GSIS 10 Year Anniversary Yearbook: Memories | Page 14

ten to Learn Pre-K
Enlightened
Oscar Freeman
Cian Harding
Ria Kishimoto
Grace Laroche
Joon Park
Oliver Porter

Scott Sandefur
Emily Stracke
Jose Ward
Julia Zhao
Not Pictured:
Panrada Nakhontum

2009

The ‘08-’09 school year
was the first year of
Pre-K. Mrs. Schumacher joyfully taught
13 students. Students
Jonathan Lee, Joseph
Park, and Kailey Park
all began GSIS this year
and are now in
sixth grade.

2013

Coloring by
numbers is a fun
way to learn how
to count!

1. Watering down his tempura paint,
Jose Ward smiles as he paints with blue.
Together Pre-Kindergaten wrote a poem
Students first watered down their paint
that included all of the new animals they
Students did many different
so that they could make a watercolor
learned about that year. They called the
activities in Pre-K this year. Read
artwork. Students were able to freely
poem “Jin’s Trip to the zoo.” The first
through this list and see if you did
create, and some painted animals while
several lines went as follows:
some of these!
Swimming was one of
others made portraits and flowers. At the
“Jin went to the zoo and looked at the
• Learned shapes
the fun activities that
end of the year, the students displayed all
animals.
• Learned numbers and counting
Pre-K
students
got
to
He stopped at the fence and saw
• Visited the library
their art in the Pre-Kindergarten Art Show
do during the 2011
elephants and lions.
• Baked cookies
on the second floor foyer. 2. Scott Sandeschool year. It is also
He didn’t see hippos or camels.
• Swam in the pool
fur walks over to Mrs. Mun and asks her for
a very important skill
Jin saw the bear and he was happy.
• Painted a self-portrait
assistance using the application “Collage” on
to
learn.
Jin went to see the giraffs and they
• Dressed up in costumes
the iPad. The students were organized into
were eating.”
pairs and asked to name nine different emotions for nine photos. These photos were then
displayed at the art show. 3. Emily Stracke and
Jose Ward work together to build their collage.
Inspired by Pop Artist Andy Warhol, the students attempted to make repetitive images of
one another with slight changes to their facial
expressions. 4. Enjoying the wonderful weather,
Pre-Kindergarten took their reading time outdoors for the day. Grace Laroche and Emily Lee
Tsubasa Oshima, Mako Tsurumi,
Gabriel Kim
“PK, I am proud of all of your
read aloud the books about themselves. Made
Meisa Ogi, JingJing Yuan, Ethan Kim,
got his first
accomplishments this year!
on the iPad, the books allowed them to learn
Kanta Kojima, Hannah Porter, Aiden
in class
You are a wonderful group of
where their friends were from and what they
Harding, and Joshua Lee visited a
experience
students.
local vetrinarian to see all of the
with the iPad.
Ms. Mun and Ms. Sally will
liked to do for fun. 5. Julia Zhao and Ria Kishimoanimals in the hospital. They learned
miss you very much! Good luck
to work together and use counting bears to meathat just like people, animals need to
next year in
sure the length of Grace Laroche. Using counting
be cared for when they are sick.
Kindergarten.”
bears helped the students with their numbers and
- Ms. Mun and Ms. Sally
also aided in their understanding of measurement.
6. Spending the afternoon learning how to make
bread, Oscar Freeman puts on his gloves before
touching the dough. The students learned the importance of washing their hands and keeping their food
sanitary. After their food baked, they bagged their
bread and took it home to show their parents and eat.
7. Cooling off from the hot afternoon, Pre-Kindergarten
Row 1: Ria Kishimoto, Jose Ward, Julia Zhao, Cian
students Oscar Freeman, Jose Ward, Grace Laroche, and
Harding; Row 2: Mrs. Kim, Oscar Freeman, Joon Park,
Emily Stracke join the ELC Jr. P-K students, William Porter
Mrs. Mun; Row 3: Oliver Porter, Emily Stracke;
and Ethan Evans. The boys splashed around and played
Row 4: Grace Laroche, Scott Sandefur
with the water toys. On days with water games, students
were asked to bring a change of clothes so they did not
have to stay in wet clothing all day.

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