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Items: Korean Culture Day Next Week HIS Hoodie Order; Koto Workshop; HIS Idol; Annual Hiroshima Peace Art Exhibition; Mission and Vision Translations. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community I hope you all had a relaxing break over the New Year. We are very excited about our Korean Culture Day next week. Thank you to all the families involved in this event. One quick note today about the post-winter-break season when we tend to experience a lot of sickness of various kinds, including the flu, of course. One of the realities of school life is that what children do at home, they also do at school. For this reason, we would like to ask all parents to please reinforce these simple ways to reduce the spread of germs and hopefully, we will…

Items: Festive Eve Translating the HIS Vision & Mission Statements; Parent/Teacher/Student Volleyball; Koto Workshop for Parents; Principal's Report Dear HIS Community We are involved in a year-long self-study at the moment in preparation for a re-accreditation visit by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and also the International Baccalaureate (IB) in Autumn of 2020. We were very happy that over 80% of our school community responded that they understood the HIS vision and mission, however, we were hoping to get that to 100% and as language can be a barrier, one project we wanted to look at was the translation of our Mission and Vision into all the languages spoken in our school community. Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams gave this talk just weeks after visiting Hiroshima in 2010, exploring…

Wicked summary (English, Japanese & Korean) Wicked (위키드) 뮤지컬 「위키드」는 오즈라는 나라에서 이야기가 시작됩니다. 「위키드」는 「오즈의 마법사」의 속편이기 때문에 몇몇의 등장인물들은 이미 친숙 할 것입니다. 이 작품은 서쪽의 사악한 마녀, ‘엘파바’의 죽음에 기뻐하는 오즈의 시민들과 착한 마녀 ‘글린다’의 등장으로 이야기가 시작하게 됩니다. 그리고 글린다는 뒤늦게나마 마녀들의 좋지않은 평판을 균형 잡으려고 합니다.  과연 마녀들은 태어날때부터 사악했을까요? 그리고 오프닝에서는 ‘엘파바’의 피부색이 왜 초록색인지, ‘글린다’와 ‘엘파바’가 시즈 대학에서 어떻게 만났는지를 설명해줄 것입니다. 다음으로, 휠체어를 타고있는 ‘엘파바’의 이복동생 ‘네사로스’, 시즈 대학의 학장으로 그린다와 엘파바를 룸메이트로 삼은 것, 모두가 싫어하고 있는 여교장 ‘마담 모리블’, ‘보크’와 사랑에 빠진 ‘네사로스’, 그리고 ‘글린다’와 사랑에 빠져 삼각관계를 이루는 ‘보크’ 등이 등장합니다. ‘피에로’는 뒤늦게 학교에 입학을 하지만 곧바로 ‘글린다’와 연인이 됩니다. 모든 학생들은 좋지 않은 일들이 시작되는  ‘딜라몬트 교수’의 수업중에 만나게 되고 모두 친구가 됩니다. 결국 ‘글린다’가 주술 수업에 들어갈…

Festive Eve 2019    Saturday, Dec. 7th  Doors Open 13:30 Curtain 14:00 Program:  This year, we will be presenting WICKED, the untold story of the Witches of Oz. The choir (all G2-5) will be singing selected pieces during the musical, all primary classes will be presenting class dance acts. G6-12 orchestra will be performing an overture. The cast are supported by the backstage crew who are taking all areas of responsibilities behind the scenes as stage directors, music directors, stage managers, choreographers, musicians, lighting, scenery prop design, costume/hair make-up, audio technicians. Families and friends are encouraged to join us at school on Saturday, 7th December at 13:30 for a  14:00 start.  Costumes & Concert Attire:  CAST MEMBERS   Final Dress Rehearsals will be on Thursday, Dec. 5th and Friday, Dec. 6th,…

Items: Congratulations to Sora; Amy & the Pope's Visit; Festive Eve - Wicked; Koto Workshop; Teacher/Parent/Student Volleyball; AED Machine; Water Bottle Filling Station; New Building Update; PTA Nominations. Principal's Message Dear HIS Community I hope you have all enjoyed your week. Just a reminder that we need a name written on all clothing that students wear to school, especially jumpers. Children take them off and leave them in all sorts of places as you can imagine. If they have names, they will find their way back. If not, they tend to gather in large, smelly piles in our lost property box. A simple name is a better option for all involved. Festive Eve is coming together. It has been an amazing effort so far. Thank you to Elin, Amy &…