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Yearbook Designer and Newspaper Illustrator Sae Takeuchi uses the drawing tablet to create her Illustration for Matthew
Choi’s Newspaper article “The Distortion
of History.” By the end of quarter two
she created three illustrations.

News Editor Hanna Nam and Mrs. Lozano review the article “The Reality of Transitioning
from PYP to MYP“ before uploading it onto
the newspaper site GSISKnightsOnline. Writers
have deadlines every month to write and upload
articles on to GSISKnightsOnline. These articles

range from school, local or world
Fitting
news to recent movie reone year into a
views.

hardcover book. Capturing
th e nuances of each new semester in the
pages. Ensuring that progress and the working drive never die out. Perhaps none are as
aware of the memories at GSIS as those who
have attended Publications class. The students
in the class, however, have found a sense of purpose in more than just creating the yearbook.
During the ten years of memories at the school,
students have grown as individuals and cemented a
legacy in the heart of the yearbook production.
For both current and past students in Publications, the yearbook takes on a special meaning of progress. “As I flip through the pages of each yearbook, being
able to see the progress of Publications and its company
from both an artistic and journalistic standpoint provides
me with a rather unusual yet undeniably satisfying feeling
of accomplishment and of self-worth,” commented former
Editor-In-Chief Eric Han. Thus more than just the recollection
of what made the school year unique, memories of publications have created a sense of accomplishment.

“To me, the yearbook represents all the hard work that we
put into for something that we’re making for a community, not a
grade,” revealed current Editor-In-Chief Victor Jeong.
In addition, the yearbook production served as an opportunity for
personal development and skill building. Providing a unique workload and a self-managed assignment schedule,

Sally Kim takes photos of Lucas Lee and Jean Yi for her photo summative. Lucas was commenting on Jean’s photo selection for the Elementary SEW page. This was Jean’s first page for the yearbook and so he
took extra care and concern when selecting and editing photos.

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Publications
has always taken on a
different dimension of independence. “[Publications class] was one of
those rare times where I was given the liberty to do
what I love doing,” mentioned former Editor-In-Chief Christine Noh.

Publications also has managed to serve as a catalyst for
social growth. Interacting with others, meeting with new
people and making memories eternal comprise a large
part of the class and leave a lasting impression. “Having
to interview people incentivized me to talk to people I
usually wouldn’t talk to. So it’s made me grow socially,” commented former editor Angela Park.

The greatest influence of Publications, however, is the experience that it has ingrained into the
Aidan
hearts of its working force. “Every night the
Schneider
editors stayed up working on the yearbook
writes rap lyrics
on the topic of not
together, every time our class celebrated
getting a seven for
barely making a due date: it’s all stayed with me,” rea grade. During the
flected Victor.
Publications Workshop, students bonded

“When Mrs. Lozano got us food we circled through activities such as a rap battle,
team drawing, and silent line-up activity.
around that high rectangular desk, passed around
chopsticks and cups, and just enjoyed each other’s company. Times like those remind me of
what a team we were and how working on a
yearbook together makes us so close,” remiEmily Lee and
nisced Angela.
Stephanie Kim go
over Stephanie’s

“There is no doubt in my mind now that
photo summative
Publications has and always will hold a spephotos. Emily and
cial place in both my heart and identity—
Stephanie were
one that I will proudly bear on my chest
both photografor others to see,” concluded Eric.
phers, so they
often helped each
other adjust the
manual settings on
cameras.

Jin Yoon interviews Tivan George for the Lower Secondary Hallway, Lunch,
and Play page. Jin was designated as an infographics person, meaning that
he did not have an assigned team but rather completed infographics for
many teams and needed to know design, photography, and writing.

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