Archive | August, 2009

International Fair 2009 Design Contest

Attention all Puxi Campus High School Students!

This year’s International Fair Logo Design contest is open only to Puxi High School Students.  The winning design will be used on the 2009 International Fair T-shirt and Fair publicity materials. Read the full story

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A New Beginning

A100 003 (Small)By Dr. Harlan Lyso, Interim Superintendent

A special, and wonderful, characteristic of educational institutions is that they are filled with opportunities to begin anew. With the end of summer vacation, every year teachers and students alike approach the August opening of school in excited anticipation of all the  opportunities that accompany a fresh start. Read the full story

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SAS goes to Jacaranda

SAS students travel to Malawi for a summer trip that proves to be a life-changing event—not only for the students, but the students at the Jacaranda school   Read the full story

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A ‘Senior Build’ in Vietnam

Kvein Yeh builds a wall (Small)A  long standing tradition in many cultures has new graduates go on a well-earned “Senior Trip.” For some this will look like a re-creation of the Odyssey, while others will prefer to play water sports on the beaches of Sanya. Read the full story

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Fossils tell a story

Shen_Horton_Fossils (Small)In the past 50 years, many fossils that are revolutionizing paleobiology and evolution have been discovered in China. Now, some of them, are at Shanghai American School where students will listen to the stories they have to tell. Read the full story

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Learning by degrees …

981422_107924341 (Small)… SAS faculty achieve academic milestone during the summer

Congratulations to our SAS teachers who earned their Master of Education degrees from Plymouth State University, one of our collegiate partners in adult learning. We celebrate their personal and professional achievements as living models of academic and personal success in higher education. Heartiest appreciation to graduate practicum advisors Alan Knobloch and Ron Roukema and to SAS for its ongoing commitment to professional learning communities. Read the full story

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New Magazine! New Blog!

Welcome to EagleOnline.org.   This week,  ParentTalk, our newsletter of more than a decade, received a dramatic facelift and name change.  From now on, ParentTalk will be known as “The Eagle.”  The Eagle is a full-color, bi-weekly magazine and the first issue is due August 28, 2009.

With the new magazine, we also have started a new website: eagleonline.org.  This site is still accessible via sasparenttalk.org but be sure to update your bookmarks!

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