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May 11, 2012 / Volume 3 / Number 14

CONTENT

Why SAS matters Kerry Jacobson 2

Inside SAS David Liu 3

PowerSchool Arlette Pimental 4

Transitions Rachel Baydo 5

Centennial Week 6

Earth Week 14

AP/IB Art Shows 16

H4H – Cambodia Raphael Alejandrino 20

H4H – Yunnan Quinn and Josephine Matuschek 21

H4H – Nepal Tom Horton 22

H4H – Bangladesh Kiana Miller 23

H4H – Malaysia Daniel Kang 23

Spain Jocelyn Hung 26

Community Service Club 28

International Thespian Society Debbi Fintak 29

Investment Club 29

Honk! Danka Kulikowski 30

Malaysia MUN Catherine Li 31

SISAC Sandy Elder 32

APAC Bernard Enoka 33

Swim Meet Hong Kong George Carpouzis 34

GIFTS Casey Wu and Daniel Huang 36

SAS Puxi golf star 37

Menu 38

PTSA Pudong 38

PTSA Puxi 39

Upcoming events 40

Content

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On the cover: Former SAS teacher Nana Horton, wife of former superintendent Tony Horton, with an AP art student during the Centennial Week AP Art Show.

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FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT

Why SAS mattersBy Dr. Kerry Jacobson, Superintendent

When Stapleton Roy, our SAS Centennial alumni speaker, and former US Ambassador to China, attended SAS, the battle for Shanghai swirled around the old school on Hengshan Lu. Planes strafed nearby military positions. An arms depot exploded only blocks away. Students took turns patrolling the perimeter of the school with baseball bats and walking sticks. The intervening years have changed us in many ways. While we have fences and guardhouses, the threat of violence on our campuses is very low. There is no civil war and China has established peaceful relations with nearly every nation on Earth. But some things have stayed the same. As “Stape” Roy pointed out in his SAS Pudong keynote address:

In terms of the quality of schooling, it matters little whether you attended the old school or the new one … the experiences of various classes have varied greatly as China has passed through war, civil strife, revolution, and renewal …. [and yet] your experiences here at the Shanghai American School will prepare you well for your future endeavors.

The accomplishments of SAS alumni are impressive to say the least. This was readily apparent when more than 40 of our pre-1949 alumni and guests attended a week of Centennial activities at SAS and around Shanghai in late April. Again, Stape articulated this point wonderfully in his address to current students:

Among those of us who have returned for this centennial celebration of the Shang-hai American School are a wonderful array of former students at the school who chose diverse career paths. We have teachers and college professors, astronomers and ministers. We have business executives who managed the operations of giant corporations in this region, and we have public servants. We have millionaires and non-millionaires. One of us is the abbot of a Trappist monastery somewhere in the Andes. So your experiences here do not limit your horizons. All of us had our lives shaped in some way by our experiences at the school.

Most of our current crop of seniors have received their notifications regarding col-lege admissions for next year. Because of their experience at SAS, they will excitedly head off to those new schools with the tools to be successful: academic skills, social awareness, performance expertise, and an intimate knowledge of a country that seems destined to become an increasingly important player in world affairs. Stape observed:

All of us are privileged to have had the opportunity to study in Shanghai and to get to know China and the Chinese people, not as abstract topics in dry history books in our home countries, but as living, breathing human beings with the same virtues and faults that characterize people throughout the world. No matter what you choose to do with the rest of your lives, you will be better equipped to understand Chinese behavior than others who have not had the experience of living in China. That alone is an invaluable advantage.

But perhaps most importantly, these young grads will always have a place they can call home. Another of our returning alumni told me as we walked around the grounds of the old SAS building: “Kerry, I have to tell you that I am shaking a little bit. Not because I’m old (which I am), but because I feel like I belong here. Like I’ve come home.”

To our alumni and to our seniors, be well and please know that, at any time, you may come on home.

The Eagle is produced by the SAS Communications Office, based on both the Puxi and Pudong campuses. It is typically published twice a month, although publications schedules may vary due to school holidays. Informa-tion in the magazine is primarily about SAS people and organizations. We encourage parents, students, teachers, and administrators to submit stories and photography. It is often helpful to contact the editors in advance to discuss content, length, and timing. Articles from non-SAS sources are published on a space available basis. All submissions will be edited for style, length, and tone. Articles and stories from the Eagle also appear on our EagleOnline website, at www.eagleonline.org.

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INSIDE SASA rich past, a promising future:

Centennial provides cause for celebrationBy David Liu, Board Chair

This year has been a time of celebration for SAS. We began the year with the kick-off of our Centennial festivities last September with fabulous Founders’ Day parades and classroom activities on both campuses. As students, faculty, and staff paraded the schools dressed in 1912 period clothing we couldn’t help but be reminded of our rich past. In December, as we completed our strategic planning process and the board approved the new plan, our new mission and core values reminded us of the promising future that we aspire to build.

In late April, our Centennial activities for this school year reached their peak as more than 20 alumni (from the pre-1949 era of the school) and their guests returned to the school to cel-ebrate our Centennial Week with us, providing a perfect bridge between past and present. The alumni toured both campuses of SAS, visited the old school on Hengshan Lu, and journeyed to Deke Erh’s country house and many other sites around the city. They brought with them wonderful stories and experiences of an SAS and a China that were very different than they are today. For them, this school and their time here created a lasting impression that has stayed with them for 60, 70, and even, for one remark-able alumna, Libby Roulac, almost 80 years! In many ways their time at SAS shaped what they would become, and they came back here to celebrate that SAS foundation in their lives.

One of the alumni who returned last week, Angie Mills (class of ’42), in her book The Story of Shanghai American School, tells us why we celebrate:

We celebrate because we recognize the significance and the persistence of values and ideals that have carried SAS through a long period of time, ideals that have remained steady while the world around them has changed markedly many times over.

This year of celebration has reminded us of the importance of pausing to remember how far we have come and to reflect on where we are going. It has been an opportunity to connect us with our past and help us understand who we are as an institution. As Superintendent Kerry Jacobson stated in his address to the com-munity at our Founders’ Day event, “We inherit what has gone

before, and we leave our own legacy for those who follow.”While reflecting on SAS with the visiting alumni last week,

Dr. Jacobson quoted another alumna, Betty Jean Rugh Elder, (class of ’51) from her book, The Oriole’s Song — An American Girlhood in Wartime China:

At SAS I was neither foreigner nor outsider, I was with others like me, whose traditions and worldview were a combination of the country we lived in and the very different country from which our parents came, and yet not totally of either. From the common experiences of partial belonging and our intensely shared lives at SAS, we created, in those years between world war and revolution, a heritage unique to us — a third culture from the precincts of which we would gaze out at the rest of the world.

Within this third culture we had forged bonds that held across time and space and change and race . . . SAS was our home country, the place of our full belonging.

Today at SAS we are also creating a place of belonging, where people from many countries and backgrounds can share a common identity. Our students are forging bonds and sharing experiences that will last a lifetime. We are also forging a legacy for those who will follow us.

To do these things well will require more than stirring rhetoric, however. Alumni relations, development, advance-ment — all of these related activities are routine operations at many schools, particularly in the United States. As SAS grows, and our alumni continue to spread around the world, it will be important for us to step up our efforts and develop a real infra-structure around our alumni relations — we will need to develop databases, targeted communications, and regular events that will connect our alumni to each other and to SAS. This will be the basis of a sustained sense of community among our alumni, and a sustained commitment to the school in the future.

Our visiting pre-1949 alumni understand this as well as anyone. Largely through their own efforts, they have stayed in touch with one another and organized their own reunions. And they were generous with their gifts to our annual fund campaign, 100 for 100: Edge for Excellence.

In this Centennial year, driven by the efforts of our new Centennial and Development Coordinator Cindy Easton, we have enhanced our development initiative and achieved a higher rate of participation in our annual fund among all members of our school community, than ever before, and have raised more funds than in all but the very first Edge for Excellence campaign. These efforts provide us with a sturdy platform for us to con-tinue building our alumni and development programs. Our new Development Subcommittee, under the Trusteeship Committee, provides a Board-level vehicle to drive these initiatives moving forward.

