Eagle Eye - May 2012

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Dalat International School, Tanjung Bunga, 11200 Penang, Malaysia

What’s Inside: Going, Going, Gone! . . 2 Juniors auction of themselves to raise class funds

Sleeping with Fishes . . 2 Eighth graders take annual trip, this time to Pulau Payar and Pulau Langkawi

Just Read It . . . . . . . . 3 Elementary students compete in “Battle of the Books”

Eagles in the Mud . . . . 4 Girls play softball in the “Mud Bowl”

A Western Taming . . . . 4 Middle Schoolers spoof Shakespeare in Rowdy Kate

Much Ado About . . . 5 StuCo sponsors Talent Night

An Empty Tomb! . . . . 6 Easter Celebrations!

So, Where Do We Go? . . 8 Seniors thank juniors for wonderful JSB Eagle’s Eye Staff Note: This copy of the school paper has been written by the students in the Advanced Placement English 12 class. Writers: Abbie Brake, Emily Brokaw, Nathan Danneker, Joel Kirk, Keegan Ladner, Karl Reeves, Joel Shafer, Jordan Strong, Winnie Tan, David Tse Adviser: Mr. John “Tommy” Tompkins

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3, 2, 1, JSB! video game fame. Participants followed Martens and Yuthiwattana (“Mario” and “Luigi”) through exciting races as seniors competed for the win and demonstrated their own special abilities. The funniest—and freakiest—moments occurred while the audience watched as a normal looking senior face morphed into a “Mii” character in preparation for the race. Upon each video’s completion, juniors took the stage for the tributes.

As Luke Martens (11) and Ooychai Yuthiwattana (11), sporting suspenders and baseball caps, bantered back and forth in Italian accents on the chapel stage, murmuring rippled through the crowd. “What are they doing?” “What does this mean?” “Does anybody know?” On 20 April, students and staff gathered in the chapel to watch the introduction of the night and hear the announcement of next year’s junior sponsors— Mrs. Bethany Thomas, Mr. Jason Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Chinn, and Mr. and Mrs. Karl Steinkamp. Freshmen helpers served iced lemon tea, and the initial background music of the night—taken from soundtracks like The Sound of Music and The Phantom of the Opera— proved successfully confusing. After loading up the buses, a 45-minute ride brought them to Trader’s Hotel, where up two escalators and into a lobby area revealed what the clues behind the Italian accents, the brightlycolored suspenders, and the hints about “racing” had meant: Mario Kart! Interspersed about the lobby and lining the walls of the ballroom stood a towering structure of Bowser’s castle, plenty of mushrooms, cut-out boards with the faces of famous characters, a Rainbow bridge, and other iconic symbols of unmistakable 1

By Abbie Brake

“My favorite part was listening to the tributes and seeing all the baby pictures! I never thought JSB would come. Since I was in 8th grade I only watched everyone else get ready—but then, it came!” said Joy Kim (10). “Since I know a lot of seniors,” said Ina Park (10), “it was exciting to hear the tributes about them and yet sad to think that they will be leaving.” Although not everyone had on racing-worthy gear, the (Continued on page 2, col. 1)

To Speak...or Not? On the morning of 24 March, 13 eager speech contestants bustled into the chapel to receive instruction from their dedicated coaches. “Make sure you show the other students to the classrooms and check the contestant numbers,” Ms. Jasmane Frans, the head of the Forensics Speech and Drama Club, reminded her students as they reviewed the order of events and the tasks allotted to each Dalat competitor. Six weeks after the annual SEA Forensics Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, the forensics group hosted its own local competition, inviting the Methodist Girls’ School and Tenby International School to display their talent in a small, friendly tournament. The tournament included

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By Emily Brokaw

five events: Oral Interpretation (OI), Original Oratory (OO), Impromptu Speaking, Solo Acting, and Duet Acting. “The tournament was much more relaxed and less stressful than that in KL. It was a great opportunity for those who didn’t travel to KL to practice what they had learned as well as to showcase a few pieces that had been performed,” said Abbie Brake (12), a finalist from the KL tournament who competed in duet acting during the March competition. Inviting the finalists and competitors from the KL tournament—including Karl Reeves (12), Juliet DeVette (12), Hung Ching Song (12), Emma Chinn (10), and Brittany Hurlbut (10)— (Continued on page 2, col. 3) May 2012


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