Youth Club Paintball
On Friday afternoon, Youth Club hopped up the road to Guoxin Stadium, donned helmets and combat fatigues, and shot brightly colored little balls at each other! Needless to say, a good time was had by all – not only does paintball present an opportunity to bond through team play, it’s a lot of fun! The […]
Grades 3/4 Visit Water Treatment Plant
In their current unit of inquiry, Grades 3/4 are looking at how natural materials are changed through society’s use, and the implication those changes can have for us and for the environment as a whole. Last Wednesday, they took a trip to a water treatment facility near Qingdao train station, to see how sewage can […]
Valentine’s Garden of Appreciation
At QAIS, love is at the center of everything we do. With Valentine’s Day last week, we took the opportunity to work on how we can express love for one another. During the week, every student from Grade 1-12 writing notes of acknowledgement for friends, classmates, teachers, and parents, writing their notes on large ‘petals’. […]
Children’s House New Years Fair!
Before the holiday, the Montessori Children’s House at QAIS celebrated the season with a Temple Fair for our families! We made (and ate!) dumplings. We munched on caramel art. We made fish. We did paper cuttings. We finger-painted. We sipped tea. We watched a calligraphy master. We enjoyed snacks. All in all, we had a […]
Grade 2 – Signs and Symbols
What an exciting unit! Activities in our Signs and Symbols unit included making signs for our classroom; making masks that symbolize who we are; writing letters to Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan; creating our own ‘secret’ language, and much more! Our unit celebration on Tuesday was an opportunity to share our journey with our parents, […]
Grade 3-4 – Production, Supply, and Demand
Our unit took us to Thumb Plaza as we explored how goods and services are produced and supplied. Our summative activity was holding a market at lunch in the cafeteria, which was attended by the whole school! Students worked in pairs to develop, produce, and market their product. The whole class made a profit of […]
Grades 5-6 – Communicating in a Digital World
Our central idea in this unit was that ‘Digital media changes the way that we access information and connect with each other.’ We held an open house on Friday, January 24th to share our inquiry with parents and classmates. [slideshow_deploy id=’1834′]
Grade 1 – Roles in the Community
After exploring different roles that a community needs, we discussed how we would share our new knowledge with our parents. Thank you, parents, for joining us last Friday! [slideshow_deploy id=’1772′]
Kids Ski in Qingdao!
Qingdao Amerasia International School students and teachers hit the slopes at Jinshan Ski Field in Jimo (a district of Qingdao) on January 9th and 10th! A good time was had by all, in spite of the odd wipeout (check out the video!). This fun facility is located about 80 minutes’ drive from our campus. Many […]
Gift of Love – Winter Performance
[slideshow_deploy id=’1532′] James is about as selfish as they come, and it really shows when Christmas rolls around. He can’t understand how his best bud Azton would give so much of his hard-earned cash to people in need. The two go to a holiday benefit concert (for the Dandelion Charity!), where James rocks out to […]
