Dalat International School: Senior Scribble

Megan Chang With each new week came a new discipline to learn; the week for the discipline of service had come and gone. From reading to second graders to cleaning the gym bathrooms to running chapel, the 12th grade Spiritual Disciplines class got to experience firsthand what it truly meant to serve others. For three days, students signed up for various tasks that teachers on campus needed assistance with. “It was so fun reading to second graders. I was surprised to see how excited my kid was to learn about rocks,” said Kylie Toh (12). About half of the students in the senior Bible class headed over to the second grade classroom to read non-fiction books and play math games with them. They did the activities in pairs—one senior and one second grader. The one-on-one interaction allowed them to bond together and get to know each other better. Toh went on, “By the end of the day, she [Toh’s second grader] still recognized me.” On the other hand, a few other students busied th...

Kasey Rogers The Tales of Wonders 2 was a play full of different Christmas stories. All of the actors had to play many different roles. The RLT players worked really hard to memorize the script, and then practice it to put on four performances, during December 1-3 rd , at Penang Pac.    They took a lot of time out of their lives to get everything ready beforehand. They had to get the timing right. They had to make sure the props were in the right places. Then there were the light cues; they had to make sure the lights were in the right places, at the right times. Then there was the music cues that had to play the correct songs at the perfect time, notifying the actors that they had to make their entrance or exit with the music. Also, while speaking about sound, they had to check if the mics were too loud or not loud enough. Could they be heard over the music? This show continued to be challenging with costume changes. People were running around backstage trying to...

Grace Lim Giving thanks can be easy but how often do we give thanks? Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks to those who are often unnoticed. Who makes our lunches? Who keeps our classrooms clean? Who guards the gate when we aren't here at school? Aren't we thankful for all the things they do for us? Sadly, we often don’t take the time to thank those who work in our school. Therefore, in light of Thanksgiving, the Home Economics class decided to take the chance to serve the national kitchen staff members who work at our school. Mimicking the original tradition of Thanksgiving, the Home Economics class cooked a whole turkey and mashed potatoes, baked three pies (pumpkin, pecan, and apple), and made a salad. It took them a whole day to cook all those things; they even started cooking the turkey the day before. Instead of using powders and taking shortcuts on the crust, they took the initiative to bake the pies from scratch. Despite the long, extraneous day working in th...