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International Day - 1China's National Holiday - 2

Talent Show - 3Spirit Days - 4

Ayi Appreciation Day - 5iSC HS Volleyball Tournament - 6

iSC MS Soccer Tournament - 7Local MS Soccer Tournament (Weihai) - 8

Halloween/Book Review - 9Psychology - 10

Pocky Day/Cake Day - 11Meeya's Recipe - 12

iSC Teacher Conference/Teacher of the Month - 13Students of the Month - 14Word Search/Sudoku - 15Halloween Crossword - 16

On September 27th, YHIS’ fourth InternationalDay started with a grand flag parade. Everyelementary and secondary student spent aboutone month in their grades and advisory groupsto research different countries' interestingfacts and cultures such as songs, foods, andclothes. Also, parents prepared their boothsfull of various countries’ foods and symbolsthat show the cultures of the countries. Everystudent, parent and teacher had opportunitiesto get to know countries that they never knewbefore. The Student Council providedentertainment by running several gamestations in the StuCo Carnival. Students alsoprepared various countries’ traditionalperformances under the direction of our YHISmusic teacher, Ms. Chaffee.

W H A T ' S I N S I D E T H I S N E W S P A P E R :

THE SHARK TIMESYHIS Student Newspaper

INTERNATIONAL DAY 2019Written by: Cathy Lee (G10)

Through the International Day, YHIS studentswere able to learn and feel unity of the globethrough plentiful games, paintings, songs, andperformances. I hope that YHIS students canget to know the variety of cultures and people,and learn to respect different cultures in thisworld, starting from this international schoolexperience.

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National Holiday is the second biggest holiday in China, running from October 1st to October7th. It is the celebration of the founding of the Republic of China, which derives from the year1949. It begins with the ceremony of raising the country's flag when the sun rises inTiananmen Square in the Chinese capital of Beijing. In 1999, the Chinese governmentexpanded the holiday to a week-long holiday, which is also known as the Golden Week. SinceNational Holiday is the second longest one in China, people have a lot of time to travel to theirhometowns or other cities to celebrate. It is a highly valued time for Chinese people!              Nowadays, the Chinese celebrate with traditional ceremonies, such as playing drums andwatching the dragon dance with their families and friends. Sometimes, groups of two peoplewill compete with the dragon dance. There is no particular food that the Chinese eat for thecelebration of National Holiday, but usually, they eat crabs and ducks, which are commonlyfound in autumn. Another activity that takes place in the National Holiday is setting offfireworks with their beautiful shapes and various colors.

CHINA'S NATIONAL HOLIDAYWritten by: Olivia Kim (G8)

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TALENT SHOW 2019Written by: Neo (G12)

YHIS hosted a talent show on October 11,2019. It was the first talent show in YHIShistory. Parents, staff, and students cameto watch Elementary and Secondarystudents share some fantastic musical andskillful talents. There were seventeenparticipants who showed their wonderfultalents from grade 1 to 11. There werevarious kinds of talents including playingpiano, violin, drum set, and bells, as well assinging. During the break between theshow, elementary teachers danced to themusic called “The Git Up”. The teachersshowed us their hidden dance skills.

High school members from 10th grade to 12thgrade helped with the talent show. They set thestage for each participant, greeted theaudience, and introduced the acts. Neo was anMC and successfully led the shows even thoughhe didn’t have a script. The audience liked hisimprovisation. Additionally, three teachers andthree parents came to judge the shows. Thejudges enjoyed the acts and at the same time,they worked very hard to decide on the winners.Afterward, the judges decided on four winners.The winners were the acts of jump rope, pianoplaying, and traditional Chinese dance. Overall, the show laid a foundation of schoolunity which we will continue to build onthroughout the year. Students, parents and staffall had an enjoyable time, and the first talentshow was a perfect way to show and grow thefour learning outcomes: Purpose, Connection,Courage, and Service.

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On October 16, 2019, YHIS students and staff celebrated Superhero Spirit day! of the Studentsdressed as Snow White, Superman, Batman and many more. Some of the elementary studentswore long and shiny dresses.  Mr. Kim, the secondary STEM teacher, commented that through the YHIS spirit day, he wasable to feel like a part of the school by dressing up in character with students and staff. Healso said that YHIS Spirit day can be improved if more students would actively participate. Heemphasized how happiness and flexible hearts are the most important things in our life. Asstudents participate in the spirit days, the flexible atmosphere will affect the students inpositive ways. Mr. Kim also suggested to clothing exchange Spirit day where studentsexchange clothes with others. Mrs. Bond, a third-grade teacher, remarked about the creativity of students on Spirit Day.Students showed their various creative sides as they expressed themselves through differentcharacters. She also commented that YHIS Spirit days can be improved if more studentsactively participate. Student Council members can lead the secondary students toenthusiastically participate and also announce the date of the spirit days a month before inorder to give students more time to prepare. She recommended having Disney character day,twin day, and generational day where students dress up in different generations, such aselders or babies.