This Centennial year has provided us with a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our rich past. But it has also given us a natural opportunity to look ahead, and to recognize that enhanc-ing our development and alumni relations functions will play a critical role in the school’s endeavor to stay on the cutting edge of excellence.

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POWERSCHOOL

SAS Host PowerSchool Users Group ConferenceBy Arlette Pimentel, PowerSchool Engineer

Shanghai American School hosted the second annual Power-School Asia Users Group Conference, April 11-13 at the Inter-continental Shanghai Expo, in cooperation with Pearson School Systems, developers of the PowerSchool platform. Over 70 par-ticipants from 37 international schools all over Asia attended the conference. This year we were fortunate to have in attendance senior executives from Pearson. Representatives were from such schools as Taipei American School, Jakarta International School, International School of Kuala Lumpur, International School of Manila, and the Chinese International School of Hong Kong.

SAS’s proven track record of success with PowerSchool, and the leadership it has provided for other schools in Asia is a key reason we had so many attendees.

The PowerSchool Asia Users Group (PSUG Asia) conference presented an excellent opportunity for this group to network with other schools in Asia. This year we held three simultaneous sessions geared for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users. We also had expert presenters, Victor Cuadra and Brad Stonecypher from Pearson as well as Sheldon Wai from Hong Kong Interna-tional School. In addition, several SAS staff presented multiple informative sessions, including TK Ostrom, director of admis-sion, Barbara Brogoch, registrar, Maria English, admission man-ager, and Tim Chan and myself, PowerSchool administrators.

Participants registered online through the SAS website and were asked to provide their topics of interest. From these topics, we developed a syllabus that was tailored to the participant’s needs. The conference covered a wide variety of PowerSchool functions including the unique customizations that the SAS Powerschool administrators have applied to our installation of the program. The attendees were impressed by the systems SAS has developed to use PowerSchool to handle admission, demo-graphics updates, the online directory, activities sign-up, and health management. Participants left the conference with an understanding of how they too can use PowerSchool according to their school’s needs.

Thanks to the leadership of TK Ostrom and Andrew Torris, marketing consultant Sarah Vogel, and the rest of the SAS team, the PSUG Asia Group Conference was a huge success. This event is just one of the series of events that continues to put SAS in front as a leader in the use of PowerSchool among international schools.

Stay tuned for the latest in SAS’s PowerSchool progress by reading our regular “What’s New with PowerSchool” Eagle articles and by logging

into your PowerSchool public portals to read the latest entries and updates. Look for video tutorials and the re-enrollment process instructions coming soon.

PowerSchool is our primary student information database, so remember — always keep your contact information up to date!

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}The materials of the conference and for sure the people, from the host, train-ers and the other attendees … Very great experience to attend this conference.

}The best parts were dividing up the top-ics so that technical people could attend technical topics, school administrators the administrator topics, and teachers/train-ers their topics. Having presentations from people who actually work with what they present were great.

}I really did like getting a chance to meet people all around Asia. I thought the con-ference was very well organized and had a little bit of everything for most users of PowerSchool. Good to have Pearson there as well.

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ACTIVITIESCOUNSELOR'S CORNER

Transitions — be prepared, and make the most of the moveBy Rachel Baydo, ES Counselor, Pudong campus

As the end of the school year approaches, the month of May signifies a time when elementary counselors are devoted to sup-porting all students in the cycle of transition. Guidance lessons and transition groups afford students opportunities to process the changes ahead. Facilitating healthy closure both for depart-ing students and those who will remain is central to this process.

In concert with the amazing opportunities afforded by growing up in an international environment, there are the inevitable side effects of being part of a highly mobile com-munity, the frequency of transitions being one of them. In this sense, Shanghai American School is something of a microcosm of our greater global community. As such, this is the time of year when relocations are announced, often with a mixture of excite-ment, surprise, and sadness. Life is full of transitions that we can anticipate and prepare for, but the sudden and frequent moves characteristic of internationally mobile families present a greater challenge. Fortunately we live in a time when growing up glob-ally is increasingly described as the “new normal.” As a result, there are a growing number of resources available for families seeking support.

David Pollock and Ruth Van Reken’s book, Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, provides a comprehensive resource for families seeking to understand the highly complex experience of growing up internationally. The typical transition experience tends to follow five predictable stages. Acquainting yourself and your child with these stages can provide a frame-work serving to normalize the transition experience.

• Involvement Stage: The establishment of a deep connection and commitment to the community characterizes this stage. Individuals in this stage have formed social networks, rela-tionships, and reputations. There is often a sense of invest-ment in and respect for the host culture. Attention is on the present rather than the past or future.

• Leaving Stage: This stage begins with the first knowledge of relocation. It is a confusing time when people begin to de-tach from relationships and responsibilities. It is also a stage of denial, when feelings of sadness, perceived rejection from those who will remain, unresolved conflicts, and restrained expectations of the future ebb and flow.

• Transition Stage: The upheaval involved in the process of leaving one’s current home makes transition a chaotic time. Routines and supports are temporarily unavailable as fami-lies attempt to reattach, make connections, and establish order.

• Entering Stage: Although life has become much more settled as the family adjusts to its new home, a degree of uncertain-ty exists. In this stage people begin to connect with people, venture into the community, and understand new systems. Having a mentor is especially useful at this time.

• Reinvolvement Stage: A sense of belonging and feeling a part of the established community defines reinvolvement. The ability to recognize and benefit from the positive aspects of the new environment, in addition to acknowledging the inevitable losses inherent in any transition experience, con-tributes to an overall state of wellbeing.

One way to consider supporting and educating children about the transition process is in the context of life skills development. Pollock and Van Reken describe “the normal grief inherent in leaving a place and people that we love.” Pollock outlines the critical components of providing healthy closure for students as they look ahead to their next post. He likens the process to building a raft, which he uses as a metaphor for staying afloat. Reconciliation (R) addresses the importance of addressing unresolved conflict in relationships prior to leaving. Affirmation (A) includes finding a way to offer recognition to the important people that will be left behind. Farewells (F) involve the act of saying goodbye to people, places, animals, and belongings that will be left behind. Think destination (T) describes learning about the new location.

As the end of another school year grows near, the mixture of excitement, sadness, and anticipation is palpable. Whether students are leaving SAS, moving on to middle school, or staying behind, we are reminded of the emotional journey inherent in internationally mobile communities. During the month of May, elementary counselors will be talking with students about transi-tion during guidance lessons and hosting transition groups for students leaving SAS. We wish all of our departing families the very best as they embark on new adventures in different parts of the world.

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Shanghai american School centennial celebration C e n t e n n i a l W e e k : A p r i l 1 8 – 2 5 , 2 0 1 2

CENTENNIAL GALA

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CENTENNIAL WEEK

This was not my first time back to the old Shanghai American School on Hengshan Lu in the heart of the French Concession. But each time the delight in remember-ing marks the moment. Thankfully, it looks good from the outside — nicely painted

trim, and the bricks and windows in good shape. Several very young looking employees of the Marine Research Center, its current embodiment, ushered us into a sizeable conference room on the first floor of what had been the administration and classroom building. There was a welcome speech and we thanked them with a framed photo of when it was a school. Then we shared stories of classes — and pranks — that once rang out down those halls.

—— Mimi Gardner, Class of '52

Visiting the old school was an exercise in deja vu, as one might expect. The social life and the dynamics of existences in the boys’ dorm moved in parallel with the academic. Context is, and always was, a powerful force in the SAS milieu and

seeing the old campus set off a sequence of flashbacks with layers of emotion that still call back buried feelings.

—— David Angus, Class of '50

SAS welcomed more than 20 pre-1949 alumni for a week of reconnecting with old friends and making new ones during Centen-nial Week at the end of April. Many alumni brought relatives and friends along, making for a lively group of more than 40 visitors in all. The group enjoyed a packed schedule of activities, including a visit to the old Shanghai American School on Hengshan Road, tours of both SAS campuses, a day in the country at Deke Erh’s country house in Jingze, a production of Two Stage Sisters, and the Centen-nial Gala at the Peace Hotel. It was a week of historical reflection, com-memoration, and re-engagement, as well as an inspiration for SAS to challenge itself to continue the powerful legacy created by the peo-ple who lived its storied past. The following pages provide a pictorial and written record of a remarkable week in the history of SAS.

