, 66, 67, 69, 70, 77, 82, 84, 87, 95, 100, 105, 110, 125, 140, 159, 163, 183, 194, 215, 221, MM 6 Weidemann, Bethany 4, 18, 19, 21, 61, 75, 115, 119, 171, 183, 187, 194, 205, 211, 214, 219, 222, 224, 226, Back Endsheet, MM 12 Weidemann, Brian 66, 154, 176, 193 *Weidemann, Mr. & Mrs. 194 Weidemann, Valerie 140, 154, 176, 179, 194, 222 What’s So Funny? 38 White, Kalista 54, 55, 144 White, Karis 143 White, Melodee 154, 176 Whitten-Ooi, Oliver 143 Whittling 38 Wiesner, Bethany 40, 57, 112, 143, 184, 217, MM 12 Wiesner, Hannah 7, 9, 60, 61, 135, 155, 208, 220, MM 3, MM 12 Wiesner, Joshua 64, 129, 130, 183, 220, 224 *Wiesner, Mr. & Mrs. 200 Wiesner, Nathan 29, 43, 44, 57, 58, 59, 132, 138, 184, 216 Wiesner, Rebekah 96, 110, 121, 122, 123, 137, 145, 153, 157, 183, 187, 200, 213, 214, 218 Wiesner, Russell 154, 176 Wiesner, Sarah 80, 119, 167, 177, 187, 200, 201, 205, 214, 215, 218, Back Endsheet Wiesner, Sharla 184 Winsor, Abrielle 8, 9, 60, 61, 136, 213

Winsor, Ayden 61, 135, 220 Winsor, Moriah 55, 143 Winsor, Mycah 6, 56, 141, 216 *Wonderland Pet Shop 165 Wong, Frances 11, 87, 98, 99, 103, 108, 116, 119, 126, 134, 171, 185, 187, 214, 215, 219, 221, 222 Wong, Hank 10, 21, 72, 85, 125, 163, 171, 219, 221 *Wong, Mr. & Mrs. 185 Woo, Angelene 133, 221 World Religions 72 Worship Teams 36 Worten, Aaron 58, 59, 138, 216 Worten, Andrew 12, 23, 55, 144 Worten, Jeremiah 138, 139, 216 Worten, Lauren 23, 143 Wu, Roc 44, 69, 84, 121, 122, 147, 221, 223 WyldLife 6, 155, 208

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Yamauchi, Maaya 11, 84, 87, 116, 119, 131, 157, 171, 173, 187, 191, 201, 213, 214, 221, MM 13 *Yamauchi, Mr. & Mrs. 162 Yang, Sheng-Chun 78, 128 Yang, Sheng-Ting 133, 215

Yap, Jeremy 61, 136, 220 Yeap, Adrian 69, 81, 112, 122, 145, 214, MM 7, MM 10 Yeap, Cheryl 62, 133, 221 Yeap, Darian 61, 136, 220 Yeap, Sam 136, 220 Yeng, Elijah 63, 133, 215 Yeng, Emily 144 *Yenshen Hardware 203 Yeoh Chee Keong (Rex) 154 Yeo, Melissa 213, 220 Yeo, Sam 11, 69, 72, 112, 122, 123, 145, 185, MM 10 Yim, Jee Bin 10, 14, 46, 71, 78, 84, 115, 119, 175, 187, 191, 211, 213, 218, 222, 223 Yook, Jane 80, 125 Yook, Jennifer 130, 220, 221 Yoon, Grace 141, 217 Yoon, Jumi 8, 9, 136, 208, 220 Yost, Doug 82, 154, 176, 226 Yost, Marsha 82, 154, 176 You, Melissa 9, 12, 23, 64, 130, 147, 161, 208, MM 7 YoungLife Camp 181 Yo-yo 112 Yuen, Andrea 136, 220 Yuen, Zachary 144 Yun, Yeo Rin 136, 208, 220 Yuthiwattana, Ooychai 7, 38, 48, 125, 173, MM 7, MM 9

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Wang, Bertha 125 Waters, Melanie 51, 128, 218, 219, 224

