TUESDAY – On October 15th, the SASPD Cross Country varsity team participated in SISAC, a local cross-country competition for international schools. Attending schools included SASPX, Concordia, YCIS, SMIC, and several schools from Hangzhou and Suzhou. The SASPD team departed from … Continue reading Varsity Cross Country Participates in SISAC Cross-Country 2019
SUNDAY – The third annual Shanghai American School Debate Open (SAS DO) came to a close last weekend with SAS Puxi’s Clement and Co’s Dubs Factory team taking the champion title. The champion team, made up of Ted Chang ’20 … Continue reading Friendly debate tournament SAS DO comes to a close
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 day before Bianca Andreescu brought back Canada’s first grand slam with a heroic US open win, Avery Park, junior, and Emil Kali, senior, brought back Shanghai American School Pudong’s first 1st place trophy of the year. Coming back from ISB’s 7-2 lead, they sealed the championship for the boys and runner up for the girls at the North South East Tennis Tournament at WAB. Alongside their gripping conclusion to an excellent tournament for the SASPD tennis team, other wins and other accomplishments also defined the season. Boys No. 1 singles player Ludvig Denker, sophomore, and boys No. 2 singles … Continue reading Tennis Triumphs at Tricities
At 3:00 PM on Friday, September 6th, students rubbed their eyes and dragged themselves out of their last Open House class, and the school came alive. As athletes prepared themselves for games later in the afternoon, the auditorium filled with … Continue reading United Through Cheer
Valencia Hartono, sophomore and middle blocker of the JV Girls volleyball team, blushes when the whine of a rubber chicken erupts from the inside of a duffle bag. “It’s a volleyball thing,” she explains. Every coach seeks ways to boost team morale and inspire their players to do their best. The coaches of the JV girls volleyball team have found a clear solution: through a screaming chicken doll, a “Frozen” -themed necklace, and a plastic shovel. The JV girls volleyball team has been having a great season so far—winning all but one of their games against CISS, NAIS, YCIS, and … Continue reading The Scream of a Rubber Chicken: An Unlikely Sound of Sportsmanship for the JV Girls Volleyball Team
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