Buildings have changed, traditions live on

Right: Alumni gather at the water tower on the site of the old campus.

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On Saturday, April 21, 2012 SAS held a celebratory Gala and once

again had the opportunity to experience the delights of the unique

and historic Peace Hotel. Since 1929 the Peace Hotel has welcomed

distinguished guests from all over the world. The hotel was a focal

point for social activity in Shanghai for many years, hosting most

of the city’s important and luxurious events, including several of

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1. Superindent Dr. Kerry Jacobson delivers his opening remarks. 2. Peggy Bell (’49) with her daughter and Mimi Gardner (’52) 3. Polly Johnson, Helen Jin, Steve Hanlin, Michelle Baxter, Keith

Falck, Nana Horton, Tony Horton, and Maria Tay 4. Gala guests hit the dance floor 5. Kerry Jacobson and Angie Mills (’42) 6. Teddy Heinrichsohn (’49), Betty Barr (’49), Angie Mills (’42), Mimi

Gardner (’52), Deke Erh, and Stapleton Roy (’51) 7. John Hendry III (’38) Rose Marie Hendry, and daughter Lynne

8. Peggy Currier, Margaret Boudreau, Lisa Aronovitz, and Wendy Nellis

9. Lois Pringle, Angie Mills (’42), Ed Kidd, Betty Barr (’49), Debra Lane, Libby Roulac (’33)

10. SAS administrators with former Ambassador Stapleton Roy (’51), US Consul General Robert Griffiths, and VP of Public Affairs Shanghai Disney Murray King

11. Stapleton Roy (’51), Andrew Torris, Amanda Decardy, and Eileen Knobloch, and Peace Hotel managers

12. A jazz quartet provided music during pre-dinner cocktails.

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Opening of the American Suite


Just prior to the Gala, Shanghai American School was invited by the Fairmont Peace Hotel to host the opening of the American Suite. A small contingent of SAS VIPs, including current and former US consuls general, a former US ambassador to China, the vice president of Public Affairs Shanghai Disney, and SAS administrators, were on hand to rasie a toast. The suite is one of the special Nine Nations Suites that have been opened as part of the restoration of the Peace Hotel over the past two years.

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According to the Peace Hotel, "Each suite is uniquely mod-eled in the style of a different country (United States, England, China, Italy, Japan, France, Spain, India and Germany) to honor and accommodate political heads and business leaders from around the globe." SAS was thrilled to host this historic event. and “officially” open this beautiful three-room suite overlooking the Bund.

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Ted Stannard, class of 1948, who delivered the 2012 Alumni Lecture on the Puxi campus, offered some insightful memories and heartfelt advice to high school students during a week of Centennial celebrations in April. Stannard attended SAS during two different periods, first as a second grader and then later as a high school student. He told students that he did not take a direct path to his career in journalism, struggling to find a degree or a field of work that kept him interested; he had many majors, including physics, math, and Indonesian languages. He eventually settled on journalism as a career that offered the op-portunity to indulge his interests in many areas. He also credited his time working on the SAS student newspaper for kindling this early journalistic spirit. His experiences in China eventually helped him find his niche as a foreign correspondent for United Press International, including in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. He later went on to teach journalism at Western Washington University, the American University in Cairo, and the University of Indonesia.

Stannard said he wanted to inspire the students to create the same lasting connections he and the other members of SASA have created and maintained over the years since they left SAS 64 years ago. He said he hoped that current students would be able to look back in 2076 with the same sense of pride and con-nection that he and his fellow alumni currently feel.

Stannard encouraged students to remain open to all pos-sibilities and seize opportunities as they present themselves: “Keep trying the door handles,” he said, “You never know what is behind the door.”

2012 Alumni Lecture: Ted Stannard at SAS Puxi

Above left: Martin Overholt (’49) recalled his experiences growing up in China and later fighting in Korea as a US Marine: “I felt bad fighting Chinese people in the Korean War, they could have been my friends or my neighbors when I was growing up.”Above middle: Lois Pringle (’52) and Katheryn Chang discuss Katheryn’s artwork in David Gran’s art class.Above right: Angie Mills (‘42) discussed her experiences growing up in China and as a student at SAS with Tina Huang. Mills, who has degrees in art history, encouraged students in David Gran’s art class to pursue careers in art.

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Ambassador Roy talks with cousins and SAS Pudong students Nicholas Brooks and Madeline Leary. Their grandmother, Claire Brooks, was instrumental in helping to reopen SAS in 1983 when she arrived with her husband, who was the consul general at the time.

SAS alumnus and three-time U.S. ambassador J. Stapleton Roy (’51) addresses high school students on the SAS Pudong campus. Ambassador Roy spoke about his experiences as a student at Shanghai Amercian School and how that later affected his career.

The three-time former ambassador to China, J. Stapleton Roy, captured the attention of high school students, faculty, and staff at the SAS Pudong campus with his 2012 Alumni Lecture dur-ing Centennial Week celebrations. Roy told students to not look upon the group of pre-1949 alumni visiting as “old” and assured them that this group was in fact in the prime of their lives. Ambassador Roy recounted some of his experiences at SAS and attributed to them a great impact on his career in the US Foreign Service. He offered some perspective to modern day stu-dents when he described taking final exams in between rounds of gunfire the day Shanghai was invaded. “I remember that my friends and I were more worried about our final grades than the war that was unfolding just outside the gates of SAS,” Roy said. He recalled that the boys practice after supper each evening was to sit on the roof of the boys’ dorm, where they could see tracer shells being fired into the city. Roy also recounted his great sense of satisfaction when he visited Shanghai to select the building for the consulate and from the building to be selected he could see the cupolas of the old SAS.

Many students who were curious to learn more or to share personal connections stayed after the lecture to ask questions about the path to a career in the Foreign Service. Former Shang-hai Consul General Beatrice Camp was also in the audience and stayed after the assembly to speak with students as well. Ambassador Roy encouraged the students to take advantage of the opportunities that they have at SAS and to embrace their knowledge of China and other cultures because it will undoubt-edly impact them for the rest of their lives.

2012 Alumni Lecture:Stapleton Roy at SAS Pudong

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Above: As part of Centennial Week celebrations and in honor of the restored American Suite at the Fairmont Peace Hotel, SAS participated in the Heritage Salon. Addressing the past, present, and future of education were (from left) Ed Kidd, SAS high school principal, Puxi campus; Brian Linden, founder of the Linden Centre; and Angie Mills (’42), SAS alumna and historian. Cindy Easton, Centennial coordinator, and Dr. Betty Barr (’49) were moderators for the event.

Above left: Libby Roulac (‘33) with Deke Erh and his wife, Li Lin at Erh's country estate.

Above right: Mingling with guests at the Fairmont Peace Hotel Salon, Ted Stannard (’48), right, discusses his time in a Japanese internment camp with Jarrod English. English’s former university professor is writing a biography on a missionary who died in the same Japanese internment camp in Shanghai. English learned Stannard and the missionary were housed in the same room at the internment camp.

Far left: Peggy Bell (’49) and Mimi Gardner (’52) stop to enjoy the IB Art Exhibit on their way to the high school assembly on the Pudong campus.

Left (L to R): Alumni J. Stapleton Roy (’52), Mimi Gardner (’52), Marian Heidel (’54), and Angie Mills (’42) answer questions and share their experiences with grade five students from SAS Pudong campus.

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“The education we received at SAS was superb, and we all went on to live interesting lives. We were a family away from our own families, many of us, during a tumultuous time in China’s history. The attachments run deep and to a person, we are so very delighted with the progress of the new SAS, creating traditions and bonds and educating young people in such a superb way." —— Mimi Gardner, Class of '52


In conjunction with SAS Centennial celebrations, the critically acclaimed Shanghai Dance Company returned to the SAS Performing Arts Center with Two Stage Sisters, a modern dance adaptation of the epic Chinese film Wutai Jiemei.

This production was chosen to honor our visiting alumni, many of whom lived in Shanghai during some of the events depicted.

