By Michelle Huang From April 10th to April 14th, Shanghai American School’s APAC Girls soccer traveled to HKIS to participate in the annual regional soccer competition for international schools. Throughout the nine weeks of training, the team faced numerous challenges … Continue reading Defining the Sports Team – APAC Girls Soccer Reflects Back on the Season
By Colin Jun Missing a school day is never the best situation. Skipping one school day requires catching up on a huge amount of school materials, homework and possibly some tests. Similar to the consequences students face, missing a school day is not a good idea for teachers either. As Mrs. Ma explained, “We have to first tell the administration team, prepare the lesson plan for a substitute teacher and ask the school to find a substitute teacher.” Although teachers missing one or two days of school may seem insignificant for underclassmen, for the students who have upcoming exams – … Continue reading What Happens When a Teacher Misses a School Day?
By Cynthia Wang At precisely 6:05 PM on Friday, January 18th, MCs Deven Mirchandani and Steven Shi opened Tri-M Music Honor Society’s annual music show Pudong Rocks. Amid waves of roars from the audience, performers like sixth grader Mimi Power, … Continue reading The Stars of Pudong Rocks
By Brent Cheung Whether you are a freshman or senior, every student has to apply to college at some point. As a senior who has just finished submitting all of his college applications, I recognize the stress and anxiety that … Continue reading From One Student to Another: How to Approach the College Process
By Brent Cheung Crazy Rich Asians made a surprise appearance in Chinese cinemas three months after it had been released in different countries. As the first American film with an all-Asian since the “Joy Luck Club” in 1989, Crazy Rich … Continue reading SAS Students React to Crazy Rich Asians’ Release in China
By Evan Pan One picture took in secrecy managed to change how Shanghai international students see cafeteria food. The picture, which consisted of two miniature steam buns, a duck leg and a paltry amount of vegetables, was sent into the … Continue reading SMIC Food Scandal Shakes Shanghai International School Community
By Cynthia Wang Leukemia Hospital is, in senior Jason Kang’s words, “a pretty lowkey club.” With biweekly visits to Shanghai’s Xinhua Hospital, members of Leukemia Hospital take an hour and a half off from their Sunday afternoons to spend some … Continue reading A Humble Service Club: Leukemia Hospital
By Kristen Fu and Colin Jun Although we are halfway through the first semester of the school year, many of us still have yet to meet the new teachers. Here’s a little bit about them: Mr. Morgan College Counseling Q1. Which school are you moving from? I am coming from Woodward Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. Q2. How do you feel about moving to Shanghai and our school? Shanghai is an amazing cosmopolitan city. It is comfortable to live here. The city itself is very massive – I will constantly be a tourist and visit different places in Shanghai. I love … Continue reading Meet SAS Pudong’s New Teachers
By Cynthia Wang Every Sunday, from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM, the New Voice Children’s Choir (NVCC) rehearses near Sanlin, Shanghai. “It started with a woman named Carol who was involved in children’s choirs in the US and, through her connections with Stepping Stones, an outreach program, created a music enrichment program for migrant children,” said Alicia Knox, the current English choir instructor for the NVCC, having moved to Shanghai a year later. Ms. Lisa, the choir’s Chinese instructor, adds on, “Carol used to teach English in Stepping Stones and established this choir soon after for Shanghai’s migrant children.” “The … Continue reading New Voice Children’s Choir: A Choir for Shanghai’s Migrant Children
By Grace Deng President of Shanghai Scholars Katie Chen responded to the first issue of the day, her phone buzzing nonstop. It was the first day of SASDO (pronounced SAS-doh), or Shanghai American School Debate Open. This was the second … Continue reading SAS Pudong Hosts SAS Debate Open