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Yearbook photo helps SAS alum return to China

Superintendent Kerry Jacobson with Bill Chu (class of '49).

SAS alumnus Bill Chu (class of ’57) has enjoyed a rich, full life and traveled all over the world since leaving China with his family in late 1949. Read the full story

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Lifelong connection for development trailblazer

As a day student in a boarding school near Taizhong, Taiwan, Stephanie Kao was active in student government, Girl Scouts, charity fundraising, and organizing various events. “My teacher always asked me to help,” she says. Fulfilling this request set a precedent for Kao Read the full story

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Austin Hu’s courage to live his dream

The final line of the SAS mission statement declares that our school will inspire in all students “the courage to live their dreams.” SAS alumnus Austin Hu is certainly the embodiment of this statement. Read the full story

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From SAS to Richmond concertmaster

When someone speaks the word “concertmaster,” centuries of tradition well up in the minds of knowledgeable music listeners. The concertmaster is the lead player in an orchestra. Read the full story

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Thanks to Teddy’s gavel

Teddy Heinrichsohn, SAS alumnus, class of ’49, tells us that the gavel displayed in the case in my office was the one used by the Shanghai American School Student Senate in 1949 when the school was closed. Read the full story

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What Founders’ Day meant to me

As the only pre-1949 alum now living in Shanghai, I had the privilege of being invited to join in the celebrations on both campuses of the very first SAS Founders’ Day Read the full story

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Class of ’49 reunites in the Pocono Mountains

We, the postwar, pre-liberation students of SAS, 26 strong, assembled on September 12-16, 2011 at the Split Rock Resort in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. Read the full story

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Remembering Clark Johnson, class of 1931

Yearbook from 1931

With Founders’ Day and centennial celebrations all around us, I can’t help but feel a truly deep connection to this school. Read the full story

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