Based on a true events, it was a story about two sisters and traveling performers who become separated by the events of the Cultural Revolution and go to extraordinary lengths to survive and reunite. It was a story of love and betrayal set against the colorful backdrop of traditional Chinese theater, Japanese occupation, Communist vs. Kuomintang rule of the country, and the Cultural Revolution. For today’s audience, however, the story reflected the birth of a modern Shanghai and the impact of western influence on the city and country. This particular stage production was an elegant blend of contemporary dance and traditional Chinese theater, a perfect combination to symbolize where modern China has come from, and where it is heading.

Old and new cultures collideBy Doug Hundley, Director, Performing Arts Center

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ACTIVITIES

Earth Week celebrated campus wide Roots and ShootsRoots and Shoots groups on both campuses coordinated activities for Earth Week from April 23-27. On the Puxi campus, students encouraged teachers to switch off electri-cal appliances they weren’t using to conserve energy, and offered treats to anyone who brought their own water bottle to the cafeteria. On the Pudong campus, students harvested the fresh vegetables they planted earlier this year from raised beds. The vegetables were used in some special dishes in the cafeteria and some were sold in a silent auc-tion to teachers, staff, and students.

PHOTOS BY TAYLOR HAYDEN

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ACTIVITIES

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AP ART SHOW

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1. Chanel – Katie2. Soft Stone – Mercedes Li3. Inner Workings – Emily Zhang4. Me, Steph – Stephanie Huang5. Limitation – Zoe Kao

6. Hot Lips – Brian Li7. Emily – Lauren Kim8. The Port – Annie Lo9. It's Me! – Jessica Hwang10. Truck'in – Kelly Ohlrich

11. Shanghai Nights – Williams Zheng12. JingAn – Williams Zheng13. Black & White – Alex Wang14. Cold Water – Brian Li15. Grief – Petra Willemsen

SAS students display the best of their portfolios from the rigorous IB and AP courses. These pages reflect their hard work.

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IB ART SHOW

It’s exciting to create a space of my own, to present my pieces, my stories, and my beliefs. — Raymond Chang, Pudong

It was an amazing feeling to see everything we achieved. — Catalina Ginesta, Pudong

It was really a great experience seeing all the hard work put into our pieces for these two years. — Marcela Ordonez, Pudong

Can't Quite ExtricateJohn He

MusicWendy Leung

EdgyPei Si Wang

TransitionWani Qiu

Toward the endBoryung Yun

Betty Bong

Look Who's LookingLaura Scheuler

I explore in this piece the continuous struggle between the forces of society and the will of the individual and the difficulties of ex-tracting ourselves from all the influences that make up our lives. — John He , Puxi

After working for two years, all the pieces were my ‘babies’ and this exhibition was my chance to show the community how I raised my children. — Jiayi Zhou, Pudong

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IB ART SHOW

Can't Quite ExtricateJohn He By Lisa Xian

Lucy ChenMusic

Wendy Leung

EdgyPei Si Wang

Scream AngerMarcela Ordonez

The SystemChloe Chan

LiveVictoria ChiaoHelen Liu

Putting the exhibition together was actually one of my favorite parts of IB Art. — Lindsay Hanson, Pudong

Throughout my journey, I’ve faced challenges and have learnt how to adapt to the unexpected. — Victoria Chiao, Pudong

I found putting up my exhibition a fun and interesting process. It as almost like doing another art piece. — Wani Qiu, Pudong

In order to pursue my passion in inking, I developed an illus-trative style in order to portray my message of questioning the education system. Though it expresses my cynical side, this piece stayed true to my style as I drew everything straight with pen. The purpose of this piece was to draw the eye around the surreal cartoon figures, as each represents different aspects of the educa-tion system with negative connotations. — Chloe Chan, Puxi

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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Cambodia – working hard, becoming a familyBy Raphael Alejandrino, Grade 11, Pudong campus

Flying to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with my friends and other participants in the Habitat for Humanity Cambodia Build was a highly anticipated sojourn. Together with our chaperones Mr. Reid Blickenstaff and Ms. Melissa Ong, we boarded the flight from Pudong. Our mission: to be advocates of Habitat for Humanity’s cause of eliminating poverty housing by volunteer-ing our time, effort, and resources to the people of Phnom Penh. As we journeyed to Cambodia, all of us bore a common goal in mind — to help make our world a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

The relatively long flight, time difference, and midnight arrival at the airport did not dampen our spirits. We were all bright-eyed and enthusiastic about what lay ahead. We looked forward to acquiring skills in construction, team building, and work ethics, as well as valuable traits such as cooperation, perse-verance, and persistence.

The site was in the rural outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambo-dia’s capital, amidst farmland, rice paddies, and coconut trees. The first few days of work were unforgettable, as the entire group worked together as a unit — our job was to build a house. We left behind the comfort of home and school, ignored personal differences, and established camaraderie in the process of accom-plishing our mission.

After many grueling days of hard labor and remarkable team effort, our mission was accomplished — we finished building the house. We were proud that we had completed our mission and reached a common goal.

The final day was the house dedication day. We basked in the glory of our accomplishment — truly an achievement worth celebrating. In the celebration included a housewarming ritual in which birds were released into the blue Cambodian sky. Preced-

ing our fond farewell from the site, Samvitey “Raymond” Kong, our translator, gave us a heartwarming speech of gratitude, thanking us for our tremendous work and dedication.

The Habitat for Humanity Cambodia Build has taught us many things, from peeling away at a mangosteen to produce juice, to mixing cement with a shovel. But most importantly, we learned about the value of giving, sharing, and working together — a very rewarding experience that will serve us well in the future. We left Shanghai as individuals, searching for adventure and excitement, but we came back as a family, each with our own unique story.

PHOTO BY REID BLICKENSTAFF

PHOTO BY REID BLICKENSTAFF

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Yunnan – building a future one brick at a timeBy Quinn Matuschek, Grade 9, and Josephine Matuschek, Grade 4, Puxi campus

Seventeen SAS high school students, three teacher volunteers, and one fourth grader went on the 2012 Habitat for Humanity trip to Yunnan. We lived and worked just outside of the town of Pu’er, in the village of Cha’he. We helped a poor, nice grape farm-er named Ahua build part of a house for his son and daughter-in-law. Each day was filled with adventure and hard work.

For the first two days we passed bricks from outside the house, up the stairs, and to the second floor, so they could be laid later. In addition, we threw bricks into a truck and transported them to a second site, where another part of our group unloaded and stacked the bricks. On the third and fifth days, we laid bricks with mortar. By the end of the week, we had finished about an eighth of the house, and that felt pretty good.

The fourth day was spent hiking and swimming in the river. We enjoyed skipping stones in the river and some stones even made it all the way across the river. We had a BBQ on the shore and when Mae, Helen, and Quinn found a patch of four-leaf clovers Mae’s lost cell phone was mysteriously found!

During the week we also toured a tea factory, which is really special because Pu’er is known for its tea. This factory is where tea bags are made, and then compressed into little cubes and efficiently packaged. We were able to taste some of the teas, and afterward we went to a town where we danced with the locals. We had a local dinner that was pretty good that night, as well.

One of the students sprained an ankle and I thought I might have hurt my elbow, so I got to see the hospital of Pu’er city. It was very dirty and smelly, very much unlike what I was used to in the states or Shanghai. However, I got my x-ray done very fast, and was out without having to pay a lot of money.

Earlier that week, while at lunch, the family that hosted us passed out some extremely spicy peppers. Dylan Wang made a bet with the other boys that if he ate, chewed, and swallowed one of the peppers without drinking water then the boys would each pay him 100 RMB, making it 500 RMB in total. Dylan was about to eat the spicy food that was the size of a finger, when everyone noticed Mr. Matuschek’s tray, which held the stems of several peppers he had already eaten. That’s when the reward dropped to 250 RMB for Dylan. Wyndham and Jemmy both ate some too, but they didn’t get a reward for their bravery.

We stayed in a hotel that was in Pu’er city, and around our work on the house we were able to do a little shopping and site see-ing. Leaving was pretty uneventful; we just got on the slightly bumpy flight that would bring us home. We go to know bricks pretty well on this trip, and Mr. Matuschek was

even able to start a few call-and-response songs, so that whenever a half brick came along, we all had a tradition of shouting out “HALFY,” or just “half!” And the brick would be passed down the line.

