A big part of our Halloween celebration are the many clever and amazing costumes our students come up with every year! This year we will judge costumes in several categories. The categories are: Most Original, Scariest, Cutest, Best Group, Best Make-up, Disney, Superhero, Funniest, and Celebrity/Sports Star. Winners in each category will win special prizes,.. read more →
Early Years created torn paper collages this week in class. They continued to work on their fine motor skills by tearing paper and then pressing down after gluing to make sure it sticks! They were encouraged to create any type of picture that they wanted with their torn paper pieces. Want to see what our.. read more →
This week in Nursery Theme: At the Hospital: This week we read the books “What Does a Doctor Do?” By: Felicia Lowenstein and “We need Doctors by: Lola M. Schaefer” We talked about how Doctors and Nurses help our community. We learned that Doctors help people stay healthy and they treat people who are sick.. read more →
In 5th Grade we just started this our pen pal letters, this is very exciting for the class since we will get to practice writing at the same time we make new friendships and learn from our American pen pals, who are also in 5th Grade.Before vacation we had the chance to compete with other.. read more →
In the upper-level English classes, we are currently analyzing the following themes: “Coming to America” (English 11 & Pre-AP American Literature), “Taking Risks” (English 12-British Literature), “Exploring the Power of Relationships” (AP English Literature and Composition), and “In Search of Identity” (AP English Language and Composition). Through diverse literature, the English 11 classes are exploring how.. read more →
Dear SLAS families, Well… we did it! We are officially through our first month of school! We are thrilled to welcome you back to the 2015-16 school year at Shanghai Livingston American School. The faculty and staff have worked hard to prepare the school and classrooms for an exciting year of learning and growth. Please.. read more →
Transportation is in high gear in Early Years, and children are learning about everything from traffic lights and rules for safe travel to exploring the forces of motion using ramps and toy cars. Children have been busy creating colorful crafts and artwork of airplanes, busses, and traffic lights, and experimenting with the tracks made by.. read more →
In Writing Class we began covering what makes a good personal narrative paragraph including putting thoughts and feelings into our writing, describing events in the correct order, and adding details and vivid words. We also learned about compound sentences and reviewed types of sentences. In Reading class we began our new story Destiny’s Gift. We.. read more →
We had a great Primary Reading Celebration on Friday, September 4. About 100 students participated. They were congratulated on completing the extra reading challenge. Students shared their reading posters, were ask to distinguish between several examples of fiction vs. non-fiction books, and read: The dragon is Red. Students discussed their favorite aspect of the book.. read more →
Early Years, Primary and High School Block 1 started off the year of in Art Class by immediately getting creative and diving into their art projects! Nursery Years are getting introduced to art materials! So far they have practiced holding a crayon in their hands and exercised their fine motor skills by rolling and squishing.. read more →