SWIMMING: FRONT ROW: Tien-Erh Huang, Kalia Brewster, Gabriel Brito, Gabriela Brito, Ke-Erh Huang, Peter Kim, Martin Karing, Shion Beak, Ninad Mukherjee, Hasung Cho, Kenya Gimson, Mrs. Sehra Zimbulis; ROW TWO: Mrs. Caroline Nordenso, Jonathan Chandra, Dennis Choi, Emma Merusi, Joanna Robinson, Anita Nordenso, Grace Kim, Cassandra Tan, Alexis Zimbulis, Benjamin Png, Jin Kuo, Zack Ng; BACK ROW: Mr. Barend Blom, Marco Kim, Kaleb Uzzle, Jeffrey Hsiao, Marco Lee, Raymond Pow, David Tse, Jim Choi, Josh Graves, Mr. Brian Brewster

Index 225

T S A L E M I T

MRS. JACKI STEINKAMP

Just One

The last days of school started to appear on the horizon as second semester began to draw to a close, and a sad fact became apparent: nobody could stop its coming.

And on 14 April the senior girls and boys tried on their graduation gowns for the first time, fully aware that they would wear them for real in just seven short weeks. Danae Frentz remarked, “When I saw Rachel [Thorne], Khalie [Mahoney], Beth [Nguyen], Bethany [Weidemann], and all the rest of the senior girls in their grad gowns I couldn’t stop crying. And everybody kept hugging me, but I didn’t feel any bet-

BETHANY WEIDEMANN

SECRETLY, Rachel Thorne whispers a message in into Elijah Davis’s ear as he tries to understand what she’s saying so that he can pass it on. The seniors built relationships with the elementary by giving them a break in their school day with ice cream and games.

They volunteered for this during their free blocks so they could hang out with the kids.

226 Closing

LIP-SYNCING to James Brown’s song “I Feel Good,” Mr. David Thomas performs with Mr. Wayne Sawatsky, Mr. Karl Steinkamp, Mr. Larry Chinn, Mr. Brian Brewster, and Mr. Kerry Mahoney, who pretend to play instruments, to ask their wives to the JSB. The administrators utilized a lock-down drill and surprised the student body and their wives with the asking.

ter because they were all still leaving.”

These sad thoughts tumbled around in the seniors’ brains as they pushed themselves towards the end, especially as they started counting the last times they would ever do things here: The last time you would drink the heavenly teh ais with your friends at SAB; The last time you would go kayaking to Rat Island under the tropical hot sun; The last time you would taste the rich, flavorful, cheesy butter chicken with naan bread; The last time you would only have to pay rm10.00 for a movie ticket;

The last time you would get to see a motorcycle holding an entire family of five with most of them not wearing helmets; The last time you would get to drink amazing fresh fruit juices like watermelon, apple, starfruit, and lime juice tied up in a plastic bag; And the last time you would get to hold your best friend in your arms and see his or her smile.

Many things on this island world in Southeast Asia would happen to you only one last time before you left. Just one last push remained: to find the strength to say the final good-byes.

—By Sydney McKenzie

Hearing the Music of the...

ELIZABETH NGUYEN

Dressed as a tiger, Ethan Chan does the actions to the song “In the Lion’s Den.” The elementary kids dressed up as different animals to make the jungle seem more realistic to the audience.

because it looked really pretty.”

Micah Faircloth said, “My favorite part was that I got to be a monkey named Lester.”

With songs like “Lord of Creation” and “Bullfrogs and Butterflies,” the kids expressed themselves musically with actions that Ms. Goh led them in.

“My favorite song was ‘Daniel in the Lion’s Den.’ It sounded good because I like the story of Daniel,” said Joseph Lee. Moriah Winsor said, “My favorite song was ‘Welcome to the King’s Animal Kingdom’ because I love animals.”

The play ended with a medley of the songs, showing everyone how much the jungle truly expresses God’s creativity.

“I think the kids sang and danced very well—beyond my expectations,” said Ms. Goh. And as the parents exited the chapel with their excited children, they laughed as they listened to the kids do their renditions of the songs and express how much fun they had learning about the true King of the Jungle.