Over all, we had a pretty great week.

PHOTO BY ROB MATUSCHECK

PHOTO BY ROB MATUSCHECK

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Nepal – sucess, despite extreme conditionsBy Tom Horton, High School science teacher, Puxi campus

Rock, mud, water, and sweat — these are the four fundamental elements of Nepal, as discov-ered by Puxi high school students as they spent a week building a Habitat for Humanity home for a Nepalese family. Eighteen students spent their spring break in a village at Kavre, Nepal, building not only a house, but warm relation-ships with the Nepalese home owners who built alongside them. They experienced the highs and lows of stonemasonry in Nepal — playing with mud and building the walls ever higher, and monotonously passing thousands of bricks hand-to-hand up steep hills in the hot sun.

Being the start of the monsoon season, every kind of weather came their way, from heat to rain to crashing thunderstorms. None of it could stop them, though; one day they kept working right on through the rain until everybody was soaked. “You just don’t want to stop when the work is going well and the walls are rising fast,” explained sophomore Albertine Lee. The great fellowship of working alongside the Nepalese family, their neighbors, kids and goats may have had something to do with it, also.

The group took one day off for whitewater rafting on one of Nepal’s famous Himalayan rivers, bouncing through foaming rapids and trying to avoid getting pushed in by senior Christopher Ng. It didn’t work.

PHOTOS BY TOM HORTON

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Bangladesh – where supplies do not limit happinessBy Kiana Miller, Grade 10, Puxi campus

Traveling has always been one of my favorite things to do. I grew up travelling all around the world to places like Germany, Vietnam, and South America, but always as a tourist. Traveling to Bangladesh for Habitat for Humanity was the first (and will not be the last!) time I have ever gone to a country simply with the intention of helping others. Every day we learned something new.

The people in Bangladesh were all so hospitable; the opening ceremony for our build was grand, with dancing, flowers, and deafening music. The clothes of the women were so bright and mirrored their happy, smiling personalities perfectly. Throughout the country everything was painted in bright oranges, reds, blues, and yellows; adding color to the either dusty brown or lush green landscape. Our group was split between two work sites. Although the villages were very close to each other, they were quite differ-ent and had different rules. In the “water worksite,” which was surrounded by a small river, children weren’t allowed to work; instead they stood beside the path from the brick pile and were eager to shake our hands, say hi, or bury us under an enormous pile of tropical and sweet-smelling flowers. In the village the children were allowed to work and did so with great enthusiasm. A little girl broke bricks in a certain way to obtain the letter “B” that was carved into each brick and gave them to Erica So. The relationships between SAS students and the villagers grew as time went on. A little girl name Nyema followed me around and despite communication barriers we were quite content to hang out together.

This trip opened my eyes up to how differently some people live from those of us who live in big cities like Shanghai. In cit-ies, we take for granted the easy access to supplies such as water, food, education, and cars. I noticed that the Bengali people are insanely happy despite their hardships. Limited supplies create no limitation on happiness. PHOTO PROVIDED BY MARNEY ROSEN

PHOTO BY KIANA MILLER

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Malaysia – the warmth of humanity and the sunBy Daniel Kang, Grade 11, Pudong Campus

The plane glided down the runway, with the Habitat for Hu-manity Team Malaysia onboard and raring to go. We were in Borneo to build a house. The excitement of being in an exotic place was embodied by the humidity that enveloped us. On Fri-day March 30, at 8:00 p.m., 18 students accompanied by three teachers took their first steps into Kuching, Malaysia.

The next day, the work began. The worksite was only 20 minutes away from the quiet street where we stayed. We got off the bus and walked 400 meters along the narrow pathway, which was lined with blooming flowers and towering pine trees. The appearance was quite remote from the archetypal image of a “worksite”; it seemed warm and inviting. The blazing sunshine contributed to the this sense, but but it was also created by the warm glow of humanity that each of us felt.

Starting off with a pre-built roof, Team Malaysia helped build a house by flattening the ground, mixing cement, and laying bricks. The work days were no cruise: a day’s labor was never complete without agonizing muscles, unpleasant sweating, and an unexpected shower of tropical rain. The reasons we kept hearty smiles during the entire trip, however, was due to our co-operation, the heartfelt interaction with the homeowner family, and the bonding opportunity that we were granted.

Buoyed up by lively tunes from the radio, every single mem-ber of the team actively participated in the work of constructing a safe home. Not a bit of unwillingness or laziness dampened the team’s positive attitude. Mr. Noraini, the homeowner, along with his sons and daughters, was always present at the site to accom-pany us. Anytime we encountered a difficulty, they proposed a solution.

After a day’s work came to an end, we strolled into the calm but developed city of Kuching to enjoy dinner and watch the

sun set, followed by shopping or watching a movie. During the process, not only did the awkwardness between briefly ac-quainted classmates dissolve, but also the “line” that can hinder connection between students and teachers was erased.

At the farewell dinner, Mr. Noraini handed out certificates, and gave every one of us a warm handshake and a smile. In that moment we could all feel the warmth again; the warmth that we felt when we cheered for and helped each other to strengthen our unity.

Upon our return, weary but happy, the same old Pudong airport welcomed us back home. However, it was not as it had once been. After a week of priceless experiences, Team Malaysia had learnt to appreciate the value of home, the significance of cooperation, and the warmth of contributing to our common humanity.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY DANIEL KANG

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY DANIEL KANG

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Grade 10 Intro to Theater class presents one-act plays

BED & BREAKFAST

A GRADE TEN PLAYWritten by __________

Friday, May 11th, 2012 3:30 PMSaturday, May 12th, 2012 7:00 PM

@ The Black Box Theatre in SAS Puxi

The culmination of a year of work in character development, scene devising, and play creation.

May 11 at 3:30 p.m. and May 12 at 7 p.m. at the Black Box Theater, Puxi.

Tickets can be bought from actors, at the door, or reserved through [email protected].

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A word for everyone in Spain By Jocelyn Hung, Grade 10, and Javier Castro, Spanish Teacher, Puxi campus

After 18 hours crossing the globe, 16 SAS Puxi students arrived in Madrid, Spain. We were accompanied by Spanish teacher Señor Castro and Chinese teacher Ms. Shi. The upcoming spring break brought different thoughts and associations to each and every one of us: it meant family for Yi Ying Huang, churros for myself, green for Chloe Lester, bonding for Eva Huang, tortillas for Monica Pan, openness for Monica Chang, moonwalk for Carolyn Shao, photo opportunities for Jeremy Shen, bus-rides for Max Chang, interesting postcards for Xin Shui Zhang, snow for Kelley Chen, chocolate for Colin, music for Casey Huang, sweets for Charlie Wen, something new for Karson Mo, and unforgettable for Stephanie Donithan.

As soon as we arrived in Madrid, we felt the warmth of the sun, and the sweetness of the air. The people were stylish and affectionate, while the buildings are old and beautiful, cap-turing a handful of history in every brick. This being my second visit, I enjoyed recognizing the landmarks and even some streets. The experience in Madrid was still interesting and somewhat new, like Señor Castro’s new haircut. In the days we spent in Madrid, we saw the General Strike, visited parks, shopped near the Don Quixote monument and took many pictures near the Templo de Debod.

There was a table at the back of the bus and we played cards for hours on our way to Vitoria-Gasteiz, Senor Castro’s hometown. We met the families that we would be living with in Vitoria-Gasteiz and some spoke very little English. Luckily, one of my roommates was half Mexican, even though the other one only knew how to say “¡Todo esta bien!” Nevertheless, we became really close to the families and tears were shed on the last night when we all exchanged gifts and blessings.

In Vitoria-Gasteiz, we visited a church with a boat flipped over as the roof, a castle with a haunted toilet (we called the ghost “the phantom of the toilet”), streets filled with graffiti, a three-meter tall statue, and the house of the Basque Country president. We even made the front cover of the newspaper called El Correo. The most unique feature about this city is that it is

both new and old. Throughout the next few days we visited a fancy winery,

boated to France, and walked along the beach. One evening we stayed in a hostel in the mountains outside San Sebastian. Guess what we ate for dinner? Tortillas, again!

