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In This Issue

Puxi campus student,Nicholas Shiu, Remembered

SAS invited to help Canadians celebrate Canada’s 142nd birthday, June 27

Middle school, Puxi campus, has unrivaled and unsurpassable year in CISSA sportsASA group knits afghans for Afghanistan

International students learn the meaning of transition — and transformation

Yard sale nets more than 10,000 RMB to support ongoing projects

Middle school students return from China Alive trips to Guilin and Beijing

CISSA teams go undefeated and claim an unprecedented four championships this school year

Does your child need a booster shot?

Montgomery accepts appointment to Board of Directors

Shanghai American School partners with East China Normal University

Shanghai American School Graduation Class of 2008-2009

1:1 Computing — Previously-owned MAC evaluation period ends June 10

Teams of administrators, teachers, students and parents look for “eagles”

Incoming Interim Superintendent shares goals for 2009-2010

Blink

What are you reading right now, and briefly, what’s it about?
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler who taught English in a small teaching college in Fuling in the early 1990’s. These are his reflections about life as the only Westerner in this small Chinese city.  Read more »

Inside SAS

Looking ahead . . . Building on progress

I am honored to have the opportunity to introduce myself to the Shanghai American School community as the incoming Interim SAS Superintendent for the 2009 – 2010 school year. My wife, Mary, and I are excited about the opportunity to work with the SAS community to effect a smooth transition to the permanent head of school who is expected to begin work at SAS with the 2010 – 2011 school year. My role as Interim Superintendent will not be as a change agent, but rather one of solidifying the progress that the school has made while ensuring that the new permanent superintendent will be able to hit the ground running when he arrives. Read more »

Featured

If you are a regular reader of ParentTalk you already know that, since the beginning of November, we have been introducing our school’s first Annual Fund campaign, Edge for Excellence, in each edition. Two of the introductory stories that have appeared in ParentTalk  – an overview of the campaign (download ) and a question-and-answer column with Development Committee Chair Stephanie Kao ( download ).

Our first Annual Fund campaign will run during the months of December and January (it will end on February  6, 2009). During that time we have a fundraising goal of U.S.$150,000 that, when we reach it, will be matched by a U.S.$150,000 foundation grant. Read more »