Student Life

The Dreaded Yellow Late Slips: Friend or Foe?

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The Dreaded Yellow Late Slips: Friend or Foe?

Zahra Brady April 28, 2024 Anybody who’s ever been late to school will be familiar with this sight: a traffic jam at the roundabout, a...

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Humanities Course Registration Article

Every year, during course registration, students struggle to select their classes for the coming year. They have to consider their...

Community Spotlight: The Hard-Working Cleaning Staff at HKIS

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Community Spotlight: The Hard-Working Cleaning Staff at HKIS

Ava Parekh and Jocelyn Tong February 7, 2024 Note: this interview was conducted in October of 2023. —------------------------------------...

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A Deep Dive into Advocacy Week

Raghav Bhatnagar February 7, 2024 From January 22nd to 25th, HKIS high school students experienced their first-ever advocacy week....

Breaking Barriers: For Girls Club Hosts Eye-Opening Period Cramp Simulator Event during Gratitude and Giving Week

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Breaking Barriers: For Girls Club Hosts Eye-Opening Period Cramp Simulator Event during Gratitude and Giving Week

Victoria Kong January 22, 2024 During the recent Gratitude and Giving Week at HKIS, an event aimed at raising awareness about period...

The New Grading System: Yet Another Change at HKIS

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The New Grading System: Yet Another Change at HKIS

James Ellis January 22, 2024 After three years of piloting standards-based grading in select courses, HKIS fully transitioned to the new...

A Dummy’s Guide to AP World History - insights and advice

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A Dummy’s Guide to AP World History - insights and advice

Chris Yin Feb 7th, 2023 If opening the “grades” tab on your AP World History schoology class makes you want to write an email to your...

The New Bell Schedule: How HKIS Students Feel About It

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The New Bell Schedule: How HKIS Students Feel About It

Aria Tahilramani Febuary 2nd, 2023 This school year marked the beginning of a new bell schedule, one met with a lot of negative opinions....

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Band Concert - Something Like Magic

Katelyn Liu November 14th, 2021 There’s a common belief that music is the closest thing that we as humans will ever come to magic. In the...

Librarian Dive Bombing Student Laptops Has Become a Regular Event

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Librarian Dive Bombing Student Laptops Has Become a Regular Event

Emma Pang February 12, 2022 HONG KONG, HK - students are describing this incident as an all around traumatising event after another...

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Dress Code Protects Student Body

Katherine Ashley Chen and Sanaya Parekh January 3, 2022 [No return address] Hong Kong International School High School Division 1 Red...

Model Pew Club Poll Finds Swimming to be the Most ‘Torturous’ PE Unit

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Model Pew Club Poll Finds Swimming to be the Most ‘Torturous’ PE Unit

Justin Sau December 2, 2021 The PE swim unit is the one thing students fear more than anything else in the school year, a recent report...

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New Rule Forbidding Plexiglass on Floor After 16 Injuries ‘Back’-fires

Emma Pang December 2, 2021 After sixteen students slipped on plexiglass, flailed perpendicular to the ground, resembling cartoon...

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MDJunior – Fighting The Health Gap

Michelle Lau November 20th, 2021 MD Junior, a new club at HKIS this year, is part of a non-profit organization that aims to unite...

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Choir Concert - Wavelength Makes Waves

Katelyn Liu November 20th, 2021 On Friday, November 6, the HKIS combined choirs held their first concert of the year. Wavelength, their...

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Feature a Teacher: Ms. Mok

Gracie Chung November 20th, 2021 Six thousand miles. That’s the distance between Brighton and Hong Kong, or the distance Ms. Mok had to...

There's No Place Like Home: Noa and Zooey on The Wizard of Oz Experience

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There's No Place Like Home: Noa and Zooey on The Wizard of Oz Experience

Chloe Tse November 20th, 2021 The Wizard of Oz was a magical show that transported the audience to the land of conniving witches,...

A Guide to the Hardest Classes in High School

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A Guide to the Hardest Classes in High School

Chloe Page November 20th, 2021 Between spending hours laboring through math equations, poring over minute details in essays, and cramming...

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Junto's Guide to Surviving AP Season

Stanley Sau November 20th, 2021 It’s AP season. Students are fretting about their inability to live up to their standards of study...

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Z-Club's Dinner in the Dark

Alex Gandhi November 20th, 2021 On Saturday, November 5, the Zonta Club held its annual Dinner in the Dark, a fundraising event targeted...

HKIS Comes 2nd Overall in Forensics SDC Tournament

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HKIS Comes 2nd Overall in Forensics SDC Tournament

Rysa Tahilramani November 20th, 2021 During the September 28-29 weekend, the HKIS Forensics team participated in the Hong Kong Senior...

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Feature a Teacher: Mr. Hamilton

Kaylin Chong November 20th, 2021 Mr. Chadwick Hamilton is a math teacher hailing from Portland, Oregon. Coming from Korea with his wife...

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A Penny for Your Thoughts on Interim

Chloe Tse November 20th, 2021 Interim. When you hear that word, what emotion does it spark in you? Eagerness to bond with the people on...

Teachers Defeat Students in Quiz Bowl Intramural Twice in a Row

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Teachers Defeat Students in Quiz Bowl Intramural Twice in a Row

Katelyn Liu November 20th, 2021 Last Friday, student members of the Quiz Bowl team faced yet another loss as the Humanities teachers...

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Feature a Teacher: Mr. Zen

Adit Gorawara November 14th, 2021 Let’s start by getting to know Mr. Leo Tseng - that's Mr. Zen’s real name. Although we know it as Mr....

