ASG Students and Staff Celebrate Thanksgiving
November 18, 2016 | Featured
Students, staff and guests of the American Scholar Group (ASG) came together for the annual Thanksgiving Banquet on Friday, November 18th, 2016.
All in attendance indulged on traditional thanksgiving meal favorites, from roasted turkey and mashed potatoes, to stuffing, pumpkin pie, and an assortment of desserts. It was a delicious affair, followed by several student-led presentations and performances.
Members of the ASG Music Club (Katy Yang, Jayna Choi, Wendy Yu, Lavender Tian, Linda Hu, Tom Fu, John Gabb and Eunice Tan) performed a range of classical and contemporary songs for the audience in both English, Chinese, and Korean languages.
Ellie Nguyen and Alice Vu of the ASG Vision Club presented the club’s November gallery of videos, pictures and artwork based on the theme of the Fall season.
ASG Vietnamese Society members, Kandee Nguyen and Jennifer Hoang, gave a presentation on teacher’s appreciation that related the thanksgiving theme to the traditional Vietnamese practice of celebrating teachers in November.
Leo Lee and Sophia Xu also each gave speeches, reflecting on their personal growth throughout their high school years. They also took the opportunity to thank various teachers and staff members, all while offering advice to fellow students about studying in America.
After the student speeches and presentations, Dean of Students, Maria Morin, 
presented the ASG Travelling Academic trophy to Stonewall house for earning the highestaverage GPA for the 1st quarter. Stonewall house residents won the quarterly academic competition with an astounding 95.22% average! Congratulations, Stonewall House residents! Yale House (93.2%), PA House (92.67%), and West Point House (92.8%) came in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the academic competition respectively.
Check out the pictures from the event!
VISION CLUB
The ASG Vision Club put together pictures and artwork based on the Thanksgiving theme.
Check out their gallery below!
“To many people, Fall is a season that brings back sadness and memories. On the other hand, people still like Fall mostly because of its comfortable weather: cool, windy, and cloudy. One of our friends recently described the clouds in Fall as cotton candy on a big blue dish–how sweet! Nonetheless, fall in the USA is sort of different from our countries. We can see the leaves change their color, from green into red, orange and yellow as they fall all from the trees around us. Back home, we are hardly able to have big piles of leaves, so this is the first time many of us experienced jumping into colorful piles of leaves––like the movies! These times obviously became part of unforgettable memories with full of joy and full of laugh. And so, for this theme, Fall, we chose this picture to be our feature art piece. This picture may not be the most artistic shot, but it captures our experience on that day perfectly; it basically shows the happiness and joy we want to share with everyone: Falling in love with Autumn.”
– Ellie –
ASG Students for Charity Club Collects 180 Pairs of Shoes for Charity
November 22nd, 2016 | ASG Clubs
Members of the ASG Students for Charity club are proud to announce the successful completion of their Soles 4 Souls shoe collection drive!
The club recently launched a 4-week campaign to collect used pairs of shoes for the poverty-stricken. Together, they reached out to members of the community and classmates, teachers, and administrators across Kennedy Catholic High School, Greenville High School and Cardinal Mooney High School, collecting a total of 180 pairs of shoes over this period.
The shoes will be delivered to the families and individuals in needed across the U.S. and overseas.
Club members would like to thank all who contributed and participated in this drive!
Kennedy Catholic Robotics Team Places 8th and 9th in College Robotics Competition
October 28th-29th, 2016 | School Spotlight Provided by Kennedy Catholic HS
The Kennedy Catholic robotics team competed in the Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) competition on October 28-29th at Grove City College. The team performed the best they ever had with an 8th place in the Game and a 9th place in the overall competition that included an Engineering Notebook, Marketing Presentation, Spirit and Sportsmanship, and Team Exhibit. The competition was a culmination of six weeks of preparation by the team and nineteen schools took part in it.
Students Getting Festive with Holiday Decoration
November 30th, 2016 | Holiday Happenings
We think the images speak for themselves!
Students participated in traditional Thanksgiving activities over the holiday break
Families across America gathered to celebrate the Thanksgiving Holidays from November 23rd – 27th. During this week, ASG students took the opportunity to participate in traditional Thanksgiving events, from Black Friday Shopping to joining a Thanksgiving Potluck Luncheon served at a local church. See pictures below!