—By Sydney McKenzie

SYDNEY MCKENZIE

SYDNEY MCKENZIE

The year has ended, the last page has turned, the end has come. As this sunset drew the day to a close, the last days of school pronounced the end. With one final push we’ve said our last good-byes, given our last hugs, and prepared ourselves to leave, thankful that God has granted us time in a place as beautiful as this. PHOTO BY

Parents entered the bustling chapel as the excited and nervous first and second graders and kindergartners prepared to perform the musical they had worked on under the direction and leadership of Ms. Joyce Goh: “King of the Jungle.”

The play began with the song “The King’s Animal Kingdom,” which expressed the overall idea of the play—that God had created all the animals, and they all reflect parts of Him. The actors in the play went on a safari into the jungle and learned about the different kinds of animals and God. “I liked it because I got to act and sing, so it was a ton of fun,” said Bethany Wiesner.

The students dressed up as different animals or creatures to make the audience feel like they had entered the jungle.

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“That’s what I call evolution,” says Jazzy Jenkins, dressed as a monkey, referring to a comment by one of the characters that they should make monkey T-shirts. Humor played a big role in the musical and made the audience roar with laughter.

Dancing to the song, “Listen to the Wild Worship,” Mikayla Morrison, Lana Brewster, Yong-Yu Huang, and Bethany Wiesner make motions like monkeys. Ms. Joyce Goh led the elementary students in choreography to enhance the lyrics of the songs.

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LYING through the air, Danny Babcock fakes a shot and passes the ball to Josh Thorne, who then scores. The boys fought through the many foul calls and the intensity that Heng Ee brought to the court and won 56–40. “I was proud of the younger guys on the team. They really played well and we couldn’t have done it without them!” said Harry Mak.

“Swimmers ready!” the starter shouted. “On your marks!” The whistle blew shrilly, and off they went.

With Mr. Brian Brewster, Mr. Barend Blom, Mrs. Caroline Nordenso, and Mrs. Sehra Zimbulis leading the newly reinstituted swim team, practices occurred every Monday and Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Tar College, departing from campus immediately after school ended.

At Tar College, the team practiced swimming distances of 50, 100, or 200 meters of backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke, or butterfly.

With a team of over 30 students comprising of all ages, both male and female, they faced off against Uplands International School three times, had an inter-squad competition, and participated in MSSPP. “Swimming was really exciting but also very difficult because we had so many practices, and we put in a lot of effort,” said Jeffrey Hsiao.

“But in the end, the results were surprisingly beneficial to our health.”

Panting and heaving, but smiling at his achievement, Marco Lee reached the finishing line, coming in first for the 50-meter freestyle for his age group against Uplands with his fellow swim team members cheering him on.

—By Hung Ching Song

...one medal at a time

“He walked all the way to George Town!” yelled Mrs. Gina McIntyre, disagreeing with the foul call that the referee made in the varsity boys’ game. The crowd stood to their feet and chanted, “Let’s go Eagles; let’s go!” as the game against Heng Ee intensified.

After the girls earned gold and the boys silver in the zone competition, they went on to play in the championship tournament. The

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whole school squeezed into the gym during P-period to cheer on their teams, which had both competed for the MSSPP state championship title.

The girls defeated Heng Ee and Jit Sin in the first two games. But in the final game, Dalat battled Berapit in a close and intense game that stayed neck and neck until the last quarter when Berapit suddenly pulled ahead.

NTENSELY driving the ball down the court, Danae Frentz pushes away from her opponent towards the basket and scores a layup. The girls battled Heng Ee and won 32–20.

AND winding up for the pitch, Brittany Sasse lets go of the ball and sends it straight across the plate for a strike. The softball team faced Sama Gaga and defeated them 2–1 but lost to Jit Sin in the finals, earning them silver in state.

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UICKLY approaching the end of the pool with both arms moving simultaneously, Jeffrey Hsiao performs the butterfly stroke.

The swim team held a single meet against Uplands International School during the first semester.

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the scoreboard showed 56–40; and the boys knew they had won.

They passed the ball back and forth until the buzzer rang.

“Winning state was one of the most rewarding activities I have ever participated in. I put 110 percent into it, and it definitely paid off,” said Danny Babcock.

The boys overflowed with joy which spread throughout the stands as everyone cheered.

The students then made a tunnel with their hands for the boys to run through to celebrate their victory. They had defeated all their opponents, and—for the third time ever—they held the title of state champs.

