The Student News Site of The American School in Japan Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:54:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 /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’ and boys’ 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 /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/humans-of-asij-ronan-takizawa-22/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij-ronan-takizawa-22/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:45:56 +0000 /?p=2504 Reading Time: 3 minutes How and why did you get into meditation?  “I used to live in India, and at my school [the American Embassy School in New Delhi], they practiced meditation quite often. Being in India, meditation is very much a part of the culture. Everyone practices yoga in the morning and meditates. When I came back to...]]> /campus-life/humans-of-asij-ronan-takizawa-22/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij-sean-mcguire-20/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij-sean-mcguire-20/#respond Thu, 19 Mar 2020 02:22:51 +0000 /?p=2307 Reading Time: 2 minutes “Whenever I’m playing guitar, whenever I feel inspired, it’s like I’m in a trance. I’ve never really owned a video game console, so this has been my means of passing time forever. Guitar is a way for me to express myself or communicate my emotions. It’s fun to play. As with anything you do, once...]]> /campus-life/humans-of-asij-sean-mcguire-20/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij-solomon-kim-20/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij-solomon-kim-20/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:45:53 +0000 /?p=2294 Reading Time: < 1 minute “We didn’t expect to win; we knew the competition would be tough. It’s just good that we were able to pull it off.” “This year has been a really interesting environment, especially with the new debaters this year to help mentor. I think debate provides a really good opportunity to expand your basic knowledge in...]]> /campus-life/humans-of-asij-solomon-kim-20/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2020 02:21:11 +0000 /?p=2156 Reading Time: < 1 minute “I speak Japanese and English, and I also speak Japanese at home. I don’t really mind it.” About going back to New York and being/speaking Japanese: “It’s not much of a big change since I can speak both English and Japanese, but for someone like my mom who doesn’t speak English, it’s a bit difficult...]]> /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-juri-kimura-21/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-juri-kimura-21/#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:06:52 +0000 /?p=2141 Reading Time: 2 minutes “First I went to this school called Aoba. It was an international school, but basically everybody there speaks Japanese so it was very unhelpful. If you don’t speak [English] with people who are much more fluent than you then you just don’t get the vocabulary you need. But then, luckily, I got into Nishimachi [an...]]> /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-juri-kimura-21/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-cora-eaton/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-cora-eaton/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2020 12:16:10 +0000 /?p=2128 Reading Time: 2 minutes Cora Eaton is a senior at ASIJ who has been in Japan for three years. Cora has lived in many places and gone to different schools, so being on sports teams had always been a constant. “I love athletics. I play basketball and volleyball, and it’s just something that has always been a big part...]]> /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-cora-eaton/feed/ 0 /media/humans-of-asij-su-nakashima/ /media/humans-of-asij-su-nakashima/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:32:04 +0000 /?p=2098 Reading Time: 2 minutes When asked about what her greatest passion is, ASIJ sophomore Su Nakashima automatically said, “Alpine skiing.” Su has been downhill skiing nearly her entire life and has also been competing for quite some time now: “I’ve been skiing since I was three; it’s always been a big part of my life.”  Su’s family is a...]]> /media/humans-of-asij-su-nakashima/feed/ 0