The school campus came alive with bustling crowds and costumed actors on the evenings of December 5th and 6th, 2019. After months of preparation, the theatre community performed inside the PAC the first production of the year: Shrek the Musical.  The musical is based on the Dreamworks movie Shrek, which has now become a cult classic among teens. The production starred James Wang, junior, Anna Girdle, senior, and Austin Eggett, sophomore as Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey respectively.  As the year drew to a close, students were asked to shed light on the rigorous rehearsal process and how they felt about … Continue reading On Shrek the Musical: post-performance reflections from musical, acting, and technical perspectives

TUESDAY — The third annual Shanghai American School Debate Open, or SASDO, is quickly approaching. SASDO promotes itself as a friendly inter-school parliamentary debate competition, hosted here at SAS Pudong, and jointly run by students from Pudong and Puxi. Last year, SASDO, organized by now-graduated seniors Matt Song and Katie Chen, pulled in 6 schools, 60 debaters, 15 judges, and 25 volunteers. Few, if any, student-run competitions have achieved the same outreach. Atlas Tan, a sophomore and president of Puxi’s debate club, said “we had massive shoes to fill from last year, as the event was such a massive success.” … Continue reading Anticipating SASDO 2019

September 16th was an early morning for the sophomore class. Friends greeted each other with hugs and handshakes on the second floor of Hong Qiao Train Station, purple circles ringing their eyes and ice cold Starbucks clutched in their hands. Everyone had a story to tell. Roger Xu went to the wrong train station. Chloe Hui had just come from a sleepless night. The atmosphere was clearly tired, but palpably laced with apprehension and excitement as traffic jams and cold brew coffee marked the start of the week-long journey to Qiandao Lake, Hangzhou. The Ten was beginning. Throughout the week, … Continue reading An Oasis Among Islands – Reflections on The Ten

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?