International Day Celebrates Diversity and Community
Saturday, November 1st saw a celebration of our community and cultures here at Qingdao Amerasia International School. Parents and friends brought food and activities (and appetites as well!), and students performed songs and dances from around the world. Use the links below to see highlights on this page. Performances Activities Group Pics Performances The Vocal […]
International Day is November 1st!
On Saturday, November 1st, Qingdao Amerasia International School will celebrate the great diversity of nations, cultures, and languages represented in our community! There will be food, games, children’s activities, and performances from many of the twenty-six countries that make up our student body. As the only International Baccalaureate World School in Shandong Province, we take […]
International Day of Peace 2014
Qingdao Amerasia International School is proud to dedicate every day of every year to the cause of building peace. As we guide children in rigorous programs of study, helping them to develop their skills and nurture a ravenous appetite for learning, we do so with Peace as our method and as our ultimate objective. During […]
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 […]
Jimo Rural School Service Project: Grades 7 and 8
Our 7th and 8th grade students visited an elementary school in Jimo on Thursday, May 22. This trip was part of our continuing outreach efforts with the rural school, which was initiated last year. The trip and the content was organized by our IB Diploma Program Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) Coordinator, Chris Cronin. The […]
Jimo Rural School Service Project: High School
The QAIS high school students went to Jimo on Friday, May 23. Although the focus of their trip was service, they had time to interact with the students who attend the rural school which is about 90 minutes drive from our school. It was a hot, sunny day, and our students would have been sweating […]
Family Fun Run PHOTOS!
Saturday, May 16th saw the 2014 QAIS Family Fun Run at Hyatt Regency Qingdao! Around 400 international runners, bikers, bladders, and scooters gathered on the lawn at the Hyatt, and set off along the seaside boardwalk for a 5km circuit. Afterward, we enjoyed games, pony rides, and terrific company, with vistas of the Laoshan mountains […]
Grades 3 and 4 Fashion Show!
In their unit on How We Express Ourselves, Grades 3-4 are inquiring into how “Creating and responding to art develops understanding of ourselves and the world around us.” Last Friday, the kids put art into practice in their fashion choices, making sure that their choice of wardrobe would tell a story about who they are […]
International Trip to London
Our secondary students left QAIS on Friday, April 18 for an all encompassing trip to London, England. This was the first international trip arranged by our school and was headed by Chris Cronin, a true Brit and our very own DP CAS Coordinator. He was assisted by Jeff La Roux, the DP Coordinator. Our students experienced […]