Events and Education

Hey everyone! Although AP tests are just around the corner, the seniors of Laguna Hills High School can still have fun and stay involved on campus. Three big events have happened on my campus recently that all the students are loving taking part in!

The first event was International Week. Students from all four grades represented different countries from around the world. At lunch, there were dances and music from countries along with a booth set up to display food from that country that students could eat! It was a great way for students to learn more about foreign nations while staying at school and eating yummy food! Check out the pictures below of some of the booths. There was even a Norway one!

The Peru booth that I worked

The Mexico booth

The Norway Booth

Next was the Powderpuff football game. This is where the girls of the oldest grade (the seniors) play the 2nd oldest grade (the juniors) in a flag football game. It is a great way for all the girls in one class to bond, increase school spirit, and learn good leadership and sportsmanship. Plus, it is so fun to run around the field with girls from your school. Of course, the seniors always want to beat the juniors and there is a big rivalry the entire week of school leading up to the game. This year, my grade the seniors won! It was great to win because it is the last Powderpuff game I will ever play in! Check out some pictures below!

Official Jersey Shirts

Finally is the API dance. When our school does really well on state testing at the end of each school year, our school rewards us with a free casual dance! Casual dances are always fun because everyone dresses up according to a theme and dances the night away in the school gym. This year the theme was Tropic Like It's Hot (drop it like it's hot pun, clever I know) so all the students dressed in rainforest attire! My friends and I dressed as rainforest animals. Check out the pictures below!

The Theme Poster

As you can tell, school has been keeping me busy, both socially and academically. I can't wait to move onto the next academic aspect of my life, college!

How do you socialize during a busy week? Let me know in the comments!

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Admirable Administrators: Vice Principal Felix

Hey everyone! Today I will be sharing with you the second interview in my Admirable Administrators series here on Americanamanda. I sat down with the Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Guidance at my school to discuss many different interesting topics. The questions I asked encompassed local and international concerns in the school system along with American high school teenage life as a whole. Check out the full interview with Mrs. Felix below!

Let me know in the comments if you have any other questions you would like me to ask in my future interviews!

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Admirable Administrators: Principal Boulton

Hey everyone! This is the first in my series of interviews with administrators of my high school. I hope you find these interesting! Some of the topics we covered in the interview are general life in a Californian high school, life for an international student on campus, and international programs like Model UN and Immersion. Immersion is a program for students who are fluent in a language other than English, taking some of their core classes in that language along with other classes to improve their speaking and writing abilities in English and their native language. Check out my interview with the Principal of my school, Mr. Boulton, below!

Let me know what you think and if you have any ideas for questions for my next interview in the comments below!

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International Week

Hey everyone! This past week at my school has been International Week! All week, we have events at snack and lunch that have to do with each culture and country from all over the world. At snack, we have customs and culture events like a flag ceremony, fashion show, and trivia game featuring major global countries big and small. Then at lunch, we have a food fair where students bring native food for sale. Students buy tickets for 25 cents and samples of food are sold for a couple of tickets. This way, each student can try a little bit of food from every country. We have countries from the North, South, East, and West the first four days of the week, than all the countries on Friday. There are all kinds of food, even drinks and desserts!
Since MUN is the biggest international club on campus, we are in charge of putting all of International Week together. We organize the acts to preform, assign people countries to represent, and administer the selling and collecting of tickets. Its a hard job, but its worth it to put on such a spectacular event!

Here is a video covering international week at our school!

What international events occur at your school? Let me know in the comments!

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