February 2019 @ SFS

Dongdaewon

It's been a busy few weeks. T.shirts and Sweatshirts have made huge sales across some of the sections.

Thank you to Alin Sung and Sylar Won again for their wonderful designs.
These are still available in each section.
16,000 T.shirts
35,000 Sweatshirts
We have run out of some sizes but they are still available for order.
Contact Megan Walker at megan.walker@seoulforeign.org
if you have any questions.





                                   Take a look at all the amazing entries we had this year, check out the poster in                                       the Atrium in the ES.

Hearts To Serve; 27th February we had our annual service assembly. Thank you to Jean Kim for coordinating this and to everyone who shared about service here at SFS. It was particularly exciting to celebrate the 20 years we have partnered with Eugene Bell. Check out the Board statement issued 20 years ago and Sarah Carpenter's 20 year tribute video.

The Board statement issued 20 years ago. Interesting read, especially their vision for SFS students all those years ago. Take a look.

Fundraising happening in our school ...

March Monday Madness in the BS (1,000 won donation)
Dress up as twin, Scientist or Explorer Day, Teacher - Student Swap day, or Emoji Day

Swim Met this Saturday 2 March. Come and support our swimmers for Dongdaewon.

SWEP Music concert 21 March

Attend the BS Fair 22 March.

Keep sending your coins in for
Loot for Lungs (BS) or Coins for a Cause (ES)

The ES had their Dongdaewon Fair Weds 27th, afternoon from 12.30 - 2.30 pm. A whooping 9, 651,000 KRW was raised in two hours. Well done ES, fantastic work.

Check out the ES Fair pics.

Heather Breedlove helping students in Kinder.

So much choice

Joel Walker and friend

Students purchasing from the  fifth grade desk sales.

Welcome to Dongdaewon 2019!

Welcome to Dongdaewon 2019! 

It's our 20th year partnering with Eugene Bell this year and it has started with a bang.  Our fundraising period will run from Feb 8th - Mar 22nd. 

Friday 8th, and Saturday 9th February launched Dongdaewon in Robb Hall, with our staff panto 'Captain Hook's Revenge' by Richard Coleman. Faculty braved the cold to come to rehearsals from November. It was in full swing after the Christmas vacation. I hear the rehearsals were as much fun and filled with hilarity as the actual performances. The Admin team joined the cast, showcasing their talents as BTS (a famous Korean Kpop band, along with their stylist).

Tristan, Justyna and Adam (keeping it in family)!

It does take a village to create a panto here at SFS and in true Edie Moon style, she directed the cast, producing an outstanding, fun filled, 2 1/2 hrs of laughter, entertainment and community building. Thank you to everyone who contributed by attending, helping out front stage, backstage and on stage. You guys were amazing. The exact amount raised is yet to be confirmed, but is looking to be over 10 million won. Good efforts everyone.

Front of t.shirt                              Back of t.shirt 

Dongdaewon T.shirts/Sweatshirts were also launched at this year's panto. We had a lot of entries, from all sections of our school. Congratulations to Skylar Won (Grade 8) and Alin Sung (Grade 9).

Check out the winning designs. 

T.shirts and Sweatshirts will be available in each section of the school before and after school.

T.shirts - 16,000 won

Sweatshirts - 35,000 won.

This is a fantastic fundraiser.

It is with sadness that Shamograms will not be a part of this year's fundraising drive. It has been a big part of our Dongdaewon fundraising for the past 20 years, thanks to Kate Gray and her team of mischievous leprechauns.  The school is trying to take a healthier stance and felt that giving a lot of chocolate bars to each other wasn't supporting that.  So watch this space ... as each section creates new initiatives this year.

Events Coming Up: 

Silent Art Auction

This year we are collecting artwork from our community students/teachers/parents for our annual Silent Auction. Please contact Libby Beaty or Jo Bigwood if you have any items you would like to donate, by Feb 26th. This will be running in the coffee shop area from March 4th - 18th. Come and place a bid. There will be all sorts of exciting artwork for you to bid on, including items from many of talented faculty.

Gift Cards

As part of our 20th Year Celebration, we will be producing packs of gift cards to be sold, with artwork from students and alumni. Watch out for these ...

Hearts to Serve Feb 27

ES Fair, Feb 27

Swim Meet, March 2

Silent Art Auction March 4- 18

BS Fair March 22nd

MS Dongdaewon Concert (dates to be confirmed)

If you are new to our blog, don't forget to check out previous blog entries and our old blog, on previous posts.

See you again soon.