SPIRIT DAYSWritten by: Elly (G8)

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AYI APPRECIATION DAY Written by: Dennis (G10)

On October 17, YHIS had Ayi Appreciation Day for around an hour in the morning. Thepurpose of the event was to show gratitude to all the people working in our school. Highschool students who are enrolled in the Service and Leadership class, including all thestudents from 10th to 12th grade, participated in different ways to prepare for this event. Ayis are the people (cleaners, securities, etc) who work for our school harder than anyone else,although they are not our teachers. Every day, they clean the whole school thoroughly fromthe stairways, corridors, to the classrooms, and bathrooms. Some of them work as security atthe main entrance to make sure our school is secured without any intruders sneaking inside.Thanks to their effort, whenever we go to either the bathroom or anywhere else at the school,it’s always clean and provides us with a pleasant environment to study. They take charge ofsuch an important role for our school. Without their contributions, there would be lots ofinconveniences and difficulties going on. Despite contributions Ayis are putting into ourschool, there are sometimes students that are ignorant of what they’re doing. Therefore, theService and Leadership class wanted the school to be aware of Ayis’ efforts by holding an AyiAppreciation Day. Three weeks before the event, students started to prepare and think of the best way toexpress thanks to Ayis. The plan was to interview different kinds of teachers and grades fromfirst grade to ninth grade and to film them saying a thanks message to the Ayis, then to showthe video edited with all the people’s thanks messages together. Mr. Jeffers, the instructor ofService and Leadership class helped to prepare a variety of foods for the Ayis to enjoy. At theevent, students met many Ayis, and had time to talk with them and get to know each other.Different kinds of foods like soups, breads, dumplings, and drinks were provided for Ayis, andthe event ended with showing the thank you video. Daniel Jung, 10th grade, who was an editorfor the video, commented that although he had to spend a lot of time editing for the videountil midnight, it was such a meaningful time for him, and he was glad Ayis enjoyed the video.  If you’re walking down the corridor, and you see one of our school’s cleaner or securityhelpers, try to say “Thanks!” to them. It doesn’t have to be a long sentence, but just a shortmessage is enough. Ayis would definitely appreciate it!

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HS ISC VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTWritten by: Dennis (G10)

From October 17th to 20th, YHISand YIA secondary studentsparticipated in the ISC volleyballtournament held at WuxiInternational School. It’s especiallymeaningful this year since it’s thefirst tournament where YHIS and YIAstudents got to play together as oneteam. All ISC schools participated inthe tournament, including ourschool and five other schools: WYIS,TIS, ISW, ISQ, and CDIS.

Our teams played as hard as they could over the next few days. With only a few secondarystudents at our school, the team has practiced hard for months before the tournament. Theydidn’t hesitate to throw their bodies to dig the ball; they encouraged each other although theylost points. When the team became exhausted, other team members shouted out, “One, two,three, SHARKS!” No one gave up until the scoreboard reached 25. Unfortunately, even thoughthe teams showed great improvements and plays throughout every game, they couldn’t obtaina victory. However, winning the game isn’t the most important thing, but that the teamsuccessfully showed cooperation and communication with each other. During the final matcheson Sunday, both teams had close matches, but ended in 6th place. There was a Sportsmanship Award, which is an honorable award given to the team with thebest manners throughout the whole tournament. The YHIS boys won it! Receiving asportsmanship award was very meaningful because YHIS has a shorter history and doesn’thave many students compared to other iSC schools. One of the participants from the boys’ volleyball team, Ben Jung, said “Although we weren’table to win a match, I feel glad that all of the YIA and YHIS students were successful incooperating and were more united. I hope that we can earn better results next year with morepractice."

Thursday was the opening dayof the tournament, andunfortunately our team wasn’table to arrive on time for thefirst match due to traveldelays. Although we didn’thave time to warm up, boththe boys and girls teams put100% of their energy into thegame, but sadly weren't able topull out a win.

