Before even taking a chair at her interview, one of our young teaching candidates at a recent job fair got right to the point: “Dr. Jacobson, I want to tell you precisely why I want to teach at Shanghai American School and how I can deliver on the school’s promise to its students.” Read the full story

The connection between one alumnus and SAS is unique and significant. There is a message in it for all of us. Read the full story

Pictures of the past and the present are spread across SAS this year. Banners that hang outside of many of our buildings signal the recognition of our Centennial year. Read the full story

Back in our rural Wisconsin town, between green #5 and the tee box for #6 on the local nine-hole golf course, a large pine tree has long provided the support for an immense bird’s nest high in its upper branches. Read the full story

Claire Brooks is a short woman who casts a long shadow. In 1983, Claire and her husband Stan were stationed at the US Consulate here in Shanghai. Stan was the consul general. Claire did everything else. Read the full story

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

At the beginning of our Founders’ Day celebration a couple of weeks ago, I asked the youngest children among us to help us count to 100. To a four-year old, 100 is a very big number. Read the full story

In late August, I was privileged to speak with SAS students who are also athletes from both of our campuses. The athletic directors, coaches, and team leaders from Pudong and Puxi had gathered together in Puxi for Sports Bonding Day — a first for SAS. Read the full story

An energetic student, a 7th grader I found out later, gasped a bit as she passed the new climbing wall on the Pudong campus. “Can we go up that wall?” she asked. “I’ve seen them before, but I’ve never tried it.” Read the full story

In years gone by, every night when my children came home from school, I — like many other parents and grandparents — would query them with “What did you learn in school today?” Read the full story