MONDAY – On September 23rd, 2019, during the weekly after school Model United Nations (MUN) meeting, high school social studies teacher Jordan Finch invited Dr. Mohsen Al Attar, an associate professor at the University of Warwick, to give a talk on “Law and Disobedience.” The talk tackled stigma surrounding crime and the righteousness of the law, approaching the topic through the popular marijuana debate. Holding positions at a variety of institutions, including the University of Auckland, McGill University, and Queen’s University Belfast, Attar left his career as a barrister to join legal education, using a contextual rather than doctrinal approach … Continue reading Law Professor Dr Mohsen Al Attar delivers lecture at Model United Nations meeting

It was only a month ago that SAS students from grades K-12 walked through the familiar red gates to school. Many were greeted with a surprise not from the inside of the school, but from the outside: miniature water springs and plants sprouting from every corner now replaced the familiar wooden tables from years prior. The Eagle Shop, a small counter of school merchandise, was also removed and shifted to a small table within the school.  “The mix of Chinese culture in an American school is very nice,” comments Tiffany Kuo, sophomore, praising the fengshui element of the fountains. Nonetheless, … Continue reading New Year, New Look: Mixed Reviews on the Renovated School Entrance

The 2019-2020 school year begins on a string of promising weather, rejuvenated sports teams, and a new advisory program. Incorporated into the tightly packed school days comes a four-day club rotation schedule, in which waves of student-organised clubs dedicate themselves to academic excellence, acts of service, and interests unable to be supported by their courses.  Along with the new advisory program, however, comes new points of conflict for the student body and their extracurricular commitments. As the student council and Mr. Clapp altered the club rotation schedule to accomodate the new program, many student executives and members of multiple clubs … Continue reading Reorganization of Club Schedule Leaves Students Uncertain about Future Club Commitments

TUESDAY – High school principal Dr. Benjamin Lee announced several changes to the school, of which included a blanket food ban on solid food, take out, and food sold for commercial purposes. It was an action agreed upon by the school to take in response to past food scandals in Shanghai international schools, along with a heightened awareness to Chinese tax law. The changes will be applied to both Shanghai American School campuses. Students, especially club officers, raised objections to this new ruling. Club fundraising depends largely upon food sales, including bake sales and bubble tea sales. Ambiguity surrounding the … Continue reading New Food Ban Policy, Explained by Dr. Benjamin Lee

By Cynthia Wang Cynthia Wang is a founder of the new MUN publicity team.  SAS Pudong’s Model United Nations (MUN) program has just added another dimension to their program that they believe will increase visibility and transparency of the program towards students and parents: a publicity and communications team. With freshman Jasmine Huang, sophomores Chris Shen and Claire Yin, juniors Claire Lu, Daphne Tsai, Cynthia Wang, and James Li, and seniors Yun Kei Chao and others occasionally contributing to the work, this new team is geared towards promoting the club and broadening its scope to that of an APAC sport. … Continue reading A New MUN Publicity Team

On March 7th, Junior Student Council announced on the PA that they will be selling White Valentine’s Day candy and rose grams to students during high school flexi and lunch on both Thursday and Friday. The event was received relatively well, with junior Student Council receiving around 2480 rmb in revenue and approximately 1300 rmb in profit. However, the SAS Pudong High School student population has differing opinions on the event. Sophomore Anna Snow supports Junior STUCO in their event. “I think it’s a really cute idea and it’s a fun opportunity to send cute things to your friends!” She … Continue reading Students Disagree on STUCO’s White Valentine’s Day Grams