December 2019 Newsletter
The end of year BFS Newsletter has been published! it is incredible everything that has been happening and all our accomplishments thus far. Enjoy the recap before the holidays!
MS Choir and BFS Band Winter Concert
In August of 2019, Mrs Becki Pochon and Dr. Don Grant joined the BFS team with a mandate of introducing new music ensembles in the school. Thursday, December 12th marked the day in the BFS Fine Arts department that demonstrated…
SKAC HS Basketball Divisional Tournament
On Tuesday, December 3rd our BFS Sharks HS basketball teams played in the SKAC Divisional tournament in Sacheon hosted by GIFS. On the day our teams won 6 games and lost 3 games. Here are the results: BFS Boys Team L …
Model UN SKAC 2019
The BFS Sharks were at their best Tuesday at the SKAC Model United Nations Tournament in Gwangju. 26 BFS students participated, including Hidaya Mansour, the Secretary-General of the Conference, and three of the five Committee Chairs; with Hammad Shaikh chairing…
Nov. 2019 SKAC Spelling Bee
At 5:45 am, Tuesday, November 26th, the Grade 1-8 Spelling Bee Sharks traveled to Kwangju Foreign School for the Scripps Spelling Bee Competition. Ms. Aguilar, Ms. Cressey, and Ms. Suk were proud of the effort and respect these Sharks displayed…
2019-20 Elementary STEM Fair by Yena
STEM fair! Me, Connor, and Aiden we’re pumped about going to the STEM fair! Ms. Boettcher came too! We were in a minivan for around 2 hours but soon enough it got boring. So I thought of activities to do…
SKAC STEM Fair 2019
On Wednesday, November 20th, Some of our students traveled to ISK and GIFS for the SKAC STEM fair. While it's not technically a competition, it does speak volumes about the quality of thinking, presentation skills, and overall preparedness of our…
BFS Teachers present at KORKOS
BFS hires teachers that not only care for their students but also excel and become role models for other teachers. Three of our current faculty, Ms. Leland& Ms. Boyle, and Mr. Muller, traveled to Seoul and presented to fellow teachers…
2019 MS Retreat
On Thursday and Friday, November 14 and 15, MS went on an overnight retreat to Mungyeong and Andong. On the first day, MS went Go-Karting. Many kids enjoyed the fast-paced racing. We also went Ziplining. The Zipline was one of…
Cross Country SKAC Final Race
On Tuesday, November 12th our BFS Sharks participated in the Southern Korean Activities Conference (SKAC) Cross Country Finals hosted by ISB. Below is a write up from Colin Landon (5th grade student) The BFS Cross Country season was second to…