During the day we visited the Guggenheim Museum and a castle on the top of the mountain Fria; an afternoon was spent kayaking at 10º C in an ice-cold river that caused our hands to freeze until they were numb, but we kept paddling until our shoulders ached. Despite the pain, the experience was amaz-ing. At night we bonded and played games like the human knot game and charades.

During the last few days, we tasted natural salt, in the Salt Valley, and saw the Good Friday Parade on our way back to Madrid. Weirdly enough, in the middle of the ride, we encoun-tered snow! However, it did not compare to the weird feeling of having to leave Spain. The reality hit us as we numbered off. A list of disparate events and activities had sewn together to make a perfect Viaje a España.

And here is our list: families, because our home stays are like family. Churros, because of its amazingness and crunchi-ness. Green, because of the endless meadows, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and our sweatshirt. Bonded, because the 18 individuals became one. Tortilla, because we ate around a thousand of them. Open, because we got used to each other walking around in the same room. Moonwalk, because three of us can now somewhat do the moonwalk. Photos, because we never rested our cameras. Bus-ride, because that was where we rested, played card games, and wrote journals. Postcards, because the places we visited were unreal and like postcards. Snow, because of the random chunk of snow we encountered. Chocolate, because Cola Cao with bread was our breakfast for 10 days. Songs, because around seven songs were stuck in our heads in Spain. Sweet, because of the crisp Spanish air. New, because we experienced so many things for the first time. And Unforgettable, because of all of the above.

PHOTOS BY JAVIER CASTRO

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Students Colin Brown, Casey Huang, Chloe Lester, and Eva Huang hiking in Spain.

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Fundraising dollars make a lasting impact By Community Service Club, Puxi campus

A popular SAS Puxi club, Community Service, shows their dedi-cation and caring to the local community every Thursday after school, traveling by bus to five different locations around Shang-hai. Students in the club have the option to choose between a local retirement center, where they listen and talk to the retirees, and four different migrant schools, where they teach English to local children and play games with them. In the process, many SAS students have developed close friendships with the local students and teachers, which has further integrated SAS into the local community.

In addition to its weekly service trips, Community Service partakes in numerous fundraising ventures over the course of the school year in order to make a lasting contribution to the facili-ties. So far this school year, the club has sold raffle tickets to the SAS community, held a fundraiser Thanksgiving dinner, manned game booths at the annual International Fair, and much more. The money raised is used to purchase needed commodities such as stationery and books to be given to the retirement center and the schools.

This year, the proceeds from the fundraising events have been donated to three of the five service facilities that the club supports. On March 15, 2012, the Community Service club do-nated 500 books to the library at the Hua Bo Li Migrant School

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(worth nearly 7,000 RMB).The library had just opened last semester. A number of SAS students participated in the event, handing out books to the local children in person, while Com-munity Service supervisor Ms. Holly Lin supervised the event. Many of the migrant schools are lacking in books, which is why the addition of books at the library was a significant contribu-tion to the school, further increasing the amount of educational resources available to the children. Portions of the proceeds were also used to purchase three special wheelchairs, which were then donated to the retirement center. Lastly, a brand new playground was purchased for the Jin Niu Kindergarten to replace the old one, which had become too small for the kindergarten children. “It truly is a very rewarding experience to know that we have made a lasting contribution to these schools that we are visit-ing. I especially hope that the kindergarten children will love their new playground,” said junior Leon Zhang, an officer of the Community Service club.

If you would like to support the Community Service club in its service ventures, feel free to purchase the upcoming Thank You grams to show appreciation to your teachers, counselors, or anyone else in your life. It’s a great opportunity to give back to the people who contribute to the school community. Thank You grams are on sale now.

PHOTO BY DIANA GUO, GRADE 10, PUXI CAMPUS

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Hosting the CEO of Kygo Investment LimitedBy Investment Club, Puxi campus

International Thespian Society: three outstanding inducteesBy Debbi Fintak, Theater Director, Puxi campus

This spring the Investment Club hosted their first guest speaker, Mr. Masahiro Honna, CEO of Kygo Investment Limited. Mr. Honna has more than 10 years of experience in executing mergers and acquisitions and financing deals in both Japan and China. He has been involved in major transactions for firms with a market value of at least USD180 million. The SAS com-munity was delighted to welcome him as he shared his expertise on investment banking, the roles of financial intermediaries, and corporate valuation. Using a European ship trading with China as a focal metaphor for his presentation, he explained the origins of investment banking, engaging students and parents in an interesting analogy.

A ship needs to have certain fundamental components in order to function. This includes an owner, a captain, crew mem-bers, food, and fuel. Each component can be correlated to roles in a functioning firm. The captain would be the manager, crew members are employees and staff, food and fuel are expenses, and most importantly, the owners of the ship are shareholders.

The ship needs to make a profit, or the owners would not be happy. Yet, the ship runs the risk of being sunk by a wide range

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PHOTO BY DIANA GUO, GRADE 10, PUXI CAMPUS

PHOTO BY DEBBI FINTAK

of threats, including stormy weather and wild seas during its long voyage. When these risks are taken into account, the price to own a piece of the bounty will increase.

Other factors that affect the trip’s financial success include the price fluctuation of the item being traded, such as porcelain and ceramics. Depending on the success of each trip, the price for partial ownership of the ship fluctuates, as in the case of stock prices after quarterly financial reports.

Mr. Honna followed by explaining the importance of finan-cial intermediaries like an investment bank and its function in the optimal allocation of resources. Finally, ending his presenta-tion, he spoke on how to value a company and its stocks using the P/E ratio and earnings yield.

The event concluded with a question and answer session and a presentation of a thank you gift to Mr. Honna for taking the time to share his expertise.

The Investment Club meets during lunch on Wednesday in A309 at 1:10 p.m. and will be hosting its next guest speaker on May 29th. For more information, please email [email protected].

The International Thespian Society had its eighth annual induction on April 11 in the Black Box Theater. The thespians are an inter-national honor group for actors with over 3,00 chapters in the United States and around the world. To gain membership you must volun-teer over 100 hours of your time to theater.

During the evening we celebrated 15 new inductees joining the ranks of members of the society and we recognized our 20 graduating seniors. Special recognition was given to Jessica Fintak, Stephanie Gesang, and Lucy Wang, the Honor Thespians whose work included over 600 hours.

Our new inductees were: Monica Chang, May Chen, Sonal Chhugani, Amanda Hua, Eva Huang, Lucy Jun, Shinhee Kang, Jessica Lim, Jessica Liu, Amy Liu, Sarah Potter, Joanna Tseng, Jason Yang, Oliver Yang, and Alicia Zhang.

Right: Stephanie Gesang, Lucy Wang, and Jessica Fintak with their medals for induction into the International Thespian society

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Honk! if you love ducklingsBy Danka Kulikowski, HONK! director and drama teacher, Pudong campus

Once again, theatrical wonder swept through the Pudong auditorium. On April 19, 20, and 21, a bare stage was transformed into a pond filled with ducks, chickens, geese, swans, and one nasty tomcat, as talented Pudong middle school students retold the classic fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling” in the musical production HONK!

Many use the word “magic” to describe theater productions, but I don’t think magic is an accurate word. Magic implies that something happened effortlessly, right before your eyes — you are filled with awe and wonderment over the story that unfolded on the stage. But to all those involved behind the scenes, we know the performance did not just happen by magic or appear out of thin air. It was the result of countless hours of hard work involving numerous people all sharing a com-mon passion — theater.

This is what I love about theater at the Pudong campus. Collaborative ef-fort can make just about anything happen around here. Around 120 people were involved in the making of HONK!, including students, staff, and parents sketching set designs, adjusting lighting, making piano practice tracks, rehearsing choreog-raphy, hot-glueing costume pieces, applying mascara, painting paper-mache eggs, singing three-part harmonies, playing the saxophone, and selling tickets.

If truth be told, there were moments when we all believed this show might remain an “ugly duckling,” never transforming into a beautiful swan. Come open-ing night, however, a fantastic story swept through the auditorium, like a wave of energy. This wasn’t magic; it was the dedication and passion of a group of fabulous people. So bravo students, staff, and parents! We did it!