—By Sarah Wiesner

MSSPP State Record

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“It was exhilarating to win island, and we really hoped to get double gold; but no matter how the scores turned out, we are proud of how we gave it our all on the court,” said Khalie Mahoney.

The boys, determined to defeat their rivals, started the game against Heng Ee at a fierce pace, gaining a 20-point lead in the first half. But in the second, Heng Ee fought back and evened the score, which excited the crowd.

“I think it was a good thing that the boys lost to Heng Ee in the zone competition because it gave them the determination to win later,” said Miranda Steinert.

As the final seconds of the game ticked by,

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Tapping to the beat of the song, Jessie Brandon, Jonathan Tan, and Cindy Chiem bash away at their percussion instruments.

Middle school students grade six and up had the opportunity to learn to play an instrument of their choice, showcasing their talents to the public during concerts.

The bands, choral groups, and artists created a night of

Donning a pair of sunglasses for a dramatic effect, Danny Babcock raps the concluding verses to “We Are the World.” Students in choir massed their courage to come to the front of the stage, for all eyes to see, for an individual or group performance in solos, duets, or trios

Beautiful Echoes

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From inside the auditorium at TAR college, the thin lines of choir warm-ups worked through the walls to the ears of all those already seated inside. Above the steady hum of exclamations and soft murmurs of kind encouragement from those marveling at the art pieces, the feeling of anticipation and excitement electrified the atmosphere.

“It was really quite sad to realize that this was the last concert I’ll ever play trombone in, and yet at the same time, it was really exciting to play for the last time,” said Sydney McKenzie.

As Mr. Larry Chinn asked people to make their way to their seats, anticipation thrummed.

Beginning with the youngest band and making its way to the high school concert band, the band exhibition of the night ended with the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song (the fourth movie coincidentally premiering the previous day).

With the jazz band on stage, Keanu Lee and Joel Kirk strum away at their guitars, accompanying the three pieces played. Musicians often had the chance to stand up to play solos, or, in the case of Jackie Ashkin, sing a solo.

The choir received thunderous applause from the audience with a solo-based piece called, “We Are the World.”

As Mr. Kerry Mahoney introduced the vocal ensemble to the excited audience, he jokingly bemoaned, “They smiled at me and begged; so though it’s not even in the program, here is ‘Please Mr. Postman’ with a ‘Gershwin for Girls’ introduction.”

Recognizing the art students from the display in the back, the audience hollered in celebration for Christina Kim, Joyce Lee, and Rachel Leung as they received

awards for their pieces.

“My favorite piece that I did was the straw sea horse for AP Art 3D,” said Jamielee Forsdick.

At the end of the night, the artists tore down the set up, and the band students scurried around with stands, instruments, and music. The parents had long since filed out, and forgotten programs lay tumbled beneath chairs. As the overhead lights snapped off one by one, the auditorium sank into darkness; but the beautiful echoes of music and laughter stayed in the hearts of the performers.

—By Khalie Mahoney

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At the Fine Arts Festival, students, teachers, and parents had the chance to view multiple works of arts that students of all grades created. Some of the pieces of art acquired so much attention that Mr. Larry Chinn, at the end of the concert, invited all in the audience to an additional showcasing of the selected pieces at the WAF Fine Art Gallery at Straits Quay.

With a vocal ensemble made up of all girls, Mr. Kerry Mahoney directs as they sing “Please Mr. Postman.” The vocal ensemble only met once a week for practice, but they missed many of these rehearsal times because of all the interruptions of secondsemester scheduling; yet their performance received much attention and applause from the audience.

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2012 to think up creative ways to present their theme, which made it seem like a real fairy-tale story to the seniors.

“We came up with really cool stuff for the photo ops like giant mushrooms and funky cards,” said Joe Merusi.

Besides the colorful decorations, the juniors created live skits and videos to honor the seniors’ final year. The story had seniors searching for their “muchness,” eventually overcoming the Red Queen and her Jabberwocky. Together they found that recognizing their identity and their talents gave them this “muchness.”

“I thought the idea of ‘muchness’ was a creative way to involve our class in the story since it was what defined each of our individual talents,” said George Merusi.

