WE WILL
WE WILL
ROCK YOU!
In February 2025, the Marketing Team and the Activities & Athletics Department collaborated on an event that was the first of its kind at HKIS–an Athletics Teams Photo Day that would gather all the High School student athletes in one gym to capture photos of each team. With such a robust (aka popular!) Athletics program at HKIS, this would prove to be a Herculean task and logistical puzzle.
Above: the HKIS Girls Soccer team looks seriously formidable; Below: the HKIS Boys Badminton team in action!
In the end, over 450 athletes from 16 sports cycled through the gym, each with an allotted time to take photos. The busy morning crescendoed into a MASSIVE group photograph of all the athletes sat side-by-side in the bleachers. This would be the first and last time they would sit together as one group in the current gym ahead of the Dragon Center for Activities and Athletics (DCAA) opening in the fall of 2025.
Enjoy this analog behind-the-scenes look at the first ever Athletics Teams Photo Day. Who knew gathering 450 athletes together would be so much fun! Photos by Seri Egashira '25 and Jasmine Bai '25.
The sheer size of the group was impressive, and it was made even more remarkable by seeing them all decked out in their respective Li Ning uniforms, fully sponsored by China’s sportswear giant. Each uniform had its own unique shape and function while being brushed broadly in HKIS school colors which created the stunning effect of one cohesive Athletic body made of many individual sports.
It's inspiring to see a visual representation of the High School Athletics program. It makes it easy to picture these passionate student athletes reaching their full potential in their new home of the Dragon Center. Feeling proud? Come support them at one of the games in the new DCAA next school year!
Watch the short clip above to get a sense of how powerful our Dragons are–they will ROCK you!
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