GSIS 2017 Yearbook: #BeYou Volume 11 | Page 119

Riker Pownall takes a selfie with Ms. Sally during the Winter Denial Party. Winter Denial happened during February when it was really cold. Students were given time to change into their summer apparel and enjoy the warmth inside the auditorium. 3 4 5 6 SCA makes an IMPACT! October: Buddy Bench The buddy bench is a place to sit when you need a friend to spend time with. October 19: Movie Night A movie was provided for every grade to come and eat popcorn and spend time with their friends while laughing through the movies: ‘Magic School Bus’, ‘Lego Movie’, and ‘Descendants’. December: Home for the Elderly Students went on a field trip to visit the elderly. They painted, made Christmas cards, and sang Christmas carols with them. March 17: St. Patrick’s Day SCA provided lollipops on a four leaf clover with a Bible verse. 1. Students pretended they were having a day at the beach. In the spirit of summer, Anna Sanjeev and Tanmay Gaikwad toss around a beach ball at the Winter Denial Party. There were many different stations set up in the auditorium in addition to the beach ball station. Students could also paint, play relay events, color, and take photos in their Summer attire. 2. Clare Son, Stephanie Ahn, and Subin Hwang paint the letter “P” for pray. As students were in the week of prayer, banners were being raised to remind students to pray. 3. Team Picture: Top Row: Mrs. Susan Kim, Randy Park, Maximilian Chin, Mingyo Jang, Francis Park, Jason Baek, Nirupum Maheshwari, Richard Kim, Ivy Kim, Nathan Park, Guno Kim, Mrs. Hughes, Ms. Adams; Middle Row: Mrs. Mun, Takaomi Iso, Sooah Kim, Helena Chin, Jenna Roh, Chihiro Koga, Shasheesh Manda, Peter Park, Kriya Handa, Li Feng; Bottom Row: Rishy Rajkumar, Ruimin Wu, Shravya Etlam, Summer Freeman, Juna Ariyoshi, Asmi Jain, Noa Iizuka, Jimin Son, Rui Shigemoto. 4. Robyn Kim leads her line of friends during winter denial activities in the auditorium. They were playing ‘Dragon Tail’, a game where two teams create lines and the line leader has to catch the student at the back of the op- posing team’s line. Robyn’s team won when several of the students on Mrs. Huges team tumbled to the floor. 5. After students entered the auditorium, they were greeted with a welcome from Mrs. Ward and Francis Park. Francis is a grade five student and was given the task of speaking during the event. 6. Thomas Kaiser sits on the gymnastics mat to color his ideal summer fun scene. He used blue to create a big ocean. Afterwards he joined in the fun of his peers by playing ‘Dragon Tail’. 119