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June: A month of “good-byes”

If last month—May—was the “I Can’t Believe” month (see my “letter” in the May 21 issue), June is perhaps a month of “goodbyes.” Read the full story

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The “I Can’t Believe Month”

timothy_048 (Small)May is perhaps the most exciting month of the year. Read the full story

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Planting Trees as a Metaphor for Peace-making

Within the past three weeks two groups of students, one from the Puxi campus, and one from the Pudong campus, have traveled to Inner Mongolia to plant trees. Read the full story

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Art as Conversation

This issue of The Eagle is “The IB Art Issue.”

Full disclosure: My knowledge of art, sadly, is limited. Read the full story

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Do You Know What I’m Going to Tell You?

John Leonard is the high school music teacher on the Pudong campus. His story about our SAS musicians taking the world stage in Ankara, Turkey, over spring break appears on page 30 of this issue. Read the full story

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SAS and the MY Millennium

As we move closer to spring, I’ve been chatting with seniors on both campuses, hearing their stories and listening to their dreams. Read the full story

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Candle or Mirror?

Not to be talking about my wife all the time or anything … Read the full story

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Why Do We Give?

It seems to me that perhaps one of the most striking qualities of us humans, is that we respond sympathetically to human suffering and need. Read the full story

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Fifth-Graders Share New Years Resolutions

Generally, I’ve regarded New Years resolutions as an innocuous activity for the hopelessly neurotic. After all, someone who does the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome, has got to be a little bit disturbed. And being both neurotic and disturbed, I keep making resolutions without fail every year. Read the full story

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