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During the first half, Coach Bond put Faisal in as asubstitute. Throughout the tournament, Faisal came offthe bench to play a multitude of positions as needed. Healways had a positive attitude and a willingness to workhard. Shortly before halftime, JiHoon Kim passed acrossthe penalty box to Faisal, who trapped the ball and shotit into the goal. With a dedicated defense and a lot ofoutstanding saves from team captain Kevin Jeon, theSharks held on for the 1-0 victory! The tournament’s Sportsmanship Trophies wereawarded based on the opinions of the opposing coachesand match referees. The boys and girls were recognizedfor not only playing hard, but also for playing in the rightway and remaining positive despite the gap of thescores. They represented YHIS very well and have somuch to be proud of. Mr. Bond wants to thank our many parents whovolunteered to serve during the tournament and cheeron our teams. We are blessed to be a part of such asupportive and loving community.

ISC MS SOCCER TOURNAMENT Written by: Neo (G12)

From October 24th~27th, YHIS held the iSC Middle School Soccer Tournament, as we do everyyear. All the players from the iSC schools in China gathered together in Yantai to competewith each other and enjoy the time together. During the season, the YHIS boys and girls persevered through tiredness, injuries, and hardlosses. Despite the fact that they didn’t have any substitute players, they continued to workhard as a team. In all of their matches, they showed heart, courage, and determination forstriving to play their best. 

The team captain of the girls’team, Victoria L., made a lot ofsuper saves, and Grace S. was aninvincible defense. While their finalmatch of the tournament ended ina 1-0 loss, the girls played theirbest game. On Thursday andFriday, the boys held on for a 1-1draw against Wuxi and enduredthree lopsided losses. Coach Bondchallenged the boys to believe thatthey could score a goal.

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On October 12, the YHIS middle school soccer team participated in a local soccer tournamentheld in Weihai. The boys’ team played against three other teams from St. Paul , Weihai, andYew Wah, and the girls’ team played two other teams from Weihai and Yew Wah. In the early morning at 6:10am, the bus picked up all the YHIS players and they headed toWei Hai with snacks and excitement. Weihai has a big field like Aihua’s and was split into twohalves to have both girls and boys teams play at the same time. 

LOCAL MS SOCCER TOURNAMENT- WEIHAIWritten by: Victoria (G7)

The first girls team match was a win against Weihai with a score of 2:0! The second game wasa tie against Yew Wah. Then the girls played the same teams again after lunch. Frank, a 6thgrade player from the Sharks said, “We didn’t win but we almost won against Yew Wah.”Meeya, a 6th grade player from the girls Sharks said, “I mostly enjoyed the teamwork wehad!” After the tournament judges gave out trophies and headed back to Yantai, but sadly gotstuck in a traffic jam for an hour. On the bus, they sang and played. It was a fun time!

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WHAT IS HALLOWEEN?Written by: Kate (G7)

Halloween is a traditional celebration thatstarted in Europe hundreds of years ago. Inthe past, people believed that on October 31st,the boundary line of dead people's world andliving people's world breaks down. As a result,ghosts from the world of death come back tothe world of the living. To make the spiritsleave the world of the living, people worecostumes of ghosts to try to scare them away.  Nowadays, people also wear pretty, funny,scary costumes, and even dress up as historicalfigures for Halloween. They tell each otherscary ghost stories, watch horror movies, andenjoy parties. Children also go trick-or-treatingdressed up in costumes and receive candy. It isa fun time for family and friends!

Thatched cottage is a novel written by Cao Wenxuan,published in 1997.  This is a story of a movingchildhood in the countryside in the early 1960s inYau Ma Tei. It is told from the perspective of Sansangover a six-year period in Elementary school. Sansangis a happy child, with a headmaster for a father, afarmer as a mother, and a lovely sister.  The noveltells the story of five children: Sansang, four otherchildren, and their Chinese teacher. The first chapter tells about a bald boy. His nameactually comes from how tall he is. Like a cranestands tall in a flock of birds, so they call him "BaldCrane". He is fond of mischief. He teases teacher andother peers. All his teachers are frustrated with him,but even bad students can do good things! The mostimpressive talent he has is his musical and artisticabilities, which he reveals at a concert performance.He has a mysterious special existence. There are more excitement that you can find as youexplore further chapters!

