The Student News Site of The American School in Japan Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:11:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 /campus-life/student-body-president-elections-what-you-need-to-know/ /campus-life/student-body-president-elections-what-you-need-to-know/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 01:57:30 +0000 /?p=4991 Reading Time: < 1 minute Every spring, the ASIJ student body gathers to vote for who they think should be their next Student Body President. Weeks of campaigning in hallways, classrooms, and across social media lead up to a day in the theater where each candidate lays out their vision for the upcoming school year. Each of the three candidates...]]> /campus-life/student-body-president-elections-what-you-need-to-know/feed/ 0 /campus-life/asijmun-iv-x-hanabi-exclusive-report/ /campus-life/asijmun-iv-x-hanabi-exclusive-report/#respond Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:01:50 +0000 /?p=4924 Reading Time: < 1 minute ]]> /campus-life/asijmun-iv-x-hanabi-exclusive-report/feed/ 0 /campus-life/an-explosion-of-color-south-asian-student-union-celebrates-holi/ /campus-life/an-explosion-of-color-south-asian-student-union-celebrates-holi/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:27:13 +0000 /?p=4822 Reading Time: 3 minutes The first handful of brightly colored powder was flung into the air. Cheers erupted as powdery clouds of red, pink, blue, green, and yellow transformed the bus turnaround. With every toss and throw, faces were smeared with streaks of pink and blue, clothes colored with splashes of every shade imaginable. Holi had begun.聽 Friday, March...]]> /campus-life/an-explosion-of-color-south-asian-student-union-celebrates-holi/feed/ 0 /campus-life/from-middle-school-to-high-school-the-class-of-2027s-story/ /campus-life/from-middle-school-to-high-school-the-class-of-2027s-story/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:13:40 +0000 /?p=4772 Reading Time: 3 minutes High school鈥攖he final frontier. The end of our K-12 journey. The place we imagine to be like the movies. Just the idea of becoming a high schooler conjures a mix of both excitement and nervousness.聽 We’re sure you remember your high school transition. Maybe it was recently, maybe it was decades ago. Well, this transition...]]> /campus-life/from-middle-school-to-high-school-the-class-of-2027s-story/feed/ 0 /campus-life/asij-student-life-from-past-to-present/ /campus-life/asij-student-life-from-past-to-present/#respond Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:32:30 +0000 /?p=4733 Reading Time: 3 minutes As discussions about the upcoming ASIJ campus renovation and the 鈥渞iver of learning鈥� 鈥� a key part of the school鈥檚 architectural vision 鈥� continue to stir excitement among current students, a glimpse into the past may provide insight into our campus’s progress, helping paint a picture of how far we have come. Several alumni who...]]> /campus-life/asij-student-life-from-past-to-present/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij-captains-of-the-cheer-squad/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij-captains-of-the-cheer-squad/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:51:23 +0000 /?p=4696 Reading Time: 4 minutes Y-E-L-L, hit it! The ASIJ Cheerleading team, who lead chants and entertain crowds at sports games, finished off the winter season where they cheered for the girls鈥� and boys鈥� basketball teams. This school year marked the first year of cheering with an audience and without COVID restrictions since 2019-2020. In this Humans of ASIJ interview,...]]> /campus-life/humans-of-asij-captains-of-the-cheer-squad/feed/ 0 /campus-life/the-asij-theaters-all-student-affair/ /campus-life/the-asij-theaters-all-student-affair/#respond Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:10:09 +0000 /?p=4644 Reading Time: 4 minutes On a Thursday afternoon last month, senior Sophia Nielsen strode through the high school hallways searching for an open room where she could rehearse her One Act Play. In tow was Evi Chung, also a senior, who has a leading role in Sophia鈥檚 play.聽 鈥淚 hadn鈥檛 ever done theater and I had always wanted to...]]> /campus-life/the-asij-theaters-all-student-affair/feed/ 0 /campus-life/gregory-khezrnejat-and-the-distinctive-craft-of-transnational-writing/ /campus-life/gregory-khezrnejat-and-the-distinctive-craft-of-transnational-writing/#respond Sat, 20 Jan 2024 07:23:53 +0000 /?p=4619 Reading Time: 3 minutes Last month, the ASIJ English and Japanese departments had the privilege of hearing from Gregory Khezrnejat, a transnational writer and professor at Hosei University. As a diverse student body with a wide range of nationalities influenced by Japanese culture and language, ASIJ students had a lot to learn from Dr. Khezrnejat. Dr. Khezrnejat was born...]]> /campus-life/gregory-khezrnejat-and-the-distinctive-craft-of-transnational-writing/feed/ 0 /features/humans-of-asij-naomi-almog/ /features/humans-of-asij-naomi-almog/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:45:45 +0000 /?p=4586 Reading Time: 2 minutes Naomi Almog is a senior at ASIJ, known throughout the high school for her musical talent. She has been singing in choirs since elementary school and joined ASIJ as a sophomore in 2021. At school, she is a prominent member of the choir and Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and often performs songs in the courtyard. In...]]> /features/humans-of-asij-naomi-almog/feed/ 0 /campus-life/asijs-librarians-more-than-just-readers/ /campus-life/asijs-librarians-more-than-just-readers/#respond Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:31:47 +0000 /?p=4482 Reading Time: 2 minutes There are 171,476 words currently used in the English language according to the Oxford English Dictionary鈥檚 Second Edition. This fact sometimes scares people away from the voluminous rows of books in libraries. For others, though, the endless possibilities that come from so many words are enticing.聽 Regardless, reading is crucial to the development of one鈥檚...]]> /campus-life/asijs-librarians-more-than-just-readers/feed/ 0