GSIS 10 Year Anniversary Yearbook: Memories

To celebrate what her students learned, third-grade teacher Mrs. Jacobson wrote a poem to her students: “A young Mrs. J and her Fabulous 3's learned multiplication and how to cross ‘T’s.’ We wrote fables and poems and had parties galore for birthdays and mothers - whom all we adore.” During the first year of GSIS, the students went to the Korean Folk Village in Suwon. 2007 Ethan Hur, Sally Kwon, Brian Lee, Hansol Lee, Julie Lee, Ja Won Park, Monica Park, Eric Shin, Ezra Thomas, and Ryan Yi were all in third grade in 2012. They have just completed seventh grade and will be eighth graders next year. How quickly time flies by! 2012 2008 2013 Students made their own games and presented them to their classmates. 2009 June Lee and Sarah Kim participate in the Elephant Walk. These girls are now in tenth grade. Songs performed by third graders during the Christmas Concert include “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas,” “A Holiday of Music,” “The Rhythm of the Season,” and “We Sing Gloria.” What songs did you perform? Mrs. Leigh came into third grade to teach the students about the muscles in their body. The students worked in groups and had to figure out what the strongest muscle was. They were quite surprised to find out that the strongest muscle is their heart. 2010 2015 2014 During the Week of Prayer, Ellie Ji wrote a card for Korea on the Prayer Wall. What did you pray for? 2011 Jimmy Kim, Partha Yashraj, and Austin Kwon made Christmas cards for their pen pals or friends from across the world. Do you have a pen pal that you write to? “From conserving water to managing money, we really enjoyed watching you grow, not just academically but as people. We enjoyed watching you grow from second-graders to now fourth-graders, and we are very proud of the leaders you are becoming.” -Mr. Coleman and Ms. Simmons 2016 3 4 2 1 5 6 Grade 3: Coleman Grade 3: Simmons Row 1: Angela Shim, Aashi Jain; Row 2: Sameeksha Vashistha, Disha Mahesh; Row 3: Stephanie Ahn, Shasheesh Manda, Shubhra Inglae, Andy Umeda, Yuto Yoshimura, Jake Jang, Sodai Kishimoto, Amore Watanabe; Row 4: Gihey Son, Ayano Kimura, Takaomi Iso, Mr. Coleman; Row 5: Anat Agarwal, Min-Gyo Jang; Row 6: Max Chin, Sean Sandefur, Nazari Karpinshyi, Ihor Vasyltsov Row 1: Rishy Kajkumar, Jacob Jung; Row 2: Summer Freeman, Helena Chin, Clare Son, Brian Jeen, Tristan George, Masataka Shimokawa, Natsuba Suzuki, Dhruv Bhardwaj; Row 3: Gihey Son, Konstantin Shulga, Kanjonavo Sabud, Ms. Simmons; Row 4: Yaya Hasui, Nirupam Maheshwari; Row 5: Petra Thomas, Sonakshi Talukdar, Yoshiki Sakamoto, Gaurav Sharma 1. Ihor Vasyltsov and Amore Watanabe watch educational videos together. These videos, covered topics from Math to English, and helped to further develop the content learned in class. 2. Stephanie Ahn solves a math question using her iPad. Stephanie and her classmates learned how to solve division and subtraction problems. 3. Mr. Coleman tells his third-grade students a story. Mr. Coleman’s room is decorated in a comic book theme, with spider webs and a cityscape with comic book characters climbing up walls. 4. Esha Paul uses the iPad to help her solve math problems. iPads are incorporated into classrooms to enhance the students’ learning experience. 5. Sean Sandefur listens to a math video to help him solve problems. After listening, he was able to solve the problem he was having trouble with. 6. Nirupam Maheshwar points out the difference between fiction and nonfiction. Fiction and nonfiction are two different types of genres, but share some overlapping elements that connect both. 23 _GSIS Yearbook-ES_Part 1.indd 23 4/16/16 10:32 PM

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