A MESSAGE FROM OUR SCHOOL NURSE: Jessica Tsuchiya l 学校护士Jessica Tsuchiya发来的信
I hope that everyone is staying well and healthy during this time and look forward to welcoming you all back to school once it opens. My family and I have been in Qingdao through the entire Lunar New Year and we are extremely impressed by the swiftness of action and the seriousness that is shown […]
QAIS CELEBRATES DIVERSELY! QAIS多姿多彩的节日庆典!
Dinosaurs, unicorns, Alcatraz-escapees and Security Guards, butterflies, puppies and even Spiderman came to visit QAIS today as students and staff dressed up to celebrate! 恐龙，独角兽，Alcatraz越狱者，安全警卫，蝴蝶，小狗，甚至蜘蛛侠今天都来到了青岛美亚国际学校！因为学生和员工们在装扮庆祝！ Toddler joined Early Childhood classes and baked some delicious pumpkin cakes! 小小班和幼儿园的孩子们烤了美味的南瓜蛋糕！ QAIS LOWER SCHOOL Halloween -Dress Up Day Carousel 小学部万圣节盛装和游艺活动 Grades 1-5 dressed up as their favourite animals – real […]
MYP STUDENTS PUT SERVICE IN ACTION IN GAN SU PROVINCE l MYP学生在中国甘肃提供志愿服务
Grades 8 (MYP 3) to 10 (MYP 5) broadened their minds internationally by spending a week in Gan Su Province, where they supported a local orphanage, learnt more about Chinese history and culture first-hand, and visited different parts of Noth-West China. The trip forms part of the Service as Action , on of the core components of the MYP curriculum, which […]
GRADE 1/2 TRAVEL THROUGH TIME TO EXPERIENCE THE ‘COMING OF HUMANS’ l 一二年级穿越时空，体验“人类的发展”
Grades 1-2 students activated their imagination and ‘experienced’ Montessori’s third great lesson, The Coming of Humans in a whole new way. As students walked from one part of the school’s campus to another, they were greeted by teachers and faculty members “standing in” for humans throughout human history. From Cavemen to Nomad, to Farmer, to Townsfolk, to Dark Age […]
Lower School Full STEAM Ahead
by Lee Shawver, Design Technology Teacher & Full School Tech Assistant The QAIS Design Department has expanded into the Lower School and is now serving students from Grade 1 to 12 (DP 2)! At QAIS, we are inquirers, investigators, and innovators; and now students have more opportunities to develop those skills with science, technology, engineering, […]
THROUGH THE LENS OF THE STUDENT: PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB TAKES FLIGHT
The first-ever student-led photography club at Qingdao Amerasia International School develops creative talent and a sense of service among its members. Created by Ryoichi, a Grade 10 student, the club forms part of students’ Service as Action plan, whereby student’s volunteer their time and skills to a creative endeavour which benefits their community and themselves […]
LITTLE SHOP – BIG CAST!
By Josh Hatt Auditions this week have delivered a fantastic cast of students ready to take to the stage in this year’s Secondary musical ‘Little Shop of Horrors’. More than 30 Upper School students from QAIS and AWS (Annie Wright High School) lined up in pairs hoping to score a role in this year’s MYP […]
21st CENTURY COMMUNICATORS
By Comine Howe MYP 5 students were collaborative communicators, using smartphone photos to create their Photo Poetry. Hazel Lee, MYP English, introduced the Korean trend ‘DiCa-Poetry’ to her MYP 5 (Grade 10 Class) and had students creatively thinking about poetry. DiCA Poetry is short for digital camera poetry; where personal photos are used to write […]
“NOT-SO-ALIVE-LONG” LOVE OF LEARNING
By Comine Howe MMUN-electives (Montessori Model United Nations) have kicked off for MYP (grades 6 -10), and Humanities teachers, Bill Murray, Penelope James and Giovanni Romeo, are getting students excited about MMUN as students are faced with the task of preventing a Zombie Pandemic! Through the process of role-playing, each student becomes a delegate of […]
A GLOBALLY ENGAGED ENVIRONMENT
What is International Mindedness? At QAIS it is a founding principle, a way of life and an ideal we strive for every single day. This paradigm shift requires of every single staff member, student and parent to remove their own cultural lens and look at the world with an international mind. A way of thinking, […]
