Graduation Celebration
The Class of 2014 graduated in style on Friday evening, June 20th, in an intimate celebration at Hyatt Regency Qingdao! Graduates Min Jae (Neil) Park and Lydia La Roux were the focus of the evening; they shared video presentations, spoke about what their high school careers have taught them, and treated attendees to exceptional musical […]
Early Childhood ‘Moving Up’ Ceremony
There was not a dry eye in the room when nine of our Early Childhood students marked their ‘moving up’ to first grade! In a Montessori environment like our QAIS Children’s House, students remain in the same classroom for three years, gradually growing in their mastery of the learning materials, and in their social and […]
Elementary Performance
What an incredible show! On Wednesday, June 18th, Elementary students performed violin numbers they have been working on, and shared some of their original compositions using recorder, xylophone, drums, and violins! Many thanks to Music Teacher Charla Esser for helping students come to deep understanding of music via inquiry, and many thanks to Violin Teacher […]
Grades 3 and 4: Art as Communication
Grades 3 and 4 celebrated their inquiry into how, “Throughout history, people have interacted with each other and communicated through the arts.” Each student researched an artifact from a period of history, and wrote about its role in communication. There were paintings; a replica terra cotta warrior; a scale model pyramid with sarcophagus; a working […]
Telling Stories: Grade 2
In their unit on How We Express Ourselves, Grade 2 looked at how “Stories can engage their audience and communicate meaning.” They created their own fables, and presented the fables to an audience of parents, friends, and staff at Qingdao Amerasia International School. Another impressive feature of the celebration was the trilingual ‘welcoming committee’ posted […]
Graduation and Promotion Ceremony
Our 2013-2014 Graduation and Promotion Ceremony was a moving tribute to an incredible year in the lives of our students and our community. Many of our parents and siblings were in attendance, and throughout the ceremony the feeling of family was very real. Please scroll down this page for photos, or use the following links […]
Outdoor Activity Day
On Thursday, June 19, all of our students in grades 1 – 12 left the QAIS campus to travel to Baishan School where they participated in five problem solving activities. Students were organized in their House Groups, which means that each of the Houses – Wind, Water, Fire, and Earth – contained a mix of […]
Grades 5 and 6 – Targeted Communication
Grades 5 and 6 celebrated the culmination of their inquiry into how messages can be targeted to different audiences, under the theme of ‘How We Express Ourselves’. Each student chose a product to market in a variety of ways – through visual imagery, poetry, and direct communication. Parents, staff, and students from throughout the school […]