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY DANKA KUIKOWSKI

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Another strong SAS presence at the Malaysia MUNBy Catherine Li, Grade 10, Puxi campus

The SAS Puxi Model United Nations (MUN) team is known for its dominating presence at conferences, whether it be in Singapore or The Hague — they’re assertive leaders, passionate speakers, and influential forces on the debate floor. Delegates made another strong showing at the ninth annual Malaysian MUN, which ran from April 20th to 22nd at Kuala Lumpur’s Mont’Kiara International School.

Chaperoned by MUN co-director Robert Cook, the SAS delegation consisted of four students: Kay Lee (11), Catherine Li (10), Keith Wong (9), and Lisa Liu (9). The small size of the delegation certainly didn’t diminish their influence, as all four held high-ranking positions.

Kay Lee, the president of the Special Conference, directed stimulating debates on topics such as ocean acidification and coral reef sustainability. Catherine Li oversaw the discussion of drone warfare and biological terrorism as deputy president of the Disarmament Commission.

Both officers had been hard at work since December, writ-ing thousand-word research reports and coordinating with the Secretariat-General in preparation for the conference. Their preparedness certainly showed — they answered delegates’ ques-tions and controlled the flow of debate with poise and expertise. Their roles were especially important at a middle school confer-ence, where their leadership inspired some of Asia’s youngest delegates.

Keith Wong and Lisa Liu attended as experts on Palau and USA, respectively, on the prestigious Advisory Panel on the Question of the Pacific Islands. The Advisory Panel is a special-ized committee to which prospective experts must apply; the level of debate is much higher, and resolutions are discussed clause-by-clause.

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PHOTOS PROVIDED BY CATHERINE LI

Both experts managed to main-submit several innovative clauses. Their participation at the podium was also impressive: they presented themselves as memorable, witty, and intelligent diplomats during the conference. According to Mr. Cook, “This year’s delegation was one of our best. When other team directors comment positively on the quality of our chairs and delegates, and they did, you know that our team was well prepared.”

Delegates spent their evening hours shopping, socializing, and sampling Malaysian food — elements that make this trip a perennial favorite among high school “MUNers.”

The Malaysia MUN conference provided closure for an outstanding year of debate. As the last conference of the year, it formed a stepping-stone for new and old members alike. Next year’s confer-ence destinations will take the MUN team across the globe, where they’ll continue to forge friendships, col-laborate on global solutions, and bring their skills to new heights.

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Eagles run over the competition at SISAC track By Sandy Elder, Aquatics, Pudong Campus

On a great day for running, SAS Puxi, SAS Pudong, Concordia, SMIC, Singapore International School Shanghai (SSIS), and Suzhou Singapore Interna-tional School gathered at SAS Puxi to compete in the 2012 SISAC Track and Field Championships. Defending cham-pions SAS Pudong came into the meet full of confidence after a strong showing all season, but were wary of strong challenges from SAS Puxi and Concordia, whose teams had also performed well this year.

Supported by eight multiple medal winning athletes (Chandler Cooper, Joy Yu, MaryAnn Cary, Haley Beebe, Emily Yu, Lindsey Narr, Vivian Zhang, and Liza Cahiz) SAS Pudong’s female team over-whelmed the competition, almost dou-bling runner up Concordia’s total. Puxi’s female team came in a strong third, with four athletes bringing home more than one medal (Jocelyn Shih, Shakira Kaul, Vicky Chu, and Hyo Young Jo). Scores for the female teams: SAS Pudong 140, Concordia 72.50, SAS Puxi 64.5, SMIC 52, Suzhou Singapore 19, and SSIS 10.

The competition between the male teams was a much closer affair, with SAS

Pudong beating second place SAS Puxi by 11 points. Four SAS Pudong athletes stood on the podium more than once (Luke Niu, Issac Hing, Eric Yang, and Taylor Jarl), while the sister campus in Puxi had five competitors winning multiple medals (Ronny Choi, Spencer Wilhelm, Mei Kai Koh, Jun Park, and Raymond Choy). The totals in the male competition were SAS Pudong 129, SAS Puxi 117.75, Concordia 49.5, SMIC 34, SSIS 22, and Suzhou Singapore 14.75.

The two SAS campuses domi-nated this SISAC competition, with SAS Pudong successfully defending their team championship and SAS Puxi coming in second, more than 60 points clear of third place Concordia. The stage was set for these three teams to compete in the APAC Championships, with a total of seven schools, including last year’s trophy win-ners Brent, visiting SAS Puxi to determine which team would be crowned APAC champion.

Thanks again to SAS Puxi, the Puxi Athletic Department and their great sup-port staff for hosting another successful and enjoyable track meet!

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Jocelyn Shih, grade 12, at the Track and Field Meet.

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY BERNARD ENOKA

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Puxi track and field teams enjoy success at APAC By Bernard Enoka, Coach, Puxi campus

Seven schools showed up with teams of 15 boys and 15 girls to compete in the APAC track and field meet, hosted on the Puxi campus over three days beginning April 19. Championships are contested separately for boys and girls, and the competition in each division proved to be intense.

Knowing that every point was vital, the SAS Puxi teams competed with desire in all events and were rewarded with the boys emerging as worthy APAC champions and the girls finishing as APAC runners up. This was an exceptional effort from all team mem-bers.

During the competition, five new APAC records and 16 new school records were established by members of our team — an outstanding achievement.

Athletes who created new APAC records were G Ping Lee in the 1500m and long jump, Dorothy Chow in the long jump and the triple jump, and our 4x100m relay team of Eric Yang, Raymond Chang, Daniel Alter, and Jun Park.

Congratulations to all members of the Puxi APAC track and field team.

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Left bottom: Ronny Choi, grade 12, Puxi, completes a long jump. Above: Eric Yin, grade 12, at the APAC Track and Field Meet. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY BERNARD ENOKA

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Swim Meet Hong Kong By George Carpouzis, Aquatics Director, Pudong Campus

SAS Schoolwide Swim Team (SWST), once again proved to be an Asian swimming powerhouse by winning the Annual Hong Kong Invitational on April 21-22. The SAS team was 70-strong out of 400 swimmers from 16 schools. We had lots of parents there cheering the team on, and with all that team spirit, we swam united and we swam strong.

Our individual high point winners were as follows:

Tina Wang (first place), 9-10 categoryMeghan Ingram (first place), 13-14 categoryIsabelle So (second place), 9-10 categoryLeonard Lee (second place), 9-10 categoryLinda Li (third place), 9-10 category Tristan So (third place), 13-14 category

The clean sweep in the 9-10 girls’ category is quite an impressive feat in such a competitive meet! In addition to these wins, SAS swimmers broke two meet records; Isabelle So broke the 50m freestyle meet record in a time of 31.19 and Leonard Lee broke the boys’ record in the same event in a time of 30.76.

This was our last international swim meet of the year. SAS swimmers have shown strength, guts, good effort, and team spir-it in the all meets we attended, both at home and overseas! Well done swimmers and we hope you all train very hard this summer so we can have an even more successful year in 2012-13.

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ACTIVITIES

GIFTS: working together to improve literacy By Casey Wu and Daniel Huang, Grade 11, Pudong campus

Smiles and laughter echoed through the halls of SAS Pudong in late April as Chinese workers received “graduation gifts” for completing another year of English learning. These ayis, bus monitors, guards, cafeteria workers, and drivers have been en-thusiastic members of English Service Project members through-out the school year while learning basic conversational English. ESP has become so big on our campus that we run 17 classes, six days a week, with the help of five teacher mentors (Mrs. Rosen, Mr. Parker, Ms. Edmunds, Ms. Gould, and Ms. Goruk) and 75 student teachers. But because we don’t fundraise, our only end-of-year event for the workers prior to this year has been a party held by the student-teachers on behalf of their worker students. This year, that changed, thanks to Pudong campus’s GIFTS club, which sponsored the purchase of books for the workers to further encourage them to read and to learn.

