A new year is upon us, and 2018 will be bringing many highly anticipated movies from major franchises such as Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and more. Starting in February, new movies will be released. Here are just some of the highly anticipated films to w... More »
One of the most pressing problems in the world today is the rights of those in the LGBTQ+ community. In some countries, the rights of LGBTQ+ are recognized and protected, but in others, being openly LGBTQ+ is illegal, and sometimes punishable by death. This to... More »
This year, AISG coordinated a visit with YA author and activist Laurie Halse Anderson. Halse Anderson is from Syracuse, New York and has written many YA novels such as Speak, Wintergirls, and Twisted, and has also written historical fiction novels such as Feve... More »
There are currently around 588 million Apple users worldwide, as of 2017. The iPhone is Apple’s most popular product, and so far, there have been 14 different versions of the iPhone, most recently the iPhone X, which has multiple new features, such as facial r... More »
Recently, former students of AISG visited the campus to reunite with their friends and teachers. I interviewed one of them, 9th grader Chloe Cheng, who started at AISG in 6th grade, then left last year. She now lives in Toronto, Canada. Chloe said the hardest ... More »
Homework. One of the most dreaded parts of academic life. Homework is meant to help students do better in school and give them practice for tests and projects. However, homework may not be necessary. Too much homework can be harmful to students’ health, but to... More »
2017 has been a year of superhero movies. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has released 3 movies (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spiderman: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok), and the DC Extended Universe has released two (Wonder Woman and now Justice League). Just... More »
This year, for the annual High School Musical, the drama department put together an amazing production of Little Shop of Horrors, a classic musical about a flower shop assistant and a man-eating plant. The musical played on December 1st and 2nd. The musical st... More »
The boys’ basketball season has started again! Coached by Mr. Elliot, the team is preparing for the season to come, hoping to win the many tournaments they will compete in. So far, they have had two games, one against BSG (British School of Guangzhou) and one ... More »
Most students want to do well at school. Why? There are multiple motivators for a student’s performance at school. One could be competition. Students might compete against each other for the best grade, the highest score. It could also be the student’s own per... More »
Recycling is one of the easiest and most common ways to reduce pollution and help the environment. Recently, some questions arose: What is recycling like at AISG? Do we actually recycle? Can it be improved? I set out to answer these questions because I was cur... More »
Abby Paras is a new sophomore at AISG, joining us in late September from Moscow. The first thing I noticed when I stepped out of the airplane was the heat. When you move from a place like Moscow, Russia, where 23 degrees (C) is considered hot, to a place lik... More »