"Hello"ween Dance

The first dance party of the school year of 2008 was held on the 23rd of October, the last day of the first quarter, at HIS by the student council. Because it was decided to be held on October, the theme was Halloween so many of the people dressed up in Halloween costumes, and it was really great to see people in varieties of costumes. There were cats, vampires, devils, angels, witches, and more.
This was the first dance party for the new students and the 7th graders, but every one was having a great time and I appreciate the student council very much for putting such a wonderful effort in the party.
The thing I was very happy about during this party was that some girls from the neighbor High school came too and that they were making friendship with many people from our school. Making friends in dance parties I think is a wonderful idea because when you are dancing, you don’t have to communicate using languages, but you can express your emotions through dancing. Not every one in our school speaks Japanese, but I saw some of the people who can’t communicate really well in Japanese being very friendly to the girls from the Japanese High school.
We are very lucky that our school have dance parties, so if you haven’t been attending them, and if you have time, you should participate in the dance party next time, which probably will going be on the end of December.

Husky Soccer Team 2008

The season of the HIS soccer team of 2008 concluded on the 22nd of October. This year there were 16 players through 7th graders to 12th graders. Out of 16 players, 4 were girls but they played aggressively and did a lot to the team. This year, they had a brand new coach and a manager, coach Branson and Yuna K., and they helped the team to build up. There were a lot of “Husky Soccer Team” fans as usual, cheering the team in every games.

The team had games against other Japanese Junior High schools, and High Schools all over Sapporo, and was doing great for the whole season. Sadly, the Husky soccer team could not win any of the games this season but probably, every one of them had a great experience. I interviewed Shion S., how she felt as one of a girl player who joined the team this year now that the season has ended, and here are her words.

“This season was my first year on the soccer team. From the first soccer practice, since we ran so much, I thought I'd never make it through until the end. But when I think about it now, I'm really glad that I joined the soccer team since I got to experience a lot. Even though the practice was hard, I had a lot of fun and I hope I managed to become at least a bit better at playing soccer. It was a whole new experience for me and I learnt a lot from Mr. Branson and all the other soccer team members. Even though I couldn't manage to go to the last few practices, I'd really like to do it again next year!”

Even though they were not able to win, the team is improving every year, and they still have the futsal tournament on March. We hope that the soccer team will do well in the tournament. The results of the tournament will going to be posted after they come back from the tournament, so please keep cheering for the team.