GIFTS (Giving Individuals a Future to Succeed) is a Pudong campus high school club that strives to increase China’s overall prosperity. The club, which consists of more than 20 dedicated members, has worked vigorously throughout the year to raise funds for its causes. They have organized a multitude of creative projects to raise money, including their Change for Change project last year and used book sales. They have also organized booths at school events and held bake sales this year. Their biggest recent project was holding the Voices Against Poverty conference at SAS Pudong in March, at which students from different international schools around Shanghai led and participated in workshops for different types of service clubs. This year, GIFTS has donated over 4,000 USD to various chari-

table organizations that aim to foster growth in China’s literacy rate. One of their many projects was to sponsor ESP in giving books to the Chinese school workers at the end of their year with ESP. GIFTS donated 6,000 RMB to the cause.

So this month, several of us (Casey Wu, Maggie Zhang, and Daniel Huang) went with Ms. Leung, one of the GIFTS club teacher sponsors, to the Shanghai Book City on Fuzhou Road to purchase books for all the workers. Prior to this shopping trip, the workers each wrote down requests for two specific books or book genres. The workers requested books in Chinese and/or English and on a wide variety of nonfiction subjects, ranging from knitting, cooking, and health care to travel, history, and child care. Others chose fiction books or pleaded for dictionaries or phrase books to work on their English over the summer. We spent a fun-filled morning browsing, selecting, and purchasing all the books. We even chose Pictionary for the guards’ break room!

Then last week, the real excitement began — with all the books delivered to school, we distributed them to the workers during their usual lunchtime class. They were ecstatic to receive their gifts and excited to start reading right away. In fact, many were still reading as we pulled them down the hall to their end-of-year party! What a great end to another successful year of English teaching and learning.

Thanks so much to GIFTS club for their enthusiasm towards their cause and for providing this exciting gift for ESP workers. We believe joint service projects such as this one go to show that we are truly a community at SAS Pudong!

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Angelina Lei Ye, an SAS Puxi fifth grader, had a winning perfor-mance at the HSBC Junior Qualifier Tournament in Chongqing on April 21-22, 2012. She won by nine strokes and shot the only below par score of the day. Her home club is Sheshan Golf Club, where her diligent practicing has moved her closer to achieving her goals.

Fifth grade golf star

My name is Lucy, and I need a home. I am temporarily living with a foster family, and while they are treating me kindly, I am looking for a family to call my own. I am about 2 years old, am spayed, and all of my vaccinations are up to date. I am fully house-trained. I am a bit timid at first, but once I get to know you, and once you get to know me – I am very loveable. New dogs and new situations still scare me sometimes, but with a little TLC, I become more comfortable. Can you help? If so, see info below!

This service announcement is brought to you by Pudong HS Animal Rescue, a community service club that supports Jaiya’s Animal Rescue (JAR). If you would like more info on adopting Lucy, please contact Animal Rescue Club organizer, Marney Rosen at [email protected]. If you would like to support our club in other ways, please contact student leader Karissa at [email protected].

Pet of the WeekPHOTO BY MICHELLE KATZ

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MON, MAY 21 TUE, MAY 22 WED, MAY 23 THU, MAY 24 FRI, MAY 25Fish fillet sweet and sour(ES fish fingers)

Chicken breast gratin,Parsley rice, Sautéed mixed veggies

Vegetarian

Bee hoon fried with onions and peppers

Dessert

Profiteroles au caramel

Chicken drumsticks

Pork loin roast, (ES pork taco), Steamed rice, Mixed sautéed butter veggies

Vegetarian

Spinach and bean sprouts omelet

Dessert

Chocolate Brownies

Spaghetti chicken tomato basil

Pan-fried meat loaf, Parsley potatoes,Mixed veggies

Vegetarian

Sweet and sour vegetables and tofu

Dessert

Cinnamon oatmeal pudding

Chicken-tomato casserole (ES mini pork steaks)

Stir fried pork with on-ions, Rice with corn, Sautéed carrots with garlic and ginger

Vegetarian

Veggie burger

Dessert

Apple pear cake

Thai red beef coconut curry (ES hot dog)

Fried bee-hoon with shrimps and chicken, Spinach rice, Mixed veggies

Vegetarian

Penne with cream and chives

Dessert

Swiss roll

Eurest Food Technologies, cafeteria phone extensions: Pudong campus – 3293, 3290; Puxi campus – 2561

MON, MAY 14 TUE, MAY 15 WED, MAY 16 THU, MAY 17 FRI, MAY 18

Oven baked cheese macaroni

Grilled sausage bratwurst, parsley potatoes, broccoli & cauliflower

Vegetarian

Fajitas eggplant, onion peppers

Dessert

Vanilla pudding

Trinidad chicken curry( ES light curry chicken)

Pork cream stew, spinach butter rice, sautéed bok choy

Vegetarian

Carrot and leek quiche

Dessert

Banana cake

Fish fillets served with tartar sauce

Sautéed beef with herbs topped with puff pastry,parsley rice, sautéed mixed veggies

Vegetarian

Bok choy fried noodles

Dessert

Profiteroles au chocolate

Stir fried chicken with olives and parsley

Sweet sour pork, steamed rice, cabbage and carrots

Vegetarian

Fried rice with lentils and curry

Dessert

Jell-O

Paprika beef goulash(ES light beef stew)

Fried rice with bacon and bok choy, sweet potatoes,seasonal vegetables sau-téed in butter

Vegetarian

Pizza-salad

Dessert

Apple strudel

谢谢你Please join the Pudong PTSA as we celebrate

Staff Appreciation Week: May 14–18

May 14, Monday Let the festivities beginMay 15, Tuesday Breakfast treatsMay 16, Wednesday LuncheonMay 17, Thursday 100 Ways to say thank youMay 18, Friday Special surprise

Thank you for the 100 Ways You Make a Difference

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SAS Puxi PTSA

2nd Annual Garage Sale

Come check out the garage sale on Saturday, May 19.

Stop by and browse around from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

We will have over 36 vendors in attendance, so whether its shoes, toys, books, or clothing you are looking for, there will definitely be something for everyone.

All table rental fees will go to the River of Hearts Foundation, so be sure to stop by

their table to learn more about this community charity.

Looking forward to seeing you there — it,ll be a great time!

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ACTIVITIES

Upcoming EventsPUDONG

May

14 Staff Appreciation Week (see the General PTSA Blog for details)

16 Staff Appreciation Lunch

23 Grade 4 Soccer Day


26 Super Saturday SAS Invitational Track and Field Meet

31 General PTSA Meeting in the LLH at 9:00am

31 Fall BBQ Meeting at the Pudong Campus

after PTSA General Meeting

June

7 ES Summer Sizzle

8 Grade 5 Transition Ceremony

PUXI

May

12 ES Library Open, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

16 ES parent coffee, 9:00 a.m.

16 MS Grade 5 Parent Night, 6:00-7:30 p.m., PAC

17 ES passport check

17 MS counselor coffee, 10:15 a.m., HS classroom #103

17-18 PK/K visitation

19 2nd Annual Garage Sale, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

22 Spring Concert 9:05a.m., PAC



24 Passport Re-Check


25 PK-2 Assembly, 8:20-9:00 a.m.

29 Grade 8 Band/Orchestra Concert, 5:30-6:30 p.m., PAC

30 PTSA General Meeting, 10:30 a.m. -12:00 noon, LMC

30 Field Day Gr. 1 (morning) / Gr. 4 (afternoon)

31 Field Day Gr. 2 (morning) / Gr. 3 (afternoon)

31 Grade 6 and 7 Band/Orchestra Concert, 5:30-6:30 p.m., PAC

31 SAS Summer Program registration deadline

June

1 Field Day Gr. PK/K (morning) / Gr. 5 (afternoon)

1 MS end of year social/dance

5 PK end of year party

7 Grade 3 end of year party, 11:15 a.m.-12:00 noon

7 Grade 8 Transition Ceremony, 8:30-10:00 a.m., PAC

8 ES end of year assembly, 9:00 a.m., ES Gym

8 Grade 5 end of year party, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., PAC

8 Grade 4 end of year party

8 Grade 2 end of year assembly, 10:00-11:30 a.m., PAC

8 Grade 1 end of year assembly, 12:30-3:00 p.m., PAC

11 Grade 5 Transition Ceremony, 1:00-3:00 p.m., PAC

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