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PTA News
Thank you to those that came to our PTA meeting on Wednesday. It was a great turnout given
the rainy weather and it being a public holiday for many parents. A big thank you to Kit Whitney
who led a discussion about Internet safety. We all got a taste of different topics to begin a
discussion with our children like How are you keeping yourself safe on the internet? or How do you keep
posts you see in perspective of real life?
Our next major event is International Day on Saturday, May 7, 10:00 am 2:00pm. We are ready for volunteers
to staff the ticketing booth, World Wheel of Fortune, drink booth and ELC Mini world booth. Follow the link to
sign up. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094aaaad2aa6ff2-international
Another main attraction at International Day is the World Wheel of Fortune. At
the wheel you can win a gift basket. We ask members of our school
community to donate gifts to include in these gift baskets with the theme of
their home country or an international theme. Think of what kind of goodies
you could donate. Here's an example from last year. Attach picture. You can
sign up here www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0945A8AC2BA5FE3-world
PTA President
Joy Priedeman
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PE Uniform Shop
We did some SPRING CLEANING in the PE Uniform Shop over Spring Break!! ALL COLD WEATHER CLOTHING
HAS BEEN REPRICED for CLEAR OUT!!!
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Sandwich Bar
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Packed Lunch
ELC
Sandwich 2 pieces
Muffin half piece
Fruit, juice, energy bar
Ketchup
ES
Sandwich 4 pieces
Muffin half piece
Fruit, juice, energy bar
Ketchup
MS
HS
Sandwich 4 pieces
A muffin
Fruit, juice, energy bar
Ketchup
www.bifskorea.org | enquiries@bifskorea.org | T. 82 51 742 3332
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Elementary School
Student-led Conferences May 3, 10
Next month, we will be holding our student-led conferences in ES and ELC. This is an annual event at BIFS that
has allowed our students to demonstrate to their parents a part of their learning journey. Students use their
portfolio and various work samples to show their growth and areas of improvement. Please mark the dates
below and watch out for more details about our SLC.
Kindergarten to Grade 5 - May 3, 2016
ELC - May 10, 2016
Professional Development
Congratulations to Mr. Andre Quimpo (Visual art teacher) for successfully completing his Google Certified
Educator Level 1 training.
We are also pleased to have Ms. Monique Donahue (Gr 5 teacher) off to Indonesia for her IB Educator training
to lead IB workshops and join IB school visits in the future.
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Field Trips
Kindergarten - Last Monday, our Kindergarten students went on a short hiking trip to Dalmaji Hill to observe the
new seasonal changes in Busan.
Grade 2 - Last Tuesday, the class went to the Haeundae Market to investigate the various jobs in the
community.
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Field Trips
Grade 1 Grade One took a field trip to a kimchi factory last week in order to find out the process in which it is
made. Mr. Kwon was very generous, and gave us each a bag of his delicious kimchi! Yummy!
Event
Details
Elementary Assembly
Apr 19
Field Trip
Grade 5 to Middle School Parent Parent informational meeting for parents of current Grade
Evening
5 students who will be attending Grade 6 next year.
Elementary Assembly
Apr 22
Field Trip
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Event
Details
Grade 5 Exhibition
Interhouse Track and Field Event Grades 3-5 will attend the BIFS Track and Field event at
Sajik Stadium
Elementary Assembly
May 3
May 5
No School
Childrens Day
May 6, 2:35-3:15
Elementary Assembly
Anne Sweet
Elementary School Principal
Leda Cedo
PYP Coordinator
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Aikwangwon Visit
On the 8th of April the Elementary Student Council and some High School volunteers hosted residents from the
Aikwangwon School for Physically and Mentally Disabled at BIFS. The students and residents had great fun
eating a pizza lunch, touring the school and playing games together. During our Elementary Assembly the
Student Council members presented to them over 900,000 KRW from Movie Night, the Executive Director,
Woojung Lee, talked about their organization and the residents performed for us. It was a fantastic afternoon,
and we look forward to a continued partnership with this worthy organization.
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On Saturday, 24 student/athletes traveled to Daegu to play in the SKAC basketball tournament. BIFS was
represented by 3 boys teams and 1 girls team. All four teams did an outstanding job of representing BIFS. They
played hard, worked well together as members of a team, and showed excellent sportsmanship. Our
student/athletes were also able to create friendships with students from neighboring International Schools and
most importantly have fun spending the day playing a sport they enjoy. Congratulations to all!
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Head of Libraries
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May 2016
ES Assembly
2nd-20th
IBDP Exams
HS Assembly
3rd
ES Student-Led Conferences
16th
5th
18th-May 20th
Map Testing
6th
19th
7th
20th
ES Parent Coffee
9th-10th
ES Visiting Storytellers
22nd
9th-13rd
10th
22nd-23rd
11th
23rd
26th
27th
28th
28th-29th
Greese Production
29th
ES Assembly
Athletics Banquet
30th
PTA Meeting
12th-13th
Grade 4 Camp
12th
13th
HS Assembly
14th
16th-20th
17th-18th
18th
ES Parent Coffee
19th
20th-22nd
20th
21st
Global Gathering
23rd
25th
27th
G12 Graduation
31st
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