The Student News Site of The American School in Japan Wed, 02 Dec 2020 07:42:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 /features/interviews/our-bus-drivers-who-are-they/ /features/interviews/our-bus-drivers-who-are-they/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2020 02:59:34 +0000 /?p=2633 Reading Time: < 1 minute We see them every day. They’re an integral part of the ASIJ community, making sure we get to school and return home safely. We know them as our bus drivers, but they are so much more. In honor of staff appreciation month, the Hanabi team interviewed ASIJ’s 34 bus drivers to find out more about...]]> /features/interviews/our-bus-drivers-who-are-they/feed/ 0 /campus-life/the-inside-track-hannah-siegel/ /campus-life/the-inside-track-hannah-siegel/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2019 02:57:56 +0000 /?p=1955 Reading Time: 2 minutes In late September ASIJ graduate Hannah Siegel (‘11) spoke to the high school in the first of this year’s Inside Track presentations. Siegel shared her stories about her high-school experiences here, her college experience at Bates College, and her current role at Rothy’s, a San Francisco-based company that makes shoes with recycled, single-use plastics. Reflecting...]]> /campus-life/the-inside-track-hannah-siegel/feed/ 0 /news/the-2020-presidential-election-who-are-the-candidates/ /news/the-2020-presidential-election-who-are-the-candidates/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2019 23:39:27 +0000 /?p=1384 Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2020 race is beginning to ramp up.   Seventeen major Democratic candidates have thrown their hats in the ring, either officially announcing their candidacy or announcing an exploratory committee for president. On the opposite side of the aisle, President Donald Trump has already launched his campaign for 2020 and has spoken at several rallies...]]> /news/the-2020-presidential-election-who-are-the-candidates/feed/ 1 /opinion/why-political-discussions-are-good-for-us/ /opinion/why-political-discussions-are-good-for-us/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:06:09 +0000 /?p=820 Reading Time: 2 minutes This year, through the various clubs that I’ve joined, I was reminded of the power that discussions and sharing opinions had to educate people. I started to think about advocating for more discussions in our classes, and political discussions about topical issues as well. Yet I also felt as though in the past I only...]]> /opinion/why-political-discussions-are-good-for-us/feed/ 4