TIS JOURNAL
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SUMMER BUCKETLISTwith friends and family
STUDY!
Go to the Beach
Watch fireworks at summer festivals
Go to the movies
BakePicnic with your friends
Go swimmingBarbeque
TravelVisit theme parks
Try out new restaurants
Painting
Make tie-dye shirts
Create a summer craft
Game nightJUNE

SCHOOL EVENTS
Individual Project Grade 10s
Beach Clean up
Run Melos play by the grade 9s
Grade 9-10 field trip
TIS Olympics
Zoo field trip
Japanese Traditional Foods, grade 1-2 andDP1Anime Night
Aladdin Jr 2024 Production
Graduation!!
Upcoming Camping Trip

WORLD NEWSAoba Matsuri
Billie Eilish - “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT”
The Champions League

SUSTAINABILITY ANDCONSERVATION INITIATIVE
Fatu and Najin: The Final Guardians Of TheirSpecies

ARILJUNESCHOOL EVENTSTIS Olympics
From April 27th to May 28th students from K-12 wereparticipating in the TIS Olympics, a new lunch sports event
Mr. Andros and a couple of students have organized. It waslots of fun and many students enjoyed this time. It was also agreat way for students to participate in sport activities andmake new friends.
On June 3rd each participant was rewarded with a certificate
to remember the good memories of TIS Olympic.

Beach Clean up
On May 19th, Tohoku International School students andIkue Gakuen High School went on a beach cleanup inShoubuta Beach. It was a great chance to meet new people
with similar thoughts about protecting the environment
and working for a good purpose. Students who volunteered
for the cleanup helped collect trash on the beach to create
healthier environments as a step toward a cleaner andhealthier ocean.

Japanese Traditional Foods, grade 1-2 and DP1

Grade 9-10 field trip
On May 8th, all the students in Grades 9/10 visited Sendai
city hall for their Japanese study. Students showed amazing
acting performances playing various roles at city hall in frontof the actual Sendai committees. All the students had anamazing time socializing with Sendai committees and gained
a deeper knowledge of Sendai politics and understanding ofsociety.

Zoo Field Trip

DP1 Japanese students and Grade 1-2 students recently
collaborated to cook traditional Japanese food, strengthening
their bond. The younger students enjoyed cooking with theirolder buddies, while the DP1 students enhanced their leadershipskills through this engaging activity.

Run Melos play by the Grade 9s
On April 24th, the native Japanese class Grade 9/10 students
performed the “Hashire Melosu” show. The storyline wasdivided into four groups and they all presented the story in arelay-type format. Each group had unique ideas and actions toactively convey the story to the audience while achieving great
entertainment and performing skills.

Over the past year, grade 1-4 students have saved up 30
Freddy Points in art class for good behaviour, listening wellto instructions, and doing their job during cleanup time.
Students celebrated this by taking Freddy (the plastic pig
who lives in the art room) and his family to the zoo! In themorning, students walked Freddy and his family around thezoo to show them all the animals. In the afternoon students
split up into new groups to sketch the animals they weremost interested in. Their sketches of live animals are full ofaction! Special thanks to Ms. Blauw and Ms. Towery fororganizing the details of the trip! Thank you to Ms.
Nogami for chaperoning, and the office and bus drivers foryour hard work too! What a fabulous day! Great job grades
1, 2, 3, and 4! - Mr Bengtson (art teacher)

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Individual Project Grade 10s
On April 12th, the grade 10s had their individual project
which they have been preparing for since October.
Throughout the exhibition, the grade 10s presented manydifferent skills and talents that they have been working on.
They all had a fun and wonderful time. Teachers, students
and parents were all amazed with the exhibition.

Upcomming events
Aladdin Jr 2024 Production
The annual school musical, Aladdin Jr., showcasing oneof our biggest school spirit events, will be held on June
6th and 7th. From kindergarten all the way up to highschool theatre students, as well as theatre teachers, staff,and PTA members, have all worked hard since last year
to perfect this year's performance. Come and enjoy their
enthusiastic show at Izumity 21!

Graduation
As the school year comes to an end, students and teachers
are getting ready for the upcoming graduation
ceremony. On June 13th, our seven graduates will berecognised for their dedication and achievements andwill be celebrated for their exciting adventure beyond
high school.

Anime NightOn April 26th the new 2024-2025
student council hosted an Anime night.
Where elementary students watched
Crayon Shin-Chan and secondary
students watched Your Name. Students
had lots of fun eating popcorn while
watching the movie and are very excited
to see what events the new Student
Council plans to host next.

Camping trip
From June 17th to 20th, students will go on an end-of-year camping
trip to Akiu, located on the west side of Miyagi prefecture. Students
will have a fun and relaxing time camping, barbequing, and doing
activities such as visiting the Akiu waterfalls. Students will also be able
to swim in the river right in front of the campsite and visit the local
ice cream shops. Students are guaranteed fun and unforgettable
memories with their friends during this trip.

