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Relentless. Redefining. Unrestricted. As Ms. Bekah Schnei-
der, Theatre Arts teacher, calls it: “Exhilarating madness.” The
past year’s Theatre Arts class has empowered students with
the ability to creatively express themselves.
In theatre arts, students boldly took the stage, demon-
strating fearlessness and audacity. “One of the favorite things
we did this year was stage combat, and that was really fun
because we had to fake punch each other,” said Aarushi
Agiwal.
Many students noted the clear benefits of theatre arts.
Jason Cho stated, “I learned confidence, and I was able to
clearly convey my thoughts with different types of expression.”
“Communication skills. No matter what you go into in
life, no matter what you study, you have to communicate
with people,” Ms. Schneider mused. “In learning drama, you
learn how to present yourself and how to get comfortable
speaking.”
Visual arts gave students a chance to express themselves
through introspection and drawing. Perhaps an appealing
characteristic of visual arts was its ability to engage students
in new things, making them more open-minded individuals.
Maria Galkina reflected on her experience: “My favorite proj-
ect would be painting in the Cubist style.”
All these important skills came at a cost, though. Students
emphasized some difficulties in their experience. Many stu-
dents struggled with being able to think on the spot. Tommy
Wigenton said, “I needed to think quickly when the teacher
gave me something to do.”
GSIS prides itself in educating its students holistically. The
theatre and visual arts program is a quintessential example of
this.
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Doodle me
Statement Of Inquiry : It is important to find an
understanding of self through expression and
interpretation of cultural and personal symbolism.
7 th grade
Sheng Shen
7 th grade
Emily Keum
Kyle Chang 7 th grade
I chose the words by thinking
about what my favorite sports
and food were. Mrs. Kim told
me not to use the same pattern
and the color that I already
used before. After that advice, I
labeled the outline of the hu-
man body and put in the words,
patterns, and colors that we both
chose beforehand. This is how I
developed my creativity through
this project.
7 th grade
Sooyoung Bae
1. Jason Cho and Jeremy Hwang rehearse their scene about writing an
apology letter to their girlfriend. They chose one scene from an existing
play and performed it in class. 2. Julius Jang traces image of shoes
on paper using tracing paper. The students were asked to create an
artwork with one object they chose. 3. Eunyu Oh and Ikoi Okagaki play
an improv game called Freeze. In drama class, students enjoy playing a
variety of games such as Machine, Survivor, X-Box and more.
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Academics
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