TIS JOURNALJANUARYFEBRUARY

Have awonderful MARCH!
104 days
UNTIL THE END
OF THE YEAR
A WORD FROM TIS JOURNALEDITOR - ELISHA P.
We are off to a great start to the year. We held many
events throughout the first two months, and we arevery excited about our upcoming events, such as
culture day and spirit week! Thank you to all
guardians, students, teachers, and staff for reading
our TIS Journal!

SCHOOL EVENTS
Yomiuri Newspaper speaker
Book SaleFood Drive
Valentine's Day
Wizard of Oz Filming
Elementary Ski Trip
Secondary Ski Trip

The Discoverers
Art Field Trip Secondary
International storytime
Bake Sale for Turkey

WORLD NEWSAll Star NBA
Rihanna Super Bowl
Turkey Earthquake

ENTERTAINMENTPoll Results
Fun Facts

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読売新聞 (Yomiuri Newspaper) speaker

On January 13th, the Tohoku head director of the JapaneseYomiuri Newspaper came to the Grade 9-10 Native JapaneseClass to give students a lecture about distinguishing trustworthy
information. This event made it to the Yomiuri Newspaper as well!

FEBRUARYSCHOOL EVENTSVALENTINES DAY

The annual TIS Valentine's day took place on the 16thof February. Students wore Valentine's day colors andjoined in activities prepared by the student council.
Secondary students played all-student tag around theschool, while the Elementary students did some crafts
and even made some slime! At the end of the day,students shared chocolate and roses with each other.

BOOK SALE
During January, our school librarian gathered some books andheld a book sale. Each book cost 50 yen, and we have used themoney to buy new books that will be going into our library!

FOOD DRIVE
This year’s Student Council organized the annual Food Driveon January 16th to 20th in a week span. Thank you to everyone
who participated in donations this year.

WIZARD OF OZ FILMING

As the musical is approaching, the musical cast filmed
the opening scene of The Wizard of Oz on the 26th ofFebruary. Thank you to the PTA members for all theamazing costumes, and the musical crew for making it
happen!

JANUARYFEBRUARYSCHOOL EVENTSELEMENTARY SKI TRIP
On Friday, February 17th, Elementary had their ski trip to Spring
Valley. Each student had a memorable day and represented
improvements.

SECONDARY SKI TRIP
From Feb 8th to 10th, many secondary students participated inthe Ski Trip 2023!! Students chose either snowboarding orskiing. This was the last Ski Trip for DP 2 students. So glad thatthey enjoyed it!! And other students seemed to enjoy themselves
there!!!

ART FIELD TRIP SECONDARY

The secondary student all went to The Miyagi
Museum of Art for their English and Art studies. They
all enjoyed a calm and quiet time appreciating art.

INTERNATIONAL STORYTIME
Thank you to all the parents and teachers that shared
their cultures with the students. The elementarystudents were able to experience many diverse cultures!

THE DISCOVERERS NO-SKI TRIPPERSThe Discoverers had a memorable time cooking, hanging
around with their friends, watching movies, and going toJoypollis.

FREERICE
TIS is part of the Japan International School Student
Association (JISSA) which was founded last year by one of ourstudents in TIS. We hold events, and share our experiences asInternational Schools so that we can continue to improve ourstudent body. Our recent event held by JISSA was the freerice
competition, where students use the website, “freerice” made by
the World Food Programme, and compete on how many grainsof rice they donate. We are proud to say that the top fourstudents in the competition were successfully all TIS students!
As JISSA we were able to donate 216,210 grains of rice just inthe span of two weeks.

BAKE SALE FOR TURKEY
On Monday, February 27, Grades 3-4 with the help ofthe PTA organized a Bake Sale to support the victimsof the recent earthquakes in Turkey. Over 100,000 yen
was raised by the end of the day.

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ENTERTAINMENTPOLL RESULTS
Q: If you had to listen to one album for the rest of your life, what would it be?
The White Album - Beatles
Sleepify - Vulfpeck
Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
Thank you next - Ariana grande
IGOR - Tyler
Voicenotes - Charlie Puth
Flower Boy - Tyler

Folklore - Taylor Swift
Stoney - Post Malone
Damn. - Kendrick Lamar
Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
Good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar
Graduation - Kanye WestNight visions - Imagine dragons
O!RUL8,2? - BTS

Q: What's another language you wish you could speak fluently without studying?
Spanish. 10
Korean. 7
Chinese. 4

Japanese. 3
French. 3English. 2

Q: What's your favorite dad joke?
SA mushroom walks into a bar and sits down next to a beautiful woman. He says, "What's your name." She replies, "Go away,
I don't like mushrooms." He says, "Gimme a chance, I'm a Fungi (fun guy)."
What is it called when a short person waves at you? A microwave… HAHAHAHAHA
Why did the bicycle fall? Because it was too (two) tired.
Why shouldn’t you play poker in the jungle? Cause there are too many cheetahs!
Q: Spiders or snakes?

Q: Loud talker or a noisy eater?

Q: Talk with animals or know all languages?

FUN FACT!
Woodpeckers have an incredibly long tongue compared to the body, that goes around the back of their brain. This is so that thetongue can act as a cushion when the woodpecker is hammering the trees for food.
BY Mr Dawson, (Secondary Science Teacher)JANUARYALL STARFEBRUARYWORLD NEWS

Written by Mari B.

On Monday, February 19 the annual NBA all star game was hosted atVint Arena in Salt Lake City. The multi-day event featured many=standout moments, such as live performances and memorable
appearances. Team Giannis (Antetokounmpo) won 184- 175 against
Team Lebron (James). Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum scores 55 points
for team Giannis breaking the record for most points scored in an all star
game, making him a unanimous selection for the All Star MVP award.

SUPER BOWL RIHANNA

Written by Elisha. POn February 12th Rihanna performed on the Super Bowl Halftime
show. She sang a total of 12 songs but towards the end of theperformance, fans suspected that Rihanna may be pregnant. At first, theviewers were not sure of this because of the possibility of it being a bumpfrom her previous pregnancy which was last year, giving birth to her
firstborn son. In an interview that took place before the performance, theinterviewer asked if there would be any surprises, to which Rihanna
replied “I’m thinking about bringing someone”. During her halftime
show, fans quickly noticed that her “special guest” was not another artist,
which many people assumed it would be. Rihanna soon after theperformance confirmed that she is pregnant with her second child.

TURKEY EARTHQUAKEWritten by Megumi. B

On February 6, 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central
Turkey and northern and western Syria. Even after the earthquake, there weremore than 10,000 aftershocks in the three weeks that followed. There waswidespread damage leaving over a million homeless. As well as, billions of dollars
lost in damages in both Turkey and Syria. This year’s earthquake was the deadliest
natural disaster recorded in Turkey.

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SC Newspaper Team:Elisha. P - editor, world news
writerMari. B - world news writer
Megumi. B - world news writer
Yeo Won. K - creative writer
Souta. A - creative writer
Yu. I - layout designer

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