Having to juggle six IB courses is already stressful enough: but on top of that, IB decides to give students even more stress with their add-ons: extended essay, TOK, and CAS. Out of the three extra components of work students have to do to earn their diploma,... More »
IB exams are just around the corner; teachers are cramming materials at the last minute while students are frantically studying for their upcoming exams. For those who do not know, IB exams are spread across three weeks, from May 7 until May 24. The schedule f... More »
On March 23, the AISG badminton team participated in the GISAC (Guangzhou International School Athletic Conferences) tournament held in the Olympic center badminton court near AISG. Both girls’ and boys’ badminton teams resulted in first place overall; a great... More »
Sometimes, in essays such as IAs, people with relatively poor grammar, unsophisticated word choice and incoherent sentence somehow score the same with people who are extremely intricate in their use of language. Today, a phenomenon has been spreading in high s... More »
During the Spring Festival (also known as the Chinese or Lunar New Year) gala of 2018, a Chinese actress dressed in a “black costume” for a small skit, where she played the role of black mom sending her daughter away to get married. Take a look at the photo ab... More »
From March 1 to March 3, our badminton team will be traveling to Pudong, Shanghai to participate in the annual Tri-Cities badminton tournament hosted by SASPD (Shanghai American School of Pudong). Tri-Cities tournament will last for two days. A goal for the ba... More »
The beginning of December is stressful: final exams, summatives, and end of semester projects are bombarding high schoolers and their lives. This year, AISG is about to make final exams slightly better (or, in the seniors’ case, a lot better) for the students.... More »
On November the 17th from 10:00 to 11:30 am on the AISG Ersha campus, there will be a fundraising race, Hopeful Hearts. The event is organized by the Girl Scouts that aims to raise money, with the support of the AISG community, for children in need of a heart ... More »
Straight back from break, the seniors took a blow to the head. Math grades are passed back. If you walk through the math lounge hallway, you can hear groans, cries, and shouts from seniors that just received their math summative grades. This time, it wasn’t a ... More »
On September 15th, AISG will be hosting our annual Family Fun Day in Science Park. This event serves our students as well as the parents with good food, fun games, and sufficient time to bond with friends after the long summer and the grueling first few weeks ... More »
The AISG drone club, that meets every Thursday and/or Friday afternoon, is founded by an upcoming sophomore Parker Lawson. In an interview by our Beacon journalists with Parker, he reveals his unspoken reason behind his interest and love for drones. “The whole... More »
The end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018 marked the peak of sexual discrimination awareness. Starting from the sexual assault incident at Shanghai American School Puxi to the Times Up Movement involving the whole world, gender-based problems have become a pop... More »