Some juniors decided to honor the seniors through their talents in music throughout the night.

Joel Kirk played a song he specially composed for the seniors, and Nathan Guthrie and Katie Stevens sang “Painting Flowers” by All Time Low. Rebekah Wiesner and Danae Frentz also sang their duet of “Alice (Underground)” by Avril Lavigne.

“The songs were a really cool addition to the program,” said Theresa Phan. “It was something different that I have never heard been done before.”

After the photomontages, tributes, and plenty of memorable pictures, the time finally came for the seniors to slay the Jabberwocky, a red velvet cake shaped like a giant dragon, for the night. Wielding their senior gifts, ‘muchness’ blades, the class triumphed over the beast together.

With unity, tears, and good-byes, the seniors left the night feeling very honored for their final year.

—By James Vo

BETH NGUYEN

“Julie DeVette ‘accidently’ slipped on the prop she was working on and convinced us that the theme was Pirates of the Caribbean,” said Rachel Thorne.

With a flash, the senior class felt whisked into a world where everything looked strange and intriguing. The juniors worked hard to put on an exciting Junior-Senior Banquet using the theme “Alice in Wonderland” on 15 April.

“Looking back, picking our theme was honestly quite a complex process,” said Hung Ching Song. “We narrowed it down to the themes of Alice in Wonderland, Out of This World, Broadway, and Greek Mythology before finally deciding on which we would go with.”

The theme surrounded the seniors in an atmosphere of awe with magical mushrooms and fancy top-hats. Using such a unique idea allowed the class of

On his knees before the Red Queen, Ashlee Copley, the Mad Hatter, Alex Gimson, vows that all the seniors will bring her precious Jabberwocky to his death. The juniors performed live skits throughout the night to tell a story of how the seniors overcame obstacles to find their “muchness.”

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Strumming on his guitar, Joel Kirk accentuates every part in his original song “Footprints.” The song Kirk composed expressed his feelings towards the seniors as they prepared to leave Penang and journey into a different world full of unexpected surprises.

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Knives and “swords” ready at hand, Marieth Kiiza, Frances Wong, Rachel Thorne, Chan-Mi Kim, Jet Song, Xian Yao Ng, James Vo, and Mark Keane slay the Jabberbocky cake to bring the theme of Alice in Wonderland to life. Each of the seniors waited for his or her turn to stab at and receive a piece of the red velvet cake.

Wielding the vorpal sword in front of Alan Thompson, George Merusi, Miranda Steinert, and Nathan Guthrie, Sarah Wiesner shows off its magnificent artificial power. The ruins and the vorpal sword allowed students and staff to take picturesque photos with props that characterized the evening.

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Knife in hand, George Merusi, approaches the targets Dong Jae Koo and Jennifer Vo. After he disposed of them, however, their daughter entered the scene and Merusi realized what he had done. His parents had died in a similar way, and he had done the same to the girl.

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tor’s mind. For Merusi, Bethany Weidemann, and Kaleb Uzzle, the realization that they would never act in a high school drama again came to mind. For underclassmen like Julie DeVette, Joe Merusi, Abbie Brake, Rick Brake, and Jennifer Vo, it meant they could add a successful drama to their resume.

“There’s a ton of stuff to keep track of backstage, and Katie [Stevens] does a great job of finding things when people put them in the wrong places,” said Weidemann.

Though the ending left watchers in tears, the thunderous applause declared the play a success!

—By Daniel Barber

Ducking from Emily Brokaw’s swings with her teaspoon, George Merusi protests, “I’m not here to hurt you!” Trying to figure out how to get his daughter back and take down Rick Brake, Merusi risked approaching his daughter’s protective aunt.

Coldly eyeing up Joel Shafer, Wesley Lee and Keanu Lee wait in tense silence. The relations between the Chinese and American ambassadors involved hidden meanings, barely-veiled threats, and the constant fear of double-crossers

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As Kaleb Uzzle and Bethany Weidemann cuff him, George Merusi merely watches in a daze. Although he intended to bring his enemy, Rick Brake, to justice, he watched hopelessly as his own daughter called him “Daddy.” Since she obviously loved him, Merusi decided to destroy the evidence of Brake’s indiscretions.

