Back to School Bash Was
a Smash!
by Aileen Kang
T
his was the 5th year celebrating Back to
School Bash (B2SB) at Livingston. The
event was held on September 22nd, and it
was enjoyed by students, teachers, and par-
ents alike. There were a lot of performances
to watch and activities participate in.
Other than these amazing performances by
students, there were games for children. The
first game was flip board which was only for
three to five year old kids. The next game was
hula-hoop relay, which was available for first
grade to sixth grade. The last activity was the
11-legged race for middle school and high
school students. There were no prizes, but
everyone who participated enjoyed playing
and watching the race.
There were a lot of performances with stu-
dents from kindergarten to 12th grade. The
first performance after the opening remarks
from our principal, Ms.Faustina, was the Tal-
chum Masked dance performed by Korean There were a lot of performances and activi-
Kindergarten students. When these stu- ties to enjoy during Back to School Bash and I
dents were performing, they wore traditional am looking forward to the next one.
clothes called “hanbok.”
The next performance was “Down by the Bay”
and “Boyoyon” performed by the Japanese
kindergarten. After these performances from
the Korean and Japanese kindergarten, the
SLAS performance lab performed the song
“Faded” originally by Alan Walker.
Another performance was a gymnastics per-
formance by International and Japanese en-
riched classes in grades three to five.
Finally, the dance class performed a song
called “In My Feelings” by Canadian rapper
Drake. There were some students and teach-
ers that came up to the stage and danced and
enjoyed the music together. One of the stu-
dents in dance class, Cindy Yang (8th grade)
said, “I felt very embarrassed and I had a little
stage fright.” Another student, Olivia Choi (8th
grade) said, “I was a little nervous but happy
to experience dancing in front of parents and
lots of students with my friends.”