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 […]
QAIS INTERNATIONAL DAY 2019 CELEBRATES DIVERSITY! 美亚国际日-拥抱多元文化
Qingdao Amerasia International School showcased its inclusive and vibrant community at International Day 2019 by welcoming friends and families from more than 30 different nationalities, food from over 25 countries, magnificent performances and music from America to Zimbabwe. This year’s theme ‘Embrace Diversity’, could not have been more fitting, with a melting pot of culture […]
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 […]
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 […]
Parent-Teacher Association Sets the Bar High with Champagne & Canapé Evening
“This is what we want to achieve as the PTA moving forward; collaboration, connection, innovation, closer bonds and much more” – Parent-Teacher Association Heads This school year was a year of firsts. Last Saturday evening, QAIS saw its first parent-led Parent Teacher Association, headed by four dedicated moms, Aslene Kho, Kun Zhai, Alexandra Schroeter and […]
Congratulations, Class of 2019!
Inspiring speech to the graduates by Alzbeta Springer – MYP-DP Teacher, Head of Humanities Dept. & MMUN Coordinator If you were a tree, what tree would you be? Would you be a high reaching Sitka spruce, a stout baobab, a majestic oak, a magical beech tree with paper-thin bark, a fragrant magnolia, or a Japanese […]
