Eric Chou, Nicole Chou
Jason Hou, Alex Hung
Willy Liao–
It has been almost a year being in this new school.
Do you have any new ideas about the school now?
Where do you love the most in this new school?
This time KASPER is going to “investigate” how people feel about the school and some places they love to stay through a series of interviews!
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Interview with Dr.Farrell
The almighty Dr.Farrell
“Leave your old thinking in the old school,
and bring new thinking to the
new school.”
In the beginning of the interview,
the superintendent for
eight-years-running revealed the
goal for the new school-“It’s built for creativity.”
The policies we have here on the new campus, which aim “to meet higher expectations and be more creative,” are “ideas and grand concepts, not rigid, inflexible rules.”
The three goals for the new campus are:
“Be Different, Be Eco , Be Healthy.”
- Dr.Farrell emphasized that the students in KAS are all different, which makes the school the greatest in Asia!
- Eco- “That’s why we have a plant (in the basement under the elementary courtyard) for the waste to go to.”
- To be healthy– “No one can be healthier than our school! We have natural light, and it’s transparent everywhere.”
In addition, Dr.Farrell notes the unique style of the campus that is found nowhere else:
The education is transparent here, so we built an open school. The style had combined two cultures from Taiwanese cultures and American cultures.”
From the excitement in Dr.Farrell’s voice, we can tell that he is really proud of the brand new campus. His dream finally came true, and we are the eyewitnesses.
Interviews with Students & Teachers
(conducted by Nichole Chou)
ANderson kuo
misses the old basement…
Anderson Kuo (11)
Q: What do you like about the new school compared to the old school?
A: I like the old school more, because it’s more fun and I miss the basement.
Q: Is there any new element in the new school that old school didn’t have? What are the things you like?
A: I think there are more places for the us to hang out after school. In the old school, we only had cafeteria, but in the new school we have media center and library to choose.
Q: Is there any new facility you appreciate? Why?
A: There’s not much facility yet, but I’m excited for the new gym and new soccer field!
Q: Is there any place in the new school you like to hang out with friends?
A: I think the media center is the best place to hang out, but we can’t be too loud there.
Q: What do you expect the new school will be like in the future?
A: I expect the school to have more places for students to hang out.
Elena Hung
sees the beauty in the new campus
Elena Hung (11)
Q: What do you like about the new school compared to the old school?
A: For the new school, we have more technology, and of course, the new campus looks more beautiful!
Q: Is there any new facility you appreciate?
A: The practice rooms in the music classroom. We can have individual space to practice our music now.
Q: Is there any place you like to hang out with friends?
A: The media center. It’s a big place for friends to hang out and we can study there, too.
Q: What do you expect the new school to be like in the future?
A: The new swimming pool, soccer field and the basketball courts, some places we can do sports.
Young chen
hangs out in the bathroom
Young Chen (10)
Q: Is there any new elements in the new school that old school didn’’t have?
A: Different ideas, designs, environments and green buildings.
Q: Where do you like to hang out with friends?
A: Bathroom..Ohh..no. I think is the wooden courtyard. It is well designed.
Q: What do you expect the new school to be like in the future?
A: I am looking forward to the new soccer field. Umm, I actually think it is good enough.
MS. KIERNAN
Q: Is there any new facility you appreciate?
A: I appreciate the little room off the side of the auditorium because you can use that for yoga. That’s the place I like best.
Students calculating math on Ms. Kiernan’s whiteboard
Q: What do you think the whiteboards in the classroom help you?
A: I can get so many students to involve and I can immediately see the works they are doing, whether they understand them well.
Mr. Roth
Q: Is there any facility you appreciate?
A: I appreciate all of them. Not only the newness, but the design. I like the layout, the modern look, the organization, planning, spaces, I think the spaces in the organization are good. Not only for instructions, but also for students, such as the places to go for studying, places to use technology, places you can be loud, vociferous. And it’s just the right size, not too big, not too small. The last thing I have to say is that the high school and the middle school are so close to each other. They are separated but close enough and feels like a community. You can see people of different ages all day long. For instance, I can see my two young kids all the time which is very nice to be in the same place.
Q: Beside being in the classroom, where do u like to go the most in the school?
A: Umm…. So far I have only been in the classroom. I am joking because I am working so hard right now. But the longer I stay here, the more extra time I can spend in other different places. I like to spend time in different people’s classroom. Also, I like to see people playing sports. I guess the place I go to each week is the library because I like the big, open tables and the light coming through the windows and it’s so quiet. I can go there to grade papers and do work.
Interview with Mr.Oddo About the Bathroom Mystery
Mr.Oddo seems really excited about the new school, “There’s so much more space, and much higher quality of available learning areas.” He specifically pointed out the classrooms, study rooms in the Media center and the library where students can spend their free time. He firmly believes that it is important for students to have a free and comfortable learning space after school to do homework and projects collaboratively .
The new school is a high quality environment for both teaching and learning.
Mr. Oddo is very satisfied with his own Bio-Lab. “Put aside the new equipment we have now, the room is lighter and more comfortable now. These perfectly carried my wishes.“ said Mr. Oddo.
Lastly, Mr. Oddo is the nearest neighbor of the 1st floor bathroom, we definitely must ask Oddo about the 1st floor toilet mystery:
There have been some rumors in the school that one of the toilets in the 1st floor bathroom (next to Mr.Oddo’s classroom) collapsed the first week we moved in……. Unfortunately, Mr. Oddo claimed that he had no idea about this. Thus, we still can’t confirm the mystery.
If you have any further details or inside dope, please contact us through email or comments on the Facebook page!
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