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“Do you really expect me to believe that you’d use that on me?” George Merusi says softly to Juliet DeVette, who whacks him on the head soon afterwards and knocks him unconscious. Knowing she would never see her love again, DeVette knelt and kissed his cheek before leaving him lying on the stage alone.

while stationed in China, fell in love with a Chinese woman, Mei Ling. His partner, Buddy, is told by the Chinese government to kill Mei Ling; and this leads to a conflict between Spy Blue and Buddy,” said Merusi, who played the lead role.

The actors and sound people created a memorable drama, giving students a show that they enjoyed and about which they willingly expressed their excitement.

“My favorite was how realistic everything seemed, such as the sound effects and the romance,” said Ooychai Yuthiwattana.

As the drama ended, different thoughts ran through each ac-

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“Would you like to buy a ticket to the drama?” asked Mr. Mark Sasse as he monitored the cafeteria.

“Oh, oh, I want one!” said Beth Nguyen and Theresa Phan.

After the Wawasan Open University premiere, conversations buzzed with comments.

“Spy Blue obviously had a lot of work put into it because it was well done. I found the story compelling, and I didn’t want to miss anything that was said, so I could fully understand the plot,” said Hannah Jones.

Second-semester drama began its journey early first semester, during a P-period taught by Mr. Sasse. Throughout the semester, the writers—George Merusi, Jackie Ashkin, Cierra Nash, Emily Brokaw, and Joyce Lou— relentlessly worked to create the drama’s plot about “...an American spy named Spy Blue, who,

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Harry Mak Frances Wong

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“I can’t believe time has flown by so fast,” sighed Daniel Barber.

Before anyone could even come to grips with reality, only a single week of school remained— one jam packed with events.

For the first time ever since the tradition started, seniors willed away their belongings in conjunction with senior chapel.

The seniors provided insight into what advice they believed would have the most impact on the rest of the student body as a part of the senior chapel. Their skit communicated the vital message of how Christians ought to evangelize and not hide their God-given light from their peers.

At the baccalaureate service, the seniors once again led the masses in a time of praise and worship, with Nathan Steel and Harry Mak coming forth to provide their fellow seniors with tokens of wisdom accordingly. Mr. Rick Hurlbut likewise conveyed the graduating class with prudent advice that he deemed as a quick run-through of an “Apologetics 101” Bible class.

Also for the first time ever, the traditional senior tea service shifted from the morning to an evening with the addition of senior reflections moved from the commencement exercises. And when the crowds amassed into

the ballroom, almost all stared— amazed at the overflowing number of plates of desserts made by the school staff.

Just as the year quickly passed, the last week of the seniors’ high school careers came to an abrupt end, bringing them face to face with the ceremonious, final event: commencement.

—By Elizabeth Nguyen To express their appreciation, Dianna Kes, JiHyun Park, Miranda Steinert, and Khalie Mahoney dedicate a song to their sponsors.

Mr. Karl and Mrs. Jacki Steinkamp, Mr. David and Mrs. Bethany Thomas, and Mr. Steve Liss devoted countless hours of their personal time as class sponsors.

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Final Moments

Evangelically sharing her light with others, Dianna Kes convinces Chan-Mi Kim to desist from cheating in life. The seniors conveyed to the rest of high school their chosen message that Christians ought to shine for the sake of loving others and God.

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Dressed stylishly in their class shirts, Seung Jou Jun, Sarah Wiesner, Danny Babcock, and Brittany Sasse prepare to lead the high school in a time of worship. Seniors also provided their underclassmen with snippets of advice in between the songs.

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238 Awards, Senior Activities

As the class president, Nathan Steel addresses his fellow seniors at the baccalaureate service preceding commencement by a few days. At Baccalaureate, the class led the audience in a time of praise and worship and emphasized the importance of God guiding their future paths.

Providing the senior parents with a glimpse of the entertainment presented on the night of the Junior-Senior Banquet, Nathan Guthrie and Danae Frentz sing the lyrics of “Alice (Underground)” by Avril Lavigne. The juniors also decorated the ballroom with a few of the photo ops from JSB.

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Notes of “Pomp and Circumstance” floated through the ballroom of Paradise Hotel as Danny Babcock began the slow procession of seniors down the aisle towards their last hours as high school students.