WORLD NEWS
Aoba Matsuri (May 18th - 19th) - Yeo Won K.
Aoba Matsuri, a historic festival in Sendai, started 350 years ago torecall the completion of Toshogu Shrine by Date Tadamune andTokugawa Ieyasu. Later, Aoba Shrine was built to honor DateMasamune, the founder of Sendai, leading to the festival's current
name. The celebration spans two days.
Day 1: Yoi-Matsuri features Sparrow Dance (Suzume-Odori)
performances in downtown Sendai, with dancers jumping,spinning, and whirling fans to the rhythm of drums, flutes, andcymbals. This is a warm-up for the main event but is a captivating
performance in its own right.
Day 2: Hon-Matsuri includes a grand parade with more Sparrow
Dancers, samurai reenactments, and the firing of replica periodmuskets. The parade fills the city with a festive atmosphere,
showcasing the rich cultural heritage of Sendai and fostering asense of joy and appreciation among spectators. The festival is avibrant blend of history, tradition, and community spirit, making ita significant event for both locals and visitors.

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Billie Eilish - “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT” - Elisha P.
On May 17th Billie Eilish released her third album “HIT ME HARD
AND SOFT” co-written with her brother FINNEAS. The album has 10
tracks in total and a 5-second clip at the end. Her brother explains thisalbum is a piece representative of her coming back from her dreams andillusions (referring to her prior album “Happier Than Ever”). Her thirdsong, "CHIHIRO, " is titled after the protagonist of the Japanese Ghibli
film Spirited Away. Spirited Away is a story about a girl who stumbles
upon an alternate reality, where she experiences a new world with curiosityand fear. In the past, Billie Eilish has discussed her love towards the film,
and how much inspiration it had for her to write her debut album“WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?”. Billie
has not yet come out to explain the meaning behind the song and fans arestill speculating what this song could mean. The entire album is rather
experimental and new. However her eighth track “THE DINER”
reminds fans of her debut album with her gothic and theatrical sound. Herbrother also describes it as the “Billie sound” which many fans could
recognize. The album ends with Billie saying “But when can I hear thenext one?”. This raised rumours that perhaps Billie will be releasing adouble album similar to what Taylor Swift announced recently with heralbum “The Tortured Poets Department”. As “HIT ME HARD ANDSOFT” had a blue theme to it, people wonder if her double album will
have a red theme since Billie has been incorporating this colour throughher promotion. Fans are in love with her new album and are excited to see
what will come next.

The Champions League - Jiyu K
The Champions League, the competition to determine thebest club in Europe, is coming to an end. Only thirty-twoclubs from the best leagues of Europe get to be in the group
stage and only half of them go to the round of sixteen. Thenumber of slots each league can send teams depends on thecountry coefficient, which is a score based on the country's
past national competition of UEFA(Union of EuropeanFootball Associations). In the 2023~2024 season, FC Porto,Arsenal, Napoli, FC Barcelona, PSG, Real Sociedad, Inter,
Atlético Madrid, PSV, Dortmund, S.S Lazio, Bayern
Munich, FC Copenhagen, Manchester City, RB Leipzig,
and Real Madrid reached the round of sixteen. Each teamplays two matches, in home and away, playing against an
opponent who is drawn by UEFA and the opponent should
not be from the same group from the group stage. In theround of sixteen, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid,Manchester City, PSG, FC Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, andDortmund, defeated their opponent club and accomplished in
the quarter-final. On April 10th, the match between Arsenal
and Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Manchester City
happened. Both games ended up as a tie, with Arsenal andBayern scoring two goals and Real Madrid and Manchester
City scoring three goals. On the next day of the quarterfinals, matches between PSG and FC Barcelona, and AtléticoMadrid and Dortmund were played. Barcelona defeated PSG
in a score of three to two and Atlético Madrid beat Dortmund
In a score of two to one. On April 17th, the start of the second
round of quarter-finals happened. Dortmund had gained
their position in the semi-finals as they defeated AAtlético
Madrid with a score of four to two.

Their total aggregation of the score is five to four,which lead Dortmund to the next round of thechampionship. In the other match that day, PSG
had a huge win against FC Barcelona, beatingthem by a large difference of four to one, making
the final aggregation to four to six, sending PSG
to the semi-finals. The next day, Bayern Munich
had a win against Arsenal, with one to zero
making the final aggregation three to two. The
next match, a match between Manchester Cityand Real Madrid did not end easily. Manchester
made thirty-three shots and nine of them wereshots on target, while Real Madrid made eightshots and 3 of them were on target. The gameended as one to one, making the final aggregation
four to four. Because both games were tied, apenalty occurred and Real Madrid beatManchester City, the champions of last season,and gained their chance to the semi-finals. Thesemi-finals were a chain of unexpected results. By
Dortmund beating PSG with one to zero in bothgames, Dortmund gained their chance to be thechampions of Europe. Another German team on
the list, Bayern Munich matched against RealMadrid, owning fourteen Champions Leaguetitles. In their first match, they tied with a score of
two to two. In the second match at Real Madrid’s
home, Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich with a
total score of two to one, challenging for its
fifteenth title.