BOOK REVIEW : THATCHED COTTAGE（草房⼦）Written by: Victoria (G7)

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Sigmund Freud is one of the most famouspsychologists in the world. He was an Austrianneurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. Hefound a method to treat patients who have certainmental problems by having conversations betweenpatients and psychoanalysts. One article commentsthat “Freud believed that people could be cured bymaking conscious the patients' unconsciousthoughts and giving motivations to the patients,thus gaining 'insight'.” He gave great influences to alot of people by developing many theories abouthuman minds in the field of psychology.

Jean Piaget is a Swiss psychologist known for children development in which henecessitated the education of children. He developed four stages of cognitivedevelopment: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete, and formal. Sensorimotor isthe first step from birth of the children to age two. Children in this step feel and movethrough their senses. Preoperational stage is the second stage, starting from age twoto age seven. Yet, children do not understand about the world a lot and cannot thinklogically. The third stage is the concrete stage, from age seven to eleven which in thisperiod, children can start to think and understand by themselves, but there are stillsome limitations on physical actions. The last stage of cognitive development is theformal stage, which happens from age eleven to sixteen and above. Children in thisstage can have a thoughtful mind and critical thinking. The four stages of cognitivedevelopments are essential to people’ lives as they are closely related with education,the most significant part of our lives.

WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?Written by: Shaina (G12)

"When I look at the world, I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people, I am optimistic," said CarlRogers, a famous psychologist. Psychology is correlated with many fields, such as the medicaland scientific fields. It is the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, includingthought processes and emotions of people. Psychology is significant to us because it is an aidin helping people who have mental pain and exhaustion to relax and take care of their mentalhealth. Since all aspects of our lives are connected to human emotions, minds, or thoughts,psychology is an integral study. One of the most famous psychologists is Sigmund Freud, thefounder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialoguebetween a patient and a psychoanalyst. He showed people how to influence and cure otherswho are disheartened and unfortunate. Psychology is very significant not only to humansocieties, but also to individuals. The psychological effects influence numerous fields. As aresult, I believe we should all study deeper into psychology.

PSYCHOLOGISTS : SIGMUND FREUD & JEAN PIAGETWritten by: Shaina (G12)

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Have you heard of Pocky Day? We celebrate iton November 11th, and it is a day when weshare Pockies, chocolate-coated long biscuits,with friends. Do you know why Pocky Day is onNovember 11th? It is because the date lookslike Pocky! The sticks look like the number one,and November 11th, 11/11, looks like there arefour Pockies together!  In 1963, the Ezaki Glico Food Corporationcreated a cracker stick snack. Then after threeyears, in 1966, he decided to add chocolates onthe cracker stick that he created. From thistime, people started to call this snack "Pocky". On Pocky Day this year, the student councilmarket sold Korean Pockies, also known asPeperos, for five yuan. Because it wasaffordable, so many students were able toenjoy Peperos with their friends. There werethree flavors: white chocolate, chocolate filled,and almond chocolate. Neo Kim (12th grade), the school presidentwho oversees the student council, said that helikes Pocky Day because on that day, we canshare our Pockies with other friends andteachers. Also, he thinks that Pockies aredelicious snacks, especially the chocolatecovered ones!

November 26th is National Cake Day, anunofficial holiday that celebrate cakes,known as symbols of celebration and one ofthe champion foods. The exact origin ofNational Cake Day is unknown, but thecomplex history of cakes are recognized.Cakes come from the Old Norse word, kaka.Some historians believe that cakes wereinvented right after bread was developed.Interestingly, in the United States, cakescame from Great Britain.  People in the world celebrate National CakeDay by buying cakes and sharing them withtheir families, friends, and people who theyare thankful for. When National Cake Dayfalls on Thanksgiving Day, people sometimeseven replace pies with cakes. To make them, we need to go throughvarious steps. First, choose the type of cakethat you want to make. What type of cakesdo you like the most? Then, choose the rightbaking pan depending on the size of thecake you want to make. Next, stir theingredients you need with sugar, butter andeggs. Then you bake it in the preheatedoven. Finally, when you are finished baking,cool the cake, put on the toppings you wantand eat it up!

POCKY DAYWritten by: Aaron (G9)

NATIONAL CAKE DAYWritten by: Olivia (G8)

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Ingredients: Knife, Fruit, Plate, Lemon  1. Cut the fruit into small pieces, so that it is easy to eat.  3. Mix the fruit with the juice. 