After the seniors had situated themselves in their seats, Mr. Richard Jones gave the prayer of invocation to start the ceremony.

Salutatorian Chan-Mi Kim spoke to the class about not living to leave a legacy but living to lead a selfless life for the sake of following Christ’s commands.

Then JiHyun Park addressed her class as valedictorian, opening and closing her speech with the initially unexpected question of, “What is your Antarctica?” Symbolic of the journey of Earnest Shackleton, Park had subliminally inquired of her class the question, “What is your purpose?”

A photomontage of pictures from class events allowed for a

break in the evening of speeches and let parents and friends see how the class had grown and changed over the last four years.

Class sponsor Mr. Karl Steinkamp stood up to give the Commencement Address and provided his audience with statistics regarding the general outlook of future events for graduating classes of high school.

One by one, the seniors crossed the stage and received diplomas from Mr. Steinkamp as Mr. Brian Brewster called each person’s name. In return, each senior gave Mr. Steinkamp a tie so that, by the end of the evening, he practically had on a backwards cape.

Once the class had made its way back to their seats, President Nathan Steel rose and ceremoniously led in the turning of their tassels, officially entering them into the ranks of high school alumni.

—By Bethany Weidemann

Lined up in the back of the Paradise Hotel ballroom, Mark Keane, Seung Jou Jun, Hannah Jones, Kevin Huang, and Anna Fu wait patiently for their turn to proceed ceremoniously down the aisle. Seniors felt a mix of feelings as graduation approached.

Valedictorian JiHyun Park stands before her graduating class and inquires of them, “What is your Antarctica?” Park delivered her speech with clear intentions of challenging and inspiring her fellow seniors to seek our their God given purpose in life

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COLOPHON Dalat International School is an elementary and high 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.$50.00 to Dalat International School, Tanjung Bunga, 11200 Penang, Malaysia.

Four-hundred and fifty copies of the 2011 Reflector, Volume 49, were printed by Phoenix Press of Penang, Malaysia. Body type throughout the book is a 10 pt. Adobe Garamond Pro; theme captions are in 9 pt. Hobo Std. Division page headlines are in 67pt. Hobo Std; the kicker is in 30pt. Handwriting Dakota; captions are in 9 pt. Hobo Std. People’s Lives headlines are in 35 pt. Nueva Std; the kicker is in 12 pt. Papyrus; captions are in 8.5pt. Nueva Std. Groups headlines are in 36 pt. American Typewriter; captions are in 8 pt. American Typewriter Condensed. Academics headlines are in 37 pt. Berliner Grotesk; captions are in 8 pt. Berliner Grotesk. Sports headlines are in 50 pt. PortagolTC TT; kickers are in 16 pt. Minion Pro; captions are in 9 pt. Minion Pro. Student Life headlines are in 36 pt. Book Jacket; the kicker is in 24 pt. Tw Cen MT; the captions are in 10 pt. Tw Cen Mt. All copy was written by the high school journalism staff. The computer programs used were Microsoft Word 2008, Adobe InDesign CS3, and Adobe Photoshop CS3. The staff used 10 iMacs and one Power Macintosh G5. The staff printed rough drafts on Canon GP405 printer. All student, staff, and group portraits were taken with a Nikon 990 Coolpix digital camera. All candids, underclassmen, and staff portraits (except those noted by photo credits) were taken by Reflector staff photographers.

Special thanks to Emily Brokaw for the final proofreading, to Mrs. Jacki Steinkamp and Mr. Jonathan Steffen and others who shared their photos on “I-Drive,” to Kael Steinert for finding the “push man” icon, and to Mrs. Valeri Brokaw for assistance in naming the group photos.

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, Junior-Senior Banquet, drama, and graduation activities.

2011 REFLECTOR STAFF: Hung Ching Song, Academics; Sarah Wiesner, Sports; James Vo, People; Sydney McKenzie, Editor; Jennifer Park, People; Khalie Mahoney, Academics; Daniel Barber, Groups; Bethany Weidemann, Groups; Mr. John “Tommy” Tompkins, Adviser; Beth Nguyen, Student Life; Miranda Steinert, Sports; Emily Brokaw, Proofreader