Sharks’ Fin Festival coming to an end

MHS held a festival called the “Fin Festival” which was a play on words. “Fin” was short for the “finishing” festival of the year as well as a shark’s “fin.” There were around 10 booths selling food. Children Welfare Club served ice cream, rice crispies, and chips; French Club provided French drinks, crepes, and cookies; and EAST Club sold meatballs and popcorn chicken. There were also mini games and activities, such as a balloon stepping activity, and Pin the Donkey Tail activity. Two major events were Pie Teachers and Paint Twister hosted by Think + Club. During the Pie Teacher activity, anyone was allowed to buy a plate of whipped cream for 10 RMB and smash the pie onto teachers’ faces, hair, clothes, or anywhere else they liked!

Kayla Kim (11B) commented, “The scale of the festival itself was fairly large enough, but it might have looked extra small because we didn’t have the tents this time. Also, many clubs didn’t participate this year so there were limited kinds of food and activities.” She also felt that unlike the Shark Fiesta where club names were clearly labeled, this time’s FinFest lacked proper signage so she found difficult to identify which club was selling what. Kayla’s role in both her clubs was to do shifts. She sold the products and also convinced students to participate in the activities. Journalism Broadcasting Club (JBC) decided to sell ice cream because the weather was turning hot, and there were also students playing sports after-school. They thought selling ice cream would be a great idea. Brenda Chen (11C) thought that there should have been some energy supplies such as microwaves or ovens to make actual hot crepes. Because they could not heat the food, they had to prepare it all beforehand. The club she belonged to, French Club, was trying to make a profit and also to promote the club, but there was an estimation problem during preparation. There ended up being too much extra food, and there were leftovers that the club had to throw away. Brenda’s position in the club was the secretary, and she had to organize and manage the purchase of food, setting up, making juices, etc. Ms. Molly Sternin decided to get pied because she enjoyed seeing the smile on her students’ faces, and she said she would participate in it again. She said that the joy students experienced was worth it. As for improvement, she thought Think+ Club should have gotten better quality whipped cream because of its smell.

Featured Image-Justina Kim pieing Ms. Sternin on her face Photo Courtesy of Natalie Shi

by: Justina Kim