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 Ryan Strong In one of the most stunning events in Hollywood history, the entire plot for Avengers: Endgame has leaked online, leading to enormous repercussions across the globe. Endgame is one of the most widely anticipated film releases in recent memory, culminating eleven years of films in the franchise. Disney, the parent company of Marvel, has always maintained the utmost security regarding plot details; yet, all those careful precautions have been torn asunder by what appears to be the work of a lone leaker at Marvel. Within hours of the plot being released, CEO of Disney, Robert Iger was … Continue reading A Litany of Lawsuits: Plot for Avengers: Endgame Released
“The Quality of Light: Chiaroscuro” by Gabrielle Zhu Continue reading The Quality of Light: Chiaroscuro
By Michelle Huang “Cellos and bass, why don’t you start us off with a B, E, A, and D; something like this––” We hesitantly did as we were told. Soon the violins and violas joined, plucking Es and Cs on … Continue reading Improvisational Freedom – As Taught by the Charl du Plessis Trio
By Grace Deng As a superhero flick, “Captain Marvel” is fun but not extraordinary. As a feminist film, “Captain Marvel” is essential. As expected from an Oscar winner, Brie Larson stuns as Captain Marvel, an alien warrior of the Kree … Continue reading Review: Captain Marvel (Spoiler Free)
By Kenneth Shu So you want funding for your club huh? Well, for a start, don’t get your hopes up. Getting club funding is hard, ridiculously hard. To paint a picture for you non-creative peoples, you’re more likely to get a scholarship from Harvard than persuade the administration to pay for that extra trip your club has been planning. But there’s no need to lose all your hopes just yet, there’s always a way to milk the school for that extra pound of cash. So, in the name of good fortune and comedic relief, here are 3 realistic ways you … Continue reading 3 Actually Realistic Ways to Get Club Funding
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
“Reach” by Gabrielle Zhu Friday Night Lights, March 1, 2019. Continue reading Reach – Friday Night Lights 2019