2. Squeeze the lemon the extract juice.  4. Enjoy eating!

MEEYA'S SUPER DUPER FRUIT SALADWritten by: Meeya (G6) and Kate (G7)

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TEACHER OF THE MONTHWritten by: Frank Lee (G6)

Ms. McKenzie Evans is the teacher of the month for October. She isa ninth and tenth grade ELA teacher at YHIS and YIA. She grew up inNorthern Virginia and graduated from Nyack College in New York.She has been to India, England, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Cambodia,Canada, Italy, and China. She was impressed by different things ineach country and loved learning about different cultures. Ms. Evanschose to work with iSC because she firmly believes in teaching witha perspective that is both professional and values-centered. Sheloves collaboration, creative problem solving, and engagingstudents through interactive activities.              She has worked in our school for a month and a half. When she wasyoung, her goal was to be a teacher. She became a teacher becauseshe wanted to work with students during a time when they formtheir identities. She wants to work with students as they becomecritical thinkers, and reflect on who they are and what they cancontribute to the world. She commented that “the world is broken inmany ways, but it is also beautiful.” She wants to “prepare studentsto find joy in the brokenness of the world and to thrive in itsbeauty.” She added that “through literature, students can find thebeauty of the world”.

ISC TEACHER CONFERENCE 2019Written by: Elly (G8)

The iSC Teacher Conference was held at YHIS from November 14 to November 16, 2019. Allthe teachers working for iSC schools came together for this conference! The purpose was todiscuss and learn ways to improve their teaching and find the most effective ways to teachstudents. Mr. Price commented that the iSC Teacher Conference is great for learning new things.Teachers can discover how others teach and absorb these good methods so that they can helpstudents to learn and grow. Ms. Carroll mentioned that the conference is a very helpfulmeeting time with others as she continues to grow as a teacher. She pointed out how thespeakers gave tips in teaching, influencing, and leading students.

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OCTOBER: STUDENT OF THE MONTHWritten by: Kate (G7)

NOVEMBER : STUDENT OF THE MONTHWritten by: Aaron (G9)

Q. What do you think is the best part about yourself?A. I like to make other people that I meet feel comfortable, especially when they are new. Even when we meet for the first time, I act like I am a friend of him/her for a long time, then become good friends. I am also good at making two people who fight to get along with each other again.   Q. How did you feel when you first came to YHIS?A. When I first came to YHIS, I couldn't adapt, and Emma, my friend, adapted faster than me, so she helped me. I also get along with her friends.  Q. How do you feel about YHIS now?A. I think YHIS is a good school because of our delicious cafeteria food and kind teachers.  Q. What was the hardest moment in your life?A. It was hard for me to make new friends here at YHIS, but after I got used to it, I found somenew friends. What do you think of Lisa?Patrick: I think Lisa is really good at ceramics, so she helps me a lot.Tommy: Lisa is unique and special.Kate: She is very friendly, and she makes peoples to feel comfortable and joyful.David: She is active and positive.Frank: I think she is really good at ceramics.

Faten is a 9th grader who is a new student to YHIS. She is fromSaudi Arabia and speaks Arabic. Arabic is an interesting languagebecause it is actually read from right to left. Also, the Arabicnumbers are different than the numbers we use in Korean,Chinese, or English. Faten has three younger brothers, but she doesnot have any sisters. Her hobbies are playing volleyball and playinga video game called "Fortnite." Faten played for the YHIS girls'volleyball team! Faten's favorite ice cream flavor is chocolatebecause it is sweet and delicious. Her favorite colors are blue andpurple. Faten’s favorite things about YHIS are her friends and musicclass. She enjoys music class (choir) because it is fun. She alsomentioned that the students, her friends, and teachers in ourschool are very kind and helpful. She is making new friends, and wehope that she adapts to life in China!

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WORD SEARCHCreated by: Cathy (G10)

SUDOKU

Sudoku is a traditional math-based puzzle game fromSwitzerland. It is divided intonine rows, columns, andboxes. Each of the squaresshould include a numberfrom one to nine. Eachnumber can only appear oncein a row, a column, and a box.The difficult part of Sudoku isthat there cannot berepetition of numbers in thesame row, column, or box!You have to squeeze yourbrain! Have fun!

Created by: Elly (G8)

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HALLOWEEN GAMESCreated by: Meeya (G6)

T H E S H A R K T I M E S

Student Writers, Editors, & Formatters: Frank (G6), Meeya (G6), Victoria (G7), Kate (G7),

Olivia (G8), Elly (G8), Aaron (G9), Cathy (G10), Dennis (G10), David (G11), Shaina (G12), Neo (G12)

Advisors: Mr. and Mrs. Jeffers