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 […]
2014 Art Show at QAIS
Students at Qingdao Amerasia International School have had a creative year! Led by Art teachers James Abbott and Li Yan (as well as Music teacher Charla Esser and Technology teacher JD Holtrop), they have explored sketching, painting, plaster, ceramics, digital media, and more. They have used Art to express their interests and fascinations, and to […]
2014 Student Variety Show!
Qingdao Amerasia International School secondary students put some of their many talents on display, presenting an afternoon of musical and dance numbers to an audience of Elementary and parents. The event was arranged and produced entirely by secondary students, from the acts to the sound and lights and stage management. It was held in the […]
Variety Show 2013
As we prepare for the 2014 Celebration of the Arts, let’s take a quick look back at some moments from last year’s Variety Show!
Model United Nations at QAIS
Stimulated by their experience at Harvard MUN earlier this year, our Model United Nations group worked with Student Council to develop our own MUN event here at QAIS over two days last week! The students chose nuclear weapons and juvenile justice as their topics, and, representing countries around the world, they debated, wrote, and passed […]
