TIS JOURNAL
AUGUSTSEPTEMBER

FINALLY
AUTUMN SEASONWELCOMEBACKBARBIE FACTS
1. She was inspired by paper dolls.
2. Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
3. Mattel created the first doll in a wheelchair.
4. Barbie was not always blonde.
5. Barbie clothes can cost more than the doll itself
6. Barbie’s official birthday is March 9, 1959.
7. Barbie has had more than 250 occupations.

SCHOOL EVENTS
Movie Night
Barbie Field Trip
Art Field Trip
Orientation Day
Jomon Pottery
F0 Size Piece Competition WinnerWORLD NEWS2023 F1 Japanese Grand Prix
The VMA’s
Hollywood Actors and Writers Strike

ENTERTAINMENT
Student Surveys
Word Search

AUGUSTSEPTEMBERSCHOOL EVENTSTHE FIRST MOVIE NIGHT OFTHE SCHOOL YEAR

F0 SIZE PIECE COMPETITION
WINNERThe Student Council held the first 2023-2024 school
year, Movie Night on September 1st. The Elementary
students watched “Spies in Disguise” and the Secondary
students watched “A Quiet Place”. They all enjoyedhanging out with their peers and was also a great
opportunity to make new friends. It was a great start tothe school year. Thank you for the wonderful event,Student Council!

Last year, several Secondary students submitted theirpaintings to an Art Competition. The winners wererevealed during the summer, and we are delighted toannounce that our current DP2 student, Hugo, waschosen as a prize winner among numerous talentedapplicants. Congratulations to Hugo.

ART FIELD TRIP
DP art students went to 3 art museums on September 15, 2023.
The Main purpose of this field trip was to determine which art
museum could host the Final DP 2 Art Exhibition. They
learned what attractions each museum has to offer. Now,
where will this exhibition be held?? Stay tuned!!!

ORIENTATION DAY
On the 20th of September, the Secondary students participatedin the Orientation day! Orientation day at Nanakita Park was
an exciting event welcoming and introducing ourselves to thenewcomers. Students played Ultimate Frisball in our teamhouses, cops and robbers, mafia game, and finally the water
fight. Students frequently interacted with each other and had
fun!

JOMON POTTERYTake a look at the amazing Jomon-style Pottery
created by the Visual Arts students in Secondary! Thefiring of these pieces scheduled on the 30th of
September has now been postponed to the 7th ofOctober due to bad weather.

BARBIE FIELD TRIP
All the DP students went on a morning field trip to the movie
theater on August 29th, 2023. They watched the new movie
Barbie to discover the message portraying identity and genderequality. Many students and teachers showed up to the theater inpink clothing and morning popcorn was definitely a newexperience!

AUGUSTHOLLYWOOD ACTORS AND
WRITERS STRIKE
Written by Megumi B.

Streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, etc haveundoubtedly taken over the TV industry. Many writers
and actors are claiming that the rise of streaming
services has led to a decline in pay for writers andactors. This is because, despite the increase in profit
from TV shows, the average pay for writers hasreportedly decreased. The WGA (Writers Guild ofAmerica) put out a report demanding increased
minimum compensation as well as increased pay inbasically all areas of income, from residuals toinsurance. They made these demands to a group called
the AMPTP (The Alliance of Motion Picture andTelevision Producers) which is an associationconsisting of the top studios and streaming companies
such as Sony, Universal, Disney, Netflix, etc. Thesedemands ultimately led to negotiations between thetwo groups in late March. Fast forward to early May,after months of negotiations between the WGA andAMPTP, the two were still not able to come to anagreement on these matters which prompted a strike.
Coincidentally, not too long after the start of theWGA strike, the SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors
Guild-American Federation of Television and RadioArtists) went on strike as well. Meaning that bothwriters and actors were going on strikes at the sametime. The strikes have led many film and television
productions to stop, which has even caused somestudios to have to temporarily close down. As of today,
the strikes are ongoing but signs of progress between
unions and studios have been made.

SEPTEMBERWORLD NEWSF1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
Written by Megumi B.
On Sunday, September 24, Japan hosted the 17th Grand Prixof this season in Suzuka. It was no surprise that 2-Time WorldChampion Max Verstappen, who has been dominating thisseason, would take home first place. The Japanese trophy isespecially popular with the fans for its unique kiss activation
technology. When the winning driver kisses the trophy, it
recognizes the driver's lip print and lights up their nationalcolors. The race marked his 13th win this season and now with
400 points under his belt, he is just 3 points away frombecoming the 2023 World Champion. Thanks to Verstappen,
the Red Bull F1 Team has secured the 2023 Construction
Championship with 623 points. Nonetheless, Red Bull wasn’t
the only winner of the Japanese Grand Prix, as McLarenmanaged to get a double podium. McLaren’s Lando Norrisand Oscar Piastri finished 2nd and 3rd respectively, which isRookie Driver Oscar Piastri’s first podium of his career.

THE VMA’S

Written by Elisha P.

The MTV Video Music Awards of 2023 was held on
the 13th of September. Taylor Swift received a lot ofattention as she won 9 titles in one night marking
her in second place with the most VMA awards. Heraward for best pop video was presented to her with asurprise appearance of all members of 'N Sync
where fans could see how excited and grateful shewas. Shakira also made history by being the first
South American artist to win the Video VanguardAward, and after her performance, she received astanding ovation from the crowd. Jungkook, amember of the South Korean boy band, BTS alsowon his own award for Song of the Summer with his
new song “Seven”. The show ended with acelebration of the 50th anniversary of Hip-hop
hosted by Grandmaster Flash, Nicki Minaj, LilWayne, LL Cool J and other artists.

AUGUSTSEPTEMBER

ENTERTAINMENTSURVEYThe funniest thing that happened this summer
Seeing my sister going out in her pyjamas
with her glasses on and dirty unwashed hairon a completely bright morning.
I watched funny memes on YouTube
I was playing Nerf guns with my cousins
and my brother and then my mom started
playing with us.
My dog's new haircut

TIS WORD SEARCH
Let’s see how many words you can find! Send us a pic
to see if you got it all!! (email:plante@tisweb..net)

The most embarrassing thing you've done thatyou regret this summer
While singing at the audition, my voicecracked, tone flipping and forgetting lyrics
and showing everyone the worst singing
ever I had before.
I thought my phone broke when it was justturned off
I rizzed up a girl but she said noI did lots of things that were reallyembarrassing, but I can't tell you

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SC Newspaper Team:
Elisha. P - editor, layout, worldnews writer
Megumi. B - world news writer
Yeo Won. K - creative writer
Souta. A - creative writer
Jiyu K - creative writerThank you for yoursupport in the student
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