A mother’s love is the most powerful force in the world. May 13th was the national Mother’s Day. The teddy bear friends wanted to express their love to mothers by making cards and tissue paper flowers. Making Cards: The little teddy bears folded red paper like an accordion. Then cut them out into strips; glued [...]
The building just inside the Jingshan gate across the street from Parkside has been given a new look as it becomes home to the SIS Main Reception and offices. Beginning next week, the Mountainside Main Office will begin to undergo renovation and be outfitted as classroom space. We continue to search for a future opportunity [...]
The OCT Wetland Park opened yesterday but not for the public to enjoy but for research groups, environmental protection work and educational purposes. The park has not yet decided to open its doors to other visitors. Even with the park opening its doors to the public, park management will likely limit the number of visitors [...]
I have received a $1,200 (USD) Margot Stern Strom 2012 Teaching Award for a poetry perspective project that I created for poetry month. Ms. Stern Strom is the executive director and president of the Board of Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, a nonprofit professional development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse [...]
This spring, grade 9 students had the opportunity to apply their learning by carrying out genuine field research on Nanshan, the mountain that overlooks Shekou. The field trip was a culminating activity for the biodiversity and ecosystems unit. Students spent the day on the mountain recording detailed observations about the plant and animal life of [...]
After researching long and hard for a local cause, our STUCO executive council and general assembly agreed that promoting the idea of Earth Day Everyday while raising money to support a local children’s hospital would be a great thing. They were right. Building on last year’s theme, The Power of One, our council made lists [...]
As part of a unit on feudal societies, grade six students worked collaboratively to produce interactive dramatizations about life in medieval European towns. The dramatizations re-created historical conditions regarding guilds, trade and commerce, homes and households, disease and medical treatment, crime and punishment, and leisure and entertainment. The goal of each group was to create [...]
On April 28-29, a group of 72 middle school students from 5 schools will participate in a Model of United Nations simulation hosted by SIS. The guiding principles of the actual United Nations, headquartered in New York, are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world [...]
Grade 3 students in Chinese classes have been learning Chinese culture about Qingming Festival. They have learned stories and the activities related to the festival. For experiencing QingMing Festival, Grade 3 students had a kite’s flying field trip to Shenzhen Lian Hua Shan Park. During their trip, the students learned a simple and fast way [...]
According to the Guangdong Province Education Bureau, the Shenzhen campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong will start accepting enrollments for students in 2013. The enrollment is open to all students from around the world and outstanding students of migrant workers that received scholarships. Under the university plan, they will be enrolling 11,000 students [...]
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