As the matches progressed, news about
retirement in the finals of Champions
League came along. Two German legends,Toni Kroos, and Marco Reus are retiringfrom there home team, Real Madrid andBorussia Dortmund in the last match ofChampions League. The finals will be thelast match Kroos’s last match and Reus’s lastmatch in Dortmund. The match between
two team started in the Wembley Stadiumin London, with total thirteen shots each forbothteams.
However,Madrid’s
middlefielder, Carvajal with the assist fromKroos, scored the first goal of the match atseventy four minutes into the game. And noteven ten minutes after the first goal, Madrid
gained the insurance by Vinicius Jr scoring agoal, assisted by Jude Bellingham. And
without any other suprise, Real Madrid
lifted their fifteenth Champtions Leaguecup in Wembley.

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JUNE

Fatu and Najin: The Final Guardians Of Their Species
Mari Bediako

What was once a flourishing species, some of thelargest land animals to walk our planet has now
reached a heartbreaking ending. A mother and adaughter, Najin and Fatu, are the last two surviving
Northern White Rhinos of their subspecies. Najin andFatu are currently in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy inKenya, protected and under constant care. But it isthere they will live out their last years. The Northern
White Rhinos have been considered functionallyextinct since 2018, when the last surviving male died,making it impossible for Fatu or Najin to breed. Najin is
now 35 and Fatu is 24. In the next 2-3 decades, theNorthern White Rhinoceros whose ancestry dates backmillions of years will cease to exist forever.
How could this happen? Unfortunately, the cause of
their extinction is far from natural. In many Asiancultures, the horns of rhinos are thought to havemedicinal properties. However, there is no clear
scientific evidence that supports any claim its
medicinal properties are actually legitimate. Despite
this, due to the beliefs and traditions of these cultures,the rhino horn is extremely sought after. These rhinos
have been poached and illegally traded over the last
hundreds of years, to almost extinction, and they are
not alone. Around 30,000 species are poached toalmost extinction annually. This includes not just landanimals, but marine animals too.

Why is this happening? How is it that we as
humans have the right to dictate the futures of an
entire species? The poaching and illegal tradingbusiness racks in almost 7 to 23 Billion dollars peryear. It is no surprise that money is a driving factor
for this. But it is by no means worth the lives ofentire species who have existed alongside us for
centuries, and even longer than us. Each of thesespecies has its own rich evolutionary story dating
millions upon millions of years back, yet they arebeing erased in a matter of just centuries, decades.
Us humans have this mentality that our lives, ourcomfort, matter more than those of Najin and Fatu,
but money nor medicine, nothing gives us the rightto take that away.
You may be thinking there is no hope. No way thatyou can possibly prevent another species fromgoing through what Fatu and Najin’s have, but that
simply isn’t true. Although the issue is nuanced,
simply addressing it, spreading awareness, anddonating to wildlife rescue programs, can go a longway. Write letters to legislation urging them to takeaction, and support conservation efforts whenever
you can. These small simple efforts can truly makea difference. Remember this: We share this planetwith well over 100 million species, probably more.
Let’s not kill them.

Works Cited:“How To Stop Poaching.” Unity Environmental University, https://unity.edu/careers/how-to-stop-poaching/.
Poaching Statistics – Illegal Hunting & Trade In Numbers! 14 Oct. 2023,
https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/poaching-statistics/.
“Poaching | Rhino Threats | Save the Rhino International.” Save The Rhino, https://www.savetherhino.org/rhinoinfo/threats/poaching-rhino-horn/.
Anderson, Sam. “The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth.” The New York Times, 6 Jan. 2021. NYTimes.com,
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/magazine/the-last-two-northern-white-rhinos-on-earth.html.
THE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO: HOW THEY CAME TO BE FUNCTIONALLY EXTINCT.
https://www.helpingrhinos.org/news/489/the-northern-white-rhino-how-they-came-to-be-functionally-extinct/.

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GRADUATES INTERVIEW
Hugo has been a student at TIS for 9 years!
What was your favorite memory in TIS?
“Sleepovers with my TIS friends”
How would you describe TIS in one word?
“Small”
How were your IB exams?
“I think they were ok but math was the hardest”
In general, what did you think of your IB time?
“It was fun but I stressed with the EE and the IA’s”
After graduation what are you planning to do?
“Party, and live a life”
What are your hopes and dreams after graduation?
“Being happy”

Yu has been a student at TIS since kindergarten!
What was your favorite memory in TIS?
“2022 was a great year especially the sound of musicmusical”
How would you describe TIS in one word?
“Unique”
How were your IB exams?
“They were fine. I tried to keep my cool and after exams I
felt so relieved and happy to be over with it. Now I am
excited for the musical, graduation and uni.”
In general, what did you think of your IB time?
“There's more stress, more work and it's hard to keep up
with life outside of IB, especially maintaining a good sociallife.”
After graduation what are you planning to do?
“I want to hang out with my friends, have fun, pack andprepare for university.”
What are your hopes and dreams after graduation?
“Make new friends and become more independent, join
extracurriculars and work.”

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SC Newspaper Team:
Elisha. P - chief editor,journalist
Yeo Won. K - journalist
Jiyu. K - journalist
Eva. D - reporter
Eima. M - reporter
Jimin K. - art editor

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