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New Kids Of HKIS

Ryan Argetsinger November 20th, 2021 With every new year comes a new sense of community. At HKIS, we've laughed, socialized, and learned...

Winter Formal: A Resurrection After a Five-Year Hiatus

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Winter Formal: A Resurrection After a Five-Year Hiatus

Gracie Chung November 20th, 2021 On December 3, 2016, HKIS held its first Winter Formal in five years at the Middle School gym. Complete...

“12 Angry Jurors”: A Theatrical Rendition

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“12 Angry Jurors”: A Theatrical Rendition

Joy Chan November 20th, 2021 Led by Ms. Heatherly Stephens, a rotating cast of high school students took the stage from the 8th-11th of...

HKISMUN II: Highlights From Our in-House MUN Conference

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HKISMUN II: Highlights From Our in-House MUN Conference

Yoonjung Choi November 20th, 2021 HKIS hosted its 2nd HKISMUN conference from October 12th to 13th, with almost a total of 100 attendees...

China Cup Forensics 2019: Maintaining the Debate Winning Streak

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China Cup Forensics 2019: Maintaining the Debate Winning Streak

Katelyn Liu November 20th, 2021 On January 12, 2018, Hong Kong International School hosted the annual China Cup Forensics competition,...

Exploring Global Online Academy with HKIS Students

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Exploring Global Online Academy with HKIS Students

Gracie Chung November 20th, 2021 Game Theory, Number Theory, Medical Problem Solving, and Poetry Writing are just a few of the online...

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Pumpkin Fest - A Sweet Surprise!

Hebe Yiu November 20th, 2021 The Irish brought the Halloween tradition of pumpkin carving to the USA, just as this HKIS Pumpkin Festival...

New GIN Club's First Event is a Smashing Success

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New GIN Club's First Event is a Smashing Success

Daniel Sheremeta November 20th, 2021 February 1 saw the inaugural event of the Global Issues Network Club (GIN): The GINcredible Charity...

2nd GINspirational Carnival Continues to Entertain and Inspire

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2nd GINspirational Carnival Continues to Entertain and Inspire

Michelle Ahn November 20th, 2021 On September 27, the Global Issues Network (GIN) club hosted its second annual GIN Carnival to promote...

Slam Poet Luka Lesson on Inspiration, the Writing Process, and Tips for Aspiring Writers

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Slam Poet Luka Lesson on Inspiration, the Writing Process, and Tips for Aspiring Writers

Hebe Yiu November 20th, 2021 “Poems begin in a million different ways.” Just as poems may begin in a million different ways, Luka Lesson,...

HKIS Quiz Bowl Continues on Their Legacy In Mind Over Matter

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HKIS Quiz Bowl Continues on Their Legacy In Mind Over Matter

Aujin Kim November 20th, 2021 On September 21, the HKIS Quiz Bowl team gathered at German Swiss International School to compete in Mind...

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Student Literally Sucks Up To Teacher

Emma Pang November 14th, 2021 Students at HKIS took the term ‘sucking up to teachers’ a bit too far last Friday, having to be surgically...

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Feature a Teacher: Mr. Ross

Hebe Yiu November 14th, 2021 Nine years ago, Mr. Mike Ross visited this school as a teacher from ICS to observe the band classes and...

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APAC Choir a Phenomenal Success

Iris Lee November 14th, 2021 From the 16th to 18th of November, HKIS choir members took part in the 2017 APAC Choir festival hosted by...

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Sodexo Announces Flavored Paper Straws

Bowen Zhu November 14th, 2021 After an eight-month market research program involving lengthy surveys and involuntary interviews, Sodexo...

HKISMUN: Tips From Delegates of Our First Ever in-House MUN Conference

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HKISMUN: Tips From Delegates of Our First Ever in-House MUN Conference

Henrietta Ko November 14th, 2021 HKIS hosted its very first HKISMUN conference from October 13th to 14th, with 80 attendees from HKIS,...

Great Confidence Displayed At Orchestra Concert

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Great Confidence Displayed At Orchestra Concert

Kathy Tse November 14th, 2021 On the evening of November 28th, 2017 students grabbed the audience's attention as soon as they began...

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The Rising Club: Mock Trial

Lina Chen November 14th, 2021 Mock Trial is a new initiative club that emulates courts and is competed infant of real Hong Kong judges....

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Students on the Art of Procrastination

Stanley Sau February 6, 2021 In every class, there always seems to be at least one student known for their otherworldly abilities in...

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HKIS Media Department Encourages Lovelin to Get Snapchat Amid Online School Disconnect

Emma Pang January 13, 2021 With the pandemic and online school leading to an all time high with disconnect between students and teachers,...

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A New SAT Score

Emma Pang November 11, 2020 All around the globe, the first wave of scores have just been released from this school year’s first SAT in...

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The Math Weeding Program: Student Speaks Out Against Math Department's Secret Scheme

Stanley Sau October 20, 2020 The near-100% acceptance rate that Honors Geometry boasts is the greatest representation of our school’s...

The Robotics Club Strives for "Vexcellence"

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The Robotics Club Strives for "Vexcellence"

Chloe Tse May 6th, 2020 This year, the HKIS VEX robotics team won the excellence award at the Hong Kong VEX Regional Championships. They...

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An Official Welcome to the HKIS Rowing Team

Rysa Tahilramani April 28, 2020 Classes in the traditional form have been suspended indefinitely, but the Rowing Club certainly hasn’t....

HKIS Students Uncover New Passions, “Dance Through the Plague Year”

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HKIS Students Uncover New Passions, “Dance Through the Plague Year”

Jaeryung Park April 7th, 2020 Since the Coronavirus outbreak, HKIS and most schools around the world have switched their learning...