How Can KIS Win More KAIAC Plaques?
Phoenix Gym in the Korean International School. 2000/08/11 How did Seoul International School sweep all the basketball prizes—from KAIAC to AISA, in JV and Varsity, and in boys and girls? In the 2025-2026 basketball season, the SIS varsity boys’ basketball team placed 1st in both KAIAC and AISA. The girls’ varsity team placed 3rd in…
The KIS Dread Crisis
What originally started out as a playful gimmick on TikTok, the “dread” stealing trend has found its way into the KIS school community and slowly but surely established itself as a school-wide crisis affecting all those who own Nike Elite Bags. On the surface, the trend involves stealing the intricately woven zippers from the famous…
IMPLEMENT GARTIC!!!
The logo of Gartic Phone, a digitalized version of the popular game telephone, which utilizes both drawing and guessing skills. Normally, when people play Gartic, it turns into complete chaos. Students draw the most cursed things, and everyone ends up laughing at drawings that look like nothing they were supposed to be. But surprisingly enough,…
The Unseen Heroes of KIS: a Day in the Life of a Faculty Member
Mr.Edward Kwon at the KIS soccer field. Photo taken May 7 2026. KIS security guards work 12 hour shifts. Edward Kwon, KIS’ head of security, has been working these shifts for nine years. You’ve probably seen Mr. Kwon around the school – he’s arguably the most well-known security guard at KIS. He’s most commonly seen…
KIS Forensics: a Decade Legacy
Microphone on top of a dark stage April 2024 Walking from the middle school to the high school building through the sky bridge, students in KIS’ secondary school are greeted with four banners hanging on a blank, white wall. Two are navy, two are white, and they are embellished with numbers from 2011 to 2025;…
Neurodivergency and Sanism in School Communities
Among classmates you meet everyday, 30% may be neurodivergent, according to UW-Madison School of Education. Sitting exhausted in a late Friday class, you may come to notice the boy with the too blank eyes staring a hole into the wall, or the girl rocking back and forth in her chair with a cheery smile. At…
You think it’s helpful, but this is actually killing your brain power
Those energy drinks and coffee you are drinking are not helping you focus: they actually steal your sleep, destroy your attention span, and generally ruin your life. Last summer break was the busiest time of my life. To keep up with all the hagwon work and summer school program exams, I began to rely on…
The Easiest Way to Upgrade Your Study to Another Level
Depiction by D.Y. Lee (10) of taking a 30 minute power nap between classes, Nov. 14th. This easy habit can help you achieve a 4.0 while having at least 2 hours of free time every day. Using this easy 30-minute method will boost your ability to focus and reduce fatigue. What I’m describing here is…
The Impact of Timed Tests on Student Performance
Timed tests, according to the college board and the vast majority of teachers, are supposed to measure a student’s aptitude. But does it really measure a student’s pure knowledge of a subject or just how fast they can solve a problem? Because the latter solely promotes finding shortcuts to find a question as quickly as…
The anti-cram studying method: the Pomodoro method
I was a big procrastinator, and I seemed to cram for an exam just to burn out and get distracted, until I found this study method that is so good it feels illegal.Nowadays, many students cram not just for exams, but also for homework or work in general. They do most of their work at…