Thanksgiving Dinner - Korean style! You can see the amazing spread - there was SO MUCH FOOD. Wow. Some great American stuff that we don't normally get - like stuffing!!! mmm, and pumpkin pie. However, we had to laugh when right next to the turkey....there was a big bowl of fried rice and plenty of kimchi to go around. Somehow I just didn't want kimchi with my sweet potatoes. :)
The dessert spread!!
Ok, so we all brought a dish to share....and this is what one single guy RA brought....Tom the Corn Dog Turkey. :D
Some kids enjoying the meal!
They were my Halloween/Thanksgiving sugar cookies - sprinkles sent from home!! Turned out great!
7th graders reading to each other - sharing discovery of different versions of The 3 Little Pigs.
Too exciting to stay in your seat!
And no, they were NOT posing! They didn't know I was taking this! :)
Bobbing for apples!! That's Philip, an 8th grader, trying to convince people to be the first one in!
Su Young MIGHT have gotten pushed in! :)
I love the joy on their faces! Even though it was 35 degrees and the water was COLD!! They went for the apples like there was no tomorrow. No shame or stuck-up-ness here! :)
In he goes!!
Middle schoolers having fun!
Steve, trying to make up his mind whether to take the plunge
8th graders, Tamin, Catherine, Yesol, and Chantelle, enjoying their spoils!
6th grader smiles!
There he goes, our illustrious principal Mike Moimoi, decides to dunk his head in the 6th grade apples. That's Jeff in the background, thinking he has the coolest principal ever, which he does.
Oh, he went ALL the way under!!!
Dongue the polar bear, after taking a swim in the Arctic and coming up with some fruit.
8th graders.
Philip with an apple, Sanghyun looks like he's holding Miss Liebe up, and Jin in the foreground looking back at the next victim being dragged up. :)
A 6th grader who bobbed at least 3 times. He thought this was the best activity!!
Cyndy giving me a sweet little smirk. She impresses me every day with her initiative, imagination, and caring, hard-working spirit.
Danny Shin, another very cool 7th grader, who never misses an opportunity to say, "Hi Miss Gangel!!" even if he just saw me 5 minutes earlier. :)And a very funny moment in the facial expressions of Grant Dewey in the background, our vice principal, Mr. Moimoi's right hand man in keeping our school going as smoothly and wonderfully as he does.
David and his halberd
Nami and Min Jung - with an Arthurian lance and mace.
Joseph, sincere and oh-so-creative. Can you see the Plah Doh knight with armor?
Eugene - might have been having too much fun with that Plah Doh lance!
A table group and their Plah Doh creations - Alexandra, Brian, and Mark
Mindy - middle school Humanities teacher - and a few staff kids who hang around all the time. 
My dear girls!!! Sarah, Anna, Jenn, and Sarah - getting ready to play touch rugby!
one of my favorite 3rd graders, Tatiana Gobius, abandoning herself to the thrills of autumn. I mean, when else can you jump off a wall head first?
Shanneth McAllister, a staff kid, taking advantage of the piles of leaves the adjashees (older Korean gentlemen who take care of the school grounds) make each morningAnd once again. I fail at life. Actually, I just fail at remembering that I have a blog. My apologies. My dear mother keeps reminding me. :)
