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TODAY IN THE SPOTLIGHT - SFS Opinion Column
Service + Learning
REGULAR FEATURES
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT Service has a long history at SFS and it continues to grow and have an increasing relevance to the learning experience of our students.
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SNAP SHOT BOX Christmas Concerts Bring Joy, Biking across Korea, John Joseph the ‘Brain Guy’
IN FOCUS Discovery Week Cover Story Our High School Students - exploring and serving around the globe during the first week of November.
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Even with all that has been happening in the area of community service, the last few years has seen a growing desire for more students to be involved in service activities. at a glance: • For nearly 15 years, the SFS Middle School and Key Stage 3 students have raised well over US$150,000 dollars for World Vision just by giving up food for 30 hours. • Each February and March the entire SFS community rallies together to raise tens of thousands of dollars to help tuberculosis patients in North Korea. • In the 1990’s, the Grade 1 students started fundraising to pay for the heat for an orphanage here in Seoul and supported that orphanage for over a decade until it was financially stable and not in need of the donations. • For over 20 years, High School students have been a part of service trips to impoverished countries. • In the High School, there are now 20 clubs that are committed to being involved in service and the Discovery Week program adds more service courses each year in response to this growing desire.
From Dongdaewon and the Philippines Service Trip, to the 30 Hour Famine and River of Grace, Seoul Foreign School has had a long history of community service. And today we are faced with a very real challenge, especially for younger students, in finding ways to be involved in meaningful service projects that involve more than just fundraising. Currently a task force has been formed to look at the possibility of integrating service more intentionally within the curriculum.
Rather than just doing community service, the concept of Service Learning is being explored with the hope of enabling students of all ages to learn how they can respond to the needs around them in meaningful acts of service and then reflect on those experiences. The desire is that for SFS students, service will not just be an act that is done, but a lifestyle that is lived throughout their lives. Amos Lyso, Christian Ministries Coordinator
Ban Ki-moon’s Message for SFS Hosting the Model United Nations Conference in Seoul our students were proud ambassadors.
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Grandparents & Special Friends Our new annual event, sharing our history, vision for the future and our appreciation of the role they play in our students’ lives.
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Moms in prayer Celebrating their contribution and dedication over the years.
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