By Lily Hyerin Lee Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies Grade 10___11/29/10 – On November 20, 2010, the fourth annual Korean History Quiz Contest was held and sponsored by the Korean Education Center in Los Angeles (KECLA) and the Korean School Association of America (KSAA). 25 teams signed up to participate in this contest totaling…
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Trabuco Hills Thundering Mustangs march to 1st place
By Janet Son Trabuco Hills High School Grade 10___11/29/10 – An anxious audience checked their watches; it was almost 7:30 PM. Finally, a white wave appeared at the left side of the stadium, moved center-stage in unison, and formed in a “synergy circle”. Cheering started when the drum majors saluted to the judges that their…
3백명 학생들 ‘사회적 기업’ 체험하다
박서현 고양외국어고등학교 2학년___11/22/10 – 가을의 정취가 물씬 느껴지는 10월과 11월, 고양외국어고등학교(이하 고양외고)의 2학년 문과생 319명은 난생 처음 보는 색다른 수업을 받았다. 수업의 주제는 일명 ‘사회적 기업 만들기 프로젝트’. 마음이 맞는 친구들과 팀을 이루어 자신이 원하는 사회적 기업의 설립 기획을 직접 작성해 투자 설명회까지 성공적으로 끝마치라는 것이 학생들에게 주어진 과제였다. 지나친 주입식 교육으로 인해 많은 지적을…
Peninsula’s speech and debate team wins Sweeps
By Chelsea Lim Peninsula High School Grade 11___11/22/10 – On November 13, 2010, Peninsula’s Speech and Debate team made a grand showing, triumphantly bringing home 1st place Sweeps in both the Original Events and the Interpretation Events categories, making it the overall best-performing school at the tournament. Pen’s team consisted of more than 40 talented…
First Korean female cadet captain leads Troy’s unit on Veteran’s Day
By Sophia Han Troy High School, Grade 9___11/22/10 – November 11, 2010 may have been an ordinary Thursday for most students in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District, but not for Troy High School’s Naval Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (NJROTC) cadets. For two consecutive days, they have been earnestly practicing for the 23rd…
D-Day: Seniors in Korea face national exam
By Jane Lee Gyeonggi Academy of Foreign Languages, Grade 11 South Korea___11/15/10 – It is almost time for this year’s high school seniors to face one of the most important moments of a Korean student’s academic life. JSRHi. The JSR program coordinator manages this website.More Posts – Website Follow Me:
Photo News: NY, Seoul meet via video
By Hee Jung Jee Seoul Foreign Language High School Grade 10___11/8/10 — On October 29, 2010 New York’s Manhattan Middle School for Science Inquiry students and ten middle school students in Korea participated in an UNESCO international youth video conferencing program. The students shared presentations, videos and photos on entertainment, media, food, culture, school, and…
Student volunteers learn politics matter
By Chiyoung Kim North Hollywood High School, Grade 10___11/1/10 — As candidates make their last push for favorable votes before Election Day, which is Nov. 2, volunteers from all over the San Fernando Valley, many of them high school students, flock to political party headquarters to give their time pushing the political agenda they believe…
SF, SJ students get free college info, advice
By Irene Hong Lynbrook High School, Grade 10____11/1/10 — On October 23, The Korea Daily’s third annual San Francisco College Fair was presented by McDonald’s at Korean Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in San Jose, CA. Inspirational guest speaker James Kyson-Lee, also known as “Ando” on NBC’s hit show “Heroes” shared his perspective on the impact high…
Students explore their college options at a local fair
10/4/10 — On September 25, in the City of Temecula, students accompanied by their parents packed the second floor of the Promenade Mall. Eager teenagers with bags filled with pamphlets in one hand and a pen in the other visited some of the 125 booths of local alumni representing their schools – Ivy League, UC,…