Over the course of these past few weeks, it has almost been impossible to avoid the phrase “course selection” around every corner you turn. The exciting prospect of being granted freedom to choose classes to your liking paired with the … Continue reading Controversies of Course Selection

by Annabella Zhang and Abigail Chang “New year, new me” is a phrase commonly tossed around this time of year, used to connote the goal of starting a new chapter in one’s life. However, more often than not these days; … Continue reading The Most Frequently Broken Promise: New Year’s Resolutions

My friends and I joke about “respect women juice” – a fantastical drink that would deliver an instant  sense of respect for women by consumption alone. From childhood, we say, baby boys ought to have respect women juice as a … Continue reading Opinion: Respect Women Juice

It’s not difficult to curse standardized testing for the enormous inconvenience and stress it brings students, teachers, and parents. Hours drained in that repetitive practice. But the debate around standardized testing stems from more than just concern for time or … Continue reading On Standardized Testing

By Sophia Lin and Humphrey Zhao As more and more students worldwide apply for American schools, it is inevitable for schools like SAS to receive more new students. This raises the question of whether or not the quality of SAS’s … Continue reading New Student Integration at SAS: the Good, the Bad, the To-Be-Improved

Over the summer, I learned that I was virtually illiterate in Chinese. Before my junior year ended, my mother had recommended me a book about women who have forgotten their roots. Continue reading Chinese Lesson

Four years ago, the 2017-2018 school year saw a host of new changes to SASPDHS—one of the most notable was the removal of the old morning homeroom session. Replacing it was a series of new alternatives—beginning with Common Ground and closing with our current program of Advisory—occurring during the Flexi timeslot, another new addition. Continue reading Looking for Home: A Review of Post-Homeroom Community-Building Initiatives at SASPDHS

In my four-year journey, what we now call “advisory” went through significant changes. The system was often torn apart and built from scratch. In my freshman year came Common Ground, then Project Wayfinder, and finally Advisory, which also went through quite a change amid the novel virus. After going through these programs for four years, I feel more confident in providing my feelings and understandings about them. Continue reading Common Ground, Project Wayfinder, Advisory: Necessary But Not Everyone’s Favorite